IRS Chief Endorses Liberal Sideburn Deductions
AUSTIN district IRS director Robert L. Phinney advised male employees to allow longer sideburns and later said short or medium sideburns provoke less unfavorable reaction from taxpayers. He cited psychological reasons to ban extreme styles, noting no backlash in a week.
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United Press International
Austin
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Robert L. Phinney
Phinney
Internal Revenue
U S Forces Push Back Vietcong Near Saigon
U S troops with rocket firing helicopters and artillery drove two North Vietnamese units from northern approaches to Saigon. Three Americans were killed and 50 wounded as Vietcong forces retreated after nine hours of fighting in two Bong Do and near Saigon areas. North Vietnamese losses counted at 29 dead on one battlefield and one on another. U S sources warned of a well equipped North Vietnamese division threatening Dak To, a major base in the Central Highlands. B52 strikes dropped 250 tons near Dak To with follow up raids. The 1st Air Cavalry reported heavy fighting near Bong Do with 250 plus enemy held in bunkers. One U S soldier and 12 wounded on the Saigon flank as the clash endured.
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United Press International
Saigon
U.S
Bong Do
Dak To
Dak
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry
Vietnam
Texas lawmakers adjourn 61st Legislature amid budget battle
The 61st Texas Legislature adjourned sine die after passage of minimum wage and teacher pay bills amid controversy over a $2.84 billion one year budget. Gov. Preston Smith signaled a study period ahead as he weighs a possible summer special session to replace the plan. Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes praised the Senate record and Murray Watson of Waco was named Senate president pro tem.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
House
Gus Mutscher
Ben Barnes
Senate
Barnes
Mutscher
Capitol
Preston Smith
Murray Watson
Waco
Smith
Bill
Pro battered sentences form after court pleas
Three women received probationary sentences following court pleas in Lubbock. The brief item notes their probation outcomes and underlying pleas as part of a regional court roundup.
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Lubbock
Area
Prayer for stillness to hear gods word in reading
A devotional prayer asks the Loving Father to grant quiet to listen while reading the holy word. The reader seeks a chance for God's voice to speak through scripture.
Tech Gains Costume Collection From Mexico
Texas Tech acquires the Cordry Collection of 65 Mexican Indian costumes with complete outfits and accessories plus a 3,000 photograph Cordry collection. The items, including about 500 color photos, will be housed at the West Texas Museum and shown in ICASALS-Museum programs.
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Mexico
West Texas Museum
Vickie Lane
Tech
Wilson
Texas Tech
Grover E. Murray
Lubbock Institution
F. Earl Green
Space party at Paris Air Show brings US and Soviet cosmonauts together
Three US astronauts James A McDivitt David R Scott and Russell Schweickart plus two Soviet cosmonauts Vladimir Shatalov Alexei Yelisyev welcomed at the American pavilion for drinks and talks amid hands shakes and toasts. The group toured spacecraft and joked about privacy as they mingled with officials and wives before moving to the Soviet pavilion.
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Associated
Presa
Paris
U.S
James A. MecDivitt
David R Scott
Russell Schweickart
Vladimir Shakalov
Alexei Yeliseyev
Shakalov
Star Village
McDivitt
See Space Party
Spacemen
James McDivitt
David Scott
Alexei Teliseyev
Two Navy ships collide in South China Sea wreckage and rescue
In pre-dawn maneuvers off the Philippines two SEATO vessels, the U S S Frank E Evans and HMAS Melbourne, collided 750 miles southwest of Manila. Evans sank forward section. Melbourne sustained damage but no casualties. 216 sailors were rescued, 1 dead, 56 unaccounted. Evans skipper Cmdr A S McLemore survived.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Pearl Harbor
U.S
South China Sea
Navy
U.S.S
H.M.A.S. Melbourne
Melbourne
Manila
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
U.S. Navy
Evans
U.S.S. Kearsarge
Cmdr
AS. McLemore
Long Beach
Calif
John G. Stevenson
John Gorton
SEATO
James
S. Eyes
Everett E. Larson
Cleopatra
Blackpool
Spelling Bee contender Nyla Medlock tours Washington
Lorenzo's Nyla Medlock, the South Plains finalist, toured Washington landmarks with her mother and Avalanche-Journal rep, including the Smithsonian and Capitol lunch with Rep. George Mahon. She heads to the National Spelling Bee at the Mayflower Hotel after a concluding Capitol tour.
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Naomi Caddel
Avalanche-Journal
Washington
Lorenzo
Nyla Medlock
South Plains
Miss Medlock
Melinda Gilbreath
49Th St
Janet
Nyla
Man Slain and Wife Wounded in New York Shooting
A 33 year old man Nils Burdine was killed at his home while his wife Sandra Burdine 26 was wounded in the head and treated at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. The couple have a five year old son and police investigated the scene at 2204 9th St. The husband was found with a 45 caliber Army pistol nearby.
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Don Williams
Avalanche-Journal
Nils Burdine
Sandra Burdine
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Henderson
9Th St. Burdine
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Burdine
Frank Tittle
Max M. Stettner
Burdines
Seeman
Degree for Free May Irk Grads
Thomas Hart Benton, an 80 year old Missouri muralist, was awarded an honorary degree by Rockhurst College in Kansas City. He quipped that graduates deserve recognition after years of work and humorously lamented others receiving degrees for free.
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Kansas City
Thomas Hart Benton
Missouri
Rockhurst College
Marion execution stay may last 18 months in Texas
Marion, a former Midland fry cook awaiting pre-dawn execution, received a federal stay for a habeas corpus review. Judge Hall Woodward ordered the delay to assess alleged unconstitutional procedures from his 1964 trial, suggesting appeals could stretch the timeline for up to 18 months.
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United Press International
Amarill O
James Lee
Marion
Amarillo
Hall Woodward
US. District Court
Midland Fry Cook
U.S
Texas
Lubbock
Dist
Blair Cherry
US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
US Supreme Court
Cherry
Weather Map Page 12 A Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance for thunderstorms late today and tonight. Warmer with a high in the mid 80s and a low in the upper 50s. Quiet overnight readings show morning low 78 around dawn and mid 70s by afternoon. Regional temps extend across Abilene Albuquerque Houston Okla City Dallas and surrounding areas with variable humidity.
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Olla
Abilene Tol Beaver
Albuquerque
el Paso
Houston
Chives
Okla City
Deilas
Falls
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