Borden County marks 75th anniversary in Gail
A one day celebration in Gail honored Borden County's 75th anniversary with attendees from Gail and former residents. Notables included John Ben Shepperd presenting an award to Attie Jackson born December 8 1871, and a noon catered lunch drawing a crowd of about 1 076. Local professionals shared in the event including the Reverend Mother Ownes, Dr A C Surman and banker Lee York.
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John Ben Shepperd
Odessa
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Attie Jackson
Borden County
Gail
Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Tripoli
Libya
Gail Borden
Texas
Mather Ownes
Gatesville
Tex
JI Pay
A. C. Surman
Post
Garza
Borden Counties
Lubbock
Doyle Justice
Lee York
Jim York
Johnson says Communist takeover of South Vietnam now impossible
President Johnson and General Westmoreland said a North Vietnamese victory is not feasible while U S and allied forces remain in Viet Nam. No quick end to fighting is seen, and troops may be increased before year’s end. The conference ran long and covered many subjects.
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Associated Pre
Johnson City
Johnson
William C. Westmoreland
South Viet Nam
United States
LBJ
Westmoreland
Viet Nam
U.S
Lbj Ranch
Far East
Tassea
Hanoi
LBA
William S. Carpenter
Lyndon Johnson
Texas Ranch
Carpenter
U.S. Army
Tahiti Papette Reports Atom Bomb Test Date
French scientists reportedly set September 10 for a test explosion of a boosted atomic device to be witnessed by President Charles de Gaulle in Tahiti.
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Papette
Tahiti
Charles de Gaulle
Navy Ship Performs Rare Open Heart Surgery Aboard
A Viet Namese girl, Phan Thi Truong, 16, survived an unprecedented open heart operation aboard the U S S Repose near Da Nang. Dr M Wenith Neugebauer led a four doctor team from Fairview Oklahoma, San Diego California, Covington Kentucky, and Bethesda Maryland. She rests aboard for two weeks with six to eight weeks of limited activity after full recovery expected.
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U.S.S
Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
da Nang
Phan Thi Truong
M. Wenith Neugebauer
Fairview
Okla
Mitchell Mills
San Diego
Calif
John Dennis Noonan
Covington, Ky
Theodore H. Wilson J Jr
Bethesda
Moon Probe In Perfect Lunar Orbit
America’s Lunar Orbiter entered lunar orbit at 11 54 p.m. Sunday harnessing the Moon’s gravity for an 119 to 1160 mile path. NASA officials hailed success and outlined plans to photograph a 3000 mile lunar terrain strip with a 352 image package and schedule Aug 18 to Aug 29 for orbital photo work.
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Asadena
Calif
America
Moon
Earth
Capt
Lee R. Scherler
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Israel Taback
Luna
Lunar
William Boyer
Boyer
Kermit Hit by Minor Earthquake Feels Tremor Across Town
A small earthquake centered about 96 miles southwest of Lubbock rattled Kermit and was felt in Wink. No injuries reported though churches stores and homes showed cracks and merchandise toppled. Police noted a shaken police station vault and several doors jammed as residents described the quake lasting two to five seconds.
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Bruce Magness
Avalanche-Journal
Ermit
YD. H. Shurbet
Texas Tech College of Seismological Institute
Lubbock
Kermit
Wink
Nick Brown
Kerb Here
God Church
Assembly of God
W. S. Barham
Dorothy Stockton
Carl Richardson
Kermit Police
Richardson
Dr. Barham
Buck Haggard
Wounded three times by Viet Cong Marines in Vietnam
Lance Corp. Jerry Wayne Sawyer, 20, of Ralls, was wounded three times in Vietnam, first on March 4 in Da Nang, then in Happy Valley, finishing a patrol after a lighter third wound. He recalls bamboo traps, heat, animals, and the dangers of the war as he returns home.
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ALLS
Lance Corp
Jerry Wayne Sawyer
Robert Sawyer
Ralls
Viet Nam
da Nang
Sawyer
Happy Valley
Prayer for bold witness and church strength
A prayer asking the Holy Father to fill the Church with the Spirit so members witness with boldness in this age of challenge. It seeks personal and group strength for the congregation, mentioning Mrs. Amos Pate of Littlefield.
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Amos Pate
Littlefield
Medicine Mounds and Comanche Legend in Local History
Indian lore recounts how Medicine Mounds near the Pease River drew Comanche bands and medicine men. A sacred peak housed a Spirit that cured a chief’s daughter and guided buffalo-hunting, while gypsum waters and the mound’s sentinel role shaped local memory into a picnic spot by 1882.
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Medicine Mounds
Pease River
Matador
Crowell and
Quanah
Red River
Reverse Cosmos? British physicist posits unseen time reversed universe
AP reports Dr. F R Stannard of University College London suggests our world may be surrounded by a Faustian universe where time runs backward. He argues symmetry could pair two realms with the same laws, one contracting with increasing entropy, unobservable to Faustian observers yet conceivably exchange matter to enable regeneration.
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London
F. R. Stannard
University College
Nature
Stannard
Muiting
Rioting in Chicago as Civil Rights Marches Clash
More than 5,000 white protesters surged through Marquette Park amid three marches into all white Chicago neighborhoods. Police battled crowds with clubs and gunfire. A Nazi party leader urged a white revolution, fueling violence with rocks, bottles, and arrests. injuries reported.
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Associated Press
Southwest
American Nazi Party
Pas
Marquette Park
Gate Park
Bogan
Jefferson Park
John Patter
Nazi Party
Vost
tNeere
Patter
Weather map page notes cool turn with possible thundershowers
The forecast for Lubbock and vicinity calls for clear to partly cloudy today and tonight with a cooler spell and a chance of a few thundershowers. High near 90, low around 64. Sunrise 6 09 am, sunset 7 34 pm. Humidity around 41 percent at midnight. Precipitation and weather notes cover 26 hours ending last night in regional totals. Continuous readings include nearby city data such as Abilene Albuquerque Houston and Denver with varied values.
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