Marines Evacuate A Shau Camp After 39 Hour Fight
UPI report says helicopters plucked 69 defenders from the besieged U S Special Forces camp near Laos border as North Vietnamese forces overran the outpost. Four Americans saved, some green berets likely among survivors. two helicopters were shot down. Approximately 400 tribal defenders and 12–13 advisers held the line against about 2,000 NVA troops before air strikes were called in from allied aircraft.
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United Press International
AIGON
U.S
A Shau
Calley
Themerican
U. S
A Shan
Laos
Viet Nam
Council Okays New One Way Streets In Lubbock
Lubbock City Council approves making 15th and 16th Streets one way from Avenue B to College Avenue and restores parallel parking on Avenues SK to downtown from 10th to 1th Street. One way on 10th Street from Avenue M to College Avenue also approved.
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Avalanche- Journal
Lubbock
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16Th Streets
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College Avenue
Avenues SK
10Th
1Th Street
Max Tidmore
Fifteenth Street
16Th Street
W. E. Medlock
Jack Eastman
Tidmore
Mh Street
Avenue A
Avenue X
Wth Street
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Council
Texas Voter Registration Aid Expands With State Helpers
The Texas attorney general's office dispatched a five member task force of assistants to assist county tax assessor collectors during the second week of emergency voter registration. The move follows criticism of FBI involvement earlier in the registration drive and aims to help register every qualified voter.
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FBI
Texas
Atl
Waegoner Carr
Carr
Hidalgo Spanish group seeks federal registrars to curb Texas voter limits
Hidalgo County chapter of the Political Association of Spanish Speaking Organizations asks Katzenbach to send federal voting registrars. President Cruz Alaniz cites inadequate deputy numbers and seeks a 304 day extension of the registration period while Carr’s office cites the 1965 Voting Rights Act rules.
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Texas
Hidalgo County
The
Political Association of Spanish Speaking Organizations
Katzenbach
Cruz Alaniz
Carr
Alaniz
Robert Lyon
Vidalgo County
Tech professor seeks county trusteeship while possible pay clash looms
Lub bock school trustee candidate Dr. John Wittman Jr. weighs running while remaining a Texas Tech associate professor. He questions if dual status violates Texas Constitution Sec. 53 art. Who, which bars holding a state paycheck while in another office. He plans to stay in the race until pay implications are clear.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Texas Tech
John Wittman Jr
Tech
United States
Income tax depletion talk on underground irrigation water
The A-J notes a discussion on depletion allowances for underground irrigation water at Tech with related coverage across Section B. The paper lists regional items including Lubbock County progress, and other national and world briefs across multiple sections.
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Tech
Rattlesnake Hunters Head For Sweetwater
West Texas event draws hunters to capture five rattlesnakes as the Sweetwater Jaycees sponsor the roundup already tied to over 50,000 snakes milked in prior years. Organizers expect at least 10,000 spectators and participants to register Friday through Sunday for the weekend spectacle.
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West Texas
Sweetwater Jaycees
Abe
Bride Takes Bold Trip to See Soldier in Saigon
Mrs Woodrow Chute 22, a bride of 18 months, borrowed money for a three week journey to Saigon to visit her husband in Vietnam. She flew via Atlanta Chicago Seattle Tokyo Hong Kong and Saigon, then faced a difficult return. She would not advise other women to undertake such travel unless meeting husbands elsewhere.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
Atlanta
Chicago
Seattle
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Banks Raise Prime Rate To 5 Percent Across Major Lenders
Morgan Guaranty Trust and other top banks boosted the prime rate to 5 percent, lifting borrowing costs and signaling tighter credit. The move follows December’s rate hike and prompted a swift market pullback as financial shares led declines. Banks from Atlanta to Indianapolis reported already adjusting their rates, with no official White House or Treasury comment.
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Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
New York
Federal Reserve
Morgan Guaranty
Ed Smith
First National Bank
Atlanta
White House
Indiana National Bank
Indianapolis
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Federal Reserve Board
Bill D. Moyers
Recrtronics
Escaped prisoner recaptured as life sentence resumes
Donald Vaughn of Newton Massachusetts lived as Donald Stewart Heisen for nearly two years with a blond wife and twins before FBI agents arrested him in Newton. He is now in San Quentin isolation while serving a life term for a Los Angeles area gas station murder. The wife Helen 28 and Joann 21 mother of two voiced shock and concern. Parly: Elizabeth R signs dissolution. Britain heads into three weeks of campaign.
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Calif
Donald Vaughn
Newton
Mass
Donald Stewart Heisen
San Quentin
Helen
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Boston
Joann
Wesen
Los Angeles
Dutch Princess Beatrix Weds amid Anti German Protests
Crown Princess Beatrix and her groom Claus von Amsberg married under heavy security as about 20000 police and 15000 ceremonial troops guarded a 24 mile procession through Amsterdam. Two thousand demonstrators hurled smoke bombs and literature while teens clashed with authorities and 24 people were arrested or injured. Beatrix wore composure and exchanged vows in civil and church rites.
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United Frese International
Beatrix
Hitler Youth
Tiot
Diromat
Claus von Amshberg
von Amsberg
Westerkerk
van Amsberg
Weather Map Page 11-C Forecast for Lubbock Area
Cloudy to partly cloudy today with milder warmth. High temperatures near the mid 70s. Southerly winds shift to southwest and westerly and increase to at least 35 mph by noon.
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Lubbock
Viet Cong Grenade Attack Kills Seven at Saigon Area Bar
Viet Cong terrorists killed seven people and wounded 54 when two grenades were hurled into a bar-restaurant in Binh Duong City about 20 miles north of Saigon. A Vietnamese military spokesman said most victims were Vietnamese. The grenades were thrown shortly after noon as the venue was crowded. The perpetrators escaped.
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