Smith Signs Education Bill Aids Texas Tech Medical School
Governor Smith signed a bill enabling Texas Tech to issue tuition backed bonds for a medical school complex on 250 acres in Lubbock. The act provides state revenue steps to back bond repayment while UT system plans new medical and dental campuses in Houston Dallas San Antonio and Odessa. Lawmakers and university leaders praised the measure as a landmark for higher education with construction hoped to start soon and student intake slated for 1972.
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Texas Tech
Texas
United States
Blanchard
Smith
Tech
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Odessa
Lubbock
Richard C. Slack
Pecos
A. M. Aikin
Paris
House
W. S
Heatly
Slack
Rep
Delwin Jones
Gus Mutscher
Mrs. Smith
Chamber of Commerce Board of City Development
Lubbock Country Club
Frank Calhoun
Abilene
Charles Finnell
Holliday
Nelson Wolf
John Boyle
Irving
Bill Swanson
Jim Easter
Paso
Charles A. LeMaistre
Bryce Jordan
B. H. Amstead
John V. Olson
Marilyn D. Willman
Robert Lewis Tuttle
Charles Sprague
Martin Dies
Ollie Green
Jerry Hall
Larry Teaver
Grover E. Murray
Glenn FE. Barnett
John A. Buesseler
Waggoner Carr
Austin
Clint Formby
Hereford
Bill Collins
Judge Airs Trio Of Guilty Pleas In District Court
Three defendants pleaded guilty Thursday in 137th District Court before Judge Robert C. Wright. Harrl Gene Jones, 18, of Slaton, received four years probation for forging a check. Marcus Garza Cardenas, 22, of 1911 9th St, got 15 years imprisonment for robbery by assault tied to Horace Jones Grocery robbery on March 19, 1970. Jan Sater, 19, of 1903 60th St, placed on five years probation for marijuana possession.
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137Th District Court
Robert C. Wright
Gene Jones
Slaton
Marcus Garza Cardenas
9Th St
Horace Jones
Baylor
Jones
Cardenas
Jan Sater
60Th St
Regents Approve New UH TCU and Midwestern Regents
The Senate nominations committee in Austin approved Gov. Preston Smith's picks for university regents. Appointees include Travis Camp Johnson of El Paso, Leonard Rauch of Houston, and James H. Greer of Houston for the University of Houston. The selections move to the full Senate for final action.
Pollution Hit New Ice Age Possible Experts Say
NOAA scientist warns in Commerce Today that man made pollution could shift climate toward an Ice Age. Dr Earl Barrett cites particulate buildup altering temperatures and threatening life, as NOAA signals a global weather monitoring plan led by new administrator Robert White.
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Washington
UPI
Earl W. Barrett
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency
NOAA
Commerce Department
Commerce Today
Robert M. White
White
Barrett
William £. Cobb
Environmental Research Laboratory
Boulder, Colo
Nature
Mrs. James Spears Named Woman of the Year
Bernice Spears, a busy Lubbock volunteer and former chair of the Women’s Division of the Chamber of Commerce, is honored as Woman of the Year. She discusses discrimination and her work with Camp Fire Girls, Red Cross, Salvation Army, and local civic causes.
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Camp Fire Girl Board
PEO Sisterhood
PEO Council
Garden Study Club
City Council of Parents and Teachers
Parent-Teacher Associations
Overton
Lou Stubbs
Gulic
Camp Fire Girls Organiza
Tors
Young Women’s Christian Association
Family Service Association
Civic Ballet
Community Planning Council
Salvation Army
Family Service Association Board
Civic Ballet Board
Women's Council of the Museum
Church
Jesus
Spears
Junior League of Lubbock
Bernice
Jack Strong
Stanley
Wheeler
Altrusa Club
Willette Merrell
Mickie Evans
Shirley Evans
Texas Tech
Freshness dating bill sparks price concerns in Texas
In Austin, grocery officials and a state health officer warned that mandatory freshness dating on eggs milk and meat could raise prices. Rep. Joe Allen argued measures are unworkable and may be rewritten to apply only to eggs and meat. Witnesses cautioned about costs and consumer impact.
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John Arrington
Arrington
Pearland
Allen
David Evans
State Health Department
Carl Waitz
Mission
Texas Poultry Federation
Farmers Smith To Talk Drouth Meeting In Alice
South Texas farmers facing a severe winter drouth prepare to meet Gov. Preston Smith and state and federal officials in the Jim Wells County courthouse district courtroom. Rep. Oscar Carrillo of Benavides coordinates. officials may tour Alice to assess conditions. A federal disaster declaration could bring aid.
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ALICE
South Texas
Preston Smith
Jim Wells County
Oscar Carrillo
Benavides
Gov. Smith
Texas Agriculture
John White
Oth
Ers
Smith
Nixon
Rio Grande City
Starr County
Major fires strike two venues and nearby outbreaks
Thursday saw two large fires at Burger Bay Drive Inn and Hill Top Bar-B-Q No 1 causing over 1000 dollars in damage to both structures and contents. Additional alarms reported minor blazes including a couch fire on Elma Terrell's property, a fence blaze on Auburn Street, and trash fires on 42nd and 36th Streets with little or no damage.
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Lubbock
Burger Bay Drive Inn
Ave. A
Hill Top Bar-B-Q No. 1
E. Broadway St
Elma Terrell
18Th St
Auburn Street
42Nd Street
36Th Street
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James Granberry
Lonnie Hollingsworth
Texas Tech University School of Medicine
W. S. Bill Heatly
Paducah
House Appropriations Committee
Joe den Buckner
H. J
Doc) Blanchard
Judge
James Spears
Meg Cat
Albert Schweitzer
Robert Louis Stevenson
Cooper
East Texas
Henryetta
Okla
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Tulsa
Bill
Wichita Falls
Bob
Jeff
Bob Spears
Amy
Jimmy
Bill Spears
Alamo Club
Culligan
James Perry
Dorothy Blakley
Cloh Tura
The
Palm Room
Idalow Hwy
Raymond Borket
Drouth
Hembe
Cotton Club
Ewel Daniels
Eh Sereno Restaurant & Club
Sereno
la Fonda del Sol Bon
Tanyers
Country Club
Sereno Restaurante
Lubbock and Plainview
London
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