California Youths Build Mexican Hospital During Easter
About 300 California youths spent Easter in Tijuana working on the Project Amigos effort. They painted dug and built a 16 crib hospital to serve infants in a poverty neighborhood. Elmer Ellis of Alhambra. Jim Bigelow of Amarillo, a University of the Pacific junior, praised the cross border volunteer project.
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Associated Press
Tsuna
Mexico
California
Tijuana
Honkytonks
Project Amigos
Elmer Ellis
Alhambra
Calif
Jim Bigelow
Amarillo
Tex
University of the Pacific
Downhill Texas Legislature Faces Crush of Bills
As the Texas Legislature reconvenes, lawmakers fear a flood of House measures will stall amid big policy pushes on teacher pay options college systems and redistricting. Gov. Connally scored a veto on creating a Texas Tech medical school while signaling new higher education controls.
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Connally
John Connally
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Texas Tech
Coordinating Board For Higher Education
Mississippi River Flood Crest Reaches Record Heights
The Mississippi River topped at Minneapolis-St Paul with downstream crests in Winona La Crosse and towns along the stretch. Snow and cold slowed runoff keeping flood workers on duty Easter weekend as 35 000 people fled homes and flood forecasts adjusted downward with possible river receding by early May if rain stays light.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul
Weather Bureau
Twin Cities
Wabasha
Winona
la Crosse
Mississippi
Minnesota
Missouri
Joseph Strub
Robbery spree hits city as service station held up
Police investigate ten looting incidents with heavy losses from vending machines amid an armed hijacking at Walt's Service Station. Orville Howton, the night attendant at No. 6, 506 19th St., was robbed early morning. It was Howton's second holdup at the station in a month and the third at a Walt's station in two months. The assailant, masked with a white handkerchief, forced Howton to open the door and cash register after entering at about 4 20 a.m. The article notes political references tied to a separate amendment discussion.
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Walt's
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Connally
Bill Sol
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NASA space show exhibition at museum with film showings
AT A GLANCE TODAY: NASA SPACE show exhibit continues at the museum with special film showings from 2 p.m. to 4 30 p.m. on site. Also notes farm bureau prospects after scouting European markets and world events pages referenced.
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Texas Farm Bureau
U S Plans Tiny A Sub for Ocean Oil and Research
The United States will build a six man atomic powered submarine to search for undersea oil and minerals and to study fish migrations. The craft would cost about 7.3 million dollars and operate under Navy reactor chief Vice Admiral Hyman G Rickover and the Atomic Energy Commission with possible congressional funding.
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UPS
United States
Navy
Adm
Hyman G. Rickover
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Commission
Johnson
Continental Shelf
Easter message of peace in a world torn by war
The Easter observance focuses on the resurrection promise amid Viet Nam conflict. President Johnson and families plan statewide services while Christians from Rome to Jerusalem mark Holy Week with prayers, vigils, and calls for peace as Quakers in Times Square and West Germans press disarmament.
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Avalanche Journal News
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Ival
Trage
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One Dead 47 Injured In Canada Train Derailment
A CPR derailed near Terrace Bay Ontario injuring 47 and killing a trainman. Six passenger coaches and two diesel locomotives left the tracks after a washout of tracks suspected by CPR.
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Fort William
Ont
UPI
Terrace Bay
Canadian Pacific Railways
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Prayer for Christ’s final word and victory
A devotional note by Mrs. Jesse J. Rasor offers a prayer on Christ’s seventh word It is finished asking the Lord to reveal its depths and proclaim final victory over sin through Jesus Christ in His name.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Jesse J. Rasor
Soviet Union invites volunteers to aid Vietnam conflict
The Soviet Union declared it would permit volunteers to fight in North Vietnam under certain conditions, signaling a possible direct confrontation with the United States. The move followed President Johnson's Easter message offering unconditional peace talks amid renewed U S air attacks, and Moscow urged an end to imperialist aggression in Indochina.
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Viet Nam
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Tex
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Johnson renews offer for unconditional Viet Nam talks
President Johnson urged unconditional discussions on Viet Nam at once and kept air strikes against North Viet Nam. Secretary Rusk said suspending raids would encourage the aggressor, stressing the U S determination to defend South Viet Nam. The president spoke at his Texas ranch and invited the Communists to a meeting room.
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Sec
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Rusk
Avalanche Journal Home Show Opens At Lubbock Coliseum
Large crowds attend the annual Home Show and Trade Expo at the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. highlighting vacation homes, resorts, picnic and garden supplies. Daily awards worth 500 in merchandise are given via certificates, with free admission and extended hours through Saturday.
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Avalanche Journal
Ith
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
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