Honor At Stake LBJ Warns Of Possible Reserve Call Up
President Johnson declared national honor at stake and signaled possible reserve calls as part of Vietnam war tension. He tied decisions to McNamara and Lodge's Vietnam trip and noted a potential money request from Congress for the war.
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Capitol Hill
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Famous Quarterback George Mira Visits Lubbock
The A J Lubbock reports famed quarterback George Mira touring the city en route to the 49ers training camp. Also noted are Peace Corps trainees at Tech urged to seek real persons in assignments and a youth day during Swisher County Diamond Jubilee events through Saturday.
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City
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Sec. C
Peace Corps
Tech
Swisher County
Automakers chided over auto safety at Senate hearing
Senate subcommittee led by Ribicoff presses GM officials on safety lag. Frederic Donner notes GM's climate of public acceptance and reveals a million dollar MIT grant for a four year national safety study.
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Senate
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Ribicoff
Donner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mars mission aims to capture first close Martian images
Mariner 4 completes a 228 day 325 million mile flight to Mars to seek close pictures of the planet. Scientists hope to find life evidence and study Martian deserts and polar ice caps while noting canals debate. Transmission plans and timing for the initial images are outlined with potential delays.
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Courage in Texas and Rescue in Berlin
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission cites George Mayes of Crosbyton and J. D. Anderson of Summerfield for bravery. Mayes pulled a burning man from a shop fire and hid burns, earning a bronze medal. Anderson rescued a pilot after a plane crash, also receiving a bronze medal. the pilot died from injuries. Also report notes U S Army boosting air strength in Berlin after helicopter incidents with two helicopters and two liaison aircraft arriving from West Germany.
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Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
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Crosbyton
J. D. Anderson
Summerfield
Mayes
Leonard L. Ellis
Ellis
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Anderson
Donald W. Steele
Steel
Steele
Berlin
API
U.S. Army
Army
West Germany
Joint Session Set for Lubbock Tax Hearings Pace Prods On
Tax hearings on Lubbock 1965 66 assessments continued through a second day at City Hall. Chairman Ray Diekemper called a joint meeting for Saturday with an advisory panel led by E W Williams. The panel advised lower figures to Harvey Austin and the board. Over 1 600 residents have signed up for hearings of about 50 000 notices. A subdivision was cut slightly due to lack of city services. Page 8.
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Panhandle South Plains Fair to Feature Rocket Belt Display
The 48th Panhandle South Plains Fair catalog announces a Bell Aerosystems Rocket Belt flight three times daily over Sept. 27 to Oct. 2. Other highlights include Holiday on Ice, junior parachute jumps by Army recruiters, and space and military exhibits with a six night entertainment lineup and reserved seating tickets from 2 to 3.50 dollars. Charles L. Adams Jr. serves as president of the fair with a slate of officers and directors listed.
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Bombers Hit Suspected Viet Cong Jungle HQ
About 150 to 200 U.S. and Vietnamese aircraft saturated a 1.5 square mile area 40 miles south of Da Nang for three hours. Officials called it one of the biggest air strikes in months in central Viet Nam.
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South Viet Nam
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U.S. Air Force
Viet Nam
Senate OKs Funds for Lubbock Federal Buildings Post Office
The Senate approved 2,379,000 for two Lubbock federal projects. One funds a new post office on Ave G and 15th–16th Streets, while the other envisions a federal office building and U S Courthouse with an estimated 4.5 million cost though site selection is pending.
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Washington Bureau
Washington
Senate
Lubbock
Ave. G
15Th St
16Th St
Prayer and federal building plans update in House notes
A reader prayer is quoted and editorially notes a proposed federal office building and U S court house. The buildings would be separate plans with no construction funds yet appropriated. The House sets a preliminary design cost for the post office at 1 454 000 and Bee SENATE OKAYS page 8.
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Dallas attorney seeks halt to 13.4 percent auto rate hike
Bert Bader filed suit in Austin district court Tuesday asking to cancel a 13.4 percent average auto insurance rate increase ordered this month by the State Insurance Board. AP wirephoto.
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Bert Bader
Austin
State Insurance Board
Tulia School Fire Destroys Central Ward Building
A Tulia fire gutted the Central Ward School housing nearly 400 fourth and fifth graders. Fire officials suspect unclear cause, noting wind shifts may have saved nearby structures. The brick walls remained as crews fought smoldering debris. original cost was about 150000 dollars. Help came from Plainview and Happy volunteer units.
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ULIA
Central Ward School
Battlen
Tulsa Volunteer Fire Department
Plainview
Happy
Yanks Face Tough Duty as Women Fight Beside Viet Cong
American paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade faced severe resistance in D Zone as they advanced through hamlets in Viet Nam. Women hurling grenades and Viet Cong regulars attacked, leaving ten U.S. dead and 42 wounded. Kim Loan, famed in Long An Province, is noted for assassination campaigns after her husband’s death.
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Associated Press
AIGON
Viet Nam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Dzone
Kim .Loan
Long An
Kim Loan
Weather Roundup for Lubbock and Vicinity Today
Weather notes show temperatures near 90s with a high around the upper 90s and a low in the 70s. Humidity figures and precipitation outlook appear minimal with scattered data points across cities including Abilene Albuquerque Dallas and Roswell.
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