Steel wage offer stirs hope to avert nationwide strike
In Pittsburgh the industry tabled a 78 cent package viewed as a 20 cent immediate raise for about 450 000 steel workers with 12 and 13 cent raises in years two and three. Union officials expect a 6 percent rise overall. If agreed by 2 p.m. the pact would be signed before the strike deadline.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Joseph P. Molony
United Steelworkers International
United Steelworkers Union
Molony
Can
USW
L. Abel
Basic Steel Industry
Soviet leaders meet Prague reform chiefs in small town conflict
In Cierna Slovakia near the Soviet border, Soviet and Czechoslovak leaders held a rare late night conference in a rundown cinema to curb reform. Security was heavy as talks centered on a minimal program including curbing free press and broader dismissals of reform initiators.
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Prague
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Cierna
Slovakia
Warsaw
Moscow
Tanjug
Scientists push Congress to probe UFO surveillance theory
University figures including Carl Sagan James McDonald and J Allen Hynek urged Congress to fund a serious UFO inquiry They warned there are enough unexplained sightings to consider the Earth might be under external surveillance and proposed creating a dedicated UFO board for investigations.
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Voiced Press International
Washington
Congress
Earth
Carl Sagan
Cornell University
James E. McDonald
Institute of Atmospheric Physics
University of Arizona
J. Allen Hynek
Northwestern University
Dearborn Observatory
UFO Board of Scientific Inquiry
Lubbock School Board unveils desegregation plan
Lubbock school officials present a desegregation plan to a Dallas federal office as part of ongoing efforts to integrate schools. The report details proposed measures and the political context surrounding district actions.
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Lubbock
Dallas
Costa Rican Volcano Eruption Kills Nine
An eruption of a Costa Rican volcano near San Jose on Monday sent lava and ash over towns 30 miles away and killed nine people in the northwest region. The blast hurled rocks and endangered nearby communities as lava flowed.
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San Jose, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Wayne Davidson Wins Soap Box Derby Championship
Wayne Davidson, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Leon Davidson of 3831 42nd St, won the 21st annual Soap Box Derby on U S 87 near Mackenzie Park with a 31 second run. He earlier posted a 30.5 second time, the fastest in the day, and earned a $500 Savings Bond and trip to Akron for the national finals, sponsored by Snook and Adderton Inc. He defeated Mike Trammell to take the title.
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Wayne Davidson
Lubbock
Davidson
Akron
Ust
Leon Davidson
42Nd St
Larry
U.S. 87
Mackenzie Park
Hill
Ohio
Snook & Adderton, Inc
Mike Trammell
Spon
Derby champions crowned in three-hour elimination heat
Davidson wins Class B for boys 11 12 and Trammel tops Class A Yo 15. Rex Isom and Mike Bizzel finish as runners up, sponsored by Farmers Gin and Abernathy Co-Op respectively. Davidson aims to win again at See page ten.
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Trammel
Rex Isom
Farmers Gin
Mike Bizzel
Abernathy Co-Op
Davidson
Prayer excerpt from Lubbock Reader urging truth and hope
A brief prayer fragment asks guidance to radiate truth love and hope and to direct personal efforts in Thy service as printed in the Lubbock Reader.
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Pather
Perths
Lubbock
Tunnel System Apollo Gets Campus Kept Cool Green Light By Underground
The West Texas campus begins an $884000 tunnel expansion to connect buildings with heating and cooling. Crews dig an eight foot wide trench from the West Texas Museum across campus streets as metal ramps keep traffic moving during this 12 foot excavation.
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Texas Tecieus
West Texas Museum
Tech
Apollo
Mike Read
Avalanche-Journal
Rome
New York
Texas Tech
Fulbright Faces Balloters Today in Arkansas Primary
Sen. J William Fulbright seeks renomination in Arkansas with about 480 400 expected voters. The 63 year old faces charges from Democratic rivals over his Vietnam war stance. He denies aiding communists and says his criticism of Johnson policy redirects funds to Arkansas projects.
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Little Rock
Ark
Cap
J. William Fulbright
Fulbright
Vietnam
Johnson
Arkansas
Pentagon Wins Uplift for 5 Billion Thin ABM Shield
The House approved a $5 billion defense plan for a thin antiballistic missile ABM system. Lawmakers argued rapid development is needed to counter potential intercontinental missiles from Russia or China. The system targets the simpler ICBM threat of the 1970s.
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Washington
Apollo moonship completes second simulated flight mission
CAPE KENNEDY UPI Apollo T moonship finishes its second mock flight with astronauts aboard and closes a two month series of checks. Walter Schirra says the craft is ready for flight and an earth orbit mission of 111 days is planned to start mid October. Stafford Young and Cernan tested nine hours in a vacuum chamber and the spokes man praised the exercise as going very well. The ship will move to its launch pad late next week for further prelaunch testing with the Saturn 1B rocket.
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United Press International
Cape Kennedy
Walter Schirra
Apollo T
Thomas Stafford
John Young
Eugene Cernan
Space Agency
Birth Control Pill Debate Hardens Worldwide Catholic Views
Associated Press reports a pill developer condemns Pope Paul VI encyclical as a tragic mistake while critics doubt Catholic adherence to the ban. In Boston, Dr Hudson Haasland, colleague of Dr Gregory Pincus who helped perfect the pill, weighs in on the controversial influence and potential continued use among Catholics.
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Pope Paul Vis
Boston
Hudson Haasland
Gregory Pincus
Pope encyclical on contraception sparks global debate
Critics warn the pontiff’s ban on contraception threatens millions with starvation as population pressures loom. Supporters and scholars dispute the moral framework, while Catholic figures vary in response to the encyclical’s implications and timing.
New Red Offensive Forecast Near Saigon
U S infantry backed by armor met a large North Vietnamese force nine miles south of Ban Me Thuot as U S command warned of preparations for a third major offensive. An earlier air battle saw Lt Cmdr Guy Cane down a MiG over North Vietnam.
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Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Simiilar
North Vietnam
Cmdr
Guy Cane
New York
Panhandle
Ban Me Thuot
Durlac
Cie Ives
10St Air Cavalry Division
Hue
Anthor
Dumas Girl Dies In Gun Accident
In Dumas an 11 year old girl, Chris Diane Hart, was shot to death when a gun discharged as two other youths tried to disarm each other. Four children were in the home including her twin brother. ages 9 and 7 were also present during the incident.
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Dumas
Chris Diane Hart
Jesse Ortiz
Sheriff's
Investigahart
Weather update for Lubbock area with high near 90s
Fair to partly cloudy day and night with high temperatures in the low 90s and nighttime low around mid 70s. Southerly winds up to 70 mph in portions, with sunrise at 6:38 and sunset near 8:00. Humidity around 43 percent.
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Lubbock
Bares
Diane
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