Smith outlines law enforcement and no income tax in Texas
Lt. Gov. Preston Smith campaigns for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination stressing experience to solve problems and pressing a broad Texas turnout. He vows to curb rioting and set channels with officials and communities to prevent violence, and insists there will be no state income tax. He promotes job training via a summer industrial conference with industry and education leaders.
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Preston Smith
Texas
Watts
Newark
Detroit
Senate Study Committee On
Eighth Grade Picnic At Buck Creek
Wellington Junior High eighth graders held a May 24 picnic on Buck Creek. About 65 students attended with transport by Herman Belew. They played ball swam and toasted hot dogs and marshmallows. sponsors were Mr and Mrs Carroll Nunnelley Dick Hamilton and Mrs Rufus Sweat.
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Wellington
Buck Creek
Herman Belew
Carroll Nunnelley
Dick Hamilton
Rufus Sweat
Coleys Leave for Germany for Air National Guard duty
Mr. and Mrs. James Coley of Irving depart on May 25 for Germany where he will perform two weeks of active duty as a navigator on a jet. They will base at a Darmstadt area force base while Mrs. Coley visits New York City with Baylor friend Mary Lane Lackey.
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Air
James Coley
Irving
Germany
Air National Guard
Capt. Coley
Hollingsworth Elected to Lubbock City Council Runoff
Lonnie Hollingsworth a Wellington native and pharmacy owner won the Lubbock City Council runoff 12 668 to 11 112 over Gene Anderson. He is 35, serves as bank director, Navy veteran and UT pharmacy graduate. He and three other young council members form the city’s youngest delegation in generations.
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Lonnie Hollingsworth
Wellington
Lubbock
Lubbock Bank
Gene Anderson
Hollingsworth
Gladys Hollingsworth
Sam Hollingsworth
Seguin
Wellington High School
United States Navy
University of Texas
Mangum
Crooks Named A M Graduate
Jim Crooks formerly of Wellington will graduate from Texas A M University on Saturday May 26 with a bachelor of science in animal husbandry. He is the son of Darrell and his wife now of Abilene and his wife is Beth Sikes of Wellington. He is a member of Saddle and Sirloin Club Alpha Zeta Gamma Sigma Delta and Phi Kappa Phi. He has won the Seats Opportunity Award Scholarship and the Animal Science Scholarship for two years. He placed in the Little Southwestern Livestock Show last year and was named a distinguished student three years. He works in the meats laboratory and has a three year NDEA Fellowship for graduate work in animal nutrition.
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Jim Crooks
Wellington
Texas A&m University
Darrell Crooks
Abilene
Beth Sikes
Crooks
Saddle and Sirloin Club
Alpha Zeta Fraternity
Gamma Sigma Delta
Phi Kappa Phi
Little Southwestern Livestock Show
Meats Laboratory
Soil Conservation Service
NDEA
Marian Airpark Notes Flight to Harling Funeral
A six person group flew from Marian to Har ling on May 15 to attend Rev. Allen Earnest's funeral in Santa Rosa. Pilot George Perkins chartered a Cherokee from Horton Aerial Hereford and noted a five hour round trip, cheaper than bus travel, with stops to eat in San Antonio after touring LBJ Ranch and HemisFair. Perkins then departed to Del Rio to spray brush for Morrow Flying Service Pawnee, under a 7,000 acre contract.
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Harling
Allen Earnest
Santa Rosa
George Perkins
Horton Aerial
Hereford
Bobby Langford
C. T. Hubbard
Ernest Harwell
Alvin Horton
Grace White
Luther Sullivan
Perkins
LBJ
Morrow
Pawnee
del Rio
FTA Chooses 1968-69 Officers in Wellington Chapter
The Wellington Future Teachers of America selects its 1968-69 officers led by president Sharon Gaston and includes Debbie Lewis as vice president and Susan Oney as secretary. Incoming and outgoing officers are listed with roles, and a final event on May 28 at 7 pm was planned with a program by Nancy Sikes on improving senior to college preparation.
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Wellington
The
Future Teachers of America
Sharon Gaston
Debbie Lewis
Susan Oney
Elaine Karnes
Waureen O'Hair
Cindy Saied
Carey Lewis
Carol Sue Burba
Mike Davis
Cherry Lewis
Nancy Sikes
Jan Blain
Kathy Riker
Jane Thompson
Pally Browning
Waureen O’ Hair
Chris Hubbard
Harry Patterson
Percentage deaths trend since 1912 safety council formed
The article notes a slow decline in the share of accidental deaths in the United States since 1912 when the National Safety Council was established. It highlights a gradual downward trend in accidental fatalities over the decades.
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U.S
National Safety Council
Wellington Leader Publisher Details and Subscriptions
The Wellington Leader publishes weekly on Thursdays from 13 Wet Ave Wellington Texas. Editor and publisher is Deskins Wells. Subscriptions cost 4 dollars yearly inside trade territory and 5 dollars yearly outside trade territory.
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Wellington
Wet Ave
Tex
Deskins Wells
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