Congressmen E Bad Viet Nam Decision
Harsh criticism came from Senate critics of the administration's Viet Nam policy while Democrats and Republicans largely backed Johnson. The President doubled the draft and boosted U S troop strength from 75 000 to 125 000 with more to follow. Johnson outlined replacements and urged Congress to back the plan amid worries about the undeclared war and the need to defend free institutions.
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Unvcs Mvicu
Senate
Viet Nam
Johnson
U.S
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Dirksen
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Sen
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Republican Party
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
George McGovern
DSD
Roman L. Hruska
Rneb
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
John Tower
R-Tex
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Congress
West Texas Lawmakers Back LBJ on Viet Nam Policy
West Texas congressmen voiced support for President Johnson’s Viet Nam plan, calling troop buildup and higher Selective Service quotas necessary. They foresee funds exceeding $1 billion next year and emphasized restraint while backing escalation to deter Communist advances.
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ED Johnson
Avalanche-Journal
Washington Bureau
Washington
Johnson
West Texas
U. S
George Mahon
Lubbock
Southeast Asia
Mahon
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Omar Burleson
Anson
Burleson
Rand
Richard White
el Paso
Seaid Johnson
White
Texas
Budget Studies Resume For Lubbock County 1966 Plan
Lubbock County commissioners reopen annual budget reviews at 9:30 p.m. to discuss revisions in 1966 requests with county officials and department heads, after sessions on July 13 14 and 20.
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Lubbock
Commissioners Court
W T Jones Dies Plainview Service Today
W T Jones 48 a Plainview resident since 1928 died at Plainview Hospital after a heart attack. He was a Wheeler County native, WWII veteran, in the dry cleaning business and later with Reliable Life Insurance. Services at 3 p.m. today at the 10th and Utica Church of Christ with burial at Plainview Memorial Park. He is survived by wife Freda Wiginton Dillard, two sons two daughters nine sisters four brothers and one grandchild.
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W. T.jones
Plainview Hospital
Wheeler County
Jones
Vernon
Reliable Life Insurance Company
10Th
Utica St. Church of Christ
Freda Wiginton Dillard
Utica St
Church of Christ
Dean ‘Brookshire
Tyler
Plainview Memorial Park
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Steven
Curtis
iDarrel Perkins
Rita Jones
Edgar McCourt
iWaveland
Ark
Long
Cartwright
iTemple Hayhurst
Tulsa
Ed Fox
Carl Powell
Marvin ‘Williams
Lawrence Rattan
Amarillo
Preston Chiddix
Elton Matsler
Las Cruces
N. M
LaMar
Edward
Dent
Tollie
Senate subcommittee hears claims of rebates by eye doctors
Lubbock optician J. W. Broome Jr testified that doctors coerced patients to use in-house dispensaries to gain 40 percent referral kickbacks. He cited 1951 rebates totaling 638072.87 and urged reform to protect patient choice and lower costs.
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ED Johnson
Avalanch R—rral
Washington Bureau
Washington
Lubbock
J. W. Broome Jr
Broadway
Senate
Broome
Broome Company
State- Broome Optical Company
Pennsylvania
Clarence T. Eisenhower
Reading
I. B. High
Eisenhower
Dr. High
Hart
High
James T. Lockerman Jr
Danville, Va
Arthur Davies Dies at 85 in Southland
Arthur F. Davies 85 of Southland died Wednesday afternoon at St Marys Hospital. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. today at Southland First Baptist Church with Rev H W Hill and Rev J T Bolding officiating. Burial in Southland Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home Slaton. Survived by six daughters led by Miss Eulalie Davies and two sons Winston and Kenneth. siblings and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Born in Runnels County he moved to Southland in 1900 to farm and ranch.
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Arthur F. Davies
42Nd St
St. Mary's Hospital
Southland First Baptist Church
H. W. Hill
J. T. Bolding
Lubbock First Baptist Church
Southland Cemetery
Williams Funeral Home
Slaton
Runnels County
Davies
Southland
New Home
Kenneth
Ella Wren
Crosby‘ton
Nina Bonine
Bayfield
Colo
Walker
Ernest
Lubbock
Lane Perry
Nara Visa
N.M
Mrs Ramsey Rites Set in Texas Funeral
Services for Mrs. Clifford Ramsey 59 of Aspermont will be at 2 p m today at Bell Seale Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Jerry Spears officiating. Burial follows at Hamilton Cemetery Corsicana under Bell Seale direction. Survivors include husband Clifford Jr daughter and six sisters in Corsicana Mount Enterprise Sacramento and Houston.
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Myrtle Murphy
Addie Bullar
Corsicana
Eula Clifton
8. J. Carney
Mount Enterprise
Ethel Griffin
Sacramento
Calif
Edna. Phillips
Houston
William Rand Kenan Jr Dies at 93 Noted Engineer and Philanthropist
William Rand Kenan Jr aged 93 died at his Lockport home. A UNC graduate in 1894 he helped found an early carbide plant and aided Union Carbide’s formation. He held leadership roles in more than 20 companies and was linked to Florida development projects. He married Alice Mary Pomroy in 1904. she died in 1947.
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Lockport
N.Y
William Rand Kenan Jr
Kenan
Union Carbide Corp
Florida East Coast Railroad
Florida
University of North Carolina
Niagara Falls
Alice Mary Pomroy
Dotson Infant's Rites Slated In City Today
Funeral services for 3 year old Danny Dotson of 1311 E Tulane Sr will be at 2 p m in Emmanuel Baptist Church officiated by Rev Joe Pendleton of Texas City Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park under Rix Funeral Home direction The child died Monday night in Texas Children's Hospital Houston after living with cystic fibrosis since birth Survivors include the parents a brother and both sets of grandparents
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Glen W. Dotson
E. Tulane Sr
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Joe Pendleton
Texas City
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix Funeral Home
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston
Ia Brother
Mrs F M McCuiston Dies After Long Life
Mrs F M Artie McCuiston aged 87 longtime area resident died at 6 40 pm today in a local rest home Arrangements are pending at Rix Funeral Home Survivors include husband and three sons Earl R Lubbock Ray San Jose GA Omer San Francisco four daughters Mrs Howard Erwin 4906 35th St Mrs Ruth Sam Ft Worth Mrs Mildred Ford Sacramento grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren
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Artie
McCuiston
Rix Funeral Home
Ie Hnehand
Earl
Maxey Services Slated In Dallas
Funeral services for Frank L. Maxey 19 of Dallas will be at 11 30 a m today at Lamar and Smith Funeral Home. Burial follows at Laurel Land Memorial Park. Maxey died at 9 15 p m Tuesday after about a year of illness. He was a retired hardware merchant and a member of Temple Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife Billie and five sisters Mabel Keaney Jewel Westbrooke J B Davis Myrtle Cowan all of Dallas and W F Wooldridge of Houston and brother Dr Henry C Maxey of Memphis Tennessee.
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Dallas
JH. M. Maxey
Zenith Ave
Lamar and Smith
Laural Land Memorial Park
Maxey
Temple Baptist Church
Billie
Death of Mrs Carole Laster shocks Lubbock area
Mrs Carole Susan Laster a 24 year old Lubbock woman was found shot to death in her University Garden Apartments unit. A .38 caliber derringer and ammunition were found with the body and a pawn shop record shows a purchase Friday. Detectives noted nitrate on her right hand and an inquest ruled death a personal safety related gunshot wound. The body was sent to Chattanooga Tennessee for funeral arrangements where her parents live. a brother found the body Tuesday morning after her employer reported she failed to report for work Monday. A five year old son was with a babysitter over the weekend.
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Carole Susan Laster
University Garden Apartments
Ave. X
Brother Land
Bill Harcrow
15Th St
The Shepherd and a Cords of Sin Habit Warning
A devotional verse by Julien C Hyer uses biblical imagery to warn about habits as cables that bind us to wrong. It urges readers to check and desist bad practices before it is too late, urging timely reform.
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Holden
Julien C. Hyer
Muleshoe Man Dies in Kansas City Construction Cave-in
Edwin T. Clark, 25, formerly of Muleshoe, died about 2 30 PM Tuesday in Kansas City from a cave-in at a construction site. He was a Baptist Church member and Olney native. Services are at 3 PM today at Northside Church of Christ in Muleshoe. Burial at Larbuddie Cemetery. Surviving wife Mary four daughters Rebecca Gayla Amanda Deanna and a son Mark his parents Roy and Mrs. Clark of Muleshoe three sisters Mrs. Ralph Packard Hereford Mrs. Jimmy Stallings and Mrs. Hal Bynum of Muleshoe and brother Glenn Clark.
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Edwin T. Clark
Kansas City
Clark
The
Baptist Church
Olney
Northside
Church of Christ
Frank Duckworth
Larbuddie Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Mary
Rebecca
Gayla
Amanda
Deanna
Mark
Roy Clark
Ralph Packard
Hereford
Jimmy Stallings
Hal Bynum
Glenn Clark
Mrs Mack 74 longtime resident dies in Brownfield
Mrs. F. M. Mack, 74, longtime Brownfield resident, died at 11 15 a m Wednesday in Brownfield General Hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Friday at Brownfield Church of God, Rev Charles E Prince officiating. Burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Survived by two sons Claude Seminole and Frank Fort Worth a brother Clarence George Alexandria La, 16 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
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F. M. Mack
Brownfield General Hospital
Church of God
Claude
Seminole
Frank
Fort Worth
Clarence George
Alexandria
Nez Perce National Historical Park Found Inhabited 10,000 Years
Archaeological hints show the Nez Perce country in central Idaho has been occupied by humans for at least ten thousand years, as researchers note the area’s early history alongside the newly created Nez Perce National Historical Park.
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Lewiston
Upi
Nez Perce
Nez Perce National Historical Park
Palmer Services Scheduled Today In Hale Center
James Louis Palmer 82, longtime Hale Center resident since 1924, died Monday in Comanche after a long illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. today at Four Square Gospel Church Hale Center with Rev J W Goforth officiating. Burial IOOF Cemetery Hale Center Funeral Home in charge. Survived by three sons, six daughters, a sister, 37 grandchildren and 53 great grandchildren.
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James’ Louis Palmer
Comanché
Tex
Palmer
Hale Center
Decatur
Four ‘Square Gospel Church
J. W. Goforth
Primitive’ Baptist Church
IOOF
Hale Center Funeral Home
G. T. Palmer
Dalhart
H. C
Oregon
J.B
Ceres
Calif
J.P. Henderson
Garland Rice
Millsap
Velma Kayes
Fair Acres
N.M
Garrett List
Long Beach
Dick Rice
Boise
Idaho
Mary Palmer
May
Charley Kent Apple dies at 78 in Hale Center hospital
Charley Kent Apple former Hale Center resident and Ladonia Texas native dies at 5 20 p m Tuesday in Hale Center Hospital. He was a retired farmer and had lived in Hale Center for 25 years. Services set for 4 p m today at Hale Center First Methodist Church with Rev Charles Broadhurst officiating. Burial in Hale Center Cemetery under Hale Center Funeral Home direction. Alma Apple a son L M Apple Hale Center two daughters Mrs Lorene Dodson Kathleen Apple both Hale Center two grandchildren four great pallbearers named Martins Teague LaRoy Morrow George Harrison Bruce Tharp Hoot Gibson Claude Burnett.
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Charley Kent Apple
Lubbock
New Deal
Hale Center
Ladonia
Tex
Apple
First ‘Methodist Church
Charles Broadhurst
First Baptist Church
Hale Center Funeral Home
Alma
L. M. Apple
Lorene Dodson
Kathleen Apple
Martin Teague
LaRoy Morrow
George Harrison
Bruce Tharp
Hoot Gibson
Claude Burnett
Mother of Prominent Texas Journalist Dies in Bangs
Mrs. H. H. Taylor, 79, mother of a Texas journalist active in newspapers TV and radio, died at her Bangs home. Survivors include husband, three sons Ted Taylor of Fort Worth Franze Taylor of Dallas and Archie Taylor of McAllen and daughter Mrs. O. S. Cosby of Memphis. Funeral at Bangs First Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Thursday.
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Bangs
H. H. Taylor
Ted
Fort Worth
Franze
Dallas
Archie
McAllen
O. S. Cosby
Memphis
Tex
Ted Taylor
Amarillo Globe News
Vernon Record
San Antonio
Amarillo
Lubbock
Rio Grande Valley
Bangs First Baptist Church
Mrs Gurta Services Pending Death in Snyder
Mrs Mary Helen Gurta, 62, died late Wednesday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital here. Services will be at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Rev Herman Versall officiating. Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home direction. She is survived by her husband Hernando and daughter Michelia Gurta of El Campo.
Nursing Homes Eye Pending Federal Bill
Houston officials warn staffing shortages may hinder full use of medicare nursing home sections under a new federal law. Dr Francine Jensen says homes with vocational nurses must switch to registered nurses to comply and continue offering mandated care. Many facilities monitor legislative developments for further required changes.
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Houston
UPI
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