Former B and B prez named to head Texas Vending Commission
Raymond B Williams of Dallas, former head of B And B Vending Machine Co and current president of Commercial Music Co, was elected chair of the Texas Vending Commission at its first meeting. Gov. Preston Smith had earlier designated him as chairman. Gilbert G Seelmeyer of El Paso, current B And B manager, also serves on the commission. Gene Hendryx, Alpine radio station owner and former state legislator, was noted in the report.
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United Press
Austin
Raymond B. Williams
Dallas
Wednesday
Williams
Texas Vending Commission
Preston Smith
B&b Vending Machine Co
Commercial Music Co
B&b
House
Texas
Gilbert G. Seelmeyer
el Paso
Gene Hendryx
Alpine
Lee Dallas
Stock Trial Details Loan to Carr and Osorio
The Dallas stock fraud case centers on a $550000 personal loan guaranteed by National Bankers Life Insurance to Carr and Osorio. Witness Donald Atkins explains the South Atlantic Corp listing and notes the loan would violate the insurance code if kept as a guarantee. The note was later purchased by NBL, with Atkins outlining a complex web of loans and transfers.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Waggoner Carr
John Osorio
Texas
Donald S. Atkins
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
NBL
South Atlantic Corp
Carr
Osorio
Akins
SAC
Inote
Exchange Bank & Trust
Houston
Frank W. Sharp
FAIR share drive for United Fund set for 1971 goal
Lubbock area launches the drive for an 838 015 overall fundraising goal. The edition mentions SPAG dues cuts for counties in a Wednesday meeting and previews other sections including weddings a murder suspect admission a busing measure in Alabama and a regional confederation referendum in the Arab world.
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United Fund
SPAG
Nixon pushes federal pay freeze to curb inflation
President Nixon proposes freezing wages for 4.8 million federal workers for six to ten months to set an example and reduce expenditures by about 1.3 billion in six months. About 600,000 blue collar workers face six months’ freeze starting Aug. 15, while 1,362,000 white collar workers and 2,880,000 armed forces members would have pay boosts delayed until July 1972 pending Congress action. The White House forecasts congressional acceptance as the plan aims to curb inflation and align wages with private industry.
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United Press
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
White House
Congress
Ronald L. Ziegler
Prayer for Strength and Perseverance
A devotional prayer asking for race and strength to endure with courage gaiety and a quiet mind. It pleads for resilience and requests the preservation of friends while softening enemies. Amen.
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Heavenly
Marijuana Slaton Plant Reaches 17 Feet In Experiment
A 17 foot marijuana plant grown as an experiment by Noel Dixon a Texas Tech University policeman was delivered to Lubbock DPS. Sergeant Richard Hamilton asked to see how large it would grow and Dixon wanted his children to witness what marijuana looks like.
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Bill Morgan
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Department of Public Safety
Slaton
Noel Dixon
Texas Tech University
Hamilton
Richard Hamilton
Meany vows bargaining with White House on labor plan
AFL-CIO President George Meany says labor will bargain with the White House on post freeze plans. He declines to testify to Congress to avoid tipping labor’s hand. White House strategists favor a labor management public stabilizatio n board to curb post freeze wage and price hikes. France says no more Pacific nuclear tests this year but may resume next year after Pompidou approval.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
White House
Executive Branch
Meany
Congress
Labor Management - Public Stabilization Board
Paris
UPI
France
Pacific
Georges Pompidou
Leo Hamon
Pompidou
Hamon
Water chemistry and mood claim sparks El Paso debate
A University of Texas biochemist links high lithium levels in El Paso drinking water to a calmer outlook and fewer mental hospital admissions, while National Institute of Mental Health researchers caution that lithium effects in populations are unlikely and several confounding factors exist.
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Associated Frean
Miami Beach
Fila
University of Texas
FE Paso
Tex
Earl B. Dawson
Texas
Dawson
American Medical Association
el Paso
Dallas
Frederick Goodwin
National Institute of Mental Health
Goodwin
Bonn to Get U S 4 Phantom Jets
Washington announced the United States will sell West Germany 175 F4 Phantom jets to bolster Bonn defense. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird said deliveries start next year and he did not discuss Israeli requests for Phantom purchases.
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Washington
UPI
United States
West Germany
Bonn
Melvin J. Laird
Laird
United
Germany
Lubbock council mulls 26.2 million budget with wage freeze
Lubbock City Council weighs a 26.2 million budget including a first phase garbage container program. All pay raises are cut for the coming year with a wage freeze through Nov. 12. A public hearing is set for Sept. 16 as officials explore further cuts and financing options.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche Journal
Lubbock
Bill Blackwell
Blackwell
James Granberry
Denton Rigsby
Rigsby
Granberry
B52 Strikes Inside DMZ Amid New North Vietnamese Shelling
U S B52 bombers hit inside the southern half of the DMZ and just below it to counter fresh North Vietnamese shelling on forward bases. Fifteen bombers targeted trackers bunkers and storage sites while heavy barrages followed a surge of mortar and rocket attacks on South Vietnamese bases Alpha 4 Alpha 2 and nearby frontier posts.
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Epeast Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Poliaty
Dmz
Frontier
Alpha 4
Alpha 2
Saigon
U.S
North Viettnam
Ha See Bos
Teaver to Join Texas State Insurance Board
Gov. Preston Smith announced the appointment of Larry Teaver to the Texas State Board of Insurance. Teaver, long a Blanchard associate, will take effect September 1. He has resided in Lubbock for about twenty years before registering to vote in Travis County.
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Texas State Board of Insurance
Preston Smith
Teaver
Lubbock
Travis County
Bullock Named Secretary of State Details Stir Debate
The article notes friction between the Governor and Senator Blanchard over appointing a successor to Judge James Ellis as he left the 137th District Court for the Seventh Court of Civil Appeals in Amarillo in 1970. Children were to move to Austin after a shhowl semester.
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Austin
Blanchard
James Ellis
137Th District Court
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Amarillo
Weather snapshot for Lubbock and vicinity
Fair in Lubbock and nearby with little temperature change through Friday. Highs near 90 today and Friday, overnight lows around 66. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Today’s morning moisture shows moderate humidity. other readings include highs around 90s and夜 temperatures in the upper 60s to mid 70s across mapped locations.
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Lubbock
Maximus
Abilene
Maso
Albuquerque
Amurdty
Houston
Dallas
Okla
Denver
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