Embarrassment Over Cuba Grows Eight Years After Castro
The piece notes the eighth anniversary of Castro's rise, criticizing U S policy as embattled amid Castro's calls for Eastern European trade and revolutionary support. It cites Masferrer’s failed invasion plan, U S aid to Latin nations, and Britain’s Cuba trade ties while urging firmer U S stance.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Latin America
U.S
Washington
State Department
Rolando Masferrer
Florida Keys
Haiti
Masferrer
Bay of Pigs
Citizens Committee For A Free
Spruille Braden
Paul Bethel
Britain
United Nations
Rhodesia
United States
King Moshoeshoe II Ousted as Lesotho Faces Turmoil
In Lesotho, tribal factionalism erupts after independence as King Moshoeshoe II is pushed aside to give way to Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan who seizes power. Dozens killed or fled, hundreds in bush as leaders clash over the new order.
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Lesotho
Moshoeshoe
Africa
Leabua Jonathan
World grows hazardous as space travel nears
The text contends it may be safer to leave Earth than stay as hazards rise. It notes that smoking is physical while quitting is mental, arguing that a stronger body than mind hinders quitting. It also observes people struggle with Christmas spending.
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Earth
End For Jack Ruby
Jack Ruby's death from cancer adds a bizarre note to the Kennedy assassination saga. If his claim of acting alone is true, he still denied Oswald a public trial and left unsolved questions about the why and how of JFK's murder. The Oswald-Ruby link will endure in history, highlighting the era's political assassinations as particularly confounding.
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Texas Tech
Gary Owens
Lubbock
San Angelo
Owens
Holiday Inn South
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Earl
Oswald
Kennedy
Nuclear tensions rise as China tests and borders mobilize
Washington observes another nuclear test by Red China and a Russian troop redeployment on the China Russia frontier. Officials note the 6,000 mile border mobilization, rising defense spending, and heightened political pressure on NATO and Southeast Asia.
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Washington
China
Peking
Moscow
Red China
Russia
NATO Alliance
France
de Gaulle
U.S
South Vietnam
Governors Lost A Point In Johnsons DNC Summit
President Johnson failed to reassure Democratic governors about the national committee and its leadership. John M Bailey’s power was limited by White House actions, prompting GOP-leaning concerns for the party’s future. Governors left the meeting dissatisfied with the DNC’s direction and staffing.
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Washington
Johnson
Democratic National Committee
Lbj Ranch
National Committee
John M. Bailey
Connecticut
Kennedy Brothers
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Brown
John F. Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Pat Brown
Ronald Reagan
Red Honey Flows Again
Washington observers note a warmer tone from Moscow as Dobrynin attends more social events and meets Johnson and Rusk amid talk of Vietnam cease fire. Analysts compare his genial diplomacy to past ambassadors Zaroubin and Menshikov whose charm faded as Summit hopes waned.
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Washington
Moscow
Anatoli Dobrynin
Kremlin
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Vietnam
Dobrynin
Georgi Zaroubin
Mikhail Menshikovv
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Paris colonial minister returns from Hanoi mission
Marius Moutet returned to Saigon from a peace mission in Hanoi where he observed street warfare and narrowly escaped sniper fire. Texas 1946 traffic fatalities expected to reach 2000 as reports finish. Rev R A Partlow installed as president of the Lubbock Ministerial Alliance at Hilton Hotel.
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Paris
Marius Moutet
Saigon
Hanoi
Austin
Texas
Department of Public Safety
R. A. Partlow
First Presbyterian Church
Locust Street Chapel
Lubbock
Offhand Thoughts On Women In Politics And War
A humorous 1965 style dialogue contrasts gender roles with Gen. Hershey's draft proposal and Margaret Mead's view on women in combat. It notes politicos doubt Johnson will run and ends with a quip about his firm action, using a gas pedal metaphor.
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Gen
Lewis Hershey
Margaret Mead
Johnson
Oswald a Communist Agent Claims Stirring New Orleans Evidence
Henry J. Taylor argues Oswald was a drilled Communist with steady Moscow ties. He cites writings from Castro Mexico City and the Soviet Embassy, Oswald’s alias Alek J. Hidell, and MVD contacts to claim a planned, inside role in Kennedy’s death.
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Castro
Mexico City
Kostin
Washington
U.S
Harry D. Holmes
New Orleans
Soviet Union
Moscow
Marina Nikolayevna Prusakova
Minsk
MVD
Nicolay Aksenov
Red Cross
Alek
Alek J. Hidell
Russia
Valeriy Vladimirovich Kostikov
Marina Oswald
Cuba
Havana
U.S. State Department
Warren Commission
Dallas
Communist Party
U.S.A
New York
Arnold S. Johnson
Woman Removes Jungle Hazard to Create Neighborhood Playground
Mrs. Ruby Ellison of Houston rallied neighbors to clean a rat infested railroad spur known as the Jungle. The city and railroad cooperated, a work gang demolished three truckloads of rubbish over four days, and the area was cleared for potential playground use.
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Ruby Ellison
Bastrop
Houston
Ellison
Anti-Poverty
Houston Post
New Club Promises No Books If Not Read
Jokes note a new club offering members who refuse to read no book mail monthly. Comments from Paul Flowers and Irv Kupcinet lampoon slow mail and timely bill payments. A despondent bowler quips about self harm with an electric razor in a grim joke referenced by Troy Gordon.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal
Troy Gordon
Tulsa World
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