Diez y Seis Floats Highlight Lamesa Parade Celebrations
The Lamesa Diez y Seis festivities featured floats with Mexican flair around the square, royalty rides, and a county life theme. A young 4-H competitor won multiple blue ribbons in stock and sheep divisions while other champions included Angus, Hereford, crossbred cattle, and several swine winners.
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Mexico
United States
Lamesa Chamber of Commerce
Lamesa
Farmers of America
Shelly Montgomery
Cindy Gibson
Virgil Bartlett
Connie Bartlett
Billy Braswell
Bob L
Bob Montgomery
Leslie Crestan
David Meador
Angus
Marla O'Brien
Hereford
Melissa Hardberger
Jimmy Low
Randy Richard
Brent Wade
David Brook
Parmenter Parish
J. W. White
David Brewer
Randy Airhart
Arvis Woodul
Low-Cost Housing Plan Faces Community Opposition in San Antonio
Opposition grows to a Turnkey project to relocate 410 low income families in San Antonio. The San Antonio Housing Authority would fund 10 percent of rent receipts for school districts, a figure critics say underfunds required taxes. About 500 northwest residents and others in Northeast oppose the plan, including possible legal action.
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San Antonio Housing Authority
Northwest Area
Youth Leadership Program Discussed by Lubbock Churches
At Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Lubbock on Tuesday night the Lubbock Association of Churches and the Lubbock Toastmasters Club discussed a youth leadership program. Clifford Bourland and Redge Westbrook described how the speaking program aids criticism, confidence, and parliamentary skills, with rotating leadership and youth plans.
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church
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Association of Churches
Lubbock
Plaque Honors World War Soldier After Death
In Hollister California a memorial plaque in the town square honors San Benito County's World War I hero Valley Silvas who died Monday of emphysema. A War Department report previously misattributed his death to combat in France after an Army company suffered a poison gas attack in 1918. he later received the Purple Heart posthumously.
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Hollister
Calif
San Benito County
Use Square
Valley Silvas
Silvas
France
War Department
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Car makers answer critics ad campaigns to inform
General Motors and Ford told the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday that their advertising campaigns are aimed at informing the public rather than persuading buyers. The auto giants defended their messages amid criticism from consumer groups over alleged misleading claims.
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Washington
General Motors
Ford
Federal Trade Commission
California
FTC
Callifornia
Charles A. O'Brien
Detroit
Nuclear test rocks Nevada mesa near Las Vegas
A powerful underground thermonuclear warhead test on Pahute Mesa Nev. sent a dome and rock displacement above ground while Las Vegas hotels swayed. Officials said no radiation escaped and described the test as a national defense shot for future military systems.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Pahute Mesa
Nev
Las Vegas
Yankee Stadium
U.S
America
Air Force
Edward B. Giller
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Jorum
Ground Zero
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
ABC
Nevada
Hancock Named Outstanding Farmer of 1969 at Slaton Event
Slaton honored Wes Hancock a Slaton area farmer church and civic leader as Outstanding Farmer of 1969 at the 12th annual Farmer Merchant Barbecue. Virgil Smith and Jack Burkett shared cash awards for first and second bale production with weighed bales and ginning dates noted. Entertainment came from Johnny Flanagan and the Road Runners. event officials and speakers praised local ginners and farmers.
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Virgil Smith
Southland
Slaton
Farmer-Merchant
Jack Burkett
Hackberry
Tanner Laine
Avalanched Journal
Wesley Hancock
Slaton Area
Hancock
Smith
Burkett
Laihock
Crosby
Gaines
Johnny Flanagan
Jake Wendel
Glen Akin
Milt Ardrey
Clarence
Kitten
Robert Hall Davis
Chamber of Commerce
Clark Self Jr
Leroy Zieschang
The
Apollo 12 Astronauts Simulate Moon Walks in Training
Astronauts Pete Conrad and Al Bean practiced moonlike tasks in one sixth gravity aboard a KC 135 off Cape Kennedy. They logged 159 parabolic maneuvers over a three hour 20 minute flight, with Bean setting a record of 101 maneuvers and 55 minutes in lunar gravity.
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Dayton, Ohio
Pete Conrad
al Bean
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Conrad
Bean
Balloon Flight Postponed At White Sands Range
A giant Army balloon experiment for atmospheric study at White Sands Missile Range was delayed due to overcast skies. Officials expect the next launch attempt to be set before noon, aiming for a 24 hour flight at about 160000 feet toward the Arizona California border.
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White Sands Missile Range
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Army Atmospheric Science Laboratory
Arizona-California
Tourism hits record influx in San Sebastian goal
Spain aims for more than 21 million tourists this year according to information and tourism minister Manuel Fraga Iribarne. Early figures show tourism up 13 percent over 1968 levels as the sector rebounds.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Manuel Fraga Iribarne
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