Stronger Paternity Laws and Wages Garnishment Eyed
Texas Senate welfare reform committee endorsed measures to improve aid for welfare children. It backed a statutory method to determine paternity and a constitutional amendment to allow wage garnishment on court-ordered child support while seeking removal of an $80 million cap on annual welfare payments.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Senate Interim Committee On
Barbara Jordan
Houston
Ben Barnes
Impound Fees Up as Council Sets Bond Election
Lubbock city council moves to finalize a $13.6 million capital improvements bond election aimed at tornado damage areas. An ordinance increases impounding and storage fees for abandoned vehicles and bids a 12:30 pm special session to approve the election for Saturday August 8. The Marley Con. won a $264 050 contract to replace two cooling towers at Power and Light plant Number Two with Barnard Jensen Burk Inc. backing the bid as best value.
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Vaughn Hendrie
avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
First Southwest Co
Dumas, Huguenin and Boothman
Marley Con
Power & Light
Barnard
Jane Burk, Inc
Bill Taylor
Council
Segregation Suits Target Four Southern States
The Justice Department filed suits against Mississippi and 27 school districts across Florida Arkansas and South Carolina to force desegregation before the new school year. The actions affect 194 865 students in 361 schools with 95 137 Black students and 85 percent previously attending segregated schools. More suits were expected in Texas Virginia Georgia Florida Louisiana Tennessee and Mississippi with some districts already proposing plans needing federal approval.
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United Press Interim
Washington
Mississippi
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Florida
Arkansas
South Carolina
Jerris Leonard
Justice Departments
South
Texas
East Texas
Virginia
Georgia
Louisiana
Tennessee
Leonard
Prayer Fragment Encourages Patience and Forgiveness
A devotional prayer prayerful appeal asks readers to be patient and devoted in prayer to hope forgive others and live in harmony while defeating anger and temptation.
Smith outlines Texas bright spots through cooperation
Gov Preston Smith spoke to more than 150 at Texas Tech University on the Texas Communities Tomorrow program. He highlighted lower state taxes, leading industrial growth, and 901 new industries last year, crediting local and state collaboration for progress as discussions turn to industrial development.
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Preston Smith
Texas Tech
Meldon Leslie
Tohoka
Terry Davis
Ape
Texas
Texas Tech University
California
Smith
No relief forecast as Texas panhandle hot spell continues
The Panhandle saw only spot showers with Hereford recording up to 1 inch while Amarillo and surrounding areas felt brief relief. Temperatures reached 98 in Hereford with widespread heat across the state, forecasters warning no immediate cooling is expected and no precipitation is predicted.
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South Plains
Panhandle
Hereford
U.S. Weather Bureau
West Texas Air Terminal
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Pampa
McLain
Shamrock
Loss Offset Stock Market Gains On Strong Second Session
Wall Street rose for the second straight session as analysts cited signs of an upturn in May and a peak in interest rates. The Dow gained 10.68 to 692.77, with NYSE volume at 12.82 million shares and 1,056 advances and 288 declines. the American Stock Exchange index rose 0.13 to 19.89.
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New York
Wall Street
Bradbury K. Thurlow
Hoppin Bros. & Co
Rnot
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Three Die In Antenna Accident Near Bells Farm
A family of three Rufus Floyd Clark 57 Juanita 43 and son John W 19 were electrocuted installing a television antenna at their farm home six miles northwest of Bells Texas. Justice of the Peace A L McGuire said the family contacted a high voltage line running over their house.
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Bells (Ap
North
Texas
Rufus Floyd Clark
Juanita
John W
Justice of the Peace A. L
McGuire
Bells
Sherman
Heatly Honored by Texas Pork Producers in Lubbock
Paducah politician V. S. Bill Heatly, long time state representative and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, was saluted by the Texas Pork Producers Association in Lubbock. Commissioner John C. White praised Heatly as a tough but compassionate leader aiding agriculture and underprivileged citizens.
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Gerry Burton
Heatly
Avalanche Journal
W. S
House
Paducah
Lubbock Lee States
Texas Pork Producers Association
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
John C. White
Weather Map and Community Notes From Lubbock
Light winds and a warm high forecast for today across Lubbock and vicinity. A noted gathering at the Red Raider Convention Center featured discussions on mental health and reform of state systems, with calls to address prison conditions and support for youth and elderly programs.
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Lubbock
Aturda
Agein
Red Raider Convention Center
White
Heatly
Texas
Mill
Ito
Marinary Tsuma
Denver
andjAmarito
Patias
W.fals
U S Bombers Strike Cambodia amid Southeast Asia turmoil
U S bombers hit Cambodia as Communist forces retreat under a new counteroffensive. In South Vietnam Maj. Gen. George W. Casey and six others die in a helicopter crash. Defense Secretary Laird says troop withdrawals will exceed 50,000 with aims to reach the lowest levels since 1966 by mid October. Villages see mass civilian flight and Laos reports a deadly strike at a refugee settlement. 61 Americans killed in Indochina fights in the week.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Saigon
Cambodia
South Vietnam
George W. Casey
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S
Inietnam
Khe Sanh
South
Vietnam
Laos
Plain of Jars
Indochina
Laird
Mideast
Laird vows faster Vietnam troop withdrawals
Secretary Laird pledged withdrawals from South Vietnam would exceed the 50 000 figure in the coming three months with the Oct 15 target at the lowest point since December 1966 The plan aims to meet or beat Nixon's promised pullout by spring while the current level stands at 410 000 Civilians in Cambodia return home as counteroffensive progresses and U S air strikes bolster the effort in neighboring areas
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Laird
Washington
Sec. of
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
South Vietnam
Nixon
Associated Press
Sec. of Defense
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Beccy Evatt
Balls
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Texas Agriculture Commissioner
Milton Adams
By Eugene Smith Avalanche
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Cotulla
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Galveston
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Stock Mart
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