Tower Urges Commitment To Victory In Viet Nam
U.S. Senator John Tower told about 600 people at Coronado High School that victory in Viet Nam is the only acceptable path and warned against fighting a limited war. He outlined three American options, with strong support for a decisive defeat of the enemy. He criticized domestic spending and the dollar’s purchasing power while backing military action such as bombing oil depots.
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Coronado High School
David Morgan
Center
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Juanita Carrell
Viet Nam
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Avalanche-Journal
U.S
John Tower
United States
Southeast Asia
Atty
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Johnson
Tower Calls for Strong Defense Perimeter in Asia
In remarks on Viet Nam strategy, Tower argued the United States must destroy the enemy’s capacity to attack and build a defense perimeter near enemy shores. He stressed respect from friends and foes and warned that without military victory in Viet Nam, communist brush wars could spread. He also hoped North VietNamese would not prosecute captured American airmen as war criminals.
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Towers
Mystery Man Revealed as Howard Hughes in Secret Trip
Howard Hughes, 60, identified by the Los Angeles Times and KLAC from informed sources as the mystery traveler who rode two guarded Pullman cars across the nation this week. Speculation swirls over the trip’s purpose amid lawsuits with TWA and stock holdings in Northeast Airlines.
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OS Angeles
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Los Angeles Times
KLAC
Boston
Bay State
Trans World Airlines
Bel Air
Calif
Hollywood
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Sizzling 102 Again Heat Wave Pushes Into Second Week
The city matched its July 22 record with a 102 degree high, surpassing the previous 98 in 1963. Forecasters predict no relief this weekend with a slight cooling chance by Sunday. A cool front lingered over the Panhandle as showers reached Amarillo, but Lubbock stayed hot at 90 to 102.
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South Plains
Panhandle
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Amarillo
Lubbock Mercury
Pampa
Right Held In Fresh Race Strife
In Brooklyn East New York, forty five Negro youths aged 17 to 25 charged toward the white section during a race clash. Police in five radio cars dispersed the mob, eight arrests made, amid a backdrop of the killing of an 11 year old boy by sniper fire the night before. In Cleveland, police and National Guard patrolled the Hough district after a pre-dawn shooting. no major disturbances reported by midnight, though tension remained. A white man reported attacked by six Negroes near the riot zone. another man was slashed in the wrist while trying to stop looting.
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New York
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East New York
Nego
Cleveland
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East Side
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Mt. Sinai Hospital
Hough
Army to Field Laser Rangefinders and Explore Death Ray Tech
Army scientists say lasers will first be used as rangefinders for artillery forward observers, with ongoing secret research that could yield a future death ray type weapon. The work focuses on focused light beams and high energy, with broader military applications beyond weapons.
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Associated Press
Washington
Curtis E.’Lemay
Air Force
LeMay
House Appropriations Committee
McNamara To Attend NATO Paris Meeting
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara will attend the NATO defense ministers meeting in Paris next week. A Pentagon spokesman said he plans to fly to Paris this weekend.
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NATO
Washington
UPI
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Paris
Friay
Navy pilot rescued after 23 days in jungle escape
A Navy lieutenant shot down over Communist territory was rescued by a Jolly Green Giant helicopter after a 23 day jungle march following a prison escape. With details withheld for security, the aviator's next of kin were notified and his name kept secret. The incident occurred near the 17th parallel in Indochina, with uncertainties about where capture occurred.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Iwaigon
Navy
Asia
U.S
17Th Parallel Demilitarized Zone
Viet Nam
U. S
North
South Viet Nam
South China Sea
Gulf of Tonkin
South
North Viet Nam
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Lawmakers set up kitty for Luci Johnson wedding gift
House leaders McCormack and Ford appoint Democratic Leader Carl Albert treasurer for a 435 member wedding fund. Some, like Rep H R Gross, oppose the plan citing political reservations. A Dear Colleague letter asks for about $5 per member, with initial $10 contributions from McCormack and Ford.
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Ashington
Luci Johnson
House
Carl Albert
Okla
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Gerald R. Ford
Mich
Rep
H. R. Gross
Iowa
McCormack
Ford
Woodrow Wilson
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Theodore Roosevelt
Gross
LUCIS
Brink's Robberies Net $225,000 in U S and Canada
Bandits in Bedford Massachusetts and Montreal Quebec carried out two Brink's heists totaling about 225000 dollars. A three man crew struck the Mitre electronics site and boarded payroll cash and checks, while a separate team seized 131000 in cash and 16 in checks from a Brink's crew in Bedford. No injuries and no shots were fired.
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Avalanche Journal News Services
Brink's, Inc
United States
Canada
Brink
Bedford
Mass
Brink's
West
Montreal
Crane Co., of Canada, Ltd
Mitre Corp
Thomas Horrigan
Weather Map Page 5 A Lubbock Sunny and hot with near 100
The weather page reports sunny hot conditions in Lubbock with a high near 100 and a low around mid 70s. Winds southerly 10 to 20 mph diminishing tonight. Also lists daily highs and lows across cities including Abilene Amarillo Dallas El Paso Houston Roswell and others with temperatures and humidity readings.
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