Braniffs Houston Dallas Flight 84 Crash Reported
A Braniffs Houston Dallas Flight 84 airliner crash is reported. The piece notes a record Democratic primary expected in Lubbock County with about 35 000 votes and a runoff in four weeks. It lists gubernatorial candidates Preston Smith Wag goner Carr and others plus statewide races and local contests.
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Waggoner Carr
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South Plains
Hockley
Terry County
John J. Kendrick
Brownfield
R. B. McAlister
Robert Mansker
Texas Tech
Kendrick
Elmer Tarbox
Delwin Jones
Governor Race in Texas Primaries Draws Debate
The first Texas primaries began at dawn as voters choose officials from precincts to governor. Forecasters expect a split conservative vote among nine moderates, opening chance for liberal Don Yarborough to win the Democratic nomination.
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Don Yar
Plane Blows Up In Storm
Braniff Electra airliner crashed in a Texas pasture during a storm killing all 84 aboard. FBI found no foul play. Plane left Houston at 4 11 p m CDT bound for Dallas with stops planned. Witnesses described a red flash before impact and scattered wreckage across the wet terrain.
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Clayton Corsicana
UPI
Braniff International
Texas
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U.S
Trans World Airlines
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Dawson
Tex
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Mexia
Charles Renfro
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Jo Carol Brand
Suzanne Renz
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N.D
Three Transplants Fight for Survival in Three Cities
Three middle aged men in the United States and Britain survived Friday night transplant operations. Everett Thomas in Houston received a heart from Mrs. Martin and woke three hours after surgery. Patrick Ryan donated the heart in London for a 45 year old recipient. Joseph Rizor in Stanford and Rudy Anderson whose heart was used died in California. The Stanford operation marked the second at the center with Rizor in fair condition. The Houston surgery by Dr. Denton Cooley avoided massive transfusions and lasted three hours.
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Rudy F. Anderson
San Carlos
Rizor
Stanford University Medical Center
Baylor University College of Medicine
Denton A. Cooley
Donald Ross
South Africa
Christiaan Barnard Lee
Spelling Bee at 16th Annual Avalanche-Journal Event
IMC TMA rel Lubbock area speller tops the field today at the sixteenth annual Avalanche Journal Spelling Bee. Texas Tech's dean of women resigns to return to active teaching. Johnson condemns congressional fees in a proposed tax increase. Police arrest 30 demonstrators in a service station protest amid alleged racist actions. Israel reports 17 Arab guerrillas killed in age-old firefights. Concord on peace talk sites brings relief to world capitals. Plains farming. Editorials and columns in section A. Comic dictionary defines tiresome person.
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Avalanche-Journal
Concord
U.S. and Hanoi to Meet in Paris for Talks on Vietnam War
The United States and North Vietnam agreed to hold initial talks in Paris next weekend to discuss conditions for full scale negotiations toward ending the conflict. President Johnson cautioned against optimism, calling it the first step amid many hurdles.
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Hanoi
Allied forces clash near Saigon in heavy three-front fighting
Allied troops report 856 Viet Cong killed near Dong Ha as Saigon endures renewed multi front attacks. U S warplanes provide close support while fighting rages around the capital and near the DMZ with Marines and South Vietnamese forces engaging a main Viet Cong battalion.
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Smith Wows West Texas Crowd In Runoff Bid
Lt. Gov. Preston Smith returns to Lubbock amid a large South Plains rally as he eyes a possible runoff and contends he would be the first West Texan governor. About 400 supporters greet his plane with banners as a band plays The Eyes of Texas. He says he looks forward to serving Texas as its best governor.
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Texas
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Notable Campaign Tour Reaches Vast Mileages and Towns
Smith reported traveling about 100000 miles visiting 392 towns delivering over 1200 speeches and shaking more than a million hands since his official campaign launch last August. He reflected on the exhausting yet impactful effort and its early momentum as the race proceeds.
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Smith
Prayer Exhorts Faithful to Surrender to Gods Will
A Lubbock Reader reflects on the difficulty of following divine guidance asking why obedience remains hard while praising God for the power seen when believers yield to his plan.
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Lubbock
Violent Texas Storms Sweep Central Region
A multi day weather outbreak hits Texas with tornadoes hail and heavy rain. Reports describe two tornado sightings near Per rin Air Force Base and Mount Pleasant plus a Braniff plane explosion killing 64 people. Storms bring hail near Denver City and light showers across Seminole Lamesa and Seagraves. See WEATHER Page 18.
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Texas
South Plains
Dawson
Braniff International
Mel
Pee ND
Perrin Air Force Base
Denison-Sherman
Farming Country
Mount Pleasant
Brownfield
Seminole
Lamesa
Seagraves
Denver City
Big Spring
Judge Halts LCB Ruling in Texas Private Clubs Case
Dist. Judge Jim Meyers issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the Texas Liquor Control Board no cash sale directive for private clubs. A May 10 hearing on a permanent injunction was set, with possible continuance due to lawyer scheduling. Attic Club Inc. manager Joe Martin of Dallas filed the case Thursday.
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Jim Meyers
Texas Liquor Control Board
Meyers
Joe Martin
Attic Club, Inc
Dallas
Weather Map Page 15-A Lubbock Area Forecast Summary
Partly cloudy and cooler today with decreasing northerly winds. Low in 40s and high in the low 70s. Maximum 80 minimum 31. Sunrise 6 36 a m sunset 6 33 p m. Humidity ranges shown. precipitation data for 40 hours ending midnight last night includes major cities such as Abilene El Paso Albuquerque Houston Amarillo Okla City Dallas Clovis Denver.
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