Two Bic Cities Left Totals to Hit Population Goal
Census officials warn Houston Dallas counties must deliver large counts to reach state population estimates. Deputy regional director Michael Long says totals are far below 1969 projections of Texas population 11,187,000 and 11,300,000 just before the April count. Houston and Dallas figures due this week. Harris and Dallas counties remaining.
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Census Bureau
Texas
Michael Long
Bureau
Houston
Dallas
Harris
Harris County
Dallas County
No Discrimination City Schools Fight HEW Probe
Lubbock schools face a HEW civil rights examiner over racial discrimination charges. Superintendent Nat Williams announced at a school board meeting that HEW notified the district of the action under federal law.
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Eugene v. Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Nat Williams
S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Exaiser Home
Willians
Civil rights ruling keeps federal aid for Lubbock schools
HEW lawyers appeal a ruling that allows continued federal assistance to the Lubbock Independent School District. Sommer's decision maintains more than 1.2 million dollars in annual aid and could free funds for storm recovery and bilingual education, though officials note uncertainty due to civil rights status.
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Fossilie
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
National Science Foundation
Congress
Texas Education Agency
Lubbock Independent
Sommer
Williams
Lubbock
Severe storms carve 12 mile wide swath across South Plains
Violent thunderstorms lashed the region from Olton to Lovington in a 12 mile wide line, bringing ground hail, heavy rain, and up to 50 mph winds. A tornado near Ralls prompted a Weather Bureau warning. many areas reported significant rainfall and damaged trees as plows and roads turned treacherous.
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South Plains
Ralls
U.S. Weather Bureau
West Texas Air Terminal
Department of Public Safety
Crosby County
Whiteface
Tula
Swisher County
Tulsa
Lubbock
Reese Village
Bread Area
Amarillo
Hobbs
Weather Bureau
KFYO
2nd_ Street
Quaker Avenue
Prayer for Courage to Confess and Forgive Sins
A reader offers a closing prayer requesting courage to confess sins and to forgive others in Jesus name. The text emphasizes mercy over judgment and communal forgiveness.
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Jesus
Storm Link Cinder Block Wall Falls At City Hall
A May 11 tornado caused a wall of four inch cinder blocks to cave through City Hall's second floor ceiling in Lubbock. City officials say only minor damage aside from the collapse. inspectors could not confirm further issues. No injuries were reported.
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City Hall
Lubbock
Arnold Maeker
Cecil Turquette
Floyd Nesbitt
Bill Blackwell
Blackwell
Maeker
Thai Aid Hinted As Bangkok Weighs Cambodian Deployment
Informants in Bangkok say Thailand contemplates sending its 12,000 man Black Panther Division from Vietnam to a Cambodian hot spot near Siem Reap and Angkor War. U S sources in Saigon report no Thai troop move. Cambodia reports gains around Siem Reap and Kompong Thom as Thai decisions loom.
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Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Thailand
Black Panther
Vietnam
Thai Handar
Siem Reap
Kompong Thom
Bearcat
Lubbock Couple’s Jail Ordeal in Tanzania Inspires Caution
Dr and Mrs Croy from Lubbock recount a six hour stay in an African jail after stopping to photograph a flamboyant tree in Dar es Salaam Tanzania They were interrogated separately about why they photographed the tree who paid for it and where their children were born The Croys recall tense questioning and a fear that their travel misstep could have had grave consequences with a New York psychiatrist linked to the African American Institute mentioned amid confusion
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Gerry Burton
Avalanche-Journal
Fhtatf
Africa
Lubbock
Eacintiers
Dar-es-Salaam
Tanzania
Croys
State House
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Dan
Croy
Cooke
New York
African-American Institute
Dar es-Salaam
Trade slow Mart tallies small gain
Bargain hunting in blue chips helped the stock market gain a small amount in a slow session. The Dow rose 5.20 to 700.23 with 669 advancers, 589 decliners, and four new highs. Turnover fell to 8.04 million shares as analysts described a consolidation phase after a prior rally.
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Avalanche Journal News Services
New York
Peru Earthquake Toll Believed At Least Fifty Thousand
In Lima AP reports say the May 31 quake left at least 50,000 dead and thousands injured. Government spokesman says the toll may rise as other sources cite over 100,000 homeless.
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Peru
Lima
Augusto Zimmerman
Camen For
Juan Wiasco
Alides
Ateast
Civic Center Boost Sought With Federal Funds Plan
City council backs a 4.7 million federal project grant to redevelop tornado damaged areas in Lubbock and begins steps toward a memorial civic center. The plan focuses on acquiring destroyed properties and relocation aid with initial 1st year funding of 140000 for rehabilitation, plus a separate 200000 for site redevelopment planning near 4th Street and Avenue Q. A bond election of 11.6 million may follow to finance capital improvements. County officials support cooperation and participation in funding and planning efforts.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Memorial Civic Center
Lubbock
NDP
Orville Alderson
Cavers Wide
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington, D.C
Memorial Center
Urban Renewal Agency Board
4Th Street
Avenue Ik
10Th Street
Avenue Q
Monnday
Chamber of Commerce
Seven Beret Trainees Die In Bombing At Fort Bragg
In a training accident at Fort Bragg North Carolina seven Green Beret soldiers died and five were injured when twenty pounds of TNT exploded during a demolition exercise. A miswired circuit apparently triggered the charges prematurely. General Flanagan ordered a halt to demolition training and a full investigation.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Green Beret
Army
Lone
E. M. Flanagan Jr
John F.kennedy Center For Military Assistance
Green Berets
Fy.bragg
North Carolina
Auto insurance expected to rise in Texas this year
Texan motorists face higher auto insurance premiums in 1970 due to rising accident rates and inflation. Dan K. Williams, Lubbock agent, told a Southwestern Insurance Information Service luncheon that rates will increase unless traffic deaths drop. Inflation also impacts insurers, Williams noted, citing Sammy D. Sapp’s study for the governor’s committee showing 1968 Texas accidents totaling 40 272 would have raised costs.
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Ralph Willingham
Avalanche-Journal
Southwestern Insurance Information Service
Dan. K.williams
Williams
Texas
Sammy D. Sapp
The
Texas State Board of Insurant
Rapp
Weather outlook for Lubbock area today and Wednesday
Partly cloudy and warm with a chance of late afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms today and Wednesday. Highs near the upper 50s to 60s, lows in the upper 50s, southerly winds around 3 mph with gusts in some areas. Rain chances persist through today and tonight.
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Lubbock and
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