Ten Texas cities named for state library center system
The Senate approved a bill to create a State wide Library System with major resource centers in Fort Worth Dallas Austin Houston Corpus Christi San Antonio Abilene Lubbock El Paso and Amarillo. Funds split 25 percent to centers and 75 percent on population. local councils decide spending. Debates included business-favoring contracts and concerns over unequal city funding.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Senate
Charles Herring
Texas Historical and Library Commission
Lubbock
Joe Shannon
Fort Worth
Jack Hightower
Vernon
Dallas
Houston
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Abilene
el Paso
Amarillo
Hightower
Sen
H.J. Blanchard
Texas Tech medical school bill faces House action
Supporters anticipate passage of a Texas Tech medical school bill as House debate opens with plans for an amendment. The measure would require cooperation with Amarillo Midland Odessa and Lubbock hospitals for postgraduate internships and residency education, if in the best interests of medical education.
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Austin
School of Medicine
Texas Tech
House of Representatives
Amarillo
West Texas
Lubbock
House
Senate
H. J
Doc) Blanchard
el Paso
Delwin Jones
Ralph Wayne
Plainview
Tech
Midland
Odessa
Jones
Blanchard
Lubbock - Amuarillo
Fashion Designer says women should wear less on street
A fashion designer opines that women today should wear less in public than their mothers did in bed.
Prayer message from A Reader to seek conscious life meaning
A reader asks God to grant conviction to witness the truth that life has meaning when men open their eyes to divine presence and commit to Thy control.
Dorm raid nets eight South Plains College students
Levelland police and state narcotics agents raided three Levelland locations including Lamar Hall at South Plains College late Tuesday arresting eight students on marijuana possession charges. Bond set at 5000 dollars. Bodeman released after booking.
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Avalanche-Journal
Levelland
South Plains College
Peace Justice Fail
Ford
John Nathan Stark
Canyon
Ronnie Lewis Hughes
59Th St
Lubbock
Robert Lynn Gamble
41St St
Thomas L. Cooke
44Th St
Richard J. Zakka
Ramze J. Zakka
Morton
Jerry Green Luper
Bradley K Bodeman
Central City
Neb
Bodeman
Lamar Hall
South Plains
Ave
Johnson
Texas
Flu threat in Lubbock eases but still many absences
Lubbock Public Schools report continued flu like illnesses with 93.22 percent attendance on Wednesday, down from the Christmas peak. 2,227 students were absent and 43 teachers ill. doctors note upper respiratory infections remain common but the surge appears to be fading. Public relations director G C Clapp cites non epidemic levels and anticipates further decline.
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Lubbock
G. C. Clapp
Lubbock Public Schools
Clapp
David Coweill
American Falls Diverted To Protect Falls Beauty
Engineers plan a temporary diversion of water from Niagara Falls turning off American Falls to the Canadian side. Ontario agrees to divert water to Horseshoe Falls from April 30 to December 31. The U S and Canada agreed in 1950 to share remedial study costs up to 385 500 each if the full May December period lasts.
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Toronto
API
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Horseshoe Falls
United States
Canada
Revolutionary garbage baling proposal eyed by Lubbock officials
Lubbock city leaders consider Concentric Engineering’s baling plan to replace open pit burning with a 10 year contract targeting 150000 tons yearly at about 2.96 per ton. The approach would slash land use and odors while costing roughly $1.445 million annually versus current methods.
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Concentric Engineering of
Dallas
Concentric
Baling
Bill Blackwell
W. D
Dub) Rogers Jr
Clergyman Proposes Bar in Empty London Church
The Rev Geoffrey Mountain of St. Pauls Holgate invites creating a bar in an unused church with a clergyman as server. He envisions the church as a halfway house for non churchgoers.
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London
UPD
Geoffrey Mountain
St. Paul's Church
Holgate
Mountain
Actress Mona Crawford Reports Kidnap Ruse After Dog Theft
Mona Crawford, the 41 year old actress missing during a dog theft search, phoned from a Fifth Avenue booth to say she was held by kidnappers. She was found by police, taken to a station, and questioned as investigators seek full details of the incident. Police described her as dirty and incoherent, suggesting possible drug effects.
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New York
Mona Crawford
Fifth Avenue
Miss Crawford
Reds Begin New Drive
United Press International reports a renewed Communist onslaught with at least 42 bases and towns bombarded from Saigon to the countryside. The shelling wounded 39 Vietnamese, while U.S. casualties were light, as B2 bombers dropped over a million pounds of bombs in seven raids around Saigon.
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United Press International
Saigon
U.S
Paris
Ly van Sau
Networks Hoodwink Public Under Senate Critique
Senate hearing cites networks for letting violence and obscenity slip through the code. Sen John Pastore accuses network presidents of failing to enforce standards and urges pre clear review by NAB Code Authority. Other lawmakers demand stronger self regulation while concern grows over who will set acceptable limits.
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Associated Press
Washington
John QO. Pastore
D-R.i
Senate Communications Subcommittee
National Association of ‘Broadcasters
Job
Moni Pastore
Rhode Island Democrat
Robert P. Griffin
Rmich
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Calm Sea Landing Expected for Apollo 9 Return
Apollo 9 astronauts James A. McDivitt David R Scott and Russell L Schweickart aimed for a calm splashdown in the new area near Grand Turk Island after 151 orbits. Mission control confirmed the 11 01 p m CST reentry time and the crew began stowing gear for re entry. Ann Scott watched from mission control as her husband radioed messages to his family.
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David R.scott
Russell L. Schweickart
Anon Scott
Roger
Mission’ Control
Ann Scott
Mission Control
Centrol
Scott
Cecil B. McDivitt
Guadalcanal
Grand Turk Island
Bahamas
Ray May Seek Second Trial
Ray May seek to overturn his 99 year sentence for the King assassination. The Nashville Tennessean quoted prison sources saying Ray regrets pleading guilty and believes a not guilty plea could have yielded a life term instead.
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Nashville
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Nashville Tennessean
Tennessean
Ray
Memphis
Weather Map: Partly Cloudy Lubbock Outlook Today
Partly cloudy and not so cold today with a high in the mid 50s and a low around the upper 20s. Southerly winds 10 to increasing clouds and milder Friday with stronger winds expected.
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Lubbock
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