Cutting Off Rain Chances South Plains Cold Front Passes
A cold front is forecast to sweep across the South Plains from New Mexico, cutting moisture and slightly lowering temperatures. Light showers were reported around Lubbock near sundown, with shallowater and areas near Wolfforth and Lubbock Regional Airport recording brief bursts. Thermometers will rise to the upper 70s and fall to the upper 40s tonight as Texas remains largely dry.
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South Plains
New Mexico
Lubbock
Shallowater
Wolfforth
Texas
National Weather Service
Lubbock Regional
Floods Hit Eastern North Carolina After Ginger Inland
Flooding swept through Belhaven and surrounding towns as Ginger moved inland with hurricane force winds. Rivers rose over four feet, roads flooded up to five miles long, and crops including soybeans, peanuts, and corn were submerged. Damage in Morehead City hovered near one million dollars with crop losses estimated in the millions by an NC State agronomist. full statewide figures awaited.
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Belhaven
N. C
North Carolina
Ginger
Pungo
Pamlico
Guy L. Jones
North Carolina State University At
Raleigh
Morehead City
Insurance Information Institute
Lamis
Washington
Lubbock to Host Ranch Association Meeting On Oct 9
Lubbock area Ranch Headquarters Association schedules its second annual meeting in Lubbock on October 9. Other notes reference a former U S attorney considering a Senate run, voter registration activity, and a range of national and local topics across sections A and B.
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Ranch Headquarters Association
Lubbock
Sec. A
Panhandle South Plains Fair Posts Record Turnout
The 54th annual Pan handle South Plains Fair opened Friday drawing 42,597 attendees, about 18,000 more than the same day last year, as final round of the largest show yet promises further excitement.
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Women's
Collyeum
Sky Kings
Merle Haggard
Kennle Wean
The
Strangers
Plainsmen
Falr Park Coliseum
Gene Ledel Shows Inc
Midway
Gerry Burton
Journal
Panhandle South Plains Fair
Prayer Note Seeks Forgiveness for Personal Sins
A reader writes a prayer asking God to remove persistent sins from their life. The plea acknowledges ongoing guilt and seeks spiritual cleansing and guidance.
Redistricting Board Watch For Plan Revision In Dallas
Gov Ben Barnes says the Legislative Redistricting Board will not base districts on House member popularity. He opposes a bill punishing Speaker Gus Mutscher and notes Mutscher did not resign as speaker as expected. The Texas Supreme Court had rejected redis tricting, prompting the board to reconvene and redraw state House lines.
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The
Associated Press
Dallas
Ben Barnes
Legislative
and Barnes
Gus Mutsch- Bale Ramanto
Vppvoca
Barnes
Texas Supreme Court
Mutscher
Redistricting Board
Mutsch
Red Raider Pillow Wins Grand Prize At Panhandle Fair
Mrs. W. N. Thacker, a longtime quilter, entered a large red Red Raider pillow featuring a charging horse and rider and a blue astronauts quilt commemorating the first moon walk. Her work stems from World War I era knitting and blends stitchery with bold cloth designs. The article notes her quick tracing of the Red Raider design from a football pillow and schedule and hints at more details on page 10.
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Shelley Bray
Tech
Lubbock
W. N. Thacker
Idalou
Celeste Loucks
Avalanche-Journal
Panhandle South Plains Fair
Cody
Red Raider
Raider
SDR replaces gold as world monetary standard may change language
Washington observers warn that if Special Drawing Rights replace gold, global finance could reshape language and culture. The piece notes uncertain market impact but cites potential shifts in phrases, songs, and idioms around SDR.
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Associated Preas Washington
Bing Crosby
James Bond
Tremor Rattles Arkansas Area
An earthquake struck Northeastern Arkansas near Jonesboro causing minor damages and no injuries. The 3:50 p.m. quake measured about four on the Richter scale with two hard shakes extending toward Nettleton near Crowley’s Ridge.
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Jonesboro
Ark
UPD
Arkansas
National Weather Services
Nettleton
Crowley's Ridge
Dock Tie Up Spreads East in Coast to Coast Strike
A nationwide dock strike spreads from the West to the East as 89,000 soft coal miners and 15,000 longshoremen walk out across more than 20 states. The Nixon administration delays a Taft Hartley injunction while West Coast talks near a settlement. Rail signal workers and other unions also see escalating labor actions affecting transportation and shipments.
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Afl-Cio International Loneshoremen's Association
Vno
Maine
Texas
Great Lakers
Nixon
Washington
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
White House
Ronald J. Ziegler
Ziveler
James Z. Hodgson
West
Gulf Coast
Agriculture
Clifford Hardin
Association of American Railroads
Mustree Nexon
South Vietnamese break siege on Cambodian frontier
South Vietnamese paratroopers lifted a North Vietnamese siege after Fire Base Tran Hung Dao withstood five days of bombardment. A relief column faced heavy resistance reaching Fire Base Alpha near Krek, as fighting continued along the frontier 60 to 90 miles northwest of Saigon. US advisers reported a more favorable situation than the prior five days of attacks.
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Saigon
Tran Hung Dao
Cambodia
Alpha
Krek
U.S. S
Neuen
No Suspect Found Federal Official Killed In Fight
The economics director of a federal commission, Richie H. Reed 30, was stabbed to death in a fifth floor men's room of the New Executive Office Building in a violent struggle suspected robbery was not the motive as no wallet was found Police sealed the building and searched for a suspect Reed died after 3 p.m. and was identified by his wife who waited in a car nearby
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Commission
Richie H. Reed
Cheverly
Commission On Population Growth and American Future
Reed
White House
Nixon
Charles M. Mon Jroe
Weather map page reports cooler, sunny Lubboek area
Decreasing cloudiness and cooler today with a high in the upper 70s and a low around the upper 40s. Northerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Sunrise at 7:42 am, sunset around 7:31 pm. City readings include Abilene 69 and El Paso 84 with other western region values.
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Lubboek
Tom
Chyra
Abilene
Paso
AG Albuque
Hobbs
Amarilla
Houston
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Irina Teplyakova
Oleg Lyalin
Twirlers
Barnes, Board
Midas
ASDR
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