Graduates in Demand Despite Threats to Campus Hiring
American firms push ahead with campus recruiting as McDonnell Douglas and Texas Instruments boost hires this year. A U Steel and others report increased recruitment while some firms screen for radical leanings. Students say business needs drive demand despite disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisa Cronin
NEW York
McDonnell Douglas Corp
St. Louis
Texas Instruments Corp
Lege
U.S. Steel
Max Jacobson
University of Pennsylvania
Suspect Arrested in $20,000 Extortion Plot
Jefferson Parish authorities in Louisiana arrested Michael Baudun 18 of Harahan for extortion aimed at bank executive Sterling Emens of Metairie. Emens reported a hostage threat against his wife and demanded payment within minutes. Mrs Emens and children were located unharmed in Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane Arthur Avalanche
Journal
Jefferson Parrish
Louisiana
Sterling Emens
Lubbock Bank
Michael Baudun
Harahan
Emens
Metropolitan
Bank of Jefferson
Metrairie
New Orleans
Lubbock
J. T. Alley
Sterling
Alley
One-Year Bill Omits New Taxes for Texas 1970
Texas legislators approve a one year general revenue bill totaling 570.8 million dollars for 1970 without new taxes. Gov. Preston Smith threatens veto over UT Dallas branch and university governance. House and Senate debate continues as veto considerations and board reforms loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Smith
Ben Barnes l
Gus Mutscher
House
Senate
Ut-Dallas
Univerisity of Texas System Board of ‘Regents
Barnes
Mutscher
Coordinating Board
Coordinating ‘Board
Dallas- Fort Worth
Tech
Don Kennard
Fort Worth
Texas Tech
North Texas
Memorial Day observances and school news across Lubbock
A compact page listing Memorial Day observances in Lubbock and notes that almost 33 000 city students await the final bell. It also mentions a federal court ruling affecting school choice plans and other items on the daily section pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Hub City
Prayer meditation invokes following Christ’s footsteps
A devotional plea asks for divine patience and guidance to imitate Jesus Christ, asking God to fill hearts with His goodness and grace.
Terrorism Killings Spark Police Crackdown in Brazil
In Brazil a priest and Walter Lino de Matos were killed after seven political prisoners escaped from jail. Police increased surveillance with guards at foreign embassies to halt possible asylum seekers, while Father Pereira Neto aided Archbishop Helder Camara and student groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Henrique Pereira Neto
Brazil
Dom Helder
Walter Lino de Matos
Brazilian Democratic Movement
Sao Paulo
Father Pereira Neto
University of Recife
Lino de Matos
Archbishop Helder Camera
Dom Helder Camera
Moon landing site seen in Apollo 10 photographs
Apollo 10 astronauts captured images of the Sea of Tranquility showing Moltke crater and a nearby rille or canyon. Col Thomas P. Stafford John W. Young and Eugene A. Cernan photographed smooth lunar terrain with many craters and deep canyons as NASA prepares for Apollo 11 landing efforts.
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Moon
Central Bay
Earth
Associated Press
Houston
Sea of Tranquility
Moltke
Hypatia
MS Medience Ate
Antarctic
Jacross
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
John Dietrich
Space Agency
Army jeep dangers spark call for safer design overhaul
A Washington AP report notes the M151 jeep's high overturn rate and 3,538 accidents in 1967 killing 104 soldiers while 1,858 were injured. The Army defends the vehicle and trains drivers, but tests a semi trailing arm rear suspension as a safer option for future models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Mohbat
Washington
U. S. Army
Army
Ford Motor Co
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Ford
Pentagon aids automated crime intel system for Mafia crackdown
Charles H. Rogovin says two Defense Department divisions assist in developing an automated organized crime intelligence system. Project aims to aid state and local agencies in uprooting Mafia figures, with funding from L E A A and advisory support from New York Massachusetts California Pennsylvania Illinois and Florida. Cost could reach 1 million and go live in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Charles H. Rogovin
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Defense Department
Rogovin
New York
Massachusetts
Califfornia
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Florida
Wholesale Price Index Rises in May
The Labor Department reports a preliminary 0.6 percent rise in the wholesale price index for May. Most of the gain comes from a 4 percent jump in farm products and a 1.5 percent rise in costs of processed foods and feeds, signaling further inflation pressure on retail prices.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor — Statistics
Westmoreland cites cease fire test as Hanoi pace slows
Communist mortar and rocket units attack at least a dozen bases and towns just before a Buddha’s birthday 48 hour truce begins. The 101st Airborne withdraws most of its force from Hamburger Hill but keeps a substantial presence. U.S. and allied units report casualties and heavy fighting near Saigon Kontum City and the central highlands as B52s bomb Red positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Saigon
U.S
Hamburger Hill
101St Airborne Division
Sainteananeial Wintendnie
U. S
U.S. 4Th Infantry
Kontam City
Central Highlands
Hill 875
Khe Sanh
101St Airborne
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Dogs and Drains Top Council Work Session Topics
City Council work session ran long as members discussed cracking down on unlicensed dogs reclaiming fees, a $10.50 pound reclaim, and potential off street parking zoning. They eyed a downtown Main Street and Texas Avenue angle parking return and reviewed storm sewer projects costing 1.6 million and 2.4 million with no funds available.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
San Diego
Main Street
Texas Avenue
Sam Wahl
Director of
Public Works
Wahl
19Th Street
NFU proposes sliding scale for farm payments
Tony Dechant of Denver and NFU leaders advocate a graduated farm payment limit above 25000 with an absolute maximum of 37500 per farmer. The plan aims to avoid harming federal supply programs and introduces a detailed sliding scale for payments, with discussions at a Farmers Union reception in the Texas area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Howell Awahinehe
Tony Dechant
Denver
National Farmers Union
Dechant
NFU
South Plains Electric Cooperative, Inc
Joe Rankin
Ralls
Texas FU
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Lubbock, Area
Freedom of Choice Plan of Schools
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Paris
Jordan Valley
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Clear Moon
Army Materiel Command
Continental
United States
Highway Safety Bureau
The
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South
Vietnam
Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Rather
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Clovis
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