Statue of the Nittany Lion Presented to Al Capp
At Penn State Don Schall halted a statue presentation to Al Capp after objecting to his remarks on student unrest and the SDS. Michael Gehling then seized the statue and handed it to Capp to a standing ovation. Capp accepted the apology later.
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Associated Press
University Park
al Capp
Pennsylvania State University
Li’l Abner
Nittany Lion
Don Schall
Capp
Michael Gehling
Men's Honorary Society
Schall
Students For A Democratic Society
Graduation Sermons Reach Nearly 2 000 Seniors in Lubbock Week
Nearly 2,000 seniors from seven Lubbock high schools attended graduation sermons during Senior Week. At Municipal Coliseum about 1,800 from five public schools heard Rev. Dudley Strain urge a single true God and personal religious commitment. Joe Burks spoke at LCHS with the sermon As a Man Thinketh in his Heart So Is He, based on Philippians 4 8.
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James Boyett
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Municipal Coliseum
Dudley Strain
First Christian Church
Strain
Joshua
Dr. Strain
Joe Burks
Lubbock State School
Lubbock Christian High School
LCHS
Monterey Church of Christ
Paul
U S says enemy deaths outpace losses in Vietnam actions
In a move to shift emphasis from American battle losses the U S Command reported more than 40 enemy killed for every allied soldier in scattered actions over the last 24 hours. It cited 407 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong dead from battles around Sai Gon and the Mekong Delta with U S losses at four killed and 83 wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Mekong Delta
North Vietnam
U.S. Americal
Quan Doi Nhan Dan
Quang Nam
Quang Ngai
An Loc
1St Infantry
Hue
Lubbock Area LCC Administrator Thanks Sophomores
A section of the paper notes that the Lubbock area LCC administrator congratulates sophomores for constructive work at the college, stressing appreciation for building rather than tearing down. The notice highlights campus improvement emphasis.
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LCC
Pressure Intensified by Kennedy and McGovern on Vietnam War
Kennedy and McGovern ramp up antiwar pressure on the Nixon administration urging a bring the boys home as protests grow. Kennedy labels the war immoral and calls for end to U.S. military action while McGovern criticizes the administration over alleged secrecy and a nomination linked to security files.
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Associated Press
Washington — Sons
Edward M. Kennedy
George S. McGovern
Nixon
Sen. Kennedy
Knedy
Massachusetts
South Dakota
U.S
Vietnam
Paris
Kennedy
Reed vessel Ra to voyage from Safi to Mexico
Thor Heyerdahl's Ra, a seven man reed raft with a wine red sail, sailed from Safi Morocco toward Mexico in a bid to prove ancient Egyptians crossed the Atlantic. The voyage, delayed at first, aims to test a theory spanning 5,000 years as the crew sails toward a three to four month crossing.
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Thor Heyerdahl
Associated Press
Safi
Morocco
North
Africa
Americas
Egypt
Mexico
Heyerdahl
Pacific
United Nations
Rainfall Lightly Nurtures South Plains Flower Beds
Scattered Sunday storms across the South Plains provided rainfall favorable for flower beds. Heaviest totals fell between Brownfield and Lamesa with .35 to .40 inches in spots. Lubbock and Midland roads were flooded but traffic remained open. Thunderheads rose to 40 000 feet west of Lubbock as the area faced a severe weather warning for heavy thunderstorms.
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South Plains
Brownfield
Lamesa
Midland Weather Bureau
Andrews
Dawson
Martin
Brown
Welch
Lubbock
Midland
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Pedestrian killed by pickup on U S Route 62 near Brownfield
A 40 year old Brownfield laborer, George Johnson, was struck and killed by a southbound pickup driven by Charles H. Soehagen while Johnson walked in rain along U S 62 three tenths mile south of Brownfield. This marked the South Plains area 50th highway death this year.
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U.S. 62
Brownfield
George Johnson
James Johns
Charles H. Soehagen
Route 2
Johnson
South Plains
Bob Tiffin
Felix Johnson
Methodist Hospital
Highway Patrol
Amarillo
Sod House Heritage Survey Seeks Prairie Pioneers
Dr. Truman W. Camp of Texas Tech notes a call from the Sod House Society of America for Plains residents with sod-house, dugout, adobe-block, or pioneer lineage. The Colby Kansas based survey aims to preserve sod-house history from 1870 to 1930, requesting locations and family names.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Truman W. Camp
Texas Tech English Department
Sod House Society of America
Colby
Kane
Unique Society
North America
Kan
Today's Prayer O Blessed Christ
A brief devotional prayer asks Christ to help believers carry His Word in heart and mind at all times, trusting Him as Creator and Savior with a concluding Amen.
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Blessed Christ
Apollo 10 Crew Near Earth Return After Moon Flyby
Apollo 10 astronauts Col. Thomas Stafford Cmdr. John Young and Cmdr. Eugene Cernan on a Pacific landing trajectory at 11:52 a.m. CDT as they near home from a near-moon pass. They canceled a mid course correction but may need one later amid bearded space shaving experiment and countdown progress.
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Associated Press
Houston
Moon
Earth
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Pacific Ocean
Tony
Space Trio
Pago Pago
American Samoa
South Pacific
Young
Charles Duke
Charlie
Cernan
Stafford
Ray seeks new trial in MLK assassination case
Memphis Tennessee UPI report that James Earl Ray asks for a new trial and voiding of his 99 year sentence for the April 4 1968 killing of Martin Luther King Jr. His lawyers contend Percy Foreman pressured him to plead guilty and allege trial irregularities amid the death of Judge W Preston Battle.
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Memphis
Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
U.S. Supreme Court
W. Preston Battle
Arthur C. Faquin Jr
Houston
Percy Foreman
Robert W. Hill Jr
Chattanooga
J.B. Stoner
Savannah, Ga
Richard J. Ryan
Foreman
Birmingham
Ala
Arthur J. Hanes Sr
Battle
FBI arrests Cochran jailbreaker in Lubbock pursuit
Tomas Ramos Ysasaga, 22, the last of three jailbreakers from Cochran County jail, was arrested by FBI agents and sheriff's deputies in north central Lubbock at 11 50 p.m. He faced charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and post office burglary, with bond set at 25000. The case ties to a 1965 car recovered at the Villa Inn Motor Hotel.
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Cochran
Morton
FBI
Tomas Ramos Ysasaga
Joe Garcia
David
Usasaga
Villa Inn Motor Hotel
5601
Ave. Q
Ysasage
U. S
Frank R. Murray
Ysasara
Ysasaga
Ohio
Crosby County
Fletcher Stark
Roark Jewelry
Fat Sudan
Garcia Brothers
Plains
Jesus Enriquez
Arcadio Ysasaga
2Nd St
Weather Map Page Lubbock Vicinity Forecast
Partly cloudy and warm today with a 20 percent chance of late afternoon or evening storms. High temperatures reach the upper 80s, with an overnight low in the upper 50s.
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