San Antonio Recalls Boyhood School With Apollo Astronaut
San Antonio honors Scott as he revisits his boyhood school and local landmarks. AP reports the astronaut toured the Alamo shrine, Brooks AFB museum, and the San Antonio Academy, meeting dozens of students and sharing memories from his moon missions. He recalled lunar observations, joked with locals, and donated a framed flag from Apollo 15 to the Edward H. White Memorial Museum.
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Odettea Too Tops Neil Diamond In City Date
Neil Diamond headlines a concert at the Lubbock Coliseum drawing over 5,000 fans with a six-ovation, 10-minute set. Odetta also appears, delivering a powerful, understated turn that rivals the headliner and highlights Diamond's prolific songwriting and performance strength.
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Confused lines point to a disorderly fire and assault note
Fragmentary OCR shows a fire setting case and a stabbing incident with multiple garbled names and locations. It mentions a father named Hyselins Sabhivar and a victim at a hospital, with scattered references to Staton, Lubbock and weather. Details are unreadable and incomplete.
New Planetarium Show Explores Space Dreamers
Moody Planetarium at Texas Tech presents a Saturday Sunday September program titled Main and Space. Lectures outline mankind’s space era from ancient sea life to today’s spaceflight with figures Jo da Vinci and Jules Verne cited. The plan includes a future space station and a NASA shuttle contract expected in October. Admission is 50 cents for adults, 25 cents for children, free for West Texas Museum Association members. Moody Planetarium is at the Museum of Texas Tech University.
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Jobless rate climbs to 6.1 percent in August
Washington AP reports the unemployment rate rose to 6.1 percent in August, with 5.1 million jobless. Labor officials cite steel layoffs as a major factor while officials debate Nixon’s tax-cut proposals and policies. Meany and O'Brien condemn the administration’s prior and current plans as flawed, urging Congress to act on stimulus measures.
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Two elderly women injured in Broadway Avenue A crash
A two car crash at Broadway and Avenue A injured six people, including two elderly women, Dalah Austin 77 and Eva Boff 78, who were in satisfactory condition. Another incident left Apolinar Puentes 33 uninjured his passengers Kevin Petty 11 and Michael Petty 15 treated and released. Beaula Downing 82 and her 77-year-old husband suffered injuries in a separate crash at E 50th Street and Southeast Drive. Police reported monetary wage data unrelated to the injuries and listed residents involved.
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Purchase Agent Named In Hobbs
Hobbs city manager Joe Harvey announced James FE Parish 31 as city purchasing agent. Parish a 1957 Hobbs High School graduate holds a finance degree from Texas Tech and is the son of Dr and Mrs R B Parish of Holt Parish previously served Hobbs 1962 to 1964 and worked as a bank examiner and at Farm Credit Administration. He also taught at Houston Junior High School in Hobbs.
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Judge Airs Four Innocent Pleas In Lub bock
Bonds were set for four Lubbock men who pleaded innocent to charges Friday before Judge Hi Boedeker in County Court No 3. Defendants include Thomas Raymond Laveau 23 of 314 Ave U DW with a 500 dollar bond Jay C Brown 25 of 4508 45th St charged with check law violation 300 dollar bond Helen Parker 26 of 2127 Cornell St charged with check law violation 300 dollar bond and Emmit Dedrick 27 of 2510 Weber Drive charged with liquor law violation 400 dollar bond.
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Lubbock Jaycees Run Rest Stop for Labor Day
Lubbock Jaycees will staff a Labor Day rest stop at the former Stuckey Highway 84 from noon to 9 p.m. Four Jaycees, led by John Anderson, will offer free coffee and doughnuts in cooperation with a statewide Jaycee program.
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Airport threat empties Houston Intercontinental Airport
Authorities ordered Houston Intercontinental Airport evacuated after a caller claimed seven high intensity bombs would explode in half hour intervals. He demanded 600000 dollars placed in a ditch. Police and firemen searched all buildings but found no bombs. Planes were delayed during landings and departures.
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Antipoverty Grants Approved in Texas Cities
Gov. Preston Smith approved grants to antipoverty agencies in Lubbock area cities. Aspermont Small Business Development Center received 32800 for economic development. Big Spring ISD Head Start got 160541. El Paso Community Action Program was funded 761027 for a full year Head Start program.
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