Weed plant raid nets 80 pounds near Lubbock home
Law enforcement through CHOC and the DEA found more than 100 six-foot-tall marijuana stalks covering a 100-square-foot pigpen near a home two and a half miles east of North U.S. 87. Deputies and agents estimated about 80 pounds with a street value around $9,000.
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St.alk
Lubbock
Lubbock County
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U.S.87
P.R. Wilbanks
C.H. “Choc Blanchard
Joe Dan Buckner
Commissioners Vote To Axe All Requests For Budget Boosts
Lubbock County Commissioners Court will fund offices at current operation levels and cut 429000 from 1977 budget requests. Total 1977-78 budget plans exceed 5.8 million with revenues about 5.4 million and 261000 from reserves. Even at 80 cent tax rate the county would gain 73500 extra revenue, leaving a 125000 excess to eliminate after payroll cuts.
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Mary Alice Robbins
Conne
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Lubbock
Firrgeson
Furgeson
Alton Brazell
Brazell
Weather outlook for Lubbock and vicinity
Decreasing cloudiness through Thursday with warmer temperatures. Highs in the 60s today, lows in the upper 60s tonight. Thursday expects mid 80s. Southeasterly winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent today and 30 percent tonight. In Guam, Typhoon Therese threatens with 155 mph winds. 1,300 residents shelter in schools as the storm skirts 135 miles northeast.
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Lubbock and Viciity
Agana
Guam
Pacific Island
Therese
National Weather Service
Prayer for guidance in political leadership race
A reader offers a prayer asking divine blessing on political parties as they prepare for another leadership contest. The supplication seeks decisions benefiting mankind over personal gain and ends with an amen.
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Christ
Carter Platform Gains Demo Convention Okay
Jimmy Carter neared a running mate decision as the 37th National Convention approved the party platform. Sources said shortlist narrowed to Edmund Muskie or Walter Mondale. other VP contenders John Glenn Henry Jackson Adlai Stevenson remained available. The convention showcased unity with Carter facing a pivotal choice amid star speakers and renewed Democratic energy.
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Chicago
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Ohio
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Ennee
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
U.N. Accuses Uganda Blackmail Tactics Over Israel Raid
Israeli Ambassador Chaim Herzog charged Uganda with threatening British nationals in Uganda to influence Security Council debate on the Entebbe raid. The council split on two resolutions as Africa and U.S.-Britain proposals failed to gain nine votes. Sudan pressed for a session on a Libyan-backed coup attempt, while Kenya accused Uganda of mass killings and fueling tensions with Amin.
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Uganda
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Dan
Idi Amin
Council
Israel
Amin
Britain
Dora Bloch
Richard
Entebbe
Salim A. Salim
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Panama
Security Council
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Libya
Jaafar el-Numairi
Mahgoub Makkawi
New York
International Forum
Munyua Waiyaki
Still Another Day Of Rainfall Due Before Sunshine Returns
Gentle thunderstorms blanketed much of the state including the South Plains since Saturday and won't budge today according to the National Weather Service. Sunshine may peak by Thursday with Tuesday's rainfall adding 0.60 of an inch.
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South Plains
National Weather Service
Four day rainfall totals across Lubbock area reach near four inches
The A J Today reports a four day storm system bringing about 7 inches in O'Donnell and up to 4 inches in Lubbock area with 1 to 1.4 inches in Dickens Wolfforth Sundown Slaton and Paducah. Forecasters predict more rain, temperatures mid eighties, and clearing by Thursday as storms fade.
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Slaton
Plainview
Paducah
O’donnell
O'Donnell
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South Plains
National Weather Service
SPAG Aides Resignation Accepted Amid Open Meetings Concern
SPAG directors voted to accept a grievance panel’s report allowing the former director of the regional police academy to resign rather than be fired. The two hour closed session allegedly violated the Texas Open Meetings Law, with Mayor Bass saying final action questions remain.
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South Plains Association of Governments
Regional Police Academy
SPAG
Carolyn Jordan
Ronnie Smith
Truett Mayes
Smith
Jordan
Lubbock
Roy Bass
Bailey County
W.M. Dudley
Bass
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