Thunderstorms cause flood damage across South Plains
Strong storms lashed the South Plains with tornadic winds hail and heavy rain. Flooding washed out a bridge and water line cutting Post supply from White River Dam. Power lines fell disrupting water service to Crosbyton and Ralls. Water was trucked in as officials warned to conserve.
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Ab Don Vandivervalanche-Journal
South Plains
Caprock
Tulia
High Plains
Salt Fork
Brazos
Brats Wt Pam Ae Bet Uta Ease Breis
White River Municipal Water District
al O'Brien
Water District
Manly
White River
White River Lake
Crosbyton -and- Ralls
Ralls
Post
Southland
Extradition Move Gathers Speed For James Earl Ray
In London US officials push to return James Earl Ray to the United States after talks with British authorities. Vinson met with Scotland Yard leaders and Cannon Row police to press extradition under a treaty process that could take two to three weeks or longer with possible legal challenges. Ray, 40, is held on charges from Heathrow and a firearms incident, with potential federal and Tennessee murder considerations.
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London
U.S
Fred O M. Vinson
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
United States
Vinson
Ray
Beltish
Cannon Row
Bow Street
Heathrow
Yard
Vingon
Scotland ‘Yard
Thomas Butler
Britain
Kenneth Thomson
Vin‘son
King
Tennessee
Memphis
Phil M. Canale
Shelby County
Arest
Grocer from Jordan Slain in Chicago Store Killing
Abder Rayyan, a 55 year old Jordanian grocer and father of nine, was shot in the head while bending over a vegetable bin in his Chicago store. Police linked the slaying to possible revenge for Senator Kennedy's assassination. two men entered silently, one fired twice, then fled. The daughter Zuhdeia, 22, witnessed the shooting.
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Chicago
United States
Jordan
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Abder Rayyan
Zuhdeia
Rayyan
El Paso Jury Selection Begins in Brown Murder Trial
Brown, 26, salutatorian and former Texas Tech student, goes on trial in Ward's 34th District Court for the murder of his parents at their Shallo water farm. Investigators say Brown found the bodies about 3 30 a m on April 18 1967. Robbery ruled out. no break in. Jury selection to start at 9 a m. defense motions denied.
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EL Paso
Dolphus Jack Brown
Shallowater High School
William E. Ward
34Th District Court
Ward
Brown
Texas Tech
Lubbock
D. J
Buzz) Brown
Shallowater
South Plains
Viet Cong Rockets Pound Saigon as War Stages Renewed Attacks
Viet Cong launched renewed rocket barrages into central Saigon injuring civilians and prompting U S air raids. 10 dead and 33 wounded as rockets hit near Vien Hoa Dao and Free World Military Assistance Command sites. American planes downed with three crew rescued. air force targets and SAM sites noted above the DMZ.
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Saigon
Vien Hoa Dao
U.S
Free World Military Assistance Command
New Zealand
Thailand
Vietnam
U.S. Command
U.S. Air Force
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Farwell Country Club Opens New $115000 Layout
Lubbock area reports the Farwell Country Club unveils a complete facility including a club house swimming pool and a nine hole golf course at a total cost of 115000 dollars. Memorial services for Senator Robert F Kennedy are noted with views on assassination as a societal sickness. Congress to weigh issues including dirty tricks chickens sonic booms space and poverty marches this week. Parallel drawings compare assassinations of President Kennedy and Senator Kennedy.
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Farwell Country Club
Quote from Arthur Goldberg on Robert Kennedy's vision
A brief inspirational line urging living for humanity toward a newer and better world as envisioned by Robert Kennedy. The quotation credits Arthur J. Goldberg and references Kennedy's aspiration for social progress.
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Robert Kennedy
Arthur J. Goldberg
Thousands File Past Kennedy Grave in Arlington Heat
Thousands filed past the newly sodded grave of Robert F Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery as heat and humidity surged. By mid afternoon about 100 000 had paid respects with Ethel Kennedy and Joseph Kennedy Jr among mourners and President Johnson declaring a day of mourning.
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Irena Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Arlington. National Cemetery
Potomac River
Kennedy
Ethel
Joseph
John F. Kennedy
Lee Radziwill
Johnson
Los Angeles
White House
Robert Kennedy
John Kennedy
Rockefeller to Speak at Allegheny College Security Test
Gov Rockefeller faces security test as he plans a commencement address at Allegheny College Meadville Pennsylvania. Secret Service assigns agents to major candidates after Kennedy assassination and local police and college detectives prepare traffic control and crowd management. Governor Shafer attends with ties to Rockefeller and delivery uncertain on political timing.
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Associated Preas
Meadville
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Secret Service
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Allegheny College
Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Shafer
Shafer
Allegheny
Bentley, Hall
Tito Promises Reforms as Yugoslav Students Return
Belgrade Yugoslav President Tito in a 20 minute nationwide address blamed himself and the Communist party for student unrest. He vowed to resign if reforms were not met and urged Belgrade University students to return to study. Students accepted his guarantees and left the occupied buildings.
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Belgrade
UPI
Josip Broz
Tito
Communist Party
Westmoreland bids troops farewell from Vietnam tour
General William C Westmoreland ends his 44 year command and leaves the war zone with a heavy heart saying Allied forces decisively defeated the enemy He visited Da Nang Phu Bai and the Enterprise carrier before departing to become Army chief of staff at the Pentagon He acknowledged possible changes but declined to discuss specifics publicly
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United Press International
DA Nang
South Vietnam
William O. Westmoreland
U. S
Westmoreland
Pentagon
U.S. Marine
Provisional Corps
Phu Bai
Enterprise
Gulf of Tonkin
Egea
Khe Sanh
Quang Tri
Thu
Thien
Khe
Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Thua Thien
Crash Kills City Woman. Husband Hurt Near U S 82
A 65 year old retired Lubbock teacher, Ioie Mills Bradshaw, was killed in a two car rear end collision about 4 p.m. Sunday four miles east of there on U.S. 82. Her husband C. D. Bradshaw, 78, was treated and released. Delbert Lee Bass of Dallas drove the other car. both cars were eastbound and the Bradshaw vehicle overturned. Services are pending at Rix Funeral Home. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Richard Swantz of Lubbock and Mrs Patsy King of Post, plus eight grandchildren.
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Benjamin
Lubbock
U.S
Justice of the Peace
Billy Montgomery
Ioie Mills Bradshaw
Knox County Hospital
C. D. Bradshaw
4Th St
Billy Lusk
Knox City
Bradshaw
Aunt Hank the Skilful Teacher on a Frontier Mail Run
A fragment from a 19th century Caprock mail run recalls Aunt Hank Elizabeth Smith dubbed the woman of the Rock House. The Colorado City route carried a postal inspector among passengers and steadied through gusty winds toward Mount Blanco and Blanco Canyon.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Caprock
Blanco
Canyon
Crosbyton
Wis
Docekum
Mount Blanco
Hank
Elizabeth
Smith
Rock House
Hank ‘Smith
Pion
Colorado City
Pirates Loot Treasure Ship in Florida Robbery
In Fort Lauderdale three youths boarded the Treasure Ship Inc vessel at the pier and robbed display cases of rare coins valued at about 70 900 dollars. A royal gold doubloon worth 25 000 dollars was recovered on a road. one guard was bound and robbed by the assailants who fled after about 30 minutes. Police recovered 28000 dollars in coins nearby or on a juvenile suspect. The theft uses the companys 4 2 million treasure stock from Vero Beach for replacements.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Treasure Ship Inc
Florida
William Frank Stephaniak
Stephaniak
Vero Beach
Weather: Partly cloudy and humid with possible thunderstorms
Partly cloudy and humid in Lubbock and vicinity with a chance of thunderstorms today and tonight. Highs in the 80s, lows around 60, moderate south easterly winds expected.
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Lubbock
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