Texas lawmakers approve $2.84 billion general appropriations bill
The Texas Legislature sends a one year $2.84 billion budget to Gov. Preston Smith after a House vote of 124-24 on a compromise with Senate passage of a stripped down teacher pay raise. The plan adds state funded kindergarten starting 1970 and seeks no new taxes.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Preston Smith
House
House-Senate
Senate
Sen. A. M. Aikin
Paris
Ben Barnes
Gus ‘Mutscher
Aikin
Mutscher
Smith
Robert
Calvert
Treasury
Solons
Quiet Berkeley parade marks People’s Park vigil
About 30 000 supporters marched past the UC land in Berkeley in a peaceful display with green colors and flowers. Guardsmen, police, and helicopters kept watch while a new park annex was created briefly and later filled in by demonstrators.
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United Press, International
Berkeley
Calif
People’s Park
University of California
National Guards
Roger Heyns
Moon Photos From Apollo 10 Face Detailed Study
The space agency released nearly 1,200 black and white Apollo 10 moon photographs taken during 61 hours in orbit. Astronauts Stafford and Cernan skipped Memorial Day to assist post flight debriefing as officials plan weeks of feature identification amid some blank frames. Landmark details include Sidewinder and Diamondback Rilles, aiding prep for Apollo 11 landing.
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United Press International
Houston
Space Agency
Thomas P. Stafford
John W. Cernan
Moon
Cernan
Sidewinder Rille
Diamondback Rille
Front Passes South Plains Bring Showers and Cooler Tonight
A cold front is forecast to move through the South Plains today triggering thunderstorms and slightly cooler temperatures by tonight. Rainfall averaged about a quarter inch with isolated totals up to an inch possible. Measurable precipitation at 30 percent probability. Thunderstorms had erupted in eastern New Mexico Friday with a slim chance of drift into the area overnight.
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South Plains
U.S. Weather Bureau
West Texas Air Terminal
New Mexico
Ministers from area saturate Lubbock for conference
Local Methodist ministers gather in Lubbock to occupy area pulpits during a regional conference. Details appear in Page 8.
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Lubbock
Memorial Day Observance Dampened by Vietnam Protests
The 102nd Memorial Day observance featured prayers and parades for the dead and living in wars while antiwar vigils highlighted the Vietnam conflict. President Nixon urged peace as Agnew laid a wreath at Arlington and 35 000 names were read in communities nationwide.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
Arlington. National Cemetery
Washington, D.C
Spiro T.agnew
Rochester
N.Y
Council of Churches
Torrington
Conn
William Styron
Prayer Meditation for Courage and Duty
A brief timeless prayer asks for divine awakening of minds and steadiness of will to perform daily duties. It seeks courage and patience in trials, trusting in a higher guidance.
Little People of America Convene At Rodeway Inn
Early arrivals for the District 8 convention of the Little People of America at the Rodeway Inn highlighted the impact of the group on members lives. District president George Cromwell of Fort Worth said parents once hid children of short stature. he noted about 1,200 members nationwide with estimated 5,000 in the United States.
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LPA
District 8
Rodeway Inn
Tective
George Cromwell
Fort Worth
United States
Marion Stay Bid Pledged Before Texas Execution
James Lee Marion, condemned for the 1963 murder of Mrs. J. Fred Turner Jr in Midland, plans a Monday court bid for a stay of execution one day before his scheduled death. An Odessa attorney also seeks a new trial citing the Witherspoon decision and will file habeas corpus and a stay application with the U.S. appeals court in Lubbock. If carried out, it would be the first U.S. execution since June 2, 1967 and the first in Texas in five years.
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Odessa
UPI
James
Lee Marion
Midland
Marion
Warren
Burnett
Witherspoon
J. Fred.Turner Jr
U.S
Lubbock
United States
Texas
Lenora Alexander McAllister Dies At 80 In San Antonio
Mrs Lenora Alexander McAllister wife of San Antonio Mayor Walter McAllister died Friday night after several months illness from cancer Funeral arrangements were pending in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
UPI
Lenora’ Alexander
Rites End Cap and Gowns for Lubbock Seniors
Graduation exercises at Estacado and Coronado High Schools marked the completion of a week of ceremonies in Lubbock. Diplomas were presented to two more groups of seniors, signaling the end of the school year for the city’s high schools.
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Lubbock
Estacado
Coronado
Eight Die In Texas Traffic Wrecks During Holiday Period
By Lane Arthur Avalanche Journal staff three more South Plains residents died in traffic accidents Friday raising the toll to eight in two days. A Lubbock woman and a Tech student died in separate Friday morning wrecks near Springtown and Andrews. The Garcia child died in Methodist Hospital after a three vehicle collision in southeast Lubbock.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Springtown
Andrews
Stephanie Garcia
Gilbert Garcia
43Rd St
Methodist Hospital
State
Noka
U.d. of
Joseph Russell Dylla
San Antonio
Barbara Steward Smith
36Th St
Texas
National Safety Council
Garcia
D0th Street
Southeast Drive
John Henry Ford
1705 Ave. A
K. D. Carley
Valdez
Buffalo Lakes
Ford
Carley
Filibuster Delays Senate On Texas Tech Name Change
Senator Mike McKool of Dallas used a filibuster to block a bill changing the name of Texas Technological College. The chamber recessed till 9 a.m. as Gov Barnes noted the session must adjourn by midnight Monday with key bills pending and a possible compromise naming bill under discussion.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Austin
Mike McKool
Dallas
Senate
Texas Technological College
McKool
Ben Barnes
Barnes
House
H. J
Doc) Blanchard
Lubbock
Tech prepares largest graduation class on campus
More than 2,000 Texas Tech students graduate in eight p.m. ceremonies at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. A 7 a.m. breakfast for agricultural sciences starts the day in the Agriculture Pavilion followed by receptions in the Home Economics Building, Business Administration Building, and Tech Union for Arts and Sciences, Education, and Engineering. At 11 a.m. ROTC cadets receive commissions in the Tech Union Ballroom with Maj. Gen. Tom E. Marchbanks Jr. delivering the commissioning address.
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Texas Tech
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
School of Agricultural Sciences
Agriculture
School of Home Economics
Home Economics
School of Business Administration
College
School of Arts and Sciences
School of Education
School Ior Engineering
Tech Union
Air Force
Army
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Curacao
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Gerry Burton
Avalanche-Journal
America
Lane Arthur
Borglio Valdez
Paris Ave
West Texas Hospital
Texas Tech University
Texas State University
TSU
Tom E. Marchbanks Jr
Air Force Reserve
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