Fair draws, champions crowned as crowds thrill at Lubbock expo
Jersey grand champion Janice Mc Nutt of Abilene wins female class crown while Imperial Sleeper seizes grand Jersey bull. Fiddling contest offers over $300 in cash as Angus Holstein and junior breeding beef showcase in arena. Visitors, many Lubbock students, enjoy aquatic displays, animal barns, and the Sam lung exhibit. Boone autograph chase ends after long day of fans.
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Janice McNutt
Abilene
Davis Brothers
B. J. Shepherd
Bridgeport
Lubbock School
Alys Braden
Fair Park Coliseum
Boone
Pat Boone
Jerry Fletcher
Police
James M. Prothro
Miss Braden
Lubbock Power and Light
South Plains Aquarium Society
Sam
West
Texas
TB Association
Clifford Sharp
Lubbock
Counterfeit Bills Traced Across Texas Across Panhandle
Amarillo authorities hint a counterfeiting ring spans Texas from Panhandle to West Texas with leads from an out of state area. Reports show bogus $10 notes found in San Angelo and Abilene alongside earlier $20s in Lubbock Slaton Amarillo and El Paso. Amarillo records the most bills, and El Paso notes a three day spree.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
West Texas
U. S
Secret Service
San Angelo
Abilene
Lubbock
Slaton
el Paso
University of Texas, el Paso
Violence Flares as Mexican Students Face Military Crackdown
At a vocational school in Mexico City troops advanced at dawn amid heavy sniping. Officials say 15 dead and about 35 wounded by gunfire, with students claiming a death toll of 22 as bodies were said to be moved away. Civilians faced hospital access restrictions and mobs burned vehicles in the clashes.
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Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Mexico
Serigustv
Matinee Admission Policy Cuts Rates for Youths
A venue announces that youths under a certain age will be admitted to matinees at half price. The policy targets customers years and under, offering reduced entry to daytime showings.
Burl Ives Chases Room Intruder in West Hollywood
Burl Ives reported waking to his dog’s warning and spotting a man outside his 6th floor apartment. He chased the intruder after seeing arms beneath the bedroom window drapes, and police noted the suspect escaped by lifting a scaffold to the roof. No theft occurred.
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West Hollywood
Calif
Burl Ives
Tyes
Ives
Record enrollment climbs at Tech reaches near nineteen thousand
Evelyn Clewell notes Tech's enrollment closed Saturday at 18,929, a new high above 18,646 last year. She expects final total to near 19,100 once remaining registrations finalize and students complete paperwork by the 12th day of classes in July 1969.
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Tech
Evelyn Clewell
First bale of cotton ginned in Petersburg area
The Petersburg Co-Op Gin Co. processed a 2000 pound bale owned by R. J Cole from 10 acres four miles south of town. Free ginning plus 50 cents per pound and $100 per ton for seed were paid, with the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce granting $100 for the milestone bale.
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Petersburg
Petersburg Co-Op Gin Co
R. J Cole
Cole
Petersburg Chamber of Commerce
Births Log From Local Hospitals Records Multiple Newborns
Mr and Mrs. Jimmy Lee McGaha celebrate a son born Tuesday at Laut Clane weighing some pounds at 7753 am. Kerr Construction Co. employed father. Mrs Anthony Bullard welcomes a son at 12:23 am Tuesday at West felas Hospital. Bqua-Vice A Manufacturing Co. father. Mr and Mrs John Gary Moers greet a daughter 6 pounds 5 ounces Monday at West Texas Hospital. Father is a salesman. Mr and Mrs John Belton Duncan announce a daughter at 8:27 am Tuesday at West Texas Hospital. Father a Texas Tech professor. Mrs Calley Ward has a son seven pounds at 1ucTS pom Monday at Methodist Hospital. Father a collar cusser. Mrs Lante Holt’s daughter born 9:02 acm Tuesday at Methodist Hospital. Father Texas Tech student. Mr and Mrs Joe Wicker report a daughter 4 pounds 0 ounces Tuesday at Methodist Hospital. Father a barber. Mr and Mrs Dayton William Marriele record a son 6 pounds 7 ounces Monday at Highland Hospital. Father works for Kelly Tile Supply Co. Mr and Mrs Norman Donaldson of Slaton announce a son weight 9 pounds Tuesday at Methodist Hospital. Father a stock broker.
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Jimmy Lee McGaha, O'Pennell
Laut Clane
Kerr Construction Co
Anthony B. Bullard
52Nd St
Westfelas Hospital
Bqua-Vice A Manufacturing Cd
John Gary Moers
West Texas Hospital
Salesman
John Belton Duncan
West Texas
Texas Tech
Calley
Pgl Ave
B. Apta
Mondasin Methodist Hospital
Lante Holt
A. Oon
Joe Wicker
42Nd St
Methodist Hospital
Dayton Wiliam Marriele
Highland Hospital
Kelly Tile Supply Co
Meoo
Norman Donaldson
Slaton Oon
Senate grapples with Fortas nomination and vacancy talk
The Senate approved the Fortas nomination 11 to 6 amid debate on whether a vacancy exists as long as Chief Justice Warren remains on the bench. Debate stalled by amendments to a minor tax bill while calls for a no vacancy resolution surface from Dirksen and Eyvin. House recesses and Senate quorums shape a day of political maneuvering ahead of broader appropriations and policy votes.
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Lary Committee
Senate
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Dirksen
Warren
White House
George Christian
Fortas
Christian
House
Aney
North Texas urban university plan proposed by UT
UT proposes a North Texas urban university subsystem including Arlington Southwestern Medical School and a new senior campus to open by 1973. Charles Scruggs said the staff report shows the 17 area institutions lack unity and that campuses would keep names with degrees granted by the urban university. Hearing set in Austin on Oct 11 to discuss future of area institutions.
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Cently
North Texas
Arlington
Southwestern Medical School
Southwest Center For Advance Studies
Charles Scruggs
Dallas
Oet
Austin
Texas
Urban University
Scruggs
Urban Uni- Vests
East Texas State
East Texas
TWU
Scruges
Proposed
Women Join Men In Patrol Cars
Police department says women will join male patrols, backing up male officers in trouble. Spokesman notes no change in overall patrol arrangement and that women have been used on patrol unsuccessfully in the past.
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Police Department
Wives Walk Out Sparking Police Patrol Dynamic
Officers’ wives protest at the superintendent’s office leave as the force continues patrols with female officers. Some husbands defend the arrangement while others say their spouses show mixed reactions and disorganization. Local patrolmen note no change in duty despite the walkout.
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Los Angeles
Reed Armond
Weinmanson
Jefferson Parish
Weinmumson
Old Con Flings Freedom Away
Walter Vickers, 72, jailed after throwing a brick through a U S post office window and asking to return to federal prison. He was released from Atlanta Penitentiary about 10 days earlier. Vickers has a long conviction history dating to 1928 including murder and burglary.
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Jackson
Walter Vickers
U.S
Vickers
Atlanta
Penitentiary
AEC detonates low yield nuclear device at Nevada site
Washington AP reports the Atomic Energy Commission announced it detonated an underground low yield nuclear device at the Nevada test site. The test yielded less than 20 000 tons of TNT and was the 21st announced this year.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Presidents Banquet Honors Cartoonist Jack D. Tippit
Tuesday night the campus held the annual Presidents Banquet in the Student Union Ballroom honoring student presidents. Main speaker was cartoonist Jack D. Tippit of Westport Connecticut, a former Tech student and Syracuse graduate, who received Tech’s Distinguished Alumni Award and has twice been named Top Magazine Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society. The text also notes the Great Pyramid of Egypt as the sole surviving Wonder of the Ancient World.
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Jack D. Tippit
Westport
Conn
Tippit
Tech
Syracuse University
National Cartoonists Society
Texas Politicos Sound Off On Water and Law
Texas leaders warn of water shortages by 2000, urging Mississippi Water Import Plan. Republike candidate Wynn attacks U S Attorney General and internal security. House Speaker Barnes decries distorted law and order uses. Campaign schedules outline GOP and Democratic moves across Texas with multiple cities and figures named.
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Sprosser Wynn
Texas
U.S
Wynn
Wichita Falls
Ben Barnes
Houston
Barnes
Smith
Mississippi
Dallas Restaurant Association
Texas Water Development Board
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Supreme Court
Ramsey Clark
America
Eggers
Paul Eggers
Austin
Health fears and higher prices trim US cigarette use
The Agriculture Department forecast cigarette production for 1968-69 at about 5.71 hundred billion sticks, about steady with last year. Per person consumption is expected to dip slightly as taxes and health publicity curb use, while cigars and pipe tobacco may rise. Tobacco supplies for 1968-69 are down about 4 percent due to a smaller crop and carryover.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Protest over VOA jamming and Turkey battery plan
The United States protested to the Soviet Union over jamming Voice of America broadcasts calling it a backward practice. Turkey is manufacturing batteries.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Voice of America
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