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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1969
Page
2
Jon Pat Anders of Parmer County won a new trial after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals found insufficient circumstantial evidence to convict him of the January 41 1967 burglary of a Clay's Corner warehouse. The court allowed the prior admission of his burglary statement but ruled it was not an admission of guilt.
A county court trial found Billy Ross Thomas age 92 guilty of transporting alcoholic beverages after a Sept 27 1968 arrest for hauling 24 quarts of beer near Lubbock Texas. He received a 200 dollar fine plus costs.
Mrs Jeanette Bagwell assistant vice president of Citizens National Bank of Lubbock was elected recording secretary of the National Association of Bank Women in San Francisco California during the annual meeting. She has served in commercial loan and trust roles and is loan officer and secretary to bank president Willard Paine. NABW unites women in banking nationwide. About 85 percent of Burmese people are Buddhists.
Police investigate a series of daytime break ins in Lubbock. Victims include Kathleen Tucker who reported a movie projector stolen, Hulan Easter where three watches and a .32 caliber revolver vanished, and Mrs Joel Howden missing a $70 TV. Other losses include golf clubs, an antique watch with initials HLT, and eight dice.
A Texas Tech graduate student was charged Tuesday with receiving and concealing stolen property. The information was filed in the district attorney's office here, naming Thomas Gib Flournoy as the defendant in the complaint.
Chief executives of Santa Fe Industries and Dresser Industries said they signed a Memorandum of intent to consolidate assets. Santa Fe would exchange its securities for all common stock of Dresser. Terms and appraisal by independent consultants are being arranged. The firms operate in transportation and diversified fields.
On the University of Washington campus a protest against hiring blacks halted a $14 million multipurpose project. Police arrested seven, including Tyree Scott, after trucks and a bulldozer were pushed into a 30 foot pit and workers were roughed up. The contractor refused to halt work and the project was shut down indefinitely.
Texarkana Ark federal case delays trial of Howard C Reynolds charged with mail fraud in a chain letter scheme. Letters mailed to Vietnam casualties' families promised 1024 dollars in 30 days, with phony names and post office boxes used to trap funds. Reynolds, once at Lone Star Ordnance Plant, faces alleged nationwide mailings before arrest.
An ad promotes a denture adhesive product claiming to stop loosening wobbling or dropping teeth. It urges readers to secure a firmer bite with a paste marketed as giving better retention, available at drug counters.
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