Congress Opens Amid Powell Fight and Vietnam Debate
The 90th Congress convenes with clashes already evident as Democrats unseat Rep. Adam Clayton Powell from the Education and Labor chair. Johnson plans a state of the union address while seeking possible Vietnam war funding and tax questions. CIA head Helms met in a Senate closed session as lawmakers press Vietnam developments. Powell calls the chairing loss a lynching in his remarks.
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Adam Clayton Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
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Richard M. Helms
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Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sec. of State
Dean Rusk
Early Fight Over Joint Rules Seen
The 60th Texas Legislature opens at noon amid talk of a House Senate clash over joint rules. Gov. John Connally hints at substantial relief for cities but with a possible budget message later. A Parkhouse outburst at a Senate hearing highlighted debates on urban mass transportation and a proposed state authority for a pilot Dallas Fort Worth region project.
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Connally
John Connally
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George Parkhouse
Dallas
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Parkhouse
Dallas-Fort Worth
Houston
Washington
Austin
Ethel Kennedy Faces Suit Over Stolen Horse Charge
Mrs. Ethel Kennedy testified in Fairfax County Circuit Court that she and her children found a starving horse near their McLean home and brought it home to help it. The owner, Nicholas N. Zemo, claims she took the horse and seeks $30,000 in damages. The horse reportedly died five days after they intervened.
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Ethel Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Fairfax County
McLean, Va
Nicholas N. Zemo
Washington, D. C
Red Raiders Host Rice Owls in Coli seum
The Red Raiders chase their first conference win as they host the Rice Owls in the Coli seum tonight. Page 1 shows several brief items including a police and civic notices, politics, and a life advice quote.
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RED Raiders
Rice Owls
Chinese Fishermen Rescued Return to Red China
Forty eight Chinese fishermen rescued from a helpless junk in the Gulf of Tonkin by the US Navy last month were returned to Red China Monday by two representatives of the American Red Cross.
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Honk Kong
UPI
Gulf of Tonkin
Navy
Red China
American
Red Cross
Refugees to Cambodia drawn from South Vietnam to date
Cambodia reports that 12 457 people fled from South Vietnam to Cambodia over the past five years as the United Nations monitors refugee movements from Southeast Asia.
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Cambodia
United Nations, N.Y
South Vietnam
Growing China Strife Signals Possible Civil War
Reports from Shanghai Nanking and Canton indicate growing factional clashes around Mao Tse tung. Red Guard posters threaten total victory while Liu Shao chi and others oppose Mao. Western capitals weigh Chou En Lai as power broker in a volatile political struggle.
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Nanking
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Red Guard
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Taipei
Chiang
London
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MONTH APART Stork Delivers Twins One Month Apart
In Levelland Texas a mother gives birth to twins one month apart after the first baby arrived December 9. The second child appeared days later with a 5 pound 4 ounce girl delivered hours after the first twin. Doctors cite possible double uterus or double conception and expect tests in two months to confirm. Tommy Ray and Tammy Ray will be registered as twins.
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Evelland
Levelland
Father Stork
Frank Castro
Levelland Hospital
Texas
Rita Castro
A. L. Walsh
Frank
Rita
Burglars Take 12-Foot Giraffe From Dallas Home
Walter Cortell told police a burglar entered his Dallas residence and stole a 12-foot tall stuffed giraffe weighing 100 pounds and valued at about $500, a loot traceable by police.
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Walter Cortell
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Dredge Jamaica Bay Sunk by Viet Cong Near Saigon
Viet Cong guerrillas mined and sank the Jamaica Bay dredge near My Tho while striking two Vietnamese minesweepers and a British tanker. Two American sailors were killed, another wounded, and one missing. A second deadly attack hit a U S Air Force gunship 25 miles south of Quang Ngai.
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Prayer Note on Stillness and Humility in Worship
A devotional excerpt invites readers to be still in humility and reverence and to declare praise in worship. It closes with a prayer to be filled with the Spirit through Jesus, Amen.
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Bandits Rob North Riverside Express Guard
Two armed men attacked a guard from Armored Express Co. as he carried money bags from E.J. Korvette in North Riverside suburb. They disarmed him and escaped with about 70 000 in cash, after the bags were collected from the store’s second floor offices.
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Riverside
North Riverside
Ray Martinek
Hobbs Councilman Recall Petitions Filed
Recall petitions targeting five Hobbs city commissioners were filed with city clerk Hazel Anderson. The Citizens for Hobbs presented 80 pages with 1 478 names over a 1 cent city sales tax dispute. A rival Civic minded People of Hobbs group circulated a second petition supporting elected officials.
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Avalanche-Journal
OBBS
Hazel Anderson
Citizens For
Hobbs
Don White
Freak storm dumps 9 inches of snow across Texas
A rare winter spiral paralyzed parts of Texas and northern Mexico with up to 9 inches of snow and sleet. Two South Texas fatalities occurred on highways as dozens of schools closed. Monterrey saw over three feet of snow isolating the city, the heaviest since 14 years.
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Associated Press
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Gulf
Monterrey
Mexico
Water Vote Set Today In High Plains District Elections
OLLS opens at 8 a.m. in 16 counties to elect two directors and 26 committeemen for the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District and to decide three annexation proposals. Lubbock County voters choose two of five directors for the Lubbock County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1. Directorships and committeemen will be chosen in 13 counties now served by the district, funded by a 5 cent per $100 valuation tax. Polls close at 7 p.m. with Goodwin unopposed and Kershen contesting Ballard for board posts. each county committee also elects two committeemen. See WATER VOTE Page 10.
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High Plains Underground Water Conservation District
Lubbock County
High Plains
Ross Goodwin
Muleshoe
Andrew Kershen
Hereford
Goodwin
Bailey, Castro
Palmer
Larry E. Ballard
Sis
Kershen
Armstrong
Deaf Smith
Potter
Randall
Jury Seated for Bobby Baker Trial in Washington
A six men six women jury plus six alternates were chosen to try Bobby Baker on multiple charges. Judge Oliver Gasch ordered nightly jury confinement with the trial expected to last two months. Baker, 38, once secretary to the Senate Democratic leadership, faced questions about surveillance of associates.
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Ashington
Bobby Baker
Oliver Gasch
U.S District Court
Gasch
Baker
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Weather Summary for Lubbock and Vicinity
Mostly fair conditions with little temperature change. A high in the upper 40s and a low around 12 degrees are forecast with northerly winds. Recent readings show a maximum of 47 and a minimum of 3.
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