Johnson grilled by leaders on war risks and civilian duty
President Johnson meets with committee leaders and Cabinet officials in a noon to afternoon session as national security concerns rise. Reports suggest plans to call up about 160,000 civilian reservists and extend Army enlistments from three to six months amid ongoing talks with bipartisan leadership.
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Asia
Johnson
National Security Council
Senate
Russell B. Long
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Congress
LBJ
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Housing programs and aid expand in proposed federal plan
Federal housing push outlines 240000 new public units and grants for repairs up to 1500 dollars. Loans for dormitories 955 million, water and sewer aid 800 million, park lands 235 million, and 50 percent federal share for grants. Elderly housing loans 150 million plus readjustment aid increases for displaced workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
National Mortgage Association
Slap on Wrist Radiation Firm Regains License With Restriction
The Texas Radiation Advisory Board restored General Nuclear Inc. of Houston to a restricted license after revocation for placing iodine 131 in a Harris County home water system. The firm may not use new materials without agency permission and cannot place radioactive substances in occupied dwellings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPI
Texas Radiation Advisory Board
General Nuclear, Inc
Houston
Harris County
State Radiation Control Agency
General Nuclear
R. Scott Royce
Taylor Lake Village
Charles R. Barden
Radiation Agency
Royce
Taylor Lake
Venezuela Pipeline Blasts Injure Thirty in Anzoátegui
Thirty people were hurt, several seriously, when terrorists blew up three oil pipelines near Anaco in Anzoátegui state. The blasts disrupted oil development activities and prompted emergency response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Anaco
Anzo
15 000 Reported Packed To Go Into Viet Nam
The 1st Cavalry Division with over 400 helicopters and about 15 000 men is reportedly packing for deployment to South Vietnam from Fort Benning. Pentagon officials declined comment while Defense Secretary McNamara said deployment could be ready in about eight weeks if needed.
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FT. Benning
UPD
1St Cavalry Division
South Viet Nam
Defense Department
Washington
Pentagon
Defense Sec
Robert S. McNamara
1St Cavalry
11Th Air Assault
2Nd Infantry
McNamara
Army
11Th
Ainees
Hanoi
Asst. Sec. of Defense
Arthur Sylvester
U.S
Cuba
Sylvester
Johnson
Viet Nam
Air Force
Air Force Phantom
State Department
Haiphong
Births Recorded at Methodist Hospital With Local Parents
Mr and Mrs Benny Perez of 1918 Nashville welcomed a son weighing pounds 4 ounces at 8 38 am Tuesday at Methodist Hospital. The father works for the City of Lubbock. Mr and Mrs Cal Segrist of 301 Ave A reported a son weighing 5 pounds 3 ounces at 1 56 pm Tuesday at Methodist Hospital. The father is a teacher at Texas Tech.
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Benny Perez
Nashvile
Methodist Hospital
City of
Lubbock
Cal Segrist
Ave. A
Texas Tech
Danny Smith
Earth
Methodim Lacavita
Nton
Lewis Wilkinson
Littlefield
Tide Products Inc
Clarence E. Scott
Cornell
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Travis W. Borum
King
Oren
Continental Moss Gordin
Frank Gutierrez
Ind Place
Lauf Clinic
George Peacock
15Th St
Comptons Encyclopedia
Clyde Lytle
66Th St
Esquibb Pharmaceutical Co
Floyd Devane
Redbud Ave
Latif Clinic
Calvin S. Mitts
47Th St
Sunday Inn Highland Hospital
Charles E. Chambers
4Th St
Highland Hospital
Behrens Drug
Charles E. Weichert
8Th St
Donnie R. Harris
Elgin Ave
Robert J. Hoileman
Ralph E. DuBois
Jacky E. Florence
Amarillo
Pioneer Gas Co
Norman W. Washburn
Post
West Texas Hospital
Texas Highway Department
Birth announcements list dozens of newborns across several Texas towns
Mr and Mrs Santos Ramirez Abernathy welcome a son at Methodist Hospital. Mrs Doyle Neagle of Hobbs New Mexico, a son at Methodist. Earth resident Mr Danny Smith reports a daughter at Immaculita. Numerous other couples in Littlefield Lubbock and Erie areas announce sons and daughters with weights and times, noting fathers’ occupations from sheet metal work to sales and pastors. The notices appear as a countywide birth column in a local newspaper.
Jets Strike North Viet Nam Missile Sites
US jets bombed two antiaircraft missile sites in North Viet Nam with one site reported destroyed and the other damaged. Three F105s were shot down. two pilots parachuted to safety. Hanoi radio claimed six U.S. planes were downed and three Americans captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Viet Nam
Associated Press
Ashington
U.S
Defense Department
Radio
Shopping center appraisals spark tax debate in city
City leaders and experts clash over a new formula to value shopping centers, arguing over income streams versus cost depreciation. Horkey cites $460,000 sale figures versus $288,810 under the plan, while Whiteley calls for market price checks to avoid lawsuits and ensure fair tax shifts for the city and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehrenberg
Harkey
Shoho Korner
50Th
Ave. Q
McMinn
Whiteley
50Th St
Monterey
Board of Adjustments
Lubbock
Lubbock Qpereay
Board
Ehren‘borg
Vice President Warns of Costly Fight in Vietnam
At the governors meeting in Missouri Humphrey insisted the United States must pursue both defense and domestic well being. He argued for long term national priorities, stating the nation has resources for both guns and schools while rejecting a guns versus schools false choice. The speech described Communist aggression as ruthless and systematic, calling South Vietnam a testing ground for their war of national liberation.
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South Viet Nam
Humphrey
Southeast Asia
United States
Hemisphere
Ioutlook
Republic of
Silver Treasure Sought In Lake Hendrix Lake Expedition
An expedition led by C. A. Spowlar from LeClaire Iowa arrived in East Texas to search Hendrix Lake twenty miles east of Ison for silver ingots said to total 2 million. The legend ties them to Jean Lafitte and a 1816 Spanish galleon raid, with artifacts found in 1913 and 1950. Spowlar bases at Carthage using detection gear and excavators.
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LaFitte
Galveston Island
Carthage
Tex
Severe thunderstorms sweep Midwest and Ohio Valley
Weather reports describe heavy thunderstorms across the Midwest and Ohio Valley. A funnel cloud was sighted over Lake Michigan near Chicago but did not touch down. Winds up to 60 mph hit Waukegan Illinois, with showers noted in multiple Texas towns and Missouri flood rain.
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Lene
Childress
Houston
Midwest
Ohio
Lake Michigan
Chicago
U.S
Lubbock
Weather Bureau
Petersburg
Crosbyton
Woodrow
Night Post
Littlefield
Plainview
Kosciusko
Miss
Missouri
Johnson
Grandview
Ft. Leonard ‘Wood
Kansas
City
Nebraska
Virginia
Imperial
Neb
Olathe
Kan
Danville
Andrews Air Force Base
Norfolk
Greenville
Maine
Pellaton
Mich
Duluth
Minn
Cathedral Fund Pledges Drive Bristol Cathedral Construction
Anonymous locals pledged 2.8 million dollars for a new Roman Catholic Cathedral in Bristol. The Rt Rev. Joseph Rudderham announced the plan as local donors commit funds for the seaport project. Shortly after, hospital reports indicate a bishop’s health news as another unrelated item, while a separate accident in Mexico City reports a woman mortally struck by a car after leaving hospital.
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Bristol
England
Fraemen
Dieseph Rudderham
Mexico City
Laral
Arez Hospital
Zen
Raquel Hernandez Ortiz
Jet aircraft houses thousands of parts and components
The text notes that a modern jet aircraft contains about 18 000 key structural parts and more than 500 000 individual components, highlighting the complexity of modern aviation engineering.
Wackman Elected President Of Talcott Inc In New York
Kenneth B. Wackman has been elected president of James Talcott Inc a commercial finance house in New York. Herbert R Silverman remains chairman and chief executive. Wackman an accountant succeeds in the corporate leadership role.
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NEW York
UPI
Kenneth B. Wackman
James Talcott, Inc
Commercial Finance House
Herbert R.] Silverman
Wackman
Health care bill backs 237 Democrats and 70 Republicans
The measure drew 237 votes for and 118 against with 48 Democrats and 64 Republicans opposing. Critics labeled the plan unconstitutional and warned of rising Social Security taxes, noting a $174 to $277 jump for a 6600 earner this year to next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Thomas B. Curtis
Rmo
John W. Byrnes
Wis
Byrnes
Texas Solons Split On Medicare Plan
Washington UPI report notes the Texas delegation split 12-11 for the conference committee Medicare bill. The House passed the measure 307 with 12 Texas votes in favor and 11 against, listing names of supporting and opposing members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Solons
Washington
UPI
Conference Committee
House
Lindley Beckworth
Jack Brooks
Eligio de la Garza
Henry Gonzalez
Wright Patman
Graham Purcell
Ray Albert
Thomas
Clark Thompson
Richard White
Jim Wright
John Young
Omar ‘Burleson
Earle von Bob Casey
John Dowdy
O. C. Fisher
George Mahon
A. J
Jake) Pickle
W. R. Poage
Joe Pool
Walter Rogers
Olin Teague
Quintuplets at Aberdeen Farm Celebrate First Birthday
Four girls and a boy born to Mrs. Andrew Fischer near Aberdeen Maryland on September 14 live on an 800 acre farm in a 20 room house outside the city. Their father Efren de Prieto a $10 a day oil company foreman now raises cattle after working as a shipping clerk at the quintuplets birth. The Fischer family previously lived in a $30 000 home donated by the father’s employer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Fischer
Aberdeen
M.D
Bell Leases Building in Fort Worth for Helicoopter Units
Bell Helicopter Co announced plans to move into a leased 100000 square foot building in Fort Worth by mid August. Since December 24 Bell has received two 120 unit orders for Army models now flying combat missions in Vietnam.
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BELL
Fort Worth
Best Helicopter ‘Co
Army
Viet Nam
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Moyers
Horace Busby
Busby
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Henry Cabot Lodge
Maxwell D. Taylor
Sen
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
South
Agency For International Development
AID
People To People Health Fund Inc
William B. Walsh
Project Viet Nam
Wisconsin Ave. N.W
Cubs
Dean Rusk
White House
Santos Ramirez
Abernathy
Doyle Neagle
Hobbs
N.M
Lindey‘s
J. B. Cagie
University Hospital
Littlefield Missionary Baptist Church
North Viet Nam
TM Ac
Robert Jensen
Ffrom
Executive Committee
Tim Babcock
Montana
National Women’s Hospital
Auckland
New Zealand
Momlhier
Shirley Ann Lawson
D. W. Lawson
Shirley Ann
Hilda Menzies
Fletcher Christian
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