Johnson seeks 700 million vote to back anti communism effort
President Johnson urged Congress to approve a 700 million dollar vote of confidence to prove the United States will walk the last mile against communism. Dominican rebels swore in Col Francisco Caamano Dena as provisional president, prompting mixed signals from Washington and the UN.
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tAcalanche-Journal News Services
Johnson
Congress
Francisco Caamano Dena
U. S
White House
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Caamany
U.S
UN Security Council
Uruguay
Latin America
Council
France
Roach
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Bosch
United States
Organization of American States Peace Commission
Washington
Francisco Caamano
Defo
Students Back U S Viet Nam Policy On Campus Vote
An on campus student body backed U S policies in Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic. The Tuesday night vote approved a resolution framed as a student voice on campus.
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Texas Tech
Senate
U.S
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Monterey High leads in District 2AAAA basketball
Monterey High School retains the District 2AAAA basketball lead with a win over Lubbock High. The paper also notes upcoming driver refresher courses in Lubbock and other items on page 1.
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Lubbock
Monterey High School
Basbball
Lubbock High
Pg. l
Five Tornadoes Hit Texas Panhandle Near Amarillo Storms
A swarm of tornadoes struck the Texas Panhandle Tuesday night, with five touching ground near Kamp Kiwanis west of Amarillo and in Amarillo’s northeast edge. Hail and rain accompanied the storms, damaging vehicles and crops in Bushland and other areas, while forecast calls for more scattered storms today.
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Ken Estes
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Panhandle
High Plains
South Plains
Lubbock
Panhandle
Kamp Kiwanis
Amarillo
Borger
Fritch-Dumas
Stratford
Ruling Due On Condemned Slayer Habeas Hearing
Judge Joseph B. Dooley said he would announce at 8 30 a.m. today his decision on James Lee Marions application for a writ of habeas corpus The 23 year old Negro was sentenced to die in the electric chair July 5 after a March 1964 Midland County jury verdict of murder with malice The trial moved to Lubbock County from Midland and the Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the conviction on appeal in December
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Avalanche
Andrea Phares
South Plains
Texas
W. E
Razz) Renfrew
Lubbock
Joseph B. Dooley
U. S. District Court
James Lee Marion
Dooley
Marion
T2nd District Court
Turner
District Court
Fred W. Turner Jr
Midland
Lubbock County
Midland County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Lindsey
72Nd District Court
Tuesaday
Cotton Maid Nancy Bernard Wins South Plains Title
Nancy Bernard 20, a University of Texas coed who left campus hospital with a back brace won the 1965 Maid of Cotton contest before about 500 at Municipal Auditorium. Lanell Lafon and Kay Perkins finished as runners up. Bernard earns a $1000 wardrobe, trip to national finals, and serves as area ambassador.
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Nancy Bernard
R. E. Bernard
54Th St
South Plains
Municipal Auditorium
Lanell Lafon
Muleshoe
Kay Perkins
Petersburg
Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
University of Texas
Texas Tech
Bernard
Rhea Bristow
University of Oklahoma
Memphis
Tenn
Lubbock Monterey
Cotton Maid Page
Deadliest Salvadoran quake in 50 years hits capital
A major earthquake struck San Salvador causing widespread damage. Early estimates put the death toll around a thousand with about 500 injured as rescuers race to reach affected neighborhoods in the capital.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
UPN
Gore
Texas House Plans New Tax Bills As Teachers Pay Debate Looms
The Texas House Revenue and Tax Committee announced plans to draft multiple tax bills, possibly raising 40 to 100 million, to be ready for final action on the teachers pay raise. House members expect rapid meetings and note the timing amid stalled measures. The session nears end with votes on a women rights constitutional amendment failing and hearings proposed for local bills.
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Ben Atwell
Dallas
House Revenue and Tax Committee
R. H.cory
Victoria
Atwell
Cory
House
Senate
Henry Grover
Joe Bernal
United States
Prayer and Legislation Mention Medicare Aid and Districting
The 1966 legislative session considers a Senate amendment on November votes and Grover’s plan to consolidate city and county functions in Houston. The House passed a measure extending Medicare payments to the blind and disabled and dependent children, with Senate approval pending. The House plans to review congressional redistricting, contingent on Senate action.
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Senate
House
Grover
Houston
Legislature
FBI Informer Testifies in Liuzzo Slaying Trial
Gary Rowe, an undercover FBI informant, detailed the 100 mile per hour pursuit and the highway killing of Viola Liuzzo by Klansman Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr. in Lowndes County Alabama. Rowe testified that Wilkins fired and that Gene Thomas and William Eaton rode with Wilkins as they fled toward Birmingham. The four men warned Creel’s home but did not wake him. Wilkins faces first degree murder charges with possible death penalty. Thomas and Eaton await their trials. Rowe was arrested the day after the Liuzzo slaying.
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Dary Thomas Rowe
Hayneville
Ala
Viola Linazo
FBI
Associated Press
Wayneville
Ku Klux Klan
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Eugene Thomas
William O. Eaton
Rowe
Wilkins
Thomas
Birmingham
Gene Thomas
Robert Creel
State of
Alabama
Creel
Eaton
Indictments Return Over Embezzlement Suspect Miller
Grand jury, in 140th District Court, returns three dozen true bills including one naming Larry Miller, 36, as treasurer of the Southwest Little League, in a beer funds embezzlement case. Miller, not in custody, faces a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. The indictment cites April 13 as the embezzlement date and $2,132 withdrawn from the league’s First National Bank account.
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Gorty
Southwest Little League, Inc
140Th District Court
Robert H. Bean
Larry Miller
Sul
Miller
Asst. Dist. Atty
George “H
Southwest Little League
First National Bank
League
Larry ‘Miller
Nun defies church order and keeps animal shelter open
In Victoria British Columbia a ten year old nun Mother Cecilia Mary and five sisters refuse to close the Good Shepherd Animal Shelter housing 120 dogs cats goats and birds. Bishop Remi de Roo and a Vatican representative discuss next steps as a private guard watches the facility.
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Associated Presa
Victoria
B.C
Aml
Cecilia Mary
Vatican
Cecilia
Six Sisters
Good Shepherd
Metchosin
Remi de Roo
Apostolic
Mother Cecilia
de Roo
Andrew Keber
Mission City
Weather Map Page predicts scattered thundershowers today
Consderable cloudiness today and tonight with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highs in the low 80s and readings in the upper 50s tonight. Moderate southerly winds. Lubbock and vicinity forecast.
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Lubbock
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Europe
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