Violent Thunderstorms Hit South Plains Region
Violent storms drenched areas including Matador Paducah and Flomot with 3 to 4 inch rains and hail. Tornado watches were issued for dozens of counties as forecasts warned of continuing thunderstorms and rising temperatures into the upper 80s.
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Worth Wren Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Matador
Paducah
Iton
Chin
Lubbock
Flomot
Flomet
National Weather Service
Wichita Falls
Cottle
Dickens
Fisher
King
Motley
Nolan
Stonewall
Taylor
Coleman
Callahan
Digging in the Yellowhouse West Texas Trail feature
The Avalanche-Journal presents a newsfeature on Yellowhouse Canyon Lub bock historical passageway with an archaeological dig. The first West Texas Trails report highlights the canyon with photos by Milton Adams, see Page 6 Sec A for details and images.
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Yellowhouse
Yellowhouse Canyon
Lubbock
West Texas Trails
Sec. A
Milton Adams
City master plans clash over 3rd Street project
Lubbock City Council debates two master plans for 3rd Street with proposed widening from the 1960s urban transport plan versus the URA driven inner loop concept to close University Avenue to through traffic. URA chief Alderson calls the plan flexible and subject to neighborhood input as council reviews land purchases and road-pair proposals.
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Lubbock
Urban Renewal Agency
URA
University Avenue
Mel Tittle
Alderson
Clifford Cason
4Th Street
Jim Bertram
Dan Azzle
Brownfield
38Th Street
Orville Alderson
Honor Wipes Out Irons Summer Plans in Texas
Irons, elected chairman of the 1973 State Textbook Committee, will lead a summer task of interviewing salesmen for more than 50 sets of books. The state plans to spend 11.6 million on textbooks for 1974 75. The work involves evaluating how books address women minorities patriotism authority and evolution as part of a statewide oversight process.
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Py W. Eugene Smith
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Public
Irons
Ed Irons
Texas Tech
Edgar
TEA Yall Star
J. W. Edgar
Texas Education Agen
Com- Irons
Mittee
Dan
Monterey
Texas
Tilt
Dallas
Thn
Dallas Salutes Vietnam Veterans Homecoming Parade
In Dallas a two mile parade and Cotton Bowl gala honored Vietnam veterans and POWs. Notables W W Clements H Ross Perot organized the event with Bob Hope as emcee and 23 residents joining. President Nixon sent regrets. John Connally spoke. About 500 former POWs attended the two day events.
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W.W. Clements
Clements
H. Ross Perot
Dallas
Bob Hope
Barbara McNair
Mike Connors
Marty Allen
Gloria Loring
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
Iceland
Texas
John B. Connally
U.S
Eight Die in Hale County Wreck Involving Big Truck And Two Cars
Eight members of the Pete Calvillo family of Five Point Gin were killed in a three vehicle crash at the U S 87 and IS 27 intersection near Plainview. Two others were injured as the truck driver Bryan Hodgson of Amarillo and another car occupant were treated at area hospitals. The wreck, cited as Hale County’s worst, occurred around 1 15 p m Saturday.
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Swisher
Gordon Zeigler
Avalanche-Journal
Plainview
U.S. 87
Here
Hale County
Tulsa
Floydada
Maurice Naublin
Pete Garcia Calvillo
Five Point Gin
Seagraves
Seminole
Gaines County
Pete Calvillo
Estella
Juan
Jose
Albert
Daniel
Maria Guadalup Perales
Refugio Perales
Rita Calvillo Pernales
Calvillo
Five Point
Bryan Hodgson
Amarillo
Central Plains General Hospital
Chemical Express Carriers, Inc
Dallas
Diana Payne
Abilene
Retiring Texas Tech payroll chief Virginia Snelling honored
Mrs. Virginia Snelling, head of payroll and employee benefits at Texas Tech, retires after 44 years with the university. A reception will be held Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m. in University Center, hosted by Leo E. Ells. Snelling supervised payments of about 30 million dollars to 5 000 people last year and rose from switchboard operator to payroll chief.
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Virgina Snelling
Texas Tech
University
University Center
Leo E. Ells
Snelling
Lubbock High School
Canyon Clearing Bigger Job Than Anticipated
Canyon Lakes planners face a massive cleanup as they prepare to clear Yellowhouse Canyon in Lubbock. City officials say the eight mile stretch will be transformed into a scenic parkway by 1990 at an estimated cost near 7.9 million dollars.
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Canyon Lakes
Yellowhouse Canyon
Jim Bertram
Steve Fanning
Lubbock
Slean
North Hop 289
Mackenzie Park
Fanning
Constitution Revision Panels Hear Public Input in Lubbock
Texas CRC subcommittees met in Lubbock to draft a new state constitution with seven groups focusing on different areas. The Nazareth town vote approved a mayor-commission form, while judiciary proposals sparked debate on whether judges should be elected or appointed by the governor.
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Wallin Ye
Texas Constitutional Revision Commission
CRC
Lubbock
Nazareth
Gred Hoeling
Lub
Ralph Brock
The
Supreme Court
Prayer for Awakening and Forgiveness from Reader
A reader asks for divine mercy and a complete awakening from spiritual apathy and immorality. The appeal invokes humility and forgiveness through Heavenly Father.
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UPI
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Virginia Snelling
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