Icarus Aloft Once More First Flier Gains Honor
Athens reports Greece plans a king size statue of Icarus despite new evidence from Sicily. A Greek era pottery plaque shows Daedalus with wings riding a bull and holding Icarus, suggesting a non drowning ending. Italian scholars note the scene yet do not confirm revised fate.
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Athens
Greece
Icarus
Sicily
Greater
Achille Adriani
Institute of Archaeology
University of Palermo
Daedalus
Crete
Front Sparks Cool Winds and Flash Rain Hits Seminole
An isolated thunderstorm with 60 to 75 mph winds and a one inch rainfall blasted Seminole and Gaines County Wednesday night, causing roof damage, shattered plate glass, and downed trees. Flash flooding extended up to 10 miles west, with heavier moisture west of Seminole and rains in Andrews and Lamesa. The front lowered temperatures by as much as 30 degrees and forecasters warned of possible additional showers with temperatures near 90 by Friday.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Seminole
Panhandle
South Plains
Gaines County
Barrow
Hobbs
Andrews
Lamesa
Lubbock
U. S. Weather Bureau
Montgomery Ward
Williams Department
Civil rights commission tightens integration laws urged
Civil Rights Commission asks tighter laws for integration and enforcement. The report calls for stronger protections and clearer guidelines across districts, with emphasis on equitable access and compliance.
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Civil Rights Commission
Sec. O
Senate action on tight riot curb law urged by GOP Southern Dems
Senator Dirksen previews a swift Senate push to erase AG control of the anti crime program and hand enforcement to the states. He cites allies McClellan and Eastland to tighten House measures and adds the package may become a strong enforcement bill for civil disturbances. Mansfield and Eastland will shepherd Senate action.
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Jack Bell Washington
House
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Dirksen
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
Judiciary Committee
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Eastland
McClellan
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
Johnson
Prayer excerpt from Crosbyton preacher on eternal life
Today’s prayer expresses gratitude for the Word and the covenant for believers. It emphasizes faith in Jesus and the promise of eternal life as stated by H. T. Snyder of Crosbyton.
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Father
Jesus
H. T. Snyder
Crosbyton
Woman reports cigar shaped UFOs over southern New Mexico
Ruth E. Ford describes a grass green long cigar object with windows and paired propellers hovering near an empty highway between Deming and Las Cruces. A second identical object followed. She sent drawings and notes to Dr J Allen Hynek, with city coverage continuing on page 16.
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Deming
Las Cruces
Miss Ford
J. Allen Hynek
Dearborn Observatory
Northwestern University
Little Rock Sees New Face With Federal Aid
A revival sweeps downtown Little Rock as federal funds spark a facelift for aging buildings. Business leaders push modern styling on banks offices and hotels while suburbs gain momentum and the river city stretches toward a brighter horizon.
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Little Rock
Federal Funds
Fiber panel named to study Texas fiber futures
Speaker Ben Barnes announced a five member natural fiber study committee created by a House resolution. The panel will include two House members and three private citizens to review feasibility of expanding and coordinating cotton wool and mohair research and facilities. Members named are Charlie Scrubbs of Dallas chairman, Charlie Schreiner Kerrville rancher Roy Forkner Lubbock businessman Rep Hillary Doran Del Rio and Rep Delwin Jones of Lubbock.
Unidentified Flying Objects Reported on New Mexico Highway
Ruth E. Ford of 1707 16th Street saw two long grass-green cigar shaped objects with windows and propellers on a southern New Mexico highway. She reported the sighting alone, and UFO experts are examining the incident.
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Ruth E. Ford
16Th St
New Mexico
Jim Marrs
Senate hearing backs broader bombing in Vietnam war
Admiral Ulysses S Grant Sharp urged continued air raids on North Vietnam and targeted additional military sites. Senator Stennis and others noted support for eased bombing limits while Ford pressed for widening targets including power and oil facilities despite a broader war risk. McNamara argued bombing aims focus on reducing infiltration rather than total destruction.
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United Prone International
Washington
Ulysses S. Grant Sharp
U.S
Pacific
North Vietnam
Sharp
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
LBJ
Johnson
Henry Jackson
L+Wwasa
Ford
House
Gerald R. Ford
United States
South Vietnam
Soviet Union
iChina
Vietnam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Stennis Group
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-Cs
Denver Area Quake Spurs Wide Shake-Up and Loose Bricks
A major Denver quake caused no injuries but shattered glass in stores and knocked bricks from a downtown chimney. Tremors extended to Pueblo, Cheyenne, and Brush, linked to the Derby fault and a disposal well at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, with quakes continuing after 1962 pumping.
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Associated Prensa
Denver
Colo
Pueblo
Cheyenne
Brush
Jearth
Mountain
Plains
Derby
David M. Evans
Colorado School of Mines
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Arsenal
Evans
Kirk Steals Spotlight At Brownbrown Rally In Florida
Governor Claude Kirk unexpectedly appeared at a rally headlined by H Rap Brown in Jacksonville and urged no talk of guns. A crowd of about 300 Negro supporters engulfed Kirk as Brown complained of white interference. The governor thanked the crowd and left as the event resumed.
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Florida
Brown
Claude Kirk
H. Rap Brown
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Jacksonville
Fla
Kirk
United Prose International
Tallahassee
Weather Map Page forecast for Lubbock
Partly cloudy today and tonight with a chance of thundershowers this afternoon or tonight. High near 90, low in the upper 60s. Wind variable to easterly 10 to 20 mph. Rain probability 5 percent today and 10 percent tonight.
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Lubbock
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LCC
MT. Mckinley
DE Gaulle
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Panama Canal
CW News
Comic Dictionary
Avalanche. Journal Station
Clark
Bangkok
U.S. Army Fifth Field Hospital
State Department
Thailand
Bill Rainbolt
Avalanche-Journal Staff
Kenneth May
Ark
North
Admiral
Aidids
Rap Brown
Wien
Abilene
Dallas Roen
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