City Parks System Lacks Funds For New Develop
Lubbock voters face an August bonds ballot authorizing 1.8 million to develop existing parks and acquire land. The city, growing from under 50 000 to 146 000 since the 1940s, has only 3 million in prior bonds and uneven park coverage west of Quaker Avenue. Proposals target Bowie School park, Higinbotham, Leftwich, and others with irrigation, playgrounds, community centers, and athletic facilities to meet minimum standards and attract industry.
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Libbock
Devis Park
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University Avenue
Quaker Avenue
4Th Street
50Th Street
Bowie
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Chicago
Slide Road
19Th
Zenith Avenue
Higinbotham
Evans Junior High
Leftwich Park
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Maxey
Ribble
Carlisle
Burns
David Sherrill
Parks and Recreation
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Parks and Recreation Department
Sherrill
A. C. Hamilton
Litton Industries
Hamilton
Old Timers Back Bonds For Civic Center Move
In Lubbock residents community split over a proposed civic center bond. Some see urgent need to improve area despite moving risk. others refuse to relocate or demand top compensation. Affected neighbors cite Tornado damage and decades of home life as key factors in their varied stances.
One Millionth Visitor Fills Eisenhower Chapel in Abilene
Air Force sergeant Freeman Kiefer 33 visiting the Eisenhower Center chapel in Abilene Kan became the millionth entrant. Kiefer a veteran mechanic from Andrews Air Force Base Va said he helped service Eisenhower's plane and now works on Nixon's Air Force One. He has 15 years in the service. Don Wilson library staff presented a portrait of Eisenhower and Kiefer plans to hang it with four Eisenhower paintings at his Alexandria home. He was the last of eight who entered the chapel.
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Abilene
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Air Force
Eisenhower Center
Tech
Freeman Kiefer
Andrews Air Force Base
Eisenhower
Columbine
Kleier
Alexandria
Canyon Lakes project gains momentum for disaster rehab
City planners tout Canyon Lakes as a practical recovery scheme boosting property values and NDP funding, with inner city lake system as phase one. Projections include seven miles of green belt across 1 371 acres, recreation facilities, protected bike paths, and six dirt dams to capture storm runoff and support reuse of treated effluent.
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Slaton
South Plains
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Marshall Street
Avenue U
Avenue Q North Drive
Mackenzie Park
Fort Worth and
Denver Railroad
Lubbock
Ambulance Firms Clash Over New Albuquerque Service
Lonnie Dennis owner of Albuquerque Ambulance Service sues to block a third firm Superior Ambulance Service run by John Ortega and Homer Anderson. He argues the State Corporation Commission approval dated April 24 is capricious arbitrary and confiscatory and will harm existing operations.
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Santa Fe, N.M
Albuquerque
Lonnie Dennis
Alburquerque Ambulance Service
State Corporation Commission
John Ortega
Homer Anderson
Three Men Die in Separate New Mexico Traffic Crashes
Delayed AP report lists Cecil Godkin Sr. 70 of Albuquerque, John Fitzpatrick 70 of Tolleson Arizona, and Louie Arthur De Barr 70 of Grand Blanc Michigan as the deceased. Godkin died from injuries after June 20 collision with a wall in Albuquerque. Fitzpatrick and De Barr died June 17 when their car and a diesel truck collided near Tucumcari.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Cecil Godkin Sr
John Fitzpatrick
Tolleson
Water trade hits all-time high in 1969 tonnage
The Army Corps of Engineers reports that waterborne commerce in the United States reached a record 1.4 billion tons in 1969, up 36 million tons from the previous year, marking seven straight years of gains.
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Washington
United States
Army Corps of Engineers
College Student Sets Tobacco Spitting Distance Record
A Mississippi State University senior, Don Snyder, 22, won his third straight National Tobacco Spitting Contest title and set a new distance mark of 25 feet 10 inches on his final attempt. The old record of 24 feet 10 3/4 inches was held by George Craft. Craft’s nephew Huron Craft won the accuracy division, missing the spitton by 1.5 inches at 15 feet. Both division winners received gold spittons.
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UPI
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Don Snyder
Mississippi State University
Imark
George Craft
Raleigh
Huron Craft
Julie Eisenhower Wedding Attended by 902 Guests in Houston
President’s daughter Julie and her husband David Eisenhower attended a wedding in Houston with 900 additional guests. Susan Harvin and Robert A. Law joined as classmates from Smith College with Susan serving as bridesmaid.
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Julie
Houston
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