Session Ends With Busy But Brief Legislature
The Texas Senate adjourned after a short session with last minute bills for Smith and Barnes. Sen. D. Roy Harrington was chosen president pro tem in a closed caucus, and an $25,000 public address system was approved for study and possible purchase before the next regular session. The move aims to improve sight and sound for gallery spectators and reporters.
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Area Plans Sparkling July Fourth Events Across Region
The city enforces fireworks rules with fines up to 200 dollars as 22 fires were linked to fireworks last year. Parades for children 10 and under, plus picnics, crafts, and speeches outline a day of events across towns including Muleshoe, Snyder, Hereford, Hale Center, and Lockney with rides, contests, and a 10 p.m. fireworks finale.
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Ymca Indian Guides
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First Methodist
City Park
Benny Douglass
Johnson Pool Building Art Association
Murky Weather Outlook on South Plains Fourth
A murky South Plains forecast with light showers near Lubbock and scattered activity across the Permian Basin. Cool conditions linger with lows in the 60s and highs mid 80s, while several downstate towns report notable rainfall and a few severe weather mentions across the region.
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Texas
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Ackerly
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Texas Auto Insurance Hike Urged by Board Members
The Texas insurance board heard proposals to raise rates citing costs of labor and parts while noting many states have higher premiums. Some advocated lower rates for students with B averages and for antique cars. The plan includes specific rate changes by county with Harris and Dallas among the higher areas and calls for potential blood test consent legislation next year.
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Tradition Retained at St Thomas Synagogue Clean Sand Floor
The St Thomas synagogue, second oldest in the United States, remains the only American synagogue preserving the desert passage rite with clean sand on the floor to mark the Jews’ exodus.
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U.S. Virgin Islands
UPI
United States
Births Addressees and weights from Lubbock area families
A list of births from area families includes Alfonso Maldonado and wife at 3106 Amherst welcoming a daughter 7 pounds 4 ounces at 8:37 am in Laut Chinic. Tommy Jay Ray and wife at 2312 3 Ave birth: daughter 7 pounds 12 ounces at 6:30 pm July 2 at University Hospital. Others include Drew Jackson 5405 23rd St son 7 pounds 14 ounces at 6:45 pm Thursday at Methodist Hospital. Michael Schaff 5516 17th St son 8 pounds 1 ounce at 12:08 am Wednesday. Jose Tienda 1508 Houston Levelland son 5 pounds 4? ounces at 11:24 am Wednesday. Joseph R Theisen 10 War Highway son 5 pounds 5 ounces at 8:18 am July 2 at Reese AFB Hospital. Terry W Fuller 24 Harmon Drive daughter 9 pounds 2 ounces at 1:15 pm July 2 at Reese AFB Hospital. Eric F Doten 4315 44th son 7 pounds 5 ounces at 7:29 am at Reese AFB Hospital. Raymond A Danz 3809 47th son 8 pounds 14 ounces at 5:21 am today at Reese AFB Hospital. John Curtis Strange 3905 E Duke daughter 8 pounds 14 ounces at 12:57 am at Highland Hospital. and a Sacco and Vanzetti trial note.
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University Hospital
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23Rd St
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Lauf Clinic
South Plains College
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Reese Afb Hospital
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47Th
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Former Marine toasts as Lubbock Tourists of the Week
Gary Parker a former Marine Corps captain moved with his wife Lynda and daughters Christy and Terri to Lubbock from the West Coast. They were selected as Lubbock’s first Tourists of the Week for 1968 and treated to honorary citizenship plus meals and gifts from local establishments. Parker will soon depart to Odessa after a planned Texas trip and will join Food Maker Corp. in Dallas.
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Sirhan Ang San Lae Faces Citizenship Uncertainty Over Kennedy Claim
Sirhan Sirhan’s disclosure that his brother killed Senator Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles last June 5 could jeopardize his bid for American citizenship. The Sirhan family came from Jordan in 1957. I feel that I should not be.
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Foster father claims government canceled naturalization hearing
The elder Sirhan said the government deprived him of citizenship by cancelling a June 7 naturalization hearing for his son. He reported authorities told him the hearing slated two days after the Kennedy assassination would be rescheduled, but no date has been set.
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Wallenda delays retirement with Berlin offer
Karl Wallenda 63 delays final high wire appearance after accepting a winter Berlin engagement. The Wallendas plan a 19 day show in Berlin starting Christmas Day, with Ricky, a sixth generation member, groomed to join in New Orleans in November. Wallenda remains boss on the ground despite family tragedies in the act.
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Associated Press
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Wallenda
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Plane Forced To Kurtles By Red Guns
Airline captain Joseph D. Tosolini describes a Soviet intercept near Iturup in the Kurile Islands. A MIG fired on Seaboard World Airlines DC8 carrying 214 U.S. servicemen bound for Vietnam, leading Tosolini to land under threat and sign a space violation statement to secure release.
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Renewed U S and Vietnamese Actions in Vietnam War
U S and South Vietnamese forces reinforced around the capital conduct sweeps for enemy units and weapons while the enemy vows continued attacks. The Mekong Delta reports two raids with 11 homes destroyed by mines and no casualties. Hue sees a major engagement with 66 enemy killed and 10 Vietnamese dead. Air strikes total 149 missions in the southern panhandle.
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Dom Pedro the Last Brazilian Emperor on American Soil
The statement notes Dom Pedro, emperor of Brazil in the 1880s, as the last emperor to rule on American soil. It emphasizes his colonial era status and significance in transcontinental royal history.
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Brazil
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