Connally Forces Prevail at Lubbock County Democratic Meet
At the Lubbock County Democratic Convention Gov. John Connally backers won a 5 to 1 voting strength preeminence. Ralph Brock edged Frank Carrillo as permanent chairman. Delegates elected for the state convention in Dallas on June 11 and pledged to vote as a unit for county 57 votes.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
John Connally
Lubbock County
Connally
Dallas
National Party
O. L. Slaton
Ralph Brock
Frank Carrillo
Howard Davison
Brock
Travis
AEA
Wwe
el Paso ‘County
Connally forces win Texas delegates for Humphrey at Chicago
Supporters of Gov. John Connally sweep county Democratic conventions to secure Texas 104 votes for Hubert Humphrey at the Chicago national convention. An AP tally shows Connally with 1,763 delegate votes to 325 for opponents, surpassing the 1,730 needed to control the Dallas convention.
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Raymond Holbrook
Associated Press
John Connally
Texas
Chicago
Hubert Humphrey
Connally
Harris County
el Paso
Denton
RFK
McCarthy
Travis County
U.S
Robert Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Indian Mother to Be Honored as U S Army Mother of the Year
Kiowa mother Mrs Pascal Poolaw will receive a corsage and the title Mother of the Year from the local United Services Organization in Lawton Oklahoma. Her husband a veteran died in Vietnam and one son serves there with another losing a leg in the Viet Cong conflict. The family has multiple members in the Army and Ft Sill is nearby.
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Lawton
Okla
Pascal Poolaw
United Services Organization
Vietnam
Poolaws
Poolaw
Set
Pascal Cleatus Poolaw
Ft. Sill
Oklahoma
Watershed project near Dickens reaches halfway mark
In Lubbock area construction reaches 50 percent completion on a sprawling $3.2 million watershed project near Dickens. The bold effort aims to improve water management and boost regional resilience.
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Dickens
Reagan Binder Fails County GOP Chooses Tower Favorite Son
Lubbock County Republican convention favored Sen. John Tower as the favorite son candidate despite Reagan supporters pressing for a binding pledge. A straw vote showed Reagan leading with 92 votes, Nixon 86, Rockefeller seven. Delegation rules and other resolutions dominated the session amid debates on foreign aid and debt provisions.
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Mahon
West
Texas
George Mahon
Lubbock
Richard Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
Tower
Connally
County
GOP
Kenneth Irish
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
Reagan
Nelson Rockefeller
France
Slaton Promotes Town Through Letters and Beautification
Slaton residents maintain a habit of writing to congressional and state leaders, sharing progress reports in a local newsletter. The effort, praised by lawmakers, is part of an aggressive campaign branding Slaton as The Area's Largest Shopping Center with a new pansy beautification project downtown.
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Donna Alspaugh
Diane Jaynes
Slaton
Carroll McDonald
Blue Coat" Brigade
Lubbock
U. S
Slaton Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Austin
Chamber
Bud England
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Prayer Tribute to Music as Universal Language
A devotional reader offers thanks to God for music as a universal language. The prayer asks guidance for believers to become instruments of harmony in life’s symphony.
Paris Talks Open As U S Vietnam Move To Begin
In Paris on Saturday, the United States and North Vietnam cleared the path for Monday talks, with both sides reporting a cooperative mood despite street violence. Cyrus Vance and Ha Van Lau met to set ground rules and plan a 10:30 a.m. opening session, as France faces a 24 hour general strike by major labor groups.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Paris
UPD
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Cyrus Vance
Ha van Lau
Vietnam
France
Firey Russian rocket debris sparks Florida UFO reports
A Russian rocket stage burned up over the Atlantic off Florida’s east coast creating many calls to Patrick Air Force Base and Brevard County law enforcement. Witnesses described six to ten fast moving objects as the rocket fragmented and trailed bluish flames during reentry. The flashing display prompted widespread UFO reports from area residents.
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Cape Kennedy
Patrick ‘Air Force Base
Florida
Brevard County
American Soldier Recounts Attu Pact With Slain Japanese
Hubert D. Long, a 53 year old former importer and exporter, described finding a letter on a Japanese soldier he killed during the Attu battle that urged protection for the slain man's wife and daughter. He later set up a trust fund in Japan for them and kept the soldier's identity secret.
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Arexs International
Los Angeles
Aleutian
Attu
Hubert D. Long
Long
Japan
Area Hit by Sixth Day of Severe Storms in Texas
Massive thunderstorms swept Texas for a sixth day, bringing tornadoes large hail and heavy rain. The system caused widespread crop damage and raised the death toll to seven as floods blocked riverbanks and inundated farm land from Corpus Christi to the Hill Country.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Texas
Gulf Coast
Corpus Christi
Houston
San Antonio
Abilene
Lubbock
South Plains
Panhandle
Rocky Mountains
Childress
Fifteen Miners Freed From Flooded Mine in West Virginia
In Hominy Falls, West Virginia, fifteen miners emerged predawn from a flooded coal mine after five days entombed. Ten others are presumed dead as rescue teams continue efforts to reach them. A mine safety team crawled a low tunnel on a conveyor belt to guide the rescued to safety at 4 20 am CDT.
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Holger Jensen
Hominy Falls
W.va
Gauley Coal and ‘Coke Co
Ia Hospital
Richwood
Mary Monica
Sacred Heart Hospital
Johnson Warns $4 Billion Cut Is Limit On Spending Plan
President Johnson told the Business Council in Hot Springs Virginia that a $4 billion spending cut for the next fiscal year is the limit Congress can meet while addressing urgent needs. He did not commit to vetoing a tax increase if tied to $6 billion in cuts and urged businessmen to help secure final passage of the 10 percent surcharge.
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Hot Springs
Johnson
Congress
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House
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