Two POW wives receive long awaited letters from husbands
DALLAS AP Two women whose husbands were captured in Vietnam and listed as missing received letters written last December. Mrs. Robert D. Jeffrey’s husband was shot down in 1965 on his first mission as F4C commander. Mrs. Jerry Allen Singleton’s husband was shot down in 1965 and reported healthy in his December note. Both letters arrived in New York in April after delays.
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Dallas
Paris
Robert D. Jeffrey
Jerry Allen Singleton
Committee of Liaison
New York
Jeffrey
Vietnam
Hanoi
Special Delivery
Singleton
Stockholm
Sweden
Capt. Singleton
Dust Storms Sweep West Texas From El Paso To Panhandle
Weather Bureau warns of another dust storm this afternoon as sand blown across West Texas from El Paso to Amarillo. Lubbock reported 40 mph gusts Sunday and 47 mph at 2 pm Monday. Winds 20 to 40 mph expected today, cooler by Wednesday. Deepening trough from Colorado to the South Plains fuels the storms.
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Weather Bureau
West Texas
el Paso
Amarillo
Lubbock
Colorado
Panhandle
South Plains
Award Presented To Lubbockite John Berry White
John Berry White founding superintendent of the Children’s Home of Lubbock received Pepperdine College’s Christian Service Award during a Bible lectureship in April nineteen twenty three. White, longtime Broadway Church of Christ elder, helped pioneer adoption services and founded the home in 1953, aiding about 550 adopted children and serving nearly 1,000.
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John Berry White
Children’s Home
Lubbock
Pepperdine College
White
Broadway Church of Christ
Churches of Christ
Los Angeles
M. Norvel Young
Pepperdine
Broadway
Funeral Pending For R C Jones
Funeral services are pending at Campbell Funeral Home for Royal Curtis Jones 74 a retired car dealer. He died at home after a heart attack Monday night leaving a wife Ina Mae two sons W R of Seattle and Alvin of Spur a daughter Frances Kizer of Denver City and 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren
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Campbell Funeral Home
Royal Curtis
Fire damages cars after Monday blaze near 19th Street
A Monday fire on 19th Street near Hint Pe caused heavy damage to a vehicle and surrounding property. Fire crews extinguished the flames with authorities identifying the auto owner and confirming the incident ended with significant damage.
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19Th Street
Auto
Pops Nite Draws 3000 In Lubbock For 24th Season Finale
About 3000 fans filled the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium for the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Pops Nite led by William A. Harrod. Tech student Amarillo pianist John Handy wowed with Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue as youth choruses from Lubbock high schools performed pieces from Mame On a Clear Day and Oliver!. Rex Webster directed the Youth Chorus and Ron Williams conducted the program with Harrod noting an intended Rain Drops tribute for his family. The event closed the 24th year and set hopes for the 25th anniversary season in October.
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Jack Sheridan
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
Lubbock Symphony Orchestra
William A.harrod
Amarillo
John Handy
George Gershwin
Tech
Lubbock
Rex Webster
Ron Williams
Richard Campbell
Kathy Horsman
Susan Ledbetter
Gerre
Jo Ann Joiner
Harrod
Garcia Rites Slated Here For Local Collision Victim
Funeral services are set for DeMingo Garcia 22 of Ropesville who died when a street sweeper struck his car on 4th Street near Avenue X in Lubbock. The mass will be at St. Anthony's Brownfield with Rev. Aidan J. Maguire officiating and burial in Brownfield Cemetery.
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DeMingo Garcia
Ropesville
Lubbock
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Brownfield
Aidan J. Maguire
Brownfield Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
4Th Street
Avenue X
Births Recorded in West Texas Hospitals This Week
Fragments note births at Methodist and West Texas hospitals including a 7 lb 11 oz daughter born to James Clint Gregory Jr. in Petersburg at 7 58 p.m. and a 9 lb 72% oz infant born in West Texas with a father employed by Bernice Costeene and Warehouse. Other entries mention families and occupations.
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Bay Munoz
Emory Jne
Bunday
Laut Curie Hospital
Armstrong Warehouse and Transfer
James Clint Gregory Jr
Petersburg
West Texan Hospital
Jon Charles
West Texas
Bernice Costeene and Warehouse
Soviet Cosmos program revival prompts questions in 1965
Western observers in Moscow cannot explain why the Cosmos launches, revived five years after the initial series. Soviet space work remains secret under the "scientific" label while tracking stations identify Cosmos craft as reconnaissance satellites, weather satellites and orbital bomb tests.
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Moscow
U.S
Economists Predict Inflation Slowing by Year End
Two economists spoke to the United States Chamber of Commerce saying inflation will ease. Dr. Walter Heller voiced a 4 percent year end rise, while Beryle Sprinkel projected a 3 percent rate for overall national output by year end.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Walter W. Helier
Council of Economic Advisers
Chica- 20
Beryle W. Sprinkel
Chamber
Afghanistan Aims for Wheat Self Sufficiency in 1971
Afghanistan expects to become self sufficient in wheat by 1971 due to modern agricultural techniques and seed improvements, according to Agriculture Ministry sources in Kabul.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Agriculture Ministry
Nixon Urged to Intervene in Wildcat Truck Strikes
Dayton Chamber of Commerce and Cleveland officials press White House for action amid wildcat strikes across major cities. Troop on Ohio routes, Chicago numbers, and Los Angeles figures cited as shortages deepen and economy slows.
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Nixon
Associated Preas
White House
Dayton
Ohio
Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
Carl Stokes
Stokes
Chicago
St. Louis
Los Angeles
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61H
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Bryan, Texas
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Lafayette
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Ft. Worth
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Angleton
Bettye Gardiner
Childress
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