Legal Revisions Overhaul Jury Trials and Sentencing
The new code narrows death penalties and streamlines appeals while expanding defendant rights. It requires counsel for jury waivers, ends suspended sentences, and limits probation revocation to term violations. Parole eligibility shifts for penitentiary sentences, with bail rules tied to sentence length. Trial venue changes possible, appeals streamline, and indigent defendants gain counsel rights.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Teachers Use Daily Paper As Textbook In Lubbock Class
In Lubbock a local classroom uses a daily newspaper to study news at local state national and international levels. Students discuss editorials write individual pieces and became commentators on recent events.
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America
Britain
Churchill
Betsy
Viet Nam
Texas Senate
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Nebraska
Red Raiders
Bobby Layne
Cardinals
Cathy Bradshaw
Bridget Burkholder
Rhonda Briscoe
Bill DeLavan
Mike Gray
Kathy Holmes
John Pitstick
Gordon Huffaker
Nan Hutson
Steve Clary
John Griffis
Sally Harlan
Katie Beth Bullock
Suzanne Gott
Controversy Over Dominican Republic Troop Decision Sparks Debate
Senators clashed over President Johnson's Dominican Republic intervention. Fulbright criticizes the move as flawed while Dirksen and Smathers defend the action citing Cuban risk and casualties. Dodd cites Latin American opinion and fear of a Cuba scenario. The report notes a crash near Saigon with one American dead and no survivors.
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Dirksen
Smathers
Fulbright
White House
Johnson
Trops
Santo Domingo
Cuba
Noberly
Dodd
United States
Doemuinican Republic
Arkansas
Morse
Juan Bosch
Alliance For Progress
Quang Ngai
Saigon
Operators Club Prepares Kits For Dystrophy Drive
The Lubbock PBX Operators Club packed kits for the Muscular Dystrophy drive. About 2,000 marchers are expected in Lubbock with events also in Wolfforth Idalou and Shallowater. The South Plains Chapter aims for a $25,000 goal.
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Lubbock
Isla Martin
Campaign canvass set to start in city Tuesday evening
Campaign chairman Mrs. Opel Masten announces a city canvass beginning at 6 50 p m Tuesday. Workers may pick up kits at the fire station in their area, publicity chair Mrs. Samuel Kindrick says. Contributions can be mailed to Jack Krahn at Plains National Bank 5010 College Ave.
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Cording
Opel Masten
Samuel Kindrick
Jack Krahn
Plains National Bank
College Ave
Protection Extended For Jackie and Children
President Johnson signed a bill extending two more years of Secret Service protection for Jacqueline Kennedy and her two children. The measure also grants lifetime protection for former Presidents Truman and Eisenhower unless they decline. The protection had been set to expire December 11.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Jacqueline Kennedy l
Secret Service
Harry S
Toronto plans world class planetarium named for GM Canada head
The University of Toronto announced construction of a large planetarium rivaling the Hayden in New York. It will be among the world’s largest and state of the art, named for donor Col. R. S. McLaughlin, chairman of General Motors of Canada.
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Toronto
University of Toronto
Hayden
New York
Col. R. S. McLaughlin
General Motors of Canada
Five Plead Innocent In County Court Proceedings
Five of seven defendants appeared in County Court at Law No. 2 before Judge Pat Moore and pleaded innocent to misdemeanor charges. Charley Maxwell faced fines for concealing mortgaged property and a check law violation, while Johnny R. Fulton pleaded guilty to a check law violation. Bonds were set for James M. Tierney, Richard J. Fields, Charley Oldham, Mrs. E. E. Cloud, and Marino Rocha. Oldham faced a felony check charge with a $1,500 bond and was remanded to custody.
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Pat Moore
Charley Maxwell
Stanford St
Johnny R. Fulton
47Th St
James M. Tierney
Ave. K
Richard J. Fields
Charley Oldham
Abernathy
E. E. Cloud
Marino Rocha
Slaton
Oldham
Justice of the Peace F. R
Leiu
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RCA Whirlpool
Repai Mullins TV Lab
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Planetarium
Lubbock Christian College
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