Hughes group seeks 90 day delay of Nevada nuke test
Howard Hughes organization urges postponement of a scheduled 1 megaton nuclear blast near Las Vegas for at least 90 days. Robert Maheu cites need for ground studies and independent analysis before detonation. AEC spokesman defends the test, noting extensive land studies and millions spent.
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Associated Press
Las Vegas
Nev
Howard Hughes Organization
Atomic Energy Commission
Robert Maheu
United States
Maheu
AEC
Supreme Court Allows Minors Censorship of Obscene Material
The Supreme Court ruled state and local governments may enact laws to shield minors from suggestive movies and materials. A Dallas case struck down an unclear ordinance for under 16 moviegoers, while a New York law restricting sales of harmful books and magazines to minors under 17 was upheld. Justice Brennan said protecting youth falls within state power.
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United Press International
Washington
Supreme Court
Dallas
New York
Thurgood - Marshall
William J. Brennan Jr
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Marshall
High Court
Americans Doubt New Red Attack
Saigon reports warn Saigon and 11 provinces on full alert amid war jitters over a potential second offensive. US officials deny alerts for American personnel while Saigon braces as Vietnamese forces claim casualties and shelling near Vung Tau. A North Vietnamese colonel defections fuels fears as plans for an attack on Saigon surface.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Vung Tau
Lubbock County Commissioners Postpone Tax Billing Machines Purchase
A brief notice indicates Lubbock County commissioners defer a decision on buying new tax billing machines. The page references show related regional sports and politics items across sections including a Coronado Estacado baseball clash and gubernatorial race notes. The paper also teases a London grave disinterment story and a Good Neighbor column.
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Lubbock
Area
Prayer Passage Requests Reader Submissions
A brief reader prayer asks for divine strength in weakness and mercy in humility. An editor notes that favorite prayers may be submitted, limited to 80 words. The request invites concise devotional verses from the public.
Space agency budget faces further cuts over GAO finding
A GAO report faulting NASA for not ensuring competitive bidding on a $23.4 million lunar module radar subcontract adds pressure on House members as they prepare to cut the agency's 1969 budget. Grumman is the prime contractor. RCA is the subcontractor. Senate voices call for tighter contracting practices amid looming funding debates.
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Washington
Space Agency
House
General Accounting Office
Congress
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp
GAO
Radio Corporation of America
Senate
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate Space
Mittee
Grumman
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
House Science ,and Astronautics Committee
Olin Teague
Texas
Midland socialite shot dead at home in mysterious slaying
Mrs Diane Nichols 31 was found fatally shot in the face and shoulder at 1201 Community Lane in Midland. Her husband William Nichols 31 was critically wounded by a 12 gauge shotgun blast. Police plan inquest as grandfather attorney John Perkins reports the scene and children age 8 and 3 were nearby. Funeral arrangements pending Ellis Funeral Home.
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Avalanche-Journal
Midland
Diane Nichols
Community Lane
Indian alpinist dies in New Delhi cancer battle
Sonam Gyatso, 45, part of the 1965 Everest expedition that reached the 29 028 foot summit, died in New Delhi on Monday after a cancer battle.
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New Delhi
India
Sonam Gyatso
Mt. Everest
Recession Imminent Warns Dallas Fed Chief at Texas Bankers Meet
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Dr. Philip E Coldwell warned that a second major recession of this century is imminent unless Congress and the administration move promptly to restore fiscal order. He told 250 bankers at the District 8 Texas Bankers Assn meeting that inflation is on the galloping side and credit tightening has been used to buy time since 1961. See ECONOMY Page 10.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Philip E. Coldwell
Federal Reserve System
Coldwell
Congress
District 8
Texas Bankers Assn
Pioneer Hotel
Jim Ed Waller
Lubbock
Dallas District Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve’ System
ICC
Department of Transportation
Messer
Nationwide phone strike drags on as court orders struck down
A nationwide telephone workers walkout continues after a Kentucky federal judge voided one Kentucky or state court order. AFL-CIO officials press to void Alabama injunction while Alabama picket lines stay up. Union president Beirne calls injunctions anti union and blocking negotiations in the wage dispute that began last Thursday.
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Washington
Kentucky
Afl-Cio Communications
Mobile
Alabama
Joseph A. Beirne
Southern Bell Telephone Co
ICC to set standards for passenger train service
An ICC examiner recommended minimum standards for passenger rail quality and said the commission could order railroaders how to run trains. If adopted, it would mark the first review of service quality in the ICC’s 81-year history and may curb the decline in passenger trains.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
John S. Messer
Commission
Messer
Texas storm fronts bring tornadoes and hail across state
Three frontal systems struck Texas with tornadoes hail snow and dust. Dalhart had 44 degrees and snow while parts of North Texas saw golf ball sized hail and towns reported tornado sightings near Cleburne Fort Worth and Paris. One youth drowned in a creek near McKinney.
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Avalanche Journal News
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Dalhart
Panhandle
McKinney
Carlos Ramos
Princeton
Central Plains
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Iowa
Louisiana
Huciberg Chevrolet Co
Midwest City
Okla
Rey Jones
Auto Company
Tinker Air Force Base
Gulf of Mexico
Red River
Mineral Wells
Eagle Pass
Plains
Lubbock
U.S
Amarillo
Dallas
Cleburne
Fort Worth
Farmersville
Ponder, McKinney
Grandview
Aspermont
Paris
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Fight erupts during Fiesta in San Antonio parade
In downtown San Antonio during Fiesta Week the king's river parade drew thousands when a brawl broke out among about 50 people. A 17 year old was wounded in the leg by a bullet. Police deployed extra units with riot control gear for roughly 30 minutes. no property damage was reported.
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San Antonio
Texas
Five Nations Delegates Meet on Arid Lands Growth
About 300 delegates from Venezuela Colombia Argentina Mexico and the United States gathered in Monterrey for an international symposium on increasing food production in arid lands. Emilio Portes Gil urged cooperation and Dr Grover E Murray of Texas Tech highlighted education and research roles as vital for future food and living-space challenges.
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Avalanche-Journal
Monterrey
Mexico
Texas College
Emilio Portes Gil
Mexican Institute of Arid Zones
Venezuela
Colombia
Argentina
United States
Grover £. Murray
Texas Tech
Murray
Weather map notes for Lubbock area and warm spell
Partly cloudy and colder today with windy conditions. High near 72 and low around 46, with northerly winds 20 to 35 mph. Fair and warmer Wednesday. sunrise at 6 08 a.m. and sunset around 7 24 p.m. Precipitation data list 24 hour highs and lows for Abilene to Denver, including Amarillo 58 44 and Dallas 83 82.
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el Faso
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Amarillo
Okla
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