City board weighs acoustical remodeling bids for theater
Bids far exceeded estimates for acoustical work and carpet replacement in a theater remodeling plan. H R Bundock submitted the low bid of 116300 for acoustical work including ceiling plastering window closures air ducting and noise reduction. Original estimates were about 100000 and the City Council will consider bids Thursday with a recommendation to proceed with all or none of the work.
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Seles Saneige
H. R. Bundock
Smith fights one year budget as Texas leaders clash
Gov. Preston Smith sends aides to Austin to push against a one-year budget drafted by a conference committee. Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes and Speaker Gus Mutscher reject the effort and push for a two-year budget. They say it is too late to revert to a raw bill and pass a tax. The session also advances plans for a Texas Tech medical school in Lubbock.
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United Press International
Austin
Preston Smith
Ben Barnes
Smith
Barnes
Mutcher
Mutscher
House
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Senate
Newark unrest follows fatal police shooting in rioting area
In Newark, 2000 African American leaders and police sought calm after a fatal shooting of a 17 year old boy by a patrolman sparked violence. About 31 arrests were made as rocks were thrown and shops looted. five people, including a 13 year old, were treated injured.
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Newark
N.J
Martland
Associated Press
Donald Malafronte
Hugh Addonizio
Charles Knox
Courtney Weekes
Apollo 10 Maneuver Observed by Backyard Sky Watchers
Lubbock area observers report possible Apollo 10 spacecraft maneuver near the moon prompting interest from amateur astronomers. Reading notes indicate a mysterious milky substance moving downriver killing fish. A humorous reference to Bob Hope and an Army contract cancellation are also listed among the day's items.
Prayer for safety amid moon mission glory
A Houston reader prays to Heavenly Father to remind the nation that the welfare of astronauts requires divine vigilance and care beyond human achievement. The message urges humility before God as space exploration advances.
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Heavenly
Houston
Suit Blames Pill For Wife Death In $750000 Case
Raymond Black sues G D Searle Co claiming Enovid caused Elizabeth Black’s death at 29. Medical experts debated drug-related death while a pathologist cited possible myocarditis from the autopsy. Deliberations by a six woman six man jury were expected to begin today.
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Raymond Black
G.D. Searle Co
Chicago
Troops still clash atop Dong Ap Bia in tough fight
American planes and artillery pound Dong Ap Bia Mountain near the Laotian border as 101st Airborne paratroops launch 10 assaults in nine days. The battle, one of the war’s longest campaigns, leaves 335 North Vietnamese and 37 U.S. troops dead with 220 Americans wounded. Col. Joseph Conmy Jr. describes the combat as intense, noting repeated gains at the peak followed by fierce counterattacks.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Dong Ap Bia
U.S
Air Force
A Shau
101St Airborne Division
Joseph Conmy, Jr
Washington, D.C
Uncle Ho
Vietnam
Record Heat Hits Texas Panhandle and South Plains
Temperatures climbed into the 90s across the region with Lubbock at 94 degrees, Amarillo 95 and Midland 93, Clovis at 90, while Presidio led with 106. The spike followed a wet spell and topped the date’s record set in 1919 by one degree.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Amarillo
Midland
Clovis
Presidio
Texas
Good News Across Campuses Shows Caring Spirit
A nationwide wave of kindness appears in campus efforts and personal acts. Kim Bok Sill will arrive in July to meet her new parents in Helena Arkansas, where a bicycle awaits her. Lori Ann Wolfe of West Helena donated her bike, inspiring Mrs. Wright. Roy Burchell recovered a cash shortage with a $10 check from Joseph Reeves Jr. in Fort Walton Beach indicating honesty across distances. Students in six Bay Area universities form SHOP Students Helping Other People to aid crime and disaster victims. North Central Technical Institute students hand out American flag decals in a display of patriotism.
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Buck
Associated Press
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Middle East
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Roy Burchell
Helena
Ark
Jessie Wright
Joseph W. Reeves Jr
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Reeses
Birmingham
Burchell
San Francisco Bay Area
SHOP
A. University of Santa Clara
Santa Clara
West Valley
Foothill
College of San Mateo
San Jose State
North Central Technical Institute
Wausau
Wis
Graphic Arts Club
Nixon Pacific Trip Planned With Thieu On Midway Island
President Nixon plans a Pacific trip in the near term to meet South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. The meeting is expected on Midway Island within the next two weeks, with an official announcement anticipated in Washington and Saigon.
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Washington
Apollo 10 Sees Halfway Moon Voyage Progress
Apollo 10 astronauts Stafford Young and Cernan press on toward the moon after a relaxed day in space. They sleep soundly as the ship streaks outward at 3049 mph, about 150000 miles from Earth, with spin adjustments to conserve thruster use.
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Paul Recer Houston
Apollo 10
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Moon
Stafford
Cernan
Earth
Apollo 10 Faces High Risk Lunar Descent Near Moon
Apollo 10 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford prepare for a daring 9.3 mile descent toward the moon with the LM, risking overburns that could yield a 5,000 foot per second crash if they miss a safe landing. They aim to demonstrate maneuvers within 50,000 feet of the surface before July 1969.
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Howard Benedict
Earth
Moon
Stafford
Cernan
LEM
Lunar
Med School Bill Signing Aims for Nostalgic Desk Ceremony
Gov. Preston Smith plans a ceremonial signing of the medical school bill at the Texas Tech campus using the Neff desk once used by Gov. Pat Neff in 1923. The measure passed the House 134 to 7 after a brief Senate filibuster and awaits the governor's signature within 10 days. No funding is included in the bill. funding will come via a separate general spending bill.
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Glen Castleberry
Avalanche-Journal
Statis Hureau
Preston Smith
Texas Tech
House of Representatives
Smith
Pat Neff
Lubbock College
Senate House
Weather Map Page 9 A Lubbock Vicinity Forecast
Partly cloudy today and tonight with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Highs near the mid 80s and a low around the upper 50s.
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