NRA Readies Gun Control Fight Amid Lobby Tactics
NRA President Harald W. Glassen warns against steps to deprive Americans of firearm rights as the group mobilizes mail campaigns and allied clubs to press Congress on gun control. Key lawmakers and FBI data shape a fierce political clash over registration and sales limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free State
NRA
Harald W. Glassen
Baloney” Glassen
Lansing, Mich
Baloney
Glassen
Sportsmen of America
Capitol Hill
Gun
Gun and Ammunition Industry
National Shooting Sports Foundation
Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute
National Reloading Manufacturers Association
Remington
Savage
Winchester Western
NRA I
Sen
Roman Hruska
Franklin L. Orth
Army
Marine Corps Reserve
Defense Department
Pentagon
Services for Mrs. Lillie Ettie Young
Visitation and burial plans set for Mrs. Lillie Ettie Young 61 at Sunset Church of Christ and Resthaven Memorial Park. She died after a presumed heart attack at West Texas Hospital. Burial by Henderson Funeral Directors with services at 2 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Ettie Young
25Th St
Sunset Church of Christ
Resthaven Memorial Park
Henderson Funeral
Legislature debates liquor by the drink and tax hikes
The Texas legislature weighs liquor by the drink with mini bottle limits and higher permit fees. A Senate finance panel backs a 1969 general revenue plan of 479.3 million and 137.9 million in new taxes. House and Senate spending bills diverge on 133.8 million in new taxes and overall spending, with a conference committee to reconcile.
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Senate
House
Texas
John Connally
Connally
House State Affairs Committee
House Revenue and Taxes Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Sailor Vihlen Aboard April Fool Aims for Atlantic Crossing
Sailor Vihlen set out March 29 in the six foot craft April Fool to cross the Atlantic in at least 73 days. His wife Johnnie reported he is late but on course and in good condition with no assistance needed. His estimated position near Cay Lobos Cuba, about 25 miles north of Cuba and 4,000 miles from the start. She noted he may have eaten raw fish during the voyage and uses a hand line for fishing.
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Vihlen
Atlantic Ocean
Johnnie
Coast Guard
Cay Lobos
Cuba
Guardsman Faces Taunts as Napoleon Trope Brings Tension
A Guardsman prepared to strike during a Water loo themed scene as students taunted and a trooper's horse shied. Tourists retreated while the trooper threatened to use his sabre if pressed. The incident prompted later praise from Queen Elizabeth's government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Defense Ministry
Tech welcomes Dr Barnett as new education school leader
Dr Barnett praises Texas Tech School of Education and foresees growth. He earned Teachers College Kansas City 1937 master from Missouri 1959 and doctorate 1943. He taught at UC Berkeley 1946 55 UT 1955 56 and Colorado 1963 before joining Tech. He and his wife have a 15 year old son Robert and will reside at 4606 19th St.
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Texas Tech
School of Education At
Tech
Barnett
Teachers College
Kansas City
University of Missouri
Missouri
University of California At Berkeley
University of Texas
Colorado
Robert
19Th Sr
Burglary Reports Across Neighborhoods
Weldon Runnels reported seven pairs of pants and $12 in cigars stolen from his car parked near his Auburn Avenue home Sunday night. Jim Daniel reported a tan saddle worth 175 dollars stolen from Davis Street stables along Amarillo Highway. A Subial DEA home on 414 Vanda Avenue lost twelve cans of vegetables valued at about $2 Sunday.
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Weldon
City Council and Airport Board Meet to Discuss Master Plan
The Lubbock City Council and Airport Board will meet jointly at noon Tuesday to review the master plan study and interim airport improvements. The board has adopted the basic master plan design, seeking Council concurrence to enable FAA approval. The meeting will be held in City Hall basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Federal Aviation Agency
Airport Board
City Hall
Principals Meet to Review Programs at Coronado High
Principals of public secondary schools in Lubbock gather at Coronado High today from 1 to 5 p.m. for an annual session. They review last year’s practices and programs and explore future innovations including summer school vocational courses strings tennis Ameri canism junior ROTC and in service training. Also discussed are personnel attendance scheduling and a potential middle school type program as well as Educational Services Center services.
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Lubbock
Coronado High School
Collision In Slaton Injures Four Persons
Four people were injured in a two car crash at Highway 84 and Farm Road 41 in Slaton. George Claude Philley of Weatherford and his wife Jerry, along with Mary Jane Briseno and Sister Marie Guadalupe Huerta of St. Louis, were treated at Mercy Hospital for minor injuries.
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Slaton
Highway 84
Farm Road
George Claude Philley
Jerry
Weatherford
Mary Jane Briseno
Marie Guadalupe Huerta
St. Louis
Mercy Hospital
Lubcbock
Big Three Pledge Grows to Back Nonnuclear States
Britain the Soviet Union and the United States plan to give formal assurances to the United Nations Security Council to aid nonnuclear countries that accept the treaty to curb the spread of atomic weapons. The combo urges immediate Security Council action if such states are threatened or attacked by nuclear powers. France abstains from the Geneva talks but says it will act as if signing.
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United Nations
N.Y
Britain
Soviet Union
United States
U.N. Security Council
Security Council
General Assembly
Council
France
Geneva
U.N
China
Assembly
Brazil
Algeria
India
Pakistan
Eisenhower Hospitalized After Another Major Heart Attack
The 77 year old general, recovering from a April heart attack in California, was moved to Walter Reed May 10 after doctors reported a major heart attack. He remains stable with steady vital signs and continuous monitoring.
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Walter Reed
Palm Desert
Calif
Eisenhower
Air Force
Johnsson
California
Eisenhowier
Army
Downed helicopters and ground fighting in Vietnam
South Vietnamese sources report three M14 rotorcraft shot down along the coast with further losses as North Vietnamese air activity pressures the region. In Saigon suburb fighting, Green Beret forces attacked a Viet Cong stronghold, killed 30 guerrillas, took 15 prisoners, and inflicted heavy losses after two days of engagement amid tank and helicopter support.
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South Vietnam
Navy
South China Sea
U.S
Hanoi
Khe Sanh
Saigon
Green Beret
Gia Dinh
Saipan
West Texas Storms Ravage Cities and Spur Damage
Severe weather swept across West Texas with twisters sighted near the caprock and funnel clouds reported north of Midland and Big Spring. Winds up to 69 mph toppled trees and damaged buildings while rainfall totals reached over an inch in many communities and widespread flooding affected Lubbock and surrounding towns.
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Plainview
Providence
Edmonson
Department of Public Safety
Midland
Odessa
Big Spring
DPS
Vega
Paducah
South Plains
Crosbyton
Floydada
Spur
Snyder
Fluvanna
Weather Bureau
West
Texas
North
East
Gulf Coast
Lubbock
Abermathy
Post
Seminole
Seagraves
Loop
Canton
Eddie Stonestreet
Greenville
Gene Hood
Athens
Tyler
Panhandle Plains
Fort Worth-Dallas
Tulsa
Panhandle
Shamrock
Dumas
Perryton
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Greater Southwest
Addison
Dallas
Winkler
Huntsville
Huckaby
San Angelo
Houston
Longview
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Corsicana
Cherokee
Coleman
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Roswell
N.M
Hobbs
Texarkana
Arkansas
Lubibock
Ave. H
Broadway
Ave. Q
4Th
Sth St
First National Bank
Broadway Land Ave
Lubock
High Court ruling on CATV rights and housing openness
The court overturned a lower court ruling that CATV systems must pay copyright fees for retransmitting programming. It also upheld a Powell alcoholism case conviction and delivered a major open housing decision, with Justices Stewart and Harlan dissenting on the racial discrimination ruling.
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West Virginia
Leroy Powell
Travis County
Tex
Powell
Potter Stewart
St. Louis
Joseph Lee Jones
John M. Harlan
Byron R. White
Congress
Stewart
Senate
United States
Births Report From Laut Clinic And West Texas Hospital
The notice lists multiple births with parents and addresses in Idaiou Laut Clinic Big Spring and West Texas Hospital. Babies include sons and daughters with weights from 3 to 10 pounds and times ranging from 4:59 a.m. to 11:20 p.m. The fathers work for Plains Laundry Co Pollard Ford Co Pride Of Co Fry Roofing Co Pioneer Hotel Doris Anderson Insurance TIME Motor Freight Nerox Corp and REA.
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Louis Fabifa
Idaiou
Baturday
Laut
Plains Laundry Co
Manuel Jaimo
Ave
Maniee
Pollard Ford Co
Francisco Garcia
Moses Stubblefield
Toth St
Pioneer Hotel
Allen Stewart Hitchcock
Voth BC
West Texas Hospital
Doris Anderson Insurance Agency
Andrew Rernard Lowe
Ash St
West Texas
Time Motor Freight Co
William Charles Wigles
D&th St
Pita
Nerox Corp
University Avenue Section Closed for Widening
A portion of University Avenue between 22nd and 34th Streets is closed from 7 a.m. as paving work begins. The eastern half from 22nd to 34th closes to widen the road to six lanes, with two way traffic permitted on the west half during construction.
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University Avenue
4Th Streets
University
22Nd Street
34Th Street
22Nd
19Th
B4th
34Th Streets
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House Judicacy Committee
American Rifleman
Namie
Joseph Tydings
Tidings
Kennedy
Johnson
Mansfield
Mike Mansfield
Tydings
Legislative Service
Richard D. McCarthy
Bob Casey
D-Tex
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Cecil R. King
D-Calif
Robert L. F. Sikes
D-Fla
America
Casey
James HW. Scheuer
D-Ny
Seheuer
FBI
Classen
Japan
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Hugh C. Fisher
St. Mary's Hospital
Leona Jeakins
Elkhart Ave
Methodist Hospital
Wiley Raymond Puckett
Employers’ Liability Assurance Corp., Ltd
Puckett
Howard Glass
William R. ‘Shaver
Lubbock- Garza-Crosby County Medical Assistants
el Sombrera
34Th St
Troy Anderson Givens
Ave. D
Godwin
Ave. A
Bigrridens
Ave. F
Tay Board of Equalization
Dr. Barnett
Moro
City Council
Tommy Hawkes
White River Lake
Wilson Garlage
Wilson
First National Bank of
Lamesa
High Court of
Meeel Amen
Harlan
Dan Kiviehen
Southeast Drive
Birth of & Son
Laut Cline
Pride of Co
Raymond Womack
Saturgey
Lauf Clinic
Thomas G. Can
Texas Hospital
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