Governors Back LBJ Policy as States Rally Support
Governors nationwide including Michigan’s George Romney voiced support for Johnson’s Vietnam policy after briefings. Romney said additional information shifted him to back actions sending more troops and expanding draft calls, while Oregon’s Mark Hatfield urged patience and fuller briefing. Texas Governor Connally stressed no pullout and warned against using hydrogen bombs.
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Merriman Smith
Washington
UPI
Johnson
George Romney
Michigan
Oregon
Mark Hatfield
Romney
Minneapolis
South Viet Nam
South
Viet Nam
Texas
John Connally
Connally
U. S
LBJ
Hatfield
United States
United Nations
Buford Ellington
See
Texas Tech Doctor to Retire This Saturday
Dr Embree R Rose a noted Texas Tech physician will retire this Saturday according to the paper. The note appears in Page 1 Section E of the publication.
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Texas Tech
Embree R. Rose
Compromise Figures Set On Shopping Center Taxes
Diekemper announces a policy changing Lubbock shopping center appraisals. The 4 percent hike raises overall values below the Ehrenborg Co. estimates, with new square foot figures contrasting 75 cents vs 56 cents. Page 8.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
AY Diekemper
Board of Equalization
Lubbock
Ehrenberg
Diekemper
Eric Ehrenborg Co
Dallas
Ehrenborg
Auto Surety Rate Debate at Austin Hearing
Insurance industry spokesmen and Texas regulators defended a 13.4 percent auto coverage rate hike as necessary due to rising claim costs. Labor leaders Hank Brown and Roy Evans, represented by Bert Bader and Sam Houston Clinton Jr., argued the board overestimates expenses and should consider investment income in rate setting. The board uses a formula allocating 63 percent of premiums to claims, 6 percent to general expenses, and 5 percent for profit. The increase takes effect Sunday.
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Sam Houston Clinton Jr
Austin
Brown and Evans
Clinton
Bader
Miss Texas prelims crown Abilene and Plano entrants
In Fort Worth the second round of Miss Texas preliminary competition named Linda Jo Taylor Miss Abilene as swimsuit winner and Darle Marie San Filippo Miss Plano as top talent contestant. A record 66 entrants participate as third round unfolds tonight ahead of Saturday's Miss Texas 1965 result.
Welch Foundation grants million to Texas Tech chemistry chair
A $1 million endowment from the Robert A. Welch Foundation of Houston will fund a professorship in chemistry at Texas Tech. The gift, the largest in Tech history, will support a distinguished professor's salary and research, with annual income of $40,000 to $60,000. A national search will begin for the Welch professor to raise Tech's stature and aid future facilities, including a chemical research building.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
Robert A. Welch Foundation of
Houston
Tech
Joe Dennis
R. C. Goodwin
Dennis
Goodwin
Welch Foundation
Welch
See Tech
Quebec Sheriff and 11 Prison Officers Suspended
The sheriff of Quebec and 11 officers at the city prison were suspended as authorities crack down on a wave of prison escapes, an action that has embarrassed officials from Quebec City to Ottawa.
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Quebec City
Quebec
UPT
Ottawa
Bold escape From East Germany To West Berlin by Cable
An East German economist Heinz Holzapfel his wife Jutta and their 9 year old son Guenter crossed from East to West Berlin using a home made cable from the roof of the House of Ministries. They were aided by people in West Berlin. the wife was slightly hurt in the descent.
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Associated Press
Erlin
West Berlin
House of Ministries
Willie Stoph
East
Heinz Holzapf
Jutta
Guenter
Heinz Holzapfel
Mars Photos Reveal Barrens Surface Daring Landing Feasible
Mars shown by the Mariner 4 mission appears cratered and moonlike with no Earthlike features. NASA administrator James Webb says the images do not rule out landing Mars with manned or unmanned craft. President Johnson attended the White House ceremony where project directors were honored.
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Associated Press
Jashington
Mars
Earth
Mariner 4
Amantio Sten Oniad Mani
Space Agency
James Webb
White House
Johnson
NASA Headquar ters Prayer and Mars Photo Find
A church prayer note thanks God for guidance and mentions NASA headquarters. The article references 18 new Mariner photographs taken July 14 proving Earth’s special status and directs readers to Mars Photos on page 8.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mariner
Planet Earth
Mars
Taylor Ends Saigon Stay
Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor concluded his Saigon visit after welcoming the 101st Airborne Division back to Vietnam. He expressed optimism about the mission and prepared to depart for Hawaii with his son Captain Thomas Taylor. Deputy A Alexis Johnson will run the embassy until Lodge arrives.
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United Press International
AIGON
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Hawaii
Taylor
Defense Department
Honolulu
Washington
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
A. Alexis Johnson
Viet Nam
Screaming Eagles
101St Division
Thomas Taylor
101St
Cam Ran Bay
Saigon
Plains Cotton Growers adopt 1965 66 budget
Plains Cotton Growers Inc. approved a 1965 66 budget of 261 500 for promotion and protection of High Plains cotton producers. The 23 county group cited lower income from last year’s crop and trimmed the budget from 319 900, with 40 000 for agricultural research and 35 000 for cotton advertising.
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Plains
Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
High Plains
Congress
Lome Donald A. Johnson
PCG
Jcrop
Johnson
Weather Map Page 7-A Lubbock and Vicinity Summary
Clear to partly cloudy and warmer today and Saturday. High near 90, low mid 60s, southeasterly winds. Temperature readings include 1 pm 82, 5 pm 87, 9 pm 68. Observed humidity 42 percent minimum, 92 percent maximum. 24 hour precip totals show values in several cities, with Abilene 0.76 and Dallas 0.93.
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Abilene
el Paso
Albuquerque
Houston
Amarillo
GS Okla
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
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