Speller Patty Bradley Advances in National Bee rounds
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal spelling champion Patty Bradley survives seven rounds at the national spelling bee. She leaves the Mayflower Hotel in the Grand Ballroom amid tension and remains among the top 35 spellers returning for the morning session. She spells acerbity educe and obviate with brief hesitation and explains a mix up with adduce.
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Opal Dixon
Patty
Lubbock
Avalanche- Journal
Ranch Life on a 0 006 acre Frontier by Jay Harris
Avatasehe-Journal staff reports from a rural King County ranch near Guthrie. R. B. Masterson asserts local independence saying out here it is still Gods time as his guests discuss schedules and neighborly scrutiny amid the spread shadowed by larger nearby ranches like Four Sixes and Pitchfork. See RANCH LIFE Page 23.
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Avatasehe-Journal
U J
R. B
Bob
Guthlrie
King County
Ranch Life
Johnson No Vote Boosts Debt Limit Faces Narrow Setback
The House rejected President Johnson's request to raise the Treasury borrowing authority by 29 billion dollars in a 210 to 197 vote. If Congress does not act by June 36, the debt limit drops to 285 billion, risking an inability to pay bills. Republicans and conservative Democrats joined to oppose higher spending, citing a credibility gap in budget projections.
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House
Johnson
Treasury
Greoup
Congress
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Vietnam
Republic
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Mo
Jon
Prayerful Aims Echo Through Generations
A reader reflects on life stages through a blessing for children youth middle age and old age invoking timeless faith and calm guidance for all ages.
Dorothy Parker Dies at 74 Poet and Critic Remembered
Dorothy Parker, renowned poet short story writer and critic, died Wednesday at age 74. The Associated Press notes her wit and versatility naming her best known for the quip about women in glasses and her Broadway reviews.
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Dorothy Parker
Nena
Katherine Hepburn
Broadway
Miss Parker
Officers Selected Metropolitan Unit Forms In County
Lubbock County Judge Rodrick L. Shaw was elected president of the Lubbock Metropolitan Council of Governments at a formal organizational meeting. The executive committee includes Mayor W D Rogers Jr as vice president, County Commissioner Arch Lamb as secretary, and Idalou Mayor Frank Guess as treasurer. A preliminary four month budget of 10 000 was approved until the council’s regular fiscal year begins.
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Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock
Rodrick L. Shaw
Lubbock Metropolitan
VEU
W.D. “Dub” Rogers Jr
Lubbock
Arch Lamb
Idaiou
Frank Guess
Mexican President Lopez Mateos Improves Slightly in Coma
Mexico City report states former President Adolfo Lopez Mateos remains unconscious but shows slight improvement as he recovers from a coma. Dr Manuel Velasco Suarez of the National Institute of Neurology confirms the limited progress. Lopez Mateos led Mexico from 1938 to 1964.
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Mexico City
Cap
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Manuel Velasco Suarez
National Institute of Neurology
Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Cairo Pledges To Fight On
The Associated Press reports Egypt vowed to carry on the fight amid three days of combat and a cease-fire with Jordan, while Israel announced gains across Sinai and occupied Old Jerusalem Bethlehem and Jericho as U N calls prompted a partial halt. Egyptian leaders claimed reverses in Sinai but insisted the defense line holds, as Israeli forces declared control of areas along the Suez Canal and Jordanian frontier.
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Jordan
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Jericho
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Red Sea
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Anaba
Sharm Él Sheikh Heights
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Midway
Suez Canal
Cairo
Sinai
Itzhak Rabin
Tel Aviv
Fast Change Faces Arabs See Humiliation
Arabs view Israel's swift defeats as a turning point. The article notes U S and British support for Israel, Soviet limits, and France's relatively unscathed position, signaling shifts in Middle East power dynamics and possible upheaval against Gamal Abdel Nasser.
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William L. Ryan
Associated Press
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London
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Britain
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U.S
Israel
France
Weather Today for Lubbock and Vicinity
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies today and tonight with a high in the low 90s and a low near 60. Winds are variable but mainly west and northwest at 15 to 25 mph today, diminishing somewhat tonight.
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