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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1968

Page

18

Judge Hal Woodward Sets to Work in Lubbock Office

Judge Hal Woodward, moving from Coleman to Lubbock with his wife Dawn and sons Ben 14 and Hobby 20, begins a new chapter. He will split duties between Lubbock and Amarillo while hiring a staff and choosing office furnishings. Woodward recalls a career in law and highway work, and vows to be fair to all as he adjusts to the judge’s bench.

Weenkward Late Hock Coleman Abilene Lake Uy Ben Halbert Owen (Hobby) Woodward Jr University of Texas Jidge Lubbock Garland Woodward W. O H. Bledsoe Big Spring Woodward Bee Hamble O. Co US S. Navy South Pacific Humble Democratic Party Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Foxecutive Committee Texas Highway Commission Price Daniel John Connally Tie Larbhock Talways First Methodist Church Central Texas Conference of the Methodist Church

Mystery from Page One missions over North Vietnam panhandle

Allied and U.S. sources report 125 missions in the North Vietnam panhandle including strikes where helicopters were based. The Paris talks face a hot issue as the State Department takes control of the helicopter investigation. A USS Phantom reportedly sank an American gunboat in the Gulf of Tonkin and missiles struck the Boston and Hobart with casualties.

North Vietnam Panhandle U.S. State Department Gulf of Tonkin UPS Raymond Wilkinson U.S Boston Hobart

Silver certificates flow through small store like wild market

Dan Messer, partner in the Coen store, estimates about a million dollars in silver certificates passed through the shop over the past year. Nathan Taylor, president of Terminal Trading Corp. in New York, calls the period volatile, noting the first half was slow but the last four months were hectic.

Dan Messer Coen Nathan Taylor Terminal Trading Corp New York

Texas on Threshold for Unbelievable Development

Houston TRA president I Tom Watt told the 29th Texas Restaurant Association convention that one of every five disposable dollars in the U S is in Texas California or Florida. He said Texas stands on the threshold of rapid development in the coming decade as marketing shifts demand and flexibility becomes key. Schatz noted that one sixth of national jobs are in the same three states.

Houston UPL I. Tom Watt Texas Restaurant Association U.S Texas California Florida Iatz TRA Schatz

Texas Private McClure Sends Humorous Army Letter

A Texas private in training at Fort Gordon Georgia writes home with a contagious sense of humor about Army life. he graduates from Lubbock High School in 1967 and briefly attended Texas Tech. The letter describes a compass reading course a nature hike and comic misadventures with boomerangs plums and cactus while awaiting future duties in the Army.

Eddie McClure Lubbock Ft. Gordon B. T. McClure 42Nd St McClure Lubbock High School Texas Tech South Plains

Century Plant Bloom Shows Rapid Growth and Uses

Neighbors watched the Century Ramsey residence stalk rise six to eight inches daily reaching twenty feet in five weeks before blooming. In Mexico the plant yields pulque and mesi al from sap. leaves feed the stalk, and sap can be used for medicine or agarose. The plant also provides possible razor strops and sisal. An unrelated personal note follows about a misdirection while traveling and a soldier’s letter acknowledging KP duty.

Ramsey Atth St Mexico United States Europe

LMCOG Plans Study Review and Executive Director Hire

Judge Shaw announced that LMCOG would study the approved application to identify deletions from the planning study. An executive committee and planning firm conference were planned to shape future plans. He noted in Lubbock that further consideration would be given to hiring an executive director at about 18000 dollars per year after grant approval.

Shaw LMCOG Judge Shaw Lubbock

Rusk to hold news conference Friday after hospital checkup

Secretary of State Dean Rusk, back at his desk after a hospital checkup, will hold a news conference Friday morning. A press officer said tests found no infection or significant disease, though he continues to suffer a low grade fever of undetermined origin.

Washington (Ap Dean Rusk Robert J. McCloskey Mowever Rusk

McCarthy Calls for Power Redistribution to Fight Poverty

Sen. McCarthy told Negro editors in New York that poverty and racism persist because black people lack power. He urged a democratic share of power in political and economic institutions and criticized antipoverty programs for underfunding and outside control. He warned reform would be painful but demanded greater local authority and responsibility.

New York Buelgene J. McCarthy Minnesota America McCarthy Washington

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