Lubbock council approves land deal for industrial park
City officials finalize a 50 year lease plan with the Labs Chief Commerce Beare foundation to develop a 792 acre tract for an industrial park, set land price at 195 an acre, with payments tied to minimum rents or agricultural income. Opposition from James G. Marshall overhigher offers deemed nonprofit investors and plans for a community center move forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Foundation
Litton Industries
Ray Dickey
W.jd. Rogers Jr
Bil Wright
Wright
James G. Marshall
24Th St
Marshall
Rogers
Morris W. Turrier
Dickey
Turner
Couedy
Lubbock
Manaria Park
Kerr Construction Co
Quaker Avenue
Brownfield Road
Levelland Highway
University Avenue
19Th
34Th Streets
22Nd Place
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
Peoria Avenue
66Th Street
Loop 289
Leroy Elmore Park
Ralph Ramos
Posey
Indiana Avenue
Memphis Avenue
54Th
55Th Streets
Wayne Sherrell
34Th i Street
Slide Road
Brownfield Highway
34Th Street
Sherrell
Avenues H
Avenue O
Main Street
Avenue Q
Tax Board of Equalization
19Th St
Citizens
City Council
City Hall
James
H. ‘Granberry
Lonnie F. Hollingsworth
Denton
Rigsby
Severe Thursday Storm Drenches Lubbock Area With Varying Rain
A fast moving late day storm hit Lubbock and surrounding South Plains areas, bringing up to 2 inches of rain in spots and gusty winds. Officials reported no confirmed tornadoes, while rainfall varied across neighborhoods from 0.05 to 2 inches and temperatures spiked past 100 degrees elsewhere in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Tech
48Th Street
Utica Avenue Avenue
Loop 289
Slide Road
Crosbyton
Lubbock
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lubbock Municipal
43Rd
45Th St
Avenue A
Reese Air Force Base
Shallowater
Idalou
Rockies
Oklahoma Panhandle
Big Bend
South Plains
Hale County
Hale Center
Plainview
Cotton Center
Brownfield
Dimmitt
Earth
Department of Public Safety
Crosby County
Abernathy
Petersburg
Floydada
Lockney
Tahoka
O’donnell
Lamesa
Hockley
Crosby
Martin
Datson
Borden
Middle Texas
el Campo
Beeville
Houston
Beaumont
Lake Charles
Presidio
Palacios
Corpus Christi
Dent
Amarillo
Port Arthur
Galveston
Texas
Weather Bureau
Borger
Canyon
Panhandle
Mercury
del Rio
Dallas
Laredo
Wichita Falls
Wink
Grand Jury Details on Polka Dot Girl and Kennedy Shooting
Vincent Di Pierro testified he saw a girl in a polka dot dress near Sirhan Sirhan during the Kennedy assassination, describing her dress and appearance. He recalled the shooter as tall or slender and noted Sirhan’s delayed reaction and the immediate chaos as eight shots were fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Thomas di Pierro
Ambassador Hotel
Kennedy
di Pietro
Sirhan
Pierre
Hersying
Infant born with slug in abdomen after NY shooting
A baby girl born at Kings County Hospital with a bullet in her abdomen is in critical condition. Doctors say the infant’s respiratory issues stem from prematurity while the slug is lodged in her intestines. The mother Lucy Ortiz, 20, and father Carlos reported a shooting prior to delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Kings County
Gary Siegel
Lucy Ortiz
Brooklyn
Carlos
Midwest Tornado Ravages Tracy Minn Killing Seven
A tornado cut a one mile by three block path through Tracy Minnesota killing seven people and injuring more than fifty. Rescue crews searched debris as Minnesota National Guardsmen and area police aided relief while power failed citywide. The hospital reported being overwhelmed with injured patients.
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Tracy
Minn
UPS
Minnesota
R. J. Bauman
Lyon
Civil Defense
Bauman
Viet Cong Rocket Attacks Near Saigon Rise
Viet Cong gunners shift targets to U S bases and towns near Saigon as rockets hit posts, a Da Nang area battle leaves 44 North Vietnamese dead. Officials warn of a promised 100 day rocket barrage while U S and Saigon authorities brace for more strikes and civilian impact.
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U.S. Base
U.S
Nang
Coun
Saigon
Enemy
United States
Paris
Nazi Germany
Britain
Hanoi
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
Births Celebrate Several New Arrivals in Lubbock Area
The record lists multiple births at Highland and Laut Clinics and West Texas Hospital with details on weights, times, and places. Fathers include sales, restaurant work, cement finishing, Coca-Cola bottling, microbiology student, health inspector, and farm laborer. Families include Blount, McRae, Lee, Ziniga, Garcia, Burleson, Erlich, Caffee, Constancio Jr., Davis, Rojas, and Lubbock residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John.d. Burleson
Lubbock
West Texas Hospital
Coca-Cola Bottling, Co
Gary
Texas Health Department
Subcommittee Revises Texas Alcohol Bill Draft
A special subcommittee studied Texas alcohol policy and produced a revision bill. The panel watered down Connally’s strict private club restraints and lowered the food sales requirement for retail drink permits from eighty to thirty three and one third percent of gross receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Barnes
Connally
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Ana Ont
Charles Water
David M. ‘Conagill
Healthy Department
Morris W. Turner
Jim Ed Waller
Auditorium Coliseum
Karl Uecker
Jesus Perez
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Marion
Midland
Lubbock County
William “Rv Shaver
Huntsville
18Th St
Ave. Q
Elata Ely
Midwest
Allied Command
U.S. Command
Charles Donald
Blount
Highland Hospital
Chevrolet
Louis McRae
Weber, Apt
Don
Laut
Ed's. Burger Barn
William Lee
7Th St
Hickory Inn Restaurant
Juan Ziniga
Wilson
Laut Clinic
Maurilio Garcia
Sherman
Laur
Robert. Tracy
Ehrrich
6Th St
West
Texas Hospital
Mike Constancio Jr
Erskine
Davis
Ave
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Cand
Daniel
Rojas
Anton
Octabian
Isa
Athens
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