City Council Honors Fireman for Heroic Rescue
At 10 p.m. July 2 near Man Street and Avenue Q, J C Shipman was shocked by a 6 500 volt line while repairing a break atop a ladder truck. Fire Capt Carl W Goldwater risked himself to back the truck and save Shipman, prompting a unanimous council resolution and a standing ovation from Mayor Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl W. Goldwater
J. C. Shipman
Lubbock Power and Light
W. D
Dub) Rogers Jr
Man Street
Avenue Q
Shipman
Goldwater
Capt
Two Accidents Six Violations Man Is Jailed
A 27 year old Black man was jailed Thursday night for six traffic violations including failure to report an accident and failure to stop. He was involved in two crashes on East Broadway near 4:30 p.m. injuring three people. Henry Lee Hollins 22 and Willie Earl Tipton 23 were listed as seriously injured at Methodist Hospital. Martha M Dennison 37 was treated for minor injuries at West Texas Hospital after a two car crash at 50th Street and Avenue U.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Broadway
Henry Lee Hollins
Tihh
Hollins
Willie Earl Tipton
Methodist Hospital
June O’neal
Ave. E
West Texas Hospital
Broadway and
Quirt Ave
Martha M. Dennison
West Texas
50Th St
Ave. U
Posed as bank chairmen in Lub bock store suit heist
A man posing as a bank official talked a downtown store into laying out a $115 suit for pickup. He drove away with the garments in a taxi after claiming the item was for a new bank director. Police search for the impersonator continued Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Hourly Log Proposed to Ease Ambulance Driver Crisis
Texas Funeral Directors Association proposes hourly logs for ambulance drivers to limit time on ambulances to under 20 percent of shifts to satisfy federal wage rules. Beaumont officials urge record keeping while Texas towns report funeral homes quitting emergency ambulance and invalid coach services facing losses. County leaders discuss who will supply service after a September deadline with no decision yet.
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Associated Press
Texas Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association
Percy Wallace
Department of Labor
Wallace
Beaumont
East Texas
Lubbock
Texas
Fort Worth
Lawmakers Trim Alliance for Progress and Aid Funds
Amendments reduce Alliance for Progress to 750 million and cut 25 million from supporting assistance funds. One amendment bans funds from any activity contrary to U.S. foreign policy. Another blocks funds to United Arab Republic unless the President deems it in national interest.
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Alliance For Progress
U.S
United Arab Republic
Lubbock Marriage Licenses and Civil Suits Noted in Courts
Marriage licenses listed for Ronald Lee Jordan and Sandra Hollinsworth. Roy Gene McDonald and Rebecca Hobson. Freddie Joe Thomas and Shirley Flowers. Urban Bellinghausen Jr. and Joni Harlan. Glenn Nall and Mary Tabor, all of Lubbock. Court records show numerous divorce, note, and contract disputes across 99th to 72nd District Courts including a $8,000 damages claim from a Nov. 12 truck crash and a $10,700 damages suit from a Sept. 18 traffic mishap.
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Ronald Lee Jordan
Sandra Hollinsworth
Lubbock
Roy Gene McDonald
Rebecca Sue Hobson
Freddie Joe Thomas
Shirley Lea Flowers
Urban John Bellinghausen Jr
Joni Beverly Jo Harlan
Glenn Donnell Nall
Mary Margaret Tabor
Lubbock Courts
99Th District Court
Howard C. Davison
W. T. Crawford Sr
Crawford Painting & Decorating Co
J. B. Vickery
C. B. Thompson
Jack Nelson
V&n Construction Co
Mary Chapa
Bill Mendoza Chapa
Lelta Hobson
Alvin Eugene Hobson
David Rush Moncrief
Simmons- Henry Gin Co., Inc
Marced Delarosa
L. Crawford
J. Crawford
Victor H. Lindsey
Rhett Keith Criner
Jeff Dailey Nall
Johnie Taylor
Connie Taylor
Albert Curry Jr
Mary Ruth Curry
Nogal Mesa Ranch Camp Meeting Dates Set
The 26th annual Nogal Mesa Ranch men's Camp Meeting is scheduled July 20 to 24, four miles east of Carrizoro on U.S. Highway 380. Visiting ministers include Revs Roy Ford of Lubbock and George Jackson of Indianapolis, with Paul Biggs of Phillips as song leader. Interdenominational services will be held daily starting with an early devotional and ending with a 7 pm program. Participants will camp under the stars.
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Lovington
Nogal Mesa
U.s.hwy
Carrizoro
Roy Ford
Lubbock
George Jackson
Indianapolis
Paul Biggs
Phillips
Johnson silent on Texas Senate race as Carr visits
Capitol scene notes three weeks ahead and possible meeting with the President. Johnson has not publicly commented on the forthcoming Texas Senatorial race. Carr, who attended a Southern Association for Attorneys General meeting in Wilmington, Del., travels with his wife and son David and plans to return home today. Connally is due to fly back to Austin and will go to South America later this month to promote Latin American participation in HemisFair 1968 in San Antonio.
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Johnson
Texas
Carr
Southern Association For Attorneys General
Wilmington
Del
David
Connally
Austin
South America
HemisFair
San Antonio
Alabama counties lead in Negro population percentages
Macon County leads among over 3,000 U S counties with 83.4 percent Negro residents. Green County follows at 81.3 percent and Lowndes County at 80.7 percent, per Census Bureau data.
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Alabama
Washington
Macon County
U. S
Census Bureau
Green County
Lowndes County
Israeli Jets Hit Syrian Border Posts and Interceptors
Israeli jets attacked Syrian engineers working to divert Jordan River waters and clashed with Syrian MIGs over the border. Gen Rabin said the strikes were retaliation after multiple Syrian border attacks that killed four Israelis and wounded others in the past 84 hours.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Itzhak Rabin
Hurricane Celia No Threat for Mexico
Mexico City AP report says Hurricane Celia forming off Puerto Rico poses no danger to Mexico. The Mexican Weather Bureau forecasts a path toward Miami or the Bahamas and holds Celia in the Atlantic rather than the Caribbean.
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Mexico City
Mexican Weather Bureau
Puerto Rico
Mexico
Miami
Bahamas
Atlantic
Caribbean
Air raid near Al Magor leaves casualties and disputed reports
Syrian and Israeli accounts clashed after a 50 minute air raid near the Al Magor border settlement, injuring 10 on the ground and prompting conflicting claims of plane losses. A Syrian official later cited 100 deaths, while Damascus Radio reported two Israeli jets downed. Rabin dismissed the reports as false. The MIG pilot reportedly bailed out.
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Damascus
Rabin
al Magor
Sea of Galilee
Fort Hood celebrates Hell on Wheels 26th anniversary parade
A torchlight parade taps and color guards mark the 26th anniversary of the Hell on Wheels 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood. Lt Gen Collier, ret., will speak. Maj Gen Kelly notes the division’s WWII and Berlin battles and its Vietnam era role. Awards honor top battalions for 1965 66 work. a memorial service closes.
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Fort Hood
Hell On Wheels
2Nd Armored’ Division
John H. Collier
Will
North
Berlin
U. S. ‘Army
Viet Nam
John E. Kelly
Collier
Appeals Court sets Aug 8 hearing in primary election suit
A Texas Seven th Court of Civil Appeals in Amarillo ordered August 8 for the hearing of A J Carabbi of Pampa in a suit claiming 71 voters who cast Republican primary ballots in May also voted in his June 4 Democratic runoff for County judge. Dist Judge Lewis Goodrich ruled the 171 votes legal, but the voters could face separate fines.
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Amarillo
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
A. J. Carabbi
Pampa
Gary
Bill Craig
Dist
Lewis Goodrich
Carabbi
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E. 15Th St
Jerry R. Parker
17Th Pl
Bill Timmons
American Trailer Co
B. R. Gunn
33Rd St
Gunn
Larry Lewter
28Th St
van Miller
54Th St
Broadway
Virgil Haney
16Th St
Chevrolet
E. 31St St
19Th District Court
James A. Ellis
Will Hadden
Jean Hadden
Frank T. Bass
Ramon Renteria
Josephine Renteria
Mae Saddler Jobe
Ollie Jobe
Culpepper Finance Corporation
Giles H. Turner
Robert H. Bean
Citizens National Bank of Lubbock
Jack Millsap
Anchor Finance Co., Inc
Billy D. Meek
Joyce M. Meek
Barbara Duncan
Robert L. Duncan
Edwin H. Boedexer
Forrest Lumber Co
Lee Elmer
Wylie Stations, Inc
Johnny Simpson
Wheeler Remodeling Co
Lucille Rice
Lubbock Dodge, Inc
A. D. Spivey
Red Cab Line Construction
United States Leasing Corporation
J. B. Marion
J. B. Marion & Co
Pat S. Moore
the Lovable Co
J. Bulloch
Bulloch Variety
Foremost County Mutual Insurance Co
John B. McKinney
John's Investment Co
American Greetings Corporation
Fred V. Ellison
Ellison Drug Co
Doeple P. Dooley
James R. Fanning
Fanning Construction Co
William Y. Garrett
John W. Gardener
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Social Security Administration
Garrett
Caracas
Venezuela
Capitol Scene
Eliav Simon
United Press International
Furr
Erin
VY Price
Valour
CAPRI
Phi Maid
Frontier
Shorts
S & Boys
Uite’con
Bermuda
Wa As
Basi
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