SPAG Advances Regional Police Academy and Staffing Talks
SPAG's executive committee voted to operate the regional police academy in the future and pursue a permanent facility. A closed session discussed the search for a new assistant executive director, with 35 applications received and 17 considered well qualified. The panel also reviewed past staff problems and the departure of the finance team and prior assistant director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littlefield
South Plains Association of Governments
SPAG
Carolyn S. Jordan
Jordan
Mayes
Criminal Justice Advisory Committee
Bailey
Glen Williams
Texas A&m Extension Service
Floydada
A&m
Williams
Spag Academy
Lubbock County
Hale County
Henry Heck
Texas Criminal Justice Division
National Criminal Justice
Butch Price
Levelland
J.A. Chapman
Lubbock
South Plains Health Systems, Inc
Charles Cole
Lubbock Certified Public Accountant
Cole
George Mahon
John Tower
Lloyd Bentsen
City of
South Plains Community Action Association
Llano Estacado
Shallowater
Governor Seeks Dull Convention to Unity Texas Democrats
Governor Dolph Briscoe expressed a desire for a dull state Democratic convention as Carter cancels a Houston appearance and other national figures like Hubert Humphrey Jerry Brown Frank Church and Morris Udall were listed as attendees. Briscoe noted unity within the party and referenced Carter’s vacation in Sea Island Georgia after a long campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolph Briscoe
Austin
Houston
Tex
Dolph Buscoe
Jimmy Carter
Briscoe
Carter
Sea Island
Hubert Humphrey
D-Mini
California
Jerry Brown
Frank Church
Idaho
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Yarbrough Loser In Fraud Suit
Texas Supreme Court nominee Don ald B. Yarbrough lost a fraud and malpractice case after a four-week trial. Jurors found no fraud in his dealings with Rex L. Cooper but awarded Cooper 80500 dollars in damages for malpractice. Douglas Ford was found defrauded on an investment price issue and awarded 16850 dollars plus 9000 dollars in gold coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
UPI
Texas Supreme Court
Donald B. Yarbrough
Yarbrough
Douglas Ford
Rex L. Cooper
Cooper
Ford
Couples welcome three newborns at University Hospital
Mr and Mrs Jim Cloud of Lubbock announce the birth of a son weighing 8 pounds 1 ounce at 7 57 p.m. Monday at University Hospital. Mr and Mrs Howard Roden of 213 Kimberly Drive report a daughter 7 pounds 11 1/4 ounces born 12 57 a.m. Monday at University Hospital. Mr and Mrs Larry Crisler of 7816 Uvalde Ave welcome a son 7 pounds 12 ounces born 7 40 a.m. Tuesday at University Hospital.
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Jim Cloud
Lubbock
University Hospital
Howard Roden
Kimberly Drive
Larry Crisler
Uvalde Ave
Bicentennial Race Begins With Antique Cars in Istanbul
Four American vintage cars start a 6157 mile Bicentennial drive from Istanbul across Europe and the United States to San Francisco. The lineup includes a 1911 Ford Model T driven by Peter Kesling and a 1914 Dodge of Edward Schuler with his son Mark. The voyage spans the Bosporus start, European leg, trans Atlantic hop aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2, and a Times Square finish before reaching San Francisco by August 6.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bosporus Bridge
San Francisco
New York
Paris
Europe
United States
Soviet Union
Peter Kesling
la Porte
Ind
Charlene
Scot Finley
Tyler
Tex
Kesling
Finley
Edward Schuler
Morrison
Ill
Mark
Schuler
U.S
Adam Zipkin
Zipkin
Detroit
Edirne
Sofia
Belgrade
Budapest
Vienna
Klagenfurt
Venice
Milan
Zurich
Stuttgart
Frankfurt
Bonn
Brussels
Calais
London
Brighton
Portsmouth
Times
Asia Minor
Golden Gate
Turkish Highways Department
Connie Francis testifies in $5 million motel assault suit
Singer Connie Francis described being bound and gagged under a mattress during a 1974 rape at a Howard Johnson's Westbury New York motel. She testified the attacker searched for cash, tied her, and warned her not to move for 30 minutes before fleeing.
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New York
UPI
Connie Francis
Howard Johnson
Motor Lodge
Miss Francis
Westbury
N.Y
Ard Johnson
Thomas S. Kirk
Francis
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Commercial Bank of Victoria
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Cybis
Old Russell Benore
Toledo
Ohio
Mary
Be Nare
Asia
Singer
Handsome Tiger Eye
Elo
Damon
PBA
Bank Americard
Dowstown
Mon
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Mall Mon
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