Public housing project hearing set in Lubbock
Lubbock Housing Authority Board plans final approval for a 300 home NE Lubbock project at 10 a.m. Residents led by Mrs. Bobby Malone seek an election voice, objecting to lack of citizen input. HUD approved $3.2 million for the project, per housing authority director Bill Pierce.
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Vaughn Hendrife
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Lubbock Housing Authority Board
First National Pioneer
Bobby Malone
Parkway Drive
Tornadoes Hit Midwest Wreck Joplin and Conway Areas
A sequence of powerful tornadoes swept the Midwest on Wednesday. In Joplin Missouri a twister damaged the city center and prompted National Guard deployment after injuries and a fatality were reported. ambulances rushed to a Prosperity trailer court as the storm moved east. Nationwide damage assessments followed with towns like Conway Iowa sustaining severe destruction and rail disruptions noted near Marce line Missouri. Authorities cited at least 46 injuries in one five mile by two block area and 35 percent home loss in Conway amid multiple confirmed twisters across southwestern Missouri.
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Joplin
Iowa
Conway
Prosperity
Avilla
National
Kansas City
Ateast
Missouri
Marceline
Warrensburg
Knob
Noster
Lubbock planning panel balks at townhouse plats
The A J Lubbock Area Planning and Zoning Commission denies plats for townhouse and development proposals. Balloting is scheduled. The paper also notes a $2.3 million bond proposal in Aspermont and other regional items across sections.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Aspermont
Baum resigns from Texas State Banking Board amid SEC probe
Dr Elmer Baum announced by Governor Preston Smith resigns from the Texas State Banking Board amid securities probe. Baum and Smith profited 125000 from National Bankers Life stock with a Sharpstown loan. Smith defends Baum while Senates to act this session. Barnes suggests Baum step down.
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Austin
Elmer Baum
Senate
State Banking Board
Baum
Securities and
Sharpstown State Bank
Smith
Democratic Executive Committee
Ben Barnes
Democratic Party
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State Board of Health
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Prayer Note From Betty Ruth Fenley of Plainview
A devotional prayer from Betty Ruth Fenley of Plainview asks for divine guidance and comfort in times of need. The request centers on opening hearts and humbling themselves before God for strength.
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Betty Ruth Fenley
Plainview
Union Seeks Audience Over Harassment Claims At City Hall
Off duty police and interested citizens plan a 10 a.m. protest outside City Hall to press for a meeting with Mayor Granberry and other leaders about alleged harassment by the Police Department. The plan follows a union meeting at Painters Hall with about 120 patrolmen recently joining Local 1253 and, amid transfers and suspensions in traffic divisions, prompts the confrontation.
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Jim Granberry
Police Department
Construction and Municipal Workers Union Local No
Painters Hall
Ave. K
John Wallace
Laborers International Union of North America
Wallace
J. R. Rials
R. D. Kendrix
Bill Blackwell
Homes Swallowed 30 Believed Dead In Quebec Cave-In
A sequence of massive clay slides triggered by an underground stream buried 40 homes in St Jean Vieany Que. rescuers reported 30 dead or missing including children feared trapped in beds. About 1200 residents were evacuated as a mile long crater formed.
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1 000 year prison term set in Beaumont robbery
The AP reports a Beaumont robbery case resulted in a 1 000 year prison term the longest in state history. Prosecutors argued for a severe sentence while defense counters highlighted mitigating factors in the long term. The judge imposed the sentence citing multiple aggravated offenses and risk to the community.
Cave-ins Trench Through Night In Quebec Crater
As caves collapsed into a crater, homes autos and buses sank into thick muck by dawn. Geologists said the situation is under control though Premier Bou arsa warned danger remains and pled aid to stricken residents. about 75 people were affected.
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Quebec
Robert Bou‘rassa
Shepard retires from space flight on 10th anniversary
Alan B. Shepard, at age 47, announced retirement from space flying on the 10th anniversary of his Mercury mission. He told Cocoa Beach students that younger pilots deserve future missions and recalled his Freedom 7 flight. A reactivated launch site, replica rocket, and countdown recording framed the ceremony with 3,000 space workers in attendance.
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Attorney Forgets To Call Witness
In Roanoke Virginia the state failed to call its star witness in a malicious wounding case. Judge Beverly T Fitzpatrick dismissed the charge after the prosecutor admitted he had forgotten to summon the plaintiff witness who had waited in a witness room.
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Roanoke
Roanoke Municipal Court
Beverly T. Fitzpatrick
Bedford
William Carter
Two Caught At Midland
Two men linked to an escape from Ward County Jail in Monahans were found in a vacant south Midland house. Danny Howard Elder 22 and Raymond Leslie Hayes 25 both faced armed robbery counts with $10,000 bonds. Four other fugitives and a woman remained at large as the manhunt continued for further robberies in Mid.
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Avalanche Journal
Midland
Ward
Monahans
South Midland
Danny Howard Elder
Raymond Leslie Hayes
Mutscher backs Senate tax bill to boost state revenue
In Austin Speaker Gus Mutscher endorsed the Senate 684 million consumer tax plan and predicted House approval. The measure would raise sales and vehicle taxes, expand cigarette and fuel levies, shift farm road funding, and cut general revenue for highway funding, with a July 1 implementation if a 100 vote House majority is reached.
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Associated Press
Austin
Gus Mutscher
Senate
House
Mutscher
Woman Charged with Forgery Reported by Deputy
Letter from Etter Hayes to Deputy Sheriff Charlie Jones states a woman is charged with forgery. Page reference indicates continuation on page 12.
Power failure and generator crash claim family statement
A man died Wednesday after a power outage left a machine idle and an auxiliary hand crank generator failed to operate, his family said. The incident raises questions about equipment reliability and safety procedures.
Third straight day as antiwar protests spark mass arrests
Demonstrators march on Congress with nearly 1,200 jailed in a third straight day of mass arrests. Maryland police use tear gas to clear thousands on U S 1 and Governor Mandel calls in National Guardsmen to the University of Maryland campus after an anti ROTC rally.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Maryland
U.S. 1
Marvin Mandel
University of Maryland
Rennie Davis
Mandel
Massa- Lee
Weather forecast for Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy today and Friday with highs in the low 80s and lows around the upper 40s. Southwesterly winds 15 to 25 mph and gusty today. highs Friday in the upper 70s.
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Lubbock
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