Viet Cong Rockets Shell Saigon Amid War Fire
Viet Cong rockets struck Saigon hitting near General Westmoreland’s residence and a hospital in a new barrage aimed at pressuring talks in Paris. Two civilians were killed at Binh Dan Hospital and at least 15 wounded as fires erupted around Tan Son Nhut airbase.
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Saigon
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Paris
Horthy
Westmoreland
Vietnam
Washington
Tan Son Nhut
Binh Dan
Adm
K. I.voth
Three Nation International
Contral Commission
KHL
Gia Dinh
Bao Tri
Gia Binh
Khe Sanh
South
Brown Trial In El Paso Moves Toward Examining Trial
Defense counsel George Gilkerson and Travis Shelton indicated plans to present motions at the examining trial while seeking to preserve the record. District Attorney Allen R. Griffin and Tom Purdeam prepared for trial, with Brown charged in a double homicide after police found his parents’ bodies following a poker night in Lubbock. Bail was set at 25 000 in August 1967, and Brown has remained free on bond. earlier venue changes followed a divorce injunction affecting a key prosecution witness. Pre trial and jury selection extended over three weeks last September.
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Shallowater
George Gilkerson
Defense Cos
Travis Shelton
Allen R. Griffin
Tom Purdeam
Brown
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Mackenzie State Park
Lubbock County
James A. Willis
Ellis
Hunting Road Mishap Claims Life Of 10-Year-Old
A hunting accident near Wolfforth seven miles southeast killed ten year old David Hitt of Lubbock. Investigators say 14-year-old Robert Whit Childers Jr. drove the grain laden pickup that rolled off a dirt road and pinned Hitt. The boy died en route to Methodist Hospital. Services pending at Rix Funeral Home.
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David Hitt
Ami
Oly Ray Hitt
Lubbock
Rt. 4
Methodist Hospital
Robert Whit Childer's Jr
Ted Court
Childers
Witt
Wolfforth
Rix Funeral Home
Anniversary Dinner Planned By TOPS Club
TOPS Club members met Tuesday in Security National Bank under Bishop's presiding. Plans were made for an anniversary dinner at 7 PM Tuesday with the venue to be announced later. Mrs. Barbara Sears was lay queen and Mrs. A L Leonard was runner up. Mrs. George Walden was greatest weight loser for the week.
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Diet Rite Tops Club
Security National Bank
William
Bishop
Barbara Sears
A.L. Leonard
George Walden
Susie Salinas Mistrial In Aggravated Assault Case
In Lamesa 106th District Court jurors deadlocked on penalty after finding Susie Salinas guilty of aggravated assault in the Sept 5 1966 shooting death of Raymond Garza at a Lamesa residence. The mistrial followed about two hours of deliberation.
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Lamesa
Susie Salinas
Lamena
Staneell Clement
Body Of Slain Senator Kennedy Returns For Last Rites
The Kennedy funeral train carried Robert Kennedy to Arlington after a Los Angeles autopsy confirmed a gunshot wound to the brain. In New York crowds mourned as his casket lay in state at the Cathedral and a state funeral was planned.
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Arlington Burial
Airpork
Robert Jikennedy
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Thomas.t. Noguchi
Los Angeles International Airport
Rockies
mid-America
Hudson River
LaGuardia
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Cle
Edward
Cooke
Vietlm
Martin Luther
King
Joseph P. Kennedy
Joseph Jr
Robert Kennedy
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Ambassador ‘Hotel
Eugene J. McCarthy
California
Ethel
Sirhan Bishara- Sirhan
Los Angeles County
Haggard
Pale
Frank Mankiewicz
Sen
Robert
Francis Kennedy
Sen.Kennedy
Stephen Smith
Peter Lawford
John F.kennedy
Mankiewicz
Dallas
John Kennedy
Herbert McKay
É¢Are
Good Samaritan Hospital
Sam Yorty
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Yorty
Ronald Reagan
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Senate
Wilshire Boulevard
Bobye
Tokyo
Moscow
St Mary of Plains Bid Opens for New Hospital
About 150 contractors attended the St Mary of Plains bid opening for a $5 million hospital project in Lubbock Texas. Low bids for construction near 3.6 to 3.8 million were noted with plans to begin work soon and contract signing by June 30 to meet Hill Burton funding deadlines. The 145-bed, 139 000 sq ft facility would be on 15 acres at 22nd Place and Nashville Avenue with completion aimed by July 1970 and potential future expansion to 250 beds.
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Brasher
Padgett
Collier
Hill-Burton
Vin Austin
Lub Hock
Mauren
State Health Department
Ioan
22Nd Place
Nashville Avenue
Mary Hospital
19Th St
Liubbock
Bob
Donald Rapier
Bill Burt
de Eugene McKee
Austin
Texas
Department of Mental Health
C. Nelson
St. Paul, Minn
Birth announcements flood Methodist Hospital records
A stream of birth notices from West Texas area families lists Capt. and Mrs. Lewis, M Fant, Reese Villaze, and many more. Babies arrive weighing from 5 pounds 3 ounces to 8 pounds 7 ounces at Methodist and Laut clinics, with fathers identified as students, bankers, and workers at local firms and bases.
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Lewis. M. Fant
Harmon
Reese Villaze
Methodist
Hos- Pale
Reese Afb
William
Dean Perry
Aula
Erskine
Methodist Hospital
Texas Tech
Ralph Hanson
Tommy
28Th St. On
Deatter
Methodist Hure
Louis
Esola
Keel
Warren
Griffith
Methodist’ Hospital
Medical Center National Bank
Houston
Jerry “Bo Henderson
17Th St
West Texas
The
Lubbock United Fund
Eliverio Acuna
Staton
Laut
Isabell. Vasquez
Laut Clinic
Edwards Body Works
Donald Crawford
Wl Main
Valver Une Oil and Refining’ Co
Manuel
G. Villarreal
Grinnett
Highland, Hospital
State Chemical Co
James Carrol Hahn
2Nd. St
West
Texas Hospital
Tech
Je¢t- Michael
Biggs
West, Texas Hospital
Kennedy family gravesite and Arlington visit amid tragedy
Visitors flocked to Robert Kennedy's gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery as the nation mourned. The day carried extra weight after the assassination of Kennedy's brother, with quotes from mourners and international visitors reflecting shock and reflection. The article also notes Senate confirmation of General Westmoreland as Army chief of staff.
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Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Robert Kennedy
William Ehrenfeld
Port
Charlotte
Fla
Nancy Julian
Pia Mugglin
Verena [Stocker
United States
John Kennedy
Westmoreland
Washington
Senate
Johnson
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Army
Kennedy assassination pretrial court limits noted by officials
California Attorney General Lynch warned Mayor Yorty to limit disclosures about Sirhan Sirhan as a trial approaches. Yorty defended his stance saying background information could not be prejudicial. Sirhan, charged with six counts of attempted murder, awaits grand jury for murder indict ment amid evidence of anti Jewish animus and potential influence from Kennedy Arab policy debate.
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Yorty
Sirhan
Kennedy
Last Sumi
California
Atty
Thomas €. Lynch
Sen
Kenney
U.S. Supreme Court
California Supreme Court
Younger
Public Defender’s Office
Israel
New York Committee On
Marijuana user recalls a “trip to nowhere” experience
A college student recounts first use of marijuana and later experiences including altered time perception, heightened music appreciation, lack of coordination, and possible curiosity about crime. She notes that more use may dull perspective, with some after effects such as headaches and loss of appetite, while medical and law authorities warn about risks.
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ST. Mary OF Plains
Timoteo Trevino
Rt. 2
Osteopathic “Hospital
Santana Gatza
Vernon St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Lubbock Independent
Pauline Warner
LBJ
America
Martin
Luther King
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