Mitchell Defends FBI Chief Hoover Amid Claims
Attorney General John Mitchell condemned charges that the FBI taps phones and surveils lawmakers. He argued national security justifies eavesdropping on threats at home and abroad, rebutting Hale Boggs and Edmund Muskie while denying any tapping of congressional lines and urging apologies for the accusations.
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FBI
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Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
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Nixon
Boges
Muskie
Hoover
Boggs
Lawmakers Split Over Boggs FBI Investigation Push
House Democratic leader Hale Boggs pressed for a high level FBI inquiry with support from Emanuel Celler, while William Anderson urged caution and favored a top presidential advisor role for Hoover. Many colleagues remained silent or critical, citing lack of proof for wiretapping claims. Mitchell defended surveillance policies and argued quick intelligence gathering is crucial in national security cases.
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Celler
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Anderson
FBI
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Nixon
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Selective Service
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Henry S. Kissinger
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FBT
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Congress
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Mitchel
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U.S. Ae Court of Appeals
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Vie
Supreme Court
Time Change Upsets Schedules for New Year DST
The piece notes Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday with clocks set forward one hour affecting wake and meal times for six months. It cites legislative adoption in most states and predicts daily life will adjust by October when clocks fall back.
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Hhromo Sapiens
Lions Set Queen Selection At Snyder District Ball
The District 2-T-2 Lions will crown a queen at the governor's ball in the Scurry County Coliseum during the spring conference. Thirty seven contestants from district clubs competed Friday at Snyder High School Auditorium as 350 members from sixty clubs gathered for the two day event led by Governor Roy Lynn Kahlich.
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Lions International
Scurry County
Snyder High School
Roy Lynn Kahlich
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Fire alarms and vehicle fires cause damage on local streets
Fire damaged Regina Delgado home at 1624 6th St when she slept on a couch. The couch was destroyed and damage estimated at 65 ppm. Firefighters also responded to a car fire at 2510 Amherst St causing moderate damage to Mrs Garcia’s vehicle. Police identified Frank Abalos as owner of a car fire at 2HI Cornell St with children allegedly involved. A false alarm and other responses followed.
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Amherst St
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Cornell St
Gres Petice
Frank Abalos
Carpenters and Mark Lindsay Shine in Two Lubbock Shows
In a crowded Lubbock Municipal Auditorium performances, Mark Lindsay opened with hits like Arizona and Miss America. The Carpenters Karen and Richard then delivered tight vocals and electric piano with backing by three musicians. Their set featured Rainy Days and Mondays, Close to You, and a Burt Bacharach medley as a summer TV replacement is announced.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Richard
Mark Lindsay
Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
Arizona
Silver Bird
Whren
Day Of Peace Observance Set At Texas Tech
Lundock proclaims a Day of Peace starting 9 30 a m with a teach in at the science building. Local students clergymen attorneys professors and citizens will lead discussions songs and poetry sessions to foster understanding of U S involvement in Vietnam not a protest. Folksinger Jim Wilson opens with a 9 20 a m solo in biology room 57 and workshops on economics law ethics history society and foreign policy in Southeast Asia follow.
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Jim Granberry
Texas Tech
Washington,d.c
Vietnam
Jim Wilson
Births in Lubbock Area Note Weekend Announcements
Sgt and Mrs Michael B of Route 5 Lubbock welcomed a daughter at Reese AFB Hospital. Box 5173 Red Raider Trailer Park announced a son at Lauf Clinic Porter Hospital. Michael D Sarley and Leg Patterson reported sons at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. Larry Ingram and Gene Whatley listed additional newborns at Methodist Hospital with each father’s employer.
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Lubbock
Reese Afb Hospital
Reese
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Lauf Clinic
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ARA
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Tord St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Texas Highway Department
Legs Patterson
List St
McGlain /Office Supply
Larry Ingram
62Nd St
Methodist Hospital
White Truck Company
Gene Whatley
39Th
St. Oon
Jin Methodist Hospital
Ralston Purina Company
Tech Students Awarded Honors At Annual Banquet
Texas Tech's American Society of Agricultural Engineers and Mechanized Agriculture held its banquet at Farr's Town & Country. Tony Kuehler from Seymour earned top honor as best agricultural engineer, while Richard Eehols from Dublin was named top mechanized agriculture student. Jim Clements of Dumas received the faculty award for effort in the department.
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Texas Tech
Richard Jchols
Lee Devin
Joe Newell
Eugene Foerster
Tony Anthony
American Society of Agricultural Engineers and Mechanized Agriculture
Farr
Town & Country
Tony Kuehler
Seymour
Richard Eehols
Dublin
Tex
Dumas
Tech
Jim Clements
Reste Lee Devin
Tulsa
Dale Thompson
Littlefield
Eugene P Forester
Agricultura
McCloskey Dispute Over Laotian Village Bombing Claims
Priest interpreter Rev Matt Menger says McCloskey’s Laos visit lasted only a few hours with seven or eight refugees and he did not get a broader view. McCloskey accuses bias and cites taped remarks praising bombing while Nixon aides invited the priest for talks on refugee issues.
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Laos
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Vilage
Ban Na Nea
Menger
Plain of Jars
Vientiane
Sut
University of California At Riverside
State Department
Father Menger
U.S
U. S
Nixon
Southeast Asia
United States
UIL Best Actress Bridgett Smith Tops Regional Play
Bridgett Smith of Lathhook High School won best actress at the UIL regional one act play contest in Odessa. She starred in Lubbock High's The Trojan Women directed by Richard Kimi, while Lynn Mathis of Amarillo Tascosa earned best actor. The regional winner was Oedipus, the Wine by Amarillo Tascosa, directed by Neil Hess, with 59 students competing. Additional literary events were set for Odessa today with multiple area high schools entered in various competitions.
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Bridgett Smith
Lathhook High School
Odessa
Miss Smith
West Texas
Amarillo Tascosa
Lynn Mathis
Wes
Lubbock High
Richard Kimi
Neil Hess
Campobello
EL Paso Coronde
Margaret Card
Ronald Shultz
Texas Tech University Theater
Corconado
Monterey
Lubbock
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