First Spelling Champ Named For 66 Bee
Brenda Webber of Denver City wins Yoakum County spelling title advancing to the Avalanche Journal Spelling Bee. Glenda Miller, Peg ey Rushing, and Kent Bell place second through fourth. Contest directed by Denver City and Plains staff with 7,000 practice books distributed. county winners advance to the April 30 event in Lubbock.
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Avalanche- Journal
Brenda Webber
Avalanche-Journal
Brenda
Denver City
Plains
Harry Webber
Glenda Miller
T. J. Miller
Pegey Rushing
P. Rushing
Kent ‘Bell
J. C. Bell
Lubbock County
Vn. O. L. Slaton
Boyd
Spelling Bee
Avalanche - Journal
National Spelling Bee
Aprip Ou
Smith seeks to fill educational gap in Texas colleges
Lt. Gov. Preston Smith urged keeping all public senior colleges open for more students during a school administrators luncheon in Waco. He warned against reserving campuses for the intellectual elite, noting an education gap between high school graduates and those who pursue college. He praised community junior colleges as key to developing middle third students into skilled workers.
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WACO
Preston Smith
Smith
Texas
Kidnap Suspect Pleads Innocent in Dallas Court
Delbert Harmon Garmon Jr pleaded innocent to four counts of kidnapping and transporting stolen firearms across state lines. Judge Sarah T. Hughes set trial for March 28. Garmon eluded FBI for 18 days after fleeing Wichita Falls, taking a retired oilman and wife and their car before arrest in a Dallas bar.
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Delbert Harmon Garmon, Jr
Garmon
U.S
Wichita Falls
Jesse Elbert Dugan
Davidson
Okla
Tippit To Hunt Feature Humor In Viet Nam Trip
Col. Jack D. Tippit a Lub bock native and Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel will leave Monday for a two week tour in Viet Nam and Southeast Asia to collect feature material focusing on Air Force humor. He serves as art editor of Airman the Air Force magazine and is known for the comic Amy. Tippit is a Washington based officer with ties to Lubbock Texas Tech Syracuse. He and his wife live in Westport Connecticut and have two children.
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Lubbock
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Air Force
Tippit
Air Force Reserve
Washington, D. C
Airman
The
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Amy
Texas Tech
Syracuse University
H. E. Tippit
Ave. T
Dickens County Junior Fat Stock Show Auction Today
The Dickens County Junior Fat Stock Show concludes with an auction at 1 50 p m. Coy Morris chairs the show committee while judges T L Leach of Texas Tech and Bill Pallmeyer Motley County agent assess the beef cattle this morning and other stock earlier. The note on air travel follows with wingless bacteria mentioned.
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Dickens County
Coy Morris
T. L. Leach
Texas Tech
Bill Pallmeyer
Motley County
New Orleans Teachers Ignore Strike Call Across City
In New Orleans most teachers did not join the 527 union strike. About 407 teachers were absent and 62 pickets demonstrated outside 23 schools. Green Junior High had light disruption as seventh and eighth graders were sent home.
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New Orleans
Green Junior High
Ruby Simon
Ev‘erybody
Oldest Russian Claims Age 161
Moscow report states Shirali Mislimov a shepherd from a village in Soviet Azerbaijan claims he will be 161 this year. Pravda cites a passport dated 1938 claiming birth in 1805 before Napoleon's invasion and notes his three marriages 23 children and 50 grandchildren.
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Soviet Union
Shirali Mislimov
Soviet Azerbaijan
Communist Party
Pravda
Russia
Royal Couple Honeymoon Site Still a Mystery
Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg left Amsterdam after a wedding marked by anti German demonstrations. Palace sources say they departed Soesterberg in a government plane and likely switched planes for a trans Atlantic crossing. the location remains undisclosed amid court secrecy and widespread speculation.
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Beatrix
Claus von Amsberg
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von Amsberg
Soesterberg
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The
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van Amsberg
Hitler | Youth Movement
L Army
Humphrey Reaffirms U S Opposition to Viet Cong in Talks
Vice President Humphrey restates the administration stance against including the Viet Cong in any pre election negotiations to end the Vietnam War. He vows the U S will stay in Vietnam until genuine elections are held and warns against settlement that crowns Communists before ballots. He notes cautious optimism on progress despite potential military setbacks.
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UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Viet Nam
National Press Club
Hanoi
Viet Cong
Patman Seeks Re election After 38 Years in Congress
Rep. Wright Patman of Texas announced Friday his bid for re election. He has served 38 years in the U S House of Representatives.
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Washington
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Congress
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