Lubbock Approved For Highway Link
Local leaders hail a new Interstate extension from Amarillo through Lubbock toward I-20 and beyond. Officials credit Rep Mahon and President Johnson for funding 90-10 across a 125 mile Lubbock to Amarillo corridor with right of way roads and grade separations proposed to connect to I-20.
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John Logan
Chamber of Commerce Board of City Development
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Texas Highway Commission
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Milwaukee
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Leaders discuss Chiapas border rift and Rio Grande pact
At the sixth meeting between Diaz Ordaz and Johnson the leaders praised law over force and eyed new river island changes. They toured the Chamizal site and exchanged gifts including a Juarez statue for Washington. Nixon campaign necktie fetches 312.50 at a Düsseldorf auction. Irish tourism boosts spending by American visitors to over 33 million.
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Rio Grande
Lopez Mateos
Johnson
Washington
Diaz Ordaz
Mexico City
Nixon
Duesseldorf
Germany
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Levi Eshkol
Goodfellows Drive Seeks Public Donations for Christmas Support
The Chief Goodfellow oversees a program of toys fruit and nuts for Christmas morning. Appeals and reports of need exceed funds raised. Early public generosity can ensure gifts. Mail contributions to Chief Goodfellow care of The Avalanche Journal Lubbock. Donor names will be published daily.
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Avalanche- Journal
Lubbock
Midwest Snow and Ice Crews Battle Frigid Front
A Midwest storm brought high winds and extreme cold with subzero readings in North Dakota. Ice broke up on Mille Lacs Lake causing roadblock and property damage while Minnesota schools closed. Airports faced delays in Chicago as a broad cold wave pressed eastward with record lows and heavy snow in Duluth.
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North Dakota
South Dakota
Mille Lacs Lake
St. Paul
Minneapolis
U.S
Iwest
Minnesota
Illinois
Missouri
Wisconsin
Ohio
Chicago
O'Hare International
Meigs Field
Lake Front
Win
Carlock
Tll
Iowa
Fairfield
Duluth
Alma
Moravia
Cape Blanco
Oregon Coast
Cut Bank
Mont
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Minn
Sigma Kappa Bangle Day Drive Raises West Texas TB Aid
Texas Tech sorority members join 500 volunteers from Lubbock high schools and Lubbock Christian College to sell Bangles and pins on December 14 in downtown Lubbock, main post office, and shopping centers. Contributions of $5 or more earn corsages or boutonnieres. proceeds fund tuberculin testing mobile X ray units and rehabilitation for TB victims. Dr M Kennedy of Tech serves as West Texas TB president.
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Sigma Kappa Sorority
Lubbock
Lubbock Christian College
West Texas
Bobby Holmes
TBA
Association
S&s. M. Kennedy
Tech
West Texas, Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Assn
DPS Subpoenas Ignored By Firm
Dallas owners of B B Williams and Ray Williams of B and B Vending and Music Co refused to accept subpoenas served by the Department of Public Safety as the Texas House committee seeks information on operations. committee chairman State Rep. Dick Cory noted the noncompliance.
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Dallas
UPI
Texas House
Dick Cory
Brothers
BB. H. Williams
Ray Wil’ams
B&b Vending
and Music Co
Department of Public Safety
Birth announcements from West Texas Hospital column notes multiple families
Several birth notices list new babies and weights including a son at 8 pounds 8 ounces and a daughter at 5 pounds 12 ounces. Fathers’ occupations are given as farm laborers, lumber company workers, and factory employees, with families living in areas like Laut Chye, West Texan Hospital and nearby towns.
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Fred Paul Murphys
Sta St
Ing Hy Panees
West ‘Texan Hospital
Puetdcrest Malls
Mro
Eddie Ray Emery
Brownfield Oon
Weikhin
Pawids Mooanees
Bevpom
West Texas Hospital
Massingil and Sons
Nixon report outlines Arab policy shift and Israel stance
Scranton urged negotiations to sell Phantom jets to Israel while Arabs say U.S. Middle East interest centers on Israel. Henry Jackson urged expanding Polaris submarines and ICBMs, stressing nuclear deterrence. Ziegler noted Nixon will holiday in Key Biscayne as Urban Coalition leaders pledge urban problem cooperation.
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United States
Middle East
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Scranton
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Defense Department
Jackson
Key Biscayne
Fla
New York
Urban Coalition
John W. Garden
Health, Education and Welfare
Jeader
Coalition
Gardner
Hospital considers organ removal after patient death
Mrs. Rheams entered the hospital with a broken hip and deteriorated to a coma. As she failed, permission was given for post mortem lymphocyte removal. A sister consented, and doctors planned a post mortem procedure to harvest spleen tissue to prepare serum for potential use in horses.
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Rheams
Cowen
Ora B. Bishop
San Bernardino
Calif
James Styner
Ramsey Elected Railroad Commission Chairman for Two Years
Ben Ramsey won the chairmanship of the Railroad Commission for two years in a rotating system. Jim Langdon, the outgoing chair, announced the election at the meeting in Austin.
32 Narcotics Agents Resign After Corruption Probe
Atty Gen Ramsey Clark revealed 32 federal narcotics agents resigned after a long 1967 investigation into corruption in the New York Bureau of Narcotics. Some agents sold seized drugs as contraband and used other seized items for illegal deals, with heroin among drugs involved.
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Washington
UPI
Ramsey Clark
Clark
New York
Bureau of Narcotics
Bureau
Laird Says Defense Post May Face Rough Capitol Hill Welcome
Former Rep. Laird outlines plans for a blue ribbon commission on defense, cites six months to a year for its report, and signals possible shifts from hard line stances as he prepares to become secretary of defense. He endorses Jackson for the post and notes a more collaborative role in Congress ahead.
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Laird
GOP
Soviet Union
Secoor
Robert &. McNamara
U.S
Congress
Capitol Hill
McNamara
Paul H. Nitze
Defense
Jackson
Wisconsin
Sen
Plane crash off Caracas leaves 51 dead
Searchers comb waters ten miles north of Maiquetia Airport for bodies after a Pan American jetliner exploded and crashed into the sea. Forty two passengers and nine crew were aboard. 15 bodies recovered with sharks suspected in the area. Olga Antonetti de Tougarte among the victims.
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Searcil
Caracas
Venezuela
Pan American World Airways
Maiquetia
New York
Missi Venezuela
Olga Antonetti de Tougarte
Mexican Aliens To Stay Longer Policy Change
U S Immigration and Naturalization Service says Mexican aliens may stay in Texas California Arizona and New Mexico for up to 15 days starting January 1. Border officials said cards will be accepted in lieu of passports at crossings during the period. The measure aims to ease travel during HemisFair and affects border regions.
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Sellers
U.S
London
UPI
Peter Sellers
Allj
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San
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