Piece of History in Lubbock Torn Down After Tornado Damage
Demolition begins on the old First Foursquare Church structure at 8th Street and Avenue Q in Lubbock after a devastating tornado. Built in 1938, the rock veneer building was damaged beyond repair and will be cleared for a recovery project. rock salvaged will fund a berm for the Texas Tech museum complex.
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Rose Usry
Avalanche-Journal
Corps of Engineers
8Th Street
Enue Q
First Foursquare Church
Texas Tech
Plains Christian Church
Innenaalleus
Lubbock
2Nd St
First ‘Foursquare
Floyd Dawson
Dawson
Avenue Q
New Mexico
Abilene
Diplomats and Naval Push Seen in Malta amid Soviet Reach
The Maltese island, independent for six years, faces growing Soviet influence as 263 Soviet ships pass through the Dardanelles. Ambassador Mikhail Smirnovsky seeks expanded cultural ties and resident status, while Malta debates cement plants, tourist offices, and a deeper Soviet role in trade and navigation.
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Valetta
Malata
Malta
Britain
Mediterranean
Dardanelles Straits
Turkey
Russia
Black Seas
Mikhail Smirnovsky
Tolalta
Tain
Smirnovsky
Giorgio Borg Qlivier
Olivier
London
Soviet Union
Thalia
Pitain
Pavel
Hospital training films aim to empower patients at home
Methodist Hospital plans to screen new educational films that teach post hospitalcare techniques allowing patients to self administer care examples include diabetic insulin shots. The program will free nurses for supervision and expand the hospital film library as part of in service training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman
Methodist Hospital
Nixon to Decide Next Week on Voting Age and Act Extension
President Nixon will either sign or veto a bill next week to lower the voting age to 18 in all elections by 1971 and extend the 1965 Voting Rights Act for five more years. White House sources expect a signature despite doubts about constitutional amendment needs. Ziegler said the decision will come after weekend study at Camp David.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
South
Congress
Ronald L. Ziegler
Camp David
Maryland
Church study shifts view on sex and marriage covenant
A Lutheran Church in America study urges a positive, covenanted view of sex within marriage and recognizes valid relationships outside wedlock. It says some marriages lack genuine commitment and are arrangements of convenience. The commission stresses internal ethics over legalistic rules amid broader church shifts toward a person centered approach.
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George W. Cornell
New York
Lutheran Church In America
Minneapolis
Marrriage
God
Lutheran Commission
Harold Sangs
Wagner College
Toxaphene Ban Hesitates Ranchers Face Pollution Risk
Federal officials warn spraying toxaphene by ranchers could pollute the Canadian River and reservoirs in New Mexico and Texas. Despite cost-sharing ideas, some ranchers resist funding, while government figures place the permissible water concentration at five parts per billion and estimate pollution risk in Conchas and Lake Meredith.
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Canadian
New Mexico
Texas
The
Interior Agency
Agriculture Department
Lake Meredith
Department
Pollution Control Administration
Conchas
Youthful artists exhibit at Lubbock library
Thirty young artists from Lubbock Art Association summer classes display works in the children's department of the Lubbock City County Library. The show features burlap wall hangings, underwater and nature paintings inspired by noted books, and a four by eight foot mural from Where the Wild Things Are executed by Jatin Mehta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. West
Municipal Garden and Arts Center
Debbie McAfee
20Th St
James Moreau
35Th St
Sherry Fairly
San Angelo
Porter Giles
Lubbock City-County
19Th
Ave. T
Ray Westbrook
Lubbock Art Association
Children's
19Th St
James E. Plau
Jean Kerr
Alicia Markus
Janice May Udry
Federal agencies divide on Dibron pesticide test block
Federal officials debate Dibron a non-residual spray for caterpillars and Toxaphene a residual form. Dibron would be tested on a land block with studies planned on effectiveness and safety while weather delays hatching. Ranchers favor Toxaphone spraying to combat caterpillars amid dry conditions.
New Child Friendly Bible Translation Debuts From Word Books
A new Children’s New Testament translation by Gleason Ledyard, crafted for 50 word vocabulary, offers simple sentences and child oriented terms. Illustrations emphasize a robust Jesus while adapting terms like archangel to head angel and parable to a picture story, aiding young readers.
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Chidrens
Word Hooks
Waco
Gleason Ledyard
Wohild
Ledyard
Canadian Arctic
Jesus
Archangel
P. Xligal
At Andrews Gospel Singing Night Planned
The third annual At Night Gospel Singing event in Mustang Football Stadium, Andrews County Chamber of Commerce sponsor, features Blackwood Singers and others with about 8000 expected attendance. Ticket prices are 1.25 for adults, 0.50 for 10–18, and free for under 10 with indoor seating prepared for 5000 in bad weather.
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Andrews
Mustang
Andrews County Chamber of Commerce
Blackwood Singers
Little David Smith
Bobbi Jean White
Smitty Gatlin
Four Galleans
Bob Wills
Inspirationals
Glorsland
Wills
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Aubbock Avalanche-Journal
Nondolkiri
Cambodia
OLD First Foursquare Church
NAVAL
Mr. Dawson
United States
West
New Delhi
Peking
Atul Behari Vajpayee
Janaeee Keee
Jpanr Phily, Bhyh
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ballooms
Church
United Presbyterrians
United Church of
Dibron
Rierson
Colfax County
al Woodburn
Ruton
N.M
World of Religion
Louis Cassels
UPL
Mae Gosteis
Mmere
Pai
Thor v
Thug Paul
Floyd Lane
University Christian Church
National Council of Churches
F. Hall
Ave. K
Chamber of Commerce
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