Quitaque Collector Preserves Barbed Wire Relics
In Quitaque, local collector Honea stores a diverse barbed wire collection and era hardware, detailing square shank and other nail types, barrel splices, ribbon formats, and patent designs from 1876 to 1969. He recalls family roots, a Fort Worth railway career, and the aim to showcase regional Texas glimpses into frontier fencing craft.
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Ino
Mrs. Honea
Honea
Lockney
Fort
Worth
Denver
Silverton
Quitaqueds
Allis
Appropriations Committee
Texas
Merrell
West Texas
Buffalo
Panhandle
Jones
Mahon
Fort Worth
House
Dare Staples
John Whitcomb
Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock Club
Whitcomb
Railroads face restructuring risk amid line troubles
Penn Central will likely stand while 18 other lines face potential reorganization. Beggs noted five or six lines fare worse, with industrywide revenues near a record 12 million but rising expenses. Final figures may show net railway operating income around 500 million versus 655 million in 1969, with ordinary income about half and return on investment dropping to 1.76 percent, the lowest since 1938.
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Penn Central
Beggs
Lubbock chamber weighs 5.6 million bond plan for new schools
The chamber supports a 5.6 million school bonds package to fund 99 new classrooms by 1976 for a public kindergarten and multiple facilities including a permanent North Avenue U school and two southwest Lubbock elementary schools. Critics warn of overreach, urging split votes and questions on unused real estate and vacant classrooms. Officials promise full facts and push advertising on local labor strength while Gov. Smith is set to sign the tuition bond bill for Texas Tech. Continental Airlines to sponsor a chamber breakfast as Easter events loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Avenue U
Lubbock
Chamber
Chas. A. Guy
Bill McAlister
Irons
Wall Street Journal
Sing Out
Paul Stapp
John Whitcomb
Preston Smith
Texas Tech
Continental Airlines
KoKo Palace
Black Power Politics Viewed For Program At Texas Tech
Columbia University political scientist Dr Charles V Hamilton spoke to about 1,000 listeners at Texas Tech praising the Black Student movement on campuses as aligned with higher education principles. He urged greater recruitment of Black faculty and students and curriculums allowing more Black studies during a week of Black Week events organized by SOUL.
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Charles V. Hamilton
Columbia University
Lubbock Regional Airport
Texas ‘Ed
James Young
Ken Baker
Todd Love
Texas Tech
Perry Flippin
Avalanche-Journal
Municipal Auditorium
U.S
New York City
Student Organization For Unity and Leadership
SOUL
Langston University
Oklahoma
Tech
Alabama
Stokely Carmichael
Lowndes County
Greene County
Ala
Hamilton
America
Ford Foundation
South Side
University of Chicago
Pat Moynihan
Hamilton housing permits spark debate on black student needs
Hamilton discusses apartment permits for 72 units on S Ninth Street and a separate 12-unit project on Kenosha Drive. Proposals emphasize two and three bedroom layouts and club amenities while contrasting white and black student housing needs amid wider urban education debates. The developer Wilson & Wilson Inc. and contractor White Homes lead projects valued around 260000 dollars, reflecting ongoing discourse on race, housing, and academia in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ha Iean
Cnnares
Wilson & Wilson, Inc
Bi Pepe J
S Nith Street
M Pie
I Aesey
Nesey Society
Haundry “Oon
Kenosha Drive
Woman of Year in Levelland Mobilizes Civic Group
Mrs. Jones, Levelland housewife and active community figure, chairs a growing civic league aiming to beautify and elevate local living. She leads the Women of the Presbyterian Church and serves in several organizations, balancing home life, a radio show, astrology hobby, and family business Upshaw Drug. The group plans a March 2 meeting at the First National Bank Community Room for officer elections and program start.
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Texas Pharmaceutical Golds Association
Heritage Study
League of Women
American Humane
Jones
James Lateron
Miss South Plaittimore
Clyde Grappe
Women of the
Presbyterian Church
National Bank
Mittee
Levellanding
Boulder
Colorado
Levelland
University of Colorado
KLVT
Brenda
Glenn
Enchilada Contest Crowns Sul Ross Champ Sag Ray
John Sagray won Sul Ross Universitys first annual enchilada eating contest by scarfing 32 enchiladas in 3 hours 15 minutes. James Robinson finished second with 71 enchiladas in 90 minutes, while Paige Freeman won the womens division with 21 enchiladas in two hours.
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Alpine
UPI
John Sagray
Sul Ross University
Sapound
Sagray
James Robinson
Andrews
Robinson
Tom Henry
Fl Paso
Ane
Paige Freeman
Corpus Christi
Shete
Rotary Club
Spurgin
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Avalanche Journal
Delwin Jones
Ueath
Guy
Trons
Ion
Marvin Lang, Jr
Ana Plus Kern
Jolly Jack
50Th St
Ave
KeKo Korners
Texas Tech Artists Series
N. Y
Drama Critics’ Circle Award
General Adm
University Center
Alamo Club
The
Jimmy
Dorothy 'Auarley
Alter
Palm Room
Sanders
Lubbock and
Plainview
Colomel
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!