Ruby defense adds Dr Hubert Smith for Oswald case
AP reporting that relatives of convicted slayer Jack Ruby announced hiring Dr Hubert Winston Smith as defense counsel for the University of Texas Law Institute. Smith, 56, blends medical and legal training and will work pro bono. Tonahill and Barleison will stay on defense staff with Melvin Belli released after critical remarks.
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Phil Barleison
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San Francisco
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Civil rights tensions flare in Jackson conflict scene
Report from Arkansas era cites police in Jackson reportedly clashing with Black youths as desegregation protests grow. Descriptions note vandalism, race rhetoric, and threats of penalties for aiding boycotts as the Little Rock school desegregation push continues.
City OKs Reese Water Pact and paving hearing costs
Lubbock city council approved a $50,000 outlay for Green Fair Manor and authorized a water contract with Reese Air Force Base for 1967. The meeting also touched the 1964 paving program affecting 140 blocks, with total city expense around $748,525 and a list of blocks to be assessed.
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Jerry Wall
Avalanche-Journal Star
Ubbock
Green Fair Manor
Reese Air Force Base
City Hall
Ouneil
U S Presses on Release of Airmen Held by Reds
Secretary of State Dean Rusk pressed Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin in a brief talk about the promised release of two U S airmen held by East German authorities. A State Department spokesman said the ambassador had little new to offer beyond a prior message that the fliers would be released very soon.
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UPL
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Dean Rusk
U. S
East
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US State Department
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Dobrynin
Rusk
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Weight scam probe targets West Texas cattle ring
U S Department of Agriculture reveals a weight adjustment scheme bilking Eastern New Mexico and West Texas ranchers and packers of thousands. Ring operated across Clovis Amarillo and Lubbock with insiders at sale barns manipulating scales. Indictments likely as investigators finish up this week.
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Vite Peene
U.S. Department of Agriculture
New Mexico
West Texas
Rent Bierman
Department
Packers and Stockers
Washington
Bierman
Keda-Tv
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Clovis Amarillo
Lubbock
Clovis
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Senate Dems Slow Baker Case Hearing Turndown
The Senate hearings on the Bobby Baker probe paused as Hales committee rejected recalling Reynolds and one more witness, while planning a public hearing on an accountant Milton J. Hauft whose forged signature on Baker’s 1961 tax return was alleged. The panel, six Democrats and three Republicans, kept a tight lid on testimony, keeping Reynolds off and dismissing the latest affidavit as irrelevant.
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Senate
Hales Committee
Jahnson
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Don B. Reynolds
Reynolds
Johnson
Altidavit
Ance
White House
Baker
Prayer Note Honoring Thor and Son Blessing
A devotional line thanks the Holy Father for the gift of His Son. The text asks that Thy Spirit reveal Him to believers so they may live abundantly in Him and feel divine love, signed by Mrs. J J Rasor Laibbock.
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Thor
Rasor
Laibbock
Severe storm sweeps Rockies and Midwest
A major spring storm blasted the Rockies and upper Midwest with blizzards and high winds, dumping up to five feet of snow on drifts, chilling to near minus two in Lewiston Montana, and triggering thunder over the Ozarks. Snow totals included Coal Bank Pass and Durango Colorado, while Los Angeles faced a three day storm with mountain snow and hikers stranded in San Bernardino foothills. Texas saw thunderstorms and light rain as the system moved southeast.
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Idaho
Rockies
Lewiston
Mont
Ozarks
Colorado
Canadian
Arizona
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Colo
Wolt. Creek Pass
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Loo Teemaxe Hays
Lake Arrowhead
Canyon
Texas
Man You Can Never Depend Upon Is Never Wrong
Fragmentary note lists a quirky phrase about a man who cannot be depended on being never wrong. No clear event, date, or attribution available.
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Nivenys
Cold snap grips central and eastern regions
The state experiences widespread cold air as a winter storm drives snow eastward overnight, with gusty winds continuing. Weather page notes the ongoing blast of cold and forecasts further icy conditions today.
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Minsteil
Pahandie
Agin
MacArthur Improves After Surgery At Walter Reed Army Med Ctr
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur shows signs of improvement after emergency surgery and a second operation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Doctors report he is progressing satisfactorily and able to communicate with aides. The medical briefing notes a removed spleen and careful post operative care as the three war hero recovers.
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Douglas Mics Arthur
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Sany
Gene Loral
Waller Heed Army Medi Hval
Mee MacArthur
Arthur
Courtney Whitney Spicen
Newanon
Lennart J. Houta
Lartay
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Baisette
Gen
MacAriheir
Mel
George Reeds
White House
P-TA Group Gives Final Okay to Child Rearing Guidelines
About 60 parents at J T Hutchinson Junior High School approved recommendations for a citywide set of child raising guidelines. Mrs John Robert Moxley moderated the session noting the guidelines are only recommendations and will be distributed widely within three weeks. The effort, by the Pacenix committee under Lubbock City Council PTAs, aims to elevate standards in social, spiritual, emotional, physical and mental development.
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Municipal Utilities Advisory Board
Southeast Lubbock Development Corp
Perons
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Hiariks
U.S. Treasury
U.S
Treasury
Dudley
LYNCH
Avalanche-Journal
We the Pacenix
Lubbock City
Laibbock
Moxley
We. Bee
New Kennedy Coins May Arrive Today
Reports from Dallas indicate the Federal Reserve plans to release the new Kennedy half dollars today. Banks in Labblebe and others anticipated limited distributions with some customers allowed a small number per person as mint supplies arrive.
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Kennedy
Fexeeve Pani
Dallas
Alul
Labloele Banks
Fab Bork
Labbuck Hanks
Weather fragment with scattered phrases and names
Fragmentary weather notes mentioning high temperatures and winds from the southwest. Includes garbled terms like Yathbock and Ramsay A Maina Sayer and unclear references to temperatures, wind speeds, and locations.
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Ieeerman
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