Lubbock County Returns With Votes For Local Races
Local ballot totals show Waggoner Carr narrowly ahead in state race while incumbents and challengers respond to results. Officials like Ottis Isom Bill Davis and Jane Rieger issue statements of gratitude and plans for runoff or continued support as Dems report early totals and field nominees in precinct contests.
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M. Jeffcoat
New Deal
Wiiters
Jefcoat
Jeffcoat
Lubbock County
Austin
Waggoner Carr
House of Representatives
Buddy Maner
Lubbock
West Texas
John F .Bubovi Maner
Carr
Leibock County
Bill Davis
Jane Rieger
Ottis Isom
Dudley Brummett
Anne Ford Neal
Houston H. Boyd
Gertie Mills
Bob Dennis
L. D Whiteley
Leon
Red) Walston
George G. Green
Raymond Gentry
Alton Brazell
Fred Gentry
A. W
Ward) Johnson
Frank Lawrence
John B. Wells
Allen L. Meurer
W. L. Legate
Judge Allows Jury to Vote Despite Legal Hurdles
Kerrville AP Dist Judge James Weatherby recessed a murder trial to permit jurors to vote. Jurors lived far apart across the county and faced a 20 mile, five hour trek via two routes to reach all precincts.
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Kerrville
James Weatherby
Lince
Alton Brazell Wins Four Votes Majority in Race
Commissioner candidate Alton Brazell secured a narrow victory with a 15 vote margin, winning a four vote majority in the local election. Results reflect a tight contest for the precinct seat and local leadership.
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Alton Brazell
Bank Expansion Plans Three-Building Complex Downtown
The project will start this Fall at 14th St and Ave K, including three buildings with landscaping and underground offices. Drive in windows and an armored car entrance connect to the underground offices, which will house noncustomer departments. Steel reinforced concrete will be used with air conditioning and central heating. A 40 foot sign and full landscaping will create a downtown park area.
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Intial
Oupan Whien
14Th St
Ave. K
14Th
Buts Ave
St. Hellenessari
Mth
Daniel Forces Hold Control In Precinct Conventions
Daniel forces gain strong conservative wins across Texas precinct conventions with liberal gains in some counties. Reports show delegates favoring Daniel and the state committee, with notable wins in Travis Hidalgo Bell Hockley Denton Kerr Gregg Greggton Longview and others, while some counties remain contested.
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Daniel
Precinct
Bowie
Willacy
Starr
Midland
Potter
Galveston Island
Dallas County
Ed Drake
Travis County
Hidalgo County
Bell County
Killeen
DOT
State Committee
Howard County
Tom Green County
Lyndon Johnson
Orange County
Ruth Robbins
Democratic
Wilbarger County
Hockley
Daniel Daniel
Denton County
Alex Dickie Jr
Kerr County
Gregg County
Democrats of Texas
Longview
Gladewater
Greggton
Navy Balloonists Reach 15 Miles Up in Giant Ballon Ride
Two Navy spacemen Cmdr. Malcolm De Boss and retired Cmdr. M. Lee Lewis rode a 17 story high balloon from a Crosby Minnesota iron mine to an altitude above 68 000 feet near the Minnesota North Dakota line. The ascent started before dawn and the craft climbed at 1 000 to 2 000 feet per minute.
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Crosby, Minn
UPI
Navy
Cmdr
Malcolm de Boss
M. Lee Lewis
Crosby
Minnesota-North Dakota
Fargo
Former Lubbock Man In Runoff For Hood County Judge
Burton S. Burks Jr. of Granbury led Hood County primary results but with 400 votes left to count at 9 30 p m neither Burks nor rival secured a majority to avoid a runoff. Burks, son of Burton S. Burks Sr., is a Tom S. Lubbock High School graduate who served in the Air Force and later became a farmer near Granbury. His wife is Frances Turner, daughter of Frank M. Turner.
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Lubbock
Burton S. Burks Jr
Granbury
Hood County
Burton S. Burks Sr
30Th St
Lloyd Musick
Lipan
Democrats Name Choices In July Primary Voting
The article surveys Texas primary races with emphasis on statewide contests for Supreme Court places, the lieutenant gubernatorial race, and gubernatorial dynamics. It notes Rob ert W. Hamilton top in Place 1, J. E. Smith second, and W. B. Hunt trailing, amid a lethargic campaign atmosphere and the DOT alignment behind Yarborough.
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United States
William A. Blakley
Ralph W. Yarborough
Supreme Court
Palce
J. Edwin Smith
Wilmer Bo Hunt
Robert W. Hamilton
Sarah T. Hughes
Joe Greenhill
Austin
Dallas
Sarah Hughes
Midland
Eighth Court of Civil Appeals
el Paso
J. E. Smith
Houston
W. B. Hunt
Hamilton
Texas
Yesteryear
Yarborough
Democrats of
DOT
Gonzalez
George Nokes
Tom Griffin
Daniel
Wm. A. Blakley
Senate
Blakley
Clean Hydrogen Bomb Test Halted by U S
The United States canceled a scheduled clean hydrogen bomb test at the Pacific proving grounds this summer. Fourteen nations, including Russia, were invited to observe, but the Soviet Union did not accept.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Pacific Proving Grounds
Russia
Soviet Union
Conservatives clash over Dennis seat in state party
Conservatives at a Saturday convention may unseat Dennis from the State Democratic executive committee and replace him with a new committeeman. Delegates chosen next Saturday could pledge to target his seat, while anti-Daniel sentiment shifts focus from DOTs to internal party unity as factions mingle.
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Dennis
Democratic Executive Committee
Millikin, Former Colorado Senator, Dies Of Pneumonia
Former U S Senator Eugene D Millikin aged 67 died of pneumonia in his Denver apartment while under an oxygen tent He served 16 years as a Republican senator from Colorado and chaired major finance committees His death came after years of arthritis and a period in a wheelchair The Denver area links include his wife Delia stepson Karl C Schuyler Jr and relatives at his bedside born in Hamilton Ohio February 12 1991 and educated at the University of Colorado
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Denver
U.S
Eugene D. Millikin
Senate
Colorado
Delia
Karl C. Schuyler Jr
Readed Finance Group
Senate Finance Committee
Joint
Millikin
Ralph L. Carr
Alva B. Adan
Pueblo
Hamilton
Ohio
University of Colorado
George A. Carlson
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