Tarbox pushes April 30 session finish plan
Rep Elmer Tarbox D Lubbock filed a resolution urging lawmakers to quit April and Friday and finish by April 30. He argues the tax and appropriations bills are near completion and a redistricting bill remains. Gos Pen Barnes and Speaker Gus Mutscher weighed in with cautious support.
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Violent Texas twisters cause deaths and damage in Daniel's Chapel
Violent weather plowed through extreme Northeast Texas near the Oklahoma and Arkansas borders. A twister first struck Malta east of Texarkana then moved to Daniel's Chapel, demolishing at least five homes and severing power lines. Jesse Lee Sanford, about 50, was killed. three others were seriously injured and rushed to a Texarkana hospital.
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Texarkanan
Twisters
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Lubsbock
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Dalhart
Waco
Cotulla
del Rio
Homer R. Edwards
New Boston
DeKalb
Edwards
Paul
City Death Toll Rises After Two Fatal Accidents
Two fatalities reported in Lubbock County as a Maine man, 23, dies after a car motorcycle collision at Loop 289 and South Quaker Avenue. An 18 month old child, Richard Samuel Jones, dies after being struck by a car near his grandmother’s home on Farm Road 41.
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Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
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Waterville
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South Quaker Avenue
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Sammie Jones
66Th
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New Mexico
Holloman Air Force Base
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C.C. Smith
Arnold Drive
Reese Village
Charles Warren
36Th St
Jones
James Cervantes
Ropesville
Cervantes
Wilson
James Downs
Judge sentences woman 137 days for unpaid traffic fines
A Lubbock area case reports a habeas corpus plea and a judge imposing 137 days in jail for failure to pay traffic fines. The item is listed on Page 15 under See A.
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Lubbock
Canada
Bank Robbery in Princeton Yields $70,000 Recovery
Three men robbed Citizens State Bank of Princeton Texas of 70000 dollars late Friday. Collin County Sheriff Tom Montgomery captured one suspect, a 37 year old Irving president, and recovered the money within hours. Search for the other two robbers continued. Charges of bank robbery were being prepared.
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Collin County
Tom Montgomery
Irving
Prayer for spiritual guidance in uncertain times
A reader offers a short prayer asking God to help people live spiritually, face fear, and approach eternal life in Heaven with closer faith. The message emphasizes guidance and peace in difficult times.
Art Linkletter targets drugs and cults in Plainview talk
Radio and TV personality Art Linkletter spoke at Plainview High School urging action against drug abuse. He criticized the influence of rock groups and Timothy Leary, saying drug use has crippled thousands of youths. The event, sponsored by the Junior Service League, drew large crowds and came after Diane Linkletter's death.
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Avalanche-Journal
Plainview— Radiotelevision
Art Linkletter
Timothy Leary
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United Nation's
Drug Traffic Commission
Plainview High School
Junior Service League
Plainview
Linkletter
Mike Hutcherson
Pete Laney
Hale Center
Milton Adams
Fire destroys vacant building on Auburn Street
A roaring blaze, believed started by children playing inside, destroyed a vacant structure at Auburn Street and Avenue V around 3 25 p m Friday. The former Nu Way Products and laundry and cleaning supply business occupied the site.
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Bombed Houston Socialist Party HQ Sparks Citywide Alarm
An explosion heavily damaged the Harris County Socialist Workers Party headquarters in Houston. Losses were estimated at 30 000 dollars with the front window shattered and ceiling tiles torn. Party candidate Debbie Leonard called it rightwing terrorism. Fire damage also reported at Hemphill Wells Appliance Center and Gates Hall at Texas Tech campus along with unrelated smoke scare at Neil Wright Elementary. police and fire units responded rapidly.
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Socialist Workers Party
Wallsand
Debbie Leonard
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Kub City
Hemphill Wells Appliance Center
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Susan Prugel
Neil Wright
Adrian St
W. G. Wertman
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Vietnam Outpost Evacuated as Saigon Fights Near Sepone
Saigon reports 20 Communist dead in battles around Sepone Laos where 1,000 South Vietnamese troops and artillery were moved by U.S. helicopters from Fire Support Base Sophia to avoid a potential North Vietnamese counteroffensive. The retreat left Sepone as a no man’s land while observers recall Dien Bien Phu.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
Sepone
No-Man's Land
North Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu
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O'Mara
Command B 52S
Lubbock
Red Cross
Salvation Army
YMCA
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Kiwanis Club
W. C. O'Mara
Pastor Defrocked by Church Jury in San Antonio
The Rev. Wil Schaefer a rebel Methodist minister was ousted by a church jury in San Antonio. Jack Teddlie former SBA regional director in this area died Friday in a Stephens ville hospital. AI staffer Tanner Laine interviews top citizens of Ralls.
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Wil Schaefer
San Antonio
Jack Teddlie
Small Business Administration
Stephenville
Tanner Laine
Ralls
Former City Councilman William O'Mara Dies at 71
William Charles O'Mara 71 longtime civic leader died at 3005 1st St after a yearlong illness. A former city councilman 1960 to 1964 he served on multiple boards including Chamber of Commerce Plains National Bank and Canadian River Municipal Water Authority. Funeral services will be held Monday at First Christian Church.
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Resthaven
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Lubbock Christian College
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June Move-In Set for City Federal Building
Federal Building in Lubbock nears completion with an expected June move-in. William Bouton and project architect Bob Bilheimer report 87 percent completion as finishing touches like tile paint and lighting are installed. Weather delays from recent snowfalls may push occupancy toward late May while exterior work nears finish on the eight story block bounded by Texas Avenue Avenue H Broadway and 1th Street.
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Federal Es
Bob Bilheimer
Texas Avenue
Avenue H
Broadway
1Th. Street
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