Winter Stages Gusty Encore LBJ Discounts Inflation Threat
President Johnson said it is too soon to raise taxes to curb inflation and is weighing the economy daily. He dismissed mutiny rumors in Congress and said labor seems not independent. He noted varied economic indicators and Viet Nam spending, with no current tax plan.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Ashington
Johnson
Congress
CST
U.S
Lee Johnson
Domestic Quarrel Dictionary Quip Highlights Rights Debate
The item references a joke titled Domestic Quarrel noting an argument starts with what is right but ends with who is right. It appears in the newspaper’s humor or feature section as a light column entry.
Audit finds over $40000 unpaid county equipment charges
Levelland Sun-News reports District Attorney Boedeker will not seek Grand Jury action from a Hockley County audit noting more than 40000 in unpaid charges for county road machinery. Petition circulators call for policy review. officials say no criminal act, just questions of judgment and businesslike county operation.
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Petiions
Ader
Pry Panhe
Evelland
Atty
E. W
Bill) Boedeker
Hockley
Levelland Re Sun-News
Mo Bo Lee
Entcade
Elsorses
Pri Vette
Counts
Vroud Piry
Roberts
Senate
Lubbock 4 H Youth Wins Grand Champion Barrow Title
Max Thom, 9 year old son of Abr and Mrs Froy Thomas, captured the grand champion barrow at the South Plains Livestock Show. Carl Ebbs won the reserve grand championship and also claimed a hampshire pig as a breed reserve. The sale of prize stock closes today at the Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds with 73 head sold for over 17 thousand dollars.
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Max Thomas
South Plains
Carl, Teyear-oald
Bul Ebbs
Hampshire
Tieat
Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds
Hese Lubbock Livestock Auction Co
GSO
Mt Eiger Climber John Harlin Dies On Treacherous North Wall
American climber John Harlin 30 of Los Altos Calif died after a fall on Mt Eiger. He was allied with a five man British American team attempting a direct ascent. The tragedy follows days of brutal effort as Germans and Anglo Americans prepared for a stronger push toward the summit.
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John Harlin
Los Altos
Calif
Dias
Parlin
Hatin
Harlin
Jce
Quake Hits North China Shakes Singtai Region
Four strong earthquakes jolted north China near Singtai and reached Peking causing widespread fleeing. Seismologists in Moscow called it among history’s strongest quakes with no casualty figures reported.
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United Press
Okyo
China
Singtai
Moscow
Peking
Powerful 8.5 Quake Hits Peking Epicenter Causing Damage
A major tremor centered in Bwamba County with epicenter near the Ruwenzori range triggered aftershocks in Beijing area. Reports put the quake at 8.5 on the Richter scale, one of the strongest recorded. casualties and road blockages hinder rescue as officials assess damage.
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Bwamba
Ruwenzori
Kampala
IRS audit rules tighten as more returns get checks
The IRS report shows increased use of computers, more errors found, and higher penalties after last year’s work. Audits target random samples across income levels, rising sharply for taxpayers with $20,000 and up, with April deadline looming.
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Ashington
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Pears Evers
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IRS
Sheldon S
Common Market Hit By Workers Strike
About 7,000 translators, typists and other civil servants employed by the European Common Market went on strike for higher wages Tuesday, sparing the community's operations during a brucial foreign ministers conference. The four hour action disrupted activities as ministers sought to avert a new crisis in the market.
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Brussels
European Common Market
Plains Travel Is Hazardous
Strong westerly fronts and a blizzard swept across the Great Plains into the South Plains of Texas. The Weather Bureau issued cold wave warnings as 38 mph winds with 58 mph gusts at Lubbock reduced visibility to three quarters of a mile. Dust storms extended 500 miles from El Paso to the Red River, slowing travel and causing minor property damage.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Great Plains
Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Lubbock Municipal
el Paso
Red River
Winter Weather Devastates Hub City With Freezing Surge
A severe Arctic cold snap brings gusts over 50 mph and temperatures dropping to the upper 20s by dawn with a 23 degree low expected before daybreak Thursday. After a week of record highs near 90, the city records 14 degrees as snow flurries melt and visibility falls on a rapid weather reversal.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Lnger
South Plains
Panhandle
Dalhart
Spearman
Perryton
Dumas
Werther
Texas
Dloacm
Blizzard Strikes West and Great Plains With Snow and Loss
A fast moving blizzard dumped deep snow and strong winds across the Great Plains and West Tuesday night, closing schools and roads. Two deaths reported in Wyoming. Lead and Deadwood in the Black Hills tally 24 and 19 inches respectively. Rapid City 6 inches. many routes and towns cut off. Snow paralyzes parts of western Nebraska with high winds and power outages near Ogallala and Madrid.
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Wyoming
Black Hills
South Dakota
Lead
Deadwood
Sturgis
Rapid City
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Nebraska Highway Patrol
Ogallala
Roscoe
Bassett
Grant
Madrid
Venango
Elsie
North Platte
Neb
Norfolk
GM Chief Apologizes Over Probe To Senate Panel
General Motors President James Roche apologized for the company investigation of the Nader matter before a Senate subcommittee. Roche repeated his apology later after critics claimed harassment, while Vincent Gillen of the private agency defended his claim there was no harassment. Kennedy and Ribicoff pressed for accuracy in Roche's statements as Roche sought time to clarify GM's stance.
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Associated Press
Ashington General Motors
James MM. Roche
Roche
Senate
Ralph Nader
Vincent Gillen
Nader
Gillen
Robert F. Kennedy
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Weather Map Page I 12-B Lubbock and Vicinity
Forecast calls for fair and colder conditions today and tonight with a hard freeze likely Thursday morning. Highs in the upper 40s and a low around 23 with northerly winds 20 to 30 mph.
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Lubbock
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