Best Picture Ever Taken Eclipse Photo Grabs Corona Details
Colorado scientist Dr Gordon A Newkirk Jr at the High Altitude Observatory in Boulder produced a photograph of the March 7 solar eclipse from a Mexican observation post. The image shows unprecedented corona detail at 8 800 feet altitude with a 10 second exposure and was praised as the best picture of its kind ever taken.
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The
Associates Press
New York
Colorado
Natonal Center For Atmospheric Research
Mexico
Gordon A. Newkirk Jr
Otervatory
Boulder
Comer
Dr. Newkirk
150000 March Demonstrators Rally For Vietnam Policy In New York
In New York a stadium-scale march led by steel helmeted construction workers drew about 150000 people toward City Hall and down Broadway in support of the administration's Indochina war policy. Police offered no official tally but called it the largest pro administration turnout in years.
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Avortatea Pera
New York
Broadway
Vietnam
Hage
Broadway Codge
Buffalo
Jand
America
Butey
City Hall
Public hearing on civ in vocational school schedule today
Oceans remain victims of environmental neglect while Americans grow concerned about pollution as a public hearing on a proposed vocational school schedule is held today.
Tragic Shed Fire Claims 4 Year Old In Lubbock
A four year old boy James Troy Ihersom died in a shed fire behind the Bailey residence on Baylor Street in Lubbock. His mother Betty Ihersom and two others suffered burns while three others escaped with minor injuries. Fire officials ruled the death accidental and crews extinguished the blaze after a swift response.
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Wwe
Lubbock
James Troy Ihersom
Betty Ihersom
Baylor
Henderson Funeral Home
Methodist Hospital
Bailey
Mani
Mes
Horsum
Blick
Tames
Justice of the Peace
Wayne Lecry
LeCroy
Blair
Prayer for Courage to Confess and Forgive
A devotional prayer asks for courage to confess sins, refrain from judging others, and to grant forgiveness to those who confess. The follower ends in Jesus name Amen.
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Jesus
Closed Gap Radio Hams' Role Vital After Storm
Avalanche Journal reports Lubbock tornado response crediting local ham radio operators. Operators used mobile and home setups to relay emergency messages and maintain health and welfare traffic in the ravaged area, persisting from the disaster onset onward.
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Lubbock
Kotages
Dens
Page
Army approves three cleanup contracts in Lubbock area
Army Corps of Engineers awards multiple debris cleanup jobs in Lubbock streets and alleys. Pavers Inc. of Dallas wins option C bid of 58 800 for the area bounded by Jth Erskine streets University Avenue and the Amarillo Highway. Parker Wrecking Co. of Oklahoma City gets Section D job for 8 000. Booth Construction Co. of Thomsons bids 39 000.
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Buy
Pavers Inc
Dallas
Jth and
Erskine Streets
University Avenue
Amarillo Highway
Parker Wrecking Co
Oklahoma City
Municipal Drive
Erskine Street
N 'Quirt Avenue
Booth Construction Co
Thomsons
New Disposal Site Work Contract Set by OEP
The Office of Emergency Preparedness awarded a contract to maintain the disposal site with part refuse to be burned and buried. Two new areas must be cleared by June 4 under the contracts. Midland contractor Donald W. Bandy must finish Section A and B cleanup between 4th and 19th streets University Avenues and Avenue A by next Tuesday.
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Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
Donald W. Bandy
Midland
4Th
19Th Streets
University Avenues
Avenue A
Alma Storm Rakes Grand Cayman and Turns Toward Gulf
Hurricane Alma formed in the western Caribbean and battered Grand Cayman with squalls. Hurricane hunter planes found 80 mph winds near the center, about 550 miles south of Miami and 200 miles south of Cuba as its path headed north-northwest toward the Gulf of Mexico.
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Alma
Grand Cayman
Gulf of Mexico
Miami
Cuba
Market Prices Dive Sharply
New York reports a steep stock market drop as the Dow Jones average of 50 industrial stocks falls 14.85 points to 676.55. Analysts cite troubling economic news and note the index has not been this low since March 15, 196%, with the decline surpassing most days this year.
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New York
Ise
Dow
South Vietnamese Troops Enter Cambodia Front
Thousands of South Vietnamese infantry with American advisers crossed into Cambodia to strike the B3 front near Duc Lap and Bu Prang, aiming to disrupt North Vietnamese and Viet Cong bases. The push follows B52 raids and expands a border operation, with casualties reported on both sides and hopes to sever enemy supply lines.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Cambodia
Central Highlands
South Vietnam
Mekong
Duc Lap
Bu Prang
Red
Mekong Delta
Richard Pyle
U Minh Forest
Seven Mountains
Pyle
Near-Record Grand Jury Indicts 106 in Lubbock County
A Lubbock grand jury returned 127 indictments against 106 people, including two murder with malice cases and multiple rapes and drug offenses. Notable targets include Eddie Dean Price linked to two rapes, and defendants tied to shootings at a trailer home and Heath Trucking Co. charges. Cases cover March to April incidents with suspects held in jail.
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Jack Golding
Avalanche-Journal
Isuth District Court
Lubbock
Elsie Jane Baker
Joe Royce Baker
Rt. 5
Baker
Loop
Henry Frank Johnson
Vanda Avenue
Johnny “Slim” Allen
E. 9Th Street
Heath Trucking Cn
Ave
Allen Point
Eddie Dean Price
E. 17Th St
22Nd St
Mrs Rogers Dies in Tornado Toll Reaches Twenty Five
May 11 tornado claims 25th victim Frances Rogers dies at Caprock Church of Christ while in ICU at Methodist Hospital. Survivors include sons Stanley and Ethrich Rogers of 1914 Cypress Hawa,ane. Mother and daughter Cassie Rogers perished in Meade home as winds ripped through, bodies found next morning.
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Lubrock
Caprock Church of Christ
Methodist Hospital
Stanley and
Ethrich
Frances Rogers
Cypress Hawa
Ane
Cassie Rogers
Mrs. Rogers
Weather map notes cloudiness and storm risk this week
The forecast for Lubbock and vicinity shows mostly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Friday and a slight chance of thunder storms Friday afternoon. Highs near the upper 70s to low 80s, Lows around the 60s. In other news, Mrs. Rogers funeral arrangements set for this afternoon at Sanders Memorial Chapel with burial in City Cemetery.
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Lubbock
Variae
Tormuda
Is Sanger
J.C. Davis
Rogers
Pam
Sanders
Bom
Horace
Midnight Calfman
Broadway Church of Christ
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City Cue
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Copperas
Texas
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U.S
KFYO
Kuzawalanche Journal Station
Fast Fire
Mike Cox
Junehe
Tournai
Ariten
Wa5vpl
Kay Pergrem
Harold Pergrem
59Th St
Burton Avalanche Journal
Army
U.S. Army Corps
U.S. Department of Housing
Isle Raked
Caribbean
Niagara Square
N.Y
Price
Levelland
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