Outlook Brightens For N Arms Pact At Geneva Talks
At the Geneva disarmament conference the atmosphere shifted to cautious optimism over a multinational treaty to halt nuclear arms spread. Soviet Pravda signaled flexibility on its draft, while Tsarapkin warned West Germany over its arms bid. U.S. McNamara floated a West German consultative role, as Britain voices that the multilateral force idea is dead. Foster remains convinced dialogue continues within NATO.
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Geneva
Pravda
Soviet Union
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
West Germany
U.S
Atlantic Alliance
Robert S. McNamara
France
McNamara
Tsarapkin
Lord Chlafont
William C. Foster
Viet Nam
Foster
Karl-Guenther von Hase
NATO
Plea Slated In Cross Murder Case Details
District Atty Tom Blackwell handed defense lawyers copies of Cross statements and photos and agreed to provide fingerprints from Miss Rigsby’s car. Judge Thurman ruled on defense motions to suppress evidence and juror qualification for the death penalty. The defense waives a sanity hearing but may still mount an insanity defense. the trial could last two weeks with a 650-strong venire. Cross’ statement reportedly includes months of sexual thoughts before the slaying. The coroner’s verdicts cite strangulation in both deaths. The defense may call earlier grand jury witnesses for possible appeals.
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Tom Blackwell
Cross
Miss Rigsby
Thurman
Blackwell l
Blackwell
Perky Jones
Roy Minton
Charles Burton
Tto
Jones
Justice of the Peace
Jerry Dellana
Miss Stark
Prince Charles Leaves for Australian Boarding School
Prince Charles travels to Geelong Grammar School in Australia as an exchange student for several months. He departs London with Prince Philip and Princess Anne aboard a Qantas flight, stops in New York, then flies via San Francisco, Honolulu, and Fiji to Sydney. He will later visit Canberra and Timbertop before returning to the U K.
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London
Prince Charles
Australia
Prince Philip
Princess Anne
Sydney
United States
Qantas Airlines
David Checketts
Derek Sharp
Geelong Grammar School
New York
Kennedy Airport
San Francisco
Honolulu
Fiji
Charles
Gordonstoun
Cambridge University
Canberra
Lord Casey
Queen Elizabeth
Bush
Timbertop
Geelong
Melbourne
Great Dividing Range
Caribbean
Canada
Reunion of longtime neighbors spotlights Lubbock ties
BAU meg Wea Ds ture Smith reunites former neighbors from fifty years ago and discovers all now reside in Lubbock. The McLains at 3812 24th St. moved from Spur in 1961 after farming retirement. Howard Smith has been in Lubbock since 1957 and works as a machinist for U Joint, Inc. The piece notes benefits tied to valid birth certificates.
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Ture Smith
Lubbock
McLains
24Th St
Spur
Smiths
Sweetwater
Howard Smith
U Joint, Inc
Messier Family Faces Grief and Resilience Across Moves
Despite two family tragedies Martha Danny Chris and Eddie Messier adapt after shock. Martha recalls friends who shunned them and recounts moving to Miami for privacy. Eddie aims to be a business man Danny a doctor and Chris a lawyer while their mother faces trial and a distant Houston past remains unresolved.
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Martha
Danny
Chris
Eddie
Outer Space
Miami
National Honor Society
Dad
Marton
Houston
Rusk urges renewed bombing of North Viet Nam in Senate debate
In a tense exchange Senator Symington challenges the administration on China and the war. Secretary Rusk argues renewed air strikes deter infiltration and presses for allied help while acknowledging public war weariness and the risk of nuclear confrontation. Senator Gere questions the war’s worth.
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Rivers
North Viet Nam
Clark
Rusk
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
China
Risk
Peking
Albert Gere
D-Tenn
Congress
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Red China
Blanchard Files For Re-Election In Enlarged 28th District
State Sen. H. J. Blanchard of Lubbock filed for a May 7 Democratic primary seat in an enlarged 28th District. The district now includes Ward and Winkler counties plus 11 others. Blanchard, a Texas Tech and SMU graduate, has served since 1962 and aims for a full four-year term amid redistricting. He works as a lawyer in Lubbock with his wife and five children.
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H. J
Doc) Blanchard
Lubbock
Blanchard
Ward
Winkler
Ralph Brock
Lubbock County
Senate
Preston Smith
Labor and Management Relations Committee
Tech
Texas Tech
John Connally
Andrews
Cochran Crosby
Dawson
Gaines
Hockley
Lynn
Martin
Terry
Yoakum
Southern Methodist University
17Th Place
Bergdoll's Flight From Draft Ends In Hard Labor
The subject fled to Canada and Germany, married, and had four children. He sought a presidential pardon and clemency for draft evasion, but both appeals failed. In 1938 he was captured, sent to sea, and then court-martialed for seven years of hard labor.
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Canada
Germany
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Berta
United States
Deal
Associated Press
Tthe Military Department
Ao Tn
United
Lamarr Loses Claim to Fame Amid Court Arrest and Legacy
Actress Hedy Lamarr, famed for Algiers and Ziegfeld Girl, faced arrest in the Wilshire area carrying modest items and was booked under the name Hedy Maria Boies. The Austrian star, once a wartime pinup, had a long career, multiple marriages, and ongoing work in film, TV, and writing. she remains financially secure from royalties and investments.
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Miss Lamarr
Hollywood
Inman
Lawrence
J. P. Flowerree
May Co
Wilshire
Flowerie
Hedy Maria Boies
Lewis W. Boies
Texas
W. Howard Lee
Denise
Anthony
Vienna
Europe
Algiers
Charles Boyer
Mecca
Witness Testimony Sows Turmoil in San Joaquin Trial
Mrs Dutra wearing a wedding band crafted from a dime is called as a witness by Assistant District Attorney Leonard Shaw to probe confidential statements about the stabbing. Defense attorney William Weissich objects claiming the couple is married in God’s eyes. Dutra seeks a hasty marriage on the spot as the court records reveal extended correspondence from Glover.
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Tion
Fan
Veterans gather at Hodges Center for World War I group
Hub of the Plains Barracks 1489 and its auxiliary meet at 2 p m Saturday at Hodges Community Center for World War I veterans and widows with discussion of information that could mean more money to them. Sid A Lowery Sr commander said. South Plains cite No 26 Lubbock and Plainview Encampment No 35 IOOF install officers at 730 p m today at Oldfellow s Hall. C E Anderson district deputy grand patriarch and staff will install officers. The Golden Rule Degree will be conferred.
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Plains Barracks
Hodges Community Center
41St Street
College Avenue
Sid A.lowery Sr
South Plains
Lubbock
Plainview
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Oldfellows Hall
20Th St
Ave. K
C. E. Anderson
Johnson weighs bombing escalation in Viet Nam crisis
Air Raids ison plans renewed bombing as the President seeks a middle ground between hawks urging a major step up and lawmakers urging pause. He rejects a holding action and aims to keep the Viet Cong off balance while avoiding a direct clash with China. The White House fears misinterpretation of peace efforts as weakness and prepares for renewed bombing to counter Hanoi’s stance.
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Ison
Senate
Mike Mansfield
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mansfield
Fulbright
Viet Nam
Hanoi
iHaiphong
iChina
Johnson
U. S
James M. ‘Gavin
United States
Southeast Asia
South Viet Nam
Winter Storm Grips Texas Panhandle to Gulf Coast
Snow and freezing drizzle spread across the South Plains with readings from Amarillo to Lubbock dipping into the single digits to teens. Storm frontage drove subzero temps from the Panhandle into Oak and Oklahoma, with wind chills and reports of icy roads across Wichita Falls and Dallas.
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Lubbock
Beer Paveret
Lubbock County
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Garden City
Kan
Tucumcari
N. M
Dalhart
Amarillo
Childress
Gage
Okla
Wichita Falls
Clovis
Old Town
Maine
Panhandle
Lamar
Colo
Goodland
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
Missouri
Rockies
Dakotas
Minnesota
Upper
Great Lakes
International Falls
Minn
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Chicago
Appalachians
Gulf Coast
Florida
Daytona Beach
Miami
Big Spring
South Texas
Brownsville
High Plains
Hereford
Lamesa
Ropenville
Morton
Post, Spur
Tahoka
Silverton
Plainview
Perryton
Dumas
Vernon
Fort Worth
Dallas
Tyler
Waco
Eastland
Palestine
Chico
West
North Texas
Baker Employees Awarded Trip For Sales Rise
Twenty members of The Baker Co. management-sales staff will travel by bus to Santa Fe New Mexico with their spouses to celebrate a 15 percent sales increase in 1965. Attending from Amarillo are A W McClure and wife plus Henry Bayles pair. Midland sends Glenn Griffin and wife with Wes Melvin. Other travelers include Ed Griffin Charles Bessent Roy Tanner Frank Todd Garth English C W Froust Earl Ross R L Jackson Ed Norrid Doug Parsley James Woods Jackie Curry and John Meigs San Patricio NM artist and associate gallery director will join in Santa Fe.
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Baker Co
Lubbock
Santa Fe
N.M
A. W. McClure
Amarillo
Henry Bayles
Muleshoe
Midland
Glenn Griffin
Wes Melvin
Ed Griffin
Charles Bessent
Roy Tanner
Frank Todd
Garth English
C. W. Froust
Earl Ross
R. L. Jackson
Ed Norrid
Doug Parsley
James Woods
Jackie Curry
John Meigs
San Patricio
Downed Viet Nam Chinook Escapes After Shot Down
Viet Nam cavalry helicopter was shot down near Tuy Hoa seven miles north of the town. The craft carried only the pilot and co pilot who both escaped. Cavalry deployed a security ring while awaiting retrieval but Viet Cong pressured the area. Two cavalry companies reinforced before nightfall as fighting continued. The action occurred about 225 miles north of Saigon and 75 miles south of the main operation.
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Tuy Hoa
Saigon
Sam Proctor Of Morton Dies In Texas
Sam Proctor, 74, of Morton, longtime Cochran County resident and World War I veteran, died at 8:30 p.m. in a Morton hospital. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Singleton Funeral Home with burial in Morton Memorial Cemetery. Surviving are his widow Linnie, two sons Billie and Carl of Morton, three sisters Eva Sherron Amarillo, Mae Jones Conway Texas, Belle Davis Tahoka, and six grandchildren.
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Morton
Sam Proctor
Cochran County
Morton Hospital
Singleton Funeral Home
W. W. Jones
Lovington
Charles Gates
Morton Memorial Cemetery
Proctor
Estelline
Linnie
Billie
Carl
Eva Sherron
Amarillo
Mae Jones
Conway
i'Tex
Belle Davis
Tahoka
Bandit Overlooks Just One Detail in Times Square Robbery
A gunman attempted to hold up a Times Square theater ticket office but found it lacked a cash register or till. Ticket agent James Conroy, 52, calmly questioned the threat and noted the venue only handles free programming for audiences before the robber fled into the street.
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New York
UPI
Times Square
James Conroy
Conroy
R Gunman
Aircraft Crash Impacts Valley Melon Crop Flight
An AP report states a twin-engined Convair crashed on landing here today after a rare freeze damaged citrus and most vegetables. Valley growers reported 46 passengers aboard the aircraft, and airport authorities provided the casualty update as officials investigated the incident.
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Bordley
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