Mother Loses Marine Son but Gains 42 Other Boys
SAYVILLE, N Y Mrs Lee Barash sent a heartfelt care package to her 19 year old son Louis who was killed in action in Vietnam The gifts included canned meat pumpernickel ravioli and razor blades She then mailed three more 40 pound packages The flood of letters from Louis unit Marines thanked her and shared details of his death The mothers generosity touched many young soldiers and reminded them that the American people stand with them
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Associated Press
Sayville
N. Y
Lee Barash
Louis
Vietnam
1St Marine Division
Pfc. Barash
Egypt Says 22 Tanks Destroyed in Suez Clash
Egypt and Israel exchanged shelling along the Suez Canal in a six hour flare up that cost Egypt its chief of staff Lt. Gen. Abdel Moneim Riad. Cairo claims 22 Israeli tanks and 15 other vehicles were destroyed along with 10 rocket positions while five Egyptian troops were wounded. Demonstrations flare in Jordan and the West Bank as King Hussein visits front lines and students in Nablus confront police.
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Associated Press
Israel
Suez Canal
Egypt
Abdel Moneim Riad
Cairo Radio
Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
Suez
Yigal Allon
Golda
Meir
Milwaukee
Lof
Levi Eshkol
Ismailia
West Bank
Jordan
Nablus
Amman
Hussein
Jordan River
Riad
Apollo 9 landing plans shift with weather concerns
Mission control keeps Apollo 9 on schedule to return Thursday despite seas of 15 feet at the Guadalcanal, with forecasts split between ship and Houston. The prime target remains 200 miles southwest of Bermuda, splashdown slated for 9 24 a m CST, with possible extra orbits if weather, tracking, or data delay safety.
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Associated Press
Space Center
Houston
Mission Control
Eugene Kranz
Bermuda
Apollo 9
Apolla
Adults Hit Too Scions Pass Tough Teen Liquor Bill
Senators approved a revised Liquor Control Act to curb teen drinking and punish adults who furnish minors. The bill by Sen. Jim Bates, Edinburg, passed on a voice vote and moves to the House. It raises penalties for minors and for adults who supply alcohol to minors, allows license suspensions, and lets officers arrest violators without warrants.
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Austin
House
Jim Bates
Edinburg
Bates
LCB
Prayer Quotations for Moral Living
A devotional line urges daily virtue and steadfast faith in God’s enduring love. The reader emphasizes living by morals, habits, and character, both in actions and speech, as a testament to spiritual devotion.
Amendment Sought May Spur Floor Fight in Texas House
Tech's proposed medical school faces a House floor clash over an amendment linking future facilities to Amarillo Lubbock and Odessa Midland. Rep Ralph Wayne pushes the clause to spell out commitments while Rep Delwin Jones warns of restrictive language. A luncheon aims to align plans as Sen Blanchard dismisses the measure as unlikely to reach the Senate.
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Glen Castlebury
Austin
Texas Tech
Amarillo
Odessa-Midland
Ralph Wayne
Plainviw
Wayne
Delwin Jones
Lubbock
Jones
Odessa Midland
Candy Barr Faces New Marijuana Charge in Brownwood
Candy Barr, once a Dallas exotic dancer jailed on a drug conviction, was charged again with marijuana possession in Brownwood. Officers found plant fragments in her rented room after a 2:30 a.m. search. bail was set at 25,000, later reduced to 10,000 after her 8 a.m. return. Barr used the name Juanita Phillips for the charge.
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Associated Press
Brownwood
Candy Barr
Bill Donahoo
Candy
Donahoo
Austin
Department of Public Safety Laboratory
Justice of the Peace
Earnest Cadenhead
Dallas
Juanita Phillips
Lee Candy
Panhandle area spared heavy snows as warmup looms
A storm moving from the Rockies failed to deliver heavy snow to the Panhandle. Lubbock forecasters said the trough weakened and stayed north, with a warming trend expected through Friday. Some flurries appeared in Friona and Farwell, none in Lubbock. sleet brushed northwest Houston.
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Phil Hamilton
Journal
Panhandle
South Plains
Rockies
Lubbock
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Weather Bureau
West Coast
Texas
Amarillo
Friona
Farwell
Houston
U S Warns Soviet On Vietnam Shelling Action
The United States told the Soviet Union it will take retaliatory action within days unless Communist forces in Vietnam stop shelling major population centers. Secretary Rogers reportedly raised the issue in a two hour talk with Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin.
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Washington
UPS
United States
Soviet Union
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Grand Jury Returns 45 Indictments in County Case Loop
A grand jury returned 45 indictments to Judge Robert H. Bean detailing alleged crimes including attempted robbery, 14 burglaries, and murder with a motor vehicle. The most common charges were theft over 50 and second offense intoxicated driving, along with 10 counts of passing forged instruments. One case was passed to a future session and two were no billed.
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Don Williams
Avalanche-Journal
Robert H. Bean
140Th District Court
Carolyn Sue Carroll
Hobbs
N. M
Ave. Q
Roy . Green
Calif
Ave. H
Sea Grand Jury
North Vietnam Attacks Near Saigon Escalate
North Vietnamese forces staged four attacks northwest of Saigon as U S commanders report a new offensive phase. The ambush and ensuing six hour battle left 76 enemy dead and eight U S soldiers wounded with minor vehicle damage.
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U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
U.S
Dau Tieng
Eban Visits U S To Meet Nixon
Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban arrived in Washington to meet President Nixon and discuss U S policy. He said the aim was to learn the new administration’s position and asserted the goal remains peace in the Middle East with consent of the involved parties.
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Washington
Abba Eban
Nixon
Eban
U.S
Ethan
Water Protection Ruling Shapes East Texas Water Rights
Texas Attorney General Crawford Martin said the state constitution bars the Water Development Board from removing surplus water from East Texas basins without leaving a 50 year supply in the origin basin. A pending bill to advance the board's long-range plan would not erase this protection, even if it allows removal for other beneficial uses.
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East Texas
Martin
Weather Bulletin for Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warmer through tonight with a high in the upper 40s and a low in the mid 20s. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday.
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Lubbock
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