U S Congo action draws varied Senate reaction
Secretary of State Rusk explained that 126 American soldiers were sent to support Congo President Mobutu to deter a white conspiracy, with UN Security Council no objections. Senators queried legal authority and risk of combat, some condemning the move while others found Rusk's rationale plausible.
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Cans Goveernment
Emecer
Rusk
Joseph Mobutu
Secretars O
State Cave
Senate
Armed Services
CINC
Congo
United Nations Security Council
U.S
Strom Thurmond
R-Sc
United States
Thurmond
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Armed Services Committee
Russell
Eugene McCarthy
Foreign Relations Panel
McCarthy
Sen
Rourke — B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Tulsa businessman honored with Congress medal for agriculture
B Raymond Evans of Tulsa a seed grain and fertilizer businessman and farm supply owner receives a Congressional medal for outstanding contribution to agriculture. He is the fourth person in U S history to receive the award, following two former presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Raymond Evans
Tulsa
Congress
United States
Photas
Community youth program cleans lots for recreation
Patterson describes a day in Lubbock's new youth initiative. Volunteers and college students guide 60 youths through cleanup, supervised games, then counseling, guest speakers, and swimming at Mackenzie and Mae Simmons Parks. The aim is education and self worth, not a giveaway.
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B.C. Stroggs Jr. High
Mae Simmons Park
Patterson
James Ray Jackson
Dunbar High
Mackenzie Park
CAB
Lubbock
McNamara Briefing On Vietnam War Progress
Secretary McNamara says bombing over North Vietnam is meeting objectives by slowing troop and supply flow and diverting half a million enemy personnel to repairs and guard duties. He notes progress in South Vietnam’s politics and inflation control, slower but real pacification gains, and the integration of civilian and military pacification efforts under Komer. He avoids specifics on the demilitarized zone fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vietnam
McNamara
Lees
South Vietnam
Demiliarized Zone
U.S
Westmoreland
Ideputy
Robert W. Komer
Johnson
Vinh Linh
da Nang
Bong Son
Saigon
U.S. 9Th Division
USS
Navy
9Th Division
Khrushchev Reflects On Kennedy Era Relations And Nixon
Khrushchev discusses Kennedy’s leadership and warns of a tense Vietnam era. He criticizes Eisenhower and Nixon while praising Lodge and Kennedy, noting a direct line of communication during crises and contrasting styles between presidents.
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Eisenhower
Kennedy
Caribbean
Kremlin
White House
Israeli Gunners Down Egyptian Fighter Bomber Over Suez Line
Israeli gunners shot down a Soviet built Sukhoi 7 fighter bomber over the Suez Canal cease fire line near El Qantara Egypt. The pilot was killed and the plane exploded in marshlands ten miles north of El Qantara.
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EL Qantara
Egypt
Suez Canal
el Qantur
Canal
College Educational TV Hookup Aims to Link 18 Campuses
The article details a plan backed by Gov signature to create a regional educational network. Tech’s Dr John R Bradford explains funding needs, phased rollout within 3 6 months, and initial $300 million for feasibility and pilot. The system would connect 18 colleges including Texas Tech and West Texas State and include two way video telephony and computer links.
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Tech
John R. Bradford
Bradford
Office of Education
National Science Foundation
WIN
WIN Association
Texas Tech
Amarillo College
Angelo State College
Clarendon Junior College
Frank Phillips College
Howard County Junior College
Midwestern University
Odessa College
South Plains College
Sul Ross State College
University of Texas At Fl Paso
West Texas State University
Five Mig sightings mark largest upsurge near Haiphong raid
U S Navy fighters spotted five Mig interceptors during Haiphong strikes, the largest Mig grouping in weeks, though the North Vietnamese pilots offered no challenge. Reports from Hai Duong and Vinh Linh indicate ongoing air and ground clashes with American losses and Viet Cong casualties nearby.
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Saigon
U. S. Navy
Haiphons
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
North Vietnamese
9 Vietnam
U.S
Hai Duong
Birth notices and war report from a distant frontier town
Multiple birth announcements list twin and single births with weights and times at various hospitals, naming parents and occupations. A military update describes 9th Division casualties and an enemy rocket strike near Tuy Hoa, along with a Bon Homme Richard air strike on bridges northwest of Haiphong and northeast of Than Hoa.
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US S. Oot
Tuy Hoa
Saigon
Bon Homme Richard
Haiphong
Than Hoa
North Vietnam
Israel moves toward shared holy places under UN plan
Israeli officials describe a constructive dialogue with world religious bodies and a plan to create a universal religious character for Jerusalem. Egypt agrees to UN observers across the Suez if Israel does the same, with Lt Gen Odd Bull to lead a 25-strong observer force along the canal to deter violations and report incidents.
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Uni
Mohamed Awad el Kony
Thant
U.N
Suez
Eban
Bull
Odd Bull
UN. Palestine Truce Supervisory Organization
Suez Canal
Israel
Tech board picks Allison Reistle and Formby in Lubbock
Roy Farr announced three appointments to the Texas Tech board for terms to February 1975. Allison, Reistle, and Formby bring strong Texas Tech ties, with Formby welcomed as a new member and all three named by Gov. Connally.
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Hopkins County
Roy Farr
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Allison
Reistle
Formby
Farr
Tech Board
C. A. Cash
Amarillo
Herbert Allen
Houston
Harold Hinn
Dallas
Plainview
Retha R. Martin
Fladger F. Tannery
Compensation Suit To Continue Today
A workmen's compensation trial in 99th District Court continued after a noon recess with jurors sent home. Judge Howard C. Davison planned to resume deliberations at 9 a.m. The suit by Robert T. Hawkins seeks 8120 from Western Fire and Indemnity Co. for an injury on August 1, 1965 while employed by Hi-C-Ho Corp. of Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
99Th District Court
Howard C. Davison
Robert T. Hawkins
Western Fire and Indemnity Co
Hi-C-Ho Corp
Lubbock
Hale Center group elects officers in meeting
Hale Center homemakers group elected officers at a Monday meeting held in the high school. Clarence Smith is president, Don Fisher first vice president, David Bigham second vice president, M. K. Fisher Jr third vice president, Joe Turner secretary treasurer, Dick Shaver historian reporter, and Billy Bob Jackson parliamentarian. An awards banquet and installation are set for 8 pm August in the Towne Crier Restaurant in Lubbock.
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Hale Center
Don Maddin
Robert Boyd
Mines
Clarence Smith
Don Fisher
David Bigham
M. K. Fisher Jr
Joe Turner
Dick Shaver
Billy Bob Jackson
Towpe Crier
Lubbock
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