Auto Registration Deadline Nears For 1968 Plates
County tax office urges motorists to register by midnight Monday to display 1968 license plates on all vehicles used on public roads. Enforcement will begin immediately after the deadline. About 6,370 vehicles were registered Friday bringing the yearly total to 72,613, 7.43 percent higher than last year at this time. Residents should bring title certificates, 1967 registration receipts, and exact fees. motorcycles and boat trailers start at 5.30 dollars with passenger car fees scaling by weight.
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Russell S. In
Slaton
Tower Confirms Campaign Plan for Texas Favoritism
Sen John Tower says Texas GOP will designate him as favorite son at the Republican national convention to boost state influence. He told the Texas Young Republican Federation that the delegation should not be bound to any candidate and noted support for a Nixon Reagan ticket in November. He also ruled out seeking the vice presidency.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Duke ends term as U S Ambassador to Spain
Angier Biddle Duke completed a three year term as ambassador to Spain and left Madrid on Saturday. He traveled to London for a short stay before returning to Washington to serve as chief of White House protocol.
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Madrid
UPI
Angier Biddie Duke
U. S
Spain
London
Washington
White House
F Students Consoled By Chancellor
Chancellor Harry Ransom of the University of Texas system said an F grade can be more educative than an A when learning and personal growth occur. He urged valuing breadth, addressing the generation gap, and recognizing students who excel in one field but struggle in others.
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Texas
Ransom
Panel Forms Job Search for Negroes in Lub
A Second Baptist Church committee at Multi-Service Center aims to secure jobs for unemployed Negro residents in Lub. It will contact city officials to learn open positions and qualifications, then reach truckers grocers construction firms and other employers. Leonard Chew directs the center and monthly meetings promote racial harmony.
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Second Baptist Church
Lub
Lab
Ion City
Aubrey Rummel
Charles Brown
Struggs Junior High
Men of the Second Baptist Church
24Th Street
Webber
Leonard Chew
NORAD extends North American air defense five more years
The United States and Canada agreed to extend NORAD’s joint defense against a surprise air attack through 1973 with one year notice for cancellation. NORAD operates radar lines across Arctic Canada and sea radar systems along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts from its Colorado headquarters.
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Washington
United States
Canada
North America
State Department
NORAD
North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Soca Colo
Arctic
Atlantic
Pacific
Cabinet Shakeup Looms As Wilson Considers Key Changes
Britain’s Prime Minister Harold Wilson plans a cabinet reshuffle after a mid term defeat. Defense Minister Denis Healey leads a group pressing for leadership changes while Richard Crossman voices calls for a strong collective leadership. Potential moves target Crossman Shoe Silkin Thomson and others to restore party unity and revive the Labor movement before mid-1971 election.
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London
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Richard Crossman
Crossman
Defense
Denis Healey
Healey
Wilson
Cecil King
Daily Mirror
Defense Ministry
Peter Shoe
John Silkin
George Thomson
Commonwealth
Scotland
Thomson
Foreign Office
Scotand
Wales
Counties To Get Food Assistance Expansion
Washington United Press International Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman announced that 25 Texas counties will qualify for food assistance for low income and needy families. The new counties bring the total participating to 112, with Atascosa Austin Burleson Caldwell Delta Dimmit Falls Fayette Frio Hamilton Houston Jasper Karnes La Salle Lavaca Marion Medina Panola Rains Real Robertson Walker Wil lacy Wilson and Zavala included.
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Washington
UPI
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Texas
Atascosa
Austin
Burleson
Caldwell
Delta
Dimmit
Falls
Fayette
Frio
Hamilton
Houston
Jasper
Karnes
la Salle
Lavaca
Marion
Medina
Panola
Rains
Real
Robertson
Walker
Willacy
Wilson
Zavala
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Senga
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Lestar’s
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London Times
Roy Jenkins
King
Mirror
Labor
Tuftwick CLI CT
Brownfield Hwy
Morris W
Moe
Ford
England
Ford Motor Company
U.S
Pollard Friendly Ford Co
Bennett Motor Co
Texas Avenue
Lubbock, Texas
Seminole
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