Inauguration Day as Nixon Becomes 37th President
Washington reports Nixon takes the oath with Chief Justice Warren as the nation shifts power from Democrats to Republicans. The ceremony includes family Bibles and a pledge to uphold the Constitution amid a focus on the Great Society’s transition and wartime era. The scene shifts to Austin where Governor-elect Smith prepares for inauguration while Lt. Gov. elect Barnes awaits swearing in.
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Richard M. Nixon
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George R. Davis
Barnes
Capitol
John Connally
Smiths
Ben ‘Barnes
Smith Jand
Smith
Gus Mutscher
Austin Municipal Auditorium
Congress Avenue
Times Change Rural Music Once Big Vote Getter
An article recalls how past governor W. Lee O'Daniel used country music to win support, highlighting the Light Crust Doughboys and Burrus Mills as a familiar Texas broadcast. It notes the enduring appeal of hillbilly sounds that echoed in campaigns and everyday life.
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Preston Smith
W. Lee
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Texas
Burrus Mills
Zeke
Bashtul
Fee Country
Sky Pirates divert two planes to Cuba
Hijackers forced two airliners to Cuba on Sunday causing the Eastern Airlines jet with 171 aboard and an Ecuadorian plane with 88 aboard to be diverted. Armando Espinel, Ecuadorian presidential aide, was aboard the Ecuadorian flight along with other passengers when the crew was taken over by armed men.
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Harlem alert ends hijackers bid on Eastern jet
A youth aboard an Eastern Airlines jet near Kennedy Airport grabbed a suspicious device, threatened crew, and released a fuse with his fingers. The hijacker, shouting Cuba, was restrained after a crew member disabled the device. Five sticks of what appeared to be hazardous material were found near a passenger, and the incident ended without casualties.
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Miami
UPI
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Atlanta
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Buggt
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John Anderson Gates
Cuba
Miss Gates
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Fwest Hills
100Th Street
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Prayer for Joy in Suffering and Love for God and Neighbors
A devotional remark from a reader asks for rejoicing in sharing in Christ's sufferings. It seeks grace to love God more and to obey His will in all things.
Five Die in South Plains Crash
Justice of the Peace E L Ford identified Marion Dean Andrews 34 of 3101 Colgate Wolfforth driver Joseph Labenz 24 Beverly Labenz 29 and her two children Kim Starnes 6 and Craig Starnes 2 as dead at the scene. DPS said weather not a factor and no skid marks or clear wrong-way direction determined. Funeral arrangements pending Hammons Funeral Home Littlefield.
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Levelland
Marion Dean Andrews
Colgate
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Wolfforth
Beverly Labenz
Kim Starnes
Craig Starnes
Donald Kuykendall
Texas Department of Public Safety
South Plains
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Hammons
Littlefield
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Lubbock
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Nona Huse
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King s Aide Claims Evidence Exonerates Ray
Rev James Bevel of the SCLC said he has evidence that could free James Earl Ray, though he will not detail it yet. Ray faces a March 3 murder trial in Memphis for Dr Martin Luther King Jr s assassination. Bevel offered to defend Ray pro bono. Public Defender Hugh Stanton and Ray s lawyer Percy Foreman declined comment. Fire kills two in Houston home as others escape. Fred Batiste 21 and Haywood McNulty 18 identified as the deceased.
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Mississippi
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Houston
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