Lubbock Tech Dorm Project Faces $9.4 Million Challenge
Susan New Miss Texas time limit looms as Spurco Tech dorm project aims to house 1,716 students by September 1967. Kenneth May, vice president of H A Lott Inc., oversees four-job plan using climber cranes and past big builds like the Astrodome. Project includes 1,600,000 face bricks, 1,700 tons of reinforcing steel, 158 miles of wiring, and 158 miles of electrical wiring with 1,800 doors.
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Somer
H A. Lott, Inc
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Lott
Houston
Astrodome
Air Force Academy
May
Arlington
19Th St
Flint Ave
Room Land Board
TECH
Miss Texas 1966 Is Susan Kay Logan From Lubbock
Susan Kay Logan 19, a Texas Tech student, was crowned Miss Texas 1966 after defeating 61 contestants. First runner-up Sharon Kay Terrill of Arlington and second runner-up Betty Lynn Buckley of Fort Worth also earned notable honors. Logan receives a 1100 dollar scholarship, robe, and Casa Manana contract.
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Sessimen Beco News Services
Texas
Nancy Bernard
Lubbock
Miss Logan
Scarlett O'Hara
Betty Lynn Buckley
Fort Worth
Mary Lou Butler
Dallas
Miss Texas
Lee Lubbock
Inflation and Growth Define 1966 Early Economy
Booming business and rising incomes marked the first half of 1966 with low unemployment and growing inflation. Housing and auto sales lagged but overall indicators showed a banner year, prompting debate on possible tax action to curb inflation. The pace slowed in the second quarter as officials weighed sustained growth against inflation pressures.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
Mwivurl Wic
VGC
Johnson
Inflation debate and tax stance shift referenced
Economists fault the administration for delay as inflation rises. President Johnson considered a tax increase last week. The piece notes a renewed emphasis on the economy on page 10 of Bee ECONOMY.
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Johnson
Johnson attacks critics as riots and economy top talks
President Johnson barnstorms the Midwest blasting critics of Vietnam policy amid calls to end race riots in Cleveland and New York. He told crowds in Vincennes and Jeffersonville that antiwar voices ignore Communist atrocities, urging balanced talks and noting bombs on a hospital.
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Merriman Smith
United Press International
Johnson
Midwest
Cleveland
New York
atVincennes
Ind
Washington
Jeffersonville
Louisville
Air Force One
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Vincennes
South Viet Nam
Actor Montgomery Clift Dies at 45 in Manhattan Home
International report notes Montgomery Clift, three time Oscar nominee, died of a heart attack at age 45 in his East Side townhouse after an early morning seizure. The Omaha native won Oscar nods for The Search A Place in the Sun and From Here to Eternity. he returned from Germany recently and had film plans with Elizabeth Taylor.
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United Press International
New York
Montgomery
Clift
East Side
Frank Sinatra
Burt Lancaster
Jack Clareman
Lorenzo James
Howard Kline
United States
Germany
Motion Picture Company
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Richard Burton
Marilyn Monroe
Destiny
Community Ambassador From Peru Begins Two Month Stay
Lubbock area welcomes a Peruvian community ambassador starting a two month visit sponsored by Opti mist Club. The note appears on page 8 section A with brief regional interest.
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Peru
Optimist Club
Concrete crews supervise work at street excavation
Work crew supervisors Dave Jones of 4818 52nd St and Gary Close of 3601 31st St monitor concrete as it is prepared for excavation. Pauline Warner’s photos accompany the scene.
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Dave Jones
Gary Close
Pauline Warner
Cool Front Fails to Cool South Plains Heat in Lubbock
A weak cool front moved through the South Plains on Saturday, but heat remained intense. Lubbock thermometer hit 98 degrees after noon, easing from the prior two days of 102. The front retreated northward into the Panhandle by early afternoon as sunlit skies persisted.
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South Plains
Panhandle
Lubbock
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Nasser
Farouk
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el Paso
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