Apollo 9 aims to test lunar orbit docking and EVA drills
The article outlines Apollo 9 as a practice exercise to test spacecraft docking, tunnel transfers, and EVA between the command module and Lunar Module in Earth and Moon orbits. It notes possible Apollo 10 steps toward a Moon landing with a two-man crew within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface if LM performance is satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Jim McDivitt
David Scott
Russell Schweikert
Earth
NASA
Space
Apollo
John F. Kennedy
Statement Slated Today In Boys School Probe
The Evanses of Houston testified about their 14 year old son who was beaten at Gatesville maximum security dormitory and later treated in Galveston for kidney failure. They described guard brutality and a forced dirt track drill, with injuries including a bruised chest groin and busted mouth. They dispute a fight with a colored student and say authorities offered no straight answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowell Evans
Houston
Stewart
Gatesville
Lwo
Sehen ‘Galveston
Galveston
Youth Council
Evans
December Duststorms Mark West Texas Weather Quietly Shifts
Forecaster G Alan Johnson notes 3 to 6 inch dust storms in southwestern counties during November. December brought windy dusty days on the 12th and 18th with variable precipitation, while Lubbock reported hours of blowing dust and a mix of rain and light snow across parts of the region. Temperatures varied with a near-average minimum in a Howard to Bailey County belt, and Tahoka logged the greatest precipitation in the area. The report covers December 1968 weather patterns, including visibility impacts and monthly temperature deviations.
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G. Alan Johnson
Lubbock
Gee
Ava
Mo Bee
Mo Ina
Aimee i
U. S
West Texas
Aiver
Guy
Ae Ge
Ne Fac
Lynn County
Terry County
Yoakum County
Deaf Smith County
Nixon Admin- Tahoka
Howard County
Bailey County
Injured 20 Month Old Hospitalized Under Investigation
Police and Lub bock Child Welfare officials probe hospitalization of 20 month old Recardo Rene Rangel at Methodist Hospital. Doctors report fractured skull bruises and malnutrition across body. brain specialist reviewing condition as parents claim fainting spell. Juvenile officers interview two suspects as investigation continues.
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Lubbock
Barnett
Jerry Parker
Police
Berett Infant Funeral Today in Ralls
Yvett Diane Berett 19 months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Dean Berett of Ralls died at 7 57 PM Friday at Lubbock Methodist Hospital after encephalitis. Services at 3 PM today at First Methodist Church with Rev H B Coggin officiating burial in Ralls Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home direction. Survivors include her parents a brother Shawn Kimball Berett maternal grandparents Guy Kimbell Matador paternal grandparents C H Beret Ralls and great grandmother Maggie Berett Ralls. Pallbearers May D Ess Adrian Taylor Bill Mayes Bil Gilbreath.
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Ralls
Yvett
Diane Berett
Harold Dean Berett
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
First Methodist Church
H. B. Coggin
Ralls Cemetery
Carter Funeral Home
Shawn Kimbell Berett
Guy Kimbell
Matador
C. H. Beret
Maggie Berett
May Dess
Adrian Taylor
Bill Mayes
Bil Gilbreath
Mahon Reports Federal Payroll Rise in November
Washington. Rep. George H. Mahon reports federal civilian employment rose by 9 200 in November while the military payroll fell 238. Total federal civilian jobs reached 2.92 million. Major increases occurred in the Post Office up 10 281 and Agriculture up 415. Air Force civilian jobs declined 528 from October.
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Washington
UPL
George H. Mahon
Tex
Joint Committee On
Interior Department
State Department
Mahon
Post Office Department
Agriculture Department
Air Force
Trains Halt In Harlem Tunnel Panic After Fire Alarm
Passengers fled onto tracks when trains stopped in an underground Harlem tunnel. Transit Authority cut power, prompting evacuation and scattered panic. An elderly woman suffered a heart attack and a pregnant woman went into false labor. police assisted and took victims to hospitals.
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Transit Authority
Harlem
Area Woman's Rites Stated
SEMINOLE Special Mrs Edna Waldrop 74 died Saturday in Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Services set 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev Leon Snellson of Odessa officiating. Burial Seminole Cemetery. She was born in Kilmichael Mississippi and lived here 19 years. Survivors: husband M T Waldrop five sons Levi Seminole Charlie Midland Fred Fort Dodge Iowa Harold Anchorage Alaska Clyde Baird three daughters Lucille Palmer Hector Ark Louise Woodward Prairie Grove Ark Helen Worsham Tokio a sister Annie Richardson Kilmichael Miss 23 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren
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Seminole
Edna Waldrop
Memorial Hospital
Trinity Baptist Church
Leon Snelson
Odessa
Seminole Cemetery
Seminole Memorial Chapel
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Harold
Anchorage
Alaska
Clyde
Baird
Lucille Palmer
Hector
Ark
Louise Woodward
Prairie Grove
Helen Worsham
Tokio
Annie Richardson
Kilmichael
Miss
Veteran Dies After Brief Illness in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO AP veteran newspaperman Christopher Madison Meadows Jr., 77, died Saturday after a brief illness. He spent nearly five decades at the San Antonio Evening News before retiring seven years ago, with prior service at the Corpus Christi Caller Times and other Texas papers. Funeral services set for Monday. Survivors include his wife, three daughters, a son, and five grandchildren.
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San Antonio
Christopher Madison Meadows Jr
Gaid
Ariz
Dispatch
G.W. Ma
Han
Mary F. Meadows
McDonalds
Jack W. Held
Divil Daviee
Oklahoma City
E Son
Fine Arta
Chris M. TW
Way
Minneapolis
Minn
Americans expect modest business improvement with new administration
A nationwide University of Michigan survey of consumers from November and December finds most Americans foresee slight gains in business conditions with the new administration. About half say the tax surcharge makes little difference in spending or saving while income gains offset higher prices and taxes.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
University of Michigan
Survey Research Center
Confidence Slips as Inflation Fears Rise in 1968 Survey
The report shows that expectations for personal finances worsened in the last quarter of 1968. Fewer families expect to be better off in a year, and fewer with income gains feel ahead of last year. Inflation awareness drives the negative outlook, though the survey confirms some resilience amid price pressures.
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Ceneee Se Pepeerps Nea
FTC Proposes Rules On Games Of Chance Promotions
The FTC advances two basn rules to curb rigged games and misrepresented winning odds. One requires clear disclosure of prize counts for each category within a set period. The second targets gasoline games by banning supplier coercion of retailers to join.
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FTC
Plane crash details and burned house aftermath
A captain advised about conditions before flying over the airport to check for a possible landing. A house was left a smouldering ruin lit by fires and police lamps. Edwards recalls walking through rubble and a burned baby carriage in one corner.
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Edwards
William Jones
Lubbock Letter Carriers install officers at Farrs Cafeteria
Officers for the Lubbock branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers were installed at a Saturday night meeting at Farrs Cafeteria in Town and Country Center. Installing officer was T. T. Morris from Dallas. Left to right are Don Eddleman vice president Mrs Merle Woods president of the Ladies Auxiliary and Billy Grimes president of the local association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
National Association of Letter Carriers
Farr
Town and Country Center
T. T. Morris
Dallas
Don Eddleman
Merle Woods
Ladies Auxiliary
Billy Grimes
Smith inauguration trip offered to Lubbock residents
The program promotes a one day charter jet trip to Gov. Preston Smith's January 21 Austin inauguration. A 727 with 96 seats departs 9 am from West Texas Air Terminal arriving 10 10 am for the noon ceremony. Tickets cover round trip and buses plus reception.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Austin
Preston Smith
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Air Terminal
Congress Avenue
Sheraton Crest Inn
John Bradford
Austin Municipal Auditorium
Lawmakers Busy With Interim Studies Across Legislature
Interim committees abound as about 100 panels prepare reports before the next session. Rep Vernon Stewart leads juvenile problems probe into Gatesville State School for Boys while Rep Dick Cory promises hearings on vending machine influence in taverns.
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Austin Upi
Vernon Stewart
Gatesville State School
Dick Cory
Victoria
Austin
State Capitol
Services Monday For Mrs. Hart
Big Spring services for Mrs. R. V. Hart 79 longtime area resident will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Nalley Pickle Rosewood Chapel with burial in Big Spring Cemetery. She died Friday after an extended illness. Native of Arkansas she moved to Big Spring in 1929 with her husband. Survivors include son Kenneth of Big Spring two sisters Mrs W L Ray of Baird and Mrs Bernice Drake of Midland and brother Errol Hailey of Big Spring.
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Big Spring
R. V. Hart
Nalley
Pickle Rosewood Chapel
Hart
Arkansas
Kenneth
W. L. Ray
Baird
Nixon names new State Department leadership figures
President-elect outlines a planned retained Bunker in Saigon and a new Paris peace team. He confirms Roger’s picks form the State Department slate with Richardson as deputy and Johnson as No. 8, stressing coordination of overseas policy.
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U.S
Bunker
Pierre
Nixon
Saigon
Paris
State Department
Rogers
Eisenhower
Richardson
Johnson
Pedersen
Massachusetts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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