Edna Ferber Dies at 82 World-Renowned Novelist
Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Ferber, famed for So Big and Show Boat, died at age 82 in her Park Avenue apartment after months of hospitalization. The author drew on American history and folklore and left a lasting impact on literature and theater.
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Edna Ferber
Toe Associated Prep
New York
America
Lel ‘Tuassay
Park Avenue
Miss Ferber
Chicago
Thad
Indictments in Tech death case and related crimes
Grand jurors indicted Benjamin Lach 23 year old Texas Tech graduate student in the Dec 4 scalpel slaying of a cleaning woman in the Science Building lab. The 99th District panel also indicted Cecil Carl Thrailkill 46 for the March 18 strangulation at a local motor court.
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Joe Gordon
Avalanche-Journal
Benjamin Lach
Texas Tech
99Th District Court
Lach
Dist
Atty
Alton Griffin
Sarah
Alice Morgan
Tech
Lubbock County
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Howard C. ‘Davison
Cecil Carl Thrailkill
Ave. H
Carlyle Shelton
Thrailkill
Grand Jury
GEM FACETING DEMONSTRATION AT LOCAL MINERAL SHOW
Lubbock area gem faceting will be demonstrated at the upcoming mineral show in the city. The feature highlights a hands on display inviting public participation and education about gemstone cutting and polishing techniques.
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Lubbock, Area
Talks With Park Set For Today
U S authorities portrayed Johnson and Park as broadly in accord on initiating peace talks with North Vietnam. No Hanoi reply to U S proposals listing four neutral Asian capitals as possible sites for preliminary talks had arrived. Bangkok fears a compromise could endanger the cause, while Thailand’s Thanat Khoman warns against US withdrawal from Laos style arrangements. News reports name Xuan Thuy and Tran Quang Huy as Hanoi appointees, but US officials say a summit with allied leaders is too early to decide.
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Lewis Gulick
Honolulu
U.S
Johnson
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Chung 1i Kwon
Bangkok
Thanat Khoman
Thailand
Vietnam
Laos
United States
Thai Press Association
Saigon
Xuan Thuy
Tran Quang Huy
Washington
Prayer for steadfast Christian living in difficult times
A reader petitions for guidance to live as Christians in tough times. The request asks for guidance to understand and forgive fellow humans in daily life.
Wild Haired Poster Boy Not Hippie Says Frank Trabanello
Frank Trabanello a Miami student with a B average and no trouble is identified as the so called hippie face on Beautify America Get a Haircut posters. He says the image is a big joke and he merely models for a $25 fee.
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Miami
Fla
America
Frank Trabanello
Miami- Dade Junior College
Frank
Police
Ives
Yarborough Denies Presidential Bid and Favorite Son Plans
Sen Ralph Yarborough of Texas declares he has no favorite son or vice presidential ambitions and backs no statewide bid to challenge Gov John Connally in the May 4 precinct conventions. He says he would not pursue a trade-out favorite son role and criticizes governors swapping the presidency as damaging to democracy.
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Associated Press
Austin
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
John Connally
Yarborough
Texas
Tornadoes Rip Oklahoma and Across States
Gusty storms and tornadoes swept through Oklahoma and neighboring states on Tuesday. At Guthrie a twister damaged a rest home injuring most of about 80 residents. other tornadoes hit near Elmont Kansas and Junction City Kansas. Heavy hail up to eight inches caused damage while lightning killed one golfer in Oklahoma.
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Wester
Yarborough
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Guthrie
Okla
Elmont
Kan
Junction City
Silver Lake
Topeka
Okio
Shoma City
el Paso
Guadalupe Mountains
Lubbock
Three Kidnapping Suspects Captured Near Safford
Two men and a woman from Shreveport Louisiana were chased for four hours after an armed robbery in Glenbar Arizona. They were linked to the kidnaping of a Fort Worth couple and were captured in a stolen car about 30 miles west of Wilcox. They face additional armed robbery charges in Borden County.
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Safford
Ariz
Shreveport
Fort Worth
Snyder
Glenbar
Wilcox
Borden County
Mayoral Runoff Looms After Tight Lubbock City Race
Lubbock voters backed incumbent W D Rogers Jr and challenger Dickemper in a razor-thin mayoral race triggering a May 14 runoff. Turner Medlock led council contests in a bustling city election with Hollingsworth and Anderson holding narrow margins. Results showed a record turnout for a regular city election but below the 1964 runoff total.
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Rigsby-Brown
Turner-Medlock
Hollingsworth-Anderson
Vie
Turner
Medlock
Hollingsworth
Anderson
Armstrong Transfer Inc
Rigsby
Brown
Rogers
Diekemper
Hodge
ALL City
Four More Weeks For Runoff Candidates In Lubbock
Candidates in mayor and four council runoff races in Lubbock prepared for four more weeks of campaigning. Incumbent W. D. Rogers and Ray J. Dick Kemper Jr lead the mayoral race, with other runoff pairings for City Council Places 2 and 4. Rogers urged continued energy and voter attention as the May 14 election looms.
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Phil Hamilton
Avalanche-Journal
Start i
Lubbock
W. D. Rogers
Ray J. Dic
Kemper Jr
Lonnie F. Hollingsworth
Gene Anderson
Denton Rigsby
R. P
Bob) Brown
Morris W. Turner
W. E. Medlock Sr
Rogers
Weather Map Page 12-B Lubbock Area Forecast
The forecast calls for a slight party through tonight with a chance of a few showers or thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Temperatures show a high near 84 and a low around 60s, with humidity climbing. Regional readings include Abilene Albuquerque Denver and Dallas trends with scattered activity.
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Lubbock
Bam
Abilene
Denver
Albuuerque
HI Paso Amarnile
Houston
Okla
Dallas
W. Falls
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Twister
Kenneth May
W. D. Rogers Jr
Ray J. Diekemper Jr
C. A
Carl) Hodge
James G. Marshall
Dick Milam
Deaton Rigsby
D. R. Banning
Morris W
Moe) Turner
W. E.medlock Sr
Liz Tankersley
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Dickemper
Andys
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