Alaska defenses tighten with fast missiles near Siberia
The Defense Department reveals Alaska air defenses now include faster than sound nuclear tipped Falcons mounted on Air Force interceptor jets to counter Soviet overflights. The Falcon, a 7-foot guided rocket with a nuclear warhead, enhances radar linked protection as Alaska expands its alert posture. Democratic Karl Rolvaag nears Minnesota governor’s office after court upholds recount tally over Republican Elmer Andersen.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Alaska
Siberia
Congress
William Egan
Defense Department
Air Defense Command
U.S
ST. Paul, Minn
Karl Rolvaag
Elmer L. Andersen
Rolvaag
Minnesota Supreme Court
Andersen
Trustees Vote To Sell 2.1 Million In Bonds Today
Lubbock Independent School District trustees voted to sell 2.1 million dollars of unsold bonds from an 8 million dollar issue. The sale could proceed if market conditions and a pending Texas bill allow refunding bonds. a meeting with bond dealers is set for noon. The Underwood Neuhaus firm will handle the transaction.
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Kenneth Rhodes
Avalanche Journal
Rustees
Lubbock Independent School District
Underwood Neuhaus & Co., Inc
Nat Williams
Texas
U. S. Treasury
Williams
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Lies Denounced as Press Attacks on Government Credibility
Washington leaders told Congress the Kennedy administration lied to Americans in crises from the U2 incident to the Bay of Pigs. Robb and Rowe warned that ongoing deceit harms democracy and erodes trust in government pronouncements. They called for repudiation of lying as a government prerogative and criticized a Defense Department directive that could intimidate dissents.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Congress
Kennedy
Gene
Robb
House
U-2
Cuba
Albany, N.Y
Times-Union
Knickerbocker News
Publisers Association
Charles S. Rowe
Fredericksburg
Free Lance Star
Rowe
Freedom of Information Committee
Assn
Defense Department
Pentagon
Shop Rite Wins Union Election at Fort Worth Warehouse
Shop Rite Foods Inc. headquartered in Lubbock won a union election for its Fort Worth warehouse workers. Final vote 25 for Shop Rite 20 for the United Packinghouse Food and Allied Workers AFL-CIO after union challenges and an NLRB hearing opened six previously challenged ballots, all in favor of Shop Rite.
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Fort Worth
Shop Rite Foods, Inc
Lubbock
National Labor Relations Board
John C. Crawford
NLRB
Shop Rite
United, Packing House, Food and Allied Workers
Afl-Cio
Shop
Crawford
Bank Robbery Hits Sarepta Branch. Loot About $10,000
A teenage boy and a man in overalls robbed a Sarepta, Louisiana, branch bank on Tuesday, escaping with an estimated $10,000 in cash. Police searched the area for the two suspects.
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Louisiana
Sarepta, la
UPI
Four Year Status Advances for Texas Colleges
Texas senators moved to upgrade San Angelo Junior College to a four year state supported college and debated Pan American College. The Senate temporarily approved San Angelo and considered Permian, Webb and Pan American measures with votes tight and final action possible by two thirds. Hazlewood urged a constitutional amendment requiring two thirds approval and State Board of Education consent before any more four year state supported colleges are created.
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Associated Press
USTIN
Texas
Webb State College
Senate
San Angelo
Laredo
Permian
State College
Pan American
Odessa
House
W. T. Moore
Bryan
Tom Creighton
Mineral Wells
Charles Herring
Austin
San Angelo Junior College
San Angelo State College
Jim Bates
Edinburg
Pan American College
Bates
Braham Karen
Webb
Frank Owen
el Paso
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
State Board of Education
Hazlewood
United States and Central America vow to halt Castro subversion
In San Jose Kennedy and six Central American leaders endorse a 2000 word declaration on economic and social action to deter Castro influence. They plan enhanced sea and air surveillance and restrict movement of nationals to and from Cuba. RFK possible U.S. representative. Managua meeting urged for early April. Estimated funding discussed around 200 million dollars.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
AN Jose
Costa Rica
United States
Central American
Cuba
Kennedy
San Jose
Central America
Family of Free Nations
U.S
America
Panama
Nicaragua
Guatemala
el Salvador
Honduras
Rfk
U.S. Sec
Dean Rusk
Robert F. Kennedy
Mantagua
Rusk
Justice Department
Daniel Odubur
City lawmakers clash over annexation and TX Tech vet bill
In Austin two Lubbock representatives Reps J Collier Adams and Reed Quilliam tussled over a municipal annexation bill. Adams backed an amendment granting cities power to set ETJ street and utility standards while Quilliam claimed it favored builders opposing regulation. The annexation debate entered its third day with a 79 to 61 vote on Adams amendment.
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Sue Flanagan
Avalanche-Journal
Austin Bureau Ustin
Lubbock
House of Representatives
Texas Tech
J. Collier Adams
Reed Quilliam
Quilliam
Adams
House
Rep
Solons
Superstition and the Rabbit's Foot Belief
The column jokes about superstition noting faith in charms like a rabbit's foot, while highlighting the irony that the charm did not work for the rabbit.
Tornadoes Cut Swath Across Indiana and Kentucky
Lethal tornadoes ripped southern Indiana on Tuesday with four twisters and funnel clouds touching down in Jasper Becks Mill Crete and Crete along with a twister in east central Indiana. Strong winds damaged buildings uprooted trees and injured nine in Kentucky with Albany and Clinton hardest hit and at least three deaths reported in Indiana.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Kentucky
Midwest
Albany
Clinton
Jasper
Beck's Mill
Crete
Couple Shot at Home Leaves Texas Farmer Dead
Thetford family at a Lubbock area residence is shaken by a Tuesday morning shooting that killed Billy Dean Thetford, 33, and left his wife Alice critically wounded. The crime occurred as their three sons slept. a .32 caliber pistol was found near Billy Dean's hand. Sheriff Weir Clem and investigators are pursuing leads, with the wife having filed for divorce and a restraining order in place.
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Ropesville
West Texas Hospital
Billy Dean Thetford
Alice
Hockley County
Weir Clem
Levelland
Thetford
Lubbock
Clem
Wolfforth
Ropesville J
Lubbock-Hockley
William Dale
Eddie Dean
Department of Public Safety
Tony Dwight
Peanuts
Irene Thetford
Sabt
Today's Prayer by Rev Allen P Price
A dated devotional prayer passage asks believers to fear not the future and not cling to present troubles as they seek God the Savior and Friend. Based on a prayer by J A Stephens, attributed to the Rev Allen P Price.
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God
J. A. Stephens
Allen P. Price
Swine Show Champs Named At South Plains Junior Fair
Duane Howell reports Glenn Lehman, 18, of Wilson and Daria Harris, 16, from Ralls earned all breed top honors at the 30th Annual South Plains Junior Fat Stock Show. Over 900 barrows judged over three days with a prize sale set for today at the Panhandle South Plains Fair grounds. Ninety eight nonprize steers sold for $21,181.26 at Lubbock auction. Tanksley praised the 4H and FFA exhibitors as judging wrapped up.
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Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
Wilson
Future Farmers of America
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains Fairgrounds
Glenn Lehman
Arnold Lehman
South Plains
Daria Harris
Ernest Harris
Ralls
Hampshire
T. D. Tanksley
Texas Agricultege Station
Tawksley
Lubbock Livestock Auction Co
Tanksiey
Weather Map Page 4 A Lubbock And Vicinity Forecast
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions with highs in the 70s. West and southwest winds will range from 10 to 25 miles per hour across the region.
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Lubbock
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