Vietnam Troop Buildup Heads to Fall Decisions
Defense Secretary McNamara held long talks with Gen. Westmoreland and Ambassador Bunker at Ton Son Nhut as officials weighed how many more U S troops to send. Westmoreland asked for up to 100000 more in a lengthy push seen as a long costly war.
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United Press International
AIGON
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Robert S. Mcnamara
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
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McNamara
Ambassador Ellsworth
U.S. Army Command
Ton Son Nhut
U.S
Johnson
Bunker
Defense
Seventh Fleet
North Vietnam
Another Eyeful David Wilhelm Stages Black Eye Reunion
Five year old David Wilhelm of Decatur Illinois shows his black eye from a 1963 fall and a later collision with a playmate. Parents Mr and Mrs Carl Wilhelm note the recurring injury captured in an AP wirephoto.
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David Wilhelm
Carl C. Wilhelm
Decatur
Ill
David
Bingo
Loyalist Victory Seen as Mercenaries Flee Congo
Congolese radio said loyal army troops routed pro Tshombe rebels in Kisangani and Bukavu and defeated white mercenaries were airlifted to Rhodesia. A Kinshasa broadcast claimed a great victory over foreign mercenaries and Katangese gendarmes, with Bukavu recaptured and Kisangani largely retaken.
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Lubbock area education news and notable items
Federal controls on business education grants criticized by a former Columbia University official. Golf tennis and track competitions continue in Hub City. The Lubbock schools payroll ranks among the state’s best per an A-J survey.
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Columbia University
Sec. A
Lubbock
Connally weighs a fourth Texas term amid LBJ plans
Texas Governor John Connally said he expects to decide by October whether to seek an unprecedented fourth term. He noted factors include Johnson’s influence on the 1968 presidential race and his family’s wishes. He will be away on an African hunting trip starting July 19.
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United Presse International
LBJ
Johnson
Connally
Texas
Prayer Note Honors The Holy Spirit Within
A devotional prayer thanks God for Jesus teachings and asks for awareness that the real teacher is the holy spirit beginning within. Signed by Mrs. Jesse J. Rasor.
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Jesus
Jesse J. Rasor
Government to tackle Northern school segregation policy
A federal civil rights official said the Department of Health, Education and Welfare will pursue new policies addressing segregation in Northern schools. Peter Libassi noted de facto practices like gerrymandered districts, optional school zones, and unequal facilities and staff create inequality, warning the effort aims to curb Northern segregation within the Civil Rights Act framework.
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Associated Press
Ashington
North
South
Peter Libassi
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Libassi
Jeffort
Canes
Roof-Tree Ritual Marks Topping Off Of Building
A long standing roof top ritual in Lub bock marks the highest point in major construction. Workers honor forest gods by raising a root tree on structures like the Wiggins Complex dorm and Bobby's Dorm atop the Tech Campus despite being largely concrete. Documents trace the custom to primeval Europe and tree spirits.
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David Butler
Avalaunche-Journal
William Collins
Walter Kidde Constructors, Inc
New York
Collins
Lubbock
Wiggins
Tech
Bobby
College Avenue
Schol
Europe
Lubbock teachers receive across the board pay hike
Lubbock trustees approved a $500 across the board raise for nine month teachers, boosting the minimum from 4900 to 5400 effective Sept 1. The 4-2 vote at a Johnson House breakfast may not require a tax increase, though a district budget for 1967-68 will decide.
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Ubbock
Johnson House
Doyle Justice
James H. Whiteside
James R. Cochran
Watson Charlock
Owen Gilbreath
Bill Kingsbery
James M. Reynolds
Nat Williams
Lubbock
Williams
Justice
Kingsberg
Bear and cubs roam town in Mount Jewett sighting
A large black bear and two cubs wandered into a hotel backyard in Mount Jewett Pennsylvania during lunch hour. Residents were frightened as the family strolled through town past a church and toward a supermarket before retreating into the woods. The bear weighed about 250 pounds and prompted parents to snatch children away and even a police officer to flee.
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Mount Jewett
Pennsylvania
Charles Bonini
Tech Grad Family Honored as Tourist of the Week in Lubbock
The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce names the Cole family of Dallas as the second Tourists of the Week, welcoming them with honorary citizenship. Cole, a Dallas Power & Light Co. engineer and Tech alumnus, visited his alma mater with his daughter Dianne. The mayor publicly welcomed them and secured future visits.
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Texas Tech
Dallas Power &Ight Co
Tech
Amarillo
Mary Testerman
Sudan
W. D
Dub) Rogers Jr
Dianne
Israel Leaders Clash Over War Victory Credit
Prime Minister Levi Eshkol sharply criticized Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and credited Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Rabin with Israel’s Arab war victory. Eshkol said Dayan’s cabinet entry boosted morale but real credit belongs to Rabin and the government. He warned against continued self-praise by Dayan and hinted at future political moves.
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Associated Press
Mel Aviv
Levi Eshkol
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
Eshkol
Dayan
Egypt
Yediot Aharonot
David ‘Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Mapai
Rafi Party
Man and wife slain in sniper attack in Vancouver
Arthur John Towell 35 a discharged Air Force veteran faces murder charges after a 20 minute sniper assault in a fashionable Vancouver neighborhood left architecture professor David Webster 31 and his wife Marclene 30 dead. Three others were injured. Towell surrendered to police after the incident.
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United Press International
Jancouver
B. C
Air Force
Arthur John Towell
Towell
David Webster
University of British Columbia
Marclene
Julian M. Donald
Hilda Baxter
Patti Barriss
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