U S Envoy Sees Hope in Vietnam Talks Progress
President Johnson and diplomats Bunker and Harriman open talks at a mountain lodge with optimism about future negotiations in Vietnam. The envoy reinforces U S and South Vietnam shared stance and confidence in a settlement with the Reds pending further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Saigon
Neruyen van Thienw
United States
Johnson
South Vietnam
Bunker
Harriman
White House
Secretaries of State and Defense
William C. Westmoreland
Himes
Washington
Khe Sanh
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Geneva
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Poctvon
Rangoon
New Delhi
Jakarta
Vientiane
Laos
Severe storms bring hail and heavy rain across West Texas
Deluges hit Abilene with 7.23 inches in 24 hours and hail up to two feet deep collapsed a Salvation Army store roof. Other areas such as Beaumont and Bronson recorded heavy rains and flooding while Lubbock saw 1.86 inches with a 53 degree low the cold snap and warm forecast dominated the South Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
West Texas
Salvation Army
Abilene
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Jefferson County
Beaumont
Bronson
Laredo
Corpus Christi
Midland
Rio Grande
San Angelo
Sabine
Gladewater
Deweyville
Neches
Rockland
Moon landing within 1969 goal says astronauts
Two astronauts from Reese and a PhD speak on plans for a manned moon landing by 1969 with optimism about reaching the goal by the late 1960s and noting the U S space program will be pushed to meet the timetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Line
U.S
Bank changes anchor regional bank with long public service
Former football letterman and World War II veteran with a Purple Heart becomes bank staff asset. He chairs Abilene Christian College trustees and holds multiple local and regional board roles while previously leading Monahans and Tulsa chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene Christian College
Sandhills Museum Association
Ward County Council For
Crippled Children's Council
Labo Booster Club
Monahans
Monahans Chamber of Commerce
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Monahans Rotary Club
Toastmasters Club
Sandhills
Boy Scouts of America
Paine
Williams
Smith
Citizens National
Lubbock
Lovington
N. M
Lovington National Bank
First National Bank of Seagraves
First National Bank of Portales, N.M
Soviet Flights Reduced Over North Sea Parliament Told
Merlyn Rees told Parliament that Soviet reconnaissance flights over the North Sea have been reduced in the past year. He refused to disclose details of the cutback during questions in the House on British fighter command interceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlyn Rees
Royal Air Force
North Sea
Astronaut Dreams Sparked by NASA Opportunity
Two individuals describe their path into space work, saying they did not set out to become astronauts until the chance arose when the opportunity presented itself through NASA. They reflect on career shifts and the pivotal moment that redirected their futures toward space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musgrave
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Spacecraft Center
Houston
Reese
Air Force
Space Center
Llewellyn
Allways
Iaround
Civil Service
Eggs Strengthen Rural Economy in Southeast
Auburn University specialists report that the Southeast once imported most eggs but now the six states Georgia Alabama Mississippi Florida and the Carolinas meet all local demand and export half of national needs. The shift marks a major rural economic boost over ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
UPD
Southeast
Auburn University
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Carolinas
Borgnine signs fourth MGM film The Split
Hollywood reports Ernest Borgnine signed for his fourth consecutive MGM movie titled The Split joining his previous MGM projects The Dirty Dozen Ice Station Zebra and The Legend of Lylah Clare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
UPI
Ernest Borgnine
MGM
Lylah Clare
Local births recorded in Floydada and surrounding areas
Mr. and Mrs. James Melvin Lloyd welcome a daughter at University Hospital weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces. Other families from Nelms Wolforth Lauf Abernathy and Lubbock area report newborns including twins and multiple single births with weights from 4 to 9 pounds and hospital times throughout Monday and Tuesday. fathers’ occupations include farmer co op gin construction shipping clerk and hotel staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Melvin Lloyd
Floydada
University Hospital
Wilbert
Nelms
Wolfforth
Frenship Co-Op Gin
Guadalupe Gallegos
Lauf Clinic
Demetrio Reyes
Abernathy
Laut
KoKo Inn
Cruz Sanchez
Jarvis
Pioneer Hotel
Joe Cortez, Jr
West Texas Hospital
Plains Laundry
C. D. Neel
South Plains Associated Grocers
Edward Mike Vitale
Ltd St
Medlock Co
John Hutcheson
46Th St
Ray R. Huerta
Dartmouth St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Hancock Manufacturing Co
Ruperte Puga
Duke
Dickey & Frazier Mill Works
Riots Hit Multiple Cities Toll Reaches High
Riots across Kansas City Jersey Baltimore Cincinnati and Chicago left 37 dead and tens of millions in damages. Federal troops police faced criticism as crowds looted stores and scenes of arson and tear gas were reported amid widespread unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jersey
Dr. King
American Innsurance Association
Washington
John R. Rarick
D-La
Warren E. Hearns
Tus Davis
City Hall
Baltimore
Television Empire Leader Defends City Official Against Allegations
Pryor, program manager for a Austin station, describes a long talk with city councilman W. E. Medlock about political office and government permission. He says Medlock’s politics are unclear but insists Medlock is not a socialist while praising the Lubbock Police Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Pryor
W. E. Medlock
Banquet Honors Lubbock Policeman Skeet Forrester
The event paid tribute to Lubbock police captain L. W. Forrester at a banquet where Mrs. Forrester spoke. Bob Blow praised him as embodying the police force’s qualities. Alley received a plaque from Carrico, and TSA awards were given to four Lubbock firms for safety records, including Time Motor Freight Lubbock National Bank Charles Nelson Electric and Dorman & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Carrico
Lubbock Citizens Traffic Commission
J. T. Alley
CTC
Bob Breen
David Collier
Lubbock
L. W
Skeet) Forrester
Forrester
Bob Blow
Citizens Traffic Commission
Carrico
Alley
Lloyd Palmer
Texas Safety Association
TSA
Dallas
One Price Cotton Program Faces Opposition in Committee
A Senate committee hearing debates replacing the one price cotton system with two prices and phasing out storage subsidies. Ellender and Sayre press for market-based policies while the National Cotton Council urges long term cotton supports to expand markets and maintain subsidies until competitiveness improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellender
Sayre
Ebiender
United Press International
Collier Wenderoth Jr
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Chamber
Agriculture Department
Talmadge
National Cotton Council
Zionist Leader Nahum Goldmann to Step Down
Dr Nahum Goldmann president of the World Zionist Organization Ark said he would not seek re election after controversy stirred by Senator William Fulbright who claimed Goldmann asked the Israeli government to moderate its stance toward the Arabs Goldmann denied making any such request on Monday
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Nahum Goldmann
World Zionist Organization Ark
Goldmann
Geneva
Sen
William Fulbright
D|ark
Census Moves to Mail Forms in 1970 Effort
In 1970 the population census shifts to mail questionnaires as the primary method, reducing door-to-door canvassing and speeding data collection while aiming to improve response rates nationwide.
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Musgraves
Ellsworth Bunker
Camp David
Walt Rostow
Defense
Clark Clifford
Dean Rusk
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
George Christian
Jackson
Brooklyn
Eviously
Cincinnati
Ohio National
Chicago
Winston Moore
Cook County
Moore
Cath Ts
John Anthony Llewellyn
Reese Air Force Base
Pauline Warner
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