Five Die in Blast at Ohio Explosives Plant
An explosion at the Austin Powder Co. plant in Carthur Ohio killed five workers who had begun their shift about 15 minutes earlier. The 28 by 28 foot blast site housed jellied explosive production and the cause remains unknown. Names identified include Arvin Caudill Glen Pendleton and Duane Lowe with two others reported dead though not located. The plant has a long history of blasts with 250 employees.
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Carthur
Ohio
Austin Powder Co
Arvin Caudill
Creola
Glen W. Pendleton
Radcliff
Duane Lowe
Athens
Oliver Risner
McArthur
Pearley Seymour
Dundas
Red Diamond
Zaleski
Two More Buddhist Nuns Die In Self Immolations
The Associated Press reports two more Buddhist nuns burned themselves to death in Vietnam, the seventh and eighth this week, as protests widen against the military government in Saigon and Hue. In Nha Trang and Hanoi, Nu Bao Luan and Dieu Ky died amid letters denouncing troop movements. U.S. officials watch the crisis while Thich Tri Quang threatens a boycott of elections due this year.
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Aigon
South Viet Nam
Diem
Nha Trang
Saigon
Thich
No Bao Luan
Nu Bao Luan
Hue
Dieu Ky
U.S
Thich Tri Quang
Spotlight On Martin Spears Race In Texas Runoff
In a 33 county sweep, light turnout expected as Democrats vote in a runoff between attorney general candidates Crawford Martin and Franklin Spears. Lubbock County polls open 7 am to 7 pm with district 76 race Elmer Tarbox vs Bill Gillespie. Legislative runoffs include two State Senate and 22 House races. Local races and county contests dot the South Plains with many counties unscheduled for runoffs.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Texas
Crawford Martin
Franklin Spears
Lubbock County
Elmer Tarbox
Bill Gillespie
Martin
Spears
Galloway Calhoun
Calhoun
Marlin
John Connally
Senate
Lubbock
Lubbock area board meets on Texas Water Plan
A Texas Water Development Board meeting in Lubbock will consider the proposed Texas Water Plan as city pages indicate. The notice also mentions that many Lubbock public school teachers will take on student roles this summer.
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Texas Water Development Board
Lubbock Public
Governors Group asserts states must play major role in auto safety
A report on page 12 states the Governors Group argues for significant state involvement in shaping a national auto safety program. The article highlights calls for coordinated standards and enforcement at the state level to improve vehicle safety nationwide.
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Governors Group
Ford Leads May Auto Sales While Big Rivals Fall
Ford Motor Co. posted higher May sales than 1965, but General Motors Chrysler and American Motors all lagged the prior year. Total industry auto sales reached 692,805 vs 772,063 a year earlier, marking the second straight drop blamed in part on the auto safety issue. Ford 212,169 vs 204,632. Chrysler 115,367 vs 121,021. American Motors 21,470 vs 32,085. GM 343,799 vs 414,328.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
Ford
Amer. Motors
Gen. Motors
Prayer Note for Mrs Amos Pate of Littlefield
A daily prayer praising the Holy Father and hopeful trust in divine promises. The message marks Mrs Amos Pate of Littlefield as the focus of the tribute and devotion.
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Holy Father
Amos Pate
Littlefield
Woman with Shotgun Halts Phone Cable Work in New York
Beatrice Gallo, a 45 year old mother of three, confronted a telephone crew with a loaded shotgun and binoculars near her home in Schenectady Springs New York, forcing them to retreat after she refused a right of way. The incident occurred as workers attempted to install underground cable on her front lawn. The Associated Press quote her saying she had a right to protect what is hers.
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Teld Springs
N.Y
Beatrice Gallo
New York
Associated Press
CAB Proposal Move Could Boost City Air Service
The Civil Aeronautics Board examiner recommends Lubbock receive direct service to New Orleans via Dallas with Braniff International and joint service to Seattle via Denver with Braniff and Continental. The decision, releasing in Washington, could be appealed, likely delaying final action. City officials hail the potential, noting a decade of effort for improved air links.
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Avalanche-Journal News
Dallas
New Orleans
Denver
Seattle
Civil Aeronautics Board
United States
Mahon
Lubbock
U.S
George Mahon
Washington, D.C
Braniff International
Braniff
Continental Airlines
Salt Lake City
Portand
Ore
Ross I. Newmann
CAB
Newmann
City Aviation
Ed Colby
Gemini 9 Astronauts Chase Docking Shield Dilemma
Gemini 9 flight directors weigh a space walk to remove a shield from the target satellite after a failed sealing job. Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford race to rendezvous while planning a risky maneuver and a planned record around the world voyage.
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Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Alvin B. Webb Jr. Ouston
UPI
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Gemini 9
Cernan
Manned Space Center
Ine Vanelurs
Cape Kennedy
Mission Control
Hawaii
Stafford
Gemini
Shroud design blamed in Gemini 9 failure
APE reports engineers may have goofed on the separation procedure for the shroud that failed to disengage from the Gemini 9 ATDA target. Seventy prior shrouds worked, flight controller Eugene Kranz said the ATDA separated after boost during zero G.
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Associated Press
Kennedy
Douglas Aircraft Co
Oan
Gemini
Eugene Kranz
Kranz
ATDA
Ruby sanity hearing set for June 13 in Texas
Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black refused to block the Texas sanity hearing to decide if Ruby, under death sentence for the Oswald murder, is sane enough to choose his own attorneys. The hearing, ordered by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, was opposed by Ruby’s New York attorney Kunstler who sought a stay.
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United Press International
Ashington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black Friday
Black Ruby
Black
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
Rees
Hyattsville
Courts of
Texas
Weather map page reports warm, partly cloudy day
Lubbock and vicinity forecast shows partly cloudy and warm conditions today and tonight with a chance of isolated afternoon and evening thunder showers. High near 110, low around 60s, southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Humidity around 50 percent at midnight with higher daytime levels.
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Lubbock
el Paso
Albuque
Houston
Amarillo
Okla Ciy
Dallas
Boswell
Denver
Beck W. Ralls
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Cmdr
Nassau Bay
Jesse Young
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Gillespie
Lubbock, Area
Michigan
Billy Graham
London
RED China
Mao Tze-tung
Surveyor
Comic Dictionary
Ford Car Sales
Move
Gemini Control
Holland
William N. Kunstler
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