Ruby death penalty fight hinges on judge disqualification
AvetIN Jack Ruby's attorneys read a 1965 letter from Judge Joe B Brown to a book publisher alleging pecuniary interest in the case. They argued the judge's disqualification voids Ruby's Oswald killing conviction. The letter mentions a book and ghost writer and notes a March 29 sanity hearing.
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Associated Press
Avetin
Jack Ruby
Court of Criminal Appeals
Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Phil Burleson
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Brown
Paul
Paul Crume
Dallas Newsman
Burleson
Crume
Crop Losses Estimated In Millions
Frost and freeze damage across the nation runs into the millions as crops suffer in Ohio Michigan and Virginia Shenandoah Valley orchards badly hurt. Tornado threats persist in Texas Oklahoma and Kansas with one twister destroying two farms and damaging a high school roof while snow plows replace mowers in the Midwest.
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Ken Estes
Avalanche-Journal
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Large Red China nuclear test triggers Japan fallout alarm
Japan reports an enormous rise in radioactive fallout from China's latest atomic blast. A jet stream at 29 000 feet carries particles up to 100 miles per hour. Kosaka of Niigata University says radioactivity is 100 to 200 times higher than earlier tests. Eisaku Sato orders weather stations to test air and water and protect food supplies. No immediate danger to life indicated.
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United Press International
OKYO
Japan
China
Red China
Takao Kosaka
Niigata University
Eisaku Sato
State Department
Washington
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Annual Livestock Feeders Review Research at Tech
Lubbock area schedules a livestock feeders event at Texas Tech to review ongoing research activities. The program includes updates from university programs and related agricultural research efforts.
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Tech
Dominican Republic asks OAS to pull peace force
The Dominican Republic urged the Organization of American States to withdraw its peacekeeping force from the Caribbean nation, a move conveyed during talks held Wednesday night in Montevideo.
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UPI
Dominican Republic
Uruauuy
Organization of American States
Caribbean
Nnation
Longtime Civic Leader Hurley Carpenter Dies
Longtime Lubbock civic figure Hurley Carpenter 61, secretary and assistant general manager of Texas New Mexico & Oklahoma Coaches, Inc, died at Methodist Hospital. Funeral today at First Baptist Church with Dr J Ralph Grant officiating. Burial in Llubbock City Cemetery. Survivors include wife Magdalen and son George. Memorials to Lions Club Crippled Children’s Home.
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J Carpenter
Texas, New Mexico & Oklahoma Coaches, Inc
Id Pam
First Baptist Church
J. Ralph Grant
J. Y. Bolding
Travis White
Midwestern University
Wichita Falls
City of Libbock
Rix Funeral Home
Carpenter
Lubbock County
Methodist Hospital
Limestone County
Tex
Lubbok
Sudan
Texas Tech
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Tnm&o
Lubbock Lions Club
Texas ‘Teel Jex Students Association
theTexas Association of Tax Assessors and Collectors
City Planning Board
Citizens Traffic Commission
Magdalen
36Th St
Lions Club
Kerrville
George W. Carpenter
Los Angeles
C. A. Sotrenih
Olson
JKR
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Japanese Driving School Teaches NY Executives Road Rules
In New York a Japanese driving school trains 50 to 100 executives weekly. Lead instructor Manuel Rojas and coach Jerry Goodstein use bilingual commands, with students studying translation of the motor vehicles code in Japanese and English.
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Associated Press
York
Jerusalem
Jerry Goodstein
Manuel Rojas
Rojas
Abunai
Goodstein
New York
Tokyo
Desi Arnaz
Kobe
Japan
Freeman to Discuss Cotton With Mexicans This Month
UPI reports U.S. Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman will visit Mexico this month to discuss concerns from Mexico and other Latin nations about falling cotton prices in the United States. Foreign Secretary Antonio Carrillo Flores had returned from Texas after talks with President Johnson.
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Menico City
UPI
U.S. Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Mexico
United States
Foreign Office
Antonio Carrillo Flores
Texas
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
L.s.-Peice-Amrpoll
Film leaders push family viewing at Texas clubs meet
At the 69th annual Texas Federation of Women's Clubs convention Robert Radnitz urged films be suitable for family viewing and discussed collaboration with civic groups. He noted Disney as a rare exception among studios making children’s movies while noting progress in industry outreach. Approximately 700 clubwomen attended sessions with J Ginnines of Pilot Point presiding and a Texas Diamond Jubilee Jewels dinner to honor volunteers.
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Hollywood
E. D. Pearce
Miami
Fla
Lubbock
W. D
Rogers
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Pearce
Federation
Radnitz
KoKo Palace
Wanda McClure
Avelanche-Journal
Disney
Mimmer
Hon
J. L. Ginnines
Pilot Point
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Andrews A Capella
Diamond Jubilee and World War II correspondents highlight session
A morning address by Mrs. Pearce discusses the Diamond Jubilee of GFEWC and land challenges. Tom R Adams directs special music and a district president is introduced during the general session. Wick Fowler gives a 12 30 p m talk, followed by a Fashion Flitter for Fun show.
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Tom R. Adams
Koko Inn
Pearce
GFEWC
Newsnim
Wick Fowler
Dallas Morning News
Denton Record Chronicle
Fowler
AF Seeks To Close Key Pass In Vietnam War Action
US Air Force launches operation to block the Mu Gia Pass main infil route from North Vietnam. Frogmen recover arms from a wrecked gun running freighter intercepted 650 miles south. A 100 ton freighter beached on Cau Mau peninsula after naval action. Buddhist unrest grows against Premier Ky. Casualties show Americans higher than Vietnamese troops for a second spring week. McNamara says reduced Viet Cong support and ongoing air and ground operations may soon end. Paratroopers engage a 300 minute battalion northeast of Saigon. 22 enemy dead.
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Associated Press
Aigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Mu Gia Pass
Cau Mau
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Nguyen Cao
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
McNamara
Wist Airborne Division
Saigon
Ford Division reports record May sales easing auto slump
Ford Division posted 50,494 car sales and 114,088 trucks in the first 60 days of May, a new early May high. Ford and GM cut production amid auto safety hearings while industry totals for April lagged record 1965 levels by about 38,000. Ford executives cited a strong, receptive market and noted Mustang and Fairlane sales fueling year-to-date momentum.
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Charles C. Cainap
Eero
Ford Division
Ford Motor Co
Arjay Miller
Roy Abernethy
American Motors Corp
Washington
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Miller
Detroit
Donald N. Frey
Frey
Tyler Workers Strike at GE Air Conditioning Plant
Members of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers at General Electric’s air conditioning plant walked off the job Wednesday in a strike estimated at nearly 700 workers.
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Tyler
UPI
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
General Electric
Sulphur Claim Staking Sparks Pecos County Court Fight
In Pecos County Texas the Sulphur exploration row pits Duval Corp and Piper Petroleum against landowners and state officials. Land Commissioner Sadler denied 98 claims and 64 more are pending while advocates claim mineral rights over state lands. The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments on mandamus to force action.
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Associated Press
Astina
Johnson
Piper
Hawthorne Phillips
Thomas Fletcher
Houston
Dwight L. Simmons
Dallas
Sadler
Land Office
Leather Weather Map: Lubbock vicinity forecast notes
Partly cloudy to cloudy and cooler today and tonight with a chance of light showers later. Highs around mid 60s, lows near 40s, northeast winds up to 30 mph. Dated details include sunrise 5 49 am and sunset 7 39 pm with humidity figures and regional temperatures for Abilene El Paso Amarillo and nearby cities.
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Episcopal Diocese of California
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