Space Station Launch and Dallas Bank Robbery Highlight News
A Russian space station launch headlines the day while in Dallas a man wearing a polka-dot mask robbed Hillside National Bank of 7003 dollars and fled. It was the second Dallas bank robbery attempt in five days and earlier holdup ended in a death. The suspect ordered Judy Boney to move to the teller window as Sandra Inman watched.
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Associated Press
Allas
Hillside National Bank
Dallas
Judy Boney
J. R. Hensley
Sandra Inman
Heaviest Soviet Space Payload Sends Orbit
The Soviet Union launched Proton I, weighing 24 400 pounds, the heaviest unmanned payload into orbit using a new booster rocket. Tass reported the 12 2 ton craft may serve as a space station payload with future cosmonaut missions.
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United Pree International
OSCOW
Soviet Union
Tass
U.S
United States
Russia
U. S
America
Mars
See Space
Unknown Army Officer Father Sought by Miss Okinawa
Miss Okinawa Lieko Arakaki searches for her unknown father, an Army officer in Okinawa during World War I, while competing in the Miss Universe pageant in this country. She believes proving half American status could improve her job prospects and pay when she returns.
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Okinawa
Lieko Arakaki
Tax Hearing Draws Posse By Brey Cloud
A crowd at the Board of Tax Equalization heard lengthy testimony on reappraisal of city and school taxes. A Houston florist delivered yellow flowers and a letter praising the board for courtesy in handling individual tax problems amid community division.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
Brey Cloud
Board of Tax Equalization
Lubbock
Memrs
City Tax Office
Fugitive Colonel Thao Killed After Manhunt in Saigon
The Defense Ministry announced Col. Pham Ngoc Thao, a coup leader, was killed Friday by South Vietnamese security forces. He had been sought since a military tribunal sentenced him to death on May 7 after several failed coup attempts.
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Saigon
Defense Ministry
Pham Ngoc Thao
Kennedy Grave Contract Awarded by Defense Dept
The Defense Department announced a $1 408 350 contract for building a permanent grave for President John F Kennedy.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
John F. Kennedy
Rogalusa Officials Seek LBJ Aide Over Racial Demonstrations
In Lubbock area coverage locals request assistance from a LBJ aide to end daily racial protests. The effort aims to reduce tensions amid ongoing demonstrations.
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Rogalusa
LBJ
Anniversary 1945 blast lit night like day
In July 1945 a nuclear device exploded near Alamogordo New Mexico lighting the pre dawn desert for about three seconds Mrs H E Wieselman recalled driving toward El Paso when mountains lit up and the land shone like daylight. The marker at ground zero marks the Trinity site now part of White Sands missile range.
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OS Alamos
N. M
H. E. Wiesselman
el Paso
New Mexico
Harry S. Truman
Trinity
Alamogordo
White Sands Missile Range
Alamorgordo
Santa Fe Area
Pajarito Plateau
Los Alamos
Santa Fe
Bee
Thin Martian air may hinder 1971 life search plans
Marinerspace experts say Mars atmosphere is too thin to support a life search mission in 1971. Mariner 4 continues sending images as scientists expect crater-like features similar to the moon. Jet Propulsion Laboratory says the second and third pictures will be released at 1 PM CST.
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Alvin B. Webb JR
Asadena
Calif
Mariner 4
Mariner4
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars images hint at harsh Martian environment and possible life search
Scientists using the Mars close-up video from the Voyager probe report a grim world with atmospheric pressure 50 to 100 times thinner than Earth's. Jet Propulsion Lab director Dr. William H. Pickering notes uncertainty about life, while the mission advances toward July 24 image transmissions.
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Mars
Earth
William H. Pickering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pickering
Three Lubbockites Burned In Mishap
An explosion at a farm home on Route 2 in Lubbock Friday evening seriously burned three people. Mrs Merle Caswell 36 and Clarine Henderson 18 of 3706 43rd St were flown to John Sealy Hospital in Galveston after initial treatment at Methodist Hospital. Clarence Caswell 51 of 43rd St was admitted in good condition. Investigators said they were cleaning a water line with butane when the blast occurred.
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Route 2
Lubbock
Merle Caswell
Clarine Henderson
43Rd St
Methodist Hospital
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Clarence Caswell
Tragedy Involving Lubbock Family After Car Train Crash
A Glaton area fatality leaves Ima Jeanne Rex dead at Mercy Hospital and her 14 year old son Pat plus 6 year old Natalie injured after a northwestern bound car collides with a Santa Fe train at a U S 84 crossing near Slaton. The wreck injures the family as investigators name Paul Brasfield and W L Wampler.
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Lubbock
Santa Fe
Slaton
David Cross
Glaton
Here
Mercy Hospital
Ima Jeanne Rex
Methodist Hospital
Pat
Hoarders blamed for shortage of half dollars in region
Lubbock bankers report a severe shortage of 50 cent Kennedy half dollars. Hoarding and reduced mint output explain the scarcity as Federal Reserve supply lags demand. Bankers note monthly orders of $500 rarely meet daily needs, with the situation nearing critical levels.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Anking
Lubbock
Kennedy
Federal Reserve
U S Army Private Escapes Viet Cong Captivity
U S Army Private Isaac Camacho of El Paso has escaped after 20 months as a Viet Cong captive. He is the first known American to gain freedom from Hanoi’s reeducation camps, a military spokesman announced Friday.
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Isaac Camacho
el Paso
Sec. A
Hobbs Family Plane Crash Killings Found Near Utah
A single engine Piper Cherokee carrying J F Jeansonne 48 his wife Genie and daughter Suzanne was found burned in Fishlake National Forest south east of Salina Utah after missing since June 11. Jeansonne supervised Humble Oil at Hobbs and the family had two sons and a daughter not on the flight. The wreckage was discovered by a Utah sheep herder. three CAP planes were lost earlier in the search.
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Hobbs
Utah
J. F. Jeansonne
Genie
Suzanne
Salt Lake City
Farmington
N. M
George Coleman
Salina
Fishlake National Forest
Sevier County
Rex Huntsman
Huntsman
Civil Air Patrol
Provo
Son Tech
Jeansonnes
John
Eugene
Texas Tech
Mary Vivian
Seattle, Wash
Jeansonne
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Clearfort
Wreckage Page
Weather Map Page 3 A features fair skies and warm temps
Lubbock area mainly fair today and tonight with a high in the mid 90s and a low in the upper 60s. Southeasterly winds at 10 to 20 mph. Humidity around 91 percent. midnight humidity about 34 percent.
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Lubbock
Uquerque
Okla
Tae
Denver
Falls v
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Lubbock, Area
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Plainview
Levelland Page 1
Sec. C
Donald F. Turner
Papandreou
South Viet Nam
Bec. A
Bec. C
Associated
Mariner-4
Father
Christ
Mildred L. Fewell
West Carlisle Station
Jeanne Rox
Natalie
Department of Public Safety
Leon Feazell
U.S. 84
Santa iFe
Feazell
Williams Funeral Home
Slaten
Save Horn
DPS
Paul Brasfield
W. L. Wampler
Rex
Rix Funeral Home
Walter
South Plains
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