Bright Found Guilty of Aggravated Rape 99 Year Sentence
An eight woman and four man jury found James Warren Bright guilty of aggravated rape and sentenced him to the maximum 99 years in prison after threatening the 48-year-old college teacher. Bright planned an appeal and requested a new attorney while alleging collusion by police and prosecutors.
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Pat Patrick
Avalanche-Journal
James Warren Bright
Bright
Mike Millsap
George Mahon
David
Lubbock
Robert Wright
James Bright
Millsap
Wright
Weather forecast for Lubbock area
Partly cloudy through Friday with a slight chance of late afternoon and early night thunderstorms. Little temperature change expected. Tonight low near 60, highs today and Friday mid 80s. Winds southwest at 10 to 15 mph.
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Lubbock
Prayer for Forgiveness of Frustration Takers
A reader offers a prayer asking God to forgive those who vent frustrations on others and seeks salvation from petty behavior and its impact on people around them.
Chunky the car finds a memorial in Middletown
Edith Crow's 1963 Chevrolet Nova convertible, nicknamed Chunky, died after 230000 miles and is now compacted into an 1800 pound memorial by a York junk dealer. The Crow family hosted a welcome home party for the car, planned to mount the memorial on a pedestal, and recall Chunky as a one person car with a personality.
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Edith Crow
Middletown
Philadelphia
Chunky
Mrs. Crow
York, Pa
Ford Opens Campaign With Michigan Speech
President Ford launched his fall campaign with a Michigan stop at the University of Michigan Crisler Arena drawing about 14 000 in a 30 minute speech. He outlined goals of jobs for all and homes for every family while promising specifics over promises amid boos and a firecracker incident.
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Associated Press
Ford
Michigan
America
University of Michigan
Crisler Arena
Secret Service
Africa
University
Robben Flemming
Carter
Jimmy Carter
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Dearborn
Ann Arbor
Mondale
White House
Oval Office
Philadelphia
Washington
Reese AFB Among Closing Alternates
A DES released by the U S Air Force identifies Reese AFB at Lubbock as one of four alternates to the Webb AFB and Craig AFB closings, noting potential environmental gains but significant socio economic impacts from population reductions. Reese is not threatened with closure per U S Rep George Mahon, who discusses Webb's situation with officials in Washington.
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U.S. Air Force
Webb Air Force Base
Big Spring
Craig Afb
Ala
Reese Afb
Lubbock
Reese
Washington
Webb
Mahon
Air Force
National Defense
DES
Air Training Command
Columbus
Mississippi
Laughlin
Texas
Vance
Oklahoma
Craig
ATC
Randolph
San Antonio
Williams
Arizona
Mideast Seen As Key To Energy Supply
Interior official Kent Frizzell told a Lubbock luncheon that U S fuel supplies depend on Middle East stability and OPEC flows. He outlined planned lease sales in Alaska Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic waters, coal production goals by 1985, and reclamation rules to protect the environment amid energy development.
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Mideast
Ray Westbrook
Avalanche-Journal
Department of Interior
United States
Kent Frizzell
Middle East
Frizzell
Lubbock
California
Gulf of Alaska
Middle Atlantic
Interior Department
Cook Inlet
Alaska
Northeast Atlantic
South Atlantic
U.S
Gulf of Mexico
Kansas
Congress
Springlake-Earth High Expels 16 Over Hair Code
About 16 students at Springlake-Earth High were expelled for three days after refusing hair cuts to meet the school collar-length rule. Six were football players, five starters, and coach Roland Murray declined further comment. Parents oppose the policy, citing Title IX and civil rights concerns.
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Springlake
Springlake-Earth High School
Roland Murray
Dimmitt
Bob May
Ardis Barton
May
Avalanche-Journal
Barton
School Board
Dallas
A-J
Bovina Boys Die in Icebox Accident
David Morales 4 and Jessie Sevallos Jr. 3 were found dead after apparently locking themselves in an abandoned refrigerator in Parmer County. Sheriff says no further investigation planned. ruling is accidental suffocation. Services pending. family from Bovina and Anson.
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Bovina
David Morales
Jessie Sevallos Jr
Parmer County Community Hospital
Parmer County
Charles Loveless
Morales
Sevallos
Parsons-Ellis
Friona
Anson
Jessie Sevallos Sr
Maximo Silvas
Mathis
Verlinda Vega
Nancy Morales
Micheael Sevallos
Ruben Morales
Friona Justice
of the Peace
Frances Euler
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Bob
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Bovina Boys
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