At a Glance OYA Hie VT in Lubbock zoning meets today
City notes show nursery requests due for airing at the Zoning Board of Adjustments meeting in Lubbock. Other items mention Lubbock Lake Site study as a major tourist attraction and state and national news including a retired Air Force captain charged with threatening to kill the President and Senate actions on debt and health warnings on cigarettes.
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Lubbock
Zoning Board of Adjustments
AIR Force
Johnson
U S to Increase Viet Nam Troops by Up to Twenty Thousand
Secretary Mc Namara announced a new deployment adding 16 000 to 21 000 U S troops to South Vietnam bringing total forces to about 70 000 to 75 000 with roughly 20 000 ground fighters. He outlined creation of an Air Mobile Division with 15 787 personnel and extensive helicopter support.
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Associated Press
Jashington
Sec. of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
U. S
Viet Nam
McNamara
Pentagon
Dominican Republic
South
Valley farmers win first 1965 cotton bale prize
Carroll Crowe and son Bill won 2500 dollars for their 452 pound bale on a 50 acre tract east of Brownsville after about 50 laborers picked the first 1965 bale in Rio Grande Valley under 100 degree heat. The contest was sponsored by the Harlingen Chamber of Commerce. Nuclear test note follows.
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Brownsville
UPI
Rio Grande Valley
Carroll Crowe
Bill
Harlingen Chamber of Commerce
Tornadoes and Floods Ravage Colorado Across Denver Area
Severe weather struck Colorado with nine tornadoes and flash floods sweeping central and southern regions. Rivers rose to 20 feet near Denver, bridges and homes were destroyed, and at least one person died with five injured. Thousands evacuated as authorities opened shelters in schools and churches.
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South Platte
Denver
Colorado
John A. Love
Reds
Colorado’ Rockies
Palmer Lake
Castle Rock
U. S. 87
Colorado Springs
Centennial Racetrack
Denver Union Station
American Red Cross
U.S. Air Force Academy
Plum Creek
Louviers
Sedalia
Air Force
Johnson signs wage excise tax bill amid Senate approval
The Senate and House conferees approve a 4.6 billion dollar tax cut plan with staged effects starting after the president signs. Auto tax trimmed by 1 percent with funds staying in general revenues rather than earmarked for junkyards. Gov Connally signs a separate judicial district bill creating three new courts in Lubbock Dallas El Paso and Tarrant counties.
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Senate
Ashington
Sena el
Russell B. Long
D-Ladynesday
Johnson
House
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Sears
Paul H. Douglas
Ill
Nstead
Treasury General Revenue
Congress
Highway Trust Fund
Associatedress
Austin
John Connally
Judicial
Jones
H. J. Blanchard
Lubbock
137Th Judicial District Court
Lubbock Ty
Dallas County
Itrst Judicial District Court
el Paso County
Criminal District Court No
Haring County
Tarrant County
Connally
Delwin Jones
Titan 3C Launch Aims For First Test At Cape Kennedy
Titan 3C booster prepared for a 9 a.m. CST liftoff at Cape Kennedy to orbit a 21,000 pound lead dummy satellite. Wet skies may delay the test while Polaris missile succeeds with a star tracking guidance system simulated for future missiles and spacecraft.
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Air Force
Cape
Polaris
Polaris AI
General Precision, Inc
Governor Conally Clears Record Budget Vetoes
Governor Conally signed the 1966 67 spending bill and the 70 million teacher pay bill after vetoing 2.6 million in line item cuts. He scrapped 1 158 941 for a new Angelo State College building and struck 775 000 for boll weevil funds, 149 500 for Mental Health staff, 138 000 for Rusk State Hospital water upgrades, 200 000 for airport facilities, and more.
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United Press
John Conannally
Connally
Administration and General Services
Angelo State College
San Angelo
Angelo
Agriculture Department
Department of Mental Health and
Rusk State Hospital
Weather changes tied to accidents births and behavior experts say
Eighteen experts from ten nations report to the World Meteorological Organization that weather shifts influence road and work accidents and births. Traffic deaths up 70 percent and births up 1 percent are among the statistics, with other effects on pains and responses noted.
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Bruee Avencated Press
Jeneva
World Meteorological Organization
National referendum urged on CPI issue by Duane Howell
High Plains cotton growth leader Roy B Davis of Lubbock urged a national referendum on CPI research and promotion funding. The resolution, approved by the High Plains CPI committee, seeks uniform fund collection and removes inequities between growers and processors. The move coincides with stock market gains as the Dow rose and the CPI aims to offset synthetic competition.
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Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
Tors
High Plains
Roy B. Davis
Lubbock
National Cpi
Institute
Ton Council
Cotton Producers Institute
Ref
High
CPI
New York
Johnson
Roy Forkner
CPL
Direc Rts
Con- Forkner
Titan 3C Rocket System Sets Record Formation
The Titan 3C is described as the most powerful and unusual rocket on a pad. It combines three rockets in a single assembly with a 30 foot breadth. The central Titan 3A reaches 127 feet in height, flanked by two 85-foot solid rockets. Together they produce 24 million pounds of thrust to reach about 25 miles altitude before ignition.
Lubbock Legislators Review 59th Session Highlights
About 100 people heard Reed Quilliam Jr Bill Parsley and Delwin Jones assess the 59th Legislature at a Taibbook League event in Municipal Garden Arts Center. They cited progress for Lubbock Texas Tech and West Texas and noted aims and frustrations of the session.
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Ay Davernai
Avalanche-Journal
Abrboci
Municipal Garden Arts Center
Taibbook League of Women Voters
Reed Quilliam Jr
Bill Parsley
Delwin Jones
Parsley
Texas
C. J
Doc) Blanchard
Hot Springs
Ark
Preston Smith
Lubbock
Texas Tech
West Texas
Tech
Bee City Solons
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Laurie Ann Mitchell
Lubbock Lake
Marshal Limits
World
Organization of American States
U.S
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Neva Ida
LBJ
Creare
Sun Sete
Akon
Amaro
Dallas
Cape Kennedy
Keen
Pape Kennedy
Fla
United States
State Aeronautics Commission
Wourn
Washington-On- Brazos
Texas Independence
Brenham
Parks and Wildlife Department
Red River
Texas A&i College
Kingsville
East Texas State University
Commerce
Edward White
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Cotton Group
Heavenly Father
Scions
Connally Inks
Lubbock Court
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