Guards Shoot Prisoners to End Work Strike at Cummins Farm
At Cummins Prison Farm Arkansas guards fired shotgun blasts into a penned crowd to force about 1000 prisoners to return to farm work after a work refusal. 21 convicts were wounded, one seriously, as officials say the shots were a reasonable precaution.
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Associated Press
Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Victor C. Urban
Urban
Little Rock
Gary Haydis
Waydis
Iff
Ife
Haircut protest at school ends after court battles
Three Dallas high school students Phillip Ferrell Stephen Webb and Paul Jarvis who were barred in 1966 for refusing haircuts formed Sounds Unlimited. Federal courts ruled Lanham was within rights though a federal judge warned against conditioning education on grooming. The trio later served in the Marines and college and the group dissolved.
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Phillip Ferrell
Stephen Webb
Paul Jarvis
Sounds Unlimited
S. W. Lanham
Dallas
New Orleans
Lanham
Elbert P. Tuttle
Hth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jarvis
Ferrell
Marine Corps
Webb
el Centro Junior College
Hub Of Plains Lubbock Draws Visitors From Many Quarters
The article notes Lubbock gains tourists and conventions through the chamber of commerce support. Tourists come for events and area sites like West Texans Museum and Prairie Dog Town while convention delegates flood lodging, meals, tours, and local crafts. Sports crowds and Tech visitors also contribute. Daily traffic averages 45,506 from outside to in.
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West Texans Museum
Mackenzie Park
Lubbock
Darchter
Som
Tech
Chamber of Commercec
Lauucbock
Prairie Dog Petre
Prairie Dog
South Phuns
Lubbock Ap
Texas Highway Department
Plains
Lawmaker Honored In Home District Dinner Tribute
Littlefield hosts an appreciation dinner for State Rep. Bill Clayton. Delegations from six counties praise his Austin work. About 192 guests attended. 1500 tickets sold for the $10 event. Clayton, a farmer and businessman, has chaired the Interim Water Study Committee and county affairs.
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Panner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Littlefield
Bill Clayton
Clayton
Austin
Palmer
Castro
Bailey
Deaf Smith
Cochran
Lamb
T2nd
Dist
S Ands
Tommy
Texas
State Aeronautics Committee
Sill
Five Arrested In Narcotics Raid Bonded In County Case
Eight people aged 17 to 27 were charged with marijuana possession after a narcotics raid. Five posted bonds Sunday, two remains in custody in $2500 bonds, while four others were released without charges. An examining trial is set for Linda Sligar.
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Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Elizabeth Ann Pierce
Guy Odem Hart
James Alan Miller
Janet Elizabeth Steward
Austin
Jimmy Dale Gilmore
David Allen Roberts
18Th St
Linda Lou Sligar
Berkeley
Calif
Miss Sligar
Minority Loans Offered by SBA for Fresno Businesses
The program provides SBA loans from 350000 for strong equity to 25000 for unsecured cases. Most funds target retail and service trades with manufacturing possible. Applicants must contact the SBA at 1616 19th St Room 204 Federal Office Building Fresno California.
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Teddlie
SBA
19Th St
Federal Office
Water official Clayton feted at Texas indoor gathering
Rep. Clayton, longtime Springlake resident and chair of the Interim Water Study Committee, was honored at an appreciation dinner in Littlefield City. More than 1,500 attendees filled a junior high gym, doubling expectations, while officials praised his work for the 72nd district and Texas water needs.
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Tie
Tesus
Pat Clayton
Ominus Fitness
Barnes
Chisten
Greier
Austin
Clayton of
Springlake
Littlefield
Clayton
United States
Bill Armistead
Amistead
Inasium
Texas
Apollo 7 inches closer to Earth during low point broadcast
Apollo 7 neared Earth by about 40 miles at its perilously low point easing return in case of emergency. The seven minute television broadcast stood out as a flight highlight as astronauts appeared in Houston via a tiny camera shoe box and joked about razors while smiling and waving.
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Earth
Tom Stafford
Houston
Eisele
County jail guard missing suspect on burglary case
Finnnett Wayne Dye a 21 year old inmate with a burglary charge fled the county jail Monday night after being assigned to floor cleaning. Deputy Travis Clements said Dye turned up missing at about 9 pm and a countywide search was launched with three extra patrols. Dye is 5 feet 10 inches, 150 pounds with brown eyes and sandy hair and had been on probation for burglary prior to his latest indictment. Deputy Ed Taylor ordered intensified patrols during the search.
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Don Williams
Avalanche-Journal
Luabbook
Depunes
Department of Public Safety
Police Department
Finnnett Wayne Dye
Dye
Aue
Travis Clements
Sheriff's Department
Three Over Trusties
Clements
Pam
Ed Taylor
Wallace campaign uses petitions and events to raise funds
The Wallace campaign relies on official fundraising petitions circulated nationwide and numbered for tracking. Volunteers solicit money, followup crews report totals, and rallies feature hat passes. Diners and luncheons add thousands, with Montgomery contributions estimated at 350000 in one day.
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Wallace
Montgomery
Births Reported in Multiple Families at Local Hospitals
A series of birth notices from Methodist, West Texas, University and other hospitals list newborns, including a daughter born to Roy and Mrs. Countryman at Methodist Hospital weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces. Fathers listed include route salesman for Larbhink News Co and others working in mills, feed plants, paper, and education.
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Roy Countryman
Seth Ostooun
Methodist Hospital
Larbhink News Co
Calvin Warren
Standard Mills Co
Meoo
Eggena Arenivas
Barstow
Sustliment Hospital
Gary Wayne Armstrong
West Pegas Hospital
Furr Bets
Mroo
Mes
Jerry Bugrene Hines
Wot St
West Texas Hospital
C. Eo Prynr
Weslee Saffel
Boston
West ‘Texas Hospital
Libbock Paper Co
David Howe
Esas
Sith St
Furr Foods
Raymond Edward Trotter Jr
University Hospital
The
Lorenzo Public Schools
Johnny Reyes
Broadway
Southwest Wheel and Manufacturing Co
Warner Salisbury Jr
49Th St
Lubbock Osteopative Hospital
Lubbock Engineering and Development Corp
Trucker Killed in Crash Near Plainview
T P King 67 Halfway farmer died at Hi Plains Hospital after his empty grain truck collided with a partially loaded diesel vehicle on FM 1071 near an unpaved county road. Bill Short 40s of Hale Center was critically injured and hospitalized in Lubbock. King’s survivors include wife Ruby and three sons and a daughter.
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Here
Hi-Plains Hospital
Hale Center
T. P. King
Bill Short
Texaco
Dick LeMond
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Hi- Plains Hospital
Texas
George Webb
Farm To Market
King
Lemons Funeral Home
Ruby
Charles
Mayfield
Travis
Dallas
Jerry
North Africa
Billie Ruth
Fort Worth
County Attorney Post In Question After Death of West
Judge Edwin H. Boedeker may appoint an acting county attorney today to cover a docket of 70 criminal jury trials this week. Since the death of County Arts Fred E. West last Tuesday no permanent prosecutor is in place. Tom Purdom, awaiting return from El Paso where he aided in the Dolphus Jack Brown murder case, is favored to assume the office term to October.
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Edwin H. Boedeker
County Court At Law No. 1
County Arts
Fred E. West
Jack Layne
Phil Brummett
Brummett
el Paso
Purdom
Water Meeting Slated Tonight in Lamesa Auditorium
Elwood Freeman district director of Water Inc announces an 8 p.m. meeting at Lamesa High School auditorium to discuss water importation plans for the High Plains and nearby areas. Clif Chamberlain of Lubbock and Freeman will present the program.
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Lamesa
Elwood Freeman
Water, Inc
High Plains
Lamesa High School
Clif Chamberlain
Lubbock
Freeman
B52s Strike Reds With New Blow Around Quang Nha I City
Nine waves of B52 bombers dropped 900 tons of bombs on rocket launching positions around Quang Nha I City as Saigon reports a fresh Mekong Delta battle. U.S. forces say 25 Viet Cong were killed in the third major engagement near the capital.
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Saigon
Quang Neai City
U.S
Mekong Delta
Summer Highs Persist Across Texas Locked To Heatwave
A Canadian cold front nears the Panhandle while Texas and eastern New Mexico endure hot conditions. Lubbock reached 89, Presidito 97, Amarillo 94 amid mostly clear skies. a few thundershowers ocurred Monday night with light hail in Whiteface.
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New Mexico
Panhandle
West Texas Air Terminal
Lubbock
Presidito
Amarillo
Galveston
Rio Grande Valley
Big Bend
Plains
West Texas
Sirhan Trial Postponed to December 9 in Kennedy Case
Los Angeles prosecutors pushed the Sirhan Sirhan murder trial to December 9 and a jury will be locked up for the extended proceedings expected to last two to three months. Deputy District Attorney Lynn Compton presented police testimony from 67 eyewitnesses at the Ambassador Hotel and 15 at a shooting range. Defense attorney Russell Parsons sought the delay to avoid holiday hardship for the jurors during Thanksgiving through New Year.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Dep. Dist
Atty
Lynn Compton
Ambassador Hotel
Kennedy
Compton
Russell Parsons
Herbert V. Walker
Sen. Kennedy
Parsons
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