Smith Backs Deme Unity At Delegates Convention
Smith urges unity in the Deme ranks and seeks Dr Elmer C Baum of Austin as chairman of the state Democratic Executive Committee for two years. Baum, 55, has led Smiths Austin campaign in statewide races since 1962 and is on the state Board of Health. Dissident groups organize in Dallas for June convention.
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Smith
Elmer C. Baum
Austin
Democratic Executive Committee
Baum
Tvo
State Board of Health
Dallas
Chicago
Democratic Party
New Democratic Coalition of
Texas
Hubert Humphrey
Texas New Party
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
Preston Smith
Elmer C. Blum
Austin Osteopath
Platform Committee
Local families welcome many newborns across Lubbock area
A series of birth notices lists new arrivals at area hospitals. Among them are Roy and wife welcoming a son at Highland Hospital weighing 9 pounds 1 ounce. Danny Leatherwood and wife with a daughter at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. H W Trammel and wife with a son at Methodist Hospital. Antonio Luna and wife with a son at Lauf Clinic. Ervin Lee Jackson and wife with a daughter at Lauf Clinic. Others include Manuel Cruz of Sudan and Joe Lee Harrison of Lubbock with newborn sons and daughters, plus several more births at Lauf Clinic, West Texas Hospital, and Methodist Hospital. Fathers’ occupations range from heavy equipment operator to post office clerk and Coca Cola Bottling Co employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy A. Simpkins
Ave. H. Space 105
Highland Hospital
Danny Leatherwood
Waco Ave
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Coca- Cola Bottling Co
Ervin Lee Jackson
B. 1St St. On
Lauf Clinic
Lubbock Dodge, Inc
Joe Lee Harrison
Lubbock
Lauf
Plains Co-Op Mill
Roy Cravin
Lubbock Hide Co
Charles Laudermilk
27Th St
West Texas Hospital
Post Office
Johnathan Fivans
Cornell
Lubbock Manufacturing Co
Pat W. McNamara
13Th St
Methodist Hospital
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Willam Evan McGann
Clark Equipment
Hancock Division
Mortars hit Marines near Rock Pile battle site
North Vietnamese mortars battered a Marine unit just south of the DMZ, killing 20 Leathernecks and wounding 126. The five hour barrage near the Rock Pile west northwest of the camp left 27 enemy dead, with earlier reports noting 17 Marines wounded and evacuated. Allied forces also seized a 12-tube rocket launcher near Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Rock Pile
Government issues first guidelines to cut smoking harm
Washington reports the Public Health Service issued a pamphlet urging those who continue to smoke to cut down. It lists five steps such as choosing lower tar nicotine cigarettes, not smoking to the butt, taking fewer draws, reducing inhaling, and smoking fewer cigarettes daily. It also notes most efforts aim at quitting but acknowledges many cannot quit and offers timing strategies to delay a cigarette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
National Clearinghouse For Smoking and Health
Nixon era rhetoric and GOP push in Texas convention
Republican delegates and leaders stake out a bold Texas strategy for Nixon in 1968 with promises to carry the state, elect a Republican governor and increase congressional seats. Agnew to headline and Reagan support expected. calls for reorganization of the Texas Department of Agriculture and a seven-member agriculture board to coordinate policy.
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Nixon
Tower
Texas
Paul Eggers
Eggers
Ronald Reagan
Dallas
Reagan
Preston Smith
Peter O’donnell
Dick Nixon
Congress
State Senate
State House
Agnew
John C. White
Texas Department of Agriculture
Texas Republican
Schuhart
GOP
Department of Agriculture
Fortas nomination to replace Warren faces Senate vote
Fortas testifies relation to White House policy remains murky as the Senate committee seeks testimony on alleged White House influence. Subpoenas for Richard Goodwin and Daniel Yergin failed to locate them. Administration officials Barr and Pierson invoke executive privilege to avoid testifying. Thurmond predicts a 2-1 committee recommendation but doubts Senate vote will occur.
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Iree
Fortas
White House
John Ison
Richard Goodwin
Daniel Yergin
Administration
Treasury
Joseph W. Barr
W. DeVier Pierson
Johnson
Earl Warren
The
United States
Storm Thurmond
R-Sc
Senate
Jet stream steered showers into Lubbock area
Weather forecasters say a Pacific cold front and a horseshoe shaped jet stream at 23 000 feet moved showers from northeastern New Mexico into the South Plains. Winds within the jet reached 610 mph though surface winds in Lubbock stayed under 33 mph. Jet streams encircle the earth and were first named after a World War II observation, aiding long distance flights.
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Lubbock
Hub
Hub City
Midland
Lastern New Mexico
New Mexico
South Plains
Japan
University of Chicago
Webb Quits NASA Post After Surprising Retirement
NASA veteran James Webb resigns on his 62nd birthday just before a planned Oct 11 Saturn booster launch carrying three astronauts toward a yet undetermined Moon target. Webb cites personal pursuit of new interests but says Apollo may still reach the moon by end of next year.
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Webb
Houston
Robert R. Gilruth
NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
Jim Webb
Julian Scheer
Scheer
Vietnam
Two State Demo Officials Chosen At Austin Caucus
In Austin a Democratic caucus selected nominees and elected district and county party leaders. Mrs. Avery won the committeewoman post over Mrs. Barker, while Brock became district committeeman succeeding Claude Hearne. Delegates from Lubbock and surrounding counties attended amid talks of party unity and platform direction.
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Austin
Ike
Eisenhower
Avery
Roy Davis
Lubbock
Brock
Claude Hearne
Seagraves
Hearne
Probation Office Expands in Lubbock to Curb Youth Crime
Turner describes juvenile probation as broad under Texas law with supervision for ages 10 to 18. The program emphasizes group therapy, curfews, and restitution for theft offenses. A 15-year-old may now be certified to a grand jury at the court’s discretion, amid rising referrals and an upcoming extra officer.
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Turner
Texas
Child Welfare Unit
Juvenile Probation Office
Howard C. Davison
99Th District Court
Lubbock County
Police Department
Lubbock County Jail
Texas college expansion plan outlines senior college sites
The board delayed actions on Colleges and Texas Woman's University until after an Oct 11 hearing. It advised five new senior colleges for Houston Corpus Christi San Antonio and Midland Odessa at 160 million and a Dallas Fort Worth campus at 41 million. Texarkana and Tyler were noted for potential senior college status by 1973. A Laredo campus cost was not estimated. The board also approved multiple construction, land purchases, and administrative changes for 22 state colleges and universities, plus a $12 million bond sale for the state student loan program to be held Nov 6 in Austin.
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Texas Woman’s University
Tyler
Texarkana
Houston
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Midland-Odessa
Dallas-Fort Worth
Laredo
Austin
Celebration at Meg Gann Honors Local Daughters
The annual Celebration at Meg Gann, sponsored by the Comite Patriotico Mexicano led by Jose Villegas of New Deal, recognizes Irma Ponciano of Rt. 1 Abernathy as first runnerup, with runners-up Janie Rivera of 1711 Ute Ave and Sally Nombrano of 1713 East Mth St.
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Irma Ponciano
Jesse Ponciano
Rt. 1
Abernathy
Janie Rivera
G. C. Rivera
Ute Ave
Sally Nombrano
John Nombrano
E. Mth St
Comite Patriotico Mexicano
Jose Villegas
New Deal
Papadopoulos Pledges Release for Vote Referendum
Premier George Papadopoulos announced that the military regime will free all ex politicians under house arrest or on islands and in isolated villages by next Monday so they can vote in the September referendum. The plan aims to enable participation in the national plebiscite.
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Athens
George Papadopoulos
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Connally
Will Davis
Davis
H. W. Trammel
Maroul’s Men's
Antonio Luna
Rt. 4
Tubbock
Robert Reyes
Slaton
Fry Roofing
Adolph B. Montemayor
1St St
Farm Pac
Toby Taylor
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Tommie Kittlitz
71St St
du Pont
J.C
Paul W. Ralph
N. Elm
Reese Afb Hospital
Lawrence M. Josseph
Mitchell Drive
John P. Peterson
Jerry Stapleton
Ave. N
M&m Auto Repair
Wesley RK. Mitchell
Radio Lab
Marines
Bangkok
Thailand
Soviet Union
Greenville
N.C
Oxford
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
E. W. Poll
Sperry Gyrroscope Co
New York City
First Marine Air Warning Group
Dean Acheson
Jo Linda Smith
G. R. Smith
Ralls
West Texas Park
Calloway Huffaker
Tahoka
Commodore Perry
Conrad Schmid
Mickey Smith
Marion Key
Texas Public Safety Commission
Key
Commission
Cliff Cassidy Jr
J. C. Looney
Edinburg
Wilson E. Speir
DPS
Republican Party
Bernie Howell
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Thomas Paine
George Christian
Probation Ray of Hope
Mtstd
Meg Gann
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