Famed Poet T S Eliot Dies at 76
T S Eliot American born Nobel prize poet and playwright died Monday night at 76 after a heart attack aboard the Queen Mary. He was a St. Louis native who spent much of his life in Britain and won the 1918 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Rule Switch Seen As Aid To Johnson
The 89th Congress opened with a rules change boosting the presidency by making Speaker McCormack the main channel for bills to reach the floor. Smith’s diminished power shifts influence away from the Rules Committee as Lang to a key Democratic post and Ford unseats Halleck as Republican leader. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party lost an attempt to deny seats to the seated delegation. Carl Albert defended the seating as proper. Navy undersecretary Fay resigns, a Kennedy era ally resigns.
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Johnson
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
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Huey Lang
Halleck
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
Unger
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi
J Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Mild Weather Dominates Texas as Week Opens
The Associated Press reports Texas begins a second week of mild dry and pleasant weather. Only light cloudiness from Brownsville to Denison Sherman, Corpus Christi recorded 0.01 inch rain. Highs ranged from 54 to 73 with most in the 50s. A warmer pattern is forecast across the state with sunshine and little rain through Friday.
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Freshman El Paso lawmaker starts busy first day in House
Freshman El Paso lawmaker makes a busy debut in the Texas House as legislators return to work. Attorney General Waggoner Carr takes oath for a second term and praises his staff. Vietnam and Malaysia updates appear on Page 1 with Viet Cong attacks and Indonesia-UN tensions.
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New Terminal Rite Breaks Ground at City Airport
Ground breaking ceremony Monday for an executive terminal and a federal agency building at Lubbock Municipal Airport. Knox Gailey and Meador Construction Co. of Lubbock will build the east side structure at an estimated cost of 208,975 dollars. Speakers included Rod Walker and Tidmore of the Airport Board.
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FAA
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Fort Worth
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J. ‘T. Watson
Latbbock
Don McLeod
Harold Frost
Ed Elliott
Elmer Tarbox
Bolivia Conspirators Exiled After Army Roundup
The Bolivian government offered about 100 arrested conspirators safe exile on Monday and warned future leniency would not be repeated. Among those detained were police officers and civilians aligned with ousted President Victor Paz Estenssoro, rounded up by army units on Sunday without violence.
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Five Days Of Rain Threaten Far West Flood Areas
High altitude jet streams bring more rain and snow to flood ravaged northern California as an 600 mile west storm nears the coast. Army pilots drop food and medicine to isolated communities along the Eel River valley and Klamath River despite zero visibility.
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Prayer and highway crews strive against floods on I-5
The report notes a message urging sociability and kindness while emergency repair crews work around the clock to keep Interstate 5 between Oregon and California open with chains required. Heavy rains caused rising streams but officials expect continued freezing temperatures to limit flood danger after a disaster that killed 42 and caused over 700 million dollars in damage.
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Oregon
California
Johnson urges tax cut and world peace hope in State of the Union
President Johnson asks Congress for a large excise tax cut and major pushes on education poverty and disease. He expresses hope Soviet leaders may visit the United States to seek balance between income and spending while outlining plans to double education and anti poverty funding and to push health care for the aged.
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Dates for 65th Home Show set for April 18 to 24
The Avalanche Journal announces the 1985 Home Show dates April 18 through 24 with the theme For Better Living For a Better Community. The event, in Municipal Cahsear, will prioritize display space for longtime exhibitors and invites firms to sign up in January through Anthony of the Advertising Department. More than 100 firms participate, showcasing from trailers to appliances and home furnishings.
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Avalanche-Journal
Porter
Congress reaction to Johnson State of the Union message
Democratic leaders praised the address as inspiring and practical while Republicans derided it as utopian and costly. Sen. McClelland urged fiscal prudence, Sen. Long said proposals should be explored by committees, and Senate leader Mansfield called the message a plea for attainable goals. House Speaker McCormack hailed it as progress on domestic issues.
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John J. McClelland
Arkansas
Senate
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Mike Mansfield
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