Blowing Snow Invades Area Of Murray Draws Verbal Broadsides
Prairie area legislators heard a bill introduction by Manuel DeBusk aimed at raising Texas Tech President Grover Murray’s salary. DeBusk touted the measure as appropriate pay for higher education, prompting sharp responses from Tech officials and lawmakers. The article also reports a separate Cambodia aid vote, with House action and related comments from Ford and senators.
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Sam-Atclesey
Prairie
Avalanche Journal
Dj Lubbock
Ull
DeBusk
Rep. Smith
Kent Hance
Lubbock
Hance
Smith
Clint Formby
Board of Regents
Tech
Murray
Idahou
Texas Tech
Dallas County
Democratic Party
Tech Student Association
Carlyle Smith
Washington
House
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Democratic Caucus
Ford
U.S
United States
U.N
Silent Bandit Robs Slaton Store For Cash
A masked robber armed with a note and a small pistol entered Handy Maid No. 3 in Slaton shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday. He demanded money from clerk Mrs Maxine Dewis, took cash from registers, and fled on foot wearing a black and red toboggan and a brown jacket. Police described him as a white man.
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Slaton
Maxine, Dewis
Tech Football Hopeful Challenges NCAA Rule
Rice, a Texas Tech football hopeful, sues the NCAA challenging Article II of its constitution. He argues the five year participation limit is arbitrary and ununiform, seeking an injunction to allow him to play while legal action proceeds. The suit names the Tech board of regents and President Grover Murray as defendants.
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Avalanche Journal
Htereedom
Texas Tech
Zion Clause
Clint Formby
University
Rice
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Halbert
Giale Athletic Association
Woodward
NCAA
J. T. King
Tech
Gaylon Rice
United States
Storms Sweep South with Snow and Tornado Threats Across Regions
A South Plains snowstorm moved through Texas with light accumulations up to two inches while tornado watches and flash flooding alarms spread from Louisiana to Northeast Texas. Two deaths in Tennessee from floods and courtroom motions in Lubbock added to a day of severe weather and legal action as temperatures remained cool.
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Tubbock
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Lubbock
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Eunice
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
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Williamson County
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R. Griffin
Hogan
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Lause
Griffin
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Weber
Waren
Andrew McKay
Odessa
George Thompson
Pat Campbell
Robert C. Wright
Cunnes
Neatis
District Family News
Mormscape
Spoels Ees
Pampadoes
Anadito
Houston Dallas Hobbs
Rattlesnake Found In Denny Ranch Bunkhouse Toilet
At the Denny Ranch bunkhouse a rattlesnake emerged from a toilet while a maid cleaned. Mrs. Jennie B. Denny alerted three men from Jim's Market in Bledsoe who subdued the three foot snake. She warns ranchers to beware cesspools and possible bites.
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Bledsoe
Denny Ranch
Jennie B. Denny
Jim's Market
Big Gang
Alaska
Big. Gare
Big Guns
State payroll in Lubbock County tops 47 million
The state's annual payroll for Lubbock County exceeds 47 million dollars, reflecting the region's public sector staffing and compensation scale.
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Lubbock County
Prayer Fragment Seeks Forgiveness and Strength
A brief prayer reads as a reader asks for forgiveness of sins of thought and deed and asks for moral strength in Thy name Amen.
Oklahoma Bribery Case Jury Deliberations Begin
Federal jurors begin deliberations in the bribery extortion case against former Gov. David Hall and W W Doc Taylor. Five Oklahoma legislators move to impeach Hall’s chief accuser Secretary of State John Rogers as the panel, sequestered, weighs guilt. Mooney pleaded guilty to a bribery conspiracy and testified for the government.
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Oklahoma Erty
UPI
Federal Cour Jury
David Hall
Dallas Tinancier
W.W
Doc"” Taylor
Oklahoma
Hall
John Rogers
Mator
Taylor
R. Kevin Mooney
Fort Worth
Texas pterosaur fossil from Big Bend yields giant winged reptile
Large feathery winged reptile fossil found in West Texas, named Texas pterosaur, with a 61 foot wingspan—larger than a fighter jet. Discoveries over three years in Big Bend National Park reveal a creature more than 60 million years old. Fossils found by Douglas A. Lawson, now at UC Berkeley, planned for display at Texas Memorial Museum in Austin.
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Brian Sullivan
Science
Texas
Ives
Big Bend National” Park
Brewster County
Douglas A. Lawson
University of
California
Berkeley
University of Texas At Austin
Texas Memorial Museum
University “At Austin
Wann Langston Jn
American Association For the Advancement
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