Kennedy family attends Requiem for Kopechne at St Vincent’s
In Plymouth the Kennedy circle gathers for the Requiem Mass for Mary Jo Kopechne at St Vincent’s Church. Edward Kennedy and relatives show restrained sorrow as staffers, mourners, and spectators fill the pews. The funeral proceeds to St Vincent’s Cemetery before a Cape Cod departure. A separate police report notes a 20-year-old suspect arrested for destruction of private property after rooftop incident on East 4th Street.
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Robert Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Ethel Kennedy
Plymouth
Kennedy
Robert
Edward
St. Vincent's Cemetery
Miss Kopechne
Kennedys
Cape Cod
East 4Th St
Astronauts Near Earth After Moon Mission
Ground control reported the Apollo crew reestablished radio contact after a 40 minute blackout caused by a misaligned antenna. The midcourse maneuver slowed Columbia by 310 miles per hour as they prepared for splashdown.
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Earth
Moon
Clifford FE
Charlesworth
Charles M. Duke
Broadway
New York City
Chicago
Loop
Los Aneles
Houston
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Columbia
Apollo
Shark steals mariner's drift instrument during voyage
A mariner reports a shark seized the drift instrument trailing behind a boat. For two days his wife was suspended by her heels over the edge, scraping barnacles from the waterline with a knife, while the radio transmitter failed about twenty days prior, preventing messages though reception remained possible.
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Adams
Birth announcements from Lubbock area hospitals
A series of birth notices list parents and newborns in Lubbock and surrounding areas. Names include Arnalfo Sierra, Joe Perez Jr, Thomas Elmore Brass ey, Larry Williams, James Jennings, Wiliams Frank Dougherty, John Pinkston, Ervin Witherspoon, Roy Donald Taylor, Jarves Hass, Michael fs. Jenee, David Dear, Simon Rosales, Benny Guerrero, Don Earl Rautis. Hospitals include Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital University Hospital Methodist Hospital and West Texas Hospital. Fathers’ occupations span farmer, surgery tech, Hygeia Water worker, Lang Transit Co, Al Motor Exchange, Pinkston Grocery, Bahiruige Bakery, Tabbock Feed Co, Hale Center Auto Sippy, Shop Rie Foods, Meadow Implement Co, Berd Appliance Co.
Lubbock Storm Leaves Multi Million Dollar Damages
Mayor seeks disaster loans from the SBA as city tolls estimate storm losses between 600000 and 1 million dollars with widespread damage to homes businesses and trees. Power restored after utility crews, and several warehouses and cargo facilities suffered significant harm.
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SBA
Mackenzie State Park
Rogers
Robert FE. West
Small Business Administration
Dallas
Lubbock
Lubbock Power and Light
Southwestern Public Service Co
Plainview
Levelland
Ralls
Slaton
Post
Littlefield
SWPSC
Lp&l
Southwestern Bell, Telephone Co
University Avenue
Broadway
Arnett-Benson
East Broadway
Clayton-Carter
Mackenzie Park
Levi Maples
West Texas Air Terminal
Central Fire Department
City Electrical Department
Hancock Division
Clark Equipment Co
Plainview Highway
Keyard
Sheriff's Department
Smith weighs delay on auto surety boost and tax options
Pending investigation outlines potential tax packages discussed by Smith to spread the burden equitably. An aide notes governor did not endorse the ideas, only considering various options. One package would raise the cigarette tax from 11 to 15 cents per pack as part of a broader revenue plan.
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Honey Smith
Smith
B52s Anticipate Communist Capture of Tay Ninh
Reported US and allied shellings show limited success with two fatal or major effects. Ground actions in South Vietnam remained light as a five week lull continued. A 7 1 ton rice cache was found 65 miles northwest of Saigon and Mekong Delta units reported combat with six Communists in two sampans. Tax measures discussed include tobacco, sales, franchise, and natural gas increases across multiple proposed years.
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Tay Ninh
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
Mekong Delta
Nixon Sees Space Trips Expanding From Moon to Mars
President Nixon outlined a broad space exploration vision during a San Francisco to Great Britain trip. He urged international partnership, tied space effort to solving Earthly needs, and listed stops from Honolulu to Manila and Bangkok with a possible Vietnam visit to support troops.
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Nixon
America
Spiro Agnew
United States
Mars
Earth
San Francisco
Honolulu
Johnston Island
Hornet
Guam
Manila
Dakarta
Bangkok
New Delhi
Lahore
Bucharest
Mildenhall Air Force Base
Great Britain
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
John L. Taylor Dies Rites Set
Crosbyton Texas special John L. Buck Taylor 71 longtime area rancher and farmer died Tuesday at 1130 am in Crosbyton Hospital after a long illness Services set for 10 90 am Thursday at First Baptist Church with Rev Wayland Boyd of Amarillo officiating Rev Ernest Stewart pastor assisting Burial in Crosbyton Cemetery under King Funeral Home direction Masonic rites. Survived by wife Edrie and one sister Mrs Lot tie Shields of Coleman Texas born in Madison County moved to Kalgary community in 1919 worked for Swenson Ranch and Four Sixes Ranch member of Scottish Rite Bodies in Dallas and the Eastern Star
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Crosbyton
John LL
Buck) Taylor
Crosbyton Hospital
First Baptist Church
Wayland Boyd
Amarillo
Ernest Stewart
Crasbyton Cemetery
King Funeral Home
Taylor
Madison County
Kalgary
Here
Swenson
Four Sixes Ranch
Scottish Rite
Dallas
Eastern Star
Edrie
Lottie Shields
Coleman
Severe storms lash Abilene area with 2.13 inches of rain and 50 mph winds
Storms felled through Texas with 2.1 percent inches of rain in Abilene and gusts over 50 mph. Lubbock faced hurricane force winds and a church explosion near Levelland caused about 75000 dollars in damage. Rail and road impacts listed across Smyer to Plainview with several towns reporting multiple inches of rainfall.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Lubbock
Abilene
Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Weather Bureau
Mineral Wells
Waco
Temple
Junction
Brownwood
Breckenridge
South Plains
W. 7 Rogers Jr
Small Business Administration
Levelland
Joss of Fairview Competunity Baptist Church
Smyer
Ane Bained Abernathy
Brownfield
Pie Spring
Crosbyton
Primumitt
Floodada
Friena
Hale Center
Hereford Oa
Lamesa
Littlehiekt
Morten
Muleshoe
New Deal
Orion
Paducah
Plains
Plainview
Seagraves
Silverton
Spur
Sundown
Taheka
Tula
Gun Victim's Rites Today
Willie Lewis Hall died after an accidental shooting while playing with a pistol. Funeral services will be held today at 2:30 p.m. in South Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Fred Blake officiating. Burial in Levelland City Cemetery. He was 11, a fourth grader, son of Mrs Helen Hall and Eddie Hall of Albany Georgia. He had lived in Levelland four years. Survivors include his parents four brothers and his Albany grandparents.
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Levelland
Willie Lewis Hell Li
Ibse Pam
South Plains
Albany, Ga
Sylvester
Edward Hall
Eddie Hall
Curt Hall
Rickie Hall
J. Henderson
Matt Hall
Albany
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Gary Ave
Uerd
Arnalfo Sierra
Anton Og
Joe Perez Jr
Perhathy
Tiestal
Lee
Thomas Elmore Brassey
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Hygeia Water
Larry Willams
University Hospital
James 1
Jennings
Leiefeld
Weahing
Lang Transit Co
Wiliams Frank Dougherty
Pf 43Rd St
Wesling
Methodist Hospital
al Motor Exchange
John Pinkston
Cresbyton
Pinkston Grocery
Ervin Witherspoon
Sie Beech
Bahiruige Bakery
Roy Donald Taylor
Teeddack
Jarves Hass
Grovery
Michael Fs. Jenee
Hale
West
Iy Hale Center
David
Hil Arm
Hoagiland Hospital
Shop Rie Foods
Simon Rosales
Monda
Laut Clin
Meadow Implement Co
Benny Guerrero
Erskine St
Laut Chae
Berd Appliance Co
Don Earl Rautis
8Th St
West Texas Hospital
Artity
Raymond J. Condren
West Texas
Texas Peck
Fancy Richardson
E. Calgate
Nunn Electric
Leroy i Skeets Hanes
Ramsey
Hanes
Wandering Ways
Mobil Homes Court
N. Quirt
Eddie York
York
Marshall Street
Avenue U
George Bunton
Jack Fry Wholesale’ Lumber Co
Erskine Road
Panhandle South Plains Fair Grounds
Service Compress
N. Gary
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Theresa Valdez
Delphinia
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John L. Taylor
Terry Walkupner
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