Early decision promised on 50th Street sign regulations
City Council debated relaxing 50th Street sign rules after a public hearing and zoning approvals. Council members weighed easing to avoid inequities while preserving area character. Planning and Zoning proposed free standing signs up to 21 feet in the C 2A district, affecting more than just 50th Street.
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Avalanche-Journal
James Granberry
Denton Rigsby
W. D. Rogers Jr
Morris Turner
Lonnie Hollingsworth
Planning and Zoning Commission
Bob Burr
50Th Street
P& I Commission
Richard Dickey
South Street
Apollo 7 crew back at Cape Kennedy after space trip
Apollo 7 astronauts Schirra Eisele and Cunningham returned to Cape Kennedy aboard Navy transport, thanked launch crew for the sendoff, and prepared debriefings that could influence Apollo 8 decisions. President Johnson promoted Eisele to lieutenant colonel. crowds and Space officials welcomed them back at the pad.
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Associated Press
Cape Kennedy
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Essex
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Conn FL Eisele
Walter Cunningham
Eisele
Johnson
Leutenant
Air Force
Wally
Donn
Walter
Kisele
Sehirra
Cunningham
Willy
Donn and
Schirra
America
Kennedy Space Center
Grandson of Barkley hijacks plane to Cuba
William Barkley Truitt, 35, son of the late Vice President Alben Barkley, boarded a small plane at Key West to fly to the Dry Tortugas, leaving his wife and three children at a trailer park. FBI agents intervened as the incident unfolded with stunned family members.
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United Press International
Key West
Fla
Alben Barkley
Cuba
William Barkley Truitt
Tortugas Islands
FBI
Mrs. Truitt
Washington
Max O'Rell Truitt
Tiny Burglar Steals Shells and Pellet Guns in Lubbock
A small thief entered a Lubbock store and escaped with shells and pellet guns. The incident appears on page 6 of the paper. A city growth forecast projects 13,600 residents by 1970 and 18,530 by 1980. Also noted are local library system changes and national education benefits for veterans.
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Lubbock
Today’s Prayer For asuch as there is none like Thee
A short religious reader opens with praise to God the Almighty. The text extols God’s greatness and fear of the King of Nations, presenting a devotional excerpt for contemplation.
Space Ferry Fails To Ignite In Edwards AFB Test
A prototype aerospace ferry named HJO lost engine ignition during its first powered flight at Edwards AFB California. Pilot Maj Jerauld Gentry landed the wedge shaped craft safely on a dry lake bed after an eight mile glide. Engineers report one rocket barrel burned briefly while others failed to start. Higher tests planned to reach 80 000 feet to simulate space station returns.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
Aerospace Ferries
Air Force
Jerauld Gentry
Anyious
Tam
U.S. Space Agency
Sumiime Space Ferries
Space Agency
Texas Tech Homecoming Honors Four Distinguished Alumni
Texas Tech kicks off homecoming with a coffee honoring four Distinguished Alumni and previews a two day schedule. Recipients include Wareoner Carr Don Thornton Porter Parris and Donald Chapman. The rally continues Friday and Saturday with campus events led by Alpha Phi Omega and the Ex-Students Association. A main event features Ole Red vs SMU Mustangs at Jones Stadium with a sellout crowd and remaining general admission spots.
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Mike Read
Avalanche-journal
Texas Tech
Wareoner Carr
Austin
Texas Attornes
Don Thornton
Enelewood
Best Adm
Donald 12 Chapman
Devender
USS
Navy
Alpha Phi Omega
Service Fraternity
ex-Students Association
Ole Red
SMU Mustangs
Jones Stadium
See Tech
Model of Eclipse windmill to stand in Lubbock courthouse
A scale model of the Eclipse windmill with an official Texas Historic Marker will be placed in the new east wing hallway of the Lubbock County Courthouse. Commissioned by the County Commission and the Lubbock County Historical Survey Committee, the windmill replica will have a rail enclosure and a sandstone base and memorialize the old watering trough on courthouse grounds.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche
Journal
South Plains
Texas
Lubbock
Eclipse
Lubbock County
Rex] Shaw
Alton Brazell
Arch Laanth
Max Arrants
Les Derrick
Sowell
Texas Tech
Hobbs
Lea County
Lowell
Bul Crinsess
Historical Committee
Commissioners Court
Bill Sowell
39Th St
Months Toll Lightning Wills Five In Texas
Turbulent weather during September accounted for five deaths and 856000 in property damage across the state, the Weather Bureau reported Wednesday. Lightning killed five and injured three while tornadoes touched down on five separate days without casualties, damaging property valued at 228000. High wind with thunderstorms added about 88000 in losses, the bureau said.
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Austin
Weather Bureau
Hanoi balks at guaranty for peace talks in Vietnam
U S officials report Hanoi still refuses Johnson's assurance against a suspension being used to widen South Vietnamese fighting. Russia not taking an active role, while allied forces report 275 Communists killed in one sided clashes as talks seem distant. Page 1 continues.
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Avah Inche Journal News
Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Johnson
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Alles
Othe Dmz
Washington
State Department
London
United States
Russia
South Vietnam
Robert W. McCloskey Sai
Dobryin McCloskey
Sevon
Anatoly F. Dobryvnin
Ao Bumbunt
Western South Plains hit by rapid cold front and frost
Frost warnings posted for western South Plains as a fast moving cold front moves through behind gusty winds. Forecasters expect light frost west of a line Terry Castro counties and near freezing in other South Plains areas. Temperatures dip to mid forties in Plains with Lubbock near to the middle thirties.
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South Plains
Terry
Castro Counties
Floodada
Tuhoka
Seminole
Plains
U.S. Weather Bureau
West Texas Air Terminal
Lubbock
Middle Ste
Flowerpot's Pot Disturbs Scottsdale Center
Opal Jacobs, a psychiatric worker at the Scottsdale Psychiatric Center, cared for an unidentified plant in a flower pot. A patient suggested the pot resembled marijuana and a state narcotics agent confirmed the plant's identity, leading to its removal.
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Scottsdale, Ariz
Scottsdale Psychiatric Center
Opal Jacobs
Miss Jacob
Weather summary for Lubbock area and surrounding cities
Partly cloudy and colder with highs near 60s and lows around 32. Frost possible tonight with light to moderate winds up to 20 mph. Extended observations show varying temperatures across cities including Abilene Albuquerque Dallas and Houston with midweek highs in the 70s and 80s in some areas and morning lows ranging from the upper 30s to mid 40s.
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Lubbock
Masonry
Weather City
Lo City
Abilene
Denver i
Albuquerque
el Paso
Amuntuia
Houston
Chavis
Oklaug
Dallas
Falls
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Panhandle
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