Lake Meredith Opens Early Attracting Panhandle Visitors
Panhandle residents flood Lake Meredith as the dammed water creates a ready resort and recreation boom. Local crowds ski, boat, and fish, marking an early opening ahead of expectations and boosting Borger area excitement.
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Panhandle
Fred Wortham Jr
Borger News-Herald
Borger, Tex
Lake Meredith
Lake Meredith Dam
Borger
Sanford Lake Aera
New York
Cadets Arrive At Cannon AFB For Falcon 65 TAC Training
About 462 cadets and officers arrive at Cannon Air Force Base to take part in Tactical Air Command exercises for Falcon '65. Roughly 400 Air Force Academy cadets join the event while the 22nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from Sewart AFB sets up a casualty aid station. A public demonstration is planned at Melrose Bombing Range, with a second view at the Canadian River site.
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Clovis
N.M
Cannon Air Force Base
Tactical Air Command
Air Force Academy
Cannon
Sewart Air Force Base
Tenn
TAC
Strategic Air Command
Air Force Systems Command
Melrose
Truett Lati Named Executive Director Of Texas Historical Survey
Austin AP reports Truett Lati, a 1951 Hardin-Simmons graduate and former Texas legislator from Taylor County, has been named executive director of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee. He will lead efforts to mark and preserve state memorials and historical sites.
Lubbock Ambassador Details Bogota Life in 1965 Letter
Bill Cox Jr., Lubbock’s community ambassador to Bogota, Colombia, writes of daily rain, a Cuban flight view, and a loving Colombian family. He describes Bogota’s busy streets, taxi danger, and lively talks on Kennedy and U.S. Latin policy as he plans a three week stay before touring Colombia.
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Lubbock
Bogota
Colombia
Bill Cox Jr
Colombo
Miami
Cuba
South Plains
Carmen Castellanos
Lyla
Leanos
Luz Estrela
Enrique
Kennedy
U.S
Latin America
Texas
Unitedates
Hasta Luego
P.S
Youth Front Takes Over Former Jogjakarta Library
Indonesian youths assume control of a building formerly housing the U S Information Service library in Jogjakarta. The youth front was not involved in last August’s demonstration that led to the sacking of the American library. U S L closed its Indonesian operations after similar incidents.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
UPI
Jogjakarta
U.S. Information Service
U.S.L
Luci Baines Johnson Converts. Vatican Paper Front Page
Vatican newspaper L Osservatore Romano printed news that Luci Baines Johnson has become a Roman Catholic. The front page carried the report from caul Johnson and indicated the family update ended the Catholic Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Johnson
Luci Baines
Vatican Mentee Et L’osservatore Romano
Caul
Sic
Britain vows Viet peace mission will press on despite rebuffs
London reports the four member peace mission led by Prime Minister Harold Wilson will continue efforts to secure negotiations in Viet Nam despite rejection by China North Viet Nam and the Soviet Union. Foreign Secretary officials say escalation is the alternative and the mission may miss a Geneva meeting with Thant.
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K. C. Thaler
London
UPI
Britain
Commonwealth Peace Mission
Viet ‘Nam
China
Lord Walston
Moscow
Peking
Hanoi
Myles Ponsonby
Harold Wilson
Radio
Hanoi Radio
Wilson
Viet Nam
Labor
U.S
Geneva
United Nations
Thant
City blames drought for Russian tanker water denial
Newport officials said drouth and limited dockage forced the 209 foot Kartaly to be denied 250000 gallons of water. The Russian tanker waited nearly 24 hours before clearing port as Coast Guard said the decision rested with Newport officials due to water shortages and tight docking space. The ship’s final destination remained unknown to Boston headquarters.
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Newport
R.I
Drouth
New England
Coast Guard
Boston
Newport Harbormaster
State Department
Newport Municipal Au
Albanian Union Chief Attacks Soviets Over Aid
Abaz Laze, head of Albania’s trade union delegation returning from Hanoi, says Moscow’s aid to North Vietnam is limited to medicines, 200 bicycles, and five accordions. He calls Russians chauvinists who see aid as alms rather than a duty.
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Vienna
Austria
Abaz Laze
Tirana
Hanoi
Moscow
Viet Nam
Albania
Laze
Walla Walla Name Origin Traced to Native Tongue
Local lore links the city name Walla Walla to a native term describing purplish hue and echoing a historical location. The account notes the tidbit appears in regional history discussions and museum labels.
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Ince
Tores
Ceditor
Air Force
Cannon Afb
Bureau of Reclamation
Sanford
New Mexico
H. B. Zachry Co
Weath
Pesan
National Park Service
National Park Ranger
Pampa
A. A. Meredith
Interior Department
Reclamation Bureau
Colorado
Solon
Mary Monette Johnson
Maud Hart
Auburn
Earl Johnson
Clifford Johnson
Luci
Vatican
Soviets
City of
Walla Walla, Wash
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