State and Nation Highlights From Page 1
Johnson asks Congress for five year authority for foreign aid seeking 339 billion dollars in new funds. Farmers Union president backs uniform per capita assessment. Attorney Percy Foreman labels Jacques Messier a ruthless financier and deviant. State of siege in strike torn Belgian coal area with bloody riots. Astronaut joke defines a man who spends most time on earth preparing for the moon.
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Johnson
Congress
Seige
New Blast On Way Cold Front Lacks Zing
A Arctic front crossed Texas Tuesday bringing cold, unsettled weather with a brief warmup expected today for the Panhandle and South Plains before another cold snap and light precipitation moves in later in the week. Lubbock highs reached 34 after noon with 18-degree dawn low as conditions remained chilly across the region.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Statt
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Ohio
Kentucky
Ohio Valley
US Weather Bureau
Ain & Special
Washington
Rockies
South Texas
Lubbock
Cold Front
Tech Raiders Edge TCU In Squeaker At Home
Texas Tech nips TCU 92 89 at Municipal Coliseum to stay in SWC title chase. Baylor beats Texas A&M as league action continues with TCU looming Saturday. Temperature notes from London weather page.
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Texas Tech
Red Raiders
TCU
Fighting Frogs
Municipal Coliseum
Tech
Texas
Baylor
Rive Texas A&m
Peace Bid Is Vetoed In Advance
North Viet Nam and China reject UN Security Council involvement in Viet Nam affairs claiming Geneva accords govern the issue. Hanoi accuses the United States of aggression and says peace talks must follow Indochina treaty terms. News dispatch notes US proposals to join UN discussions and resumption of air raids in North Viet Nam.
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Stony
Somirrts
Viet Nam
U.N. Security Council
China
Forsetch Ministry
Council
Peking Peoples. Daily
United Nations
Hanoi
Foreign Ministry
United States
United Naions
Democratic Republic of
North
U.S
Indochina
Security Council
New York
Saigon
U.N
Southeast Asia
Cstr
Raut Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Christina Eve
Johnson
Peowe Th
Harrod Retains Lubbock Symphony Conductor Three Year Pact
Wilant Harrod, founder and conductor of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, wins a new three year contract as musical director. The agreement raises his salary yearly and solidifies his directorial duties for the 20th anniversary season with guest artist Je rome Hines scheduled for the February 14 concert at Taibbock Mont expal Auditorium.
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Taibbock Montexpal
Metropolitan Opera
Jerome Hines
Sula
Kurt Overhott
Jack Sheridan
Avalanche-Journal
Hirty
Lubbock Symphony Orchestra
Wilant Xo the Pod
She Ires- Harnad
George Gilkerson
Sonal Msician
New York
Lubbock
Air Force Base
Reese
Lowing
Harrod
Bee Symphony
Brown launches bid for a third term in California governorship
Brown announces re election campaign in San Francisco aiming for a third term. He rules out leaving the governorship for a federal post and jibes at Republican rivals Ronald Reagan and George Christopher in the San Francisco scene.
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San Francisco
RPY
Donnicrate
Ges Rinne
Brown
Ronald Reagan
George Christopher
Rooney Case Tape Seen Trigger In Tragedy
Police say a taped recording by Barbara Thomason Rooney led to the murder of Mickey Rooney's former wife and the suicide of Milos Milosevic. Rooney, 49, was under hospital care for an intestinal condition. Barbara Rooney, 29, confronted Milosevic with the recording before the deaths.
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Associated Presse
Ollywoor
Mickey Rooney
Barbara Thomason Rooney
Star of
Andy Hardy
Milos
Milos Milosevic
Miloseilos
Rooney
Barbara
Milosevic
Des
Roceney
Miloseuse
Brentwood Hore
Rowsney
Sino Soviet Split Deepens Amid Kremlin-China Feud
The Soviet-Chinese quarrel escalates with a sharp Peking blast and Moscow signaling readiness for a possible formal split in the world Communist movement.
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Peres Iscow
Kremlin
Peking
Moscow
Communist Movement
Soviet letter accuses China amid Asia tensions
The Peking People's Daily denounces China as a US ally in Asia and cites a Kremlin letter circulated among Communist Party members. It notes Vietnam India Pakistan and Japan issues, says reconciliation with Beijing is impossible, and claims Soviet leaders push China toward conflict with the United States. Observers sign the piece.
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Peking People's Daily
United States
Red China
Asia
Moscow
Kremlin
Ching
Communist Party
Pekin
Hatin
Leonid
Breghnes
China
Tas
Viet Nam
Ounan
Monzes
Lower Union
Unitet States
Peking
Two Charged In Meter Tampering Case By Co op
Co op officials across South Plains report unusual drops in metered consumption. Hood Abercrombie and Bud Reynolds of Lauhe hock County face charges related to tampering with meters to defraud the cooperative. The investigation began after a marked drop in several customers bills and commissioner West notes potential wider activity. The charges allege tampering on two July incidents and law holds owners and workers liable for fines. Page 10.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Jesss Texas
South Plains Electric Cooperative
Techins
Hite
Hood Abercrombie
Bud Reynolds
Lauhehock County
Aay
Fred West
Co-Op
W. G. Newton
Thore
Abercrombie
Reynals
West
Florida Accident Kills 18 At Rail Crossing In Miami
At a crossing near Miami a bus carrying 16 workers from Puerto Rico collided with a train engine. Eighteen killed and 16 injured as rescuers worked hours under floodlights to remove bodies and aid survivors. The crossing lacked warning lights and crews continued work after the crash.
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Miami
Puerto Rico
Cave
ER Shaw
Phareah
Homestead
John W Campbell
High-wire fall shocks Detroit Shrine Circus crowd
In Detroit 8,000 matinee guests gasped as Luis Murillo 32 born in Santiago Chile and living in Hollywood fell 15 feet from a slanted wire to the concrete floor at Detroit State Fair Coliseum. He is in critical condition with a fractured pelvis and possible skull fracture. An arena spokesman said there was no net or safety device.
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Associated Press
Detroit State Far Coliseum
Luis Murillo
Santiago
Chile
Hollywood
Salit Millighland Park General Hospital
Manilla
Detroit
Shrine Circus
Mumilo
Murilby
Wallenda
Richard Faughnan
Dieter Sehepp
Mario Wallenda
Jana Sehepp
Karl Wallenda
Herman
Guenther Wallenda
Air Force ejects group of Negro squatters from deactivated base
About 30 hours after moving into an empty building near Greenville Mississippi 30 Negro squatters were forced from a deactivated Air Force base as federal and local authorities removed them with air police. Dozens of white workers and residents were also cleared from the area amid protests over housing jobs and land. An official spokesman pledged faster aid programs for poverty and Mississippi residents.
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Susie Tyler
Ona Richts
Bate Guard
Air Force
R Puryear
Anita Blackwell
Northwest Weather Report Unclear Local Conditions
Fragmentary weather note reports cloudy conditions and variable winds with moderate gusts. Mentions highs and lows around the teens and references late night periods, but many words are garbled.
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56Th St
Rooney Case
Jesus
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Japan
Florida
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James Tur
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