Ancient debt hits Lubbock schools from 27 years late
A 1941 overdue grocery bill of 15.22 dollars mailed from Abilene reached Lubbock's district on April Fool's Day, carried to superintendent Nat Williams and business manager Linus Wright. The envelope, found during post office wall remodeling, notes a hole caused the delay and records since then are incomplete.
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Abilene
Linus Wright
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H. O. Wooten Co
H. R. Bundock Co
Trustees Cautious On Rights Clash Over Lubbock Schools
Lubbock trustees met Friday to discuss options from changing school boundaries to a wait and see stance as a federal civil rights on site review looms over alleged de facto segregation. HEW threatens to cut federal funds from an $18 million budget, about $1 million at stake, as officials demand reassignment to eliminate minority majorities.
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Bill Kingsbery
Justice
Fires Rage Through Three Chicago Stores On State Street
Rapid fires broke out in Carson Pirie Scott Montgomery Ward and Wieboldt’s along State Street triggering a massive evacuation and arson probe. Police canine squads and the fire department joined Mayor Daley in assuring no conspiracy evidence yet found while investigations focus on store employees and stockroom areas. A fourth blaze at Goldblatt’s was quickly suppressed.
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State Street
Carson Pirie Scott & Co
Montgomery Ward
Wiebaldt’s, Inc
Robert Quinn
Wiebaldt’s
Quinn
Richard J. Daley
Pla
Goldblatt’s
Louis Goldblatt
Carson
Goldblatt's
Ward's
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Wards
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Regional planners meet at Tech for joint area study
Lubbock area city and county officials join a Tech conference to discuss regional planning. The morning program covers collaboration between municipalities and the university for future development and shared services.
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Tech
Daily Prayer Call to Gratitude and Thanksgiving
Readers are urged to thank God for Jesus and to avoid grumbling by looking up and around with gratitude for perfection in Christ. Formerly signed by A. Lub. hock Reader.
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Jesus
Court Upholds Ruling on Ballot Listing in City Vote
Judge Howard C. Davis denied a mandamus to Gr. Glimany Marshall to force placing his name on the April 16 Lubbock city ballot. The hearing focused on whether Marshall mailed his candidacy application on March 16 ahead of the filing deadline.
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Avalanche Journal Star
Howard C. Davis
Gr. Glimany Marshall
Naume
99Th District Court
Marshall
Lubbock
W.D. (Dub) Rogers Jr
Lavinian Lane
Plaice
Lowe
U.S
City Atty
Fred Senter
Judson Balch
Seymour
Laitbeck
Ir Hall
Lowe Mareh
Tto
I Sea
Charm Class Aims at Watts Slum Girls
Three airline stewardesses launch a second year of grooming lessons for underprivileged Watts teenagers to improve appearance and job prospects. They report initial suspicion fades after makeup demonstrations, with each girl receiving a mirror smock and cosmetics kit donated by manufacturers.
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Los Angeles
American Airlines
Myrna Pope
Washington, D.C
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Adele Collins
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Bedford- Stuyvesant
Four Babies Born at Caracas Maternity Hospital
In Caracas a maternity hospital announced the birth of quadruplets to Rosalba Vega a 22 year old Colombian born resident of Venezuela. Mother and all four newborn boys were reported doing well.
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Venezuela
UPI
Rosalba Vega
Viet Cong Shells Base, Hits Allied Helicopter Field
Viet Cong shelled Camp Holloway near Pleiku and five allied bases, damaging helicopters and a bridge target near the DMZ. U S air forces report a possible MIG 21 kill in dogfights over Hanoi area and note F-111 losses in North Vietnam.
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U.S
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Highlands
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Air Force
Hanoi
North Vietnam
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Camp Holloway
Pleiku City
Sunny Skies Across South Plains and West Texas
A bright sun and dispersing clouds brought summerlike temperatures to the South Plains and much of West Texas. A Friday night severe weather watch faded with thunderstorms failing to materialize. the watch line extended southeast of Electra to Vernon Quanah and Childress.
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Texas
Electra
Vernon
Quanah
Childress
Federal loan to buy Green Fair Manor in Lubbock
The Housing and Urban Development Department approves a 2.93 million loan to Lubbock Housing Authority to acquire Green Fair Manor, a 236 unit low income project on Weber Ave. The move ends a 2.5 million city obligation and opens the complex to poverty stricken families previously displaced by urban renewal.
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Federal Housing and Urban Development Department
Lubbock
Green Fair Manor
Southeast Lubbock Development Corporation
Lubbock Housing Authority
Riots Loom as Johnson Urges Local Help for Memphis
President Johnson urged cities to mobilize police and accept federal aid after rioting in Memphis sparked by Martin Luther King Jr. He announced a planned mass demonstration in Memphis and called for unity meetings while King mapped March plans for Washington and Memphis.
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Avalatene-journal News Services
Johnson
Memphis
Tenn
America
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Kine
Washington
White House
Afl-Cio Committee On
King
Atlanta
Bar King Crisis Spurs Anti March Legislation Urged
United Press International reports Senators Byrd Stennis call federal action to block Martin Luther King Jr planned poor people's crusade in Washington. They fear violence after Memphis riot and urge limiting or halting the April 22 march while Brooke warns of nonviolent aims amid looting risks.
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Washington
Martin Luther King
King
Memphis
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
John Stennis
D-Miss
Rabbie Trouser
Byrd
Stennis
Edward Brooke
Rmass
Commission On Civil Disorders
Brooke
Capitol Hill
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Cally
UT narcotics raids arrest 32 in Austin UT area
Narcotics agents posing as hippies arrested at least 32 people in the University of Texas area on a series of raids based on 21 arrest warrants. Most detainees were not students. Several charged with marijuana possession include Gary Donald Cartwright.
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Austin
University of Texas
Pajamins
Robert Hine
Dallas
Federal Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
Harvey Gann
Gary Donald Cartwright
Fagan Dickson, Cartlwright
Mary Jo
Weather map notes for Lubbock area
Considerable low cloudiness this morning. Partly cloudy and warm through tonight. High near 80, low in the upper 40s. South to southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
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