Campus Antibot Bill Sparks House Senate Clash
A legislative fight in Austin pits the House against the Senate over a bill making violent disruptions at schools a misdemeanor. Sponsor Rep. Joe Shannon of Fort Worth pushes the measure while Sen. Oscar Maury of Dallas challenges it as demagogic, as conference action moves forward amid signatures and quorums.
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Dallas
Joe Shannon
Fort Worth
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Gus Mutscher
U.S. Supreme Court
Des Moines
Iowa
Laird Targets Escalation as Saigon Bombings Rise
Communist rocket and mortar fire hit 30 military bases across Vietnam as Defense Secretary Melvin Laird warned of a response to continued escalation. Dalat City was bombed wounding 12 and killing a child. Ky pressed for retaliation while Paris talks risk dissolution. See VIETNAM Page 14. Apollo 9 astronaut Schweickart conducted a 38 minute solo walk in lunar orbit after mood shifts and system checks. See ASTRONAUTS Page I.
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Smith hints Connally appointees may be recalled
Gov. Preston Smith said he is considering replacing some late Connally appointments including University of Texas and Texas A&M regents and the State Securities Board. He noted questions about legality and term expirations and met with Lt. Gov. Barnes and Sen. Ward as the matter moves toward possible action.
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Hippie Mutilation Suspect Held On Murder Charges
Antone Costa a 24 year old temporary carpenter with an interest in existentialist authors was ordered held without bail in the Cape Cod slayings. Two of four bodies found in shallow graves had hearts removed. Costa pleaded innocent to two murder counts and was committed to Bridgewater State Hospital for observation.
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Bridgewater State Hospital
Humble verse from Lubbock editor frames yesterday’s craft
Lubbock area matron poets salvage yesterday s handmade masterpieces as a centerpiece of Section A. The note hints at a local editor in the Mexican tradition sharing verses. The page also lists features from Dr. Denton Cooley’s talk to nationwide turmoil on campuses and a Jerusalem attack, with various sections and column labels.
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Lubbock
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Prayer for guidance from President led by God
A church letter from Mrs. Mildred Voight of Lubbock asks collective prayers for divine guidance through the President. She emphasizes reliance on God's direction in national leadership.
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Mildred Voight
Lubbock
West Storm Threatens South Plains Sunshine
An intensifying storm system may blunt the warm sun over the South Plains tonight as a cold front stretches from the Panhandle toward the Big Bend. Expect increased cloudiness and cooler temps with a 20 percent moisture chance in Lubbock, and gusty west to southwest winds up to 50 mph. Snow in the Panhandle melted after five inches fell earlier, while rainfall varied from half an inch to three quarters of an inch in different regions.
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Texas
San Francisco State Bombings Raise Alarm Over Student Unrest
Fires and bombings sweep five California colleges as authorities fear fatalities. At San Francisco State a freshman lost sight and fingers planting a home made explosive in a locker room. Police identified the injured student as Tim Peebles amid ten bombings at the campus.
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SAN Francisco
California
San Francisco State
Thomas Cahill
Tim Peebles
Masked Mustang Driver Slips Away On Lubbock Street
Mike Smith, a Lubbock Christian College student from Ralls, says he wore an air filter mask to combat hay fever and asthma while driving a yellow Mustang on 4th Street and Avenue T. After a pursuit, he parked behind apartments on 9th Street and explained the mask helps his allergies.
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Avalanche-d Journal
Lubbock
4Th Street
Avenue T
Mike Smith
Lubbock Christian College
Ralls
Smith
Monster sea creature washes ashore near Tecoluta
Biologists study a 35-ton sea carcass found on a Gulf coast beach near Tecoluta Mexico. The 30 by 18 foot serpent like armored animal has a 10 foot porous tusk and could weigh about 55 tons in decomposition. The carcass drew hundreds of tourists before officials were notified.
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Tecoluta
Mexico
UPD
Gulf Coast
Sergio Garcia
Navy
Nea Life Laboratory
Tampico
Government soybean price cut sparks farm policy shift
UPI reports Agriculture Secretary Clifford M. Hardin announced in his first major policy act that 1969 government support prices for soybeans would be cut to 2.25 dollars per bushel, a 25 cent decrease from 1968, with support based on top grade beans. Cotton seed support for 1969 is set at 37 dollars per ton on a one hundred weight basis.
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UPI
Ior
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Hardin
Lubbock Man Heads State Teachers Association
IE C Leslie of Lubbock was elected president of the Texas State Teachers Association for the coming year at a banquet opening the district convention. The event, themed All Eyes Are On Education, draws more than 4 600 teachers and administrators from a 16 county area to discuss teaching challenges and mark Texas Education Week.
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House of Delegates
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Brownfield
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Levelbend
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Texas Tech
Weather map notes for Lubbock area with increasing clouds
The forecast for Lubbock and vicinity calls for increasing cloudiness today with a chance of showers tonight. Temperatures in the 60s are expected with west and southwest winds at 20 to 30 mph and a 20 percent chance of rain tonight.
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