High Winds Strips Roof From Cotton Warehouse in Storm
A blustery Monday storm with several linked thunderstorms ripped a roof from a cotton warehouse in Midland Talia Compress causing about 10 dollars in damage. Sam Muff of the Nort Plains Cottonram warm Compress notes winds 60 to 70 mph and 3 000 to 4 000 square feet of corrugated metal torn away. no injuries reported.
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South Plains
Talia
Sam Muff
Marae
Nort Plains
Tula
Plains
Floyd
Motley, Cattle
King
Lillibbock
Amarilla
Oklahoma
Libborns
Midland
Congress Rejects 69 Billion Debt Ceiling Increase
The House rejected a 69 billion dollar rise in the national debt limit, sending the measure back to the Ways and Means Committee two weeks before the current ceiling expires. A 251-175 vote trimmed the proposed 616 billion ceiling to 600.6 billion, reflecting fiscal restraint amid looming deadlines and weather-related disturbance reports across Texas.
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AW News Services
Washington
House
Ways, and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Debt limit debate and amendments eyed in Congress
The article reports on debt limit discussions with figures around 595 billion by next February and 606 billion by March. It notes the Burke amendment and Congress's handling of the bill, with the overall debt subject to the limit projected near 388 billion, and mentions related political lines and procedural questions.
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Sives
Hetit News
Ways and Means
Com- Sports Des Mitte
Tv-Rattio
Massaby
Conhound
Solons
Castro Tries To Restore Skyjack Ransom Funds Return
Prime Minister Fidel Castro wrote to George McGovern that Cuba has decided to return the two million dollars obtained as ransom from the 1972 Skyjacker incident involving Southern Airways. McGovern said Castro’s letter was received last Friday and reflects a decision influenced by Sparkman and others in the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Washington
UPL
George McGovern
DSD
Cabs
Che Gaan
Foreign Relations Committee
McGovern
Wth Castro
Sparkman
Castro
Sen
Sparkmsi
Anid
Cuba
Sen. Sparkman
Sco
Weather Map Page 9 4 Lashbock vicinity forecast
Partly cloudy to clear through Wednesday with hot afternoons. High near 100 and low tonight in the low 70s. Forecaster notes show continued heat risk and easterly winds along the coast. Northern hills may see lingering warm spell before cooler air arrives later in the week.
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Lashbock
Appian Mandinums
Ford To Run With Rockefeller In 1936 Ticket
President Ford affirmed on Monday that Nelson Rockefeller remains his choice for vice president on the GOP ticket. Ford said they can persuade delegates at the national convention that they should be nominated as a team. The statement countered conservative calls to leave the vice presidential choice open.
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Ford
Steve
San Diego Country Estates
Ramona
Calif
Washington
UPT
Nelson A. Rockefeller
White House
Ron Nesse
Congress
Nessen
Barry Goldwater
Blanchard Sees Sheriff Staff Undersized Amid Rising Crime
Avalanche-Journal reports Sheriff Blanchard pressing for six more deputies and two cars, while Lubbock County Commissioners approve three new hires. He warns the crime rate will outpace current staffing and cites jail abuse concerns. Blanchard laments funding limits and outlines jail patrol plans.
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Patremick Avalanche-Jourea
Lubbock County Commissioners' Court
Sheriff's Department
Dheen
de Bech
Lablock
Blanchard
School Finance Seminar Highlights Tax Woes for Districts
Lamesa and Springlake educators attended a seminar led by state Sen. Kent Hance focusing on the new state school finance law. Speakers warned that districts may need tax increases to meet requirements as revisions to the taxable wealth study continue through July 15.
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Y W. Eugene Smith
Avalanche-Journal
Lamesa
Texas
Bill Clayton
Springlake
Ray Joe Riley
Kent Hance
Hance
Jor
Dolph Briscoe
Riley
A H. Houser
Texas Education
Aifer Tim Lewis
Save Money II
Hostsebool
Ediucation Services
Nets
Charles Smith Honored As Law Enforcer
Charles Smith of Lubbock, a justice of the peace, received the Monte rey Optimist Club Man of the Year in Law Enforcement for his service. The award cited his role in arraignments and his inquiry into a death at Lubbock State School, presented during the club’s Hilton meeting.
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Justice OF the Peace
Charles. Smith
Lubbock
Monterey Optimist ‘Club
Arles
Monterey
Clari
Smith
Charles Evans
Hilton Tun
Evans
Lubbock State School
Violent Soccer Game Ends in Double Fatal Shooting
In Bogado Paraguay a violent soccer match turned deadly when referee Juan Leon ordered Joaquin Maciel from the field. Maciel reportedly returned with a pistol and killed the referee before fans swarmed the field and another gunman killed Bogado. Police detained about 200 people for questioning.
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Asuncion
Bogado
Juan Leon Bogado
Joaquin Maciel
Majciel
Maciel
Y (Apl
Prayer Invocation and Blessing Note
A church reader signs a brief prayer asking for purity of thoughts and cleansing of deception in daily life. The prayer closes in Christ name Amen.
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A. Reader
OPEC May Bargain On Price Hike
High sources in OPEC say officials plan to bargain over size of planned oil price increases. Western capitals face pressure to concede or risk new oil price hikes amid talks after the ministers meeting in an African capital. The group eyes using Special Drawing Rights as a basic payments method alongside the dollar.
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Tabreville
Gabor
Organization of Petroleum Sporting Countries
Monda
13 Sation
OPEC
U.S
Dunlaps to Acquire Hemphill Wells Big Spring Store
Hemphill-Wells Co agreed to sell its Big Spring operation to Dunlaps Co in a tender approved by stockholders. The purchase price was not disclosed. Dunlaps plans to operate the store under its name with no manager named yet.
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Hem
Dunlap. Co
Hemphill-Wells, Co
Dunlips
Big Spring
Hemphill Wells
Albert M. Fistier
Retha R. Martin
Dun
Dunlaps
Bill Colin
Hemphill-Wells Co
Ralph Wyatt
Lubbock
Hemphil Wells
Wyatt
Biz Spring
Dublaps
Midland
Odessa
Pampa
Victoria
Farmington
N.M
Hobbs
N.ac
Santa Fe
Wanderers
Tulsa
Okla
Bartlesville
Vandever-Ramsay Jin Joplin
Carthage
White House
el Paso
Las Cruces
Hirsch's
St. Joseph
Max
Webb's
Peters Park
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