Locking Up Things Sparks Family Debate and Witty Reflections
A personal essay recalls lifelong battles with securing possessions and keys. The narrator shares childhood mishaps with bike locks and the habit of locking the house, recounting a cold Christmas night when a window escape proved the only fix. The piece contrasts parental views on security and ends with a skeptical note on pervasive locking in society.
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Mama
Jeanne
Son No. 2
Hal
Demonstrators March Quietly Over Firebomb Murder
More than 450 civil rights protesters marched through downtown Hattiesburg under police watch to denounce the firebomb murder of Vernon Dahmer. Charles Evers led the vigil as Dahmer’s funeral drew NAACP leader Roy Wilkins and Dahmer, a former local NAACP president, to the service. Racial actions in Atlanta and Birmingham were delayed by rain.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Dahmer
Johnson seeks 3.2 billion for Great Society as war costs rise
President Johnson plans a 1967 budget with 3.2 billion more for domestic programs to back the Great Society while Viet Nam costs jump to 10.5 billion. The total 1967 federal spending would be 112.8 billion with a projected 1.8 billion deficit.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
White House
Viet Nam
New Mexico Legislature Opens 30 Day Run In Santa Fe
The 27th New Mexico Legislature begins a 30 day session in Santa Fe with budget talks and Senate reapportionment as top items. Gov. Campbell plans 25 to 30 measures while House leaders face gubernatorial bid implications and possible leadership changes.
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United Press International
Santa FE Upd
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Capitol City
Senate
Jack M. Campbell
Ike Morgan
Gallagher
Senate Democrats
Capitol
Morgan
Alsein
Lovington School Bond Election Set For February 15
Lovington Municipal School District board votes in special session to call a one million dollar bond election for February 15. The measure funds building and improvement projects including a multi room at Yarbro Elementary, cafeteria and music facilities at Jefferson Street campus serving Central Junior High, Jefferson Elementary, and Yarbro Elementary.
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Paul C. Foraker
Lovington
Jefferson Street
Central Junior High
Jefferson Elementary
Yarbro
Night
Taylor Junior High
Jefferson
Lea
Llano
Parkview
Mary Lou Carson
Mary Clements
Elizabeth Hawkins
Lovington High School
Coup rumors sweep Saigon as U S envoy reassures allies
UPI reports U S Secretary of State Rusk and envoy Harriman assured Saigon leaders of American resolve to safeguard South Vietnam during a period of coup rumors. Ky pledged defiance of any interference and urged Vietnamese control of destiny while ceasefire plans and troop movements stirred the capital.
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United Press International Saigon
UPI
U.S
Don Rusk
Averell Harriman
Saigon
United States
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Rusk
Harriman
Washington
Defense Department
Department
South
Johnson
U. S
Scientists Propose 15 Year Solar System Life Quest
Washington reports a NAS space science board plan for 1970 to 85 proposing unmanned Mars study priority after Apollo, plus Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto probes. The plan aims to shift NASA funding toward planetary exploration while continuing lunar missions and dust analyses.
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United Press International Washington
UPD
Venus
Jupiter
Moon
Earth
Pluto
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Space Science Board
National Academy of Sciences
Mars
Lunar
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Mercury
Solar
Apartment Blaze Kills Seven in Jacksonville Building
Seven people including a mother and four children died in a predawn fire at a 75 year old Jacksonville apartment building. Three others were hospitalized with burns and smoke inhalation as residents on upper floors escaped across roofs. cause suspected to involve smoking. Coroner and fire officials described smoke as the deadly factor with victims found away from flames.
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Jacksonville
Ill
APD
Leota Mae Brown
Ray
Donna
Ricky
Jimmy
Allice Leggett
Charles Souza
John B. Martin
Dale Bond
Lovington Weather Summary
Partly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night with occasional light snow and colder conditions. Lovington highs 38 and 23 for Sunday, Saturday high 50 at noon and low 31 at 5 am.
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Lovington
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Clay Plemons
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Eastern New Mexico University
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Oklahoma State University
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Yarbro Elementary
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