Plane crash narrowly lands in rural clearing. 37 aboard safe
An Allegheny Airlines Convair 440 with one engine ablaze belly-landed in a pine grove near Williamsport. The plane burned fatality avoided. seven hospitalized, pilot Allen Lauber praised for expert handling and swift evacuation before fire consumed the aircraft.
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Duane Callahan
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Callahan
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
Decisions Withheld Pending More Study
President Johnson and top advisers discussed possible increases in draft calls to support Viet Nam buildup. Moyers said no decisions yet and further studies and meetings with congressional leaders are planned. Eisenhower telephoned about the deliberations as the Pentagon set a September 17 000 draft quota.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Minocqua
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Viet Nam
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Robert S. Moe-Namara
Sec. of State
Dean iRusk
George W. Ball
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mc. George Bundy
McNamara
Lee Johnson
Important Clue Seen in Coed Phone Call Probe
Austin police say Shirley Ann Stark and Susan Rigsby made phone calls before vanishing. A roommate reports Stark called a Dallas boyfriend from a restaurant in Austin, with a second call later. Investigators consider the second call a key clue as they search for a man seen near clothing belonging to the missing pair.
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Associated Press
Astin
Austin
Shirley Ann Stark
Dallas
Susan Rigsby
Miss Rigsby
Martha Blount
Miss Blount
Lubbock
R. J. Mullins
John Arnold
Atendant
Miss Stark
Brownfield Hwy
Farm Bureau rails at omnibus farm bill
Kenneth May reports from an area meeting where Texas Farm Bureau official Ed McKay warned that under the pending farm bill a farmer must cut at least 15 percent of cotton acreage to receive price support. He argued direct payments would distribute wealth, and outlined disparate outcomes for growers based on acreage planted.
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Avalanche-Journal
Farm Bureau
Ed McKay
Waco
Holiday Inn East
Texas Farm Bureau
McKay
Eee
California
Arizona
Staple Fee Farm Bureau
Miners Fired in Czechoslovakia Over Absenteeism
About 3,000 miners were dismissed from a coal-mining complex in Communist Czechoslovakia due to absenteeism, Radio Prague reported on Friday.
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Austria
Czechoslovakia
Radio Prague
Lubbock Area Sees Growth as Manufacturing Center
In today’s A J Lubbock section B the paper notes Lubbock’s rising role as a manufacturing hub with broad distribution of industrial products. Also highlights a Floyd County entertainment day for 63 families and a global travel debate sparked by a World Traveler in Lubbock.
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Lubbock
Floyd County
Alaskan teen's 4100 mile ride sparks auto industry welcome
16 year old Robert Layman left Anchorage on a 4100 mile journey to Detroit to buy a new car. Ford executives hosted him with a grand tour while General Motors arranged a Sting Ray order. Layman will receive his car next week and plans to ship his bike home at Detroit firms expense.
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Associated Press
Etroit
Detroit
Robert Gregory Layman
Anchorage
Robert
Ford Motor Co
Robert Treglown
Shawn
Car &T
Ford
Warren
Levelland Man George Senter Dies in Fire
Levelland 90 year old George Senter died from burns after a fire at the home of his daughter and son in law at 1830 8th St. He was pulled from the burning house and pronounced dead by Justice of the Peace E. L. Ford. He lived with the Staggs since 1947 and is survived by the Staggs, a grandson Billy Bob Staggs and two granddaughters.
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Levelland
George Senter
Oble B. Staggs
Senter
8Th St
E. L. Ford
Staggs
Quenada
Tex
George Price
Billy Bob Staggs
Antitrust Fine Hit as Steel Firms Plead No Contest
Eight major steel companies faced $50 000 fines each in federal court for conspiring to fix carbon steel prices between 1955 and 1961. United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel were among the defendants. two executives withdrew not guilty pleas and face potential penalties. Sentencing is set for Sept 21 before Judge Edward Weinfeld.
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W York
William J. Stephens
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
James P. Barton
U. S. Steel
Edward Weinfeld
New York
United States Steel
Bethlehem
Prayer Request: Readers invited to share brief prayers
Anonymous note asks God to listen to pleading hearts and teach us to pray. Editor invites readers to submit prayers no longer than sixty words for possible publication.
Major Antitrust Case Targets Steel Industry Leaders
The industry argues government bias against big steel. besides U S Steel and Bethlehem, National Steel Corp and Great Lakes Steel Corp also plead nolo contendere. Others named include Jones & Laughlin, Armco, Republic, and Wheeling Steel. The firms handle about $2 billion in a $3.6 billion market. This was the seventh antitrust indictment in two years and the largest to date.
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Bethlehem
Nolo
National Steel Corp
Great Lakes Steel Corp
National
Jones & Laughlin
Armco Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Wheeling Steel Corp
Former Oklahoma City Mayor Cargill Sentenced for Perjury
O A Cargill Sr longtime Oklahoma City mayor and former gubernatorial hopeful received a five year prison term Friday after being found guilty of perjury. He allegedly lied about financial dealings with members of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
O.A. Cargill Sr
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Ice Cream Break For Furnas Electric Workers In 90-Degree Heat
At Atavia Illinois 600 Furnas Electric Co employees paused work as the thermometer hit 90 degrees. The break is a standing order from Leto M Furnas 80 chairwoman and widow of founder William Carle Furnas. Furnas Electric markets electrical controls and posted over 10 million dollars in sales last year. The firm began in the Furnas home in West Allis Wisconsin in 1932 and moved to Batavia in 1940. The company funds a scholarship program honoring William Furnas, totaling 19000 dollars to 31 students this year.
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Associated Press
Atavia
Ill
Furnas Electric Co
Leto M. Furnas
Mar
Furnas
West Allis
Wis
Mrs
Batavia
Phoenix
Bandits Hit Store Here in Late Night Robbery
Lonnie Milliken 23 of Slaton reported a bare faced gunman robbed the 7 11 at 4409 19th St after closing and seized cash from the register and a safe while an accomplice threatened his wife and baby in a car outside. A dark 1962 or 1963 Ford was described as the getaway vehicle.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Lonnie Milliken
S. 4Th St
Slaton
Milliken
Set
Bill Bessent
Cecil Brown
19Th St
Jean
Romania's Communist Party backs independent leadership
The Ninth Congress of Romania’s ruling Communist party voted confidence in its leadership, declaring independence from both capitalism and the divided Communist bloc.
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Vote Confidence Bucharest
UPI
Romania
Communist Party
Communist Bloc
Weather map page shows hot day with moderate winds
The Lubbock area forecasts clear to partly cloudy conditions. Temperatures rise to the mid 90s this afternoon with a low in the upper 60s tonight. Light to moderate southerly winds prevail.
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Lubbock
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