Plains Farming Cotton Harvest In Scrap Stage
Field scrapping and related activities continue to send several thousand bales daily to the USDA classing offices on the South Plains. Receipts at Lubbock average about 3,000 bales daily with Brownfield at 1,500 and Lamesa now closed after classing 282,427 bales. The season total through last Friday was 1,441,000 bales with 1,045,000 bales classed a year ago.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
South Plains
Bob Poteet
Lubbock Cotton Exchange
Smith-Doxey
USDA
Lubbock
Brownfield
Lamesa
Bill Crockett
Walter Y. Wells
Lubbock County
Far East
Commodity Credit Corp. Joan
CCC
Texas
United States
Foreign Agricultural Service
Bureau of the Census
Methodists Hold District Coaching Session Series Start
In a coaching session for the conference, Methodists meet today as part of a district series. The program is described as ongoing across several districts of the conference.
Smoking Blamed In Fatal Fire in Bay City
In Bay City Michigan authorities say a smoking related fire caused the death of a couple and injuries to their three children. Names of victims and exact ages are unclear in the readable text but the incident occurred Sunday and involved a couch fire reigniting into a fatal blaze.
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Bay City
Mich
Essingh Heaoss
Sunda
Tun Ie
Lawrence Herber
Thelma
Cotton Maid Begins U S Tour In Cotton Garments
Cathryn Muirhead a 19 year old from Denton Texas started a six month tour as the Maid of Cotton traveling through the United States Canada and major fashion centers in Asia Her wardrobe includes 40 outfits all cotton costing about 6500 for fittings in New York and other cities She is a TWU sophomore plans a semester off and will have two chaperones and 22 pieces of luggage with a scholarship and prize awaiting her on return.
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Cathryn L. Muirhead
Denton
St. Moritz
New York
Texas Women's University
Cathryn Muirhead
Tex
Miss Muirhead
National Cotton Council
United States
Canada
Oriental Textile
Aoa Ieee
Zn Okyo
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Texas Woman's University
Memphis
Muirhead
TWU
Tre
Greg
Local Officials Meet With FAA Over West Texas Air Terminal Aid
Three Lubbock representatives will meet FAA officials in Albuquerque today to discuss Lubbock's request for 1.3 million dollars in federal aid for West Texas Air Terminal development. City Manager Bill Blackwell Waverly Johnson and Bennett Reeves of Parkhill Smith and Cooper depart at 8:35 a.m. for 10 a.m. conferences with Bill J. Howard and Roy Discampe in the Albuquerque area office.
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Lubbock
Federal Aviation Agency
Albuquerque
West Texas Air Terminal
Bill Blackwell
Waverly Johnson
Bennett Reeves
Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc
Bill J. Howard
Department of Portation
Conference stalemate as peace talks stall in Vietnam
Hanoi spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le announced that North Vietnam and the Viet Cong's National Liberation Front rejected all American seating proposals for a four way conference to end the war. The United States deplored the move and blamed Hanoi for the stalled talks.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Hanoi
Nguyen Thanh le
United States
U.S
Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Cyrus R. Vance
South Vietnam
Hola
NLF
Saigon
Start
Johnson
Lodge
W. Averell Harriman
Washington
Harriman
France Bans Arms Shipments to Israel in 1967 Standoff
Paris reports a total halt on arms supplies to Israel by France, effective for two days, with customs turning away Mirage jet fighter shipments. The move, not officially communicated, targets military gear while France continues parts for Fouga-Magister trainer planes. The embassy reaction showed surprise as U.S. negotiators kept talks open amid the broader Hanoi talks tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Israel
France
Middle East
Johnson to Let Nixon Guide Tax Surtax Decision
Congressional sources say President Johnson will defer to Nixon on whether to extend and possibly cut the 10 percent surtax to 5 percent. Johnson’s final messages to Congress imply approval only if Nixon publicly urges it, with time tight before the June 30 expiration and a likely budget surplus for 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
Johnson
Nixon
Congress
Capitol Hill
Maurice Stans
White House
Cotulla Man Dies in SH 35 Crash
Lauro Rios Randel aged 24 of Cotulla died Monday when his car overturned twice on SH 35 about three miles north of Cotulla.
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Cotulla
Lauro Rios Randel
Here
Why Are You A Poor Talker
A Chicago publisher reports a simple technique to improve conversation for social and business advancement. The method promises better influence, self confidence, and popularity, with a free booklet titled Ad ventures in Conversation mailed to anyone requesting it. Send name, address, and ZIP to Diversey Parkway in Chicago.
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Chicago
Diversey Pkwy
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Avalanche-Journal
Pressley
Gill Fox
Tude
LBJ
George Christian
Underwood
Ghicker
Underwurpod
Slubbock, Texas
Tria
First Federal
Vsavines
Ar Rem Nee
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