McNamara Challenges Subcommittee Over TFK Probe
Defense Secretary McNamara asserts that Senate panel inquiries into the 6.5 billion TFX fighter contract undermined confidence in top Pentagon officials. He demands full access to the Pentagon side of the case as McClellan insists the panel seeks only the truth.
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Bydarrell Garwood
United Press International Washington
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
Senate
TFK
Defense Department
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McNamara
Pentagon
McClellan
Defense
Roswell Gilpatric
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Texas
Boe Company
Seattle
Department of Defense
Republicans Delay Vote on Record Military Authorization
Republican budget-cutters delay action on a 15.8 billion military authorization bill and a 1.5 billion pay raise. The postponement follows a sharp attack on Defense Secretary McNamara by Rep. Leslie Arends, who criticized McNamara’s stance on funding for RS70 aircraft and nuclear submarines.
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Norman B. Cornish
United Press International
Washington
UPD
House
Robert S. McNamara
Leslie C. Arends
Bill
GOP
Kennedy
Republican Policy Committee
Samuel S. Stratton
D-N. Y
Armed Services
Charles A. Halleck
R-Ind
Vinson
U.S
Arends
McNamara
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Disappointed With Veto Senator Mixed On Session
Senator Harold Runnels returned from 60 days in Sargate with mixed views on the 26th legislative session. He praised some laws, but lamented bills that failed, including the sales tax rise to three percent to cover a deficit and fund a $139.7 million appropriation for next year. He noted focus on northern areas benefiting from certain measures and highlighted education funding increases. he cautioned that other actions favored the north over the south and east. The report also touches on ongoing government fiscal debates and comparisons with defense spending debates in Washington.
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Harold Runnels
Sargate
Runnels
Mack Hasley
Floods and Tornadoes Sweep Four States Killing, Displacing Thousands
Massive flood and tornado outbreak races through Kentucky Virginia West Virginia and Tennessee. Thousands homeless with at least three dead and a missing family feared. TVA orders dam releases as emergency declarations spread with Governor Combs requesting disaster declaration for 20 eastern counties.
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Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Logan
W. Va
Chattanooga
Bluefield
Virginia- West Virginia
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Williams
Wyatt
Bert Combs
Ask
Kennedy
Mississippi
Alabama
Ohio Valley
Harlan
Kentucky National Guard United
Jackson
Graveside Services for Retired Minister Held in Fort Lyons
Died Sunday at a Fort Lyons hospital, the funeral will be conducted at a graveside service under Smith Yarbro direction with Wm. Beauchamp officiating. Survivors include two sisters Mrs. Lem Harbison Lovington and Mrs. Dean Allen California.
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Smith Yarbro
Fort Lyons
Colo
Wm. Beauchamp
Lem Harbison
Lovington
Dean Allen
California
Three Soldiers Held In Lovington For AWOL from Camp Walters
Three young soldiers Leonard Ray Jackson 20 John Lester Kennedy 18 and James Edward Schorsh 18 were arrested in Lovington Monday night after being detained in Portales earlier. Police received word from state police and Texas military authorities that they wereWanted for AWOL and they are held in Lea County jail awaiting military processing.
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Camp Walters
Texas
Lovington
Lea County
Leonard Ray Jackson
John Lester Kennedy
James Edward Schorsch
Portales
Teas
Joe Kyle
Bill White
Lovington Science Fair Winners Enter Regional Roswell
Thirty six Lovington Schools students who earned ribbons at the All School Science Fair will advance to the Regional Science Fair in Roswell on March 23. The event drew 400 to 500 attendees, with 298 displays from grades 1 through 12.
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Ruth Jennison
Travis Crouch
Ronnie Shortes
Lovington
Roswell
M. C. Jennison
Max Wright
Jim Jennison
John Shear
Ronald Shortes
Ruth Ann Jennison
Bill Shipley
Anna Gail Morrow
David Jeffery
John Garlington
Tracy Rogers
Jimmy Hodge
Beverly Benham
Danny Haas
Harold Craigh
Rusty Cook
Jimmy Worrell
Ronnie Sebring
Pat Wise
Mike Jones
Tylford Dean
L. D. Phillips
Charles Wisener
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Donna Moran
New Mexico
Mobile
Judy Prothro
Miss Moran
Berlin
Nort Lovington
Ford
Marie Kesner Hamilton
W. Ave. A
Curtis Rotan Patterson
Leington
Thunder
Nurition
Sonny Lackey
Rosemary Jennison
Karen Dunlap
Bud Savisky
Susan Caldwell
Vickie Briley
Kathy Clevenger
Stanley Smith
Charles Bolding
Loretta Valencia
Mary Nell Foster
Terry Lee Leach
Joe Kimman
Larry Riggs
Brenda Weems
John DeMore
Danny Williamson
DeMore
Richard Schenck
Julia McClure
Byra Rogers
Jeanny Washburn
Don Hammonds
Judy Bartlett
Harold Lawson
Scott Schrader
Lloyd
Jeanie Glesson
Tonisa Clardy
Diane Dillon
David Brown
Donny Hancock
James Waechter
Clara Crouch
Louie Trammell
Billy Joe Lawerence
Kurt Lawerence
Paul Sato
Darla Duty
Mary Jackson
Marshall Jenkins
Jimmie Johnson
David Benson
Larry Lee
Mary Worrell
Rhea Taylor
Patty Workman
James Ellis
Baxter
Cathy Davis
Nikki Robinette
Telene Clardy
Patricia Cook
Billy Lewis
Donny Ward
Layton
Charles Hales
Ronald Kirksey
H. C. Markley
Joel Clearley
Mary J Felfe
Nancy Newton
Paula Well
Ray Bishop
J Fowler
Sherman Hopper
Robby Love
Bessie Spurlock
Mrs. Waddill
Patt Riggs
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