Connally Favored Son Bid Pines South Plains
Area Democrats on the South Plains back a move to pledge the Texas delegation to Gov. John Connally as a favorite son candidate for the Democratic national convention. The plan aims to stop Bobby Kennedy and bolster Texas influence in choosing the party nominee. Claude Hearne reports from Austin after a hurried SDEC meeting.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Texas
John Connally
South Plains
Avalanche- Journal
Bobby
Kennedy
Claude Hearne
Seagraves
Lubbock
State Democraic
Austin
SDEC
Hearne
Connally
Area Demos
Force Would Stay In US War Effort Expanded
The administration plans to mobilize up to sixty thousand reservists to back the Vietnam war and bolster home front forces. Pentagon officials say the exact size will vary, with about fifteen thousand to be ordered Wednesday, mainly Army. The move supports combat units rushed to Vietnam after Tet and may replace the 71st Marine Regiment Landing Team with Army troops. President Johnson announced a further call of thirteen and a half thousand, lifting total commitment toward five hundred forty nine thousand. A later reserve call up could reach about fifty thousand to rebuild a domestic strategic reserve force. The no-bombing order remains open ended, while JCS support varies and one member reportedly favored widening raids. An Air Force FIA fighter has been grounded in Thailand after jet losses. a team investigates. The North Vietnamese threat around Khe Sanh has eased. See RESERVES Page 10.
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Bob Horton Washington
Pentagon
Army
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Williard C.westmoreland
71Th Marine
Johnson
U.S
United States
Strategic Reserve Force
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
Air Force
FIA
Thailand
Khe Sanh
Connally
Texas
Thieu
Chi Minh
SDC
Sen. Kennedy
National Party
Locke
Frank Erwin
National Democratic
Brwin
Eugene Locke
Jas
South
Connally favored son draft jolts Texas Democrats
Democratic leaders in Texas seek a Connally path to the 1968 nomination as Johnson steps aside. A power struggle unfolds with Bobby Kennedy as an opposing force and an emergency meeting to revamp plans. Connally remains noncommittal while others push a favorite son strategy and unite party chiefs.
Johnson seeks meeting with South Vietnam leader to push peace
President Johnson pledges to pursue peace over politics and hopes to meet South Vietnam's president soon to strengthen plans for ending the war in Southeast Asia. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, the Democratic front runner, says Democrats can win in November. Johnson appears in Chicago after shocking decision not to seek renomination and to halt most North Vietnam bombing.
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Washington
Johnson
South Viettnam
Southeast Asia
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Chicago
North
Viet [Nam
Traffic Tickets at Tech Near One Man One Ticket Policy
ITC TMA reports traffic tickets at Texas Tech approaching the proposed one man one ticket threshold as the year advances. Also notes Bob Clindani el resigns Plainview High coaching post to accept Wayland position. Segments cover national politics and markets with brief items on Reagan and LBJ.
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Tech
Bob Clindaniel
Plainview High Cage
Wayland Post
Sec
Vietnam War Fears Prompt Cautious U S Officials
Cautious U S officials foresee hard fighting in Vietnam before Hanoi responds to Johnson bid. Markets react with gains as New York stocks surge in early trading and the dollar weakens. Kennedy praises Johnson and requests a meeting, Johnson agreeing to a face to face talk. Johnson reportedly has ideas to pursue.
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U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
Johnson
New York
Chalsota
McCarthy
McCarthy, A Leader of the Parway
Kennedy
Prayer Card Message to Seek Light Through Jesus Christ
A reader offers a brief prayer asking honest hearts to seek the light that shines through Jesus Christ, expressing devotion and spiritual reflection.
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Heavenly Father
Jesus Christ
Lord
Dow Soars on Peace Hopes After Johnson Deescalates Vietnam War
Volume hits a record as 11,730,000 shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumps 20.58 points to 861.25, the biggest daily gain since 1963. Advancers outpace decliners amid broad gains with peace hopes fueling demand.
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United Press International
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Johnson
Vietnam
Wall Street
John F. Kennedy
Stockholm
Federal official urges united effort on farm program
Dallas key briefing by Undersecretary John A. Schnittker at the Texas Cotton Ginners Association meeting urges ginners and others to lobby Congress to extend the Agricultural Act of 1965 amid fears of uncertainty for 1969. The event also honors Aubrey L. Lockett as man of the year in Southwestern agriculture for 1968. Rep. Thomas Foley remarks on cotton industry stakes.
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Duane Avalanche
Dallas
Undersec. of Agriculture
John A. Schnittker
Monady
Schnittker
Séth
Texas Cotton Ginners Assn
State Fairgrounds
Rogram Mavens
Johnson
Congress
Schnit Lcker
Aubrey L. Lockett
Vernon and
Ropesville
U.S
Thomas S. Foley
D-Wash
Eugene Butler
Progressive Farmer
Lockett
Press Farm
Pigeons Drop Dollars In Confidence Game Tale
An elderly couple and a widow losing life savings to a pigeon drop con, with suspects described as Caucasian victims and a presumed Negro bagman. The scam unfolds at a store where a box of money prompts dangerous collaboration, ending with a call to action on the scam’s page.
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Phil Hamilton
Ayvalanche-Journal
Ajman
Front Brings Warmer Weather to Texas Plains
April cooled Texas with clouds clearing and a Pacific cool front forecast to lower temperatures. Lubbock forecasters expect a return to low 70s by tomorrow with light morning fog or brief showers in the South Plains. Overall precipitation about 10 percent with scattered showers possible today and tonight.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
South Plains
State
Rockies
Lubbock
Jay
Denver
Intense Earthquake Shakes China Coast Near Formosa Strait
Hong Kong's Royal Observatory reported an intense earthquake hitting the China coast around 5 06 p m Monday The epicenter was about 310 miles east northeast of Hong Kong placing it near Amoy Fukien Province coast or in the Formosa Straits between Amoy and Formosa
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Hong Kong
Royal Observatory Today
China
Igoat
Amoy
Fukien Province
Formosa Straits
Formosa
Voting Slated Today In Panhandle Area Races
South Plains cities launch a month of political activity as municipal elections begin. Midland Odessa Plainview Lamesa Brownfield Levelland Snyder Hereford Slaton Meadow and Ropesville vote today with several two candidate races in Lamesa and Slaton. Local mayoral terms and city council seats are up for grabs as voters prepare for May primaries.
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Lubbock
Midland
Odessa
Plainview
Lamesa
Brownfield
Levelland
Snyder
Hereford
Slaton
Meadow
Ropesville
Bernie Holt
Donald E. Bryant
Wendell L. Strahan
Jack Savage
John Palmore
Dr. Douglas
B. Black
Ben H. Allen
Rudy Domidduez
Arthur
Detla Hughes
Joh Waldrop
Radar site hit near Hanoi under bombing halt rules
U S. warplanes struck within 81 miles of Hanoi despite the day old United bombing halt Defense officials say raids since the speech remain within the framework of the halt. Navy bombers hit targets about 205 miles north of the DMZ including a radar site at Thanh Hoa near the coast Radio Hanoi said one plane was downed near Thanh Hoa as authorities debate the geographical limits of the halt. Powell stricken in Durham with exhaustion symptoms at Duke Hospital after returning from Harlem era work.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Defense Department
Johnson
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Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Thanh Hoa
Land
Washington
Pentagon
Radio
Handi
Vinh
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