Missing Aboard Plane Storm Slashad Tale
A Nevada Airlines DC-3 carrying 35 persons vanished on a gamblers flight from Hawthorne to southern California. Last radio contact came before 4:06 am near Mina Airport. Civil Air Patrol and ground search planned as weather worsened.
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Laird hints at draft lottery possible before end of Vietnam war
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird urged that a random lottery could be studied to correct inequities in the draft. He said the Pentagon may recommend changes to the draft law and move away from oldest first selection to favor younger men around age 20, though Congress has resisted earlier proposals.
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Vet Takes Harsh Ride Into Vietnam War Frontline
In a three part series, Jim Howard, a radioman aboard a U S Mobile Riverine Force gunboat, recalls his first year in Vietnam arriving at Dong Tam near Saigon. Only 36 of 138 finish their 12 month tour as River Squadron 111 endures heavy enemy fire in the Mekong Delta.
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Prayer for healing of afflicted child
A reader offers a heartfelt prayer asking God to grant healing to an ailing child and to guide the parents to the answers they seek for their recovery and peace.
Go-Getter Man Prompts Prompt Action Motto
A brief saying from the page promotes a proactive mindset as a daily motto. The snippet appears as a compact feature alongside editorial content and other sections.
Mobile Riverine Force Faces Harsh First Day in Vietnam
A veteran recalls the Viet Cong encounter that nearly ended his first day in Vietnam as helicopter gunships arrived to drive them off. The Mobile Riverine Force operates six divisions with 25 boats each plus a Medivac craft for wounded evacuation and helicopter landings.
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Stripping Family Act Draws Sailors at Key West Theater
Ava Graham, her daughters Paulette and Amber, headline at Monroe Theater on Duval Street in a striptease show dubbed Paulette Graham and Amber Lynn. Paulette appears as a jungle leopard and Amber as a star beneath 400 lights as about 15 of 450 seats were filled at the late show. The 45-year-old mother joins with a comedy tassel act, according to punchy program notes.
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Water Inc Adopts Flexible Timing Policy For Import Water Plan
Water Inc directors approve flexible timing guidelines for a proposed master import water authority as part of a compromise from a Policy and Planning Committee meeting in Plainview. kK. B. (Tex) Watson of Amarillo elected president, succeeding John J. Kenrick of Brownfield. Wells of Dumas and Sears of Hereford named officers.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Water, Inc
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Tex) Watson
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John J.kenrick
Brownfield
Lubbock
Marines Hit North Vietnamese Supply Targets In Four Actions
U S Marines struck along the Ho Chi Minh trail and reported 47 Communist deaths in four engagements. The 3rd Marine Division resumed the Dewey Canyon offensive near Laos after a 24 hour standdown for the New Year, smashing into the guerrilla supply complex with devastating fire.
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Saigon
Arabs Strike Israeli Flight Ambush at Zurich Takeoff
Four Arab guerrillas attacked an Israeli Boeing 720 as it taxied for takeoff to Tel Aviv in Zurich. One attacker was killed by an Israeli security agent, the other three captured. Six aboard were injured, two seriously, but all hospitalized victims were out of danger. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility.
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Weather Map Page Forecast for Lubbock Vicinity
Occasional rain begins before noon today, continues tonight with rain mixed with light snow and sleet. Continued cool with highs in the low forties and lows near 30. Southeast wind up to 10 mph.
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