Johnson Promotes McDivitt White in Space Mission Feat
The article reports President Johnson promoting command pilots James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II to lieutenant colonel after their space mission described as a walk in the heavens with sacred tokens. L. Gordon Cooper Jr. is also mentioned in the same context.
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Associated Press
Ouston
America
Earth
Johnson
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Air Force
McDivitt
White
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
San Antonio
Ed White
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Mission Control i Center
James McDivitt
Edward White
McDuavitt
McDauitt
Robert Seamans
Space Agency
Viet Nam conflict signals grow as Taylor warns of hard fighting
Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor told Congress that Viet Nam faces a critical testing period with a prepared Communist offensive under way. He opposed a formal war declaration while briefing Senate foreign and military leaders before returning to Saigon to assess the new South Vietnamese government under military rule.
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Ashington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Viet Nam
Solons
Taylor
Congress
Johnson
Senate
National Security Council
White House
Saigon
Phan Huy Quat
Washington
Vietnam
Sanderson Texas Flood Kills Dozens and Buoys Evacuation
A 15 foot wall of water devastated Sanderson Texas as at least a dozen residents died and 16 more were missing with 20 injured. Bodies washed from graves and many homes and businesses destroyed along Highway 90. Gov Connally ordered state aid and 250 to 400 people evacuated toward Fort Stockton amid widespread damage and gas leaks.
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Associated Press
Anderson
West
Texas
Eas
Wie Geang
Samerson
Sanderson Canyon
Ethel Johnson
David Johnson
Lou Ann Johnson
Jo Ann Johnson
Rose Ann Johnson
Paul Daniels Johnson
Johnson
Jerry Sellers
Frankie Sellers
Debra Sellers
George Wood
Ricardo Falcon
Elidia Barrera
Sanderson
John Connally
Fort Stockton
Don Renault
McCamey
John Fletcher
Monahans
Renault
C. P. Peavey
Woman evades prison escape as rifle-wielding fugitive fights London police
An attractive 20-year-old woman who escaped from prison in April resisted 22 officers with a rifle for two hours on Friday before she was captured. One policeman was wounded in the standoff.
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London
UPI
Lubbock area spider monkey and missing mate headline
A local firm holds a spider monkey named Adam while its mate Eve remains missing. The item appears on page 11 in Section A with other city notes and classifieds.
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Adam
Eve
Bandits Take $164000 Gold Shipment in Canada Robbery
A five to four man bandit gang robbed the Virginiatown Ontario Northland Rail station of Kerr Addison Ltd gold worth $164,000. They bound agent Tom Tonkin, fled by car and possibly used a seaplane. The heist near Lake Virginiatown occurred at 3 PM CST and is described as professional.
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Canada
Virginiatown
iPolice
Kerr Adkiison Ltd
C. Yule
Tom Tonkin
Larder Lake
Tonkin
City restores tax assessment ratio to 66 2/3 percent
Lubbock city government, citing time limits and potential confusion, votes to revert to a 66 2/3 percent market value assessment ratio for 1965 tax rolls. Mayor Pro Tem Gene Alderson announces the move after a telephone poll as three council members are away.
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Ubbock
Gene Alderson
Lubbock Independent School
Pewee Maen EN Ek
Uruwing OnUee Wat
Max Tidmore
Alderson
Prayer asks guidance and strength for the day
A religious prayer from Morris Gates of Lubbock thanks God for creation and asks for guidance and protection. The editor invites readers to submit prayers limited to six words.
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Father
Morris Gates
Lubbock
Beatles receive MBEs in Queen's Birthday Honors
The Beatles are named MBEs in the queen's birthday honors list issued under Prime Minister Harold Wilson. John Lennon Ringo Starr Paul McCartney and George Harrison are among show business recipients. other honorees include Felix Aylmer Violet Carson Jack Warner and Frankie Vaughan. The list reflects a broader sweep of entertainment figures.
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London
Order of the British Empire
M.B.E
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Yorkshire
Liverpool
Felix Aylmer
Frankie Vaughan
Violet Carson
Jack Warmer
John Lennon
Ringo Starr
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Plainview Flood Forces Evacuations and Roads Closed
Floodwaters from Thursday's deluge inundated Plainview trapping residents and flooding low areas along Running Water Draw. Water reached near 49 inches in places as Highway 70 and Broadway flooded, with traffic detoured and Joliet Avenue bridge approaches demolished to prevent risk. Hale Center tornado toll rises to five with ten year old Guadalupe Plasencio dying in Lubbock.
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Ken Estes
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Runnoff
Plainview
Deaf Smith
Castro
Pinavien
Ith
Hale County
Hale Center
Guadlupe Plasencio
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Orton
Broadway
Joliet Ave
Eliot Leaves Wife Estate Worth Over 120000
American born poet T. S. Eliot left his wife a British estate valued over 120000 after taxes, the will showed Friday.
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London
UPI
T. S. Eliot
Britain
Kansas farm youth surrenders in bank robbery case
Duane Earl Pope, 22, the Kansas farm youth blamed for the Big Springs Nebraska bank holdup death toll, gave himself up in Kansas City saying he was tired of running. He faces federal bank robbery charges with bond set at 100000 after detectives retrieved him from the State Hotel.
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Board of Equalization
United Press International
Ansas City
Duane Earl Pope
Kansas Farm
Farmers State Bank
Big Springs
Neb
Pope
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Nev
State
D. W. Butitinger
McPherson
Kan.) College
Weather Map Page 12-A Lubbock and Vicinity Forecast
Vari able cloudiness and warmer today and tonight with isolated thundershowers. Highs near the mid 80s, low around 60. Light westerly winds. Tonight low around 60. Sun rises 7:58. Humidity near 99 percent, calmer at midnight. Precipitation outlook by region includes Amarillo and surrounding areas.
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Witatee
Amarillo
Okla
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
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