Indians Win Big in Long Legal Fight for Lands
Historian Wallace analyzes the Indian Claims Commission act of 1946 and the sprawling set of land suits filed by tribes. He notes the rapid growth of claims through 1971, with California Seminoles Sioux and others obtaining billions in acreage totals and cash settlements while courts acknowledge moral and legal responsibilities.
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Abilene Editor to Receive Honorary Law Degree
Abilene Reporter-News editor Ed N. Wishcamper will be awarded an honorary doctor of laws from McMurry College. McMurry trustees chose Wishcamper and four others for 1971 honors. Wishcamper is a 1938 graduate who joined the paper in 1936 and rose to editor and vice president in 1968.
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal Subscription Rates
Morning and Sunday delivery options listed with pricing for 1 year 6 months and 3 months. Rates cover Morning Evening Sunday combinations as well as Morning Only Evening Only and other service mixes. Subscriptions offered include daily and weekend plans with pricing for one year and shorter terms.
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Tech Professor Top Authority on Indian Land Claims
Dr. Ernest Wallace of Texas Tech University is a noted historian who has studied American Indian land claims. He has authored nearly a dozen books and numerous articles, including a U.S. Government report on Kiowa Comanche and Apache territories before 1867. He has won awards from the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation in 1969 and his work The Comances Lords of the South Plains was highly praised and recognized in 1959 by the Southern Regional Education Board.
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Commission
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Zane Grey
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Sherman
Atlanta
Ernest Wallace
Texas Tech University
Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation
Texas
South Plains
American West
Southern Regional Education Board
Films On Drugs Set In Portales
Portales film series focuses on drug dangers including LSD marijuana speed uppers downers and heroin. Five motion pictures shown at Eastern New Mexico University Campus Union ballroom begin 7 p.m. March 23 open to the public free of charge presented by American Educational Films with Avanti Films.
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Portales
Eastern New Mexico University
Avanti Films
Hereford Man Takes Helm of Texas Colleges Board
Wayne Thomas 42 new chairman of the Texas Coordinating Board faces high costs and policy questions. He outlines four key issues including tuition raises from 50/100 to 125/500, state aid to private colleges, student disruptions, and junior college expansion. He signals new ideas and careful public statements.
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Coordinating Board For Texas Colleges and Universities
Wayne Thomas
Texas
Austin
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Adrian High School
West Texas State
Smith Elevates to Chairmanship after Senate Rejection
In October 1969 Smith was elevated to the chairmanship on February 26 after the Senate rejected the re nomination of Manuel DeBusk of Dallas. DeBusk praised Thomas for his service, noting the next months will focus on implementing legislature recommendations.
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Dallas
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Texas
Moon Car Probes 500-Yard Lunar Crater
Tass reported the Soviet Lunok rover explored a 500 yard wide crater on the moon. The eight wheeled craft photographed the area and conducted chemical soil analysis along with cosmo physical measurements conducted Saturday.
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