Peggy Kincannon Wins Talent Test in Miss Texas Bid
Peggy Kincannon captured the talent competition with an All-American medley boosting her Miss Texas bid. The 1968 Miss Lubbock, who also won swimsuit preliminaries, performed excerpts from Basin Street Blues Chicago Give My Regards to Broadway California and This Is My Country before about 3 000 in Fort Worth Will Rogers Auditorium. Miss Shirley Diane Huggkins of Tyler Miss Nacogdoches petitioned Friday and measured 35 23 35 at 5 6 112 pounds.
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Journal Staff
Fort Worth
Peggy Kincannon
Peggy
Chicago
Broadway
California
Nacogdoches
Shirley Diane Huggkins
Tyler
Will Rogers Auditorium
Huggkins
Lubbock
Miss Kincannon
Negotiators OK Huge Federal Housing Program
United Press International reports House and Senate negotiators approved a three year federal housing bill totaling about 5.3 billion dollars the largest in U S history The measure backs low income home purchases with government aid under interest subsidies and 1 percent cap and provides 50 billion dollars of projected subsidies over 40 years The package preserves public housing model cities and mass transit while financing new towns with federal guarantees and riot and flood protection funding
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United Press International
Washington — House
Senate
U.S
Johnson
House
Wright Patman
D-Tex
John J. Sparkman
Dala
Congress
Cool July Delivers Scattered Rains Across Texas Panhandle
July turns unusually cool as waves of thundershowers drift over the South Plains. Snyder records up to 2 inches, Paducah 1.60, Guthrie 1.20 with many areas dry. Lubbock tops at 77 degrees, 20 degrees below normal, with two brief showers bringing total monthly rain to 2.07 inches. The stalled cold front may hint at weekend weather patterns remaining unsettled.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche Journal
South Plains
Snyder
Paducah
Guthrie
Lubbock
Texarkana
U.S. Weather Bureau
West Texas Air Terminal
Weather Bureau
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Prayer request for guidance and forgiveness from Ruby Manning
A dated prayer asks for help to live by Thy word and to aid those astray. The writer asks for forgiveness of sins and renewed love for all people, signing as Ruby EE Manning from Lubbock.
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Ruby EE. Manning
Lubbock
Kansas City Teens Form Self Run Weather Service
Phillip Walls at 15 leads the Kansas City Weather Service with John Rowlands 17 as chief forecaster. The nonprofit group uses new radios to track conditions across 500 miles from Dallas to Rapid City and Chicago to Pueblo.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Phillip Walls
Kansas City Weather Service
John Rowlands
Public Service Unit
John
Weather Bureau
Wall
U.S Weather Bureau
Rowland
Jim Meyers
Mike Smith
Stan, Shelton
John Bower
Phil
Dallas
Rapid City
Chicago
Pueblo
Weather Service
Phillip
Guards Board Florida Flights to Foil Hijackers
U S agents boarded Florida bound planes to deter hijackings after a National Airlines jet was seized. FAA official Paul Boatman said about 20 agents, armed and incognito, began patrolling selected flights.
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Associated Press
Miami
U.S
Federal Aviation Administration
National Airlines
Paul Boatman
FAA
Lubbock selects 232 youths for summer jobs program
More than 200 Hub City youths become trouble shooters and support staff in a City of Lubbock Summer Youth Employment Program approved by the City Council. On May 15 232 youths aged 15 to 19 were hired for 40 hours weekly at one dollar an hour amid 900 plus applications in a first come first served effort.
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James Boyett
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Personnel Department
Plane Crash Near Paris Kills Pilot Lloyd Newman Oxford
A twin engine plane crashed three miles south of Paris killing pilot Lloyd Newman Oxford of Pacific Grove California. Witnesses reported the aircraft broke apart in flight amid nearby thunderstorms. NTSB investigates the noon crash near Texas 24.
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Paris
National Transportation and Safety Board
Lloyd Newman Oxford
Pacific Grove
Cali
NTSB
Texas
Trial Awaited Ray In Cell At Memphis
James Earl Ray awaited trial on charges of murdering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis. He occupied four guarded air conditioned cells as his attorney Arthur Tianes arrived in New York and denied seeking to move the trial.
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Memphis, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther [Sing Jr
Ray
London
New York
Arthur Tianes
Birmingham
Ala
Kenneedy
Hanes
Memphis
Reagan warns Wallace third party could aid Democrats
California Governor Ronald Reagan warned in Amarillo that George Wallace's third party bid could be a destroyer that helps Democrats. He said the Wallace campaign could hurt Republicans more than Democrats and spoke at a Republican fund raising dinner. Security was tight at Municipal Airport with Secret Service and local officers keeping watch as Reagan arrived. He predicted an open convention in Miami Beach and noted many uncommitted delegates could attend.
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Associated Press
Amarillo
California
Ronald Reagan
George Wallace
Wallace
Reagan
Panhandle
Miami Beach
House Defeats Firearms Registration Amendments
In Washington the House rejected by 372 to 68 an amendment to require registration of all firearms and then defeated by a 353 to 78 vote a measure limiting registration to handguns. A separate 169 to 0 vote imposed mandatory prison terms for firearm use in federal felonies. Opponents argued costs and administration were uncertain.
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Washington
House
Jonathan
Bingham
KNY
Probert McClory
Richard WH. Poff
Oppeents
Hawaiian Summit Near Ends as Thieu Presses Burden Shift
President Thieu told Johnson Vietnam will bear more of the war burden and spoke at a closed session atop the Pacific Command near Pearl Harbor. The two leaders shortened sessions and planned a final breakfast as they weighed talks with the Viet Cong.
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United Press International
Honolulu
Nguyen van Thieu
Johnson
Thieu
Pacific Command
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Thieuw
Pacific
Grant Sharp
Vietnam
Aid Cuts Seen By Mahon Tighten Foreign Aid Plan
Washington AP The House threatened further cuts to foreign aid after trimming authorizations to 1.994 billion amid Johnson pleas. Chairman Mahon predicted final appropriations could fall about 500 million below the current figure before floor action. He said cuts could total 1.2 billion if more is approved, aiming to surpass a 10 billion reduction goal if the Senate agrees.
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Washington
House
Johnson
George TH. Mahon
D-Tex
Appropriations Committee
Mahon
Senate
Congress
Weather Outlook for Lubbock Area Today
Widely scattered thunderstorms possible this afternoon and evening with otherwise partly cloudy skies. Highs near 90s, lows around 60s. East to southeast winds about 20 mph. Rain chance estimated at 20 percent this afternoon and 10 percent tonight.
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Lubbock
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