West Shire Village incorporation denied by Lubbock council
Lubbock City Council denied Carlisle West Shire Village incorporation after 11 hours. Budget for 1966 67 approved at 17 395 335 with tax rate 1.18 per 100 valuation. Traffic protest clashed with state plans for a concrete median on West 19th Street between Orlando and Chicago Avenues.
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Dick McAlpin
Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock
Westshire Village
Carlisle
Bill Russell
Russell
Lubbock
Bill Gillespie
Levelland Road
West 14Th Street
Jack Eastman
James H. Granberry
West 19Th Street
Orlando
Chicago
State Highway Department
Raleigh
City Council Debates Speed Zone Changes and Left Turn Proposals
In a heated session Mayor W D Rogers Jr. questioned area residents on retaining the double stripe speed zones with left turn provisions. George McCleskey representing Westgate Center and United Supermarkets urged omitting the median or leaving a left turn shadow lane to the Quaker and 19th Street parking lot. The council had deferred the issue from the prior meeting as business leaders weighed options.
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W. D
Dub) Rogers Jr
George McCleskey
Westgate Center
United Supermarkets
Quaker and
19Th Street
Businessmen and Bee City Council
Airport Dispute Sparks Lubbock City Council Session
A three hour public work session over Lubbock Municipal Airport featured business tenants voicing grievances on operations. The meeting focused on updating the 1939 airport ordinance as the council approved the 1966 67 budget and kept the tax rate at 1.18 per 100 valuation.
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Lubbock Municipal Airport
Airport Board
Hu Cumnica
Lubbock trustees approve model library and learning center
Lubbock School trustees back plans for a model library and learning center as part of district modernization. The item appears among other Section D and Nation world updates in the day's paper.
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Lubbock School
Texas Officials To Attend Tech vs Longhorns Game
Texas state leaders including Gov. John Connally Gov. Preston Smith Atty Gen Wat goner Carr and House Speaker Ben Barnes plan to attend the Texas Tech University versus University of Texas football game in Lubbock along with about 40 legislators. They will meet Tech’s new president Dr Grover E Murray at a reception at the Lubbock Country Club with other officials and Tech Board members.
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Texas Tech
University of Texas
John Connally
Preston Smith
Watgoner Carr
House
Ben Barnes
Tech Board of Directors
Tech
Grover E. Murray
Lubbock Country Club
Jim Langdon
Sec. of State
John Hill
Crawford Martin
W. W. Heath
Board of
Regents
Frank C. Erwin, Jr
Phil Hamburger
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
New Teacher Study Reveals Lubbock Educators
A survey of Lubbock schools by the personnel department outlines fall teaching staff, noting 310 new teachers among 1,584 total. The study profiles individual teachers, highlighting human traits and a few male and female examples.
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Lubbock
Thachers
Texas Tech Enrollment Surges Past Eighteen Thousand
Texas Tech closes registration with 18 150 undergraduates for the fall term and anticipates finishing near 19 000 after graduate student registration. ten year growth shows enrollment more than doubles from 9 566 in 1947 to 18 150 now. freshmen orientation at Municipal Auditorium welcomed newcomers as President Murray urged self discovery.
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Texas Tech
Floyd D. Boze
Newcomeers
Grover E. Murray
Tech
Municipal Auditorium
Dr. Murray
Snow Leopard Ivan Escapes Oklahoma City Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo in Oklahoma City hunts 100 pound snow leopard Ivan after a door was opened from his enclosure. Helicopters and trackers sweep a densely populated area on the northeast side as officials warn the animal is dangerous if cornered and may still be nearby.
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Ellahoma City
Ivan the Terrible
Oklahoma City
Lincoln Park Zoo
Ivan
Phil Qozilvie
Butt
Ogilvie
Prayer tribute to leaders and divine guidance in faith
A devotional note thanking God for those who lead guide admonish and warn for spiritual growth. It quotes a Lubbock reader on the truth that divine guidance comes to those who are willing to obey.
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Lubbock
Moore Resigns as County GOP Chairman. Condrey Named
Syd Moore resigns as Lubbock County Republican chairman to become state GOP committeeman. The party selects Terry Condrey, regional GOP treasurer, as Moore’s successor by a secret ballot margin above two to one. Jimmy Holmes, who challenged Moore for the committeeman post, was also nominated.
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Lubbock
Syd Moore
Moore
GOP
Terry Condrey
Jimmy Holmes
Condrey
Atth St
SW Investment
David Hesster
Holmes
Seven Soldiers Killed 14 Wounded in Minefield Accident Near Saigon
Seven American troops were killed and 14 wounded Thursday when a minefield protecting a U S Army base 35 miles north of Saigon was triggered by a soldier. Rescue efforts caused additional mines to explode, killing six more and wounding others. In air action, U S pilots hit Communist targets in North Vietnam, with MIG activity reported as high on Wednesday. In South Vietnam fighting continued near the DMZ as Marines advanced. Defoliation planes operated south of the DMZ, while U S casualties for the week rose to 5,160 killed and 583 wounded. A U S Navy minesweeper was shelled near Long Tao River causing heavy casualties.
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United Press International
AIGON
Saigon
U.S
U.S. Army
1St. Infantry Division
Phuc Vinh
Navy
South
Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Key Long Tao River
U S Puts Peace Plan to Hanoi at United Nations
The United States proposed a phased supervised military withdrawal from South Vietnam as a prelude to ending the war and a halt to bombing of the north. Ambassador Goldberg urged North Vietnam to agree to de escalation and a timetable for withdrawal of all external forces. The plan aimed to secure peace in Southeast Asia with flexible proposals and no inflexible stance.
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United States
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
General Assembly
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
North Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
North
Iorth
Southeast Asia
Goldberg
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
United Nations
GM price list signals relief for buyers in 1967 line
General Motors released show room price increases averaging 56 dollars above 1966, while Ford's rise averaged 115 dollars and Chrysler about 92. Rumors that Ford would cut prices to match GM were denied by both automakers as they prepared to display 1967 models later this month.
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Associated Press
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
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