Vigilantes press case against Broward sheriff over town crime
A group of about a dozen businessmen patrolling West Hollywood with shotguns and dogs testified before the Broward County Grand Jury seeking charges against Sheriff Allen B. Michell. They say the sheriff does not crack down on thieves and note only one patrol cruiser serves their 25 block area.
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West Hollywood
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Broward County Grand Jury
George Balmer
Allen B. Michell
Balmer
Jack Pitts
Fort Lauderdale
County approves $288,000 two level parking facility plan
Lubbock County commissioners endorses preliminary plans for a $288000 public parking facility on the courthouse annex site. The design features 255 underground and street level spaces with potential expansion to 473. Offices move to the old post office as remodeling runs to September 1.
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Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County Commissioners Court
L. H. Kirby
13Th Street
Avenue G
Kirby
Big Arsenal Captured From Viets
U S Navy pilots shot down a MIG over North Vietnam's panhandle as Marines seized a regimental arsenal near the Demilitarized Zone. Ground action near Con Thien followed a week of heavy clashes as Air Force reports of strikes around Dong Hoi and near Saigon highlighted intensified operations.
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U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Vinh
Con Thien
U.S
Air Force
Dong Hoi
Navy
BIG Arsenal
Truant Officer as A Talent Scout for a Reform School
Truant Officer is described in a comic dictionary note as a talent scout for a reform school. The item sits among Teletype features and humor briefs in the paper’s late edition.
Prayer Quote from Mrs Rasor on Scriptural Guidance
Today's Prayer urges parents to internalize the Bible's teaching that holy scriptures guide to salvation through faith in Christ. It warns that life unrest stems from neglecting God's word and credits Mrs. Jesse J. Rasor with the reflection.
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Christ Jesus
Jesse J. Rasor
Lubbock Council of Governments to Hire Executive Director
SMCOG members will meet at 9 30 a m Friday to hire an executive director for the planning group with a salary around 18000. A 60974 federal grant from HUD and 30000 local match fund expansive planning. The LMCOG includes Lubbock County and area cities. The group formed in 1967 after December 1966 agreement and will work with Hudgins Thompson Ball to plan broader regional government.
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Lubbock
Slaton
Idalon
Wolfforth
Abernathy
Shallowater
Hudgins, Thompson, Ball and Associates, Inc
Tulsa
Lubbock County
Hale County
Rodrick L. Shaw
LMCOG
Judge Shaw
Youth riot at City Hall over summer jobs demand
About 1,500 youths demonstrated at City Hall in New York pelting police with objects and looting from street vendors as they pressed for more summer jobs. Nine arrests were made, a leader Jose Morales 25 charged with inciting to riot, and several police were injured.
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New York
City Hall
Jose Morales
French Premier Hikes Taxes In Final Move
Paris AP reports Premier Georges Pompidou's government raised taxes on high incomes a stock company levy and higher car registrations as part of a last act before resigning. The measures aim to trim the 1968 deficit to about 2.1 billion dollars amid a labor crisis.
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Paris
Georges Pompidou
Spock gets two years in prison for antidraft activities
Dr Benjamin Spock and three others were sentenced to two years in prison and fines up to $5000 for conspiring to aid young men to avoid the draft. Bonds were continued pending appeals. Spock vowed to keep opposing the Vietnam War despite the ruling.
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Associated Press
Boston
Benjamin Spock
Yale University
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Mitchell Goodman
Temple
Maine
Harvard
Michael Ferber
Coffin
Goodman
Ferber
U. S. Dist
Francis J. W. Ford
U. S. Circuit Court
Spock
Ford
DR. Spock
Johnson housing bill advances with large federal subsidies
The House passed a broad housing package to aid home ownership, low rent housing, and riot insurance for urban areas. The plan aims to create or rehabilitate 1.7 million units over three years, with potential total costs up to 50 billion over 40 years and requires later funding approval.
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United Press International
Washington
House
Senate
House Debates Largest Housing Bill With New Insurance Provisions
Debates run three days over a sweeping housing bill that would create government backed riot insurance for ghetto dwellers and flood-prone business districts, a new federal private insurance pool, and interest subsidies enabling low income families earning 3000 to 7000 to buy homes up to 17500. The House also set income ceilings for subsidies and cut 60 million for babysitting and homemaking counseling as part of urban renewal funding. See HOUSING, Page 14.
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John Anderson
R-Ii
House
Youths Boost U.S. Jobless Figures in June
Washington reports the June labor survey shows the workforce surpassing 80 million for the first time with 1.3 million more unemployed than May. A record 77.3 million employed, teen participation drives a 3.8 percent overall jobless rate, nonwhite unemployment rising to 7.2 percent.
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Associated Press
Washington
Labor Department
Department
Flood Curbs Plan Pushed for Running Water Draw Project
Army Board of Engineers backs the Running Water Draw flood control scheme near Plainview. The 7.5 mile channel work seeks 100 year flood protection, with federal share about 4.745 million and Corps share 3.2 million if upstream dams are built. project moves to top federal authorities and Congress for approval.
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Army Board of Engineers
Corps’ District Office
Plainview
Chief of Engineers
Secretary of the Army
Bureau of the Budget
Congress
Army Corps of Engineers
Soil Conservation Service
Playa Lakes
Far rang ing decision on servicemen tax payments
The U S Court of Appeals ruled nonresident servicemen stationed in Connecticut do not owe state sales and use taxes. The decision, written by Judge Wilfred Feinberg, says military absence does not change home state residence and that taxing rules violate the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1942.
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United Press International
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
Connecticut
Wilfred Feinberg
Navy
Stanley D. Schuman
Nebraska
John L. Sullivan
Congress
De Gaulle Names Couve de Murville Premier of France
Paris reports Charles de Gaulle replaces Georges Pompidou after six years as premier and invites Pompidou to remain ready for a future mandate. Maurice Couve de Murville, longtime foreign minister, chosen to lead a new government. Pompidou resignations formalities follow the reshuffle.
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Associated Press
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
Pompidou
France
Elysee Palace
Couve de Murville
Weather outlook for Lubbock region with light storms
Partly cloudy today and tonight with a few late thundershowers possible in the area. Low in the 60s, high in the upper 80s, rain chance about 10 percent tonight. Temperatures show 88 high and 58 low at nearby stations with humidity around 31 to 39 percent.
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Lubbock
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