Expense claims reveal cost to win Lubbock mayor job
Campaign reports show Dr. James H. Granberry raised ST.M5.61 for a two year mayoral term, defeating three rivals and a write in. Nine of twelve candidates filed final statements while outgoing mayor Rogers did not. Denton Rigsby won Place 1 on the council with 3704.36 in contributions and 3704.96 in expenses. Baker and MacDonald, runoff contenders for Place 3, filed statements with 2695 in contributions and 2186.10 in expenses for Baker and 2061 in contributions with 1.40 and 1400.69 in expenses for McDonald.
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Vaughn Hendrif
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
James H. Granberry
Denton Rigsby
John E.jack) Baker
Jerry MacDonald
Baker
McDonald
Pocketbooks
Market plunges as Cambodia crisis sparks worst drop since 1963
The Dow tumbles 19.07 in heavy trading as Soviet and Chinese denouncements of U S troop actions in Cambodia spook investors. The session ends at the day’s low with 1 228 decliners and notable losses in Fairchild Camera Memorex IBM Burroughs and Polaroid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russia
Red China
United States
Cambodia
Wall Peer
TIS
Kennedy
Alexei Kosygin
Rally
Kosygin
Dew
Jin Cambodia
New York Stock Exchange
Fairchild Camera
Memorex
IBM
Burroughs
Polaroid
Guardsmen Fired On Kent State Demonstration Killings
Four students died when National Guardsmen opened fire during an antiwar protest at Kent State University. Two coeds among the dead. four more wounded. Troops fired after a rooftop sniper shot at them. campus locked down and hundreds evacuated to Akron and Cleveland facilities. FBI requested aid. President Nixon condemned violence and urged peaceful dissent.
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Les
Kent State University
Tha
Associated Press
Kent
Ohio
National
Kent University
Adj
T. del Corso
Campais
Akron
Cleveland
Akron State University
FBI
James A. Rhodes
PRI
Washington
Nixon
Kent State
Police arrest three on herain charges in six raids
A report notes three arrests on charges connected to six simultaneous raids carried out in the morning. Other items in the issue include governor requesting federal aid for nine South Plains and Panhandle counties hit by lab booms and coverage of national and world events across sections.
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Herain
South Plains
Panhandle
Prayer Cod Encourages Focus On Present Efforts
A reader prayer calls for reviewing past failures without dwelling on them and urges 68 to concentrate on immediate actions rather than dreaming about the future, ending with Amen.
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Cod
Board Decree Reframes Evolution as Theory in Texas Texts
Texas State Board of Education orders seventh grade life science books to state that evolution is a theory not a fact. Board also backs ethnic and racial contributions to American history and invites bids for textbooks in life science and literature. One member criticized bilingualism but backed cultural policy.
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Austin
State Board of Education
Texas
United States
Frank Pool
San Angelo
Senate panel reluctantly accepts Nixon White House briefing
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee agrees to a White House briefing on Cambodia but calls Nixon's war in Indochina constitutionally unauthorized. It also pushes for an immediate private talk and urges repeal of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution amid ongoing White House consultation disputes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
White House
Cambodia
Indochina
House Foreign Affairs Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Reet
Fulbright
Senate Group
Gulf of Tonkin
Mahon Notes In Demand From Johnson Library and Librarians
Rep. George H. Mahon long time chair of the House Appropriations Committee is famous for keeping notebooks since 1917. His 400 page journals cover unusual events and personal notes that interest Lyndon B. Johnson and Texas libraries. Requests for the collection rise as awareness grows.
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Washington
UPI
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Simmons
Hardin-Simmons) University
Imahon
Mahon
Lubbock
Malem
Congress
House
Judge Answers Jury Summons in Houston Court
Judge Wyatt H Heard of the 190th Civil District Court in Houston called the docket and found no trials. He closed his robes and went to the 15th Civil District Court to answer a jury summons. The panel was sworn in for jury service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Upti
Wyatt H. Heard
District Court
Labor Leaders Question Candidates After Yarborough Loss
Texas AFL-CIO vice president J. W. Sifford said labor will “take a hard look” at party candidates at state and county levels following Ralph Yarborough’s defeat. Another leader suggested a possible write‑in campaign for the defeated senator.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Texas
Organized Labor
Ralph Yarborrough
J. W. Sifford
Texas Afl-Cio
Labor Council Leader Sees Shifts After Yarborough Loss
The Fort Worth central labor council president says the race reshaped backing for the Democratic ticket after Lloyd Bentsen defeated Yarborough. He notes some Republican candidates now have friendly ties, though backers remain open to options. Page 6 backstory referenced.
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Yarborough
George ‘Bush
R-Tex
Lloyd Bentsen
Sifford
Tarranto County
Fort Worth
Central Labor Council
Kosygin blasts U S war moves in Cambodia and Vietnam
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin declared the United States created a new hotbed for war in Cambodia and pledged to re examine nuclear and military ties over U S South Vietnamese incursions. He urged action while China denounced U S intervention as a regional and world provocation.
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Recov Py Mosc
Alexei N. Rovyeth
United States
Cambodia
Soviet
Unon
North Vietnam
U.S
Red Chinese
China
Southeast Asia
U S halts air attacks on North Vietnam amid fears
Defense Department publicly halted at least temporarily a series of heavy air attacks aimed at North Vietnam. The move aimed to allay fears of a resumed major bombing campaign and followed Soviet concerns over raids in North Vietnam and U S operations in Cambodia. Senate Foreign Relations Committee narrowly agrees to join House briefing on Cambodia with President Nixon.
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Bob Horton Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Cou
United States
Kosygin
Moscow
North Vietnam
U.S
Cambodia
Washington
Senate
House Foreign Affairs’ Committee
White
House
Nixon
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