Redistricting Fight Looms Over Texas House Passage
Heated House debate in Austin produced a 191 to 53 vote to approve a redistricting measure despite fierce opposition from Speaker Gus Mutscher’s critics. A bomb threat interrupted proceedings as amendments and motions clogged the session. The bill, lacking pay raises for faculty and funding for Texas Tech, awaits final action with possible adjustments if key leaders concur.
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Associated Press
Austin — House
Gus Mutscher
Mutscher
House Serjeant-At-Arms
Dirty 30
Tech Vet School
Qut
Senate House
Texas Tech
Bil Heatly
Paducah
Heatly
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Defiant Couple Refuse New York Court Order On Adoption
Mr and Mrs Nicholas DeMartino say they moved to Florida to stay with Lenore the one year old they hoped to adopt. They refuse to surrender the child and expect contempt citations if forced back to New York. A New York judge had ordered their arrest after they failed to surrender Lenore following termination of adoption proceedings.
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Associated Press
Miami
Nicholas DeMartino
Florida
New York
Lenore
Brooklyn
DeMartinos
New York State Supreme Court
Charles Loreto
Toll Stands at 21 Rains Halt Search for Bodies
In Yuba City California heavy rains and rising Feather River halted the search for additional gravesites linked to 21 murder victims found. Sheriff Roy Whiteaker said rising waters could inundate the riverbank depressions where more bodies may lie. Authorities seized several weapons from the suspect’s home amid the case.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Yuba City
Calif
Roy Whiteaker
Feather River
Whiteaker
United States
Colorado
John Gilbert Graham
Charles Whitman
University of Texas
QUEST
High School Golden Scroll winners at luncheon
Six students received Golden Scroll awards at a luncheon. Page 1, Sec. B.
Prayer Note From A Reader
A reader offers a brief blessing praising divine guidance and daily love, closing with a simple Amen. The message expresses gratitude and a sense of closeness to God.
National Weather Service Keeps Female Names for Storms
The National Weather Service announced it will continue naming hurricanes and typhoons with women's names through 1980. The practice, dating to 1953, covers storms in the Atlantic Caribbean Gulf and Pacific typhoons with a four year rotating schedule.
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United Press International
Washington
National Weather Service
The
Weather Service
Atlantic
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Sales of Men’s Grooming Aids Boom in 1960s Fashion Era
The article notes a booming market for men’s toiletries driven by 1960s fashion and a masculine image. Firms expanded lines from a few products to dozens, with Estee Lauder’s Aramis contributing a growing share and Shulton’s Old Spice among early leaders.
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Associated Press
New York
Estee Lauder
Aramis
Shulton
U S Mariner 9 Readied To Race Mars Probes
UPI reports NASA plans a 5 21 p m CDT launch to send Mariner 9 toward Mars as Mars 2 and Mars 3 lift off from Russia. Both missions target November arrivals with hopes for coordination and maximum scientific return amid tense space race dynamics. Typhoon Dinah threatens Philippines coast as a missing motor vessel with 40 aboard is feared lost.
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Associated Press
Cape Kennedy
Russia
United States
Red Planet
U.S. Space Agency
Mars
U.S
Manila
UPI
Luzon
South China Sea
Earl Glahn
NASA
Office of Space Science and Applications
Earth
Mariner 9
Glahn
Bus Carrying 46 People Plunges Into River Near Eugene
A bus with 43 school children and three others crashed into the McKenzie River, about 35 miles east of Eugene, and all occupants escaped by scrambling from windows and emergency doors as the bus settled in six feet of water.
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Eugene
Ore
Ypi
McKenzie River
Violent storms lash South Plains with tornadoes and floods
Turbulent bands of thunderstorms swept the South Plains for a third night, spawning tornadoes funnel clouds and hail up to marble size. Reports of injuries to at least six people, flash flooding, and widespread damage came from Hereford Lubbock Seminole Lamesa and other towns as a severe storm watch remained in effect.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
National Weather Service
Hereford
Lubbock
City Hall
Seminole
Lamesa
Slaton
Whitharral
Snyder
Panhandle
Chin
Amarillo
U.S. 287
Childress
Welch
Dawson County
Forrest Park
Denver
Man hijacks jet from LaGuardia to Nassau with explosives
James Bennett 39 of Commack New York, a former police motorcycle patrolman, boarded Eastern Airlines Flight 30 at LaGuardia with an explosives belt and seized three crew members. He diverted the 727 toward Nassau after releasing most passengers. his wife Lorraine Bennett and child pleaded with him to abort the plan.
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Associated Press
New York
Reman
Eastern Airlines
la Guardia
Nassau
Bahamas
Miami
LaGuardia
Lorraine Bennett
James Bennett
Commack
N.Y
Ior Mre
Coronado High Seniors Celebrate 12 Years Of Schooling
Coronado High School held graduation exercises at Municipal Coliseum as 501 seniors in red and gold robes completed their public school journey within the Lubbock system. Alisa Jirginsons topped the class, with Robert Lindsey Cash second. 150 graduates in total. Four speakers addressed the crowd on the theme For What Is It Worth, stressing patience and self knowledge after 12 years of toil.
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Guy Marble
Avalanche-Journal
Coronado High School
Municipal Coliseum
Lubbock
Alisa Jirginsons
Leonid Jirginsons
45Th St
Robert Lindsey Cash
R.L .Cash Sr
Ith St
Miss Jirginsons
Jay Turner
Joel Armstrong
Terry Wise
Turner
Weather summary for Lubbock area with storm chance
Weather Map Page 8 B reports today’s forecast for Lubbock and vicinity. Chance for thunderstorms and partly cloudy skies. Highs in the upper 80s, overnight lows in the upper 50s. Sunday partly cloudy and cooler with a 30 percent rain chance today and tonight.
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Lubbock
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Essex County
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