Commission Best At Arm's Length
Texas Ranger James M. Ray faces scrutiny as DPS chief after Cassidy era. The piece notes Ray's Lubbock roots and long DPS career, while criticizing politics around Cassidy and confirming Blakemore’s resignation. It also covers governor signings for UT campuses and a gimmicky bill-signing trip.
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Glenn Castlebury Avalanche Journal
Austin
Texas
James M. Ray
Lubbock
Department of Public Safety
Public Safety Commission
Ray
Commission
Cliff Cassidy
Richardson
Cassidy
John Conally
Jack Revill
Dallas
Revill
William Blakemore II
Midland
Connally
Blakemore
Marion T. Key
DPS
Highway Patrol
Texas Ranger
LBJ
Preston Smith
Alamo
University of Texas At
Odessa-Midland
Smith
Lyndon Johnson
Corporation Court
Harold Dudley
Dudley
Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Hall
Hall
Sen
Doc Blanchard
Statehouse
Hoover criticizes New Left on college campuses
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warns of a strong revolutionary Marxist movement within colleges led by the SDS and allied groups. He accuses the New Left of violence and aims to centralize militant forces under Marxist-Leninist control while defending some acts as free speech.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
America
Hoover
New Left Movement
Students For A Democratic Society
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
SDS
Ser Cnel
New Left
Karl Marx
Communist Party, USA
pro-Moscow
Progressive Labor Party
Pro- Peking
Socialist Workers Party
Trotskyites
City Woman Honors Korea War Ace Husband Portrait Unveiled
Mrs. George A. Davis of 6014 Vernon Ave. returned from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base North Carolina where a portrait of her late husband Lt Col George A. Davis was unveiled. Davis was Korea War top US ace with 14 destroys and Medal of Honor. The portrait will hang in the George A. Davis Dining Hall at the base.
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George A. Davis
Vernon Ave
Lubbock
Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base
N.C
Col. Davis
U.S
Korea
18 Year Olds Press National Vote Age Change
A national coalition formed in Washington seeks an 18-year-old voting age. Led by youth and labor lobbies, the group aims to persuade Congress to pass a constitutional amendment. Major allies include the NAACP ADA and AFL CIO, with veteran lobbyists guiding strategy.
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Paul J. Minarchenko Jr
Washington
Red Washington
Clarence Mitchell
National Association
Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Verlin
Nelson
Non Hope
Americans For Democratic Ace
Ition
ADA
Kenneth Meiklejohn
Afl-Cio
David
Community Af
Congressional Quarterly
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park Opens With No Ceremonies
Lyndon B. Johnson State Historic Park will open today on a 269 acre tract west of Johnson City without formal ceremonies due to ongoing construction. Park director Mark Gosdin notes several facilities remain incomplete including pools, a nature walk, pavilion, auditorium and amphitheatre.
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Austin
UPS
Lyndon B. Johnson State Historic Park
Johnson City
Mark Gosdin
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
One Injured Woman Dies In Accident Near Guthrie
A Guthrie woman died after a single car wreck 13 miles north of Guthrie at 10 15 a m on Memorial Day weekend. Her daughter Christine Hardin Justice of the Peace in Guthrie was injured with a fractured pelvis and possible head injuries. Mrs Birdie Ida Hight 77 died later at Richards Memorial Hospital in Paducah. The car driven by Mrs Hight veered off U S Highway 83 after a tire blowout hitting a culvert and ditch. Services are set for Guthrie Baptist Church with burial in Guthrie Cemetery Norris Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survivors include her daughter a son Richard Hight and three grandchildren.
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Guthrie
Here
Birdie Ida Hight
Richards Memorial Hospital
Paducah
Christine Hardin
Earnest Neel
Guthrie Cemetery
Norris Funeral Home
Hardin
Richard Hight
Clarendon
Mabel Dearing
Knox City
J. J. Justiss
Claude
Levelland Lions Club Chooses District Queen at Pageant
Janice Gordon of Post won Dist. 2T-2 Queen at the two day Lions convention in Levelland with Johnnie Sue Mosser of Slaton as first runner up and Laurel Anderson Crosbyton and Phyllis Robertson Cotton Center tied for second runner up. The event drew about 1000 attendees from 44 clubs.
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LIONS
Janice Gordon
Post
Lions Dist
Levelland
John Howard
Avalanche-Journal
Texan Hall
South Plains College
Johnnie Sue Mosser
Slaton
Laurel Anderson
Crosbyton
Phyllis Robertson
Cotton Center
Girlstown
USA
Jim Montgomery
Roy Reid
Levelland Lions Club
O. R. Watkins
Lions International Organization
Levelland Lions
Nixon and Rogers Continue Talks in Bahamas
President Nixon and Secretary of State William Rogers fly to the Bahamas to pursue Vietnam peace talks. White House press secretary Ziegler rejects any rift between Nixon and South Vietnam's Thieu, who backed Nixon’s peace address.
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Key Riscayne
Fla
Nixon
William P. Rogers
Bahamas
Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Nguyen van Thieu
Snoopy lander gyrations shake Apollo 10 crew on moon
Analysis shows the Snoopy lunar lander briefly flipped and swung during staging, causing startled reactions from astronauts Stafford and Cernan. A mispositioned switch before staging led to the wild motion, but the crew regained control and completed a successful rendezvous with Young aboard the Apollo 10 mothership 69 miles above the moon.
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Houston
UPI
Moon
The
Space Center
Space Agency
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Cernan
Babe
Stafford
Lunar
John W. Young
Homes Built With Eye On Comfort
About 10 percent of new homes in 1969 will have built in total home comfort systems providing heating air conditioning humidity control and air cleaning. Honeywell projects 160000 homes with such equipment in 1969 up from 80000 in 1968. Savings cited for installing at construction time or later upgrades.
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Minneapolis
UPT
Thomas A. Reed
Honeywell
Reed
Marines Dispatchers Aid Curacao Amid Island Riots
UPI reports the Dutch government sent about 300 marines to Curacao to restore order as oil workers riot and tourists flee. Two dead and $40 million in damages cited. Dutch troops already on the island maintained security while officials urged calm. The incident follows higher wages protests that turned into arson and looting at the free port stores.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Netherlands
UPI
Antilles
Hurrian
Ronald Yrausquin
la Dutch
Caribbean
Free Port
Washington
State Department
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Bruce's
13Th & Skide RD
Wild
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Lysle Cooper
Boxing Intustone
Lubbock Athletic Club
Bert Kahn
Zuider Dee
Ramada Inn
S.W
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Houston Music Theatre
Astrodome
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FORUM
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Regis Philbin
Henry Youngman
Dagmar
Sound OF Music
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St. Louis
Astros
Pittsburgh
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Cardinals
Yankees
Rita Moreno
Jonathan Harris
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
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Family Park
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