Ruby Says Oswald Slaying Was Last Minute Decision
Dallas Times Herald reports Lee Harvey Oswald’s assassination act described as a last minute decision by Jack Ruby. FBI polygraph test given Saturday in Dallas County Jail following a jail cell visit by Chief Justice Earl Warren. Ruby was sentenced to death.
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Family Wins $25 000 Dial Sweepstakes Prize
Donohue family of Detroit wins $25 000 first prize in the Dial Soap Instant Sweepstakes. With a large family and weekly food bills, they plan to spend the windfall on household needs and a new station wagon while considering education and savings. Ruby and others testify in a polygraph test related to the Kennedy assassination inquiry.
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Johnson Holds Wide Lead Over Goldwater In Early Poll
Princeton report shows President Johnson leading Goldwater by roughly 7 to 3 in a flash survey after the GOP convention. About 60 percent prefer Johnson, 25 percent Goldwater, with 10 percent undecided. Republicans' split and independent voter shifts shape early dynamics ahead of the full poll.
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Regret Over Canceled Land Session Convention In Lubbock
The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce regrets the cancellation of what would have been a major Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of Texas convention. About 3000 attendees were expected, with an estimated 4000000 economic boost cited, but hotel room shortages and insufficient facilities led CES authorities to move the event to San Antonio.
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Bedford Stuyvesant Declines Amid Crime and Delinquency
Bed Stuy once a well kept Brooklyn neighborhood has deteriorated with high crime rates and juvenile delinquency. Whites have rapidly exited as Negro population grows to 215 000 with 29 021 Black residents remaining amid brownstone decay and few parks. The grand jury labeled the area a cesspool of filth and one of the citys worst zones for lawlessness including murder muggings rape narcotics rackets and gang violence.
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Miskill denied rehearing in loan act challenge on several firms
The Third Court of Civil Appeals refused to rehear eight consolidated cases challenging parts of the loan shark act. Francis A Miskill faced rulings upholding licenses denial for firms including Beneficial Finance Co of Houston Tex Public Finance Corp of El Paso and others. A Supreme Court appeal is expected next fall as questions persist over 51 percent home ownership requirement.
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Tech Students Study In Mexico City for Six‑Week Course
Forty seven Texas Tech students travel to Mexico City for six weeks of study earning college credit in a Spanish and Mexican culture course. Under Dr T Farle Hamilton they will attend classes, visit sites in and near the capital, and may attend operas, concerts, plays, lectures, exhibitions, and bullfights. They will return to Lubbock August 20 concluding the summer term.
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Miss Arlington, Miss Bay City win Miss Texas prelims
In Fort Worth the Miss Arlington, Marlene Lewis 24, won the talent competition while Miss Bay City Ormsby 19 topped the swimsuit judging as preliminary winners in the Miss Texas pageant.
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British Government Promises New Probe
London reports the government will investigate claims in a Sunday Mirror article alleging a peer consorted with a protection racketeer. Home Secretary Henry Brooke said Scotland Yard would receive a copy of a photograph said to show the peer and the mobster on a sofa as part of wider charges about a London protection racket and parties attended by prominent figures.
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Doctor slams Brackenridge Hospital as a snake pit
University of Texas research specialist Andrew P. Dean blasted city owned Brackenridge Hospital after an on the job hand laceration. He said the emergency room wait exceeded two hours while the patient groaned and was not given a sedative. Officials cited insurer driven doctor scheduling as the delay.
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Monster Report Stirs Caddo Breckenridge Residents
Residents in the Caddo area near Breckenridge reported a strange ape like creature roaming nearby causing concern among Lubbock residents. Estelle Guthrie of the police switchboard said callers relayed fragments of radio accounts about a monster on the loose. One woman asked if a monster was roaming nearby while home alone and hearing vacuum noises.
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