Slaton Wet-Dry Polling Place Closes After Tense Clash
County officials closed the Slaton wet-dry polling place amid pressure from factions and threats cited by County Judge Rod Shaw. The move followed arguments over how to run an orderly election after a 1960 absentee vote of 88 and a current vet majority of 1,260 to 1,054. Deputy Jean Lasater noted both sides pressed hard with various suggestions while the decision was made in a county clerk’s conference.
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West
Slaton
Rod Shaw
Avalanche-Journal
Jean Lasater
Kertan Studio
Shaw
Commissioner's Court
D. L. Young
Joe Doak
Anl
Painting and Politics Stirred in White House Portrait Row
The dispute over Mrs Johnson and Hurd’s portrait of Lyndon B Johnson blamed the Capitol’s prominence in the background as unsuitable. Hurd admitted the sitter’s limited sessions and his own dislike of the work’s outcome, noting Johnson called it the ugliest thing he had seen. Meanwhile regional polling tensions sparked debate in Slaton over dry and wet forces and election supervision.
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Capitol
White House
Hurd
Johnson
LBJ
Camp David
Norman Rockwell
Rockwell
Tex Board Debates Air Rules For Portable Rock Crushers
Texas air regulation hearing debates enforceability and cost impact on industry. Stakeholders including Harry Whitworth and Dr. Herbert McKee clash with Rex Braun and Don Cavness over health safeguards and exemptions. Board proposes four land categories with tiered emission limits, sparking industry opposition and calls for exemptions.
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Harry Whitworth
The
Texas Chemical Council
Herbert C. McKee
Reps
Rex Braun
Houston
Don Cavness
Austin
Cavness
Braun
Tex
Air Taxi Crash Kills Nine In New Jersey
Nine people including a veteran pilot died when a twin engine air taxi burst into flames after takeoff in a snowstorm. Investigators believe loss of power caused a stall or flip with one engine out as the craft cleared the airport fence. The service operates 14 round trips daily between Red Bank and New York area airports.
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New Shrewsbury
API
Red Bank
New York Metropolitan Area
Congratulatory births announced from area families
A series of birth notices from West Texas region families details newborns at local hospitals. Parents include Charles Vee Hall Monty Leon Cox James H Curry F Monte Rouquette Jr Richard Lewis Howard Robert Lee Dobbins Frank Rodriguez George Henry Wilbon Dan Wagoner and others with weights ranging 6 12 to 9 2 pounds and times from early morning to afternoon. Fathers occupations include radio announcer salesman farmer porter student and shop employee reflecting local community.
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Charles Vee Hall
Apt
West Texas Hospital
Klll Radio
Monty Leon Cox
Indiana
American Beauty Macaroni
F. Monte Rouquette Jr
Texas Tech
City Zoners Approve Changes Amid Study On Conditions
City zoning actions include approving C-2A to C-2 changes around 50th Street and Canton Avenue pending a new study on conditions. A cafe permit near East Broadway faced concerns over spot zoning and school district impact. A billboard was approved for a private dormitory site near Brownfield and Norfolk.
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50Th Street
50Th St
Ave. Ut
Justine Walden
East Broadway
Glasscock
Larry W. Gibbs
Claude H. Rose Jr
19Th. St
Quaker Ave
Quest
Canton Ave
Burr
Roy Jennings
Texas Tech
Brownfield Rd
Norfolk Ave
Maeker
W. B. Holmes
Maeeker
Jennings
Holmes
R. D. Whipple Sr
Charles B. Jones
Nolan F. Barrick
Tom R. Scarborough
Lonnie F. Hollingsworth
Holiday Inn to Hire Plainclothes Guards After Robberies
Conrad O Moss district director for Holiday Inns Inc says two Lubbock motels will employ plain clothes guards around the clock after a series of five robberies injuring night clerks. He added Memphis home office approved the plan and guards will be hired from a national firm to protect all employees.
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Conrad O. Moss
Holiday Inns, Inc
Moss
Amarillo
Home
Memphis
Lubbock
Vatican to study atheism in Rome center
The Vatican secretary for nonbelievers plans a Rome based center for the study of atheism in cooperation with religious colleges and seminaries. The project was announced Thursday by Vatican officials.
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Vatican City
UPI
Vatican
Sylvester Defends Cuba Missile Denial Policy
Sylvester defended the U S stance during the Cuba crisis saying the government chose to deny missile knowledge to protect the nation. He claimed disclosure then could have destroyed the U S, and said the denial was the right course under those conditions. He added he would repeat the decision if faced with the same choice.
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Cuba
Sylvester
Kennedy
United States
Washington
Vietnam War Halt Urged By Ho Chi Minh Envoy in Paris
Mai Van Bo, Ho Chi Minh's Paris envoy, calls for a definite immediate unconditional halt to U.S. bombing of North Vietnam to create a favorable climate for settlement. The U.S. State Department says it is ready to halt bombing with Hanoi assurances of de escalation and welcomes talks without preconditions. Bo accuses U.S. aggression and says any ceasefire must be unconditional before Hanoi will consider talks.
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Paris
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
North Vietnam
Mai van Bo
Assn
United States
Hanoi
U.S. State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Washington
Thieves Injure Drug Store Clerk and Zeal Suspicion
A 19 year old Negro youth was jailed after two shoplifters knocked down a drug store clerk at John Halsey Drug. Police chased and captured one suspect who had taken a $9 set of cologne and shaving lotion, while the other fled. Separate incidents included thefts at Sam's Wrecking Yard and a home burglary. Violinist Yehudi Menuhin debuted with the San Francisco Symphony in 1923 at age seven.
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John Halsey
Jim McWilliams
Charles Park
Avenue C
Avenue D
16Th Street
Sam
N. Ash
Erskine
Sam Washam
10Th St
Yehudi Menuhin
San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra
U S and allied air power hit targets in Vietnam
U S land and carrier planes struck targets in both North and South Vietnam as ground fighting spread. B52 strikes hit Tuy Thua Thein Thua and Binh Duong provinces while F4C Phantoms attacked zones near the DMZ. Navy Coral Sea strikes targeted Haiphong area as reports of casualties and troop movements continued.
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U. S
North
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Vietnam
U.S
Guam
Coral Sea
Thinh Quang
Haiphong
Hanoi
Copter
Tay Ninh
Nguyen Cao Ky
Six Said Slain In India Strife
Police in Patna fired on a rockhurling student mob amid anti government protests sparked by a university disturbance. Fifteen students were killed and 24 injured as rioters attacked a police station and set fire to a state transport bus, following earlier clashes at Muzzafar University.
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New Delhi
UPI
Patna
India
Indira Gandhi
Bihar
Muzzafar University
Bihar Student Federation
Krishna Ballabad Sahay
Houston infant dies after hospital refuses entry
Six month old Juan Jr. died en route to a charity hospital after North Houston Hospital would not admit him due to lack of cash deposit and insurance coverage. Officials and Councilman Goyen call the action inhumane and seek emergency admission procedures and county reimbursement.
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Ureste
Hermann
Johnny Goyen
Louie Welch
North Houston
Man killed in crossing accident on South Plains
A car hit a train on the track and sped away. The victim was thrown from the car and killed, with minor train damage and signals reportedly working. The body was sent to Henderson Funeral Directors in Lubbock. services for Riney are pending.
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Smith
Hopper
Henderson Funeral Directors
Lubbock
South Plains
Riney
Car Slams Pole To Avoid Train On Loop 289
Mary G. Smith, 30, of 718 FE Arsline, swerved to avoid a train crossing at Loop 289 near E. 19th St. about 1 p.m. Her car slid off the road and struck a guard post. She was admitted to Methodist Hospital in fair condition Thursday night with injuries from the crash.
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Mary G. Smith
Methodist Hospital
Warehouse Blaze Strikes Ponca Wholesale Mercantile
Fire broke out in the Ponca Wholesale Mercantile Co. warehouse located at 13th Street and Avenue H around 10 30 p m Thursday. Ten units of the Lubbock Fire Department fought the blaze as midnight approached with damage estimates undetermined. Observers attributed the fire to the ceiling area of the tobacco warehouse.
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Ponca Wholesale Mercantile Co
13Th St
Ave. H
Lubbock
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