Medinan Testimony On My Lai Firefight And Civilian Deaths
Medina describes My Lai engagement on March 13, 1968 and says he fired at a wounded woman after seeing a potential weapon. He acknowledges civilians died and reports orders to avoid civilian casualties while U.S. helicopters landed and Viet Cong were said to be in flight from the village.
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Medina
My Lai
U.S
Medi-ne
Viet Cong
Task Force
William L. Calley Jr
City Council studies annexation plan for farmland areas
The council examined annexation options including a liquor free R-1 strip and agricultural zones to allow horses. Turner questioned the strip and possible local option elections, noting annexation should not be done just to raise population or tax revenue.
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Morris Turner
Atrip
Turner
Lubbock
Burr
Tohoka Highway
Carlisle
4Th Street
Mth Street
Comanche Canyon Park
Indiana Avenue
Ursuline Street
Clovis Road
Quaker Avenue
Nixon Pushes Speedy Budget Actions in Congress
Senate advances a resolution to extend agency funding to end of session. Fiscal year budgets expire Saturday for unappropriated agencies. Key issues include a $70 billion Defense Department bill and a Labor and Welfare package facing House action next week. The House may soon vote on a 15 percent across the board benefits rise, with COLA funding to be addressed next year.
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Nixon
Senate
White House
Mansfield
Defense Department
House
Labor and Welfare Departments
Appropriations Committee
Sen. B
Ways and
Unclear fragment weather note from page one
Drizzly skies and a warming trend described with garbled digits. The text references a high near or around 60s and a drop to the mid 30s later, but many words are indecipherable.
Nixon struggles to find Hershey successor for Selective Service
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration still has not named a successor to Gen. Lewis B. Hershey director of the Selective Service System. The White House had set February 16 for Hershey's departure, with a deputy acting, but the search continues amid questions about qualifications and broader constituencies. Potential contenders mentioned include Pennsylvania budget director David Maxwell and others, while Hershey, age 76, has guided the draft since 1941.
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Washington
Nixon
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
White Houses
Hershey
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Turntown
David
Maxwell
Pennsylvania
Paul Dietzel
University of South Carolina
Woody Hayes
Ohio State University
Hayes
Santa fund drives as Christmas gifts prep begin
A rush is on to collect funds for Christmas morning toy gifts. Chief Good hears from dozens of letters listing city children under 14 who may miss out without donations. About $1 per gift is needed. volunteers started the anonymous Santa effort in 1935.
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Kent Avenue
Comanche Canyon Park
Ety
Idalou Road
4Th Street
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Chief Good
Births Report From Local Hospitals In Lubbock Area
Congratulations to numerous families on the birth of new babies at Lacf Clinit Hospital Methodist Hospital and University apartments. Details include weights from 5 pounds 8 ounces to 8 pounds, times in the early morning to late evening, and parents occupations such as farm laborer animal warden carpenter student teacher and railroad worker.
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Pedro Flores
Rt. 1
Lorents
Lacf Clinit Hospital
Jack Cloud
Methodist Hospital
Ctty of
Lubbock
Harold Peikert
Boxmet Lithooe Christian College
Christian College
E. Wisbeck
Fordham
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Carpenter
Curtin Ryan Cook
Idalou
West Texas Hospital
Carlisle
Comanche Canyon
Municipal Airport
Sini
Tech Mentor Reflects on King Era and Regents Talk
A candid profile of Texas Tech coach King as he faces a Board of Regents meeting and possible contract fate. The piece outlines recruiting importance, past success, and King’s philosophy that a program builds a coach, not vice versa, with strong notes on finances and program growth.
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Asid
Board of Regents
Tech
King
Bear Bryant
Bear
A&m
Royal
Broyles
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi State
Washington
Oklahoma
Missouri
Gomer Jones
Sooners
Vince Dooley
Georgia
SWC
Raiders
Waco
King Imelete
Athletic Council
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KKK Pentagon
Bailey
Army
Calley
Reid Kennedy
Casey Bailey
Robb
Sen
Charles H. Percy
Illinois Republican
Pentagon
Vietnam
Percy
anOhea Olam
Canyor
Yellowhouse Canyon
Sith Street
Tahoka Highway
Lind Street
Bevereneath
Carlisle and
Children’s. Home
Canyon
Airport
Moat Lubbock
Mackenzie State Park
Barry Anderson
Iocline Tata Wes
Hershey Post
Glen
University
Texas Tech
Frank Austin Brooks
Blafon
West Texas
Banta Fe Railroad
Mr. and
A Hell “Anthony
John J. Castile
Yea
Hameee A
K Mig. Co
Era
Sundery
Frank Broyles
Darrell Royal
J.T
Polk Robison
Raider
Robison-King
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