City Requests 6.4 Million For New Airport Facilities
City of Lubbock filed a 6.4 million dollar FAA aid request for runways lights and airport facilities with nearly 3.2 million to be city funded. Boardings at the airport rose for the first time in 18 months with April Continental and overall May prospects showing optimism. Leases for T-hangars will be bid today and a glassed terminal building project proceeds alongside warehouse and parking lot work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Flippin
Avalanche-Journal
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Lubbock
Marvin W. Coffee
Clifford Jd. Breaud
O. P. Harlan
Tom McDonnell
Continental Airlines
Tthe
Texas
City Hall
Airport Board
FFA
Coffee
H. Bennett Reaves
Parkhill, Smith and Cooper Inc
Youngster Held In Bike Offense
Police detained a 14 year old boy after he rode a mini bike without tags in the 2600 block of Avenue X. Neil Vien reported the mini bike stolen. The youth will be placed with juvenile authorities. Another report notes a home ransacking on 17th Street with losses over $100.
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Avenue X
Neil Vien
5Th St
Marlin Hayhurst
17Th St
Methodists redraw district map in New Mexico area
The New Mexico United Methodist Conference voted to dissolve the Clovis district next year, shrinking from four districts to three. The three new districts will be headquartered in Albuquerque, Carlsbad, and El Paso, aiming for more efficiency and lower administrative costs.
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Odessa
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Carlsbad
el Paso
Atlanta
Bervin Caswell
Clovis
St. Johns United Methodist Church
B. C. Goodwin, Jr
Trinity United Methodist Church
Albuquerqne
Buren Stewart
Sam Teel
Ft. Sumner
Randle i Butler
Pecos
F. B
Henry) Ford
Homer Moore
Odessal
Bill Patton
Ira Williams
Local births noted at Methodist and area hospitals
A roundup of birth announcements lists nine newborns with weights and times at Methodist Hospital Reese Air Force Base Hospital and Saint Mary of the Plains. Fathers' occupations include pediatrician farmer machinist and university student.
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D. M. Rankin
69Th St
Methodist Hospital
Doyie Powell
41St St
Southwestern Public Service Co
Tommy Pachicano
Rt. J. Ropesville
Jose Chavez Jr
Temple Ave
University Hospital
Grinnell Co., Inc
Army
Beralmino Fuentes
48Th St
Reese Air Force Base Hospital
Korea
Ronald R. Shinn
4Th St. Apt
Jin Saint Mary of the Plains’ Hospital
Texas Tech University
Jay Ed Dycus
Saint Mary of the Plains Hospital
West Texas
Two City Bands Selected For 1971 Coaches All America Game
The Monterey and Coronado High marching bands will perform June 26 at Jones Stadium for the Coaches All America Football Game. Coronado’s Mustang band with about 110 members is directed by Phil Anthony. Monterey’s 120 musicians began rehearsals, directed by C. Doyle Gammill, with pieces including Concentric Circles and moving patterns in a black military style.
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Monterey
Coronado
Jones Stadium
Coronado Mustang
Phil Anthony
C. Doyle Gammill
Shropshire Agency Moves to New Building
TOM E. HILLE praises the firm’s new headquarters after a year serving clients from temporary quarters. The Shropshire Agency & Associates invites customers and friends to visit the new location on Avenue M to 17th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shropshire Agency & Associates
Avenue M
17Th Street
Time Extension Plan Approved in Senate Commerce Panel
The Senate Commerce Committee approved an amendment to the Uniform Time Act to extend daylight saving time from Memorial Day to September 30. The current daylight period runs from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Abzug Push for Immediate Indochina Withdrawal Faces Doubt
Freshman Rep. Bella S Abzug seeks a House Democratic commitment to total withdrawal from Indochina by December 31. Senior opponents doubt victory, noting a narrow caucus loss last month and the likelihood of low quorum as leaders differ on backing the bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bella S
House
U.S
Abzug
Edward P. Boland
D-Mass
New York
Boland
Fort
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
South Vietnamese Push Near A Shau Valley With Light Resistance
South Vietnamese forces advancing along the A Shau Valley edges brushed aside light Communist resistance while bracing for heavier fighting inland. U.S. air power pounded jungle positions as Lam Son 720 under Brig. Gen. Vu Van Giai stretched toward the valley floor.
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Saigon
UPI
A Shau
U.S
Stewart Kellerman
Vu van Giai
South Viet
Randolph House
Houston
Tex
U.S. Command
A Shan
Laos
Cambodia
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McDonnell
Continental
Methodists
Thomas G. Goodrum
20Th St. Apt
Reese
Reese Afb
Raymond Leroy Wright
R& 3
West Texas Hospital
Grand Western Homes
Merriman's Business College
Joans
Rey Ls
Tom E. Hille
Paulette Miller
Hazelwood
Granite City
Ill
Gibbons
Olin FE
Teague
D-Tex
London
Nam
da Nang
Ho Chi Minh
Mexico City
Mexico
Spears Chiropractic Hospital
Chiropractic
Jersey St
Denver
Colorado
Dept. A-L
Boston
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