Smith vetoes 12 items trimming 4.4 million from Texas budget
Gov. Preston Smith used his veto to cut 4.4 million from the 1970 71 budget before signing the 5.87 billion plan. He said a surplus of at least 4.4 million will start the next biennium. He questioned gubernatorial authority to veto riders and repealed an emergency 60 day budget, leaving a larger but approved bill.
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Preston Smith
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Robert S. Calvert
Calvert
John Coennaliy
Loop 289 Growth Maintaining Pace
Texas has spent over 11 million dollars on Loop 286 in the last decade. Experts say this is only about half the funding needed to finish the project by 1974. Completion hinges on funds available in the next four to five years, according to Oscar Craig, district engineer for the Texas Highway Department.
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Texas Highway Department
SWC preview and city growth loom large for Lubbock
The Southwest Conference season outlook rates Texas Tech and others after a tour by Burie Pettit Avalanche isports editor. Nearby, Lubbock braces for traffic relief and inner-city expressway aid as planners map commercial and industrial zones along major corridors.
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Seminole girl wins sweetheart tile at twirling festival
A Seminole area pageant yields a sweetheart title for a local girl ahead of the fair. Also noted are plans for ambassadors to help crippled children and a roundup of state and national news across sections A and See.
City Cotton Makes First County Bale in 1969
A Lubbock county ginner, Duane Knot, reports the first bale of the 1969 cotton crop weighing about 470 pounds was produced Saturday despite hail damage. The gin, Max Daniel manager, notes the season's first bale came in a pile after wet conditions. The bale yields 2700 pounds of lint and 950 pounds of seed, with lint valued at 80 cents per pound and seed at $100 per ton.
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Duane Knott
Max Daniel
Speer Says Hitler Would Not Use A-Bombs Earlier
Albert Speer, Nazi armaments minister, contends Hitler would not have delayed using atomic bombs to strike Britain or hasten the war, arguing Hitler failed to grasp nuclear physics and that a usable bomb would not have been ready before 1945. Speer cites Germany’s split area and US entry as factors in the hypothetical timeline.
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