New Ways Sought To Condemn War
Milwaukee conference discusses forging a black and white antiwar coalition. SCLC and National Welfare Rights Organization leaders push for unity, with plans for marches on Washington and concurrent West Coast actions. Delegates see progress despite factionalism and expect civil disobedience.
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Milwaukee
Indochina
Washington
San Francisco
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
National Welfare Rights Organi
Zation
Dorothy Cotton
Atlanta
Citizen Education
Bill Couthard
New York
Rennie Davis
David Dellinger
Chicago
Kent
Ohio
Augusta
Jackson
Miss
Concord-Lexington
Mass
Oakland
New Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Sidney Lens
City Council Open To Negotiations On LP and L
SWPS says it is willing to explore a sale of LP and L but negotiations must be initiated by the Lubbock City Council and referred to the Utilities Board. Mayor Granberry and real estate interests push that any proposal go through proper channels due to tornado aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brummal
SWPS
Avalanche Journal
Ken Flagg
Flagg
James H. Granberry
Lubbock Power and Light
Southwestern Public Service Co
City Utilities Board
Granberry
Utilities Board
Lp&l
Lubbock
VFW Delegates Push Vietnam Resolutions at Texas Convention
At Amarillo the Golden Anniversary VFW convention split into sessions to vote on Vietnam oriented resolutions to send to President Nixon. Proposals include troop removal from Cambodia and Vietnam and a call to drop charges in the My Lai case. Rep. Price and Gov. Smith urged divergent views and long Vietnam commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
VPI
Texas’ Veterans of Foreign Wars
Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
Vietnam
F. M. Robinson
VFW
Austin
My Lai
Bob Price
R-Tex
Preston Smith
Indochina
Smith
Salvation Army Breaks Ground on Houston Center
The Salvation Army will begin building a $1.5 million men’s social service and rehabilitation center in Houston. The advisory board aims to relieve a thrift store backlog and rehouse clients as part of a 10 year expansion plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Salvation Army
Army
Firemen's Fund Grows for Rascoe and Boyce Injuries
The Neil Boyce Bob Rascoe fund, started by Lubbock Fire Department members to cover costs for two injured firefighters, has surpassed 2200 dollars. Rascoe lost his right eye in the May 11 tornado at Central Fire Station. Boyce suffered home losses and costly medical treatments after the same disaster. Contributions are to be made to the Boyce and Rascoe Fund, c/o Fire Station No. 4, 3rd Street and University Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Boycee
Bob Rascoe
Lubbock Fire Department
George Bullard
Rascoe
Fire Department
Central Fire Station
6Th Street
Avenue K
Boyce
Fire
City of
West Texas Hospital
Roscoe
Bullard
Jean
Boyce and
3Rd Street
University Avenue
Pair of GIs Say No To Vietnam Shipment at Fort Lewis
Two Ft. Lewis soldiers refused to report to the Overseas Replacement Center for shipment to Vietnam, part of a 14-man group seeking conscientious objector status and discharge. Four GIs were arrested Friday, with two others placed in stockade for refusing orders. The Army may place a hold on Griffith pending a Muskie inquiry into Griffiths case.
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Ft, Lewis
Wash
Ft. Lewis
Overseas Replacement Center
Vietnam
Army
Manuel Perez
Paul A
Forest 22
Liverpool
Carl M. Dix, Jr
Baltimore
Lawrence Galgano
Brooklyn
James B. Allen
Goldsboro
N.C
Jeffrey C. ‘Griffith
Caterboro
Edmund S. Muskie
Dme
Grifffith
Muskie
Charles H.W. Talbot
Seattle
Eggers Sees Mexican Aid to Curb Border Drug Flow
Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul Eggers says Mexican officials are willing to cooperate to cut marijuana and other drug flows across the Rio Grande after meetings with governors. He cites potential lessons from other states in prosecuting drug pushers and spoke during a GOP reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Paul Eggers
Rio Grande
Eggers
GOP
U.S
Woman sues for 1.2 million over birth control pill
Florence L. Vallen wife of UNLV dean Jerome J. Vallen filed a $1.2 million suit in Las Vegas charging the contraceptive pill C-Quens, manufactured by Lilly and sold locally, caused left eye damage high blood pressure and sensitivity to other drugs after five months of use following physician advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Florence L. Vallen
University of Nevada At
Weather Bureau honors eleven for tornado duty in Lubbock
Eleven U S Weather Bureau employees in Lubbock received 400 cash awards and commendations for their five hour continuous weather watch during the April 17 South Plains tornadoes and the May tornado impacting Lubbock. Harold Frost earned a Department of Commerce gold medal for supervising and training staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau of
Weather Bureau
Fort Worth
W. L. Thompson
Department of Commerce
Harold Frost
U. S. Weather Bureau
Department
Crouch
South Plains
Peace Sought as Jordan Forms New Pro West Cabinet
A new Jordan government led by Dr. Abdel Moneim Rifai is sworn in to maintain peace with Palestinian guerrillas. Eight Palestinians in the 17 member cabinet are seen as sympathetic to the guerrillas amid fragile ceasefire tensions after five days of fighting. King Hussein endorsed the shift after Talhouni’s resignation.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Abdel Moneim Rifai
Bahjat Talhouni
Talhouni
Rifai
Royal Palace
United States Armed Forces
Veterans Gardens
National Cemetery
Queen Receives Mao Greetings on Official Birthday
Chairman Mao Tse-tung sent birthday greetings to Queen Elizabeth II and the queen replied with a formal thanks. Beijing reports say Premier Chou En-lai conveyed the message to the British charge d affaires in Peking. Buckingham Palace officials noted the greetings arrived around the end of May.
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London
UPI
Man Tse-tung
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Chou En-lai
Peking
Mao
War Duty Believed Personal Challenge
Lt. Bohdan Neswiacheny 23 a West Point graduate heads to Vietnam after his brother Myron 31 was killed in combat. He says his only reservations are being separated from family and that serving as an officer is a personal challenge and duty despite the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Vietnam
Bohdan Neschacheny
Myron
Neswiacheny
Births Reported at Methodist and West Texas Hospitals
Congratulations to multiple couples in Lubbock area on births recorded Friday and Saturday at Methodist and West Texas Hospitals. Each notice lists parents names and addresses, child’s sex and weight, time of birth, and father’s occupation, including roles at Texas highway patrol, Connecticut Mutual Life, Texas Tech University student, U S Navy, Gifford Hill Western Inc, Alamo Beauty Salon and Pioneer Gas Co.
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Charles Hannsz
Methodist Hospital
A. W. Blake Record Center
Larry Rhew
66Th St
Texas
Robert Deyo
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co
Luciano Peres
27Th St
Texas Tech University
Larry Wayne Dutton
49Th St
West Texas Hospital
U.S. Navy
Dennis Wayne Haggard
38Th St
Gifford Hill Western, Inc
Wiliam Keith Bell
Levelland
Alamo Beauty Salon
Jack Winston ‘Tyson
Pioneer Gas Co
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Bob Hobbs
Brunswick
Jekyll Island
Hobbs
Southwestern
Frankfurt
BY Eggers
Mexico
Pot’ Help
Lorna Stewart
Cal Poly
Pomona
Calif
Bozeman
Mont
Lorna
Lu Ann Corn
Kansas State University
Bill Crouch
John J. Chalupa
Galveston
Melvin C. Dunagin
Johnnie B. Graham
Johnnie B. Graham of 5412 41St St
Victor H. Halliburton
61St St
G. Alan Johnson
62Nd St
Henry L. Jones
1St St
George A. Lucas
Teddy J. Sheehan
Jerry Uecker
Purdue
Arthur E. Walkowiak
Jarvis
David P. Wheeler
E. Owen
Neswhacheny
West Point
Edward P. Brown
32Nd St
Methodat Hospital
Carl G. Noble
Peerishe Narionst
Srsurance
Dallas
TEIAD
Gordon Moore
Boston
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
United States
Veterans Department
P.O
Lubbock, Texas
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