Johnson signs voting rights bill to end literacy tests
President Johnson signed the Negro voting rights bill calling for swift enforcement to open ballots to Blacks. The act bans literacy tests in several Southern states and allows federal voter registration where needed. Atty Gen. Mitchell is cited as directing enforcement and the plan targets Alabama through Virginia and parts of North Carolina.
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Walter R. Mears Ashington
Johnson
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Alabama
Louisiana
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Alaska
Atty
Gen
Mi- Lee
Ex-Classmate In Confession Sealed as Slayings Suspect
James C. Cross a University of Texas junior from Fort Worth was arrested and charged with the July 18 murders of two UT coeds. He admitted strangling Susan Rigsby and Shirley Ann Stark, both 21, in Austin. Cross dated Stark and met her in a biology class. Police planned to present the case to a grand jury.
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Mde Journal News Services
USTIN
James C. Cross
University of Texas
Fort Worth
Col
Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Cross
Travis County
Shirley Ann Stark Cross
Susan Rigsby
Shirley Ann Stark
Dallas
Miss Stark
DPS
Garrison
Texas
Austin
K. R. Herbert
Herbert
Grand
Department of Public Safety
George Phifer
Maj
Bruce Biggerstaff
K. P. Herbert
Arizona Prisoner Charged in 1963 Slaying of TCU Coed
Ervin F. Stewart, 37, already serving a 4 to 6 year term for grand theft, was charged Friday with the murder of Jane Langdon, 21, a Texas Christian University student. A preliminary hearing is set for Aug. 30. Langdon was raped and killed after traveling from Dallas to Phoenix to visit her father. Stewart had been questioned previously. investigators say new evidence and statements link him to the crime.
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United Press International
Phoenix
Arizona
Jane Langdon
Texas
Jack Langdon
Dallas
Ervin F. Stewart
Stewart
Maricopa County
Jack Nelson
Miss Langdon
Texas Christian University
Here
Denver
Nelson
Colorado
Ivan
Tax Board Finally Closes Lubbock Tax Hearings
The Board of Tax Equalization wrapped five weeks of hearings on Lubbock 1965 66 city and school tax rolls at City Hall. Chairman Ray Diekemper said one more meeting may be needed in about three weeks and a full report with recommendations will take weeks. Tax office staff work overtime to total cuts and adjustments amid concern of possible tax rate increases after the reappraisal. Harvey Austin said action likely by September 1.
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Board of Tax Equalization
Lubbock
City Hall
Ray Diekemper
Diekemper
Equalization Board
Harvey Austin
A COMMON BOND Look Back Over 30 000 Long Miles
Avalanche Journal staffer Kenneth Estes recalls Bob McGuire’s 30 000 mile world journey ending in late April. McGuire links Viet Nam Israel Greece and India to current crises like a color movie and notes Saigon memories and a shift in perspective on casualties. He recalls friendly Saigon residents and talks of shared sacrifices across nations.
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Connemara
Emerald Isle
Bob McGuire
Kenneth Estes
Avalanche-Journal
Rann of Kutch
Viet Nam
Israel
Greece
India
McGuire
Saigon
South
Francisco Gonzalez honored in city after appointment
Francisco Gonzalez is honored in Lubbock after his appointment by Governor Connally. The notice highlights city recognition and references the governor’s action. The article appears on Page 1, Sec. B.
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Francisco Gonzalez
Gov. Connally
Solon's Son Charged in Officer's Death at Demonstration
Mike Reuss 18, son of Rep. Henry Reuss of Wisconsin, faces manslaughter charges after highway patrolman Cowart collapsed and died during a search following mass arrests at a civil rights protest in West Point Mississippi. The indictment also cites resisting arrest and blocking the sidewalk as additional counts with a preliminary hearing set for next Wednesday.
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West Point
Miss
UPD
Wisconsin
Mike Reuss
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
B. Coward
Highway Patrol
Harvey Buck
Reuss
Cowart
Buck
Woman Dies After Foretold Death Forecast
A 43 year old woman, told at age five she would die at 43 by a fortune teller, died a week after her 43rd birthday following minor surgery. Doctors from Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission note possible emotional stress from the prediction and surgery.
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Associated Press
British Medical Journal
A. R. Elkington
D. D. Yun
P. R. Steele
Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission
Ottawa
Viet Cong seeks North Vietnam aid for intensified war
Hanoi radio quotes a Viet Cong statement requesting aid and volunteers to raise guerrilla resistance tenfold. Tass in Moscow calls Johnson’s plan to send 50 000 more U S troops an aggressive act. Ghana's Nkrumah appeals to halt bombing North Viet Nam as U S officials note Viet Cong losses and possible prep for new moves.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
North
Viet Nam
Hanoi Radio
Tass
Moscow
Johnson
U. S
Washington
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
United States
Hanoi
Ment
U.S
Lake Texhoma Showers Soak South Plains Areas
A line of thundershowers crossed the South Plains Friday night, bringing rain to Lubbock and nearby towns after highs in the mid 90s. Lubbock, Slaton, Dickens and Lorenzo reported showers with .08 inch in Lubbock and near a quarter inch at Lorenzo. More showers expected today as temperatures near 96.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Lubbock
U. S. Weather Bureau
South Lubbock
Slaton
Dickens
Lorenzo
Corpus Christi
College Station
Texas ‘A&m
Roscoe Collier
J. T. Wells
Department of Public Safety
Prayer for revival and return to Bible faith
A reader submitted brief prayer calling for a national revival in America and a return to biblical faith as the country’s sole survival. The note includes an editor's prompt inviting readers to share prayers up to 68 words.
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Jesus
America
Sunday Comics to Bring Bold Changes for Avalanche-Journal
Two major changes debut on Sunday comics pages with Major Hoople and Carniv al replaced by Blondie and Hints from Heloise. Both new features are widely read and will begin this Sunday, inviting neighbors to join in.
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Avalanche-Journal
Weather Map Page 7 A Lubbock Vicinity Forecast
Clear to partly cloudy in Lubbock and vicinity today and tonight with Sunday sunshine. A few late afternoon or evening thunder showers possible. Highs near 93 to 96 degrees, lows around 66.
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Lubbock
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