Execution style killings shock Galveston warehouse district
Galveston residents were stunned by three deaths at a cotton warehouse area. Clifford Guibeteaux the manager died in his office tied with rope. Robert Walker 37 of LaMarque was found with a stab wound near a wall. Jose Pena Ai recently moved from Tahoka was slain between bales with throat cut. Police say it appeared an execution style killing with no sign of a struggle.
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United Press
Galveston
Cotton Company
Pmtave
Evecuhonm Styde
Texas Cotton Ca
LaMarque
Set. H. F. Tauch
Tauch
Clifford Guibeteaux
Robert Walker
Jose Pena
Tohoka
Pena
Memorial Center Lands Funding Approved by Lubbock Board
Lubbock Urban Renewal Board approved a federal loan and grant contract totaling 13.3 million dollars for the Memorial Center project. The package includes an 11.365 million dollar capital grant and a 2 million dollar land sales contribution expected from the agency. The city will contribute 1.316 million dollars over four years. Needing three weeks for cash, options will be signed with sellers, and the board authorized eminent domain on seven Guadalupe area parcels to clear title issues.
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Lane Arthur Avalanche
D Journal
Lubbock’s
Memorial Center
Lubbock
Alderson
Board
Urban Renewal Agency
Guadalupe
Council sets inquiry on East Lubbock police claims
A delegation of college age Negroes pressed for investigation into police brutality and harassment in East Lubbock and won a pledge from the City Council to form a citizens committee. The council will meet to appoint the panel and discuss Negro employment in city government and the community.
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East Lubbock
Communication Good
Denton Rigsby
T. J. Patterson
Lubbock Community Action Board
Texas Tech School of Business
Tom Burtis
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
Aviation Department
Bill Cantrell
Meadowbrook Golf Course
Council
Governor signs bill uniting offices to create criminal DA
Summary notes a governor signing legislation to merge offices to establish a district attorney position for criminal cases in the county. It also mentions a doctor agreeing to take a post in Seagraves ending a local physician search, and lists other news briefs across sections and topics.
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Seagraves
Terry Hackney Leaves Welfare Post for State Office
Burton Hackney resigned as state public welfare commissioner effective June 15. Gov. Preston Smith said Hackney will become associate director of the governor's office of comprehensive health planning, citing health reasons for the departure. Hackney, 63, is a Texas Tech graduate who practiced law in Brownfield for 32 years before moving to Austin.
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Austin
Burton Hackney
Preston Smith
Hackney
Smith
Texas Tech
Brownfield
Air Force
Prayer Reflection Message
Dear Father grant us strength wisdom and courage to face these days. Give us clean hearts that we may do Thy will. Help us to solve all mankind Amen. A Reader.
Dakota Town Bachelor Chase Starts in New Salem
Western North Dakota town hosts a weekend bachelor festival as 100 Bachelors' Club members invite single women to register for a chicken dinner and potential husbands. The event traces to a 1967 ad campaign seeking brides for wealthy young farmers.
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Sasociated Press
New Salem
N.D
North Dakota
Bachelors’ Club
New York
Derailment Kills 10 in Illinois City of New Orleans Train
The Illinois Central passenger train, traveling about 95 mph near Tonti Illinois, derailed killing at least ten and injuring 103 with five in critical condition. Cause cited as likely locked wheels on the lead locomotive. Gas from propane tanks sparked additional danger as cars burned and debris scattered across a corn field.
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United Press International
Tonti
New Orleans
Illinois
Illinois Central
Ilinois Central and
Alan S. Boyd
Pennsylvania Railroad
Steelton
Dick Gordon
Salem
Ill
Melvin Maxie
Finney enters race to challenge Speaker Mutscher
Fort Worth representative Dave Finney announced a bid for House speaker in 1973, becoming the second lawmaker to oppose Gus Mutscher who seeks a third term. Finney argued that a speakership change is unnecessary at this time.
Area speller ousted on a tricky epee error in Bee
Maridene Margolis of Big Spring misspelled epee as epa in the 13th round of the national spelling bee. She finished 10th with a $75 prize after spelling three challenging words earlier. Jonathan Kensly of Mullica Hill, N J, won the 44th National Spelling Bee on shalloon.
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Washington
Avalanche-Journal
Maridene Margolis
Big Spring
Epa
Marsdene
Jonathan P. Knnsely
Mullica Hill
N. J
Avalanche Journal
Mayflower Hotel
Jack Margolis
Glenn
David
Bobby
Larry
Marvelis
New England States
Susan O'Malley
Phoenix
Ariz
Defectors Cited From East Germany to West Germany
Boarder officials report that Communist military defectors to the West between 1960 and 1970 included 1 983 East Germans 74 Czechoslovaks and four Russians.
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Munich
Boarder
West Germany
Crops Raked By Thunderstorms Across North Texas Panhandle
Severe storms swept the South Plains to the Panhandle producing 3 inch rains damaging winds and golf ball sized hail that leveled cotton fields for a second time this week. The National Weather Service issued watches from noon to midnight as storms march northeast into Oklahoma. Matador suffered the heaviest damage with strong winds hail and rain.
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Avalanche- Journal
South Plains
Panhandle
North Texas
National Weather Service
Panhandle Plains
Oklahoma
Airport
Lubbock
Here
Matador
Stormy Weather Plagues Matador and Lubbock Area
A powerful storm system lashed the region with terrific winds and hail. Power outages affected Matador for about three hours while downed lines and flooded highways disrupted travel. An Emergency Operations Center was activated in Lubbock as the storm tracked from Anton to near Brownfield. A tornado was sighted near Canadian with heavy rainfall and hail elsewhere. The day also featured a discussion by a city charter study committee on expanding the Lubbock City Council and adjusting salaries.
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Doug Meador
Matador
Meador
West Texas
SH 70
U.S. 70
Flavdada
EOC
South Plains
Anton
Brownfield
Smyer
Lubbock
City Hall
Here
Childress
Canadian
Panhandle
Charles Wright
New Deal
J. Willum Davis
Craw Council
Dallas
Davis
Senate approves landmark school aid bill with housing funds
The Senate unanimously backs a $5.6 billion school aid package, adding $60 million to fund education for children in public housing and boosting total appropriations beyond Nixon’s request. The measure passes 77 to 0 and moves to conference with the House.
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United Press International
Washington
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
House
Weather Outlook For The Week Ahead In The Southwest
Slight chance of thunderstorms today and tonight with partly cloudy skies. Warm humid conditions expected through Saturday with low 90s highs and mid 60s to near 70 overnight. City measurements include sunrise 6 36 am sunset around 5 50 pm and humidity near 58 percent overnight.
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Thami Ieee
Nilanight
Abibene
Paso
Alhuquerque
Hobbs
Amarilla
Dallas -Sr
Denver
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