Romanian Communist Poised for U.N. General Assembly Presidency
Romania's Corneliu Manescu appeared assured of the U.N. General Assembly presidency as Latin American rivals bowed out. Britian's Lord Caradon and France's Roger Seydoux signaled Western European bloc support, while the United States had not yet decided. Support from the Soviet bloc and backing among Asians and Africans were noted.
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United Nations, N.Y
Romania
Corneliu Manescu
U.N. General Assembly
Guatemala
Zea
Colombia
Latin America
Europe
Karoly Csaterday
Assembly
Manescu
Britain
Lord Caradon
Roger Seydoux
Cochairmen
United States
Washington
Suspect Indicted After High Speed West Texas Chase
A Pecos grand jury indicted 29 year old Billy George Roberts on charges of pursuing a Dallas couple at speeds up to 110 mph and firing at them with a rifle on a West Texas highway near Orla. The Lundgrens, vacationing from Dallas, described a car passing with headlights off and returning to fire as they tried to escape.
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Pecos
UPI
Orla
Dallas
Texas
Billy George Roberts
Roberts
Atty
A. R. Racher
Rupert Lundgren Jr
Pecos Dee
Lundgren
Alive in California man linked to staged 1964 death
Police said George Frederick Knoop hoaxed his death during a Lake Mead dive in 1964. His widow collected life insurance and remarried before Knoop resurfaced in Inglewood California. An extradition hearing is planned as authorities investigate social security fraud and grand theft charges.
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Inglewood
Calif
Nevada
George Frederick Knoop
Las Vegas
Nev
Lake Mead
John L. Deviland
el Segundo
Phyllis Steinwedel
Knoop
Brenda
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Chester McNelly
R.J. Goodyear
John Diemer
John Devil
Deviland
Briscoe FU Annual Banquet Scheduled
SILVERTON Special The Briscoe County unit of the Texas Farmer's Union will hold its annual benefit at 7 p.m. today in the Silverton schools cafeteria. Marcus Hill of Sulphur Springs, state Future Farmers of America president, will speak. Special guests include Jay Naman of Waco, state Farmers Union president, and Dean Harmon of Tulia, state vice president.
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Silverton
Briscoe County
Texas Farmer's Union
Gilbert A. Elms
Marcus Hill
Sulphur Springs
Tex
State Future Farmers of America
Jay Naman
Waco
State Farmer's Union
Dean Harmon
Tulis
Cuba Receives Soviet Crop Dusting Planes
Twenty new Soviet crop-dusting planes were received in Cuba in 1966 as part of a fleet expected to reach 200 by 1970. The single-engine Antonovs are assembled locally by Soviet technicians for fertilization and fumigation tasks across the island for the Cuban air force agricultural aviation section.
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Havana
Cuba
Cuban Air Force Agricultural Aviation Section
TTA Launches Turbojet Service Through Lubbock
Trans-Texas Airways officially introduced turbojet service with a brief Municipal Airport ceremony in Lubbock. R E McKaughan Jr. presented a plaque to Mayor W D Rogers Jr. honoring the first jet Silver Cloud 600 flight. the upgrade promises faster speeds and greater reliability.
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Trans-Texas Airways
Lubbock
Municipal
R. E. McKaughan Jr
W. D
Dub) Rogers Jr
TTA
Rogers
McKaughan
Jack K. Ayer
Houston
W. D. Rogers
Trans- Texas Airways
R. E. McKaughnam Jr
Lennis Baker
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Johnson Honors 10 Students With Australian Science Scholarships
President Johnson awarded medals and praise to ten American high school students from seven states who won Australian science scholarships. The winners include David Demus of Canyon Texas and Cathleen O Rourke of Los Alamos New Mexico, among others, chosen to attend a two week science seminar in Sydney. The group spans Texas New Mexico Kentucky Florida Massachusetts New Jersey Oregon Ohio Montana North Dakota.
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Washington
Johnson
Nuclear Research Foundation
University of Sydney
Australia
David Demus
Canyon
Tex
Texas
Cathleen O’ Rourke
Los Alamos
N.M
Deborah Stark
Anchorage
Randolph Hudson
Tampa
Fla
Ellen Gesmer
Newton Highlands
Mass
George Middleton
Scotch Plains
N.J
Robert Nado
Portland
Ore
Willinam Nelson
Youngstown
Ohio
Noaney
Two Elderly Sisters Die In Clarendon Explosion
In Clarendon Texas two elderly sisters Mrs Cathleen C Griffin and Mrs Evelyn Jones died when a ranchouse exploded Wednesday night. Their nurse Mrs Mattie F Clark 55 was seriously hurt and a ranch foreman Mr Vernon Morris pulled her from the debris. The blast, likely caused by butane gas, left only debris and two cars destroyed. The Griffin Ranch near Clarendon is among the oldest in the area.
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Clarendon
Tex
UPI
Cathleen C., Griffin
Griffin Ranch
Evelyn Jones
Mattie F. Clark
Amarillo
Vernon Morris
Clark
Bill Land
Land
Senators demand de escalation in Vietnam after talks
Senator Russell urged immediate cessation of bombing in North Vietnam once assured of reciprocal de escalation by the other side. White House spokesman Moyers said it was too early to gauge Hanoi remarks but welcomed any positive statement and official notice of intent. Congressional members have repeatedly proposed bombing and mining Haiphong harbor and a naval blockade. Russell called the Vietnam outlook very disappointing and warned more of the same without curbs on war material shipments.
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North Vietnam
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Mai Wang Bo
Moyers
Hited
Hanoi
Haiphong
Congress
Vietnam
Russell
Tax Hike Debate Shapes Social Security and Medicaid Plans
The deficit picture shifts from an estimated 1.8 billion to possible 10 billion, prompting committee hearings on Johnson's Social Security expansion and new limits on state medical aid programs. Medicaid eligibility changes are discussed but Medicare remains unaffected. Congress eyeing March action with July 1 deadlines for broader measure approvals. The future of the Reciprocal Trade Act also looms as tariffs near renewal.
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Capitol Hill
Executive Branch
House Ways and Means Committee
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
Outstanding Cadets Feted At Texas Tech AFROTC Awards
Texas Tech aerospace studies held its fall awards ceremony in the Tech Union Ballroom. Cadet of the Month December went to Donald T. Harper of Lubbock, with Lt. Col. Henry L. Gantz Jr. presenting. Multiple cadets from across Texas and beyond received leadership, commendation, and top cadet honors, including Norman G. Schuessler and Craig R. McColler, among others. Flight A won outstanding flight, and the 825th was named squadron of the semester.
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Afrotc
Col
Henry L. Gantz
Texas Tech
Craig R. McColler
Norman G. Schuessler
Tech Union
Craig
Schuessler
Bruce Ott
Department of Aerospace Studies
Donald T. Harper
Lubbock
Aerospace Studies
Robert A. Paradis
Henry L. Gantz Jr
San Angelo
Enville
Mackie Curry
Marvin FE. Watson
Amarillo
Bruce A. Endendyk
Houston
Tom Carter
Killeen
Charles E. Sears
Minera Wells
Gary Bushover
Canal Zone
Eduardo Miminga
San Antonio
Cadet Hill
Maj. Paradis
John T. Ensley
Appleton
Wis
William P. Evans
Dallas
Frankie Figueroa
Gerald R. Gaige
Midland
Gary L. Graves
Thomas H. Hill
San Bruno
Calif
Education goals and state school conference study plans
Ivy announced that in 1967 the committee will study curriculum teaching administration and financing of the state's public schools. About 1500 administrators from public and private schools attend the conference focusing on moral health and social responsibility.
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Ivy
Possible perjury probe eyed in Estes case in El Paso
Assistant U S Attorney Harry Lee Hudspeth tempered a report that a federal grand jury would reconvene in El Paso to consider evidence of possible perjury by Billie Sol Estes. He said witnesses from prior hearings could be called, but no indictment decision has been made.
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EL Paso
U. S
Harry Lee Hudspeth
Billie Sol Estes
Hudspeth
Estes
Pecos
Tex
Hilbert Kreeger Jr
Walter Heller Co
Chicago
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Kreeger
Heller Co
Sidney Blum
Plainview
Blum
Education Meet Plan For 20 Regional Service Centers
The state Board of Education in Austin will review a proposal to establish 20 education service centers across regions, coordinating supplementary services and regional media centers under Title 3 of ESEA. Region 17 meeting is set Jan 25 in Lubbock. centers could be ready by Sept 1. Bacteria can convert petroleum into edible protein.
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Austin
State Board of Education
State Board
Region 17
Lubbock
Artificial aurora plan to brighten eastern skies
NASA briefing reveals a June experiment to launch an electron accelerator aboard an Aerobee 350 rocket from Wallops Island Virginia to about 240 miles up. If successful, it will produce auroral flashes every 10 seconds lasting a few seconds across a half mile to six miles, visible over a wide area in red and green colors, as a prelude to further aurora research including potential interhemispheric electron beams.
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Washington
Seaboard
Wallops Island
George F. Pieper
Space Science Directorate
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pieper
NASA
Antarctic
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John Pugh
Pete A. Schwalen
Terry Bell
Earnest Casstevens
Michael D. McCann
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Washington, D. C
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