Forrestal Opens War Patrol as Vietnam Strife Rises
The Forrestal, overhauled and fitted with advanced electronics, began war patrols at Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin joining Oriskany and Bon Homme Richard in strikes on North Vietnam. In Saigon, Viet Cong guerrillas wearing South Vietnamese uniforms attacked police and militia posts, killing eight police and wounding many, with two night ambushes reported near Saigon as violence escalates.
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Red Cross
Saigon
Vietnam
Former Oklahoma Justice Freed From Seagoville Prison
Earl Welch, 74, longtime Oklahoma Supreme Court justice for 33 years, is released from the Federal Correctional Institution at Seagoville after serving a three year term for income tax evasion. He entered prison on February 14.
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National Cotton Board Announces Expanded Promotion Plan
The National Cotton Board unveiled a broader cotton research and promotion contract with the Cotton Producers Institute at a two day meeting ending today. Memphis figures George Buck and Ed Lipscomb explained the program while Texas members and alternates from Lubbock, Roscoe, Waco, Harlingen and Prairie View participated.
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National Cotton Board
Cotton Board
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Ed Lipscomb
Memphis
Council
G. C. Cortright
Rolling Fork
Miss
Cotton Research and Promotion Order
Cortright
Prayer Passage Calls for Boundless Fellowship
A reader expresses gratitude for divine mercies and seeks an understanding fellowship without boundaries among people, praising eternal blessings and inviting inclusive unity.
Cuba Celebrates July 26 in Latin Nations Recall
The newspaper notes Cuba observes July 26 as a historic date while other Latin American countries revive the declaration from three years prior. The entry appears on page 6, section B.
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Cuba
Detroit Police Guard Cleanup in Riot Area
Detroit police armed with riot guns stand guard while workers clean debris along 12th Street center of riots that began Sunday morning. AP Wirephoto.
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12Th Street
Pearson denounces De Gaulle over Quebec chants
Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson accused Charles de Gaulle of stirring a separatist minority in Montreal. De Gaulle's "Long live free Quebec" rally cry drew international ire while he toured Expo 67 amid cheers. Pearson warned Canada would stay united and reject any attempt to split the country. Opposition leader John Diefenbaker attacked the response as weak and inadequate.
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City school budget seeks tax hike to fund pay raises
Lubbock trustees propose an $18.81 million 1967-68 budget boosting expenditures by $1.3 million and lifting local taxes by six cents per $100 valuation. They set Aug. 8 for a public hearing as Estacado High School opens. Salary costs total about $12.98 million with most funded by federal and state aid.
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Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock
Estacado High School
Johnson House
Nat Williams
Williams
Lubbock
Soviets Promise More Cuban Aid
The Soviet Union pledged to strengthen Cuba's defenses and deepen fraternal socialism ties in a cable to Fidel Castro marking Cuba's national uprising day. Signatories were President Podgorny, Brezhnev, and Premier Kosygin.
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Miss Texas prelims begin in Fort Worth
Miss Lubbock Jan Glenn leads 63 contestants in the Miss Texas preliminaries at Fort Worth. The opening night show features a gown contest and personal interviews after a long nine hour rehearsal and a busy schedule with lunches, fittings, photography, and press questions.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Miss Texas Today
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Key Official Quits Apollo Program Amid NASA Shakeup
NASA announced the resignation of Dr. William A. Lee, 40, manager for the lunar excursion module at the Manned Spacecraft Center. Brig. Gen. Carroll H. Bolender, 47, was named to replace him. Lee's departure follows recent management changes after the Apollo 1 fire that killed three astronauts and delayed the maiden LEM mission.
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Manned Spacecraft Center
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NASA
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Apollo
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James E. Webb
Air Force
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Edward H. White
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Chaffee
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Wilson Approves Rhodesia Talks Amid Power Transfer Fears
London report that Prime Minister Harold Wilson authorized new talks with Rhodesia's rebel rulers while insisting legal power will transfer only to an African government. The move revived Commonwealth fears of a compromise with Ian Smith's all white regime.
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Harold Wilson
Rhodesia
Britain
Commonwealth
Ian Smith
Detroit Riot Marathon of Snipers Engulfs City
National Guardsmen and police clash with Negro snipers in a vast 300 square block area of Detroit. Dozens of officers are shot as tanks roll and hospitals report sniper fire. Rioting spreads to Grand Rapids and other cities. Congress calls for probe while 2,000 paratroopers remain in reserve.
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Detroit
Michigan
Includ
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New York
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National Guards
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Central
Air Force
West Side
Awareness Texas Cities Vigilant To Avert Strife
A Texas study notes large Negro populations but no major riots. Fort Worth Mayor DeWitt McKinley credits hometown pride for calm while Houston faces tensions. State Sen. Barbara Jordan warns of hopelessness among Negroes and roving youths. Houston clerics split on remedies.
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Tom Johnson
Associated Press
Texas
New York
Newark
Detroit
Fort Worth
DeWitt McKinley
Barbara Jordan
Houston
Louie Welch
Soul Brother helps save a neighborhood store in riot ruin
In Detroit a crumbling drugstore on Buchanan Street and Grand Avenue faced fire as Rev. J. W. Bolden, a Black tailor and church operator, saved the building the first night but fell asleep and watched it burn. White neighbor Dick Young recalled Bolden’s earlier action and warned that the looting and fires left the area perilous, with the last food store in the block at risk.
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Grand Avenue
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Weather Map Page 8 A Forecast for Lubbock Area
Partly cloudy today and tonight with a chance of widely scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. High in the upper 80s, low in the upper 60s. Winds variable 10 to 20 mph. Probability of rain at 20 percent.
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