Apollo Takes Aim At Moon CONCEPT Open Air Plaza Plans Unveiled
Architects in Lubbock presented a Memorial Civic Center concept with a water sculpture plaza as its focal point. The $6.9 million project could be completed by April 1974, featuring a 600 seat theater, a 3 800 capacity banquet hall, 14 meeting rooms, a 50 000 square foot exhibition hall, and an outdoor amphitheater, plus a children s center and youth police training area.
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Monday
Lubbock
Memorial Civic Center
Architects
Avenue Q
Children’s Center
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A reader offers a prayer urging kindness and respect for every person, asking divine guidance to value fellow humans as works of God. The text invites daily dignity in interactions and mutual appreciation.
Front Brings Rain and Tornado to North Texas
A cold front spurred rain up to 1.50 inches and strong storms across the South Plains causing flash flooding and a tornado in a Lake Dallas mobile home park. A Lewisville boy, Bill Gareth, was injured slightly when his trailer home was toppled. he received treatment and was released. Denton, Dallas and Collin Counties were placed under watch.
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Don Vandiver
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Texas
An &Yearcold
Lake Dallas
Bill Gareth
Lewisville
Denton County
King Cotton Fest Kicks Off In Lamesa
Dawson County residents launch the King Cotton festivities in Lamesa to promote cotton use and spur local pride. The note lists related items in pages 5 and 8 sections, with sports and horoscopes covered elsewhere.
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Lubbock
Dawson County
Lamesa
Nixon moves to impose settlement as rail talks break off
Negotiations between railroads and UTU workers ended with talks recessed indefinitely as the Nixon administration prepared to push an imposed settlement. Labor officials signaled a draft bill to end the strike and avert wider disruptions, citing potential food and fuel shortages and major work rule changes proposed by a presidential panel.
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Vested Press International
Washington
Nixon
United Transportation Union
UTU
James D. Hodgson
Labor Department
White House
Congress
Wages Hired Telegrapher Strike Ends
Western Union employees nationwide end a strike that began June 1 after a new two year contract is reached. The agreement provides a 10 percent general wage increase now and a 9 percent raise in a year, plus targeted boosts for technical classes and improvements in benefits.
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Washington
Western Union
E. L. Hageman
United Telegraph Workers
Hageman
Draft Deadlock Remains Firm in Vietnam Bill Talks
Washington negotiators failed to resolve a deadlock in the draft bill on a nine month withdrawal timetable from Vietnam. Senate and House lawmakers met under Nixon administration pressure but made no progress as stalemate persisted.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Vietnam
House
Nixon
New Farm Lighting Rules Explained for Cotton Trailers
A Monday meeting at the First National Bank-Pioneer Building outlined new lighting rules for farm vehicles. Cotton trailers up to 15,000 pounds will need an extra tail light, a stop light and flasher lights after Jan. 1, while brake requirements are waived if speeds stay under 30 mph. Other farm trailers have a 10,000 pound exemption.
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First National Bank-Pioneer Natural Gas
H. J
C. W. Bell
Texas Department of Public Safety
Bell
Blanchard
Apollo 15 faces switch glitch on dune mission
Apollo 15 crew led by Commander David Scott blasts off from Cape Kennedy at 8 34 a m CDT heading for the moon. James Irwin and Alfred Worden travel with him. A warning light indicated a possible short circuit in a switch controlling the rocket engine but control teams expect only a minor workaround. The mission, valued at 445 million dollars, aims for the rugged lunar highlands with rest periods and planned mid course corrections. The crew reports no engine failure and continues toward lunar arrival with ultraviolet Earth photography en route.
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United Press International Space Center
Houston
Lunar
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Scott
Riley
Earth
Moon
Apollo
Quake Hits New Britain and New Ireland Islands
A powerful earthquake registered 8.3 near Port Moresby and sent tidal waves crashing into New Britain and New Ireland causing flash floods and heavy damage. The quake was the strongest in the area since 1906 and was felt 500 miles from Rabaul.
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Port Moresby
New Guinea
Upi
New Britain
New Ireland
Rabaul
Deer dogs join search for missing boy on Casper Mountain
An alpine rescue team using tracking dogs took over the week long search for Kevin Dye, a 9 year old epileptic boy who wandered from his parents on Casper Mountain. Temperatures near freezing hinder the effort as Colorado experts, five teams and two helicopters coordinate a six direction search.
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Casper
Wyo
Natrona County
Bill Estes
Kevin Dye
Wyoming
Eates
Casper Mountain
Estes
Colorado
Evergreen
Rocky Mountain Rescue Unit
Ider
Colorado Search and Rescue Board
Denver
David Moore
Alpine Rescue Unit
Jury Testimony Due Sharp Immunity Voided by Judge
A federal judge cleared the way for Houston financier Frank W. Sharp to testify for state investigators in the Texas stock case. Sharp, previously immune from state subpoenas, can now be questioned by state grand juries in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, with immunity from prosecution in those courts. Local officials plan investigations into the stock fraud scandal linked to Gov. Preston Smith and other state leaders.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Houston
Frank W. Sharp
Texas
Sharp
Austin
Dallas
Singleton
Travis
Securities and Exchange Commission
iGov
Preston Smith
Gus F. Mutscher
W. S
Bill” Heatley
D Paducah
Tommy Shannon
D-Fort Worth
Wedding official retires after guiding couples in Nice
Paul Laurent Vicini retires from 34 years at Nice City Hall where he officiated civil marriages. He reported assisting 117 363 weddings and claimed a world record.
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Nice
France
Paul Laurent Vicini
Weather Map Page 5-A For Lubbock Vicinity
Slight chance for showers or thunderstorms tonight with partly cloudy skies. High temperatures near the upper 80s and a low in the upper 60s. East to southeast winds around 20 mph. Rain probability about 20 percent.
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Lubbock
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