Council Eyes Flash Flood Relief After Storm
The city council met in a special session to discuss flash flood relief along Quaker Avenue and Maxey Parts after 72 hours of heavy rain. Mayor Rogers Jr and others noted about 400 homes were affected as public works director Wahl described drainage capacity issues and slow runoff due to a slight grade.
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Council
Kenneth May
Quaker Avenue
Maxey
Wits Rogers Jr
Rogers
Mer Hiff Blackwell
Sar Wahl
Pulfic Works
Maxeyake Hell
Aurire Councel
Hearing Slated Inquest Demand Renewed In Kopechne Case
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania a hearing was ordered on autopsy for Mary Jo Kopechne after Massachusetts District Attorney Edmund Dinis cited blood in her mouth and nose cited as possibly linked to drowning. Police dispute presence of blood while Edgartown officials stand by no blood found. The hearing, set for September 29, follows Dinis request for expedited postmortem. Miss Kopechne died July 45 when Kennedy car plunged into a pond near Chappaquiddick Island.
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Wilkes-Barre
Mary Jo Kopechne
Atty
Edmund Dinis
Massachusetts
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Miss Kopechne
Edgartown
Magss
Dominick J. Arena
Bigod
Arena
Common Pleas
Bernard
Dinis
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Larksville
Pennsylvania
Donald R. Mills
Dukes ‘County
Mass
Mills
Four Hundred Homes Flooded as Southwest Lubbock Inland Sea Grows
Residents spent Thursday cleaning up after up to six inches of rain flooded streets and as many as 400 homes and apartments received water damage. Cars also suffered damage, with authorities unsure of total losses. Maxey Lake swelled over Quaker Park, submerging streets from 22nd to 30th and evacuating Maxey Community Center as water crept toward Le Chateau and nearby complexes.
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Labhock
Masey Park Lake
Lubbock
Quaker
Maxey Lake
Nashville Avenues
Quaker Avenue
22Nd
24Th
Ath Street
31Th Street
Peoria Avenue
Maxey Community Center
le Chateau Apartments
Tide Park
Lakeside Nursing
Simpatico
Nashville Avenue
Lubbock Area Teachers Walkout Impacts LA Public Schools
One day teacher walkout in Los Angeles closes 279 of 650 public schools. Paratroopers greet news of returning home with cheers and dancing. Various sections note market reports editorials comics and a satirical dictionary entry on miniskirt.
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Los Angeles
Prayer for Strength and Vigilance Against Sin
A church reader asks for divine help to strengthen faith and alertness to sin. The plea asks to remain free and safe amid evil, invoking Jesus Christ and closing with Amen.
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Heavenly Father
Not Bitter Ex-Gangster Wins Pardon in Kansas
Sawyer Alvin Warpis, a 1930s gangster described as former public enemy No 1, received a full pardon from Gov. Robert Docking after serving time at Kansas State Penitentiary for a bank robbery in 1982. He planned to move to Ossiea Texas to live with kin and work as a house painter.
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Lansing
Kan
Sawyer
Hanester
Kansas State Penitentiary
Oressa
Tex
Kansas
Robert Docking
Fort Scott
Kaw
Alvin Warpis
Ingraner
Distance Concept Fire Station Sites
A revolutionary concept for locating future Lubbock fire stations to boost efficiency was outlined at a City Planning briefing. The plan aims to reduce overlap, strengthen high value hazard areas, and proposes converting six of ten stations while adding nine new ones for a total of twelve stations with 21 engines and two ladders.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Voluminois
Ferpainiing
American Insurance Association
Dan Uzzle
Border Drug Crackdown Expected to Slow Border Trade
Brownsville and Laredo merchants fear Operation Intercept will cause traffic jams at Rio Grande bridges as intensified vehicle checks spread north of the border. Officials expect delays and potential loss of Mexican-customer sales, with routine and thorough inspections planned.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
United States
Sharly Curb
Chreinett
Brewtsville
Laredo
Rio Grande
Bill Johl
Merchants Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Customs
Mike Murphy
Mexico City
el Grande
Texas
Interios
Mexico
San Anton
Fatah claims Palestinian raids on Israeli lines denied
An AL Fatah spokesman claimed hundreds attacked Israeli positions along a 30 mile front in the Golan Valley. Israel denied the report saying there were only four light incidents with one soldier slightly wounded.
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Amman
Jordan
AL Fatah
Dors ‘Dan
Fatah
Guerrilas
Israel Army
Srubavel Shalev
Tel Aviv
Shalev
Elevated Trains Collision Injures 81 in Chicago
Two elevated trains collided during the evening rush on Chicago's South Side. At least 81 people were treated at three hospitals as police and fire crews used ladders and helicopters to reach injured passengers.
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Chicago
Nixon Urges UN Action for Vietnam Peace
President Nixon appealed to United Nations members to back peace in Vietnam and urged the Soviet Union to help defuse the Middle East crisis and curb the arms race. He spoke to the General Assembly in New York, returning to Washington amid resumed talks and private diplomacy on Arab-Israeli tensions.
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United Nations
Nixon
U.N
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Middle East
F ‘Tion General Assembly
Washington
Andrei A. Gromyko
NING
House approves plan to abolish Electoral College
The House voted 329 to 70 to abolish the Electoral College and elect the president by direct popular vote. Supporters credit Rep Emanuel Cellier and House leaders for moving the reform, with George Wallace influencing debate as the plan aims to put a 40 percent threshold into play for victory.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Emanuel Cellier
D-N.y
Wallace
Alabama
George Wallace
Tany Cornties
House
Aciely
Tino
Benveer
Garbage disposal plan returns to council for bids
Lane City Council reopens talks on a solid waste plant using shredding and baling with burial at a disposal site. Concentric Engineering of Dallas shows interest. project cost estimated at about 1.3 million dollars financed by a prior bond issue. Processing cost projected at around 33 dollars per ton for 150000 tons annually.
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Lane ‘Hock
T Hut
Sam Wahi
Dire “Oe Public Works
Dld
Concentric | Engineering Co
Dallas
Soayacant O
Rogers Jr
ISGT
Weather Outlook for Lutbock and Vicinity
The forecast calls for steady warmth through tonight with daytime highs near 80 and overnight lows around 60. Winds stay light as the pact of heat persists, with no significant precipitation expected.
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Lutbock
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Comic Dictionary
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