First In A Series on Excessive Police Force in Lubbock
Reported over two months, alleged excessive police force prompts scrutiny in Lubbock. Sept 16 a Brown Beret member says she was beaten by police after a dispute and insult. police say minimum force used. Sept 23 a 23-year-old woman says she was tailed, ticketed, and ordered to sit in a patrol car after honking and resisting move to See POLICE Page 14.
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Lubbock
James R. Mahoney
Helen Musial
Gilmore says he accepts death in firing squad
Gary Gilmore, awaiting execution in Utah, tells the London Daily Express he is simply a man sentenced to die and accepts it. He denies any intent to take his own life while a last-minute stay looms and prison operations plan the firing squad site in the state pen. He also expresses a wish to marry Nicole Barrett in a high security service conducted by the warden.
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Alliance
Salt Lake City
Utah
Gary Gilmore
London Daily Express
Gilmore
United States
Samuel Smith
State Penitentiary
Wasatch Mountains
Nicole Barrett
Mum Security
Mormon Church
Gary Mark Gil- Lee
Explosion Injures 99 at Queens Gum Factory
Fire and blast struck the American Chicle Co. factory in Queens killing none but injuring 55 workers. Victims treated at burn centers in three states. Army helicopter airlifted five to Philadelphia while others were taken to New Jersey and New York hospitals.
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Chiclet
Army Reserve
Crozier-Chester
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Chris Boggio
Teddy Orzechowska
Brooklyn
American Chicle Co
Queens
Radiation from Chinese nuke drifts over Atlantic
The leading edge of a massive plume from a Chinese nuclear explosion drifted over the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday. Federal monitors detected traces of residual radioactivity but an EPA spokesman said the levels were insignificant.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Ocean
Environmental Protection Agency
Radiation Fallout Seen Across U S From Chinese Test
EPA reports ground level radiation will rise slightly in coming weeks but not cause for alarm. Tiny increases observed in Cheyenne Wyoming and Phoenix Arizona as winds carry three distinct clouds toward Washington DC North Carolina and Louisiana. Debris spread across Pacific, Canada, and into the U S after a Chinese nuclear test last Wednesday.
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Ariz
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Atlantic Coast
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Louisiana
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Canada
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Montana
New Mexico
Prayer Marks Anniversary of JFK Death in Dallas
A short prayer and moment of silence marked the 13th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination as Dallas police gathered records subpoenaed by a House committee. About 500 citizens protested the prior cancellation, with services at the Kennedy Memorial near the Warren Commission site.
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Dallas
John F. Kennedy
House
Robert Folsom
Ron Kessler
Kennedy Memorial
Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Kessler
Prayer Excerpt Thanking Faithful Fellowship and Jesus
A reader offers a brief prayer praising the church and believers. The message centers on gratitude for Jesus and the Christian experience and asks for appreciation of fellowship.
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Church
Brothers and Sisters In Christ
Jesus
Food Stamp Decline Cited By Analyst
A Rural Development analyst says about 2 million people left the food stamp program since early 1975. Enrollment fell from a record 19.2 million in April 1975 to 17.2 million in September, with over 1 million quitting due to a better economy and lower unemployment.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Stephen J. Hiemstra
Jail standards push Lubbock jail to new facility fate
A Texas Jail Standards subcommittee calls for stricter rules on jail conditions. Lubbock County Jail, with 300 inmates, lacks single cells, recreation space, padded cells, and a regulated climate, signaling potential replacement to meet updated provisions.
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Lubbock County
Texas Commission On Jail Standards
TCJS
Lubbock
Clerks and Buyers Still Confused by Sales Tax Law
A Texas sales tax overview shows widespread confusion among clerks and shoppers. The piece details which foods and prepared items are taxed or exempt, noting inconsistencies across stores and proposed rulings to tax prepared foods served hot or with eating facilities.
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Sylvia Teague
Avalanche-Journal
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Texas
Lubbock
Comptroller
Don Paxton
Austin
Tom Henderson
Henderson
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