Johnson appoints Goldberg UN ambassador in surprise move
President Johnson on Tuesday named Justice Arthur J. Goldberg the new ambassador to the United Nations, replacing the late Adlai E. Stevenson. Goldberg expressed reluctance about taking the duty but accepted the post amid the international crisis atmosphere.
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Johnson
Arthur J. Goldberg
Supreme Court
United Nations
Goldberg
Adlai E. Stevenson
Goldberg to join U.N. as ambassador amid court retirement
President to appoint Arthur Goldberg as the United Nations ambassador, after Goldberg agreed to step down from the Supreme Court. He will take a $9,500 pay cut and give up a lifetime job, saying the U.N. post offers a greater challenge and a chance for peace through international law.
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FAA allocates 750000 for ASR radar at Lubbock airport
The FAA regional office receives 750000 to build equip and install an Area Surveillance Radar unit at Lubbock Municipal Airport. Rep. Mahon and Edward Colby announce the move after a year of effort to create a radar traffic control center serving military and civilian aircraft within 150 miles. 14 to 18 new federal jobs and a 200000 annual payroll are expected. The space will be leased and not include terminal expansion.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Federal Aviation Agency
Lubbock
George Mahon
Edward L. Colby
Lubibock
Washington
FAA
Reese Afb
Colby
ASR
Weather Bureau
See Radar Center
San Antonio Evicts 78-Year-Old Woman From Home
Officers acting on court orders evicted Maude Willcox from her 57 year home in San Antonio after a five year fight. Deputies broke doors and carried the nearly blind widow to a vacant lot as a moving van loaded her belongings for storage ahead of an expressway interchange project.
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Antonio
Maude Willcox
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Cabinet Formed Ends Yemen Government Crisis
Yemen President Abdullah Al Saif announces a new cabinet on Tuesday, dissolving a month long government crisis in the Red Sea republic. The move ends political stalemate and consolidates leadership after tense negotiations.
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San’a. Yemen
Abdullah Al-Saifal
Red Sea Republic
Astronaut Ed White Mistaken for Hiker on Gas Run
Lubbock resident Bob Johnson reports he saw a well dressed man with a camera walking along near Monkhaven in Colorado and later helped him refuel at the town. The man turned out to be astronaut Ed White who had run out of gas during a trip. The sighting occurred about July 11.
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Edward White
Rainbow Trout Lodge
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New Rains Add to Woes in Missouri Floods
Torrential rains up to 21 inches hit Northwest and West Central Missouri causing evacuations in about six cities. At least five deaths reported, with two more in a highway wreck and one drowning in Smithville. Federal aid declared for the disaster area as Clay County alone faces about 25 million dollars in damage.
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Kansas City
Great ‘Plains
Smithville
Holden
Clay County
Line Creek
Riverside
Platte County
City County Move Toward Lubbock Library Merger
City councilmen and county commissioners discussed merging Lubbock public and county libraries in a joint meeting. The plan would cost about 250000 dollars annually and follows nine recommended steps to merge operations and funding.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
City of
Lubbock
Lubbock County
McNamara Wraps Vietnam Tour Sees Serious But Not Hopeless
Secretary McNamara ended a five day tour of Vietnam battle zones reporting a serious outlook while noting progress and not all black. He returns to Washington to brief President Johnson as Communist pressure continues at Bien Hoa and Dong Xoai with attacks on U S forces and vessels.
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Robert S. McNamara
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U.S
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Dong Xoai
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Hickam Air Base
Pacific
Moscow
North Viet Nam
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Viet Nam
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Hollingsworth Farrell Faces Large Theft Charge
Mrs. Mary Jane Hollingsworth Farrell aged 19 is pictured in Miami Florida where authorities accuse her of stealing 550000 from her father’s office bathroom in South Carolina. The case is highlighted as an AP wirephoto with details on Page 12 Section B.
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Mary Jane Hollingsworth Farrell
Miami
Fla
South Carolina
More Saucer Sightings Reported Worldwide
Reports from Globe Points describe mysterious flying objects spanning Antarctica to England. The Air Force notes 9 127 sightings since January with 667 undecided, often explained as balloons birds or jet exhaust. Project Bluebook at Wright Patterson AFB continues investigations.
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
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Brezhnev Threatens Retaliation Over Viet Nam War
Brezhnev urged worldwide Communist unity at the Romanian party congress and warned American interventionists of swift retribution. Teng Hsiaoping sat tacitly as Beijing and Moscow differed on unity terms and peaceful coexistence amid the Sino Soviet split.
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Romania
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party Congress
Brezhnev
Chinese Communist Party
Teng Hsiao- Ping
Teng
Peking
Kremlin
Communist Movement
Weather! Weather Map: hot, fair through Thursday in Lubbock
The forecast for Lubbock and vicinity continues fair and hot through Thursday. Highs in the middle 90s, lows in the low 70s, with moderate southeasterly winds.
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