25 years:
The skies over Reese Air Force Base reverberated Saturday afternoon when the U.S. Air Force Flying Thunderbirds’ pilots put their F-16 jet fighters through a 40-minute show that involved death-defying maneuvers and speeds up to 1,000 mph.
50 years:
The three candidates for mayor — W.D. “Dub” Rogers Jr., incumbent Mayor Jack Strong and Max Tidmore — and seven seeking two places on the city council in the municipal election unanimously opposed “extension of Urban Renewal into other sections of Lubbock” at a roundtable discussion this morning.