City to pursue 45 million five-year program in Lubbock
The city outlines a five year plan totaling about 45 million dollars with cuts to 43.7 million and reliance on federal grants. Proposed funding includes sales tax, increased ad valorem tax, and charges for garbage and sewer services. Major projects include downtown to Southwest expressway right of way, streets, a downtown library, refuse disposal, and utility upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
J. T. Talkington
Lubbock
Meadowbrook
City Com Ia
Groundbreaking Ceremony for Lubbock School Facility
A groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of a new school for mental retardation services in Lubbock. Dignitaries including Lt. Gov. Preston Smith praised seven years of local effort and announced phased construction with initial occupancy expected mid 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation
Lubbock State School
John Kinross-Wright
Charles D.barnett
Elbert E. Hall
Abilene
George McCluskey
Chamber of Commerce Board of City Development
Lubbock
TMHMR
Preston Smith
W. G. “Cotton
Kirklin
Department
H. J. “Doc’’ Blanchard
Delwin Jones
Elmer Tarbox
Lubock
Gus Mutscher
Brenham
Bill J. Parsley
John Gladden
Bob Goyette
Barnett
Lennis Baker
B. E. Rushing Jr
W. D. Rogers Jr
Smith
W. H. Harrison
Cc-Bcd
Jess Osborn
Muleshoe
Robert S. Tate Jr
Austin
George McCleskey
Cc-Bc
Vietnam War Toll Reaches New High As Losses Grow
The article reports U S combat losses in Vietnam expected to surpass 100000 this week with 99133 American casualties listed through last Saturday including 13495 killed 84887 wounded or missing and 753 captured 2682 deaths from nonhostile causes and a lull in major ground fighting amid ongoing artillery duels along the demilitarized zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wats
U.S
Vietnam
Ohio lawmaker seeks rules action on $5 cut bill
Mahon said he would ask the Rules Committee to clear the measure Monday without amendment provisions. Republicans will ask the committee to allow amendments if the rules group approves, Mahon said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Mahon
Rules Committee
Rules Group
Five Year Project Tops Dam Near Oroville
The Oroville Dam will become the world’s highest earth filled embankment at 770 feet as workers race to top out this month or in October. The state water project finances total 1.7 billion dollars from a 1960 bond issue and deliveries to Kern County begin next year with Los Angeles County next in 1971 and San Bernardino and Riverside in 1972. Project director J Rodney Mims notes schedule is ahead but declines to set a firm top out date though October is plausible.
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Oroville
Calif
Feather River
California
United States
Kern County
Central Valley
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Riverside
J. Rodney Mims
Tax Vote Seen as Grass Fire Across Texas
State Rep. John Traeger of Seguin hailed the local option sales tax as rapidly spreading after Thursday tests. He cited approval in Elgin, El Paso, Nacogdoches and Orange Grove with El Paso at 17 016 006 and Elgin at 234 40 as strong signs for future elections and Austin’s likely support.
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Texas
John Traeger
Seguin
Elgin
el Paso
Nacogdoches
Orange Grove
Traeger
Afl—Cio
Political Association of
Austin
Floods In Texas Mexico Lake Harlingen Manages Record Inundation
Officials monitored rising flood levels across Harlingen and the Rio Grande Valley as evacuees fled homes. Red Cross sheltered thousands while police tracked open routes and new dikes were built. Mexico faced widespread flooding with 15 000 tourists stranded near Mexico City and Acapulco towns evacuated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eligio de la Garza
D-Tex
Abraham Karen
Harlingen
Rio Grande City
Public Health Service
Mario Ramirez
Arroyo
Colorado
Weather Bureau
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Matamoros
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Laredo
George Young
Young
Spanish Acres
Arthur Moore
International Boundary and Water Commission
Mexico
Moore
Mexico City
Texas
Acapulco
Ministry of Water Resources
McAllen
Rabbit Show Tops West Texas Exposition Highlights
The Lubbock fair grows with 700 plus entries for the rabbit show and 78 cattle judging entrants. Arnold's Coliseum hosts a big week with 3,177 attendees Thursday and a 14,889 total through day four. Ledels carnival operations span Texas shows from Fort Worth to Cuero while expanding rides and crews. Oakridge Farm Oklahoma sweeps top cattle honors with Noel of Plainview capturing grand champ in the busl division. The fair wraps Saturday with horse shows, paratroopers, and a Vietnam village display as the 1967 run ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Noel
Plainview
Oakridge Farm
Grimes
Ohio
Arnold
Ledel
Texas
Fort Worth
Costa
Lede
Lubbock
Texas Milking Shorthorn Breeders Association
E B. Noel
Noel
Valley View Myster Lad
Grime
Okla
Oakridge
Red Pansy
Oakridge Pansy
Red Bird
Holly Hart
Friona
Farmers of America
FFA
Joyce
Danny Huddleston
Alba
Marion Bruce
Amarillo
West Texas
A. B. Davis
Senate Okays West Texas Water Studies Funding
The Senate Appropriations Committee backed a $4.7 billion public works bill and kept agency water study funds intact. It approved $200,000 for a Bureau of Reclamation feasibility study on moving water into West Texas and East New Mexico, plus $204,000 and $301,000 for related reconnaissance and advanced feasibility phases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avelanche-Journal
Washington Bareen
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
West Texas
Senate Committee
Ralph Yarborough
Appropriations
Bureau of Reclamation
New Mexico
Army Engineers
Bureau
East Texas
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Mosher Steel Cn
Jerome Adrian Cowan
Ty Bovees
Esser Monda West Tens Hospital
Pan ‘Americas Oil
Johany
Carpenter
Ben ‘Texas Coops
Pingsie A
R. Ona
Joseph William Musil
End
James Dd
Tidnen
Weeneene Ca
Charles D. Barnett
Bethumea
Senanias
Tla
Fair
Tech
Reese Afb
Reese Air Force Base
Clyde J. Morganti
William C. Sipes Jr
William C. McGlothlin Jr
Clifton Wiswall
Paul Stagg
William J. Hubbard
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