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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1968

Page

7

Junior Livestock Event Adds Entries for SP Princess Contest

Three area teenagers compete in a South Plains Fair junior livestock event to name the Future Farmers of America and 4H princesses. The contest in Lubbock will pick two girls to represent the South Plains Jr. Fair in the Livestock Show. The event occurs at the roller rink with a 6 39 start time and features 4H and FFA club members.

South Plains Lubbock Diana Wessels Pattie McMaster Abernathy Thresa Crabtree Cotton Center Madonna Jack Lockney

Lawyer To Get 11000 Fee In Vargas Case

SAN ANTONIO UPI Anastacio Vargas 76 says his lawyer Michael Rizik will receive 11000 from a 20000 state award for mental torture after nearly being executed for a crime he did not commit. Vargas, who is blind in one eye and speaks Spanish, expects $1200 more. He plans to pay off his small house and may marry again. The case has been litigated for years following a Texas Supreme Court ruling in Vargas’s favor. The article also mentions area contestants in a beauty pageant tied to the South Plains Junior Livestock Show.

San Antonio UPI Anastacio Vargas Michael Rizik Vargas Texas Supreme Court Dan

Pope pleads to halt Rhodesian executions in telegram

In Vatican City the pope expressed deep pain after the six Africans hanged in Rhodesia defied a reprieve. Aimed at mercy, he urged leaders to prevent further death sentences and to extend clemency provisions, as Rhodesia planned six more executions next week.

Vatican City UPI Vatican Amleto Cicognani Francis William Mareuil Salisbury Cicognani Elizabeth Cicognant Rhodesia

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