City Hikes Bike Routes and Family Swim Rates Proposed
Lubbock Park and Recreation Board backs designated bikeways along city streets and a family rate for municipal swimming. Expanded routes connect schools and major parks. cost est at 2.145 thousand dollars for four block segments. City Council must approve funding. bikers must follow traffic rules like motorists.
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Lubbock Park and Recreation
Tor Wayne Sherrell
Siew
Sherrell
Citizens Traffic Com- Sev
Russians Propose Peaceful Moon Treaty At UN
The Soviet Union unveiled a draft treaty Tuesday to prevent the moon from becoming an arena of international conflict. The proposal would create rules for exploration to supplement existing outer space treaties and a rescue agreement.
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Associated Preand United Nations
Soviet Union
Moon
Outer Space
Astre
Gromyka
U.N
Lubbock and Nation Highlight Farm Loans Space Policy
A bulletin lists regional and national notes from agriculture easing loan repayment fairness in Texas and a Soviet push for expanded moon law standards. It covers bank loan guarantees risk, church aid, Senate public works funds, Thailand royal anniversary, and UN space law drafting.
Senate Reverses, Approves 2.7B Pay Increase for Armed Forces
The Senate changed course and backed a $2.7 billion military pay raise, brushing aside a Nixon admin request for $1 billion. It also moved toward a two year draft extension, setting June 16 for a vote on the Hatfield McGovern amendment to cut off Indochina War funding and a week later on ending debate. Contingency plans allow using over six million deferred men if needed after June 30.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Gordon Allott
R-Corp
Allott
Morning Prayer for Protection and Love from a Reader
A reader offers a morning prayer to God asking for protection and guidance to reflect divine love in daily actions. The prayer emphasizes God’s care over all activities of the day and ends with an Amen.
Distrust of Science Sparks Four Day Tech Talks
Dr. Edward Teller opened a four day series at Texas Tech University exploring the origins of growing distrust toward science and technology. The renowned physicist traced the roots of modern skepticism to the atomic bomb blasts at Hiroshima and Nagasaki and noted a perceived threat to technology. About 60 students and faculty attended in the Science Building.
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Edward Teller
Texas Tech University
Teller
Tech
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Texas Tech imposes campus wide employment freeze
A budget shortfall from the Texas Legislature prompts an immediate hiring freeze across Texas Tech University except for the athletic program. Two athletic department vacancies remain unaffected while cuts hit 20 internal budgets including computer operations.
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Texas Tech University
Texas
Glen Barnett
Barnett
Avalanche- Journal
West Texas State University
Canyon
Tech
16-Ton Plainview Shelter Lets Thompson Family Take Cover
A 16 ton steel vault tornado shelter was completed at Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Thompson home in Plainview. The 10.5 by 6.5 by 4.5 foot vault sits in a six foot deep pit with concrete and steel beams, offering access in a minute from the den and garage. It seats six, features a glass opening closed by a sliding pane, radio and telephone lines, and a lightning grounding system.
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Luron Brown
Avalanche-Journal
Plainview
H. C. Thompson
Thompson
Assassination of Chilean Interior Minister Shocks Allende Era
Gunmen killed Edmundo Perez Zujovic, 57, the former interior minister known for tough security policy. In Santiago nine and a half million people faced emergency measures and curfew as Allende ordered troops on alert and police searched for suspects linked to the extreme left Organized People's Vanguard.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Allende
Edmundo Perez Zujovic
Christian Democratic
Perez -Zujovic
Fone
Ronald Rivera Calderon
Organized People’s Vanguard
New York Stocks Take Beating
The stock market fell sharply after five days of gains as the Dow Jones industrial average closed 8.05 points lower at 915.01. Declines outpaced advances on the New York Stock Exchange with 13.6 million shares traded amid growing investor concern that interest rates may rise.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Twisters Dip Near Towns
West Texas faced multiple twister threats as storms rolled across the Panhandle and South Plains. Kress saw high winds and hail damaging antennas and a barn, while others reported funnels near Hereford and Wheeler. Tulia and Dalhart noted trailers overturned and light rain, with no widespread destruction noted.
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Jerry Odom
Avalanche-Journal
West Texas
Kress
Panhandle
South Plains
Hart
Lockney
Lubbock
North Texas
D. M. Sprinzer
C. D. Ormneders
Twister
Tulis
Center Plains
Melvin Bagley
Hereford
Tulsa
Tulia
Farm Road
Mai
Dalhart
Bob Stanley
Dalhart Flight Service
Wheeler
Department of Public Safety and Paducah
Cee Wee
Paducah
Cottle
Spelling Bee Opens With 77 Competitors at National Bee
Maridene Margolis of Big Spring holds the last spot in the order as the National Spelling Bee begins at 7 30 am CDT in the Mayflower Hotel. Her group of about 70 spellers and parents toured Washington landmarks earlier, including Mount Vernon and the FBI.
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Maridene Margolis
Big Spring
CDT
Lubbock
Avalanche Journal
Marsdene
Mayflower Hotel
Jack Margolis
Mount Vernon
Potomac
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Museum of Natural History
George Washington
Ford
Blanchard Warns of Rising State Taxes Next Year
Senator H J Blanchard of Lubbock says Texas will face about 1 billion in new tax requirements in the next session to cover built in increases and inflation. He notes the recent tax bill adds roughly 630 million in revenue and laments welfare costs.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
H. J
Blanchard
Lubbock
Weather summary for the Lubbock area forecast today through Thursday
Partly cloudy from today through Thursday with high temperatures in the middle 90s and low tonight in the mid 60s. South to southwest winds 15 to 25 mph and gusts this afternoon. Extended outlook includes humidity, sunset at 7:57 pm, and regional city temperatures such as Abilene 71 and Dallas 87.
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