City OKs lease and sale option for 700-acre land in Lubbock
City Council ends two years of talks by approving lease and sale option of 700 plus acres to Lubbock Industrial Foundation for an northeast Lubbock industrial park. Also awards paving and lighting contracts, studies neighborhood center needs, and advances highway right of way and street projects. A sawdust impact study on meat markets is ordered pending repeal of a flooring ban.
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Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Industrial Foundation
Sodal Nee
Conwacl
Lubbock
Posey
Indiana Avenue
19Th
34Th Streets
Memphis Avenue
54Th
55Th
Loop
Governors gather in Tulsa draw GOP attention
Tulsa summit draws governors from state and national GOP with focus on Rocky Page 3. Market reports on page 8. Farming on page 9 and comics and classifieds on later pages. Horoscopes, radio TV logs, oil news and a comic dictionary watch fragment follow in nearby sections.
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Tulsa
Rocky Page 3
Sec. A
Allied Troops Sweep Saigon Ring As Rockets Hit Tan Son Nhut
Allied units pressed a top priority sweep around Saigon to stop nightly rocket barrages feared by residents. Rockets hit Tan Son Nhut airbase wounding one American. downtown Saigon spared. Soldiers discovered Soviet and Chinese rockets and a launching site near the capital. Authorities reported multiple enemy casualties in skirmishes northwest and east of Saigon.
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Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
U.S
Tan Son
Nhut
Prayer Reflection Notes from Brownfield Listed
A short devotional excerpt notes Christians should seek Christ through study and prayer. It references the apostle Paul and ends with the name Melvin Gaasch of Brownfield.
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Apostle Paul
Christ
Melvin Gaasch
Brownfield
Tax Court Rules on McSpaddens Deficient Returns
U S Tax Court Judge Irene F Scott ruled that Coleman McSpadden and his wife Rozelle underreported income by more than 1.1 million dollars. The decision covered two issues tied to the Estes affair and another 116000 in contested income. McSpadden, awaiting tax attorney guidance, said he would confer Friday before acting. The ruling centers on complex ventures with Estes and others in ammonia and grain businesses built on mortgages.
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ED. Johnson Waynes
Washington Bureau
Washington
U. S. Tax Court
Coleman McSpadden
Billie Sol Estes
McSpadden
Rozelle
Irene F. Scott
McSpad
Judge Scott
Estes
Texas
Governor's Liquor Bill Receives Postponed Floor Debates
Gov. John Connally's mini bottle liquor by the drink bill won a reprieve as the House State Affairs Committee sent it to floor debate 11-9 after Dallas Rep. Jim Clark and San Antonio Rep. Jake Johnson switched position. Speaker Ben Barnes announced the bill would be on Monday's calendar along with a $2.5 billion general appropriations bill. The debate pit will likely delay appropriations action to Tuesday.
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John Connally
House State Affairs Committee
Jim Clark
Dallas
Jake Johnson
San Antonio
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SIUCS
Ben Barnes
House
House Appropriations Committee
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Clark
Johnson
Connally
Committee For
Grand Jury testimony reveals polka dot girl near RFK slaying
Grand jury transcripts released Thursday recount witnesses at the Ambassador Hotel hearing details of the Kennedy assassination. Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, a 24 year old Jordanian immigrant, is indicted for murder. Medical examiner Noguchi offered a differing autopsy account, stating three wounds with two bullets, the fatal shot entering behind Kennedy’s right ear. Witnesses described the gunman’s proximity and the chaotic scene as Kennedy was mauled by the crowd.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Grand Jury
New York
California
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Ambassador Hotel
Kennedy
Sirhan
Viva
Thomas T. Noguchi
Noguchi
Federal judge to head Northern District based in Lubbock
U S bench selects Halbert Woodward Coleman attorney to be sworn as U S district judge in Abilene on June 28. He will be the first federal judge headquartered in Lubbock, after choosing the city over Amarillo for personal reasons. Woodward, known for chairing the State Highway Commission, has served as Coleman’s attorney since 1949.
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Northern District of Texas
Lubbock
Halbert
Woodward
Coleman
U.S
Ini
Abilene
Avalanche Journal
Joe Dooley
Amarillo
Abilene Bar Assn
State Highway”. Commission
Two Inch Rain Deluge Hits Lubbock Area
A flash downpour with light hail drenched Lubbock county on Thursday night causing floods in streets and power outages. Up to two inches fell in parts, closing avenues and stranding motorists as lightning struck lines and fused boxes. Traffic slowed to a near standstill in low areas with police blocking flooded intersections. A separate tornado in Tracy Minnesota killed seven and injured over fifty, damaging hundreds of homes and dozens of businesses in a town of 2800.
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PHL
Hamilton
Journal
Lubbock County
Lubbock
Minnesota
Tracy
Avenue U
34Th Street
Southwestern Public
4Th Street
Avenue Q
16Th Street
Avenue K
Marion Faces New Execution Date After Appeal Bid
James Lee Marion listened as Judge William R. Shavers set an execution date for Marion, the 1964 death sentence for murdering Midland socialite Mrs. J. Fred Turner. Defense attorney Warren Burnett sought transcripts of jury voir dire in hopes of a new trial, citing a recent US Supreme Court ruling on juror eligibility. Proceedings followed a brief conference. Marion, 26, offered a quiet smile as he left the courthouse.
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James Lee Marion
72Nd District Court
William R. Shavers
Warren Burnett
Marion
U.S. Supreme Court
Burnett
Ventlemen
Wen
Midland
J. Fred ‘Turner
A. Lubbock
Alton Griffin
Fry
Gasoline Games fraud probe targets oil sponsored contests
A House subcommittee will investigate allegations that gasoline contests rigged by major oil companies cheat motorists and service stations. Chairman Dingell noted prizes and distributions were manipulated with prizes like Rolls Royce and Mercedes cars and color TV sets under a scheme run by General Marketing Corp. The inquiry includes correspondence between Gulf Oil and a Marine colonel about prize winners and notes $32 million paid to oil firms in 1966-1967, with claims the system unfairly shifts costs to small businesses.
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United Press Internationals
Washington
John D
Dingell
House
General Marketing Corp
New York
Gulf
Rolls. Royce
Weather map page outlook for Lubbock and vicinity
Widely scattered thunderstorms possible this afternoon and tonight. Otherwise partly cloudy and warm. Tonight cooler. Highs today in the mid to upper 90s.
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Lubbock
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