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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1969
Page
5
Texas lawmakers file bills tightening tobacco access to minors. Rep Joe Allen proposes a misdemeanor with fines from 10 to 100 dollars for selling or giving tobacco to anyone under 18 without parental consent. The measure cites hazardous substance concerns and targets minor transfers through various channels.
Senator H. J. Blanchard of Lubbock was named to ten committees by Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes. He will chair the Insurance Committee and serve as vice chair of the Nominations Committee and sit on Finance and State Affairs. He expressed satisfaction with the committee assignments.
Governor cites medical needs as West Texas debates bills on teacher ethics and credential discipline. Lawmakers pursue a University of San Antonio under UT board, bond rate tweaks, and park license rules while Senate chair Grady Hazlewood reshapes Finance as West Texas power shifts in the new session.
New York UPI reports actress Thelma Ritter, 68, four time Oscar nominee, improved but remained on the critical list after a heart attack at her Forest Hills home. Queens General Hospital physicians said she was recovering yet still in critical condition.
Gov. Preston Smith signed the legislature’s first law funding state agencies with a $906,815 appropriation for the current fiscal year. Senate leadership changes and committee appointments followed as next week’s session work began, with transfers totaling about $605,000 and new money allocations for offices, public junior colleges, and legislative expenses.
The Lubbock lake system plan envisions a recirculation network from Lake No 1 to the final lake, with in plant treatment preferred to lagoons. It aims to maintain lake levels, offset evaporation, and support water recreation from Lake No 4 onward, involving nine or more mapped lakes and multiple dams.
Dry spell breaks unlikely despite murky skies with less than five percent chance of measurable rain. Drizzle possible at thirty percent as light rain spattered near Lubbock and Tucumcari areas Tuesday night.
About 175 Scottish Rite and Blue Lodge Masons and guests gathered at Crosbyton Pioneer Memorial Museum for an awards banquet hosted by the Crosbyton Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. Rev. Floyd Bradley delivered the keynote urging service to God and community. Nanette Mayes, Crosbyton High School senior, spoke on Americanism.
Blaring radios woke Baghdadis at dawn as 14 men convicted of spying for Israel were executed in Baghdad Central Prison. Crowds jeered while workmen raised gallows and a radio commentator declared more spies would die. London protesters scaled an Iraqi Embassy roof. one student was stabbed.
Tracy Gordon Roberts of Idalou was named Precinct 3 justice of the peace by the Lubbock County Commissioners Court. The 70 year old succeeds W. S. Countess who died January 15 after holding the post since 1962. Roberts will earn 137.10 dollars per month and has lived in Idalou over 20 years while working for a Lubbock insurance agency.
A man and a woman sustained minor injuries in two separate crashes Tuesday. Martina Chavez Garcia, 29, of 2912 2nd St., was involved in a two car crash at 4:45 p.m. in the 2400 block of Avenue K. Victor Ga., 59, of S416 SOth St., Apt. 124, was in a similar crash at 5:28 p.m. on 19th Street east of Flint Avenue.
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