Antiwar hearings spark protests and clashes outside Capitol
About 200 demonstrators protested the hearings as eight people were taken to a downtown police station for disorderly conduct. Witness Gordon from Brooklyn defied questions as the committee pressed for details on May 2 Movement ties and aid to the Viet Cong.
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New Left
Gordon
Brooklyn
N.Y
Fink
Progressive Labor Movement
Pool
Alfred M. Nittle
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Johnson
Viet Nam
Capitol
White House
Executive Mansion
Robert H. Fleming
Red China in leader switch prompted by Lin Piao move
Tanjug reports from Peking say Lin Piao may have become Mao Tse-tung's No 2 man and chairman of the Central Committee military commission and first deputy committee head, raising questions among Hong Kong experts who doubt the claim.
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Belgrade
UPS
Lin Piao
Mao Tse-Tung
Tanjug
Peking
Lin
Central Committee
Military Commission
Mao
Liu Shao-Chi
China
Hong Kong
Communist Party
Obscenity Case Ends as Defense Wraps Final Witness
Houston, UPI. Testimony closed in the obscenity trial of seven individuals and three companies after Defense Attorney Percy Foreman finished cross examining the last prosecution witness. Federal Judge Joe Ingraham dismissed the jury until 9:20 a.m. Monday, Aug. 22, to allow attorneys to prepare final arguments.
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Houston
UPI
Percy Foreman
Joe Ingraham
Tragedy update on man injured in Seminole area crash
Robert Lee Harland 33 of Seminole was moved from ICU at Methodist Hospital on Tuesday with his condition still listed as serious Tuesday night after a pickup truck rollover 144 miles west on U S 180.
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Robert Lee Harland
Seminole
Methodist Hospital
U.S. 180
Youth Admits Change of Heart on Communism
He describes leaving the Communist movement after realizing its limits and dangers. He says his defection was spurred by regret and a resolve to warn other youth about the pitfalls, stressing that one can observe years of propaganda from outside to see through it.
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United States
Pool
Luce
Progressive Labor Movement
U.S
Viet Nam
Cuba
United Nations
Beverly Axelrod
Ira Golovin
Frank Donner
University of California
University of Michigan
House
Thomas G. Abernethy
D-Miss
Corcoran
Judicial Branch
Congress
Communist Party
Moon Photo Craft Makes Good Orbit
Lunar Orbiter America circled the moon every 312 hours in Pasadena to begin photographing the moon’s dark side. The 850 pound craft ranged 117.43 to 1159.28 miles from the surface as NASA and Caltech officials planned the first image series and televised transmission times.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Flying Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Patsy Patsy to Start Special School After Kidney and Hearing Issues
Scrapper has endured three tough years with eight operations yet shows resilience. Hume notes Patsy can now prepare to rejoin life as she recovers kidney condition. Doctors advise enrolling in a special school to address deafness with her mother’s consent.
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Hume
Patsy
Weather Across Regions Disrupts Flights and Delivers Sky Variations
Thunderstorms and heavy rains struck the Midwest while high winds damaged a New York airport. Texans saw slightly below normal temperatures with clear to partly cloudy skies, and light showers were reported in portions of Texas and eastern New Mexico. Radar indicated sprinkles in Lamb and Bailey Counties and near Roswell New Mexico. Tornado watches were maintained as storms moved through the region.
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Midwest
New York
Texans
Texas
Lamb
Bailey
Cochran
New Mexico
U.S
Columbus
Ohio
Madison
Wis
Paducah
Springfield
Columbia City
Ind
Wichita Falls
Laredo
Lubbock
Fair Today
Weather Bureau
Proposals Seek Defense Cuts and Hearings on F111B
Lawmakers pushed a 522.5 million cut from a 58 billion defense bill citing wasteful spending and unspent funds. Sen. McGovern and allies urged controls while Sen. McClellan planned renewed hearings on the F111B fighter bomber before Navy evaluations. Severe storms caused aircraft damage in New York and Ohio, with heavy rains in several states and a five day forecast predicting mostly fair weather in Texas and cooler eastern regions.
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Russell
Viet Nam
George McGovern
D-Sd
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
William Proxmire
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
McGovern
Defense Department
John L. McClellan
Broadcaster Gains Quick Voting Lead in Montana Primary
Bozeman broadcaster Dick Smiley led Ed Canty 4-3 in the Montana lone primary contest for a congressional nomination with early returns from Canty’s Butte home. Canty faces Democratic Rep. Arnold Olsen in November. Metcalf and Babcock led the Senate race. Battin and Melcher were renominated in the Eastern District. About half of 506,844 registered voters cast ballots in the first August primary in 40 years. Redistricting forced every state senator and representative to seek nomination.
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Helena
Mont
Bozeman
Dick Smiley
Ed Canty
Montana
Canty
Butte
Arnold Olsen
Lee Metcalf
Tim Babcock
Washington
James Battin
R-Mont
John Melcher
Forsyth
Wyoming Primary Sees Extremely Heavy Turnout
Cheyenne Wyoming voters hit the polls in a heavyweight turnout after 5 PM slowing ballot counting. In a tight Republican race for the U S Congress nomination former Rep William Henry Harrison trails publisher Roy Peck 110 to 114 with eight of sixty seven precincts reporting.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
U.S. Congress
William Henry Harrison
Roy Peck
Births in Lubbock Methodist Hospital All Week
A series of birth announcements from Methodist Hospital lists parents and newborns with weights and times. Notable entries include Ronnie and Mrs. White's daughter at 1:36 p.m., Tom Scarborough's daughter at 12:55 p.m., and Norman Smith's son at 1:45 p.m., among others.
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Ronnie White
Rt. 3
Box
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock Manufacturing Co
Tom Scarborough
Tom's Tree Place
Norman H. Smith
39Th St
Antonio Ballejo
Auburn
Hargrove & Son
Jose Vega
Tahoka
Laut Chine
Hilary Flores
Rt. 2
Laut
Rario
Edward Salazar
N. Ave. P
Lauf Clinic
Texas Tech
Joe Moreno
Bates St
Porter Clinic-Hospital
Young Seed and Grain Co
Rufus Johnson
Film Ave
Porter Chinte Hospital
Zachary Lawson
Clark Wooldridge
Uvalde St
Family Service Association
Martin Boyd
17Th St
Winston
Jones
Plainview
Texas Hospital
Aarmer
Ronald J. Hunt
Stu Oon
West ‘Texas Hospital
Lubbock Flectric Cn
Giles Wilson Dalby
Jeffrey F. Berne
Reese Afb Hospital
Army Pvt
Wayne
Landerburg
Munday
Stanley J. Warren
I1th St
Reeser Afb Hospital
Afrian J.C
Timothy Z. Trade
Reese AR Hospital
Owen R. Jones
Harmon Jr
Reese Village
Hase
Dirksen voices dismay at Viet Nam air losses in 1967
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen condemned rising U S plane losses in Vietnam noting 13 planes down last week and Defense Secretary McNamara’s forecast of 580 aircraft lost per year He suggested sources of ammunition from Russia and discussed potential Haiphong harbor strikes while deferring strategic decisions to the Air Force Navy and President Johnson.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Jover
Viet Nam
Dirksen
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
GOP
Russia
Red China
North
Dicksen
Richard M
Canada
Nixon
Anj Gop Policy Committee
Montreal
Nam
Banks Push Prime Rate to 6 Percent Amid Credit Tightening
Federal Reserve policy and market signals spark debate on lending. Hartke criticizes policy as risking a wartime recession while banks raise prime rates from 4.5 to 6 percent, widening the gap with the discount rate and slowing business loans. First National City hits 6 percent, the highest since the 1930s.
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Federal Reserve
Hartke
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
LBJ
Fowler
Johnsson
First National City
Johnson
Sec
Retary
Vietnam War Update From July News Briefs
Ground operations in Operation Toledo are described with air and sea actions across North and South Vietnam. Reports cite Vietnamese forces overrunning a coastal village in Quang Ngai Province and U.S. bombers striking oil depots and traffic corridors near Hanoi Haiphong. Marine casualties in Da Nang were light as Viet Cong mortar fire drew a marine reaction.
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Bob Stratoforts
Quang Neai
Saigon
U.S
Navy
Hianoi
Hanoi
Haiphong
Demilitarized Zone
U. S. Navy
Haiphone
Lower
Panhandle
da Nang
Corn Huskin' ding anniversary tribute in Lubbock
A remembrance notes that 19 days after his death this year a family in Lubbock marked a long life with 26 years in the city after moving from Harris Texas. The speaker thanks friends and says everyone had a good life and much joy in their time together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Harris
Tex
Gunman Takes Stock In Wall Street Heist
In Manhattan's financial district a lone gunman stole 370000 in negotiable stock certificates from a Paine Webber messenger delivering them to seven brokerage houses. The thief fled on foot as crowds filled the lunch hour. Messenger Richard Loccoro was uninjured.
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New York
Wall Street
Financial District
Manhattan
Richard Loccoro
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
Loccoro
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Pellston
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Frio
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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House Un-American Activities Committee
Robert Fountain
Idalou Road
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Harvey J. Horton
71St St
Baldridge Bakery
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West ‘Lexas Hospital
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