Telephone company adopts cross sex staffing in Texas offices
Lubbock and other Texas offices begin removing sex standards from operator jobs. Three male operators work the switchboard while a petite female clerk trains in Houston to install telephones. Dale Johnson says offices in the state will cross switch the sexes in traditionally single sex roles. Stidham Conway, 19, and Gary Gonzales are among the operators noted.
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Ournal
Lubbock
Pany
Houston
Dale Johnson
The
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Texas
Stidham Conway
Roaring Springs
Gary Gonzales
Cotton farmers fear DDT ban widening pest costs
Farm leaders across the United States warn the DDT ban will raise costs and insect damage, with cotton farmers hardest hit in the Rainbelt from the Carolinas to Texas. Cotton accounts for most DDT use, and Farm Bureau and National Cotton Council officials urge regulatory action rather than a total ban. The Agriculture Department backs substitutes and integration control, while Congress considers actions to ease the transition.
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Washington
Clifford G. McIntire
Farm Bureau
UPI
Ers
United States
Tony T. Dechant
Farmers Union
Congress
Agriculture Department
Ned D. Bayley
Icience and Education
Bayley
Ear L. Butz
Survives brush with death in electrical shock mishap
A Lubbock area youth and a friend narrowly escape serious harm after an electrical shock incident. The report notes local rescue efforts and the outlook for recovery as authorities review safety factors at the scene.
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Lubbock
Courts and Crime Reforms Put in Texas Agenda
In depth look at reforms stirring in Texas as the next regular legislative session considers changes to the penal code and judicial system. Details on proposed ideas and potential impacts are explored, with a focus on reforms shaping crime policy and court operations.
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Texas
Full Funds For Welfare Windfall Shocks Texas Legislature
Gov. Preston Smith announced a $125 million federal windfall will fund a complete 12 month budget for Texas welfare and all state agencies through fiscal 1973. He credited efforts to secure HEW waivers allowing social services across multiple agencies. The plan surprised Lt. Gov. Barnes and Speaker Price during a lame duck session. See FULL Page 4.
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Austin
Preston’ Smith
Texas
Smith
Ben Barnes
House
Rayford Price
Department of Public Welfare
Raymond Vowell
Barnes
Nixon
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Welfare Department
Price
Prayer Plea Honors Body as Temple of the Holy Spirit
A reader offers a daily prayer urging reverence for the body as a temple of the Holy Spirit. The message emphasizes daily respect and mindfulness in living.
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Holy
Abandoned Odessa Boys May Become County Wards
Two small brothers left at a West Odessa day care center two weeks ago by a woman who did not return may become county wards. The older boy is about four and calls himself Mike while the younger is named Ross or similar. A day care worker reported the woman drove up in a car and left the children promising to return in a few hours. The worker offered little further detail beyond noting the woman spoke English and was fair complexioned. Phil Moser of Children's Services said the nursing home violated state standards by not obtaining the mother's name and address.
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West Odessa
Mike
Ross
Phil Moser
Children’s Services
Moser
U S Official Claims Bombing Has Paralyzed North Vietnam
A senior U S Air Force official says the bombing campaign has paralyzed much of North Vietnam and will force Hanoi into a realistic bargaining stance. He warns three to four months may erase high value targets, pushing talks in Paris toward reasonableness. The interview was given on condition of anonymity.
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WASPs Reunite in Sweetwater for 30th Anniversary Meet
WASP members from World War II gather at their Sweetwater base for a three day reunion starting June 23 marking 30 years since the group began. Dodie Deaton says wartime stories will be shared as the event honors fallen flyers with a missing man fly over. About 600 former pilots are expected with 11 noted casualties in the war.
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Sweetwater
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West Texas
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Clifford) Deaton
Wichita Falls
Lubbock Traffic Rerouting Follows Street Trenching Plan
City roads will reroute 4th Street traffic via Avenue U or Avenue Q while a trench from Yellowhouse Canyon to 18th Street for a 10-foot diameter drainage line is installed. Officials warned closures could extend along Avenue R to 18th Street and into Broadway, Main and Lovington streets as work continues.
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Avenue Q
Yellowhouse Canyon
18Th St
18Th Street
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Lubbock
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New Deal
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Bus crash in St. Francisville kills one and injures dozens
A chartered bus carrying school lunchroom supervisors overturned on a rain slick highway in St. Francisville Louisiana. One person died and dozens were injured as state police investigated the crash.
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Francisville
Band of storms hits South Plains with hail and winds
A band of thunderstorms roared from near the New Mexico line into the South Plains bringing heavy rain and damaging hail. Funnel clouds were sighted near Lubbock Levelland Littlefield Springlake Dimmitt Canyon Shallowater Carlisle Portales.
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Avalanche-Journal
New Mexico Line
South Plains
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Springlake
Dimmitt
Canyon
Shallowater
Carlisle
Portales
Tax warning from Rep Mahon on revenue sharing bill
Rep George H Mahon chairman of the House Appropriations Committee warned that passing Nixon revenue sharing legislation would force a tax increase next year He cited federal deficits totaling about 100 billion over four years and 30 billion in proposed new grants as a burden forcing higher revenues He criticized mayor and governor lobbying and questioned states finances near the federal debt limit
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UPI
George H. Mahon
House Appropriations Committee
Nixon
Lubbock
Mahon
Promotions Awarded To LNB Pair
Wayne Finnell elected president of Lubbock National Bank succeeding Charles E Maedgen Jr who becomes chairman and CEO. Nine vice presidents promoted to senior vice presidents and Rodney G Joy named vice president and cashier DeWayne V Pierce advances to controller Finnell began as a part time file clerk in 1940 at Texas Tech history notes 21 years since a new president.
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Lubbock National Bank
Charles E. Maedgen Jr
Rodney G. Joy
DeWayne V. Pierce
Finnell
Texas Tech
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Charles E .Maedgen Sr
Bill ‘Edd McLaughlin
John E. Key
Charles S. Signor
Coffee R. Lee Maedgen
Lubbock Weather Forecast With Thunderstorm Chance
Partly cloudy through Friday with a slight chance of late afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s today and near 90 Friday, nights in the mid 60s. 20 percent rain chances today and tonight. Winds mainly east 5 to 15 mph. Temperatures 66 to 86, sunrise 6:46, sunset 8:50. Regional temps show variances across nearby cities.
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