25 years ago:
Midland — Blacks and Hispanics have joined to legally challenge the way state district judges are elected in Texas, a system they maintain is discriminatory.
50 years ago:
U. S. Sen. Ralph Yarborough will arrive in Lubbock at 8:50 a.m. today for a whirlwind, one-day campaign tour of the area north and west of the city.
75 years ago:
With the Baer-Ritchie fight as the attraction, Austin politicos swarmed into Lubbock this morning and their ranks were due to be augmented later in the afternoon and early morning.