Controversial Ambulance Plan Faces Joint Lubbock Review
A joint study by Lubbock County commissioners and city officials, including the city council, explores emergency medical service options. The plan, prompted by a 1972 ambulance crisis, involves West Texas Health Systems seeking federal funds to establish multiple stations with mobile emergency rooms and EMTs, offset by subsidies to Aid Ambulance.
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Lubbock County
Lubbock City
Larry DePriest
Henderson Funeral Home
Aid Ambulance
West Texas Health Systems
Morris
Turner States
Tdepriest
DePriest
Lubbock
Renecr
Masterson Bunkhouse Dedicated At Ranch Headquarters
Four generations of Masterson descendants gathered at Texas Tech Ranch Headquarters to dedicate the Masterson JV bunkhouse. John Lott highlighted the Masterson legacy within the JY Ranch family and the cattle industry’s historical pathways across Texas.
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Masterson JY Bunkhouse
Gerry Burton
Avalanche-Journal
Masterson
Texas Tech
Mastersons
Masterson Cowboys
Texas
Masterson JV
John Lott
John B.slaughter
Ben
R.B.) Masterson
King
Knox
Lott
Ranch Headquarters Association
The
Robert Masterson
R. B. Masterson
JY Ranch
King County
Bill Masterson
Abilene
Fans Pack Jones Stadium for All-America Game Night
A vivid field side scene unfolds as thousands of fans, families, and students converge on Jones Stadium for the Coaches All-America Game. Observers note the bustling sidelines, costumes, vendors, and a festive atmosphere as players warm up and anticipation builds before kick.
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Jones Stadium
73 Bale Tally Posts Record
Final 1973 Plains cotton production reached 2,888,600 bales from 2,784,000 harvested acres. Dawson County led with 315,300 bales, Lubbock County at 510,000, and Lynn County third with 275,800. Borden County posted the highest lint yield at 644 pounds per acre. Martin 599 and Howard 593.
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Sistant
PCG
PCG Lubbock Cotton Exchange Estimates Committee
Dawson County
Lubbock County
Texas
Lynn County
Gaines County
Borden County
Martin County
Howard County
Floyd
Crosby
Borden Counties
Fanning
Lamesa votes down off premise liquor proposal defeat
Lamesa voters rejected a proposal to allow off premises liquor in the city 1729 to 1221 amid a wet dry campaign. turnout was 2950 of 5670 eligible. 601 absentee ballots noted, lines at Dawson County Court House but afternoon voting light as polls closed at 7 p.m.
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Lamesa
Louie White
Prayer Note Seeks Humble Reflection Amid Self-Cocused Living
A reader offers a brief morning prayer asking God for guidance to resist self-centered habits and return to reality through faith in Jesus. The message ends with a short Amen.
Special Deputies Being Recruited By Blanchard
Lubbock County Sheriff C H Blanchard quietly recruits a 16 man volunteer force to bolster the 26 member deputy group. The May 23 county commission approved the plan though details and scope remain tied to emergencies and community leadership roles.
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Lubbock County
C. H. “Choe
Blanchard
Nurse Freed After Abduction Near Mission Hospital
U.S. nurse freed after an abduction on May 7 from a mission hospital. The case involves Tenneco Oil Co. of Houston and a named geochemist from Ethiopia, with geologist James from Walkerton, Ontario and pilot Wederfart from Calgary. Mrs Dortzbach, daughter of Rev. Mull, reported missing in Freehold.
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Tenneco Oil Co
Houston
Tex
Pauela
Ethiopian Ministry of Mines
James
Walkerton
Ont
Wederfart
Calgary
Alta
Dortzbach
William W. Mull
Freehold
Mission Hospital
Eritrean Guerrillas Take Nurse and Release Captive
Weather for Lubock and nearby stays partly cloudy with highs in the low 90s and lows near 66. In Eritrea, guerrillas seized Dutch nurse Anna Stickwerda, 34, then killed her near Massawa after a four day camel trek. Release timing varied reports. ransom demands shifted from 250000 to 25000 before being abandoned. Missionary negotiators were approached for medical supplies to fight cholera spread in parts of Eritrea.
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Lubock
Ghinda
Asmara
Anna Stickwerda
Massawa
Pbritrea
Nixon Pursues Detente at Moscow Summit and Brussels Stopover
President Nixon heads to the Moscow summit after a Brussels stopover to seal new U S relations with NATO allies. Brezhnev predicts good new agreements, while Nixon aims for partial limits on underground tests and missile deployment.
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Nixon
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Henry A. Kissinger
Brussels
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Kissinger
NATO Council
Paris
Munich
London
Madrid
Spain
Brezhnev
Black Sea
Crimea
Middle East
Congress
Kremlin
James 2. Schlesinger
Bone tool found at Lubbock Lake Site supports Clovis man
A 12 000 year old bone tool uncovered near mammoth remains at the Lubbock Lake Site is authenticated by Dr. Mary Elizabeth King and Dr. Craig Black. The find strengthens evidence of Clovis presence, with a Clovis point still sought. Earlier explorers had found crude scrapers in the same layers.
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Lubbock Lake
Grant Hall
Lubbock Lake Project
Texas Archaeology Survey
Texas Tech
Mary Elizabeth King
Craig Black
Museum
Texas Memorial Museum
Museum At
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