Trans-Texas opens Silver Cloud 600 at Lubbock airport
Lubbock Municipal Airport launches Trans-Texas Airways Silver Cloud 600 replacing older jets in a noon ceremony with Dick McKaughan aboard. The airport tallies a record 114 534 local boardings in 1966 and projects a 15 percent rise in 1967 as jet service expands and new jet-capable infrastructure is planned.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Municipal
West Texas
Trans-Texas Airways
Albuquerque
Dick McKaughan
TTA
Houston
W. D
Dub) Rogers Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Byrum
Trans-Texas
Edward L. Colby
Colby
Federal Aviation Agency
Continental
Braniff
Mile Colby
South Boundary Road
Air Terminal
West Texas Air Terminal
Lubbock Municipal Airport
H. R. Bundock Construction Co
Lubbock
Haden Neon
Scott Welding Inc
Dallas
Santa Fe
Clovis
Abilene
Ruby Woke Up Jovial Before Death From Blood Clot
Dallas AP report details Jack Ruby waking in a jovial mood before contracting a massive blood clot that ended his life. Doctors cited cancer spread through lungs, lymph nodes, and liver as the backdrop to the fatal embolism.
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Ruby
Dallas
Jack Ruby
Eugene Frenkel
Frenkel
Parkland Hospital
Kennedy
Earl Rose
Parkland
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Six Inflamable Rag Dolls Found In Lubbock Hazard
Fire Marshal A C Black reports at least a dozen infl am mable rag dolls turned up in Lubbock as Christmas toys that burst into flames near heat. Six dolls returned to Raff Hall Drug Stores with refunds for buyers at $1 each. residents and merchants urged to notify the department to gather all dolls before injuries occur.
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Lubbock
A. C. Black
Poland
United States
England
Hong Kong
Raff & Hall Drug Stores
Raff & Hall
Black
Powell Rapped as House Fires Wife and Probes Travel
House investigators fired Rep. Adam Clayton Powell's wife Yvette Powell from her $20,578-a-year congressional job and questioned Powell's taxpayer funded trips with a secretary. The subcommittee found travel used under assumed names and urged dismissal for apparent home-state work violations.
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Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Omar Burleson
Tex
Burleson
House Administration Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
Washington
UPI
House
House Administration
New York Democrat
Education and Labor Committee
Yvette Powell
D-Tex
Powell
Puerto Rico
Corrine Huff
Bimini Island
Bahamas
Austrian Pilots Seek Longer Flight Runs
Vienna reports that Austrian pilots push for extended flight runs to expand routes and improve efficiency. Officials consider revised scheduling and safety standards while airline unions press for greater operational flexibility.
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Vienna
Johnson and aides plan early 1967 agenda after holiday
President Johnson met with Secretary of State Rusk and Defense Secretary McNamara to map a month of decision making for the new Congress. Moyers said no decisions were reached yet on tax changes or State of the Union and budget messages.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Texas
90Th Congress
Bill D. Moyers
Rusk
McNamara
Moyers
United States
89Th Congress
Congressional
Iraqi Leaders to Visit Baghdad and Abroad
An Iraqi military delegation led by Deputy Chief of Staff Gen Hamoudi Mahdi will visit the United States in mid January at the invitation of the Washington government. Defense Minister Shukri Mahmud announced. An Iraqi air force delegation would visit Czechoslovakia at a date to be set.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Hamoudi Mahdi
United States
Washington
Shukri Mahmud
Czechoslovakia
GI Insurance Dividend Due On Policy Anniversary
Veterans with GI life insurance will get a $211 million dividend on policy anniversaries. VA administrator William J. Driver said payments will follow 1966 procedures, with WWII veterans receiving about $46 on average and 4,222,000 ex-servicemen eligible. About 196,000 World War I veterans will share $15 million, averaging $76 each.
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Washington
William J. Driver
Veterans Administration
Driver
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