Park Plan Upsets Johnson Neighbors Over Sale Price
A Texas Parks Department effort to annex land around LBJ Ranch to create a public park triggers a price war with nearby residents led by Mr and Mrs Earl Sweeney. Officials offer 150 per acre while the Sweeneys seek 5000 per acre for 64 acres opposite the ranch gate amid impending condemnation actions.
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Johnson
Pedernales
Texas State Parks Department
LBJ Ranch
Parks Department
Alamo
Earl Sweeney
LBJ
Ranch Road
Sweeneys
Texas
Richard Sturcilli
Chilhowie
Starvill's
Gillespie County
Stureill
Neighbors
Page
Subandrio among 15 old regime ministers arrested in Indonesia
United Press International reports in Singapore that Lt. Gen. Suharto’s anti-Sukarno move detains 15 old regime ministers including First Deputy Prime Minister Subandrio. Sukarno remains nominal president, while Subandrio’s fate tests Sukarno’s authority. Martial law mood and security orders spread, with governors and military chiefs urged to preserve order and ensure supplies.
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Singapore
Suharto
Subandrio
Jakarta
Sukarno
Voice For Free
Indonesia
Bogor
Communist Party
Doral Open title winner Phil Rogers tops by one stroke
Phil Rodgers wins the Doral Open Tournament by one stroke with Arnold Palmer finishing third. Soaring interest rates fail to dampen borrowing enthusiasm in the United States. Prince Philip raises $20,000 for charity by attending a polo match as spectator. Policy favors containment without isolation toward Red China per Humphrey. Nine young soloists perform with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra to rousing audience. Six more girls enter the South Plains Junior Livestock Show Princess Contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Phil Rodgers
Arnold Palmer
Prince Philip
Oasis mulls disbanding Domini can peace source
Five Americans detained in Brazil face shoreline charges claim kidnapping and terror by police. Fidel Castro levels blistering insults at Communist China in Havana speech. Retirement column riffs on the old proverb that time is money.
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Brazil
Fidel Castro
China
Havana
Prayer text by Mrs Jesse J Rasor
Today's prayer asks for blessing and faith to make God's truth real in life. It invokes trust in the Lord as salvation and strength, requesting grace for belief and courage.
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Jesse J. Rasor
Virginia Highway Dump Dumps Six Tons Of Fish On Road
A fertilizer-hauling trailer leaking on a Virginia highway spilled six tons of assorted fish over about a quarter mile. William Hamilton said a rusted trailer side failed, dumping most of the load. State police and ten workers cleared the mess for hours as drivers passed by, noting a shark in the road among the morning spectacle.
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Associated Press
Veriton
Virginia
USS
William Hamilton
Chesapeake
Hamilton
Bishop
P. G. Godwin
State Highway Department
Cheriton
Pitchfork Ranch Roots Run Deep in West Texas History
The Pitchfork Ranch near Dickens traces its origins to the 1880s with founders J. S. Godwin and P. D. Gardner. The brand, dating back to 1843, evolved from a historic mark used in Texan ranching. Ownership shifted to Eugene Williams and A P Bush Jr in 1883 as the Pitchfork Land and Cattle Co expanded with 25,000 acres and 3,750 head.
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J. S. Godwin
PD. BB. Gardner
Godwin
Lake Kickapoo
Wichita Falls
Gardner
Old Fort Griffin
Jerry Savage
Norman Savage
Matagorda County
Texas
Republic
West Texas
Eugene Williams
St. Louis
Williams
A. P. Bush Jr
Gardner and Williams
Pitchfork Land and Cattle Co
Samuel Lazarus
Sherman
Gemini 8 Astronauts Prelaunch Runthrough of Space Walks
Eight astronauts, calm as launch nears, review the complex three day flight plan for Gemini 8. Armstrong and Scott rehearse docking with Agena, Scott to perform the 24 hour space walk, tests to guide future lunar missions.
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Associated Press
Ape Kennedy
U.S
Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Thitch
Scott
Atlas
Agena
Armstrong
Three Men Wounded As Patrolman Fires At Club Suspect
Highway patrolman W. W. Baker shot five times at a gunman at the Claret Club in Woodrow Sunday night. Lalo Jiminez, 40, of Brownfield, was wounded and hospitalized in serious condition after allegedly shooting two men and firing on the patrolman. Domingo Perez and his son were treated for flesh wounds, while club manager Domingo Perez Sr. was unharmed. the club had seen prior fatal shootings on Christmas Day.
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Phil Hamilton
Avalanche-Journal
TENAS
Woodrow
Lalo Jiminez
Brownfield
Methodist Hospital
W. W. Baker
Rooster Club
Baker
K. B. Hallmark Jr
Lubbock
Perez
Brownfield General Hospital
Beene Hospital
Jiminez
Jho
Sides Flores
Raul Rios
Wilson
Dan R. Ramos
Auburn
Liberal Social Christians form coalition in Belgium crisis
Brussels AP reports the Liberal party agreed on Sunday to join with the Social Christians to form a governing coalition ending a month of political crisis in Belgium.
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Brussels
Belgium
Liberal Party
Social Christians
Vietnamese Profiteer Executed in Saigon Market
Ta Vinh a 34 year old Chinese descent businessman was executed by a Saigon army firing squad for profiteering and economic sabotage. The verdict by a special tribunal led by the interior ministry upheld a death sentence after appeals were denied. The public attended within two blocks as Vinh received last rites from a Roman Catholic priest.
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Saigon
Ta Vinh
Market Place
Vinh
Saigon Court of Appeals
Ministry of the Interior
Sui Hing Import-Export
Nguyen Cao Ky
Irish celebrate early St Patrick's Day in New Jersey area
More than 90,000 people turned out for St Patrick's Day parades Sunday in Newark Jersey City and Yonkers as Irish residents across the New York metropolitan area wore green four days early this year.
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New York
Newark
Jersey
City
Yonkers
Mathias Enters Congress Race in California District
Two-time Olympic decathlon champion Bob Mathias announces as a Republican candidate for California's 18th District. At 35, he is the only challenger to 14-year House veteran Democrat Harlan Hagan. Mathias rose to fame with the 1948 London and 1952 Helsinki victories and now runs a boys camp near Kings Canyon, Visalia.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Bob Mathias
California
Mathias
Harlan Hagan
London
Helsinki
Visalia
Kings
Canyon
Shops In City Open After Brief Strike
Downtown Da Nang shops reopened after a five hour Sunday strike protesting Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi’s removal. Traffic was heavy as workers returned. organizers cited public dissatisfaction with Saigon’s dismissal while the public largely stayed apathetic amid limited ground action.
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Associated Press
AIGON
da Nang
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Thi
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
U. S. Marine
Saigon
North Viet Nam
U.S
South Vietnamese
25Th ‘Infantry
Ban Me Thuot
101St Airborne Division
Tuy Hoa
Hometown cheers Nancy Bernard after national maid tour
Nancy Bernard 21, 1966 National Maid of Cotton, recalls meeting the president and touring 18 cities in the United States and Canada. The UT Austin student, daughter of Ralph and Mrs. Bernard, says travel broadened her view though people remain similar. She returns to Lubbock after three months on the road with more to come in April Europe assignment.
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Bruce Magness
Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock
Nancy Bernard
National Maid of Cotton
United States
Miss Bernard
Ralph E. Bernard
54Th St
Memphis
Tenn
University of Texas Coed
Nancy
Canada
Europe
Jolly Green Giants
Sweetwater Snake Roundup Draws Hunters In Warm Weather
Sweetwater Texas hosts its three day reptile roundup with 270 hunters collecting 3200 rattlesnakes weighing about 2800 pounds. Jaycees paid 300 in prizes. Bob O D onald of Claytonville captured 384 pounds to win trophy and 40 dollars.
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Sweetwater
West
Texas
Sweetwater ‘Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Bob O'Donald
Claytonville
Tex
Tony Hayley
Ray Dodgson
C. W.carlile
Roscoe, Tex
Joe Ackson
Dallas
Weather Roundup for Lubbock and Southwest Region
Lubbock and vicinity expect mostly fair skies and warmer temperatures with highs near the upper 70s and lows around the 40s. Southerly winds up to 29 mph this afternoon. Forecasts cover regional readings from Cheyenne to El Paso with temperatures reaching highs near 87 in parts of the Southwest and humidity around 26 percent in the morning.
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Lubbock
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Thhat
Radio Jakarta
Lubbock, Arca
Lubbock Symphony Orchestra
Red China
Humphrey
Sec. A
OASIS
Comic Dictionary
Mandalay
Pitchfork Kid
By Tanner Laine
Ickens
Matadors
Justen
Caprock
Ogle Ridge Creathouse
Mat Ranch
Uncle Ridge
U. S. Hwy. 82
Dickens
Gemini
Okay Coalition
Congress
Oy Army
Patty Powall
Rebecca Moore
Washington
Bernard Lee Cotton Maid Page
Sweetwater’s Snakes Slim
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