Decency Rally Draws 30000 at Miami Orange Bowl
About 30,000 attendees joined teens at the Orange Bowl to back a youth led decency campaign following Jim Morrison's indecent exposure charge. Speakers cited God and patriotism while entertainers like Jackie Gleason Anita Bryant and The Letermens donated appearances.
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Miami
Jim Morrison
The
Doors
Morrison
Julie James
Rally For Decency
Brotherhood
Jackie Gleason
Anita Bryant
Tornado Tears Through Hamshire and Texas Winds Bring Floods
A fast moving cold front in Texas spawned a tornado that struck Hamshire felling trees and ripping gas lines while damaging homes. High winds capsized a boat on Lake Travis near Austin causing three drownings and one fatal heart attack during rescue attempts. One woman injured and a fifth person missing. Rain and hail drenched the South Plains with multiple towns recording over an inch. Police report Hamshire path near Beaumont with $30,000 to $50,000 in damage.
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Don Vandiver
Avalanche-Journal
Texas
East Texas
Hamshire
Lake Travis
Austin
South Plains
Tulsa
Lubbock
Brownfield
Tahoka
Snyder
Panhandle
Jefferson County
Beaumont
Mexico The land south of the border where American tourists cheer the bull
Mexico: The land south of the border where American tourists cheer the bull.
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Mexico
Antitrust Action Targets LTV Takeover of Jones & Laughlin
Washington The Justice Department warned Ling-Temco-Vought to divest its Jones & Laughlin Steel stake or face an antitrust suit. LTV pledged to vigorously defend the takeover, calling it pro competitive and asserting the courts will vindicate its action. The case marks the department’s first concrete move against merger driven expansion by a major conglomerate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Justice Department
Ling-Temco-Vought
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
LTV
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Richard W. McLaren
Jones &Laughlin
Jones & Laughlin
Wilson & Co. Sporting Goods
Braniff International Airlines
Willson & Co
America
National Car Rental Systems Inc
Greatamerica Corp
Kaiser Steel
Lone Star Steel
Houston professor charged in liquor store robbery plot
University of Houston economist Gerry Charlotte Phelps, 37, held on 4 counts of armed robbery with $200000 bond, plotted revolution against the U.S. government. Police say she recruited students and planned hijacking to raise money for weapons from Canada. three male accomplices, Bankston, Smith, and Lamarre, were also charged.
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Houston
University of Houston
U.S
Herman Short
Gerry Charlotte Phelps
Short
Mrs. Phelps
Phelps
Canada
FBI
Duell Allen Bankston
Samuel Clayton Smith
Christopher Allen Lamarre
Cuba
Students For A Democratic Society
Sudden Aurora Lights Up Texas Sky
The northern lights were visible Sunday night across South Plains areas including Lubbock and Alpine Del Rio and Fort Davis saw the display before clouds moved in Weather Bureau forecasters in Boulder said geomagnetic storms began around 1 p.m. CST and persisted across much of the nation with viewability limited by cloud cover Local residents reported red orange glows and police and weather agencies tracked the phenomenon citing the ESSA center and University of Texas observatory observations
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South Plains
Lubbock
U.S. Weather Bureau
Department of Public Safety
del Rio
Fort Davis
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Ted Sheehan
Police Department
Barton Cox
Essa Space Disturbance
Boulder
Colo
University of Texas Observatory
Davis Mountains
Alpine
Karl Kildahl
Boulder Center
Kildahl
Prayer and reader submissions invite shared devotions
A brief editor note invites readers to submit short prayers about facing fear and seeking courage and faith. It requests prayers be under 60 words and adds a reminder that readers may send their favorites for publication.
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Q Lord God
Jose
Durbin murder trials split with Burnet and Austin dates
Clyde Durbin Jr will be tried first in Austin for the death of John Albert White after a pretrial hearing. Burnet trial for Keitha Morris's murder is reset to September 29. Morris and White, UT students, were killed near Austin. Nixon orders $2 to $3 billion in spending cuts, targeting all nonessential programs except law enforcement, Vietnam support, and urgent poverty programs.
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Burnet
UPI
Clyde Durbin, Jr
Keitha Morris
Austin
Miss Morris
John Albert White
Jack Miller
Durbin
White
University of Texas
Inks Lake
Burnet County
Travis
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Freight Drivers Then And Now Contrast In 1908 Travel Tale
The piece compares modern interstate trucking with an early freighter tale from January 1908. Carl McDaniel recalls French Henderson, who ran a freight line from Old Emma to Plainview, detailing the hardships of pioneer trucking and the era’s rough travel conditions.
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Grady Hartman
27Th St
Farr's Supermarkets
Carl McDaniel
Petersburg
Old Emma
French Henderson
Plainview
Vietnam War: U.S. Forces Hit Viet Cong in Mekong Delta
American infantry backed by artillery and air strikes engaged enemy forces in three Mekong Delta clashes. U.S. losses were four killed and 19 wounded. In separate actions near Saigon and Long Binh, 132 Viet Cong were reported killed and 10 prisoners freed. Overnight attacks totaled about 25 mortar and rocket strikes with light casualties. One child was killed and 21 wounded in shelling near Quang Ngai City.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
9Th Infantry Division
Mekong
9Th Infantry
Sth
Strategic Air Command
South Vietnam
South Viet Namese
Quang Ngai City
da Nang
U.S. Army
Long Binh
A Shau Valley
101St Airborne Division
Vietnam
City Burglar Stole Camera Gear and Golf Club Set
A Lubbock resident reported a burglary stealing a $473 electronic camera and a $215 golf club set along with five other clubs, two golf shoes, seven dozen golf balls, and $924 total loss. Burglars used a coat hanger to open the car door. A separate night break at Holt's Finer Foods caused $180 in losses after forcing entry through a ground-level window.
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Lubbock
H. F
Corky) Barton
Apt
Barton
Holt
Finer Foods
Ave. N
Mr. BB
Hamburger
Nixon Aides Confer On Vietnam War Strategy
President Nixon spent over three hours Sunday with Secretary of State Kissinger and Saigon advisors Ellsworth Bunker and Gen. Andrew Goodpaster to map U.S. strategy amid intensifying Vietnam fighting. They met at San Clemente and aboard a jetliner back to Washington, reviewing war effort reappraisal and South Vietnam’s political climate.
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United Press International
Washington
Nixon
Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Andrew J. Goodpaster
San Clemente
Calif
Bunker
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
White House
Goodpaster
United States
South Vietnam
Sec
Henry A. Kissinger
Ronald L. Ziegler
Vietnam
Defense
Melvin R Laird
NATO
Toro’ Marine Air Station
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Weather Map Page for Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and cooler through night. High today in upper 50s. low tonight near 40. Northerly winds up to 25 mph this afternoon. Maximum 71. minimum noted. Humidity 88 percent at midnight. City weather figures for Abilene Denver Albuquerque Amarillo Clovis and Oklahoma City included.
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Denver
Albuquerque
Paso
Tamarilo
Houston
Okla
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