Von Braun to speak at Texas Tech in Lubbock today
Dr. Wernher von Braun, NASA deputy associate administrator, visits Lubbock as a guest of Texas Tech. He will lecture at 2:00 p.m. in Municipal Auditorium, sponsored by the Engineering Students Council to outline NASA’s long range plans and space program benefits for the public.
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Wernher von Braun
Hut City
Texas Tech
Municipal Auditorium
Engineering Students Council
Lubbock and
South Plains
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
U. S
von Braun
Lubbock
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Redstone Arsenal
Nixon Friends Shielded From Probe Claims Life Magazine
Life magazine alleges the Nixon administration act to shield key allies in San Diego from criminal probes. The report ties civic leader C Arnholt Smith and associate John Alessio to the effort, with San Diego Mayor Frank Curran also implicated. The Justice Department denies any White House influence in investigations or prosecutions.
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United Press International
New York
Nixon
Justice
San Diego
Life Magazine
Jack Anderson
International Telephone
The
Life Report
C. Arnholt Smith
Congress
Smith
John Alessin
Mexico
Frank Curran
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Alessio
Life
Curran
Crash in Hale County kills two Lubbockites
A van carrying eight members of the Night Walkers band from Lubbock crashed about seven miles south of Hale Center on Interstate 27 injuring seven and killing two. Sammie Romero of 1051 Lith St and Oscar Thomas Flores of Elgin Ave., both Lubbock residents, died. others were admitted to Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. Investigators said the group was en route to Plainview for a dance when the vehicle failed to navigate a curve and overturned twice.
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Avalanche-Journal
Hale Center
Lubbock
Here
Oscar Thomas Flores
Elgin Ave
Lubbeck
Lubbock’s
Methodist Hospital
Marai Rangel
Night Walkers
Plainview
DeLesca
Romero
Flores
South Plains
Henderson
Thousands Eligible GIs To Get Early Vietnam Pullout
The Army announced an expanded departure plan ahead of the May 1 troop limit, allowing thousands of soldiers to leave Vietnam two to five months early. More than 20,000 would depart in April, with over 73 percent of those due to return between July and August.
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Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Tesan
Nixon
Army
United States
Senator Blanchard Stable After Open Heart Surgery
Galveston special report states State Senator H J Blanchard of Lubbock remained in the intensive care unit at John Sealy Hospital after two open heart surgeries. Officials said his condition was listed as satisfactory and stable and that he no longer requires an artificial respirator.
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Galveston
H. J
Doc
Blanchard
Lubbock
John Sealy Hospital
Signs of good parenting in sibling squabbles
Chicago reports that educational psychologists say sibling fighting, when bounded, signals healthy parent-child ties. Dr. Maria Piers notes children seek parental favor and quarrels ease when parents are away. Barbara Bowman adds nonobvious caregivers can shape conduct. See FIGHT Page 14.
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Chicago
Maria Piers
Ericsson Institute of Early Education
Barbara Bowman
Piers
Honeymoon Hijackers Take Seaplane to Cuba From Key West
A neatly dressed couple on their honeymoon hijacked a small twin engine seaplane with three others on a flight to the Dry Tortugas Sunday and forced it to Cuba. The Cessna 206 landed safely in Cuba. the airline crew identified the pilots and passengers, including Mr and Mrs Bob Sands of Boston and an elderly couple Mr and Mrs Strickland.
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Key West
Fla
Dry Tortugas Islands
Cuba
Miami
Bob Sands
Boston
Mass
Atlantic Shores
Wilhelm Kuhl
Hook Hammersleg
Strickland
Morris Mazur
Atlantic Shortes
Na‘zur
Prayer for Trust in God and Sabbath Sanctification
A Lubbock Reader asks for guidance to fully trust in God's promised care and to sanctify the Sabbath in truth, seeking to honor vows with genuine devotion rather than mere lip service.
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Lubbock
Cold Front Brings Mixed Weather Across Texas
A cold front sweeps through Sunday bringing varied weather from showers to clearing skies. Winds shift north, highs in the upper 70s, lows near 40s, with a heavy thundershower reported between Del Rio and San Angelo. Several towns saw scattered showers Sunday night, from Floydada to Stan ton, with no measurable precipitation in some areas.
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Das
Nws Staffan
Uisaty
Pot
Floydada
Turkey
Stanton
del Rio
San Angelo
Texas
unclear archival notice from Lubbock era page
Fragmented text from Lubbock newspaper references state and nation matters. Mentions government defense of a settlement, a PET clan, and William Colles triphters around a next step. Other details are illegible.
Congress A body of lawmakers that spends every year
A clipped editorial style note labeling Congress as a body of lawmakers that spends more money than its members are worth. The piece appears in a mid-century newspaper page with sections on editorials, radio programs, sports, horoscopes, and comics, hinting at a broad opinion or satire.
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Congress
Top Matador Bronc Buster Claud Jeffers
Claud Jeffers was famed as a premier bronc buster for the Matador Ranch in Caprock country. Over a career spanning decades he broke 60 to 500 horses a year at times and peak year saw 580 horses trained, earning praise from oldtimers as a master who rode mean horses without spurs. His horsemanship made him a valued horse trainer and ranch asset with a notable victory in 1935 when his horse High Power won at the Texas Cowboy Reunion in Stamford.
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Claud Jeffers
Caprock
West Texas
Jeffers
Matador Ranch
Claug Jeffers
High Power
Stamford
Yemen Crash Kills Many Aboard Flight From Jeddah
A Yemen air crash near Aden involved a jetliner bound from Jeddah to the DCW destination. Spokesman said about vt passengers and crew perished with several bodies recovered. Most believed to be Arabs. identities were not yet confirmed.
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Marty
Alen
Nooth
Yemen
Carta
Eas
Pepottert
DCW
Aden
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
Mirpoert
India Nixes Journey By LS Envoy Dev Phe Ree tater
An embassy spokesman said the journey was canceled amid tensions over aid to Jomishedptr. The city’s industrial sector implicated, with private donations from Philadelphia school children referenced, and US assistance under debate. Page 14.
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India
Jomishedptr
Arctic trapper fights grief after wife’s death in remote Yukon
Mike Holland recalls the Feb. 15 death of wife Sue Holland near their log cabin in the Arctic Circle. The couple, living off the land with infant son, faced isolation and brutal environment as news of their story drew national attention. Holland, still in Fairbanks, speaks of the country’s harshness and his efforts to pick up the pieces of their life.
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Yukon
Babin
Arctie Circle
Associated Press
United States
Sue Holland
Holand
Fairbanks
Weather map page notes cooler spell for Lubbock area
Fair conditions prevail in Lubbock and vicinity with a cooler trend through today and Tuesday. Highs today in the upper 70s, tonight's lows near the upper 40s, winds from the northwest at 10 to 20 mph.
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Lubbock
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