Lubbock Mayor Sees Peru Quake Mirror Tornado
Lubbock Texas mayor Jim Granberry tours Peru after its deadly May 31 earthquake, comparing scale to the May 11 Lubbock tornado that left 26 dead and 70 percent of rubble cleared locally. He travels with the Texas Peru Partners seeking aid strategies.
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Lubbock
Peru
Max Jennings
United
Pres International
Lima
Texas
Jim Granberry
Alliance
Granberry
Pent
Ministry of Health
Auto Workers press GM talks for 3 billion over three years
The United Auto Workers opened contract talks with General Motors in Detroit aiming at a package exceeding 3 billion dollars over three years. UAW president Leonard Woodgeck and GM vice president Bramblett urged a noninflationary settlement without a strike, citing high GM wages and shared national concerns. Negotiations move to Ford and Chrysler with early presentations planned.
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Wested Press
Bramblett
Toison State College
Woodcock
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
UAW
Cure Urged For Campus Disorders
San Francisco State College President S I Hayakawa told the Presidents Commission on Student Unrest that a compulsory national service program for all 18 year olds would cure campus disorder and that college draft deferments should end. He argued bright students fuel protests while others are immature and treat colleges as a play pen. Senators Kennedy and Scott joined two students and Robben Fleming to predict protests would continue until Vietnam ends. The commission, named by President Nixon, heard diverse views at its opening hearing.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
University of Michigan
Robben Fleming
Vietnam
Hayakawa
Nixon Hayakawa
Commission
William = Scranton
Pennsylvania
Nixon
University Theater hosts area speech workshop
Lubbock area students will attend a speech and theater workshop at Texas Tech University. The event highlighted in section C invites participants to improve performance skills and stage presence at the campus venue.
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University Theater At Tech
Prayer Invocation Emphasizes Mercy and Rewards
A devotional fragment prays to Heavenly Father asking for greater mercy so believers may seek the promised rewards and share in them. The reader signs the plea with Amen.
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Heavenly
Aquagal Researchers Undersea Study and Wedding
Five aquagals rested before studying the Great Algae Plain 50 feet deep with Dr. Sylvia Earle Mead leading the team. The Tektite man in the sea program reported its first wedding Tuesday night as two assistants wed in Charlotte Amalie, Beth Vogel of Kent Washington marrying Larry Jensen.
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Great Lameshur Bay
America
Sylvia Earle Mead
Charlotte Amalie
Elizabeth
Beth’” Vogel
Ernest P. Vogel
Kent, Wash
Larry Jensen
Lee
Texans Await Test Results on Toxaphene Spray
Texans fear toxaphene spraying in northeast New Mexico may reach the Canadian River and pollute Panhandle drinking water as federal tests begun midweek await results. Ranchers pursue pesticide use on about 60 000 acres to halt hungry range caterpillars while a federal court allows continued spraying. The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority opts to wait on Agriculture Department findings before further action.
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Associated Frees
New Mexico
Canadian
Panhandle Iities
U. S.department of Agriculture
Texas
F. E. Sauble
Springer
Sauble
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Plainview
Agriculture. Department
U.S
Trading Slow Market Advances on Strong Earnings
New York stocks rose sharply on Wednesday as better than expected second-quarter earnings reports triggered gains. Trading remained slow with analysts split on how lasting the rise will be. The Dow Jones average gained 8.62 to 711.66 for the day.
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New York
Inturn Ln
25 Years Ago and a Step Into Eternity Look Back
Postmaster Harold Dean in Bingham New Mexico recalls the 25th anniversary of July 16 1945 the Trinity atomic test near the town. He remembers the desert scene the lone post office and the moment the bomb exploded at 5 29 45 a m Mountain War Time as soldiers nearby prepared for invasion.
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Bill Stockton Bingham
N.M
Harold Dean
Bingham
New Mexico
U.S. 380
Sierra Oscuras
Pacific
Japan
Bingham Post Office
Trinity Site
Earth
Dean
Bome
Damage Heavy In City Blaze At Crawford Sewing Center
Fire heavily damaged Crawford Sewing Center at 5115 34th St shortly after 11 p m in what police suspect was a burglary. Four adjoining buildings suffered smoke damage as investigators look into the cause. The owner is listed as Frank Wilson. About $56 in cash was reported missing amid the ransacking.
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Crawford Sewing Center
34Th St
Five Point
Frank Wilson
Cambodian and Vietnamese troops renew Kim Rom push
Cambodian and South Vietnamese forces regroup for a renewed assault on Kim Rom 50 miles southwest of Phnom Penh as U S trained Cambodian battalions push up the mountain amid jungle and fog. The battle follows a savage ambush and tolls of killed and wounded with missing feared higher.
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Saigon
Kim Rom
Phnom Penh
Rom
Associated Press
Dews Mountain
South Vietnam
U.S
Kim Romi
Pitdh
Kiri Rom
da Nang
Cami
Laos
Pre trial hearing delayed in Lach murder case
In Fort Worth a one day delay postponed the Benjamin Lach murder case pre trial hearing. Judge Byron Matthews told both sides to be ready to hear motions as Lach faces potential death penalty in the 1967 Morgan slaying at Texas Tech. The Sept. 21 trial date may proceed after venue moved from Lubbock.
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Cspectsl
Fort Worth
Benjamin Lach
Criminal District Court
Byron Matthews
Lach
Sarah Alice Morgan
Lubbock
Atty
Blair Cherry Jr
Matthews
Texas Tech
Morgan
Texas Tech Science
Traces of Rain Fail to Dent Texas Heat
A weak cool front passed through the South Plains causing brief thunderstorms but dissipated by dusk with only traces of rain. The Weather Bureau issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Lubbock and surrounding counties, cancelled early with no major damage reported.
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Avalanche Journal News Services
South Plains
Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Lnhead
Weather map page notes mild highs in the 190s
Partly cloudy through Friday with a low tonight near 70 degrees. Daytime highs today and Friday in the mid 190s. Light variable winds. Humidity around 64 percent. Moonrise 8:00 PM. Sunrise 6:48 AM and sunset tonight.
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Lubbock
And
Vauiilay
Lamesie
Ieee
Lally
Dallag
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Tektite II Project
St. John
Virgin Islands
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Este
Senate
Cure
Lubbock, Area
Federal Grand Jury
Barbers’ Union Pension Fund
Kosygin
Soviet Union
Podgorny
Britain
OL News
FE Comic Dictionary
Aquagals
Texans
Avalanche-Journal
Germany
Truman
Potsdam
Churchill
Stalin
AEC
Glenn Seaborg
Alamorgado
Milescom Me
Childress
Harris County
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