States keep execution gear idle after high court ruling
Across several states condemned facilities remain. electric chair plugs idle in Arkansas. Pennsylvania uses execution room as offices. New Hampshire stores vegetables in gallows area. Idaho keeps medical gear in penitentiary. After the Supreme Court ruling curbing capital punishment, many states retain death facilities ready for possible future use while others close death rows or repurpose spaces.
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Harold Swenson
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Louisiana
North Carolina
Vermont
Red River Rivalry Brings LBJ to Lubbock as Texas Triumphs
Former President Lyndon Johnson attended the Texas Longhorns at Texas Tech clash in Lubbock with Gov. Preston Smith and officials. A high stakes game ended on a late field goal as Texas edged Tech, keeping the SWC title race open while bands from both schools performed in a festive pregame and halftime show.
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Johnson attends football game amid crowd of dignitaries
Former President Johnson, aging visibly with gray hair, watches a college game in Lubbock. Gov. Preston Smith Judge Martin Dies and other state officials, including H J Blanchard and Price Daniel Jr., mingle as Johnson greets supporters and signs autographs while maintaining a security presence.
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Martin Dies
Johnson
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Texas House
Price Daniel Jr
Tech
Grover Murray
University of Texas
Stephan Spurr
Secret Service
Octogenarian Loses Burial Fund In Break-in
W G Wilcoxson, 96, kept about $2000 in a money belt for burial expenses for himself and his wife. Early Saturday, a thief entered his Hugo Oklahoma home and stole the belt containing all his savings.
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Hugo, Okla
W.G. Wilcoxson
Texas Coordinating Board weighs new law schools and education moves
The Texas Coordinating Board discussed three proposed new law schools from the University of Texas at Dallas Texas A&M University and North Texas State University amid broader plans for medical education and university cooperation. Action included panel appointments rules for future authorizations land gifts and construction projects and a voter election for a community college. The meeting featured a progress update on Tech Med School and a push to hire consultants and form advisory committees.
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East Texas State
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Southwest Texas State
Marshall Formby
Plainview
Bee County
Hub City Big Weekend Lights Up Lubbock
Avalanche Journal reports a busy Hub City with Red Raiders pride across streets and venues. Traffic snarls on University Avenue near the 55th South Plains Fair as fans flood shops and eateries. A toy bear and red banners mark the weekend scene with radio stations urging Red Raiders support.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Sitter Kidnaps and Abandons 3 Month Old in Lyon
A 17-year-old newly hired babysitter kidnapped a 3-month-old boy in Lyon, demanded 800000 in ransom, then abandoned the infant on a Rhone River bench hours later. She stole jewelry and 12 dollars before vanishing. baby found unharmed by police within four hours.
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France
Christiane Meiller
Rhone
Daniele
Snyder Ranch Day Presents Brazos Bill and the Indians
Thousands attend Scurry County Snyder Ranch Day as the 4th annual pageant features Wagons of history in the Coliseum. Clifton narrates from Indian beginnings to today’s stock farmers while Altrurian Daughters and local clubs win booth awards.
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Gerry Burton
Avalanche-Journal
Snyder
Papeantry
Aly
Scurry County
Twilight Garden Club
Scur
Burglars Net Nearly Four Thousand In Lubbock Loot
Burglars stole about $4000 in cash and goods from Lubbock homes and cars late Friday into Saturday. Victims include Lannie Day 5301 11th St Apt 157 with a TV radio and tape recorder valued at 900 Genev a Knox 2604 Cedar with furniture luggage a fan and a sewing machine valued at 280 Connie Delgado 2115 Cypress with two TVs a radio and an adding machine valued at 905 and Richard McDuff who lost a tape deck and tapes valued at 138. Car burglaries hit Richard McDuff and Tom Johnson with items valued at 138 and 600 respectively near the fair grounds and Rancho Lodge on 19th St.
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Lannie Day
11Th St. Apt. 157
Bob Hitchcock
Apt. 101
Raul Esparza
Colgate
Furr Food Store
Redbud Square
Jerry Elvred
2Nd St
Geneva Knox
Cedar
James D. Phillips
47Th St
Connie Delgado
Cypress
Richard McDuff
Fairgrounds
Tom Johnson
Rancho Lodge
19Th St
Ex POWs Undergo Tests Debriefing After Vietnam Return
American pilots returned from North Vietnamese POW camps underwent further tests and debriefings at military hospitals on Saturday. No release date was announced. Gartley, 28, captured four years ago, shows medical health improving under tests. Edwed Elias remains at Maxwell Air Force Base. Norris Charles, at Balboa Naval Hospital. Mark Hartley listed as fine at St. Albans. Families meet briefly as POWs share news with spouses and children.
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San Diego
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Charles Iso
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Charlesi
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Diego
Charles
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