Trapped 19 Hours as Tunnel Cave-In Freezes Workers
Seventeen men and a state inspector spent 19 hours trapped in a Tehachapi Mountains tunnel of the State Water Project after a cave-in. Rescue crews pulled them to safety as tons of earth and steel collapsed near the tunnel entrance, ending the perilous ordeal.
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Gorman
Calif
Cliff
Funderburk
Tehachapi
State Department of Water Resources
Shirl Evans
Department
Dravo
William R. Gianelli
Water Resources Department
Henry G. Harrison
Harrison
California
Anguilla Rift Settled as UK Official Arrives
St. Kitts Nevis Anguilla dispute ends with Britain naming A. C. Lee as Anguilla administrator. Lee will referee between Anguilla and St. Kitts Nevis Anguilla while referendum planned after one year. Interim aid and mail service to Anguilla resume as tensions ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Kitts
UPS
Caribbean
Anguilla
Robert Bradshaw
St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
A.C. Lee
Commonwealth
Bradshaw
Lee
Agnuilla
Commonwealth Office
San Juan
P.R
Britain
Anguillans
Family Reunited After 14 Years With Clark Morgan Kin
Five Morgan children gathered Friday at their father's home 4811 38th for the first time since 1953. Relatives traveled from San Diego Angleton Austin Lamesa and nearby to attend with Bob Morgan in Lamesa and others from Spur. The reunion marked a long-awaited family gathering amid notes of wartime veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Morgan
San Diego
Morgan
Hersiphill Construction Co
Bill Morgan
David Morgan
Angleton
Sharon Williams
Austin
Shirley Breithaupt
Lamesa
Bob Morgan
Spur
Warsaw Meeting Signals Israeli Withdrawal and Arab Recognition Talk
A communique from East European foreign ministers urged Israel to withdraw from occupied Arab lands and hinted at Arab recognition of Israel. The document stressed each state’s right to exist in peace and called for positions held before the June 5-10 war to be restored, while avoiding direct naming of Israel. Observers say the tone aimed to secure Romania’s signature amid past refusals to condemn Israel.
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Warsaw
Poland
Israel
Oman
Moscow
Romania
Soviet Union
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
United States
Middle East
Community centers close for holidays and events
The Municipal Garden and Arts Center will close for Christmas through Christmas Day and New Year’s weekend. A nightclub dance is set at Maxey Simmons Center tonight, admission 50 cents, and a Saturday Waltz at Maxey Center with Curley Cook, admission 75 cents. Lubbock libraries will close for Christmas and New Year weekends. The South Plains Nursing Homes chapter elected Land D. Wall as president for 1968. Burglary charge filed against Ben Donald O'Brien. Graveside services for Rusty Wilcox set in Slaton. Frank Todd Sr. on critical list at West Texas Hospital. he works as Baker Co. sales manager.
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Municipal Garden
Yale
Georgia Booker
Maxey Community Center
30Th Street
Nashville Avenue
Curley Cook
South Plains Council of ‘Nursing Homes
Land D. Wall
13Th St
Wall
Execuive Board
American Nursing Home Association
Rusty William Wilcox
Robert L. Wilcox Jr
Slaton
Englewood
Englands Funeral Home
R.L. Wilcox Sr
T. H. Armstrong
Frank Todd Sr
58Th St
West Texas Hospital
Todd
The
Baker Co
Regents Chair Defends Action Amid AAUP Censure Threat
Board of Regents chairman Frank Erwin defended UT action amid AAUP warnings of censure over professor Larry Caroline. Sutherland urged delay and warned of eroding confidence if the board moves without decisive action. Caroline faces inquiry for urging a revolution at an anti war rally last October and may resign if dissatisfied with UT conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Erwin
Wiliam O. S. Sutherland Jr
AAUP
Sutherland
Larry Caroline
Caroline
Propses Delay
Erwin
Univerisity of Texas
Board of Regents
Regents
Teen Deaths From Self Harm Rank Fourth Among Causes
A report states death by own action ranks fourth among all causes of death for American teenagers, highlighting the urgent need for prevention and awareness.
Humphrey Adds Zambia To Africa Tour Plan
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey has included Zambia in his African tour from December 29 to January 9, as announced by the State Department. He will visit additional African countries on the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey
Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Zambia
State Department
Cal Scientist Fails Try At Detection
A Chinese born UC Berkeley scientist Paul H Liu, 49, spent 30 hours at the Lown Bridge border attempting to enter Communist China after renouncing U S citizenship. He was refused for lack of proper documents and later went into hiding in the crown colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
UPD
University of California
U.S
China
Paul H. Liu
Lown Bridge
University of California At Berkeley
Liu
Department of Biochemistry
Crown Colony
Washington
United States
Tto
Greek constitution draft keeps King Constantine's powers intact
Athens expect draft 118 articles to retain the monarch's power to appoint and dismiss governments and to declare war while ruling out elections while communism risks persist. Premier Papadopoulos said no elections will be held until revolution aims are achieved and the danger of communism is excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Constantine
George Papadopoulos
Papadopolous
Panayotis Pipinellis
Papadopoulos
Rome
Greece
George Papandrecou
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London
Evans
U.N
Far East
AWS
Maxey Simmons
20Th. Street
Oak Avenue
Lubbock City County
Main Ranch
19Th St
Ben Donald O’brien
Ave. U
Charles R. Hensley
Ave. P
University of Texas
American Association of University Professors
Ubbock Avalanche Journal
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Janes Avenue
Habbock
Texas
Ign
Lubbock
Waar Parts & Labor
Cal
Reters
Broadway
Westinghouse
L&h
Spacemaker
RADIO
Hi Sen
New Westinghouse
Amer
Lerge Selection
Pengs
34Th Street
University Ave
Horseshoe Center
Sws
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