Connally urges Texas unity for future leadership
Connally appeals for backing his favored son and backs the unit rule to maximize Texas influence at the national convention. He says Texas will lack top national leaders next year and urges a governor who is constitutionally strong, progressive, and able to bridge divisions without personal political ties.
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Ers
Humphries
Texas
Connally
Chicago
House
Senate
United States
San
Pee Gard
Tax battle shows split over 1969 spending cuts
The Appropriations Committee outlined a plan to cut 1969 outlays by at least 10 billion with 4 billion in immediate reductions. Wilbur Mills argues more cuts and revenues are needed while party lines held on the final formula. Ford accuses the White House of a partisan deal as Democrats push ahead.
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Congress
Johnson
Treasury
Senate
Repo
Wilbur DT. Mills
D-Arko
Ehairman
Senate House Conference
Mills
Appropriations Committee
Farlher
Republican Appropriations
Frank T. Bow
Obie
Melvin R. Laird
Michigan
White House
Terry County Resident Dies in Brownfield
Myrtle Groves Howell 76 died Wednesday in a decal hospital. Services set for 1 am Friday at First Methodist Church Brownfield with graveside rites at 10 am Saturday at Rose Hill Burial Park Fort Worth. Survivors include son Robert N. Groves of Irving and three daughters in Brownfield Arlington and Abilene, plus 11 grandchildren.
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Brownfield
Mays
Myrtle Groves Howell
First Methodist Church
Rose Hill
Fort Worth
Aotson
Robert N. Groves
Irving
Luther’ Malcolm
Hugh Rippetae
Arlington
Jim Pinnan
Abilene
Lubbock Council approves long term treated sewage water sale contracts
The Lubbock city council approved a package of contracts selling effluent from the southeast water reclamation plant to Southwestern Public Service for 36 years and extending rights to Standefer & Gray Inc. for irrigation and industrial use. The plan adds a second 1 million gallon daily unit and sets royalties and prices to attract industry while preserving agricultural use.
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Dubbonek
Ssouttawestern
Southwestern
Standefer & Gray, Inc
Farm Enterprises
Southeast
Southwestern Public Service Co
W. D. Rogers Jr
Fred Senter
Jinny and Standefer & Gray, Inc
Lubbock
Kastan
Kasiman
Eastman
James HH. Granberry
Clifford B. Jones
Texas Tech
May Day Parade Marks Shifting Views Under Old Regime
May Day color guards of the Sokols parade as banners call for democracy. A commentator notes uniforms kept in moth balls for 20 years while a boy on his father’s shoulders carries a placard. Svoboda praises the day as the best he has seen, and Deputy Premier Gustav Husek quips about limited prior May Day celebrations.
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Sokols
Rndie
Multiple Birth Notices From West Texas Hospitals
A string of baby announcements lists newborns at Methodist and West Texas hospitals. Fathers include Texas Tech students and workers at Armour Co. Each item notes birth weight, time, and parent occupations, with locations in Brownfield and nearby towns.
Services Slated Today For Mrs Grace Hart
Mrs Grace Lyd Hart 79 a Friona resident for many years died Tuesday night at Palmer County Community Hospital Funeral services set for 10 am today at 10th Street Church of Christ Friona with Paul Poynor of Muleshoe officiating Burial will be in Friona Cemetery under Clathorn Funeral Home directions Survivors include son Roy Amarillo and daughters Wanda Nelda of Friona one grandchild and one great grandchild
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Friona
Grace Lyd Hart
Palmer County
10Th Street
Church of Christ
Paul Poynor
Muleshoe
Friena
Clathorn Funeral Home
Roy
Amarilla
Wanda
Nelda
Remnants of Vietnamese Battalion Foiled Near Hue
U.S. 101st Airborne fights remnants of a reinforced North Vietnamese battalion north of Hue. 335 NVA killed, 95 captured, many found hiding in Song Bo River reeds. Prisoners include 50 wounded. Maj. Gen. Barsanti says a reinforced battalion destroyed. Heavy clashes raise fears of a Hue attack.
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Saigon
U.S
Hue
101St Airborne Division
Song Bo
101St Airborne Troops
Liberte
Seven Hurt In Five Vehicle Crash Spills Near Erskine Road
A multi vehicle collision on U S 87 at Erskine Road sent two people to Lubbock Methodist Hospital and injured five others. Lila Martin 36 of Rt 2 and Fred Everline 47 of 701 Ave E Apt 32 were treated and released. A separate incident on Nashville Avenue injured Mark Norman Akers 15 Norma Sendejo 8 and Tony Rucker 15. Two from Buffalo Springs Lake area were seriously hurt Mildred McPeak 25 and Richard Levens 25.
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U.S
Erskine Rd
Lubbock
Methodist’ Hospital
U. S. 87
Lila Martin
Rt. 2
Fred Everline
Ave. E. Apt
Everline
Mark Norman Akers
Shth
Methodist Hospital
Nashville Avenue
27Th Street
Norma Sendejo
West Texas Hospital
4Th Street
Ave
Tony Rucker
Estacado High School
Buffalo Springs Lake
Mildred McPeak
Ave. N
Richard Levens
Colgate
McPeak
Levens
Buffalo Lakes
Services Friday For Mrs. Susie Cook
Mrs. Susie Malinda Cook 73 died in a Carlsbad nursing home. Services set for Friday at 2 p.m. in Smith-Rogers Funeral Home Chapel with Cecil Hook officiating. burial in Lovington Cemetery. Survived by two sons Hiram B. and Jerry. daughter Mrs. William Wyman. siblings John, LeRoy, Reuben, Thomas. six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Lovington
Susie Malinda Cook
Carlsbad
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
Cecil Hook
Church of Christ
Lovington Cemetery
Hiram B
Vacaville
Calif
Jerry
William Wyman
Santa Fe
John Bingham
Brownfield
LeRoy ‘Bingham
Hobbs
Reuben ‘Bingham
Chapsworth
Thomas = Bingham
Quemada
Lou Bohannan
Naomi Miller
Julian Bullington
Public Hearings Planned Zone Changes Considered Today
Ma CID covers a six block residential area as zone change requests move through the agenda. Fred West seeks about 67 acres of C-2 local retail zoning at Loop Y89 and Quaker Ave to create a large shopping center plus a new AM medical district at Loop 289 and Quaker. Other cases include R-3 at 66th St and Indiana Ave and six acre duplex R-2 near 63rd St and Quaker. Industrial zoning requests flank Loop 289 in northeast and across tracks with a proposed buffer strip of C-4. Additional items involve C-1 near Quirt Ave, M-1 at 4421 Brownfield Rd, and a line adjustment for C-2 near Mth St end Knoxville Ave. An urban renewal zoning completion and a lake area slope allowance for parks also appear.
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Medical Center
Fred West
Leroy Elmore
Loop Y89
Quaker Ave
West
Loop 289
Eastman
J. Taylor, Evans
66Th St
Indiana Ave
Melanie Park
Lubbock
Ken Flage
63Rd St
Lubbock Industrial Foundation
N. Quirt
Cecil E. Jennings
August Benson
Quirt Ave
E. 10Th St
B. J. Henry
Brownfield Rd
Planning Commission
Knoxville Ave
Elmore
Roy Smith
22Nd St
Knoxville Avenue
Jack Torbett
W. R. Haynes
Nd St
Ave
Pkinning Commission
Lub
Bock
James E. Walker
Parks Board
A. J. Prim
Commission
Showers Fade as South Plains Sees Warm, Humid Weather
Weather summary reports warm springlike conditions across the South Plains with afternoon highs in the upper 80s to around 90. Sprinkles occurred between Lubbock and Childress, light and brief, with isolated showers in northeast Lubbock later. Most of Texas remained dry under clear skies, with highs ranging from 75 to 94 across multiple cities. Forecasts predict further warming near 90 for Lubbock with a small 10 percent thunderstorm chance, mainly Friday as a weak cool front moves south through North Texas. Rainfall expected under .29 inches.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Childress
Weather Bureau
Iday
Presidio
iGalveston
Wink
San Angelo
Cotulla
Laredo
Midland
Wichita Falls
Hub City
Texas
Clean up at UVA: Clam a Phi Beta Kappa antics
The report describes a humorous University of Connecticut carnival fundraiser where adeama Clam participates in odd rituals including an exam in the shower and meals under a shower spout. Stronski comments the marathon was restful, while proceeds from 2 cent peeks support economic groups, aiming for $12,040.
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Phi Beta Kappa
University of Connecticut
Stronski
End To Phone Strike Nearing End
Negotiators reach wage increases of about 6 percent yearly for three years for 200000 striking workers in the Bell System. Other contract issues delayed settlement in New York Washington and 16 other cities as sessions continued late into the night.
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Washington
Afl-Cio Communications
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COTE
Ray J. Diekemper Jr
Commissioners’ Court
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Williams
Welfare Department
Rod Shaw
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Shaw
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Parkdale
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Mere
Rosen
Ange
Os Fuentes
bLaaf
Bering Co
Ray
Sirido Ortega
Ryu
Milton Smith
Methodist
Texas ‘Tech
Gerald Jordan
Rt 4
Dewi Brooks
Wolfferth
Roo
West ‘Resa
Girawersy Seed Assa
Mroo
Crue Narvai Jr
Birth of & Son
Pan West Tesas Hospital
Armour Co
Michael Tande Rathbun
West Tevag
Chessingham
England
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Roy Tuthill
Surrey
Grace Hart
Phuoc Yen
UPI
Raymond M. Wilkinson
Mrs. Cook
Mungry
Debbie Saccomanno
Houston
Texas Parks and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Debbie
Houston Herman Park Zoo
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