Vacation Bible School Opens at West Park Church
Vacation Bible School at West Park Baptist Church begins Saturday with a city park picnic. Preschool through high school meet at 10:00 a.m. at the church, register, view activities, then proceed to a hot dog picnic. Activities run June 22 26 with separate study groups led by named superintendents and a final Friday field trip.
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West Park Baptist Church
City Park
Sixth
Eddy Streets
Sam Sexton
E.B. Painter
James Hamilton
Clarence Oster
Stars in Service and Fathers Day Outreach
A wartime appeal urges readers to remember U S STARS in Vietnam serving away from home this Father’s Day. The letter from Raymond Garcia shares homesick thoughts, updates on moves, and hope for a July 1st pull out while urging readers to write and prayers for the service members and their families.
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Vietnam
Raymond Garcia
May
Nam
Fellas
Women’s work group reactivated at St Mark’s parish
Father Lasser urged renewal of the women’s work as Mrs. Lasater presented the nominating report. New officers elected by acclamation are Mrs. Richard Toll president Mrs. Albert Cooksey vice president and Mrs. Clois Rogers secretary treasurer. Meetings set for monthly study sessions in two guilds and a combined gathering with a parish luncheon on the last Sunday after services. The group also assumed financial care for the India adopted child and will keep the bookstore open 9:30 to 11:30 am. Attendees included Mesdames Bates Bickley Boswell Coats Cooksey Faulkner Haughton Kent Lafser McGregor Mahoney Parker Passmore Patrick Rogers Russell Ryan Toll and Jeanne Russell plus Father Lafser and the hostess.
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William A. Benfield
Charleston
W.va
Benfield
Father Lasser
St. Mark’s
India
Mesdames R.W. Bates
W.R. Bickley
Jack Boswell
Jim Coats
A.B. Cooksey
Wendell Faulkner
Frank Haughton
Robert Kent
Erwin Lafser
Gilbert McGregor
Evelyn Mahoney
R. B. Parker
Garvin Passmore
Troy Patrick
Clais Rogers
H.G. Russell
F.H. Ryan
R. L. Toll
Jeanne Russell
Father Lafser
Emergency Funds Asked
Washington reports May prices rose four tenths of one percent keeping inflation at multi-year highs. Transportation and clothing led gains across all major categories as the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Buckley Speech Marred by Pig Gag at Riverside Commencement
William F Buckley spoke to 600 of 1100 graduates at UC Riverside as students interrupted his address with a live pig gift. Coed Nancy Ann Curtis wore a bikini to accept her master's degree while Irva Hall wore a coat and red undershorts for his sociology degree.
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Riverside
Calif
University of California At Riverside
William F. Buckley
Nancy Ann Curtis
Irva Hall
State School Birthday Celebration In Lubbock
The Lubbock State School on University Avenue celebrates its first birthday Friday June 26 1970 from 1 to 4 pm with an open house tours and a gym party at 3 30 pm. Guest of honor B E Rushing Jr will cut the cake. Phase One began 1967 with first students admitted 1969 now 282 residents.
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Lubbock
Lubbock State School
Righteousness and Justice as the Foundation of Life
A reflective note on handling life with love and consideration. It urges poised minds and peaceful hearts, promising assurance of fairness and justice through steady, thoughtful conduct. The tone emphasizes moral steadiness and inner calm in daily decisions.
Manitowoc Student Wins National Driver Excellence Finals
Manitowoc high school junior Ron Breitwisch won the national Driver Excellence Championship in Detroit after rival Robert Stander from Grand Rapids failed to fasten his seat belt in the final phase. Breitwisch earned a new Dodge Challenger and a $1,000 scholarship, with Stander receiving $1,000 as second place. Donald C. Smith of Washington, D.C., took third and a $1,000 scholarship. Breitwisch, resident of 1622-A Division Street, Lincoln High School junior, plans electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin. his ham radio call is WB9ACK.
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AMVET
Ron Breitwisch
Manitowoc
Wisc
Robert B. McCurry
Dodge
Robert Gomulinski
Breitwisch
Joe Higgins
Detroit
AmVets
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Robert Stander
Stander
Donald C. Smith
Washington, D.C
Edward
Ethel Breitwisch
Division Street
Lincoln High School
University of Wisconsin
Dodge Dealers
Texas Weather Sparks Tornado Warnings in Panhandle
The Associated Press report details marauding storms across the Texas Panhandle with winds exceeding 60 mph and heavy rains in Lubbock. Tornado warnings were issued then withdrawn while funnel sightings were reported near Plainview and unconfirmed barn destruction was hoped in the area.
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Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Lubbock
Clarendon
Hedley
Panhandle
Plainview
Midwest
Texas
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