Lubbock Council Approves Bond Vote for City Improvements
City officials authorize a bond election to finance capital projects with no new taxes. Voters will decide May 19 on revenue bonds using surplus electric revenues to fund municipal Power and Light expansion. A special meeting is set for April 2 to finalize the financing plan and allocate $440,000 in federal revenue sharing funds for extensions.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
General Capital
Lubbock
Power and Light
Jack Baker
Bryce Campbell
Lubbock Power and Light
Roy McDaniel
General Fund
Council
Ex-Ambassador Bohlen Cited For Soviet U S Role In Talks
Avalanche Journal notes former diplomat Bohlen described as near Stalin and FDR in past talks, recounting his four decades in the U S Foreign Service including Tehran Yalta Potsdam roles and posts as ambassador to France Moscow and the Philippines. The speaker warned against expecting intimate US Soviet ties.
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Stalin
FDR
Celeste Loucks
Avalanche-Journal
University Center
Texas Tech
Ie Stalin
President Roosevelt
Yalta
Winston Churchill
Bohlen
Foreign Service
United States
Teheran
Potsdam
France
Moscow
Philippines
Soviet Union
Senate Debates Firefighter Police Bargaining Bill Passes Revisions
In Austin a nine minute Senate session rewrites the collective bargaining bill for firefighters and police. The chambers maneuver to add local option provisions and curb conference committee powers while House backs Daniel’s reform measures. Both houses adjourn until Monday amid parliamentary puzzles and ongoing negotiations.
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Austin
Senate
Daniel
House
Aikin
Sen. A. _R
House of Senate
Schwartz
Galveston
Bob Gammage
Sen
Houston
Nun
Uerarm
Samy
Price Daniel Jr
Airman Wins Long Battle In Courts
Airman Michael J. Shelton wins discharge from the U S Air Force after a prolonged legal fight over a six year reenlistment contract signed in 1968. A judge ordered discharge 14 months before the enlistment would have ended. Shelton and his wife expressed tempered relief and noted financial hardship from a denied Officer Training School slot and a demotion in pay.
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Lane Arthur
Avalanche-Journal
Michael J. Shelton
U. S. Air Force
Shelton
Air Force
U. S
Halbert C. Ten Ward
Playboy pampered person theme in A J Today
A brief note in The A J Today discusses a pampered individual who owes everything to his mother and owes little to his father, reflecting on family dynamics and entitlement.
Former Odessa deputy dies in head-on crash
Julius Earl Scroggins, 37, of Andrews, a former Ector County deputy, died at Medical Center Hospital after a head-on collision on U S Highway 80 near the Odessa Midand Air Terminal. The crash also injured Jack Ford of Odessa and Steve Buleau of Odessa. Funeral services were pending. Autopsy planned in Odessa. Scroggins leaves two daughters and several siblings.
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Corresponten
Odessa
Ector County
U.S. Highway 8
Odessa-Midland “Air Terminal
Julius Earl Scroggins
Andrews
Medical Center Hospital
Jack Ford
Texas
Steve Buleau
Baleau
Singleton Funeral Home
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Louisiana
Scroggins
Susan Scroggins
Rhonda Scroggins
Gulf Port
Miss
J. P. Jones
Johnny Johnson
Bastrop
Jay Keen
Archibald
Ora
George B. Drews
H. P. Scriggins
Prayer Blesses With Hope Love Faith
A reader offers a short devotional prayer asking God for blessing of hope and love, noting that faith in Him is the source of both. Amen.
Reds Accuse Pilots Over North Vietnam Recon Flights
The United States and North Vietnam exchange charges over reconnaissance flights over North Vietnam, with Hanoi alleging U S planes violated the cease fire while Washington says its operations are limited and under monitoring. U S officials say any confirmed violations will be corrected. President Nixon warned of infiltrations into South Vietnam with armored vehicles and heavy artillery.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Paris
United
Vietnam
St States
U.S
Wrie
U.S. Miliitary Command
United States
Nixon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Another 32 POWs Flown To Freedom
The United States flew another Hanoi to the Philippines mission picking up 22 more POWs. At Clark Air Base 110 returned POWs awaited flights home as a StarLifter carried 32 men released by the Viet Cong. Two pilots freed by China joined 108 POWs cleared for processing.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
United States
Hanoi-to-the-Philippines
Clark
Nying
Hanoi
China
Thursda
North Vietnam
Hongsons
Chirk
Air Force
Philip E Smith
Robert J. Flynn
Navy
Vietnam
Area POW To Return To States Saturday
Plainview residents greet Lt. Col. H. C. Copeland as he returns from captivity in the Philippines after being shot down and captured in July 1967. Neighbors remember the long wait and share relief at his homecoming. Copeland is a Plainview native, Texas Tech graduate, with family in Austin.
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Don McKinney
Avalanche
Plainview
Elsie Schrier
C. Copeland
Philippines
Copeland
Plainview High School
Texas Tech University
Austin
Mack ‘Farnsworth
Nixon urges housewives to curb prices in food buys
President Nixon says price controls are unnecessary and that housewives buying more carefully can lessen price pressures. He notes the household decisions have greater impact on prices than government actions. He downplays consumer boycotts as an effective tactic and announces David K E Bruce as liaison to Peking. He warns North Vietnam not to ignore U S concerns over the cease fire. Page 9.
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Washington
Nixon
Coutts
White House
David K.E. Bruce
Peking
Viet Redx
U.S
Merle Haggard Reflects On Prison Time At White House Visit
Country star Merle Haggard recalls his 21 in prison and says the time hardened his patriotism. He discussed his Quentin experience shaping views on freedom and justice while attending a Nixon birthday event with The Strangers. Born 1937 in Oklahoma he rose to fame with Okie From Muskogee and Walkin On The Fightin Side.
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Merle Haggard
Lubbock
White House
Joe Don Buckner
Burle
Pattiy Avalanch Winal
Haggard
Nixon
Quentin
Grixan
Thad
Okie
Muskogee
Walkin
Tin
Jon
Vietnam
Oklahoma
California
Merle
San Quentin
Bakersfield
Calif
Eneoys
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Henfeeper Comic Dictionary
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