British Labor landslide returns Wilson to power
Harold Wilson and the Labour Party won a sweeping victory in Britain's general election. With 303 seats reported for Labour against 130 Conservatives, Labour looked set to push through social welfare policies and potential steel nationalization. Conservatives conceded defeat as Labour led by wide margins in popular vote.
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Harold Wilson
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United States
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Edward du Cann
Liberal Party
Labour Secon
Winston Churchill
City Council approves 24 year depository contract
City Council approves a 24 year depository contract with City Bank as area negotiations and meetings discuss credit needs and financial plans at Page 1, Section B. The record notes extended access to funds and city fiscal arrangements for the coming decades.
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City Bank
Inflation warning selective buying urged by Johnson
President Johnson appealed for curbs on nonessential spending to curb inflation. He addressed mayors and city managers and urged housewives and officials to trim purchases, substitute cheaper foods, and postpone ranch improvements while noting prices rising too quickly.
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Merriam Smith Ashington
Johnson
Udefer Ostretch
West
Texas
Johnson Kooke
Siewl
Freeman
Sunner
Rugged Show 6 500 Out As Rodeo Continues
Avelanche Journal Staff reports the ABC Rodeo at Municipal Coliseum opened with first go round winners in steer wrestling and calf roping. About 6 500 fans attended as Bill Fedderson of Bafeno Oklahoma won steer wrestling with 56 seconds while Richard Walker of Cutuila Texas led calf roping with a time of WT. Page 1¢.
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Bill Fedderson
BA Feno
Okla
Richard Walker
Cutuila
Tex
First Lady Cleared for Texas Trip by Doctor
The First Lady Fendon Bo Johnson is feeling fine after a throat infection and is cleared to travel to Texas today to promote the national beautification program. White House press secretary Elizabeth Carpenter said her physician gave a checkup and cleared her for travel.
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Bo Johnson
Texas
White House
Elizabeth Carpenter
Train Strike Continues as Union Chief Defies Court
A federal court order to halt the walkout was rejected by Hoof Gilbert, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, who said the strike remains on. Gilbert and Labor Secretary Wirtz held hours of talks in Washington after the overnight walkout, with 8,000 firemen still off the job and an appeal filed against the restraining order.
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Wirty
Uinion
Washington
U.S. Pastriot Court
Alexander Haltwall
Wirtz
Gilbert
Unnion
CG Gilbert
National rail strike triggers emergency actions across the United States
Anonymous sources describe a strike labeled national emergency with real national interest and concern. The administration moved into transportation emergency with hundreds of trains halted from Maine to California and from the plains to the Gulf. Wirtz held talks with Gilbert and J E Wolfe after briefing President Johnson, with Gilbert asked to travel to Washington to meet the President. See RAIL STRIKE Page 10.
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J. E. Wolfe
Johnson
White House
Oto
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Lisbon
Exodus New Jersey Move Aims Growth For Church of Christ
A group of 82 Church of Christ members from seven states headed to Newark and then Somerville New Jersey for a two day job interview conference. About 114 families and 300 individuals plan to help expand the church in Somerset County relocating from Golf Course Road Midland. They will cover all moving costs and many have sold homes and businesses. Interviews for business industrial and professional personnel occur at Somerville First Baptist Church with about 40 teaching job candidates interviewed Saturday. The group plans to return once interviews conclude.
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Iren Bee Church
Estes Back In State for Hearing On Case
Estes, former Texas financier and millionaire, returned from Ft Leavenworth to El Paso for an April 11 hearing before U S District Judge Leo Brewster on his motion for vacation of sentence and a new trial. His attorney cites new evidence. A pre hearing conference is set for April 8. Estes serves a 15 year term for conspiracy to commit fraud.
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Bille Sol Estes
Ft. Leavenworth
Kun
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Leo Brewster
Texas
Six Dead and Sixty Seven Hurt in Saigon Attack
A Viet Cong assault on the Victoria Hotel billet in Saigon killed three Americans and three Vietnamese and wounded about 100, including 67 Americans. The truck bomb shattered the first three floors as guards and MPs faced small arms, grenades, and a possible Claymore mine. Ambassador Lodge visited the scene. a pattern seen in prior U.S. installations attacks.
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U.S
Victoria Hotel
Henry Cabot Lodge
Fair Board OKs Tennessee Ernie Ford At Fair
Embers of the Panhandle-South Plains Fair directors voted unanimously to contract with Tennessee Ernie Ford for the 1968 exposition. Ford will perform twice daily September 26 to October 1 at the Fair Park Coliseum with a 5,000 seating capacity and advance reserved seating. The $35,000 base plus potential 60 percent of gate after taxes, plus total expenses over $40,000, aims to deliver a high profile entertainment feature for patrons.
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Lubbock
State Fair
Dallas
Fair Park Coliseum
Charles L. Adams
Tennessee
Erne Ford
Danny Kaye Heads to Saigon on Vietnam Tour
Danny Kaye arrived Thursday with a small troupe of entertainers on his first visit to Viet Nam. He said the group would go as far north as it could in a four week trip to entertain American troops.
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Saigon
UPD
Danny Kaye
Viet Nam
Gunmen Seize 2 Million in Jewels at Miami Beach Hotel
Four burglars wearing masks robbed the Harbour Isle Spa Hotel safety deposit boxes near the police station in a 40 minute heist. The haul could reach 2 million, though owner Larry Paskow says it is insured. Police call it the biggest jewel theft in the resort’s history as Passover guests fill the hotel.
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United Press
Iami Beach
Harbour Isle Spa
Larry Paskow
Weather Map Page 7 A Lubbock Forecast
Fair and cooler today and tonight with highs in the mid 70s and lows near the mid 30s Mostly northerly winds up to about 30 mph. Temperature readings and humidity details follow for Abilene El Paso Albuquerque Houston Amarillo Oklahoma City Dallas Denver and surrounding areas with normal daily changes and sunrise sunset times.
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