County Boosts 1970 Cotton Allotment in Lubbock County
County ASCS announces 1970 cotton allotment at 292 749 acres up from 219 076 with projected yield 547 pounds per acre down from 629. Growers to receive farm notices next week and vote December 15 on marketing quotas for the 1970 crop. Transfers and price support details noted with emphasis on impact to payments and quota approval.
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Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Walter Y. Wells
ASCS
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wells
Webs
Labbok County
Senate approves Nixon draft lottery plan for next induction cycle
The Senate passes a proposed random lottery for conscription, shifting from oldest-first calls to birth date based selection. The measure aims for a single year draft liability for most, with hearings planned to craft broader reform. President Nixon backs targeting 19 year olds as the prime induction group.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Nixon
Mansfield
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Selective Service
John Stennis
Dmiss
Armed Services Committee
Melvin R. Laird
Mahon Decries Farm Payment Limits in 1970 Battle
Rep George Mahon said the fight over 1970 payment limits for farmers ended without a $20000 cap as House opposed the limit in a voice vote. He warned a larger showdown lies ahead with long range farm legislation due 1971 while the Senate had backed the cap. The issue moves to further debate and policy drafting.
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Washington
George Mahon
Labbock
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Carousel production opens for high school audience in Lubbock
High school actors prepare the first of two performances of Carousel as a student group from Lubbock readies the show. Burglary losses totaling 1070 dollars are reported on Tuesday night. A firemen banquet in Lubbock will honor local heroes. News covers Senate and foreign affairs, with North Vietnamese pressure near Saigon and nuclear talks in Helsinki. Section and page notices indicate editorial content, market reports, and comics.
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Lubbock
Prayer for Peace and Love Across the World
A reader pleads for universal peace and love in every heart and life, expressing a hopeful blessing for harmony and goodwill among all people.
Quake shakes wide area from Ohio to Tennessee
An earthquake centered in southern Ohio or West Virginia rattled a large portion of the Southeast United States. Fire shocks extended from Cincinnati to Athens Georgia and were felt in the Carolinas, Southwestern Virginia, eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. There were four reports of injuries and tremors caused furniture to shake. Page reference to Shelby County sheriff report.
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Associated Press
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West Virginia
United States
Cincinnati
Athens
Carolinas
Virginia
Iphiur ” Springs
W. Va
Blacksburg, View
Shelby County
Astronauts Bubble In Lunar Laugh In
Houston AP reports a lighthearted moment aboard the Moon as Charles Pete Conrad Jr. roars with laughter at every new sight. Al Bean and Alan L. Bean play straight man to the comic, with Pete Conrad bubbling with joy while he works on the surface.
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Harry F. Rosenthal Space Center
Houston
Pete
Alan L. Bean
Charles
Pete’ Conrad Jr
Space
Pete Conrad
Moon
Nixon signs NASA budget bill amid lunar mission progress
The article notes President Nixon signing a NASA appropriation as two U.S. astronauts work on the lunar surface. It compares the predicted toll to a record high and mentions Pete Conrad and Al Shepard in a behind the scenes broadcast style, with Mission Control guiding the return sequence.
Soldier Heir Wins 45 Million Texas Ranch Oil Fortune
The Texas Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Buckman "Bucky" Wharton is the sole heir to Electra Waggoner Ranch and oil riches estimated at 45 million dollars in 1967. The decision affirms lower court rulings in Vernon and Amarillo, ending a drawn-out will contest over the six county estate once valued at over a quarter of a million acres. Wharton, stationed at Fort Bragg, faces discharge in June and inherits Electra Waggoner’s fortune with three siblings receiving equal shares under the will.
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Buckman
Bucky
Photon US
Electra
Goner
Bucky” Wharton
Ft. Bragg
Grand Jury Indicts 58 in downtown bookstore conspiracy
A grand jury returned 58 true bills against four men charged with conspiring to exhibit and distribute obscene matter at Texas Bookmart in Lubbock. Defendants Vincent Southwick age 61 of 2406 14th St, Benny Patterson 23 of 1562 22nd St, Gerald Franklin, and Jim Hasking, reportedly in Los Angeles, face charges in connection with the store operation.
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PTH District Court
Vincent Southwick
Ath St
Ehinny
Apollo 12 crews collect lunar samples near Surveyor Crater
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean walked over a half mile from their module and gathered about 100 pounds of soil and rock from six lunar craters near Surveyor. They photographed findings while advancing toward orbit, with a planned seven minute ten second engine burn to depart the moon.
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Charles
Pete” Conrad
Alan L. Bean
Intrepid
Surveyor
Richard F. Gordon
Wall
Pam Conrad
Bean
Dt Cen
Conrad Cradiend
Nere
Houston
Conerad
Estin
Bank suit over cattle feeding losses at Citizens National Bank
Maxey sues Citizens National Bank of Lubbock and others, charging the bank foreclosed his cattle feeding loans and caused financial ruin by mismanagement and forced sale of feed and assets. The defense contends that Maxey’s feed orders were improper and the prices were set accordingly.
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Jones
Maxey
Citizens National Bank of Lubbock
Weather map page for Lubbock area fair today and tonight
Forecast shows fair conditions for Lubbock and vicinity with a high in the mid 60s and a low near 28. Winds are light and variable throughout the period.
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Lubbock and
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