Wallace Gains In Lubbock Presidential Poll Sees Change Mood
The Avalanche Journal poll of 250 voters across eight precincts shows George Wallace leading among GOP choices while Nixon, Reagan, and Rockefeller compete. Humphrey trails, with 29.3 percent for Wallace and 27.3 percent for Humphrey. undecided voters total 10 percent.
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Lubbock
Auslanche-Journal
Hub City
George C. Wallace
Avalanche Journal
Alabama
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Wallace
Nixon
Reagan
Rockefeller
GOP
Humphrey
Wallace Wallace
Avalanche-Journal
Barbed wire hobbyists trace plains history in Snyder meet
A-J notes barbed wire collectors gathering in Snyder study plains history. Descendant of William Penn visits Lubbock after duties in Philadelphia. Also mentions a grasshopper control recipe and regional market notes.
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Snyder
History of
Plains
Hobby
William Penn
Lubbock
Philadelphia
Plan Group Reports Stir Furor Over Texas Baptist Colleges
Three Texas Baptist colleges including Wayland College faced a furor after a plan group report suggested close options. Officials stressed closing is the trustees' decision and that convention funding is only a fraction of budgets. The report was labeled brainstorming and not approved, with actions limited to forming a study committee and asking Baylor University and Mary Hardin Baylor to explore joint governance.
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Dallas
Texas Baptist Colleges
Wayland College
Plainview
Graddy Tunnell
Wayland
Texas Baptist Education Commission
Baptist General Convention of Texas
J. D. Moore
Moore
Texas Baptist College
Tunnell
East Texas Baptist
Marshall
Howard Payne
Brownwood
Vigor
William R. Carden Jr
Stetson University
DeLand, Fla
Texas Baptist
Carden
Victoria College
Baylor University
Mary Hardin Baylor College
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Venus Face Not Lovingly Smooth Says Radar Evidence
Two radar astronomers report terrain on Venus contradicting the planet’s smooth appearance. Using a 210 foot Goldstone antenna in California, Drs. Richard M. Goldstein and Shathay Zohar of NASA JPL identify three rugged areas over 160000 square miles on Venus’ northwest face.
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Washington
UPI
Venus
Goldstone
Calif
Richard M. Goldstein
Shathay Zohar
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Beulah Beard seeks colorful bottles in junk yards
Beulah Beard of Route 6 Lubbock pursues an antique bottle collection as a six year hobby. She hunts junkyards dump grounds and neighbors cellars for vivid odd shaped bottles. She joined the Collectors and Craftsmen's Club of Lubbock which meets at the Municipal Garden and Arts Center.
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Beulah Beard
James Boye
Avalanche-Journal
Stamp and Cain
Miss Beard
Route 6
Lubbock
Collectors and Craftsmen’s Club of
Municipal Garden and Arts Center
House OKAY SEEN Optimism Growing For Postal Service
House backers were confident they could muster enough votes to exempt the Post Office Department from federal manpower cutbacks. Postmaster General Marvin Watson ordered a one week delay in reductions. unless House action occurs, cutbacks could begin next Saturday with limited operations. Congress recesses Friday raising urgency for action before the Aug. 3 deadline.
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United Press International
Washington — House
Post Office Department
Senate
Marvin Watson
Watson
House
Congress
House Post Office Committee
Green aphids invade South Plains farms in Lubbock
Farmers report large swarms of green aphids moving from wheat country into the sorghum belt around Lubbock. Dr. Charles Ward of Texas Tech notes the insects lack wings but may develop them. chemical shortages hinder control and new tests begin.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Charles W. Ward
Park Administration
Texas Tech
Wheat
Ward
Fortas Case Spawns Film Screening Request in Obscenity Inquiry
In Ann Arbor, a Senate Judiciary panel asked for a screening of Flaming Creatures amid Abe Fortas nomination. Washtenaw County prosecutor said an aide to Senator Eastland asked to bring the film to Washington for committee review. The 1967 UM Cinema Guild showing led to arrests and a $295 fine for Mary Burkey, with other charges dropped.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Cap
Senate Judiciary Committee
Abe Fortas
United States
Michigan
Washtenaw County
Thomas F. Shea
James Eastland
D-Miss
Washington
Shea
Supreme Court
New York
New York City
Fortags
Prayer Request Over Ten Commandments Revisions
A Lubbock Reader asks for divine help revising the Ten Commandments as modern life makes living by them feel impossible. The writer expresses frustration at the difficulty of adhering to the commandments in contemporary times.
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Lubbock
Storm Strikes Corpus Christi Elevator in $20 Million Loss
A fierce thunderstorm and lightning shattered Corpus Christi's public grain elevator causing about 20 million dollars in damage. The event followed a day of scattered thundershowers across Texas with cooler air expected behind a weak cold front. Rainfall was generally light with most areas under half an inch. Temperatures ranged from 66 to 100 statewide.
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Texas
Corpus Christi
Panhandle-South Plains
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Alpine
Wichita Falls
Bombers Sink and Damage North Vietnam Supply Boats
U S naval air strikes from three carriers off North Vietnam sank or damaged 232 enemy supply boats, with 100 boats damaged and 82 sunk, as planes hunted boats on rivers and canals south to Cape Mullon. Two American planes were lost in the raid, while B52 missions targeted Cambodia border sites to blunt an anticipated enemy offensive. South Vietnamese forces captured two women terrorists in Cholon and freed 28 prisoners from a Communist base camp in the Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Intrepad
Ben Homme Richard
Mth Parallel
Cape Mullon
Denth
Panhandle
19Th Parallel
South Vietnam
Navy
Vinh
Bis
Mekong
Delta
da Lee Navy
Tech receives matching ranch grants for arid lands center
At a closed dinner at Lubbock Country Club Texas Tech accepted two gifts of 25000 and 50000 dollars toward a ranch headquarters fund for the International Center for Arid and Semi Arid Lands Studies Museum complex. The funds require a further 75000 dollars in matching gifts.
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Lubbock Country Club
Texas Tech
International Center For
Tech
Mallet Ranch
W. C. Holden
Ewing Hassell Foundation of
San Antonio
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