Lach Murder Trial Set for September in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Judge Byron Matthews and distinct district attorney Bish Cherry Jr. outlined a murder case against Benjamin Lach 26 of Boston Mass for the slaying of Texas Tech cleaning woman Sarah Alice Morgan 54. Pre trial hearings are planned for July 1 with a Sept. 22 trial date set in Criminal District Court No. 1.
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ATTY
Bish Cherry Jr
Benjamin Lach
Texas Tech
Criminal District Court No. Lin
Matthews
Fort Worth
Dawson Davis
Lach
Carcounsel
Pall Gillespie
O A. W. Saiyars
Davis
Sudite
Quurt
Cherry
Tech
Larth
Boston
Mass
City Council Plans Speedy Bond Vote in Lubbock
City councilmembers backed by the Citizens Advisory Commission seek a bond election to finance a downtown civic center and community needs. They aim to call the election by July 1 for the first phase, acquire the site on Prospect Street, and begin appraisals for early acquisition. The package may total up to 12 trillion in the plan and includes utilities and infrastructure improvements.
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Vaughn Hendrif
Avalanche Journal
Lubbock
Citizens Advisory Commission
Memorial Civic Center
Kotel
Tse
Cage Center
Poets Pack
Granberry
Dente Rigsby the Camel
Death Toll Tops Ten in Plains Storms Across Multiple States
Tornadoes and violent winds swept through Oklahoma Arkansas and Kansas injuring and killing people. A Missouri man died as twisters hit near Macon and Danville Iowa. The toll rose to ten with six more deaths tied to related weather incidents. Damages ran into millions as clean up began across the Great Plains and midsection. Texas saw warm relief after dust storms with highs near 99 in Laredo and 97 in McAllen and Wichita Falls.
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Lubbock
South Plains
Wyoming
Missouri
Casper Mountain
Casper
Wyom Wag
Macon
Danville
Iowa
Castron
Wraconsin
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Texas
Panhandle
Laredo
Chiccess
McAllen
Midland
Wichita Falls
Giak Grove
Ark
Alta Vista
West Texas business scan and discrimination bill push
The page 6 brief notes economists and business interests scanning West Texas to aid venture development. A group plans to pressure congress on a discrimination bill as a statewide focus. Officials discuss administration aims and Senate debates on new beaching restrictions. The Communist party leader forecasts US military and political defeat.
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Bussnes
West Texas
Plano
Communist Party
Prayer Text for Home Foundation and Christ
A short prayer asks God to give us the wisdom to build homes on a rock of love and understanding with Jesus Christ at the center of families. A reader attributed the quotation.
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Jesus Christ
Eerie Tornado Brand Seen On Great Plains Building
A darkened brick mark above the west entrance of the Great Plains Life Building resembles a miniature tornado. The five by seven foot silhouette appears five feet above the awning and tapers from five feet wide at the top to a foot at the base. The article notes it as an eerie remnant from May 11 but says its meaning is unclear.
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Great Plains
Dana Collins
4510Th St
Lubbock
Joe Don Buckner
Great Plains Life Building
Nixon press for housing bill to aid 400000 families
President Nixon urged the House to act on his emergency housing bill four months after introduction. HUD Secretary George Romney said enactment could help more than 400,000 American families buy homes this year. The bill, passed by the Senate 74 to 0, awaits House floor clearance after committee approval. Democratic leader Carl Albert criticized the move as politically motivated.
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Real Internationals
Washington
Nixon
House
Congress
Pentagon
Armed Services
George Romney
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Senate
House Banking Committee
House Rules Committee
Democratic Houses
Carl Albert
Albert
Industrial Production Falls Again in May
U S industrial output slipped eight tenths of one percent in May signaling continued weakness in the economy amid government inflation controls. The Fed said May production stood at 169 0 percent of the 1957 59 average, marking the second straight monthly decline.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Decline In Draft Callups Forecast For 1970
The Pentagon predicts a pause in the 1970 draft for one to two months this year after 1969 patterns. Total 1970 draft expected between 140000 and 186000, with potential downswing in the final five months to about 35500 as many had already been drafted by August 1.
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Washington
UPL
Pentagon
Fears ease in Jordan as guerrilla crisis widens to Beirut
U S citizens flee Jordan amid fighting while Dr George Habash frees over 60 hostages in Amman declaring all demands met. The Beirut embassy is torched by leftist guerrillas as Israeli Dayan warns of possible wider danger. About 700 killed or wounded. Red Cross evacuates 250 via two Lebanese airliners.
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Associated Press
Jordan
Far
Eirut
Amman
Hussein
George Habash
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Dennis Amanta
International Red Cross
Lar Amman
Washington
Beiret
Mediterranean Coast
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Dallas 23 Percent Census Gain Seen For Dallas
Dallas population rose 23 percent to 836 093 in the past decade per preliminary 1970 census figures. Dallas County grew 38.3 percent to 1 315 664 while statewide growth lagged. Suburban counties and suburbs around Dallas surged, with Irving Garland Mesquite and Farmers Branch more than doubling, University Park nearly static.
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Dallas
Texas
Census Bureau
Bureau
Dallas County
Houston
Harris County
Collin
McKinney
Denton
Elis
Ennis
Kaufman
Rockwall
Irving
Garland
Mesquite
Farmers Branch
Richardson
Carailton
Duncanville
University Park
Highland Park
1969 TOTALS Six Bank Deposits Hit 81.1 Billion In Area
Six bank deposits reach 81.1 billion in the area by April 30, with totals up from 1.0875 billion in 1969. The article notes a significant increase and hints at continuing coverage on page 14.
Bank deposits rise over 1.4 billion in South Plains spring
An Avalanche-Journal survey of 76 banks in 37 South Plains towns shows deposits totaling over 1.4 billion this spring, up 22 percent from 1969 but shy of the 124 billion record six months earlier. Bankers attribute the dip to farmers borrowing for seed, fertilizer, and new machinery.
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Laidbock
Mack Shurbet
Middle 908
Hale County State Bank
Plainview
Shurbet
Avalanche-Journal
South Plaina
Lubbock
Midland
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