REACT Teams Respond After Devastating Lubbock Storm
REACT volunteers and police crews mobilized after a major tornado in Lubbock. Roy Holloway led communications and emergency operations while teams staffed canteens and distributed aid to areas hit hardest, keeping base control and radio nets active through the crisis.
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Roy
James Holloway
Vice
Holloway
Dent
Salvation Army
Molloy
South Plains
REACT
Ken Molloy
Reese Air
Plains
President seeks 500 million from Congress for relief
The president asks Congress for a 500 million relief appropriation as power restoration efforts proceed after a night of outages. Key agencies coordinate response while residents assess damages and repairs begin.
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Congress
City studies census figures and growth indicators this year
City officials led by Alderson say census numbers underestimate actual population. They cite 18 000 additional people from Tech enrollments and Lubbock Public Schools, with estimates near 170 000 from the Chamber and signs like utility connections and housing growth. They discuss vertical integration as a research topic and note post tornado business resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Alderson
Tech
Lubbock
Chamber
Alderson
John Bradford
College of Engineering
Devro, Inc
Logan
Nixon outlines desegregation aid program for 1971
President Nixon announced a planned 150 million in fiscal 1971 for desegregation efforts, detailing uses for teachers, specialists, materials, curriculum updates, and facilities both in the South and inner city exchanges in the North. He stressed the funds would be spent in the years they are appropriated despite objections from Education Commissioner James E. Allen Jr. and civil rights chief J. Stanley Pottinger.
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Nixon
Commissioner of Education
James E. Allen Jr
Department Civil Rights
J. Stanley Pottinger
South
Inner-City
Nixon backs voluntary busing and funds for desegregation
Officials wrestle with a bill change on forced busing aimed at ending de facto segregation without education gains. Nixon supports voluntary transportation and lets funds aid desegregation costs while insisting the federal government not compel busing in segregated districts.
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Nixon
Reese
4Th Street
Guadalupe Elementary School
Tain
Lubbock
Lubbock High
Guadalupe
Nd Tely
Welfare Department
Man Fined $100 For DWI Plea In Lincoln Court
Thomas Negra 25 of 5528 Ave pled guilty to driving while intoxicated in County Court. Bevers fined him 100 dollars plus costs. sentenced to three days in jail. Two others pleaded innocent. The article also mentions a historical patent note unrelated to the case.
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Thomas Negra
Welfare Department
Ave, P
Denzil Bevers
Judge Bevers
Negral
Lincoln
Ray Alvin Terry
Abraham Lincoln
Julio Fuentes Maldonado
Amherst Ave
Reese Health Agencies Drive Tops Last Year At Base
National Health Agencies fund drive at Reese Air Force Base raised 1,965.59 dollars, beating last year’s 1,848.97. The 3500th Air Base Group led with 749.70 dollars. Of 3,172 called, 1,894 contributed for a 56 percent participation rate.
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National Health Agencies
Reese Air Force Base
Reese
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Pittman
Methodist Hospital
National Guard
Methodist Operation Center
City Hall
Bradford
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Joe Hamby
Msgt
Michael DiRosa
J. J. Howlett
Abilene
Lab-1
Alloy
Secretary of Health
Edu
Horace Oliver
Cation and Welfare
Guadalupe Ments
Man
Sgt
Hiram Cooper
Dick Hyde
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc
P.O
Clinton
U.S.A
House & Garden
Otera
Coeton& Sones Vna
Wit USA
Allrights
Concord
Brownfield Hwy
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