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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1968
Page
10
Police hunt a pint sized bandit who robbed the Villa Inn Motor Hotel on Avenue Q taking about 377 dollars from the register after forcing night clerk Bob McGregor to lie on the floor. The thief, about 5 feet 5 inches and 145 pounds, carried a snub nosed pistol.
John S. Ball, research director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, told oil men in Bartlesville Oklahoma and southern Kansas that enhanced techniques are needed. He cited continuous steam injection and thermal chemical alteration of reservoir rock as studied options, noting no major breakthroughs but meaningful economic gains and conservation benefits. The bureau is also exploring explosive fracturing with Sunray DN Oil and the American Gas Association amid a downward trend in Oklahoma and Kansas oil production. Osage Chief Paul Pitts and a Pawhuska Osage Tribal Council delegation attended the meeting.
Gov Preston Smith Democratic nominee for Texas governor will attend a public reception and meeting at Villa Inn 3601 Ave Q with Mrs. David Causey and Judge and Mrs Howard Davison organizing. He arrives Friday from Stephenville and plans a week of campaigning before November 4 rally at West Texas Air Terminal. He seeks West Texas roots as first governor from the region.
Senator Ralph Yarborough announced that the Bureau of the Budget released 5 162 000 for 285 Texas impacted districts after Congress made it a priority. He said Texas has received 20 903 000 for fiscal 1968 and noted the districts face funding needs beyond tax capacity.
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