Airlines Strike Grounds Thousands Coast to Coast
Air line walkout grounds 231 U.S. cities with about 150000 travelers a day. Five carriers halt service, United and Trans World move essential personnel, mail shifts to rail and nonstruck lines, while overseas and defense travel adjusts amid widespread cancellations and grounded passengers.
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Eastern
National
Trans World
Unified
Northwest Airlines
U.S
Mexico
Johnson
Washington
United Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Viet Nam
Europe
Air Force Bases
Defense Department
Louisville
New York
San Francisco
Pan American Airways
American
Eastern Air Lines
Shriners
Seattle
Divers search Lake Michigan for three missing girls near Dunes State Park
Divers scoured Lake Michigan around Dunes State Park for the last time as authorities failed to find Patricia Bough 19 Ann Miller 21 and Renee Bruhl 19. More than 100 searchers including Army personnel checked cottages while bloodhounds could not trace a trail.
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Chesterton
Ind
UPI
Lake Michigan
Dunes State Park
Indiana
Patricia Bough
Westchester
Ann Miller
York Center
Ill
Renee Bruhl
Chicago
Michigan City
Indiana State Police
Santa Fe Railroad Sees Little Change in Passenger Use
Ticket office staff reported very little change in passenger numbers on Friday with only a few calls asking to substitute rail service for airline travel this weekend.
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Ticed
Santa Fe Railroad
Texas tests breakaway highway sign to cut rural crash deaths
Four of ten rural fatal crashes involve a vehicle hitting a fixed object like a highway sign. Texas Highway Department develops a breakaway sign to reduce fatalities, with 11 other states joining in the research at the Texas Transportation Institute on the Texas A&M campus. A dynamic crash test opens the meeting.
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College Station
UPS
Texas Highway Department
Texas
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&m
Send LBJ Bill Says Medicare Patient
Charleston AP reports a Medicare patient in line for hospital care quipped that the White House would pay the bill. An elderly woman, asked who should be notified, said Dr. X and Mr. Johnson, adding Mr L B Johnson is the man who takes care of the Medicare bill. The Public Health Service notes 18.5 million Americans are 65 or older, about one in eleven.
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Charleston
W.va
White House
Dr. X
United States
Public Health Service
Births Reported at Lauf Clinic And Area Hospitals
Congratulations to several families on the birth of daughters and a son within one week. Names include Augustine Lopez and Lorenzo, Benigno Medina, Elpedio Barrera, Domingo Rangel, Manuel Alonzo, Robert W. Long, John C. Weingartner, and Barry Lee White. Hospitals cited are Lauf Clinic West Texas Hospital and Methodist Hospital. Fathers’ occupations range from farm laborer to a lineman and insurance agent. Weighs range from 5 pounds 11% ounces to 9 pounds 84 ounces. Times span Thursday to Friday alignment with local address details provided.
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Augustine Lopez
Lorenzo
Lauf ‘Clinic
Benigno Medina
Lauf Clinic
Caprock Business Farms
Elpedio Barrera
New Deal
Gifford-Hill-Western, Inc
Domingo Rangel
Rt. 3
Lubbock
Manuel Alonzo
Rt. 4
Robert W. Long
66Th St
Methodist Hospital
American Insurance Co
John C. Weingartner
52Nd St
West Texas Hospital
Barry Lee White
Ave
Apt. C
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Officials inspect Croton Breaks Park viability in Dickens area
A Dickinson County delegation including Dickens County Judge Martin Pope and Abilene officials tours Croton Breaks near Dickens to assess turning scenic spots into tourist draws. The trip features West Texas leaders, Texas Tech figures, and local ranchers and businessmen as they evaluate routes from Presidio to Big Bend and connections to Van Horn and Guadalupe Mountains.
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Bill Heatley
Paducah
WTCC
John Ben Shepperd
Odessa
Willow Street
Dickins
Croton Breaks
Dickens
Abilene
Stanton Barron
Lubbock
Delwin Jones
Elmer Tarbox
Gerald Thomas
Texas Tech
Eli Urbanovsky
D. Burns
Pitchfork Ranch
A. C. Hull
Dickens County
Martin Pope
County Atty
Alfred Walker
Fred Arrington
Cecil Meaders
Robert Reynolds
Bob Collier
Coy Drenman
Jim Humphreys
Spur
Matador
Shepperd
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas Historical Survey Committee
Bar None
Jack Hash
Crosbyton
Ted Wheelis
Roger Evans
Drennan
Flowing Springs
WTC
Victoria Canyon
Victorio
Sierra Blanca
Rocky Mountain
West Texas
el Paso
Presidio
Big Bend National Park
van Horn
Guadalupe Mountains
Salt Flats
Matador Ranch
U.S. weighing limited war options over Vietnam
U S officials privately cool on Ky regime’s call for possible ground attack on North Vietnam. Reports say U S Air Force planes were shot down near Hanoi and Haiphong with pilots missing or rescued, while Chinese media claim several U S planes were down and pilots captured.
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Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
U. S
Nmu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Washington
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoii
Haiphong
Gulf of Tonkin
Cmdr
William J. Isenhour
Lemoore
Calif
Peking
New China News Agency
Hanoi
Nguyen City
Phu Tho
Red Chinese People's Militia
China
Hanoi-Haiphong
United States
Fluoridation Initiative Heads to City Vote in San Antonio
San Antonio votes today on adding fluoride to the water after a three year battle led by dentists and supporters. Officials anticipate large turnout with a record 1 021 absentee ballots and a referendum following council approval in April amid protests by anti fluoride groups.
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San Antonio
Alexander Wheaton’s Services Set Today
Alexander Wheaton 74 a retired merchant seaman will have services at 2 p m today at the Dale Lee Sherwood Memorial Chapel with Rev Earl Landtroop of Prince Street Baptist Church officiating Burial will be in Lawnhaven Memorial Park Cemetery Wheaton a Clovis resident for 20 years died at midnight Thursday at Clovis Memorial Hospital Survivors include two sons Herbert of New Jersey and Frank of New York state one daughter Mrs Ann Linn of New York State two step sons A B Marchman Clovis and Terrell Marchman Houston three step daughters Mrs Naomi Armstrong Frankfurt Germany Mrs Mary Body Midland and Mrs Eva Wagner Festus Mo nine grandchildren and one great grandchild
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Clovis
Alexander Wheaton
Dale Lee Sherwood
Herbert
New Jersey
Frank
New York State
Ann Linn
A. B. Marchman
Terrell Marchman
Houston
Naomi Armstrong
Frankfurt
Germany
Mary Body
Midland
Eva Wagner
Festus
Heat and Thunder Hit Texas as Rainfall Varies
Heat and humidity kept misery high in Texas with Lubbock at 94 and 74 percent humidity. Forecasters warned of more warm and humid weather with mid 90s and possible afternoon and evening thundershowers. Rain was scattered though Electra reported heavy unofficial runoff with .64 inch downtown and city reservoir refill. Childress had the heaviest official rain at .26 inch.
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Lubbock
Electra
Mercury
Junction
San Angelo
Abilene
Waco
College Station
Childress
Jack Marshall Oi
Red River
Bob Webb
Electra City
Presidio
Wichita Falls
Galveston
Amarillo
Austin
Corpus Christi
Dalhart
Dallas
Laredo
Lufkin
Mineral Wells
Wink
Hijacked Cuban Plane In Jamaica To Get Crew
Kingston reports a Cuban airliner landed at La Palisadoes Airport to retrieve crew from a crop-spraying aircraft forced down by dissidents. Officials say 10 Cuban Institute of Agriculture and air force personnel, plus a doctor, were aboard. a guard was wounded and the pilot grazed during the hijack. Unclear details and secrecy surround the incident as Jamaican police interrogate those involved.
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Kingston
Jamaica
la Palisadoes
Armando Velazquez
Cuban Institute of Agriculture
Cuba
U.S. Air Force
Vernam Field
Elucido Torres
Havana
University College Hospital
Torres
Florida Keys
John B. Carter Services Today in Plainview
John B. Carter 54 a Plainview resident since 1939 died Thursday in a Pasadena hospital. Services at 3 30 p.m. today at First Assembly of God with Rev. Don George officiating. Burial in Plainview Memorial Park. Wood-Dunning Funeral Home in charge. Surviving wife two sons Troy Plainview Ricky Pasadena a daughter Mrs Gus Dyer Plainview two brothers M T Carter Plainview Gerald Carter Ocala Fla four sisters Vanda Lee Smith Mavelock N C Lodeen Scarbrough Sturgess Miss Burl Maulding Boyd and Jean Childs Phoenix Ariz and 17 grandchildren.
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Plainview
John B. Carter
Pasadena
Tex
First Assembly of God Church
Don George
Plainview Memorial Park
Wood-Dunining Funeral Home
Austin Mallow
J. S. Shurgart
Bud Vaughn
James Daniel
Charles Quisenberry
Lonnie Vanlanding
Trenton
Carter
Lockney
American Legion
Troy
Ricky
Gus Dyer
M. T. Carter
Gerald Carter
Ocala
Fla
Vanda Lee Smith
Mavelock
N.C
Lodeen Scarbrough
Sturgess
Burl Maulding
Boyd
Jean Childs
Phoeniix, Ariz
Services Today For G. T. Smith
Funeral services for George Thomas Smith 77 will be held at 2 30 p m today in Floydada Moore Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Perry Thredgill officiating Burial will be in Floydada Cemetery Survivors include wife Jewell two sons Clyde and Ray two daughters Mrs Travis Duncan and Mrs Hubert Davis two brothers Hubert Smith and R L Smith a sister Mrs J C Rozencraft nine grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren Also notes the era’s noted shark fact about the great white being the man eater.
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George Thomas Smith
Smith
Truth-or-Consequences
N.M
Moore Funeral Home
Perry Thredgill
Calvary Baptist Church
Floydada
Jewell
Clyde
Middleton
Calif
Ray
Durango
Colo
Travis Duncan
Boise
Ida
Hubert Davis
Hubert Smith
Fort Worth
R. L. Smith
Margaret, Tex
J. C. Rozencraft
Olton
Texas Faces Potential Decline in Cotton Yield Across Regions
A USDA assessment notes a planting drop and drier conditions reducing yields in Texas. Despite 239000 acres of American-Egyptian cotton, heavy rains in the coastal regions and a late Rio Grande crop, with September frost risk, threaten output while the Far West shows the strongest planting.
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Texas
South Plains
USDA
Rio Grande Valley
el Paso
Blacklands
East
Southeast
Far West
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Mrs. Damon 82 Dies. Services Set at Henderson Chapel
Jessie M. Damon 82 of 1313 33rd St. died Thursday at Goodnight Hospital after a long illness. Services at 10 a.m. today in Henderson Funeral Chapel with Rev. E. D. Throckmorton officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survived by daughters Vira Wilson, B. F. Stephens Sr., and Arthur Trottter. 11 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
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Jessie M. Damon
33Rd St
Goodnight Hospital
Henderson
E. D. Throckmorton
Faith Temple Church
City of Lubbock
Vira Wilson
B. F. Stephens Sr
Arthur Trottter
Walcott
Iowa
Cochran Services for Hobbs Resident Charlie Butler Cochran
Charlie Butler Cochran 82 died at his Hobbs home after a two week coma. His funeral at Taylor Street Church of Christ will be led by Mardell Lynch with burial at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. He moved to Hobbs in 1909, was a rancher, charter member of Open Range Cowboy Association and IOOF, survived by Stella, two sons, two daughters, two sisters and many grandchildren.
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Hobbs
Charlie Butler Cochran
Taylor Street Church of Christ
Mardell Lynch
Memorial Gardens
Griffin Funeral Home
Cochran
Guadalupe Mountains
Queens
Here
Open Range Cowboy Association
Independent Order of Oddfellows
Stella
Wayne
Monument
N. M
D. A
J. W. Allen
J. W. Allen, Lovington, and Mrs. Rudolph Sparks, Carlsbad
Effie Clay
Quanah
Hellen Jackson
Amarillo
Lyle Garner
Larry Swift
Charles Swift
Dudley Phorpe
Bob Prater
N. G. Morgan
Sam Jones
Jody Taylor
Funeral Pending for Tahoka Man Jack Blakeley
Services are pending at Sanders Funeral Home for Jack Blakeley 59 who died at his Tahoka home late Friday afternoon after a long illness. Blakeley a former Lubbock resident for 30 years moved to Tahoka last year. He was a partner in the Tahoka Auto Parts Company. Eula Mae and one son Billy survive.
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Sanders Funeral
Jack Blakeley
Tahoka
Blakeley
Lubbock
Tahoka Auto Parts Company
Eula Mae
Billy
San Francisco
Korea to Show Hand Made Pavilion at Expo Montreal
Korea unveiled plans for a $300000 wooden pavilion of traditional Korean architecture at the 1967 World’s Fair in Montreal. The theme is Man and His Hands.
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Montreal
Korea
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Cecil Fox
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