Nixon Quits California Move to New York Court
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon says he will move his residence from California to New York City and join the law firm Mudge Stern Baldwin Todd on June 1. The move sparks speculation on future politics while Nixon says he has no political plans. Meanwhile in Texas, Lubbock officials probe home loan irregularities and consider new legislation and state agency involvement as insurers and investigators watch dual contracting practices.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
Astin
140Th District Court
Grand Jury
Lubbock
Senate
House
Texas
Alton Griffin
Department of Public Safety
Griffin
Real Estate Commission
Texas Insurance
William Harrison
Harrison
Innsurance
Associated Press
York
Richard M. Nixon
California
New York City
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Albany
White House
Nixon
Kension
Kegnedy
Coman
Washington
L. D. Ransom
Texas Real Estate Commission
Andy James
Iwo
Mudge, Stern, Baldwin & Todd
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Mudge, Stern, Baldwin & Todd, Burden
Kan
UPI
Lee Nixon
James
Senate votes to raise 33 million in new college funds
The Texas Senate approved a House bill to levy 33 million dollars in new taxes to boost college funding. Supporters defeated 30 proposed amendments, including extending exemptions and changing tax levels. The measure, tied to a 3.1 billion higher education appropriation bill, heads to Gov Connally for signature.
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Jerry Pillard
Astin
House
San Angelo
Edinburg
John Allen
Longview
San Angelo College
Allen
John Connally
Forrest Harding
Senate
Dorsey Hardeman
Texas
Eligio de la Garza
Mission
Gene Fondren
Taylor
Howard Green
Fort Worth
Associated Press
Connally
Legislature
Fort Worth Man Slain. Parker Family Involved In Tragedies
J Loyd Parker 74 was shot to death in his Fort Worth home. his son J Loyd Parker Jr 44 and other relatives figure in a string of family tragedies including a fatal car crash that killed Parker's wife and granddaughter and a murder case involving a great niece. Police note the gunman remains at large, doors were locked, and the weapon was not recovered. The son reported to police hours after the body was found by a gardener.
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Associated Press
Fomt Worth
J. Loyd Parker
Fort Worth
District Attorney's Office
J. Loyd Parker Jr
Parker
Earle North Parker
San Antonio
R. Allison Parker
Houston
Julian Moralez
Hilma Sandegard Parker
Glen Rose
Jane Langdon
Phoenix
Arizona City
Margery North Furlong
El Paso Judge R E Thoma to Retire June 1 as Senior Judge
U S District Judge R E Thoma of the Western District of Texas will retire June 1 but remain in Federal service as the first senior judge in Texas. He will continue to serve in courts of his choosing.
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R. E. Thomason
el Paso
U.S
Western District of Texas
Texas
Sec. A
Zoning Requests Pass and Fail in Long City Meeting
The City Planning and Zoning Commission approved five zoning changes and rejected four in a lengthy Thursday session. Commercial zoning on 50th Street Parkway Drive and Avenue D failed, as did industrial zoning at Loop 289 and Amarillo Road, while several others passed including Slide Road retail and residential zoning along 20th Street. The panel also left a Park Way Drive site open for a specific use permit shopping center development after denying outright C-3 zoning. See MORE Page 10.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Wester
City Planning and Zoning Commission
50Th Street
Parkway Drive
Avenue D
Loop 289
Amarillo Rd
Slide Road
29Th Drive
27Th Street
20Th St
Erskine St
Zenith Ave
19Th St
Peoria Ave
Lubbock
John J. Jones
Beech
Cherry Avenues
Jones
Bob Burr
Zoning Appeal filed over church site in residential area
Eleven West Lubbock homeowners filed a writ of cer tiorari in the 72nd District Court asking review of a Zoning Board of Adjustment decision granting a church mission at 18th Street and Slide Road. The American Lutheran Church won approval April 23 despite neighborhood opposition.
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West Lubbock
Zoning Board of Adjustment
18Th Street
Slide Road
M. T. Kuykendall
Leroy W. Hindman
Dennis Dillard
Noel Williams Jr
J. C. Bean
John F. Baumann
K. C. Abercrombie
Herman B. Segrest
O. V.sturgeon
Everest Team Seeks Other Laurels In Himalayan Quest
An American expedition reports two climbers reached Mt Everest summit as it pursues a Himalayan triple crown. Names withheld pending full project completion. speculated to be expedition leader Norman G. Dyhrenfurth and Sherpa Nowang Gombu. Winds reach 150 mph. temperatures plunge to 50 below zero.
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United Press International
Katmandu
Nepal
Mt. Everest
United States
Nor‘man G. Dyhrenfurth
Santa Monica
Calif
Nowang Gom‘bu
Tenzing Norkay
New Zealand
Sir Edmund Hillary
Everest
Hillary
Mao Tze-tung
Peking
Lhotse
Kuchel blasts self styled patriots as flight peddlers
Senator Kuchel of California denounces self styled patriotic groups for spreading fear hoaxes and venom. He condemns the John Birch Society and Gerald L. K. Smith's hate sheet as alarmists whose aims include ending foreign aid NATO UN membership and repealing the income tax. He notes some 10 percent of his mail fits flight mail patterns. Bustamente to visit Washington June 8 to discuss Jamaican emigration and alleged US discrimination.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Kuchel
Ganata Ranh
Ewes
Oom
Bui See Pu
Senate
America
Birchers
John Birch Society
Gerald L. K. Smith
Kremlin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
United Nations
Kingston
Jamaica
Sir Alexander Bustamente
Washington
Prayer for Guidance and Wisdom to Live Nobly
A brief prayer pleads for divine guidance and wisdom in making choices with the one life given. The speaker, an anonymous writer, seeks to honor God through noble living in faith.
Utopia: A satire of marriage and bachelorhood
A witty line in the comic dictionary links Utopia with all women marrying and all men staying bachelors. The quip plays on gender roles with light humor typical of a humorous feature.
City Panel Debates Industrial Training School Plan
Judge Howard C. Davison urged a special school district to establish an industrial training school for juveniles, noting current options fail. He stressed dormitory housing and nonrestrictive enrollment, with local financing after voter approval. The bill, tabled in the Senate, faces further study despite House passage.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Weller
Ubbock
Howard C. Davison
9Th District Court
League of Women Voters
Senate
Davison
Weather map page predicts warm, clear to partly cloudy day
The Lubbock area weather map shows a mainly clear to partly cloudy forecast with a rise in temperatures. Highs near 88 degrees with southeast to south winds of 10 to 20 mph.
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Lubbock
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