Student Loan Program Eyed At Workshop
Ray A. Fowler of Austin led an orientation session for eight Texas colleges on the new state student loan program approved by voters as a constitutional amendment last year. The workshop at Texas Tech outlined loan terms and application steps for college students.
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Texas Tech
Ray A. Fowler
Austin
Coordinating Board of Texas College and University System
IOAN
Texas College and University System Coordinating Board
Ronny Gahagan
Ray Fowler
Phillip R. Swartz
Tech
Board to Sell 20 Million in Bonds for Student Loans
Proval authorized general obligation bonds not to exceed 85 million dollars to create a loan fund for higher learning students. The Coordinating Board plans at its April meeting to sell 20 million of bonds for two years. Eligible students must be Texas residents, enrolled, show financial need, be recommended by local citizens, and meet Board rules. Attending representatives included Lubbock Christian College Wayland College South Plains Junior College Frank Phillips College Amarillo College West Texas State Clarendon Junior College and Tech.
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Institutions of Higher Learning
Coordinating Board
Fowler
The
Texas Education Agency
Texas
Lubbock Christian College
Wayland College
South Plains Junior College
Frank Phillips College
Amarillo College
West Texas State
Clarendon Junior College
Tech
Farm laborer charged in hit and run death near Abernathy
Homer Lopez Garza, 21, unemployed farm worker, held on murder without malice charges after a fatal hit and run that killed Ernesto Torrez Jr. near Abernathy. Body found by cousin. Garza waived preliminary hearing and remains jailed. Funeral set for St Teresa's Abernathy. Investigators say Torrez and Garza argued prior to the incident.
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Plainview
Homer Lopez Garza
Hale County
Garza
Ernesto Torrez’ Jr
Abernathy
Torrez
St. Terresa’s Catholic Church
Willam Hammond
Abermathy
Chambers Funeral Home
F. R. Land
Lubbock
Thurman Keffer
Department of Public Safety
Ernesto Torrez
Hereford
Carmen Ramirez
Corpus Christi
Johnson City boyhood home eyed as national landmark
The Interior Department says Lyndon B. Johnson’s boyhood home in Johnson City Texas is among 15 sites deemed eligible for registration as national historic landmarks. The one story 1886 structure, later owned by Blanco County, is managed as a historic house museum by the Lyndon B. Johnson Boyhood Home Foundation.
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Washington
Interior Department
Johnson
Johnson City
Tex
Samuel
Rebekah Johnson
Blanco County
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson Boyhood Home Foundation
Nestlings Delay Park Development in Holbeach
Work on a new car park in Holbeach England is delayed until three baby birds nesting in a hedge on the site are old enough to fly. The delay affects scheduling and planning for the project and reflects local wildlife protection considerations.
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Holbeach
England
Raul Castro demands U S withdrawal from Guantanamo base
In a Santiago de Cuba plaza speech Raul Castro called for the United States to abandon Guantanamo after the shooting outside the base that Cuba says killed sentry Luis Ramirez Lopez. He warned of retaliation and pledged renewed support for liberation movements abroad.
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Cuba
Raul Castro
United States
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Castro
Luis Ramirez Lopez
Fidel Castro
Santiago de Cuba
Lopez
Asia
Africa
Latin America
U.S
Santa Barbara mother of two freed by writ in probation case
A 21-year-old Santa Barbara mother of two was jailed briefly and released on a writ of habeas corpus after probation sterilization terms were challenged. Judge C Douglas Smith issued the writ at the attorney's request. She had faced a jail term unless she agreed to sterilization, but the judge reduced the sentence and no sterilization was required.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
UPD
C. Douglas Smith
Louis Renga
Nancy Hernandez
Kearney
Hernandez
Joe Sanchez
Sanchez
Aunt Tries To Save Nephew Drowns In Dallas Creek
Police report a 4-year-old boy Patrick Alexander Brooks fell into White Rock Creek in north Dallas during a fishing outing. His aunt Lula Mae Brooks, 28, jumped in to save him and both drowned.
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White Rock Creek
Patrick Alexander Brooks
Lula Mae Brooks
Martin States Campaign Tour Heads West Texas Runoff
Attorney General candidate Crawford Martin plans a seven city air tour across West Texas and Panhandle, opening with an 8:36 a.m. breakfast in Lubbock followed by a luncheon in Amarillo and a 4:30 p.m. Wichita Falls reception. The San Angelo start and stops include Abilene, Midland, Odessa, Lubbock, Amarillo, with the Wichita Falls appearance ending the tour. Martin, a former state senator and secretary of state, faces runoff foe Franklin Spears on June 4. County chairman for Lub bock is Charles E. Galey.
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Panhandle
Martin
Inn Town Inn
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
Abilene
Midland
Odessa
Franklin Spears
Charles E. Galey
Quiet Campaign Signals Silence at Durham Hospital
In Durham England a noise restriction effort prompts 300 doctors and nurses to wear badges bearing Sh h h as part of an anti noise campaign. The fragment hints at a local newspaper blurb from the Lubbock Avalanche Journal and odd typesetting of delivery information.
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England
UPI
May Need It Too Peanut Butter Muncher Moves Near Water
Frank Truesdale a 140 pound Texas A M University student from Atlantic Heights N J plans to eat 25 pounds of peas nut butter next month. Friends have donated five five pound jars and he will bring his own saltines. He is a fisheries graduate student at A M Marine Laboratory Galveston in July Wildlife science professor Richard Baldauf will supervise. He aims to set a peanut butter eating record and does not know the current champion.
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UPSC
Frank Truesdale
Texas A&m University
Atlantic Heights
N.J
Truesdale
A&m Marine Laboratory
Galveston
Richard Baldauf
Flash floods strike downtown Manila after heavy rain
UPI reports three inches of rain in under an hour flood Manila downtown areas as water rose over foot high, disrupting traffic and daily activity. Officials warn of continued risk as rain persists.
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Manila
UPI
Man Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Case
William Richard Spiers pled guilty to interstate transportation of forged securities. Judge Joseph B. Dooley sentenced him to three years in federal prison. The plea marked Dooley’s first, as arraignments opened the term with seventeen criminal cases set for trial. Jury trials begin Wednesday morning.
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Joseph B. Dooley
U.S
Spiers
Dooley
Minnie Guggenheimer Dies in New York
Minnie Guggenheimer, founder of the Lewisohn Stadium summer concerts and a longtime organizer, died in Manhattan at age 83 after a long illness. She guided the concert series for 44 years, becoming a local personality to stadium audiences alongside the featured musicians.
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Charles
Minnie) Guggenheimer
Lewisohn Stadium
Guggenheimer
Manhattan
Minnie
Burbs Traffic Paralyzes Roads After Automobile Incident
A suburban area was brought to a standstill as an automobile incident caused heavy congestion and gridlock. Emergency responders arrived to manage the scene and redirect traffic.
Fire Prevention Burnin In Milwaukee Library Stored Items
Milwaukee judge Dutty Jr ordered 19 tons of books and magazines burned in a room rented by William F. Kurtz as a fire precaution. Kurtz called the measure like Berlin. In Ankara, Turkey the government ordered an investigation after a US weekend bombing damaged a city library destroying about 200 books by three small bombs with little other damage.
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Wis
F. Ryan Dutty Jr
William F. Kurtz
Berlin
Kurtz
Ankara
UPI
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