Primary Elections Spark Biggest Fight Ahead
Voters eligible across Texas headline a day of primaries with turnout estimates from 1 to 1.4 million. Ten of 23 Texas House members face no opposition and are reelected, including Wright Patman Olin Teague Jack Brooks Bob Poage John Young Eligio de las Garza Richard White George Mahon Henry Gonzalez and C Fisher. This is the first election since a major shift in candidates and party control.
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U.S. House
Texas
Wright Patman
Olin Teague
Jack Brooks
Bob Poage
John Young
Eligio de Las Garza
Richard White
George Mahon
Henry Gonzalez
C. ©. Fisher
Dodd libel suit details bribes and campaign charges in Texas race
The lawsuit accuses Sen. Dodd of taking bribes and illegally diverting campaign funds while denying all charges. It cites alleged gifts and dinners, claims about a Congo trip, and asserts that Dunbar Associates secured a contract by bid quality, not improper influence. The piece also covers Texas redistricting and multiple House contests including Dowdy Dies, Burleson Mahon, Casey Kilgarlin, and a Houston race with Thomas widow's nomination questions.
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Courace Tien
Klein
Dodd
Johnson
Hubert S. Humphrey
Pearson
Anderson
Connecticut
Dun Associates, Inc
Dunbard
Dunbar
Dunbar Associates
U.S
Ray Roberts
Lindley Beckworth
Dallas
Houston
South Texas
John Dowdy
Martin Diesey
Frank Briscoe
John Wildenthal Jr
New Houston
Omar Burleson
Eldon Mahon
George Mahon
Bob Casey
Bill Kilgarlin
Albert ‘Thomas
Bob Eckhardt
Larry McKaskle
Thomas
Harris County Democratic Executive Committee
Japan Lines
State House
Connally
Wood
Woods
Calhoun
Spears
Rin
Nts
Martin
Smith Campaign Hums Through Panhandle Swing
The candidate notes a tough but familiar race and says re nomination should be possible. He voices confidence amid large Lehigh crowds and welcomes supporters in Amarillo Borger and Pampa during a day marked by a Welcome Home reception at Villa Inn Lubock. Coronado Band and local officials greet him at the airport before a motorcade to the inn. Coins and tags are used to identify supporters as a close race unfolds for Texas Railroad Commission and other state posts.
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Smith
Panhandle
Amarillo
Borger
Pampa
Coronado
Lubdock
Chamber of Commerce
George McCleskey
Hargin
Railroad Commission
Byron Tunnel
Connally
Texas
Tunnell
P. S. Ervinslot
South Plains
Appals Court
W.T. Me J
Big Spring
Donald
John F. Onion
San Antonio
Tech Toreador Adopts Eight-Column Newspaper Format
The Daily Toreador will switch to a regular eight column format next fall under Student Publication Director Phil Orman. The new layout expands to 157 inches in width and 22 inches in depth with eight columns on all pages except the front. The reform will cost about 59 000 with no student fee increase and is financed by matriculation fees advertising and subscriptions. Finalizing campaign activities, Preston Smith will stay in Lubbock over the weekend casting his ballot today and awaiting returns. He previously served as state representative and senator and is lieutenant governor. A son Mickey and wife Shirley live in Austin and could not attend the Friday reception.
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Toreador
Texas
Tech
Phil Orman
Orman
Junell
Preston Smith
Preston
Lubbock
Smith
Lab Hock
Mickey
Shirley
Austin
Carr Arrives To Cast Ballot In Local Democratic Contest
Ally Gen Waggoner Ca vacates state post to seek US Senate seat arrives in Lub Lock to vote in the Democratic election. He plans to cast a ballot in Box 12 at Haynes Elementary School about 9 am and then depart for Austin to resume campaign activities and await headquarters.
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Waggoner Ca
Senate
Vida
Haynes
Gene J
Dall
Austin
Light turnout hinted in Midland Odessa and San Angelo contests
Voter interest appears muted in a trio of area races spanning Midland, Odessa, and San Angelo with Del Rio districts. Longtime Senator Dorsey B. Hardeman of San Angelo is expected to win against one term Senator W E Snel lson of Midland. In the new Burleson district Omar Burleson faces Eldon Mahon of Abilene in a close race, while Mahon, Rogers, Purcell and Blanchard contests show varying levels of activity.
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Trict
Midland
Odessa
San Angelo
del Rio
Dorsey B. Hardeman
W. E
Pete) Snellson
Hardeman
U.S
Omar Burleson
Anson
Abilene
Eldon Mahon
Lubbock
Burleson
Mahon
Walter Rogers
Amarillgham
Purcell Wichita Falls
H. J
Doc) Blanchard
Lubbock County
Texas House of Representatives
Denzil Bevers
Bill Gillespie
Texas ‘Tech
Elmer Tarhox
Reed Quil
American psychiatrist advocates abolishing mental hospitals
Dr. Bierer argues Americans are worried, dehumanized, and losing identity as he campaigns in the United States for the abolition of mental hospitals. He has long led the Marlborough Day Hospital and the Institute of Social Psychiatry, and notes his reception in the U S as welcoming.
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Re-Idock
Delwin Jones
Crosby
Great Britain
Marlborough Day Hospital
Iis
Institute of Social Psychiatry
International Journal of Social Psychiatis
Brewer House
Manhattan
Elizabeth Lyons
United States
Three Plead Guilty in Lubbock County Courts-at-Law
Three of five defendants pled guilty to misdemeanor charges in Lubbock County Courts-at-Law Friday. Judge Boedeker imposed probation and brief jail terms for shoplifting and check law violations. Others were assigned for further actions. some pled innocent on related drug and weapon charges.
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Lubbock
Edwin J. Boedeker
Karian R. Bragg
Sde
Pat Moore
Mal Stansell
45Th St
County races show wide opposition across Lubbock area
County Treasurer Jane Rieger and County Supt Roy Boyd face challengers with ONeal Williams and Williams as opponents. Precinct 2 Commissioner George Green draws Griffith and Bene ton Jr while Alton Brazell runs against Buzz Brown. Races expand as precincts enlarge amid many county level contests. full results promised in Sundays Avalanche Journal.
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Treas
Jane Rieger
Roy Boyd
Rieger
H.C
Hub
O'Neal Boyd
James Roy Williams
Shallowater
George Green
H. B
Bvey) Griffith
Jim L. Beneton Jr
Lubbock
Alton Brazell
D. J
Buzz) Brown
Evolve
Stock Market Lifts Some Shares as Investor Sentiment Shifts
Stocks such as Sperry Rand lead gains on heavy volume while Radio Corp and SCM Corp show mixed moves. Chrysler and Ford regain footing with modest rises as dealers note renewed interest in color TV stocks amid a cautious market mood.
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Chrysler
Sperry Rand
SCM Corp
Radio Corp. of America
Ford
Admiral Corp
Campaign Unabated Attacks in Texas Primary Push
Ambitious campaign rhetoric heats up as three attorney general hopefuls Frank Spears Galloway and Crawford Martin tour Hillsboro San Antonio and Henderson. They attack opponents while stressing experience and anti machine politics with a run off scenario and a focus on voter turnout. Senator Ralph Yarborough and Governor Connally exchange barbs over policy while Tower campaigns in Kerrville praising fiscal restraint.
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Hillsboro
Franklin Spears
Alamo
San An Antonio
Million-dollar gifts shock Pepperdine board
Dr. Young recounts a Houston area donor, Lewis, giving Smoot 1 million and 1 million to the John Birch Society plus 1.5 million to create The Defenders of American Liberty. Pepperdine, with about 1,450 students and a 3 million annual budget, discussed the bequest amid disbelief at such terms. The donor also left 1 million to Smoot and 1 million to a conservative group.
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Dr. Young
Young
Youngeft
Broadway
Church of Christ
Pepperdine
Lubbock
Allied forces press encircled Reds after three day battle
Allied troops, reinforced by Aa ion units, encircled North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in a three day fight with light to moderate allied casualties. U S planes bombed a village near Hanoi while rescue missions struggled after two Navy planes and a US Air Force plane were shot down.
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Ion
U.S
Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
Governor and Texas girl win at Conservation Awards
Fort Worth honored Gov. John Connally and JoAnn Neal of Lubbock at the 21st annual Texas Conservation Awards. Connally received a plaque for leadership in water conservation. Neal won 200 and a trophy for her essay Conservation The Key to Plenty chosen from about 50,000 essays.
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Fort Worth
UPD
John Connally
Lubbock
Connally
Texas
JoAnn Neal
Miss Neal
Lubrock
Walter R. Humphrey
Humner
Lanar County
Comeback Farmer
Sabine River Authority of
Vandals Strike Store and Church Windows Thefts Continue
Police report multiple incidents with property damage and theft. Farr's Supermarket window broken. blood found on glass. Calvary Church three windows smashed with bricks. Copper welding leads worth 215 dollars stolen from a construction site at 34th and Avenue P. Car burglary and other thefts reported citywide with several victims naming Sneed, Gerald, Lively, Mason, and Deering.
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Farr's
19Th St
Calvary Church
Avena
Duke St
34Th
Avenue P
O. W. Chisum
Herb Gerald
Ave
16Th Street
Jimmy Sneed
15Th St
Methodist’ S Hospital
W. D. Hardage
Ave. Q
Noreen
Lively
29Th St
Mike Mason
Jarvis
E. 19Th St
Harold W. Deering
Services Today For Mrs Smith Hale Center
Mrs Molly Smith 89 longtime area resident dies at Hi Plains Hospital Burial Hale Center Cemetery Hale Center Funeral Home officiated by Rev Rex Mauldin and Rev Clarence Stephenson Survivors include five sons one daughter three brothers two sisters 16 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren Pallbearers named Billy Bob Drace Bob Drace Daulton Newkirk Kirk Smith Mike Smith Kenneth Smith
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Hale Center
Molly Smith
Hale Center First Methodist Church
Rex Mauldin
Clarence Stephenson
Hale Center Funeral Home
Madisonville
Ala
Smith
Hi-Plains Hospital
Billy Bob Drace
Bob Drace
Daulton Newkirk
Kirk Smith
Mike Smith
Kenneth Smith
John Mark Boone Rites Set In Clovis
Rites for John Mark Boone five year old son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Boone of Hobbs were held at 10 a m in First Presbyterian Church in Clovis The boy died after darting from an ice cream vendor’s truck and was struck by a car driven by Opal Dickey of Hobbs The accident was described as unavoidable and no charges filed It was Hobbs first traffic fatality of the year.
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Hobbs
John Mark Boone
Lewis Boone
First Presbyterian Church
Opal Dickey
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