Satellites eyed to ease world food crisis
A USDA official told the United Nations conference that earth resources satellites could help solve the food shortage as population grows. Dr. A. B. Park urged maximizing arable land use and locating new farmland to meet doubling food needs by 1980 and trebling by 2000, noting satellites can monitor soil, vegetation, water content, crops and pests.
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Vienna
Austria
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United Nations
Park
Earth Resources Satellite
Surprise for Council as Lubbock airport repairs rise to 2.51 million
Lubbock City Council delays finalizing the 1968 69 budget after a Parkhill Smith and Cooper estimate puts airport repairs at 2.51 million dollars double the prior figure. Mayor Rogers and councilors aim to keep a planned 13 cent tax cut despite the higher cost with federal funds covering half.
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Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock City
West Texas Air Terminal
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Dub) Rogers Jr
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Joe Smith
First Southwest Co
Parkhill
Smith
Council
McCarthy Disagrees On Plank In Vietnam Debate
Senator McCarthy challenged Dean Rusk as Democratic platform writers debated a Vietnam plank in Chicago. Rusk warned against pledging WWjat or setting bargaining terms with Hanoi while McCarthy called the secretary a voice from the past and pressed for a dissenting Vietnam plank. The hearing aired amid a Czechoslovak crisis interruption and speculation over the nominating floor fight.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
America
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Rusk
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Czechoslovakia
Humphrey
Minnesota
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Johnson
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Regional farm coop meet set here today
Lubbock area regional farm cooperatives hold their annual meeting in the city today. The agenda covers cooperative activities, member updates, and plans for the coming year with attendees from area farming groups.
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Lubbock, Area
Prayer for Lifeline to Save Brothers at Lubbock
A devotional note from Lois Patterson of Lubbock asks for guidance to help others who may be sinking, seeking strength to throw out a life line before they drown or fall into sin in Jesus name.
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Jesus Mame
Lois Patterson
Lubbock
Ohio Prisons Seized by Hostage Crisis Prompts Guard Mobilization
Ohio National Guardsmen were summoned as prisoners at the state prison in Columbus and at Lebanon Correctional Institution rose in revolt. About 146 guards were mobilized to the Columbus Armory and two Lebanon units totaling around 200 men were ordered to report to the armory. Warden Koleski offered amnesty to inmates involved while investigations into brutality claims begin.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio National
Canterbury
Lebanon
Charles van Duren
Here
Marion Koleski
Sach
Ohto
Nerve Gas Storage Near Denver Faces Scrutiny
Colorado scientists and teachers warn that lethal nerve gas stored at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal northeast of Denver poses a hazard to surrounding areas. Critics include University of Colorado professors and politicians who question whether the employment benefit justifies the risk of a disaster from crashes or earthquakes.
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U.S. Army
Defense Department
Colorado
Don Brotzman
R-Cole
Roy McVicker
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
University of Colorado
Colorado Men
Washington
Edgewood
Arsenal
Congress
HEW Conference Seen Compromise in Lubbock School Battle
A Lubbock school officials and Rep. Mahon met HEW experts to ease five points of noncompliance cited under the Civil Rights Act. Dr. Jim Reynolds called the session pleasant and said it leaves room to work out a compromise. Mahon and aides urged realistic demands and defended the board’s stance.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Lubbock
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Aurthadd. Mahon
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Dallas
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Wreck in Alabama Fatal to Two From West Texas
A wreck near Atmore Alabama Tuesday afternoon killed Lubbock nurse Thelma Panzer and her grandson Douglas Pace of Smyer. Mrs Pace, 31, was critically injured and taken to Baptist Hospital Pensacola Florida. Frankie Dubose 16 suffered a wrist fracture and Jimmy Pace 2 was uninjured in the car. Further details were unavailable.
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Lubbock
Smyer
Illinois Schedules Alert For Guard
Gov Samuel Shapiro offered more than 5000 Illinois National Guard troops to active duty to cope with possible tumult at the Democratic National Convention. Acting on Chicago Mayor Daley's request, the adjutant general was told to assemble nine Guard units at armories Friday and Saturday. Guardsmen could be deployed by Daley if trouble arises from anticipated antiwar and civil rights demonstrators before the convention opens.
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Leo F. Boyle
Daley
Prague reports rapid Soviet led invasion into Czechoslovakia
Prague radio announced Soviet bloc troops including forces from Poland East Germany Hungary and Bulgaria crossed into Czechoslovakia late Tuesday night. Tass cited Czechoslovak leaders seeking urgent assistance to counter what Prague called a counterrevolutionary threat. Johnson called a National Security Council meeting as Wilson cut summer vacation to address the crisis. Reports said jets landed at Prague airport and Bratislava bridge crossings were blocked with tanks moving into Czechoslovakia from Hungary.
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Soviet Union
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An Gvew Yok
Tass
Washington
Johnson
National Security Council
Britain
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Vienna
Interior Ministry
Bratislava
Slovakia
Communist Party
Alexander Dubeck
Connally plans Chicago trip amid party platform tensions
Gov. John Connally, upset by Democratic platform talk, plans a quick Chicago trip today and will not ride the Texas delegation train to the convention. He aims to return by train after the convention as aides and reporters note rising tensions within Texas political ranks over Humphrey and McCarthy.
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John Connally
Chicago
Connally
Texas
Houston Chronicle
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Hubert Humphrey
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Barnes
National Legislative Conference
Miami Beach
Fla
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Fuerene McCarthy
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Vietnam
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Eisenhower Remains With Irregular Heartbeat in Hospital
Doctors at Walter Reed say Dwight D. Eisenhower’s condition is essentially unchanged after his seventh heart attack. He remains comfortable with brief episodes of irregular heart action and is resting, as family visits continue. Nixon said the general is waging a courageous battle as appeals for heart transplants are reported.
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Eisenhower
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Nixon
Walter Reed General Hospital
Weather Map Page 9 A Outlook for Lubbock Vicinity
Partly cloudy today turning to fair tonight. High near 90. Low in the mid 60s. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph.
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Lubbock
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