Tarbox Wins Tight Texas House Nomination in Light Vote
Tarbox a former football figure at Texas Tech defeated attorney Gillespie by 3 2 in a lightly attended runoff for state representative. Final unofficial: Tarbox 3094 Gillespie 2691. Crawford Martin led Franklin Spears for Texas attorney general with 4790 to 232.
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Crawford Martin
Texas
Martin
Franklin Spears
Close county races highlight tight area election
Voters faced a tight runoff with numerous close counts across several counties. Jadee Parker won a narrow victory over Bob Tllivair Peel, former commissioner, in one district while Gene Uf Bennett defeated Stanles Duvall for County Judge. Other races saw single vote margins and recount pressure in Gaines and Borden counties.
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Spears Loses Slim Runoff For Texas Attorney General
Dee Martin won a narrow Democratic runoff tally for Texas attorney general over Franklin Spears after statewide returns from most counties. Martin led in Dallas and Harris counties with strong rural support for his campaign and was ahead overall as late results favored him in several key counties.
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Record heat bakes Texas Panhandle as 101-degree mark tops state
Lubbock and panhandle towns endure a blistering heat wave with temperatures surpassing the century mark for hours. Highs in Childress and other West Texas spots flirt with 100 plus as Glacier Park area endures heavy snowfall and power outages loom from storms.
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Spelling Bee Champion Travels to Washington
Lone Gelli of Libhock voyages to Washington for a sight-seeing tour before a spelling contest, as noted on page 2. The item highlights the champion's precontest activities and regional interest.
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Libhock
Washington
Kennedy enters South Africa amid white supremacy controversy
Controversial REK Africa tour opens in Johannesburg with Senator Robert Kennedy and wife Ethel greeted by students at Jem Smuts Airport. The event unfolds amid protests and intense debate over apartheid policies and free speech in the region.
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South Africa
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Man retires as cow gift replaces gold watch
Albert Short, a 60 year old district engineer with the Metropolitan Water Board, received a 224 gift fund from coworkers to buy Daisy a Guernsey cow from a Surrey farm as a retirement present instead of a traditional gold watch. The gag gift reflects his plans to retire to a three acre farm.
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Move Against Unrest in Saigon Targets University Students
The South Vietnamese government warned that students arrested in anti-government protests would receive military training and be sent to fight the Viet Cong. The note followed a week of Buddhist self immolations and amid a rising student protest led by the Student Action Civil War Strageh Committee claiming arrests of PhD university students in Saigon.
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Prayer and protests swirl amid Vietnam era tensions
A campus prayer group thanks God for guidance while noting faith and intellect clash. The government communique prompts concerns as students join anti government movements. In Saigon Quang Trung University students face draft deferments and Buddhist orders as anti American sentiment grows and a mob of students attempts to burn nearby facilities.
Artificial heart projected for 1985 trials
The piece details a hypothetical implantable mechanical heart, its potential 10 year life span, projected costs, and the monumental research effort led by Dr. William Akers. It notes ethical questions, funding gaps, and early steps from surgeons and engineers reviewing experimental devices as they approach possible 1985 assembly line readiness.
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Pexas Tech
Dela Akers
24Th St
U.S
Dluman
Dillon
Tenance Research and Development
Tadsen
Eneierrs
Saturn launch set for Cape Kennedy test Saturn Ti
The U S Space Agency announced plans for a Saturday launch of its second Saturn Ti super rocket from Cape Kennedy, aiming to test a high powered stage and advance deep space research.
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US Space Agency
Oo Qalans Saturcdas
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