Senate OK Tentative Sales Tax Hike Faces Heavy Debate
Senate tentatively approves a sales tax increase aimed at about 5 million in revenue. Bills to remove beer and liquor from the tax failed 17-14, and to phase out the franchise chain store tax in 1972 also failed.
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Senate
Jim Bates
Edinburg
Joe Bernal
San Antonio
W. E. Berry
Joe Christie
el Paso
Henry Grover
Houston
Ralph Hall
Rockwall
Roy Harrington
Port Arthur
Barbara Jordan
Oscar Maury
Dallas
Mike McKool
William N. Patman
Canado
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Murray Watson
Schwartz
Jack Strong
Longview
Washington
Charles Wilson
Lufkin
J. P. Word
Meridian
Word
Preston Smith
Apollo 11 Trio Feted in New York and Chicago Parades
Millions in New York and Chicago greeted Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins after their moon mission with ticker tape confetti crowds and medals. Officials highlighted the historic earth to stars link as celebrations stretched through city streets and civic centers.
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New York
Chicago
la State
Los Angeles
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Broadway
John Palmer
James Rochford
John Hancock
Michigan Avenue
North Side
Civic Center
John Cardinal Cody
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Thomas Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Richard J. Daley
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
America
Earth
Daley
Ogilvie
Grant Park
Meigs Field
Lakefront
Air Force One
O'Hare International
John V. Lindsay
Collins
Aldrin
U Thant
United Nations
Neil
Buzz
Mike
City Hall
Stars
Armstrong
Moon
Manhattan
Barry Goldwater
Space Trio
Julian Scheer
Heat Wave Across Texas Sees Record Highs in August
Caen Vernon-Lubbock line stationary front. cooler Panhandle and South Plains with scattered thundershowers possible. Wichita Falls leads state with 112 as Waco hits 110 and Abilene 106 amid scorching heat. Air conditioning workers struggle to keep up with demand.
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Vernon-Lubbock
Panhandle
South Plains
Wichita Falls
Waco
Childress
Abilene
Daas
Trudy Neal
Jay and Bee
Wichita Fals
Mireral
Wella
Woman Dies In Crash At Tatum
In Tatum New Mexico about 9 45 am Wednesday three vehicles collided injuring one driver and killing Carrie Lavada Selman 77 of Tatum who was a passenger in H H Harris s auto Harris and Collins 17 Morton were involved in the crash at Highway 380 near Sea General Hospital Lovington carried to hospital by emergency crews
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Tatum, N.M
Sea General Hospital
Lovington
Carrie Lavada Selman
Tatum
H. H. Harris
Harris
Charles Collins
Morton
Oun
Theater bandit pockets $200 at Golden Horseshoe drive-in
A gunman in Army clothes robbed two ticket agents at the Golden Horseshoe drive-in theater on South University Drive around 10:30 pm. He poked a revolver through a window, took $200, and fled. Investigators quoted the suspect promising the claim would be over. The man was described as about 28 years old.
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Golden Horseshoe Drive-In
South University Drive
Laboer
Pandit
Cleris
Jimmy Prado
Carol Fair
Martin
Exhumation Bid Triggers Court Proceeding in Kennedy Case
The Kennedy family asks a Massachusetts court for permission to exhume a body, claiming imperative reasons. The Manchester Union Leader reports five pre midnight calls charged to Kennedy and a dozen after midnight from the Kennedy compounds, listing Sorensen and Marshall among the numbers, with officials noting calls do not prove who placed them.
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Zerne County
Dinis
Massachusetts
Manchester
N.H
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Theodore Sorensen
Burke Marshall
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
Boston
Sorensen
Coast Guard
Exchange POWs between Honduras and El Salvador in Geneva
Honduras and El Salvador exchanged prisoners of war in Geneva. The swap involved 27 Salvadorean prisoners and 58 Honduran prisoners, arranged by the International Red Cross after last month’s conflict.
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Geneva
UPI
Honduras
el Salvador
International Red Cross
Celebrity Packed Gala Honors Spacemen At LA State Dinner
A crowd in the Century Plaza Ballroom saluted Apollo 11 astronauts at a lavish dinner hosted with Vice President Agnew and guests including Nixon and Warren Berger. Demonstrators outside protested wartime policies while NASA officials announced a global tour for the astronauts.
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Century Plaza
Marine Corps Band
Tice
Spiro T. Agnew
Los Angeles
Nixon
Warren E. Berger
Agnew
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
Ronald Reagan
Student Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Multiple Birth Announcements From Local Hospitals
A string of birth notices from Highland and Methodist hospitals reports newborns to numerous local families. Parents include Pegaram, Reed, Mandrell, Goodgson, and Knippenders, among others, with weights from 6 pounds 3 ounces to 8 pounds 5 ounces and times of birth listed.
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Robert Pegaram
45Th St
Highland Hospital
Borden Dairy
Blanchard Hosts District Day Activities In Austin
District Day activities begin with home demonstration clubs from 13 counties led by Bill Gunter serving cookies. An art exhibit in the Senate chamber features Remington and Cortes among others, while another exhibit in the rotunda. Entertainment includes the Slum Town Symphony and the Triolins from Lubbock. A barbecue at Zilker Park honors the governor-for-a-day Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang serves. Blanchard invites all district residents with flight from Lubbock Chamber chartering a plane for guests.
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Blanchard
Bill Gunter
Lubbock
Senate
Frederic Remington
Charles M. Russell
N. C.wyeth
Joseph H. Snarp
Irving Couse
Melvin C. Warren
Joe Rader Roberts
Lowell Davis
George Phippen
Robert Wood
A. D. Greer
C. P. Montague
Edouard Cortes
Lamesa
Bernie Howell
Triolins
Odessa
Zilker Park
Chuck Wagon Gang
Edmonton
Alberta
Can
National Guard
China and Soviet clash under border fire on long frontier
双方互指侵 crossed the border near Zhalanashkol in Semipalatinsk region Kazakhstan as Chinese and Soviet forces exchanged fire. Tass reported the action left several dead or wounded with two Chinese captured and reinforcements repulsed. The incident follows June 11 clashes and follows a Moscow Beijing river navigation accord announced five days earlier.
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Zhalanashkol
Semipalatinsk
Kazakhstan
Tass
Chinese Foreign Ministry
Sinkiang
Soviet Union
Ussuri
Manchuria
Moscow
Peking
Pollen Count Readings From Health Unit Stations
Daily pollen count report from City-County Health Unit lists station readings at multiple sites. Readings include station 1 at 50th and Asiea, station 2 at 2nd and Ave X, station 3 at 6th and Av. E, and station 4 at M18 Zenith with particle totals and allergen percentages.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Ray Milland
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Grinnell Corp
Vernon Ray Mandrell
42Nd St
Lubbockthie Hospital
Texas Rooting Co
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Laugeter
Emene
Reese Afs
Rid Diep
Sueeld
Moore
49Th St
A.m. Triday
Methodist Hospital
Federal Aviation Adminison
Hormel Meat Co
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87Th ‘St
Mathositt Hospital
Rix Funeral Home
Bill Carter
Dounda
Lubbock High School
Marvin Harvey
Wavelland
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Ith
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Eusebio Hernandez
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