Hit Song Brings Techsan Reunion Alive for Classes of 47 and 48
About 1580 people attended Techsan reunion events for the Classes of 1947 and 1948 at Texas Tech. The day included a morning reception at the Ex-Students Association Building and a luncheon in the University Center with members attending the Tech Tulsa game later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
Radio
Presbyterian Church
Bob Click
Dallas
Tech
Jackie Lewis
J. M
Advanced Space Systems Engineering
Ex- Students Association
University Center
Tech-Tulsa
Jim Humphreys
Guthrie
Pitchfork
West Texas
Bob
Orville Alderson
Lubbock
Municipal cost cuts driven by voting residents
A stripped line from the Old Farmer's Almanac notes a joke about a municipality where elected voters determine budget reductions, highlighting political irony in local governance. The page reference lists multiple sections and topics across a curated newspaper issue.
Truck Car Crash Kills Five Near Athens Alabama
A flatbed truck carrying earth moving equipment struck a car on Alabama 99 near Athens killing five people including an elderly man, his daughter and two grandchildren. The car pulled onto the highway from a side road, and the truck shoved the car over 100 yards into a yard. the driver was also affected.
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Athens
Ala
Apt
Alabama 99
North Alabama
Best Yield Since 1965 Now Looms in Plains Cotton
Cotton in the South Plains is bursting open in early fields and growing prospects point to the largest output in seven years. Officials with the Lubbock Cotton Exchange and Plains Cotton Growers, Inc., issued an October forecast predicting record production, signaling a major yield upturn since 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Ray
Texas A&m University Extension Center
Lubbock
Becky Bradshaw
Texas Tech
Idalou
South Plains Maid of Cotton
South Plains
Joe Don Buckner
Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains Cotton
Lubbock Cotton Exchange
Ihe Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Cotton harvest projections show wilt and weed impact and strong milo gains
In a 39 county milo area the new crop could add 226 million to 249 million dollars to the economy while cotton yields suffer from verticilium wilt and weed pressure. The 25 county region marks 1 978 million bales with a 15 000 bale drop from last month. 1968 best outlook hints 1972 could tie 1965 record 2 301 100 bales. Ginnings last year 1 279 150 bales. record 2 443 900 bales in 1961. Farm value near 350 million including federal payments. Cotton harvest delayed until two weeks after frost. early openings in upper stalk and 10-20 percent open in Lubbock County.
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Joe D. Unfred
New Home
PCG
Committee On Statistics
Paul Gross
Lubbock County
Gross
Hurricane Is Just Breeze For Raiders
The Texas Tech Red Raiders defeated Tulsa 35 to 18 at Jones Stadium in a game seen as pride and SWC prestige practice. Coach Jim Carlen’s offense exploded in the second and fourth quarters as 34,175 fans packed the stadium and eyed a likely Tech move toward a SWC title threat at Aggieland next week.
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Raiders
Jones Stadium
Tulsa
Texas Tech
Jim Carlen
Crimson
Black
Red Raiders
Aggie
Tech
Aggieland
Report Slams Agriculture Dept Study Critiques USDA Bias
A year long study by Agribusiness Accountability Project asserts USDA actions favor large agribusinesses over farmers. The report titled The Great American Grain Robbery and Other Stories accuses programs of handing direct cash to big corporations while farmer welfare remains incidental.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Martha Hamilton
Washington Post
Agribusiness Accountability Project
Snyder voters approve 2.9 million tax bonds for district work
Snyder Independent School District voters approved 807 to 669 the sale of 2.9 million in tax bonds for construction and renovations. Projects include air conditioning, new science and vocational buildings, a student center library, and the closing of Travis Junior High School. work begins after Jan 1 1973 with completion by Fall 1974.
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Snyder
Snyder Independent
Snyder High School
Lamar
Travis
Revenue Sharing A Boon For Lubbock Officials
City and county leaders face a windfall from Uncle Sam as revenue sharing nears approval. They set budgets without projecting funds yet discuss using the first year’s installment for sanitation, transit, jail, ambulance, police, streets, and a juvenile detention center with potential tax relief later. No formal decisions exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Commissioners Court
Protester Sets Self Ablaze During Atlanta Parade
Wille B. Phillips a 27 year old Black man died after pouring gasoline on himself and setting fire during a Morris Brown College homecoming parade in downtown Atlanta. By- standers smothered the flames but could not save him as he shouted I am tired of this old world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
UPID
Wille B. Phillips
Phillips
Morris Brown College
Nixon pledges no tax rise if reelected
President Nixon, speaking from Camp David, pledged no tax increase through a second term unless Congress passes budget busting spending. He warned Congress to curb spending or face vetoes, while McGovern countered that deficits stem from Nixon’s policies and accused him of seeking a domestic Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to cut programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont
Nixon
Congress
George S. McGovern
Mixon
Camp David
America
McGovern
Gulf of Tonkin
Teen-agers holdout ends as hostages freed in 16 hour siege
Thirteen to fourteen hostages aged 10 to 17 escaped unharmed after an 16 hour standoff at a windless white house west of Orlando. An unarmed police judo expert talked with the gunman, another officer shot him in the neck, and the hostages fled crying and knelt on the lawn with taped hands. Sheriff Melvin Colman identified the gunman as Jackson Stallings, 18, of Jacksonville. He was hospitalized in fair condition under armed guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Orlando
Fla
Orange County
Melvin Colman
Jackson Stallings
Jacksonville
Colman
Prayer lines directing hearts to God and waiting parents
A brief devotional fragment asks readers to direct their hearts toward the love of God and toward parents awaiting Christ. The quotation ends with an Amen and is attributed to A Reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Christ
Heritage-Hunters Open Techs Ranch Museum
The Ranch Headquarters Museum at Texas Tech hosted the third annual Ranch Headquarters Association meeting drawing over 1200 fans of cowboy lore. The event featured ranch heritage activities, dedication of a ranch house, plans for restoring another building, and Rob ert Snyder named president replacing long time leader Dr. W C Holden.
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Gerry Burton
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
Ranch Headquarters Association
Texas
New Mexico
Robert Snyder
W. C. Hol
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