Rudy Garcia pleads guilty in Idalou bank holdup case
Second of three defendants in the Idalou State Bank robbery the abortive attempt on November 26 pleaded guilty to robbery by firearms and drew a 30 year prison sentence in 137th District Court. Also Juan Ysasaga was found guilty and given 30 years. Bela awaits trial as investigation continues.
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Ady Clarence Garcia
Idalou State Bank
Garcia
Jude James A. Ellis
Clifford Brown
Enpifanio Bela
Lubbock County
Juan Ysasaga
West Texas Museum expands youth art classes
In Lubbock area the West Texas Museum increases youth art classes to meet growing demand. The report notes broader community interest and outlines potential new sessions and instructors as part of a cultural education push.
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West Texas Museum
West Texas Gains Inclusion in Water Plan Amendment
A House subcommittee approved a Lower Colorado River Basin Project Act amendment extending West Texas planning scope to the entire region west of the 98th meridian. The 15-6 vote backs Gov. John Connally and the Texas Water Resources Board, with study slated for July 13 and a path to the full Interior Committee.
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John L. Moore
Avalanche-Journal
Washington Bureau
Ashington
D.C
West Texas
House
Pacific Northwest
Sub
Committee On
Irrigation and Reclamation
John Connally
Texas Water Resources Board
South Plains
Walter Rogers
Pampa
98Th
Clay County
Colorado River
Connally
TWRB
Southwest
Rogers
Congress
House Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Carl Haycen
D-Ariz
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate Interior Committee
Thomas H. Nuchel
Rcalif
Jackson
Vietnamese Forces Report Large Weapons Cache Captured
Vietnamese government spokesman said in two engagements on Tuesday and Wednesday Vietnamese forces killed 83 Viet Cong in An Xuyen Province and 16 more in Thanh Binh Province while taking a large weapons store and inflicting heavy enemy casualties. U.S. air and naval pilots attacked targets along the border as allied commanders noted a weaker enemy initiative and growing free world force strength.
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An Xuyen
Saigon
Quang Tin
Thanh Binh
U.S
Malcolm Fraser
Fraser
Viet Nam
Tuy Hoa
North Viet ‘Nam
Red Regiment
Phuc ‘Yen
Uniform swap soldier to face possible court martial
Sent back to Viet Nam is John Albert Jones, 19, Nashville, after giving his uniform to David Stucki, 21, San Francisco. Jones boarded a Saigon flight as Stucki awaits travel home. both men were linked to an AWOL case and a borrowed uniform incident that may lead to disciplinary actions.
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United Press International
Oy Gon
Viet Nam
Pie
John Albert Jones
Nashville
Tenn
California
David Stucki
San Francisco
Stucki
Saigon
Jones
Sixth Army
Stucks
U.S
65Th Engineer
Baltation
David
Elephant Kills Girl at Vilas Park Zoo
A 3 year old Princeton professor’s daughter was killed by a 7500 pound elephant named Winkie at Vilas Park Zoo in Madison Wisconsin. The child was feeding popcorn when she climbed near the cage and was grabbed lifted and stomped by the elephant before keeper Me Bollig retrieved the body.
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United Press Internaational
Nyspson
Wis
Princeton University
Vilas Park Zoo
Dane County
Clyde Chamberlain
Ruth Ellen Freedman
Ralph Freedman
Princeton
N.J
Freedmans
University of Wisconsin
Freedman
Winkie
Chamberlain
Bollig
JPL Tries to Contact Surveyor on Moon
Scientists at Pasadena California attempted a radio contact with America’s Surveyor spacecraft on the moon to learn if it survived the lunar night that dropped to 260 degrees below zero. After three hours starting at 6 p.m. CST there was no response from the spacecraft, Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPD
America
Surveyor
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Japanese rightists try to block Beatles in Tokyo protest
In Tokyo police halted a protest by Japanese rightists shouting Beatle slogans as the Beatles arrived for a downtown visit. The clash occurred early Wednesday with authorities preventing the demonstrators from obstructing the band's path.
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Tokyo
Texas drivers face auto insurance rate hike in August
The Texas State Board of Insurance approved a 5.9 percent average rise in auto premiums effective August 1 after a June hearing. While liability costs rise on average 10.6 percent statewide, several of the 26 rating territories see lower totals due to declines in collision and comprehensive policy costs.
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Associated Press
USTIN
State Board of Insurance
Texas
Mabs Biw
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McLean
Insurance rate hike affects Texas drivers under 25
The average driver policy rises by 2.11 with proposals to rate youth male drivers higher and penalize wreck-causing drivers. DPS data show rising accidents in 1966, with unmarried males facing top increases in major cities. Women under 21 shift to TB group, and drivers over 65 move to separate ratings. See INSURANCE Page 10.
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McLean
DPS
Department of Public Safety
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Estess promoter tied to alleged cash stash before bankruptcy
U S District Judge Leo Brewster turned down Billie Sol Estes bid to be declared a pauper for appeal costs. Trustees testified Estes hid about 196000 from his firms shortly before his April 1962 bankruptcy, with witnesses citing blank checks, cash deliveries, and a bag of currency moved to Abilene and Plainview. Estes is serving 15 years for mail fraud in Leavenworth.
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Antonio
U.S
Leo Brewster
Billie Sol Estes
West Texas
Brewster
Estes
Leavenworth
Kaw
Harry Moore
Eli Pasohbank
A. B. Foster
Foster
Bobby Frank Estes
Pecos
Dallas
Foster and Estes
First National Bank
Harold Elder
Plainview
Abilene
John L. Estes
Lloyd A. Stone
Lester-Stone Co
Henderson
Stone
E. O. Thompson, Pioneer of Oil Conservation, Dies
Ernest C. Thompson 74 a Fort Worth native and longtime Texas conservation leader died after years of illness. Services set for 10 a.m. at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Marillo with graveside rites at 4 p.m. in Austin. Thompson directed a major crackdown in 1852 to regulate East Texas oil amid wildcatter opposition. Presidents and governors praised his work shaping state conservation laws. He served long on the Texas Railroad Commission before retiring for health reasons.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Ernest C. Thompson
Thompson
Texas State Cemetery
Austin
May Peterson
Metropolitan Opera Company
East Texas
Johnson
Ernest Thompson
Texas
John Connally
Alvord
Fort Worth
W. A. Landreth
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Ernest ‘Thompson
Allvard
Amarillo
Railroad Commission
E. C. Thompson
Fink Week Brings Local Honcho To Texas Town
In Fink Tex population near Lake Texoma gathers for National Fink Week. Mayor Pat Albright and husband Willard run the one store filling station and grocery. Former owner J L Allgood designated Fink Week a year ago and passed mayoral duties to Mrs Albright. No formal program planned with barbecued sandwiches and drinks for locals and visitors amid the playful celebration.
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Associated Press Ink
Tex
Pat Albright
Willard
Fink
J. L. Allgood
Fink, Tex
Gan
Texas-Oklahoma
Albright
Georgetown
Posat
Weather Map Page 12 A Lubbock Forecast
Partly cloudy today and tonight with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. High near 90, low around 70. Light to moderate southerly winds. Max 90, min 71 today. Humidity peaks at 66 percent, midnight at 48 percent. Airport city data listed for Abilene El Paso Albuquerque Houston Amarillo Dallas Denver and other locales.
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Lubbock
Phos City
Abilene
el Paso
Albu
Houston
Amarila
Okla
City
Dallas
Roswell O
Denver
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