Bank Robbers Strike Houston Bank for 34195 in Cash
Two masked men robbed Homestead State Bank on Houston's North Side, holding five tellers and customers at gunpoint. They escaped in a white sedan with $34,195 as FBI linked three cars to the getaway. a third man and a woman waited outside. It marked Houston's fifth bank robbery this year and the 26th in 15 months.
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Associated Prep
Houston
Homestead State Bank
John Moore
FBI
Connally May Seek Liquor Referendum Debate
Gov John Connally may ask the State Democratic Executive Committee to consider a May 4 primary liquor by the drink referendum. The Star-Telegram reports a close associate says Connally is weighing the political ramifications of making the issue part of the Democratic primary and Faces party pressure on candidates if the referendum appears on the ballot. The governor contemplates asking SDEC to consider the measure, possibly after the June 1 runoff, to decide whether to call a special session.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
John Connally
Democratic Executive Committee
Star-Telegram
Austin
Connally
SDEC
Corpus Christi
Ervin
Ian Connally
Breakdown in sign rules shocks Lubbock council
Lubbock area councilman faces political pressure as a breakdown in sign regulations becomes a major local issue. The item appears in Page 1 Sec B with emphasis on municipal policy and enforcement challenges. Community leaders debate permitting thresholds and visual clutter impacts.
Airmen Feared After F-100 Crashes in Lake Ontario
Two Air National Guard pilots from the 10th Tactical Fighter Group parachuted from their F-100 planes after a collision near Lyndonville New York. A Lake Ontario search covered by helicopter patrol boats and police, with pilots reportedly in icy water about two miles from Golden Hill State Park. If in the lake survival window estimated at 20 minutes to an hour as water reached freezing.
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Lyndonville
N.Y
APY
Air National Guard
Orleans County
Lake Ontario
10Th Tactical Fighter Group
Niagara Falls International Airport
Golden Hill State Park
Niagara’ County
Niagara County
Air Force
Prayer note from Lois Patterson in Lubbock
A devotional prayer from Mrs. Lois Patterson of Lubbock asks God to comfort those in sorrow and warns that pleasure without lessons leaves one wiser only in sorrow, urging shared reflection on enduring hardship.
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Lois Patterson
Lubbock
Hector Takes Cake on Birthday Beat for Local News
Hector Montoya, a 12 year old street salesman for The Avalanche Journal, is celebrated by coworkers and courthouse staff for his cheerful persistence delivering papers downtown. The piece notes his frequent rounds at Lubbock County Courthouse and City Hall, ending with a tease to read more on Hector Page 6.
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Hector
Héctor Montoya
Avalanche- Journal
Robert D. Montoya
Hub Homes
Pauline Warner
Phil Hamilton
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
Hector Montoya
208 Hub Homes
Johnson Studies Pueblo Message Letter Urging Apology
President Johnson is reviewing a letter signed by the Pueblo crew urging him to admit spying in North Korean waters and apologize. The telegram from South Korea was handed to U S and South Korean negotiators and disclosed by the State Department. White House aides say the letter is being studied and evaluated as officials pursue crew and ship release.
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Washington
Johnson
Pueblo
U.S
South Korea
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
White House
George Christian
McCloskey
North Korea
United States
Lubbock ISD Trustee filing deadline approaches
The 5 p.m. Wednesday cutoff for ISD board candidate filings for the April 6 election is near at the administrative offices. Five hopefuls have joined incumbents James Whiteside Owen Gilbreath and James Cochran whose terms are ending. candidates include Mac Austin Charles Waters for Place 3 Bill Tucker for Place 4 and A Ray Joe Cassel for Place 5.
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Lubbock Independent School District Board of Trustees
James H. Whiteside
Owen Gilbreath
James R. Cochran
Mac Austin
Charles L. Waters
Bill D.tucker
A. Ray
Joe B. Cassel
Five Capitals and Airfields Hit in Viet Cong Bombardment
The Viet Cong shelled five provincial capitals and three airfields in the Mel Delta, marking the second day of wide scale bombardment. U S. forces reported 15 mortar rounds at a small liaison airfield north of Cam Ranh Bay and about a dozen rounds struck the Cam Ranh Bay airfield.
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Pi Saigon
Mel Delta
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
Ness
Vietnamese Airfield Damaged as Reds Step Up Attacks
Still active reports claimed damage at Cam Ranh Bay was minor with no casualties. Can Tho suffered 13 Vietnamese civilian wounded. the delta and Saigon area faced lighter damage. The bombing marked the Reds two week high coordinated campaign across Vietnam, targeting allied sites and a hospital run by an American doctor.
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Cam Ranh
Saigon
Can Tho
Cam Ranh Bay
Johnson
Reds
Vietnam
Tra Noc
Sai- Igon
Americal
Tam Ky
Early Times Bank Robber Held and War Dispatches
A two-part report covers a 1920s bank and train robbery suspect Willie Newton aging 76 held in Ballinger Texas for burglary tied to the First National Bank of Rowena case, plus notes on Willis Newton, brother and other gang members, and a Rice University philanthropic gift of 1 million dollars as part of a 33 million campaign.
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Ballinger
Willie Newton
West
Texas
Donald L. Atkins
Newton
Rondout
Robert C. Talley
First National Bank
Rowena
Talley
Atkins
Willis Newton
Old Newton
Jon Banks
Rowjena Bank
Grain Helst
Ralph Rohatsch
San Angelo
Newton Brothers
Chicago
Rond- Lee
RICE
Houston
UPI
Ford Foundation
Rice University
Five Indicted In Effort To Steal $12 Million
A federal grand jury charged five men with conspiring to embezzle nearly $12 million from Chase Manhattan Bank. The scheme involved a false cable to Zurich to move $11.87 million from the bank to an investment firm in Geneva. Key actor Carmen Giampiola, 23, of Staten Island, allegedly sent the unauthorized order from New York on January 16, 1967, with co conspirators Frank Cea, Alfred Brawer, and Harry Lebensfeld identified in the nine count indictment. The Exchange and Investment Bank, reportedly U.S. owned, was named as a co conspirator but not a defendant.
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Exchange and Investment Bank
Geneva
Chase Manhattan
Carmen Giampiola
Staten Islad
N.Y
New York
Union Bank
U.S
Giampiola
Frank Cea
Staten Island
Weather Map Page 6 B Forecast for Lubbock and Vicinity
Increasing cloudiness today and partly cloudy tonight with a warmer night. Daytime high around the mid 60s and a low near the upper 20s. South and southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Partly cloudy and warm conditions continue into tonight.
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Lubbock
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Sens
Jack Miller
Relown
Frank Carlison
Kan
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Alaska
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Space Lab
San Francisco
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China
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KFYO
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Talck
Lubbock Duatce
Perce
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LeCroy
Early Times Bank
NEW York Bank
Alfred Brawer
North Bergen
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Countant
Bronxville
Harry Lebensfeld
Brooklyn
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Denver
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