Caravans Struggle Toward DC Goal in Bus Delays
The AP reports the Boor People's Campaign caravans late from Boston and other starting points as mules are shod and buses stall. Abernathy urges perseverance while planed rallies in Atlanta include Mrs. Coretta King and Father Groppi. Volunteers move toward Washington with stops in Marks Mississippi and Nashville Tennessee amid health issues among riders.
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Conservatives Sweep English and Welsh Town Halls in Wave
In nationwide municipal elections Conservatives gained 443 council seats while Labour shed 435 and the Liberal party lost 13. Welsh nationalists underperformed, fielding 39 candidates and winning only one early, as London boroughs returned Conservative control for the first time in 30 years. Tasmania referenced remnants of Van Diemen's Land history.
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Britain
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England
Wales
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House of Commons
Wilson
Liberal Party
Eleven ISD Employees to Retire in City ceremony
Lubbock Independent School District honors 11 retirees and 70 staff for long service at a recognition program in Municipal Auditorium. Rev. David Ray spoke, Coronado High Band performed, and many educators marked 15 to 25 years of service with retirement ceremonies listed.
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Willie Mae Cox
Ella Isles School
Maurice Fite
Monterey High School
James Whiteside
Fite
Cox
Lubbock
Lubbock Independent
Bessie Davidson
Overton School
Louise McCabe
Roscos
Caprock Lawmen Stage Shootout With Rattlers
Lawmen from a wide West Texas area totaling more than 130 shot at 145 rattlesnakes during the Caprock Peace Officers Rattlesnake Rodeo on the Horace Wood ranch. Ken Angeley of Muleshoe won best overall pistol shot as Roy Atchison of Haskell opened the program.
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Clairemont
West Texas
Caprock
Horace Wood
Ken Angeley
Muleshoe
Roy Atchison
Haskell
Homer Garrison
DPS
Maurice Cole
Midland
Tom Templeton
Lubbock
Cecil Fox
Woods
World War I Veterans to Convene in Big Spring
World War I veterans from the counties in the 19th Congressional District will gather in Big Spring for a district convention. C A Putnam Sr of 2627 Erskine St, commander of the Lubbock bar racks, says the event runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Settle Hotel. Registration is $2 and includes a noon meal.
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Big Spring
C. A. Putnam Sr
Erskine Sr
Lubbock Barracks
Settle Hotel
Putnam
Kennedy seeks UAW endorsement amid 1968 Democratic race
Senator Robert F Kennedy urged the United Auto Workers in Atlantic City to back his presidential bid while noting fears among white workers about Negroes. Vice President Hubert Humphrey also sought union favor as the AFL CIO had endorsed him. Eugene McCarthy campaigned in Nebraska as Rockefeller spoke at the University of Kansas amid a near collision during his Midwest swing. Tower in Washington doubted a first-ballot Republican win, urging support as a Texas favorite son.
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United Auto Workers
Atlantic City
N.J
Kennedy
UAW
Hubert H. Humphrey
AFL Cio
Humphrey
United Steel Workers of America
I. W. Abel
Eugene J. McCarthy
Nebraska
New York
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Roger Branigin
Candida
Nelson A. Rockefeller
University of Kansas
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Rockefeller
Lawrence
J.D. Hinton
Hinton
D.E. Kirkpatrick
John G. Tower
Washington
Tower
Texas
Britain to issue world’s first seven sided coin
Britain announces a decimal currency reform with the currency board saying the first seven sided coin will equal half a pound or 10 shillings. The move marks a unique coinage step as the new system takes shape.
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UPI
Britain
Currency Board
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