Congressmen Waive Immunity In Capitol Demonstration
In Washington police arrested 12 protesters including lawmakers George Brown and Edward Koch after a Quaker group read Vietnam War dead from the Congressional Record on the Capitol steps. Brown waived immunity and asked to be arrested. Koch remained silent. Diggs offered no comment as arrests followed prior protests with several cases already resolved or pending.
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Washington
Capi
D-Mich
Eld
Quakers
Capitol Steps
U.S
George Brown
D-Cal
Edward I. Koch
Charce
James M. Powell
Unlawful Assembly
Meanor
Charles Diggs Jr
Capitol
Rep. Brown
Rep
Koch
Diggs
Brown
Powell
Plane crash survivor guides others to help near Junction
Demorest a 22 year old from El Paso led a walk to reach a crash site eight hours after a light plane went down twenty five miles southeast of Junction. William Yamin pilot and a UT Austin student and Susan M Davis UT student from San Antonio were rescued. Both survivors suffered lacerations and possible back injuries while all three were listed in good condition at Kimble County Hospital. The plane belonged to the Longhorn Flying Club.
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Junction
UPI
Demorest
Ion
Department of Public Safety
Rugged Ty
Pid
Anions
Kimble County
Department of Public
Pie
William Cusses
Demerest
el Paso
William Yamin
B. F. Goodrich
Texas
Susan Mear
Davis
San Antonio
Yamin
Miss Davis
Longhorn Flying Club
Think Look and Compare month clean-up in Levelland
Levelland officials and Chamber of Commerce promote June as a Think Look and Compare month to spur clean-up, paint-up and town improvement efforts. Campaign chair Rayburn Knott leads a broad program from yard signs to litter bags with new instructions and community cooperation. Chamber reports higher publicity, increased membership by about 25 percent and $4,000 more income than last year.
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Levelland
Chamber of Commerce
Jake Street
Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Bank in Shoe Firm Suit
The Texas Supreme Court overruled a trial court and upheld an appeals ruling in favor of Buy-Rite Self Service Shoes, Inc., denying Abilene National Bank summary judgment in a $150,000 dispute alleging checks were dishonored despite sufficient funds, and notes were accelerated. The decision emphasizes that testimony from an interested witness is not an admissible exception to standard summary judgment rules.
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Eastland Court For Civil Appeals
Civil Appeals Court
Shoe Company
Witc
Ness
Supreme Court
High Court
Lubbock teachers plan overseas summer language study
Lubbock Public Schools foreign language teachers will travel abroad and attend summer courses. Michele Wade of Monterey High leads a group to eight European countries July 3 30. Donnie Richards goes to Madrid July 14 Aug 24. Anna Mary Brown travels to the British Isles Germany Italy Austria and Switzerland with her daughter. Others vacation in Puerto Rico the Virgin Islands and Mexico while Texas Tech study weeks are planned for several teachers.
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Lubbock
Europe
Monterey High School
Michele Wade
France
Netherlands
Germany
Switzerland
Lichtenstein
Austria
Italy
England
Donnie Richards
Monterey
Madrid
Spain
University of Madrid
Portugal
British Isles
Anna Mary Brown
Monterey High
Ann Bourgeois
Dallas
Genelle Kelly
Irma, Marino
Estacado High School
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Texas Tech
Virginia Brown
Wilson Junior High
Mexico
Linda King
Lubbock High
Akron
Ohio
Barbara Kinsey
Coronado High
North Carolina
Alma Welch
Evans Junior High
Gerald Butler
Evana Junior High
Sam Houston State College
Lducation
Gerardo Garro
Matthews Junior High
Fourth in Case Swindling Suspect Pleads Innocent
A fourth defendant in the Odessa savings and loan case pleads innocent. Homer E. Koon Jr. of Gaines, Texas, remains free on a 20 thousand dollar bond. He and three co defendants face seven charges of conspiring to embezzle over one million dollars from the Homes for the Fall Savings Association of Odessa.
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San Antonio
Odessa Savings ‘and Loan
Homer E. Koon Jr
Gaines
Tahoka Man Officer Wins 12 Medals for Heroism
First Lt. Foster E. Dudgeon of Tahoka has received the Silver Star the Distinguished Flying Cross and 10 Air Medals for heroism and outstanding airmanship while flying AC 47 Dragonships from Pleiku and Kontum in Vietnam. He defended a four man patrol at Pleiku night attack and coordinated the return of three fellow airmen. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Rush Dudgeon Tahoka.
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Vietnam
Foster E. Dudgeon
Tahoka
K. 1
Sawyer Afb
Mich
U.S
Serena
Dudgeon
Pleiku
Kontum
Austin
Texas
Road Commission
Strategic Air Command KC
Grant Awarded Coed At Tech
Gail Carter a Texas Tech home economics senior from Abilene was awarded a $500 scholarship from the American Dietetic Association. She is a Phi Upsilon Omicron president and AHEA Texas Tech chapter vice president. Earlier she received the Texas Dietetic Association $250 scholarship for 1969-70.
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Gail Carter
Texas Tech
Abilene
American Dietetic Association
Miss Carter
School of
Home Economics
Phi Upsilon Omicron
American Home Economics Association
Texas Dietetic Association
Budget veto urged by Texans group on retardation aid
The Texas Association for Retarded Children urged Gov. Preston Smith to veto the $2.8 billion one year budget, saying it underfunds existing and planned state schools for the mentally retarded and community rehabilitation. Smith said he understood about $1 million was cut from the state prison system and would decide by June 22 whether to sign, veto, or let the bill become law.
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Smith
TARC
Association
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Citizens’ Group
Reese
Ernest T. Cragg
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USAF
Williams¢. McGlothin Jr
Sam Maddux Jr
Atte
William C. McGlothin Jr
Reese Air Force Base
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Tex
Randolph Afb
James H. Watkins
Cragg
Harrison Lobdell Jr
Randolph
Col
McGlothlin
Webb
Boston
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