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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1971
Page
7
Austin special report says Lubbock police will receive $72,391 from a federal grant approved by Gov. Preston Smith to fund 19 new police cars and 10 radios for high crime areas. The Criminal Justice Council recommended the funds and an additional $5.7 million request for regional detention centers was filed.
In Taipei at the Mandarin Hotel the Dallas Aces and France vie for supremacy in the World Contract Bridge Team Championship finals. After 16 boards the Aces lead 16-9 IMP, and by the end of the first session they hold a 71-27 IMP advantage with three more sessions to play.
The Commerce Department reports a July to April surplus in farm exports of 1.6 billion dollars over agricultural imports, offset by a 200 million dollar nonfarm deficit. Wheat rose 34 percent to 925 million, soybeans exceed 1 billion with a 22 percent gain, and feed grain exports reached 970 million, up 14 percent despite corn shipments dipping 20 million. Sorghums rose to 210 million as corn slackened. Exports now use about one in four acres of U S cropland.
Traffic fatalities in Texas reached 1,100 this year, up two percent from last year, with 914 fatal accidents by Friday noon. The Department of Public Safety reported 1,077 deaths in 914 fatal crashes at the same point a year earlier.
LeMaistre plans to present a charter proposal to the regents on June 4. The plan would strip Tex Student Publications from student government and require student representatives to be selected by journalism students rather than the Student Assembly.
Patrick W. McCann, a Houston private detective, was freed on $5,000 bond after being charged with aiding wiretapping of four employees of Dallas billionaire H. L. Hunt. The UPI report notes the case involves alleged telephone taps and McCann’s role as a defendant.
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