Solitary Pacific Crossing by Woman Sailor
Shar eh Sites Adams, a 37 year old housewife, becomes the first woman to sail the Pacific, finishing a 1000 mile voyage near Port Hueneme after a shark encounter and a skirmish. She aims to reach San Diego with a pink dress she made aboard. Her husband, Ail Adams, met her offshore. a welcoming crowd is expected.
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Preas
Los Angeles
Shareh
Adams
Pacific
Yokohamae
Ail Adams
Port Hueneme
San Diego
Smith seeks delay on auto insurance hike until inquiry finishes
Gov. Preston Smith orders a nine member committee to probe auto insurance rate increases amid a proposed 14 percent average rise. The panel, led by former Gov. Price Daniel, begins Thursday to decide methods to reduce costs and whether to request a delay. Public support for the probe is high while insurers doubt the delay is possible.
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United Press International
Austin
Preston Smith
State Insurance Board
Smith
Price Daniel
Lubbock City Clean-Up After Devastating Storm
Mayor W. D. Rogers appeals to the Small Business Administration for disaster relief loans as Lubbock assesses $700000 in damages from a Monday night storm. At least 14 injured, with many not seeking care, while forecasters warn of more thunderstorms.
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Dave. Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
W. D
Dub) Rogers Jr
Small Business Administration
Lubbock
Sears
Nixon seeks Congress power to name strong executive leader
State and Nation reports President Nixon asks Congress for authority to appoint a powerful executive to head the IOC, signaling a push for centralized leadership. The item appears in the National desk roundup with other world and political notes.
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Nixon
Congress
IOC
Daily Prayer Reflects Dependence and Gratitude
A short prayer asks for awareness of dependence on God and gratitude for life’s blessings, encouraging mindfulness and humility. The piece frames a personal, devotional reflection suitable for a latchbook reader.
Disabled Veteran Sells Eye Cornea For Wife’s Surgery
Baltimore veteran Merton, a WW II and Korea veteran, starts a new telephone sales job today while still seeking to sell his eye cornea for a $5,000 operation to fund his wife’s hip. He lives on $192 monthly disability and suffers from multiple ailments including emphysema and arthritis.
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Baltimore
Don Merson
Baltimore News American
Merton
Skycarold
Korea
Nixon predicts man will visit life bearing planets by 2000
President Nixon told 2,000 foreign exchange students at the White House that within 31 years man will have visited at least one other planet bearing some form of life. He spoke during a round the world trip plan after the all-star game rainout and ahead of welcoming Apollo 11 astronauts.
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Walington
Nixon
White House
Pacific
Comununist
Romania
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vietnam
Foreign Exchange
Mars
Venus
Tech Experts Back State Water Plan In Austin News Conference
Four college specialists from Texas Tech UT Austin Texas A&M and the University of Houston endorsed the Texas Water Plan at a news conference in Austin. They urged ongoing statewide planning and said the plan should be flexible and continuously updated to meet future needs despite regional economic shifts and possible external water supplies.
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Austin
Dan Moody Wells
Texas Tech
Wells
Earnest — P. Gloyna
University of Texas At Austin
Jack R. Runkles
Texas A&m University
Ernest J. Henley
University of Houston
Texas
Gloyna
High Plains
West Texas
Runoff Set for 73rd District After Tuesday Vote
In the nine-way race for the 73rd District seat vacated by Randy Pendleton, FE L Short led with 1 445 votes and Jim Clack had 694. runoff scheduled August 5 with 19 906 registered voters and 5 299 casting ballots. District covers Andrews Dawson Gaines Lynn Martin Yoakum counties. Pendleton heads federal state relations in D C. Term runs to January 1971.
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Tird
Randy Pendleton
Andrews
FE. L. Short
Tahoka
Jim Clack
73Rd
Gary Miller
Raymond Burton
Jack Cook
Jerry Mitchell
Delbert Watten
Seminole
Ray Trent
Denver City
S. W. Wheeler
Stanton
Preston Smith
Pendleton
Washington, D.C
Dawson
Gaines
Lynn
Martin
Yoakum
Stock Market Slides to New Year Low
New York AP report shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average sinking 11.90 points to 834.02, its lowest close of the year, with volume at 9.78 million shares. The decline marks the souring market mood since March 26, 1968.
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New York
Dow Industrial
B52s Blast Corridors In Southeast Asia Offensive
United Press International reports B52 bombers flew seven missions over Tay Ninh and Binh Duong provinces and near Saigon as U S forces aim to disrupt infiltration corridors with about 700 tons of bombs. Authorities say some raids occurred within 33 miles of Saigon and estimate 40 000 Communist troops in the Saigon region and nearby Cambodia.
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United Press
Saigon
Tay Ninh
bin Duone
U.S
Cambodia
Final Full Day for Apollo 11 Aboard Moon Mission
Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins enter their last full day in space aiming for a Pacific splashdown Thursday. They describe weather questions, display a moon Earth view, and demonstrate space life tricks for visiting students before reentry.
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AL Rossiter JR
Houston
Space
Pacific Ocean
CDT
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E
Buzz” Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Earth
Armstrong
Ground Control
Kennedy attends last rites in wake of car crash death
In Pennsylvania Mary Jo Kopechne, 28, was buried after a car driven by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy plunged from a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island. Kennedy attended with wife Joan and friends as he faced questions over the tragedy that ended his presidential bid.
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Mary Jo Kaneehae
Pennsylvania
Coal Country
Edward M.kennedy
Cane Cad
Martha’s Vineyard
Kopechne
Kennedy
Chappaquiddie Island
Robert F. Kennedy
Cape Cod
Pennsylvaania
Joan
Weather Map Page 3-4 Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy with little temperature change. A chance of late afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms. High today in the low to mid 90s. Low tonight in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent today, 40 percent tonight.
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Lubbock
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Steere Tank Lines and Transport Company
N. Gary
Glen R Burleson
Service Compress Company
North Lubbock
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Shark
Sirs. Adams
Mariner Page
Chet Brooks
Sauth
Insurance Board
South Plains
Weather Bureau
West Texas Air Terminal
Lubbock Records
City of
Demos
Washington
Fete
Mutscher
Bride
Franco
Suez
Comic Dictionary
Feon
Eve
The
Associated Pressed
East
West
Plains
Charles Duke
Aldrin
Duke
Sen. Kennedy
Robert FL. Kennedy
John V. Tunney
John C. Culver
Lttle
Page
Ann
Seeeseee
Denver
City
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