Colby Resigns as Aviation Chief for Palm Springs Move
Edward L. Colby, longtime director of aviation at West Texas Air Terminal, resigns to take a similar post with Palm Springs California. His effective date is July 26 with a start August 1, after confirmation by Palm Springs city manager Frank Aleshire. Colby, praised as one of the real old pros, led airport expansion efforts since 1948 with no local tax support and oversees rapid runway repairs and a master plan study for a major expansion.
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Colby
Frank Aleshire
Palm Springs
Aleshire
W. D
Dub) Rogers Jr
Clifford J. Breaud
West Texas Air Terminal
Ralph H. Burke
Cold Front to Cut Texas Heat Sunday in Panhandle South Plains
A strong Rocky Mountain cold front expected to move into the Panhandle and South Plains promises relief from 100 plus degree heat. Texas readings topped 100 in many cities with Presidio at 110, Amarillo 107, while San Angelo reported 98 and Galveston 86 with light rain. One death was linked to heat in Amarillo as the front nears.
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Lubbock
Texas
Rocky Mountains
Panhandle
South Plains
Rockies
Wyoming
Colorado Mountains
Presidio
Amarillo
Wink
Wichita Falls
Dalhart and Childress
Midland
el Paso
San Angelo
Galveston
Stanley Burk Oldham
Palo Duro State Park
Young Oldham
Mosquito Checkers Brace Mosquitoes on South Florida Marshes
Three Dade County inspectors endure mosquito bites while counting bites per minute. Inspectors Ben Cohen Bill Sims and Eugene Evans wade marshes in heat with repellents as crews treat high bite levels to protect nearby populations.
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Miami
South Florida
Ben Cohen
Bill Sims
Tins in the A-J tins in the A J
A jumble of page and section headings lists items from a newspaper such as Boy Scouts trips to Utah liquor debates and Nixon supporters with brief notes on world events religious travel and various sections including market news fine arts events and editorials
Prayer of thanks and peace prayer excerpt
A compassionate note from a reader thanking God for a marvelous day and asking for world and human peace so all may live as one. The brief devotion expresses gratitude and supplication in concise lines.
City youths aid in summer paint jobs in Lubbock
The Lubbock summer youth employment program hires 10 youths to paint and repair over 1800 homes across the Hub City. Ages 15 to 19 work full time at one dollar an hour, with work completed at fire stations 1 6 and 8 so far.
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Lubbock
Fire Department
Johnson signals possible U.S.-Soviet talks on arms race
President Johnson, at the J Percy Priest Dram dedication in Nashville, urged an end to the nuclear arms race and promised an important Monday announcement. Observers expect a readiness to hold preliminary talks with the Soviet Union on reducing strategic weapons.
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United Press International
Nashville
Tenn
Russia
Johnson
J. Percy Priest Dram
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Soviet Union
Texas War Widow Patsy Alderson Remembers Missing Husband
The AP portrait follows Patsy Alderson as she mourns Terry Alderson, her husband of under a year, presumed dead in Vietnam. Their brief romance, interrupted by wartime drafts, culminates in a widowhood and the birth of Angela Dawn as Patsy clings to memories and faith.
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Texas
Christine Hanson Crane
Patsy Alderson
Angela Dawn
Vietnam
Patsy
Patsy Cowden
Terry H. Alderson
Fort Worth
West Texas
Dallas
Terry
U. S
Larry
White Rock
Ross D. Alderson
Terry Aldersons
el Paso
Alderson
Ft. Polk
Hijacked Plane Flies to Havana From Florida Keys
A Southeast Airlines DC3 with 15 passengers and three crew was hijacked over the Florida Keys and forced to Havana. Pilot George Prellezo radioed the FAA from Key West changing course. The aircraft landed safely at a Cuban airport about an hour later. The Cuban press said the pilot was a deserter and would be held for trial. The hijacker was described as an American.
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Miami
Southeast Airlines
Florida Keys
Havana
Federal Aviation Administration
Cuban
George Prellezo
FAA
Key West
Cuba
Radio Havana
Fugitive Leopard Captured After Freeway Chase
A pet leopard escaped from Lloyd D. Skinner during a collision on the Pomona Freeway near Monterey Park. Skinner, 24, El Monte, pursued the animal on foot in darkness and captured it despite a forehead wound. He was treated at a hospital after climbing into an ambulance.
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Monterey Park
Calif
Pomona
Lloyd D. Skinner
el Monte
Skinner
Tax bill to close budget gap amid stalled legislature
Austin faces a $2.5 billion compromise spending plan as lawmakers rush a tax heavy bill in a delayed special session. The measure would raise about $155 million in new taxes while at least two revenue options clash, leaving final passage uncertain as observers warn of a potential second session.
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Avalanche Journal News Services
Austin
Ben Barnes
Capitol
Senate
W. W. Meany
Pancah
House
House-Senate
Heatly
Barnes
Comptroller
Sur- See
City Council to review car tax levy in depth
The City Council plans an in depth discussion of the controversial car tax resolution. Alternative proposals may be presented July 11 as the council weighs legal questions and the impact on Lubbock citizens. Morris W Turner and Councilman James H See advocate eliminating the personal auto tax.
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W. OD
Dub
Rogers
Morris W. Turner
Turner
Lubbock
James H
Saigon Outskirts Clash As U S Troops Push Viet Cong
U S paratroopers sweeping Saigon outer ring clash with Viet Cong infiltrators near a bridge to the Delta. Six South Vietnamese soldiers reported missing. The 101st Airborne finds and reports 34 enemy dead and 22 American wounded. Nearby Son Tra villagers mourn 88 killed in a guerrilla attack. A US spokesman calls the massacre at Son Tra one of the war’s worst.
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Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Mekong Delta
101St Airborne Division
Son Tra
Weather Map Page 4 4 Lubbock Area Outlook
Partly cloudy and windy with cooler conditions this afternoon and night. A 10 percent chance of a brief thunderstorm in the afternoon. High mid 90s, tonight near 70s. Southerly winds 15 mph shifting to northerly. Data shows hourly readings for temperatures and humidity including 82 at 3 am and 87 at noon with a 68 percent humidity peak.
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Lubbock
Houston
Amarillo
Okla City
Dallas
Clovis
Beaver
W. Falls
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American Business Clubs
Utah
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OIL News Page
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