Canyon Lakes plan discussed with state agencies in Austin
City officials led by Planning Director Bob Burr outlined the Canyon Lakes proposal to a dozen state departments in Austin. The plan envisions six small lakes inside city limits with an additional two larger lakes near Buffalo Springs and east of Lake Ransom Canyon, potentially funded by local, state, and federal partners.
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Austin
Canyon’ Lakes
City Planing
Bob Burr
Burr
Lakes
James
Granberry
Bill Blackwell
Sam Wahl
Dan Uzzle
Lonnie.Hollingsworth
Rob Blackmore
Parks and Recreation Department
Canyon Lakes
State Health Dept
Parks, and’ Wildlife Dept
Texas Water Quality Control Board
The
Water Development Board
Water Conservation Board
Comanche Canyon
Clovis Highway
Mackenzie Park
Buffalo Springs Lake
Buffalo Springs
Slaton
Lake Ransom Canyon
Smith Receives Tech Day Honor In Austin Dinner
The 16th Texas Tech Day in Austin honored governor Preston Smith’s reception and dinner for more than 230 Texas Tech exes. Wayne James of the Lubbock Ex-Students Association said the event featured Gov and Mrs Preston Smith and notable attendees. The Austin chapter elected Bob Hants president for the coming year, with Neil McMullen as outgoing president.
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Texas Tech
Austin
Wayne James
Lubbock Ex-Students Association
Preston’ Smith
Neil McMullen
James
Bert Huffman
Tony Guistick
Huffman
Bob Hants
McMullen
Jurors Free GI In Assault Case
A district court jury acquitted Army Spec. 4 Dayle McCuistion of El Paso of rape by force at the University of Texas at El Paso. The defense argued there was no assault, only a voluntary sexual relation. The trial noted the couple dated before he left for Vietnam with the Green Berets.
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EL Paso
Army
Dayle McCuistion
University of Texas-El Paso
Percy Foreman
McCuistion
Foreman
Vietnam
Green Berets
Bayh Endorses Blackmun Nomination After Ethics Review
Senator Birch Bayh declared Judge Harry A. Blackmun’s stock ties in four cases held no bar to Supreme Court confirmation. Bayh noted careful handling of potential conflicts and contrasted Blackmun with former nominee Haynsworth over ethics concerns and case participation.
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Washington
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Harry A. Blackmun
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Blackmun
Bayh
Rochester
Senate
Nixon
Clement F
Haynsworth
U.S
Boy Shoots Two Officers in Fresno Incident
An 11 year old boy on a motorcycle wounded two California Highway Patrol officers in Fresno. Officer Erwin Wade suffered major injuries including a lung puncture while Officer Mike Root had a minor dog bite injury. The assailant fled but was captured.
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Fresno
Calif
UPI
Picious
California
Erwin Wade
Mike Root
Root
Wade
Three Octave Singer John Gary Enchants Small Lubbock Audience
John Gary a three octave singer wowed 800 fans in the Civic Lubbock season finale backed by the John Hammond quartet. He ranged from Oh My Love to MacArthur Park and renditions of Sole Mio to Danny Boy with stage patter and audience playfulness. The reviewer calls Gary a showman par excellence and urges a return engagement.
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John Gary
Civic Lubbock, Inc
Gary
Danny
John Hammond
Rombere
Prince
Jerome Kern
John Wayne
Walter Brennen
Gregory Peck
Tony Martin
Elvis Presley
MacArthur Park
Danny Boy
Five More Join Cross Veniremen in Houston Jury Pool
Five additional veniremen qualified Wednesday for the murder trial of Jimmy Cross 28 a former Lubbock resident. Cross is among five white men charged in the May 4 1969 shooting that killed Mary Montgomery 22 in a Negro section of Beaumont. Nine veniremen were qualified Tuesday bringing the total to 14 with 32 needed to form a 12 person jury. Four other men charged in the May 4 incident await trial.
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Veniremen
USSR aims for ultra small fast computer in 1970s
Soviet computer expert Viktor Glushkov told Pravda the USSR hopes to create electronic computers in the early 1970s that will be smaller than a human brain and about thirty times faster than current models.
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Soviet Union
Viktor Glushkov
Pravada
Fixodent Denture Adhesive Cream Offers Daily Comfort
Denture wearers gain a new adhesive cream named Fixodent that forms an elastic membrane to cushion and stabilize upper and lower plates. It promises improved chewing, speech, and confidence with a pencil-point dispenser for precise application. See a dentist regularly and obtain Fixodent at drug counters.
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U.S. Pat
Boone
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Thay
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