Collins Spacewalks From Australia to Hawaii
Gemini 4 astronauts describe a spacewalk during which capsule speed reached 17 500 miles per hour and altitude topped 249 miles. An accidental jettison of spacewalk gear sent their flight plan into an independent orbit as the 50 foot umbilical extended from the hatch. The flight plan vanished with it. Officials pursued retrieval and containment.
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Young
Collins
Ground Control
United States
Soviet Union
Pacific
Hawaii
Edward H. White
Eugene Cernan
Agena
John
Michael Collins
Speck of Murder Trial Moves Forward in Court
The article details defendant Speck's custody status and defense actions after a judge barred police from questioning him. Medical notes discuss a possible mild heart attack and a cardiologist to be appointed, with a sanity hearing planned and an inquest postponed.
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Speck
Gloria Jean
Davy
Dyer
Ind
Getty
O. W. Wilson
Chicago
Corazon Amarao
Seaman
Dallas
William N. Norcross
Norcross
Miss Amarao
Atty
Dan Ward
Ryan
Martha Thornton
Irving Park Lutheran Church
Andrew J. Toman
Derby winner Marion linked to 1959 oil disputes and murder
The article recalls 1959 Kentucky Derby winner Marion, known for pursuing oil claims, who killed Mrs. Turner after a dispute. It notes his arrest, escape attempt, and a courtroom confession detailing breaking in, subduing Turner, and fatally striking her with a pistol while suppressing screams.
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Lee
Turner
Marion
Grocery in Jacksonville dynamited causing urban unrest
A grocery was dynamited in Jacksonville Florida in a Black neighborhood amid recent nights of conflict and fire incidents. Authorities investigated the blast as part of ongoing unrest in the community.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
Johnson holds press conference on Vietnam and home-front issues
President Johnson fielded questions on Viet Nam prisoners of war and home-front unrest as riots and airline strikes drew attention. He urged serenity and settlement, voiced concern over urban disorder, and said he would campaign and push for legislative fixes while avoiding new proposals. He noted a war balance claim and abstained from direct UN China talks.
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Viet Nam
Johnson
Chicago
Cleveland
Jacksonville
Fla
Edmund G. Brown
California
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Tennessee
Congress
Treasury
China
United Nations
Hanoi
U.S
Pentagon
Insurer Rate Cuts Urged by Solon Lawmaker
State Rep Will Smith of Beaumont urged the Texas State Insurance Board to grant auto insurance rate reductions up to 25 percent for safe drivers. He argued penalty rates for bad driving would aid insurers and harm good drivers, proposing 5 percent off for one year to 25 percent for five or more safe years.
Haskell Wins Sheriff Posse at Scurry County Rodeo
Haskell County takes first in the Sheriff's Posse competition as the 30th annual Scurry County Rodeo opens at the Rodeo Arena west of Snyder. Fisher County runner up, Howard County third. Lucky 13 Club wins float contest. Fireman's Auxiliary and Rainbow Girls take second and third in floats.
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Ed Workman
Mineral Wells
Sam Hill
Sammy Groves
Lubbock
Smoky Bear
Fundy Groves
Will James
Martin Fryar
Big Spring
Horace Rankin
Kinney Hart
George Maule
Snyder
Richie Trammel
Mitch Butler
Martha Josey
Post
Judy Helton
Olney
Debra Whitehead
Marton
Marvin Scheulte
Navareth
Quake Shakes Texas Panhandle Area Early Wednesday
An earthquake of small magnitude shook a wide area of the Texas Panhandle with no damage reported. Seismograph readings placed the quake around 130 miles north northwest of Lubbock at 3 05 a m. The tremor was felt from Dumas to Dimmitt and even across parts of New Mexico.
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Amarillo
Texas Panhandle
Deskin Henry Shurbert
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Shurbert
Borger
Amarillo Air Force Base Hospital
Amarillo Airport
Airport
Dumas
Fritch
Dimmitt
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Texas
Heat persists as Texas area records 100 degree days
The region endures extreme heat with several towns reporting 100 plus temperatures. A Perryton farmer benefited from a one inch rain, while a Wichita Falls teen died of heat exhaustion on an oil rig near Electra. Lubbock forecasts show little relief as high temps persist across the Panhandle and East Texas.
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Lubbock
Perryton
Texas
Amarillo Weather Bureau
Ochiltree
Lipscomb
Panhandle
Wichita Falls
Ronald Dale Wells
Electra
Presidio
Laredo
Wink
Abilene
Childress
Mineral Wells
Mniday
Piney Woods
East Texas
Red River Valley
Nacogdoches
Amarillo
Wilson survival plan faces mixed reaction in Britain
Prime Minister Wilson defends emergency austerity amid NATO strain after de Gaulle’s withdrawal. Brown stays on at 10 Downing Street following late talks. Measures include a 1.4 billion dollar home front cut, 420 million overseas trims, wage and price standstill, 10 percent surcharges on beer and fuels, tighter installment rules, and foreign travel curbs. The pound rises slightly on foreign exchange news.
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Rolf Dahlgruen
Germany
NATO
de Gaulle
Bown
Callaghan
Wilson
Brown
Downing Street
Labor
Britain
Suez
Rhine
I Nation
Bae
Sterling
National Shame Day Seeps Into Vietnam Anniversary
Near the demilitarized zone the South Vietnamese government marked national shame day to honor the Geneva split, freeing North Vietnamese soldiers in the south. Three of 16 chose not to return to the Communist North, others crossed the Ben Hai River, leaving clothes on the bridge as they went. The report notes more tourists visiting Washington as the US Travel Service records a rise in overseas arrivals.
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Ben Hai River
High court clarifies traffic fines and court convictions
The Amarillo Corporation Court and Blair discuss how paying a fine without court appearance still enters a conviction in records. The decision states that even if paid at the police station, a defendant signs a guilty plea or signs a power of attorney authorizing a sergeant to enter a plea, creating a legal conviction. The ruling could impact smaller cities where fines were collected without formal plea confirmation.
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Amarillo Corporation
Department
Department of Public Safety
High Court
Blair
Supreme Court
High Courts
Services Pend For Tahoka Woman
Dillie Cruse 74 died Wednesday morning at home in Lamesa after a year of illness. She moved from Tahoka to be with son Dan Cruse and will be buried in Abilene area with graveside services. Survivors include two daughters in San Diego, three Tahoka sisters, five Langford brothers, and four grandchildren.
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Lamesa
Dillie Cruse
Cruse
Dan Cruse
Tahoka
Abile
Fraf Heinback
Gary
Rigus
San Diego
Calif
S. B. Milles
Hattie Beard
M Martie Martin
Tahok
Homer Langfo
Grady Langford
Taho Elmo Langford
Denison
Ge Langford
Abilene
Mew
Big Spring
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Au Arts
Hasselblad
Atlantic
Celia
U.S.S. Guadalcanal
J. R. Wilkinson
Nashville
Highland Hospital
Paymaster Oil Mill Co
Joe Barton King
Canton Ave
Methodist Hospital
City of Lubbock
Roy J. O'Donnell
33Rd St
Swift & Co
Dickie Delamon Davis
Ave. H
West Texas Hospital
Frito-Lay, Inc
Thomas Roy Ferguson
Ith St
Lubbock Mfg. Co
Alfredo Zampago
Ave. G
Lauf Clinic
Leonardo Garcia
N. Ave. Q
Francisco Guerrero
Lo Frenzo
Darwin Westbrook
Fifth St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Paul Taylor
39Th St
Caprock Rambler
Dean Killough
Zenith Ave
Porter Hospital
Hunter Construction Co
Roger Keith Morris
Ronnie Davis
5Th St
LBJ
Luci Johnson
Johnsson
Solon
Haskell
Sheriff
Alan Sewell
Clyde
Margaret Chumley
Seagraves
Oklahoma City
Eemes
Rye Y
Washington
US Travel Service
Overseas
Budapest
Hungary
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