Wounded Colonel Hopes To See Viet Cong Again
Lt. Col. Lloyd L. Scooter Burke arrives home in Arkansas after being wounded in Vietnam. Medal of Honor actions in Korea noted. He aims to walk in about six months and plans to return to service if able, praising chopper pilots and Marines while predicting Viet Cong setbacks. Burke, 22 years in service, hails from Stuttgart Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Ark
Viet Nam
Scooter Burke
Burke
Lloyd L
Scooter
Action Helicopter
Bien
Stuttgart
Korea
City Grocery Tizz Store Burglary and Dairy Truck Loots
City police investigated multiple thefts Friday including a roof entry at Tri-Way Grocery on Rail road Ave with about $80 missing from a money bag and two Foremost Dairy trucks broken into with ice cream bars taken. Five dozen eggs looted from a third truck were smashed against the others. A Corvair seen with two youths dropped volcanic rocks in the Hamman yard. Several other property thefts were reported across addresses on 3rd Place 7th Street Colgate Knoxville and 44th Street with cash value estimates ranging from 45 to 100. Two 16 year olds were detained in the W R Wright burglary.
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Tri-Way
Railroad Ave
Foremost Dairy
C. F
M. S. Craig
Baylor St
Colgate St
Rodney E. Kellen
Amarillo
Knoxville
H. E. Griffith
44Th St
James A. Ellis
59Th St
W. R. Wright
32Nd St
Riots Hit Athens as Tsirimokos government faces protests
Thousands of police battled 15 000 demonstrators in downtown Athens tearing gas and clubs as antiroyalist protests swept the city. 157 people were reported injured in the clashes described by police as the worst since the 1947-49 civil war. Premier Elias Tsirimokos urged legal demonstrations and warned of a tougher crackdown. Andreas Papandreou, then minister, predicted a popular uprising against the new government.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine
First
Elias Tsirimokos
Tsirimokos
George Papandreou
Tsirimakos
Andreas Papandreou
Local Briefs Include Band Camp Trip and Public Notices
Neal Nored and Bob Brasher attend a national stage band camp in Blooming ton Indiana returning Sunday night. Auction of 42 vehicles yields 775.50 added to city fund. 7 bidders peak, cars sell from 4 to 82.50. all sold. Wartes family reunion set for Sunday at Precinct I Party House 50th Street and Slide Road bring picnic lunches. Mrs. Dabney mourns mother of Dr. Mary Dabney Texas Tech. Fire at KSEL radio shows no blaze. Bond set at 1000 for Jud Sims fugitive from justice. Armchair Pirate Association hosts hangar party and slides at Town and Country Airport. Absentee ballots show no new votes to Sept. 2 constitutional amendment. three cast since Wednesday. Dr. W H Dudley spoke at New Hope Baptist Church convention. Mrs. Florence DeArmond leads South Plains Junior Stamp Club meeting at Municipal Garden and Arts Center. Minutes by Cyd Cheatham. Vickie Bloom visits. swimming party discussed.
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Florence DeArmond
South Plains Junior Stamp Club
Municipal Garden and Arts Center
Judy Laney
I'll Be Needing some Clothes for School
A brief note requests standard new wardrobe items for the upcoming school term. The speaker seeks practical attire suitable for daily wear without elaborate pieces.
Moscow row over Viet Cong envoy Minh diplomatic status
Ambassadors from Greece and Turkey protested in Moscow over Dang Quang Minh of the Viet Cong being treated with higher diplomatic status. Minh opened an office for the National Liberation Front, presented credentials to a Soviet committee, and was seen in the Kremlin reception line with official permission.
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Moscow
Greece
Turkey
Dang Quang Minh
Minh
George Varsamis
Wahit Helefoglu
Kremlin
Varsamis
Helefoglu
National Liberation Front of
South Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Soviet Committee For
Former Midland Planner Joins Lubbock Staff
Philip L Bryant 24 a Stanton High School and Texas A&M graduate joined the Lubbock Planning Department as an associate planner. He moves from Midland where he was an assistant planner for about two years. Senior planner Hershel Lindly said Bryant will supervise the planning office to free Lindly for advance planning. The commission recommended adding staff months ago to sharpen growth pattern planning as Lubbock lacks a comprehensive development plan.
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Philip L. Bryant
Stanton High School
Texas A&m University
Lubbock
Three Die in Dimmitt Car Crash
Three people killed when three cars collided near Dimmitt Texas on US Highway 358 after a wedding night incident. Victims include Lester Dowell and his wife Estell along with sister in law Ima Jean Harris all residents of Dimmitt. Two children from near Hereford were injured and transported to Amarillo and Dim mitt hospitals. Buddies Covington survived unhurt. Funeral plans set for 4 p.m. today at Castro Memorial Gardens.
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Dimmitt
Here
Lester Dowell
Joe Covington
Amarillo
Covington
Dowell
Estell
Ima Jean Harris
Dimmutt
Betty Kay Simpson
Bennie Simpson
Hereford
Bennie
Betty
Ethiopian official visits Lubbock to discuss cotton irrigation
Tesfainghannes Berhe, Eritrea Province vice governor and US foreign leader program member, toured South Plains Research and Extension Center and met with High Plains Underground Water Conservation District official Bill Waddie. He will tour area again with Bill Gunter and visit Texas Tech agronomy before heading to Stillwater Oklahoma.
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Lubbock
Tesfainghannes Berhe
Eritrea
Ethiopia
U.S. State Department
Talke
Bill Waddie
High Plains Underground Water Conservation District
South Plains
Texas Tech
Stillwater
Okla
Falls City Couple Die In Collision
Falls City farmer Frank Grezell aged 69 and his wife Adela 72 were killed when their car collided with a gasoline transport truck on the highway. Trucker Clifford Pschope of San Antonio was not hurt.
Woman given six month term for unlawful barbiturate possession
A 21 year old woman, Billie Louise Price, was fined and sentenced to six months in jail on a charge of unlawful possession of barbiturate drugs. She pleaded guilty before Judge James A. Ellis in County Court at Law No. and was arrested during a raid on a residence in the 2200 block of Lord Street on January 24. Officers confiscated Act pills found in her possession.
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Billie Louise Price
Lard Sr
James A. Ellis
Noo T
Lord St
Carson Smith
Leon Clifton
Ave. NX
Renton Ross
Small Plane Makes Emergency Belly Landing Near Airport
A small amphibian plane performed a belly landing at Lub bock Municipal Airport around 10 44 a m Friday. Pilot Charles A Rector of Newport Beach Calif was alone and en route from Los Angeles to Oklahoma City when he reported wheels would not extend. Emergency units stood by but no injuries were reported.
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Lubbock Municipal
Charles A. Rector
Rector
Newport Beach
Calif
Los Angeles
Oklahoma City
Federal Aviation Agency
Lubbock Avalanche Journal Home Delivery Rates
Morning and evening home delivery options listed with pricing for daily, Sunday, and combined services. Rates shown for perpetual service and monthly options, with postage paid notes and mailing details.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
8Th
Avenue J
Lubbock
Texas
Thatfonth
Sun
Infiltration toll mounts in Kashmir conflict with Pakistan
Indian officials report 357 Pakistanis killed and 40,000 estimated dead in Kashmir fighting along the cease-fire line. Six Indian officers among bodies recovered. Pakistan denies Chinese support claim and cites self-determination protests in a divided Kashmir. Separately, Berlin hosts exhibit of the first German U boat U 1 in Potsdam museum.
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New Delhi
UPI
Pakistan
Kashmir
India
Masten
United Nations
Krarachy
Ali Akhbar
Azad Kashmir
Indian Kashmir
tAkbar
Berlin
Potsdam
ADN
Wilhelm Bauer
Kiel
Old West 75th anniversary drama in Sonora
In Sonora West Texas residents mark a 75th anniversary with cowboy outfits and a reopened Favorite Saloon. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission then bars beer service due to the saloon name. In San Antonio, Martin Greigo, 20, of Floresville dies in a three truck and car crash.
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Sonora
West
Texas
Texas Liqhor Control Board
San Antonio
Martin Greigo
Floresville
Nuclear pact stalled as Soviet dismisses U S draft
In Geneva the Soviet disarmament chief Semyon Tsarapkin calls the U S proposal a waste of breath, while British negotiator Lord Chalfont warns the plan may pass a point of no return. He says multilateral forces could let West Germany and others access nuclear weapons, and talks must start with principle that multilateral forces cannot be created. The conference group later travels to Italy for the weekend.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
U.S
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Lord Chalfont
Italy
Tsarapkin
West Germany
Job Corpsmen Gain Space Flight Insight
Four Job Corpsmen from the San Marcos training site visit NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston to observe Gemini mission operations. Denver Sexton 17 Whitesburg KY Johnnie Mayes 18 Memphis TN Enrique Mendez 21 Corpus Christi TX Kenneth Pace 17 Amarillo TX are the selected top corpsmen honored for their participation in Gemini 5. Howard Manly accompanied them as program specialist.
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E Space Flight Insight Houston
San Marcos
United States
Denver Sexton
Whitesburg
Johnnie Mayes
Memphis
Tenn
Enrique Mendez
Corpus Christi
Kenneth Pace
Amarillo
The
Space Center
Howard Manly
Job Corps
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Wartes
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50Th Street
Slide Road
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20Th St
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Lynchburg
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Mary B. Dabbney
Wayne Ave
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KSEL
FE Broadway
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George H. McCleskes
Jud D. Sims
Hurlwood
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Armchair Pirate Association
Town and Country
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State Sunday School and Baptist Training Union
Congress Convention
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