Texas Heat Breaks Records Across the State
Temperatures soared past 100 degrees in Texas with Lubbock hitting a record 101 as the heat persisted across the region. Humidity and water use rose while forecasts called for another scorching day with near 100 degree highs and fair skies. Farther north severe storms, tornadoes and funnel clouds trailed a stationary front from North Dakota to Minnesota, causing farm damage and power outages.
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Texas
Lubbock
Hub City
Midwest
Gulf Coast
Presidio
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Jamestown
N.C
Billings
Mont
U.S. Weather Bureau
Mercury
John Hickerson
Public Works
Dalhart
Childress
Laredo
Midland
Plane's Fall Fatal To 52
A Canadian Pacific airliner crashed in British Columbia killing all 52 aboard. Flight 21 from Vancouver to the Yukon plummeted near One Hundred Mile House, with 24 bodies recovered hours later. DC6B was on schedule for Prince George, and weather had been overcast and wet. No survivors were found.
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United Press International
Ancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Vancouver
Yukon
One- Hundred Mile House
Here
One Hundred Mile House
Flight 21
Prince George
B.C
British Columbia Forestry Department
Cotton bill approval prompts mixed reactions in House committee
The House Agriculture Committee approved a four year cotton program combining low price support loans with direct grower payments. Critics called it disgraceful while supporters said it aligns with proposed federal policy. The plan could cost above 600 million yearly with loans at 90 percent of world prices and direct payments to growers.
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Associated Press
Ashington
House Agriculture Committee
Thomas G. Abernethy
D-Miss
Paul Findley
R-N
U.S
John Schnittker
Texas Tech bid for pharmacy school set for Austin meeting
A brief listing notes Texas Tech's push to establish a new pharmacy school to be discussed at a meeting in Austin on Monday. Other items include a tax reappraisal program critique and local Odessa tournament results with several medalists mentioned.
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Lubbock
Area
Texas Tech
Austin
Sec. B
Poage Sees Storm for Cotton Bill in Congress
Washington Rep. W R Poage of Waco warned the newly minted cotton bill faces a stormy voyage through Congress after the House Agriculture Committee approved it. Poage supports the measure but Eligio De La Garza and George Mahon voiced serious misgivings, with doubts centered on its implications as part of the omnibus farm bill.
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Washington
W. R.poage
Waco
Congress
Poage
House Agriculture Committee
Texas
Eligio de la Garza
Mission
Agriculture Committee
Mahon
George Mahon
Lubbock
California Officials Seek Abducted Finance Chief’s Family
California finance director Hale Champion his wife and 19 month old daughter were feared abducted by two ex convicts after a Sacramento home morning disappearance. The fugitives Bowles and Gray led a 600 mile crime spree and were pursued by FBI and police as highway blocks and inter-state alerts spread.
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California
Hale Champion
Marie
Katherine Marie
Sacramento
United Press International
Acramento
Calif
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Champion
FBI
Tonopah
Nev
Paul Ward
California Highway Patrol
Nevada
Arizona
Oregon
Carl Cletus Bowles
Wilford M. Gray
Bowles
Amarillo
Tex
Gray
Organization Formed In Protest Of School Appraisals
Twenty eight taxpayers joined a new unofficial taxpayers association after a public forum at Fair Park Coliseum protesting property revaluations by a Dallas firm Ehrenberg So hearing deadlines loom as residents seek Board of Equalization hearings before a city council review.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Taxpayers’ Association
Fair Park Coliseum
Lubbock
Dallas
Eric Ehren
Board of Equalization
Iegins
Ohlenbusch
Bee Taxpayers Page
Prayer Note Encourages Reader Submissions
An editor invites readers to share favorite prayers for publication, asking submissions not to exceed 68 words and to be sent in for potential printing. The note emphasizes praise to God and the global Christian church's blessings.
Moyers to Replace Reedy as White House Press Secretary
George E. Reedy resigns as Johnsons press secretary and takes leave for foot surgery to treat hammer toe pain. Bill Moyers, 31, named his interim replacement, bringing long association with the White House and role in shaping the administrations legislative program amid Viet Nam and Dominican Republic criticism.
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Moyers
White House
Reedy
Associated Press
Ashington
George E. Reedy
Johnson
Bill Moyers
University of Texas
Johnson Family
Austin
Peace Corps
Congress
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Reds Protest Use Of B52s In Viet Nam
North Viet Nam protested to the International Control Commission in Hanoi over U S B52 bombings of Viet Cong positions on July 5 and 7. Hanoi radio said the protest charged the raids violated the 1954 Geneva agreements on Viet Nam.
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Reds
Viet Nam
Tokyo
North Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
International Control Commission On
Viet N Nam
Lodge Named as Successor to South Vietnam Ambassadorship
Gen. Maxwell Taylor will step down as ambassador to Saigon after a year and be replaced by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Lodge and Defense Secretary McNamara will fly to Saigon to assume duties by mid August as U S policy toward South Vietnam remains unchanged. Congress reaction is mixed with some dismay at Lodge’s return, while others see bipartisanship potential. Ford criticizes the decision, urging stronger action against the North and Viet Cong.
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Frank Cormier Ashington
Maxwell Taylor
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
White House
Johnson
Lodge
Sec. of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Saigon
Taylor
U. S
Solons
South
Viet Nam
Beverly
Mass
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
North
Ford
United States
Associated Press
Ashington
Congress
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Clement L. Zablocki
Dwis
House Foreign Affairs
Southeast Asia
Zablocki
J. W. Fulbrigth
D-Ark
Senate
Switch in Diplomats Signals U.S. Policy Shift
The article notes a transition from Gen Maxwell Taylor to Ambassador Lodge in high level postings and asks if this rearrangement signals a broader change in United States foreign policy. It discusses implications for the American public and references further details on page 6.
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Gen
Maxwell Taylor
Ambassador Lodge
United States
Lodge
Scions react with dismay at Lodge Viet Nam ambassadorship
President Johnson moves Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. to Saigon as ambassador prompting surprise and concerns among Congress. Some fear policy changes while others note Lodge's Vietnam experience could aid the political effort, and Maxwell Taylor's departure adds mixed emotion.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Saigon Post
Fulbright
H. R. Gross
Iowa
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