Tech To Honor Top Students In Rites Sunday
Texas Tech will honor more than 1,000 students at the annual Allied College Recognition Service at 2 p.m. Sunday in Lubbock Municipal Auditorium. Historian Eric F. Goldman of Princeton will deliver the main address The Coming Shape of American Life. James G. Allen will be master of ceremonies with Grover F. Murray presenting special recognitions to triply honored students.
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Texas Tech
Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
Eric F. Goldman
Princeton University
Tech
Grover FE. Murray
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Church Leader Opposes Pari Mutuel Gambling Plans
Methodist Bishop C Eugene Slater of San Antonio criticized pari mutuel gambling at a Lubbock meeting. He argued it would harm the economy, burden poverty areas, raise police and court costs, and clash with the American value of thrift and industry.
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Opal Dixon Avalanche-Journal
C. Eugene Slater
San Antonio
Texas
Lubbock First Methodist Church
Slater
Bishop
Bishop Page
Explosions Hit Utilities in Bay Area Sixth Week
A series of three blasts rocked utility towers in the Berkeley Hills and nearby Contra Costa and San Francisco areas. Police linked the incidents to a single explosives expert, with no motive established. Flights and telecoms were disrupted as authorities investigated the pattern.
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Oakland
Surburban
Contra Costa County
San Francisco
Berkeley Hills
Ares
FBI
Caldecott
California
Contra Costa
Signs Point To A Pretty Good Crop Year
South Plains farmers foresee a favorable 1968 crop year based on an old Indian sign. Two Lubbock residents observed wind directions near sunrise using smoke and string tests, noting a northwest drift. Cook tested from Crosby County and Holden from near Wolforth, with weather permitting ongoing checks.
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South Plains
Lubbock
C. B. Cook
20Th St
Tom C. Holden
38Th St
Cook
Crosby County
Holden
Wolfforth
Small problems create big issues and need tiny fixes
A concise aphorism notes that large problems often stem from minor issues and that progress begins with addressing small, actionable steps. The quote emphasizes incremental problem solving and practical, stepwise corrections.
Texas Meat Packers to Move Operations to Lubbock Block Facility
Sloan and Dr C Branden Hull reveal Texas Meat Packers plan to relocate the Lubbock plant with the same carcass of products now shipped to the southeastern states and overseas. They report annual payroll over 3.5 million, anticipated sales above 75 million, and initial slaughter of about 420 cattle per day with future expansion.
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Toxes Meat Packers, Inc
Will, Pete
Lubbock
Aene ' An Eary
Sloan
Dr. C. Branden Hull
Bob Brummal
Marion Sanford
Texas Meat Packers
Texas
United States
Lubbock “Kil
Chill” O
Ince
Johnson names Shriver ambassador to France in reshuffle
President Johnson named R Sargent Shriver ambassador to France while Wilbur J Cohen becomes HEW secretary. Shriver, director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, faces a delicate assignment amid political strains involving the Kennedy family and Paris diplomacy. Bertrand M Harding will act as head of OEO until a permanent pick. France and the United States noted the move amid broader administration shifts.
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UPD
Johnson Friday
R. Sargent Shriver
Kennedy
U.S
France
Johnson
Wilbur J. Cohen
Windersecretary
John W .Gardner
HEW
Urban Coalition
Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
John F. Kennedy
Peace Corps
Senate
Paris
Charles E. Bohlen
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Eunice Kennedy
Antipoverty
Bertrand M
Oregon seeks marble theft from science building restroom
University of Oregon officials search for a piece of marble stolen from the women's restroom in the science building. It follows another theft earlier when a similar 28 by 60 inch piece was unbolted from the men's room.
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UPI
University of Oregon
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