McNamara Warns Cuts Would Force More U S Troops Overseas
Secretary McNamara told the National Industrial Conference Board that if Congress trims the U S military aid program this year while pursuing a tougher foreign policy the United States would need to send more troops abroad He criticized prior cuts for hampering military planning and aiding Communist advantage in Europe and Asia
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United Pressmenna
York
Sec. of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
U.S
Europe
Asia
McNamara
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Executive Department
Maxwell D
Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Homeroom barbershop zoning clash and Barnett at CCNY
Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett spoke about civil rights at the City College of New York as about 2,000 students reacted with noise and a picket line outside Shepard Hall. Police protected him after eggs and insults were hurled. he left via a side door. The day also covered zoning board actions in Lubbock involving home based businesses and sign variances.
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New York
UPD
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Harlem
City College of New York
Shepard Hall
Barnett
Family of Six Killed in Early Morning Wreck Near Post
Six members of a Lubbock family perished when their car left U S 4 1A and plunged into a 25 foot ravine south of Post on a Thursday dawn return trip from a South Texas vacation. The victims include Greggorio R Rangel 26 Porfiria 27 Conrado 3 and daughters Fottiria 4 Sylvia 2 Dora 1. Funeral plans were pending at Sanders Funeral Home. A highway patrolman suggested the driver may have slept. A passing truck driver reported the wreck at 6 48 a m after spotting the car at the ravine foot between culverts on the four lane highway. Rangers Capt Raymond Waters and Sheriff Grady Harrist requested help as they headed to Galveston to retrieve two prisoners. The ranger's son is said to have died en route. Memorial Page 10.
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Dudley Lynch
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Highway Department
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Napector
Ovett Willams
20Th St
Williams
Luby Dock
Owen Hunt
Texas Barbers Assn
Reed
Quilliam
Odies
Lubbock
Post
South Texas
Greg
Gorio
Gregory) R. Rangel
Porfiria
Conrado
Fottiria
Sylvia
Dora
Raymond Waters
Lubbock County
Grady Harrist
Galveston
Gara
Les
Oilfield worker falls to death near Hobbs
Horace Wendell Roberts, 27, died after falling about 90 feet from a platform high in a drilling rig 24 miles west of Hobbs. His brother Darrell, 26, was injured trying to break the fall as the elevators moved and a pipe section came loose. Deputies reported the accident occurred during a belt unfastening to reach pipe, with rescue efforts unsuccessful.
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Hobbs
Horace Wendell Roberts
Darrell
W. H.fort Jr
Roberts
Darrell Roberts
Tam
Percy Leggett Defies Dress Rules At Senior Center
At 72 Percy Leggett vows to walk to Vancouver to protest ban on his khaki shorts outfit in Hamilton. Mayor Vic Copps plans mediation with Midtown Senior Center officials while Leggett dismisses the club’s demand for formal dress as snobbery.
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United Preach International
Flamston
Percy Leggett
Hamilton
Vanccouver
Percy
Vic Copps
Benior Center
Copps
West Coast
Frederick Agate
Six Months After Kennedy Assassination A Nation Reacts
A closeup on President Johnson half a year in office shows public reaction. The note honors Jacqueline Kennedy and reflects on national mood, grief, and political transition as Americans adapt to the new era.
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John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Jacqueline Kennedy
First Lady Johnson Replies to GOP Tenants Poverty Critique
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson responds to Republican concern over poverty among tenants on her Alabama property saying she has worried about these families a long time and noting that an antipoverty program 30 years ago could have changed outcomes. She dismissed claims of callous landlord behavior by Reps Martin and Snyder as she prepared for a Kentucky Women’s Clubs convention.
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Exington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Alabama
GOP
David T. Martin
Nebraska
M.G. Snyder
Kentucky
D. Washington
Johnson
Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs
Collision Defines Quicker Driver Versus Slow Opponent
A collision is described as a clash where one driver races ahead in a surge of speed while the other driver remains unhurried. The account contrasts haste and patience on the road as a warning.
First Lady Speech Highlights Reform Ethic and Land Use
Fragmentary account notes Mrs Johnson urging land reform and literacy efforts as a direct response to political pressure. Reference to Kentucky ties and a public housing policy that would keep tenants in place while land shifts toward timber use.
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Skaemonth
Kentucky
Johnson
House
Washington weighs Laos Vietnam plans amid calls for aid
Washington faces mounting concerns as the State Department reports unarmed planes operating over the Plaine des Jarres at Laos premier Souvanna Phouma request. Ambassador Stevenson told the UN the US will defend Southeast Asia if asked, while Rusk briefed the Senate on Laos South Viet Nam and Cambodia.
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Tte Poshington
Southeast Asia
Washington
State Department
Oasretcy
Plaine Des Jarres
Souvanna Phouma
Defense Departments
Adlai Stevenson
United Nations Security Council
United States
U.S
Kong Leto
Harry D. Felt
Pacific
Congress
Viet Nam
Sec
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Laos
South Viet Nam
Cambodia
Rusk
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
North Viet Nam
Deluge Drenches the Rio Grande Valley and Lower Texas Coasts
A heavy Thursday rainstorm drenched the Rio Grande Valley and lower Texas coast with unofficial totals from Bishop near 7 to 7.5 inches, triggering flash floods. Rio Grande City logged 4.52 inches and Elsa over 2.5 inches, while Agua Dulce and Petronila creeks breached banks. Farmers praised rain for sorghum and overall crop potential, but Cantalope and tomato yields suffered with lodging and reduced shipping quality.
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Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Bishop
Nueces County
Corpus. Christi
Agua Dulce
Henry
Pointe Driscoll
Rio Grande City
Elsa
Agua Dalce
Witlook
Prayer Reflects on Gods Love and Endurance
A devotional piece recalls the Biblical verse For God so loved that He gave and asks readers to live with patient kind love. It cites memories of Mrs. Jesse J Rasot and speaks of love bearing believes hopes and endures all things.
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Jesse J
Rasot
Laldock
Marlene Die Trich Opens Soviet Tour to 1350
The Soviet crowd of 1,350 at a Moscow theater greeted Marlene Die Trich on her first appearance in the USSR with a warm reception. She sang in German English French and her native tongue and praised Russians in a closing message. Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Yur Catherine Fuchseva attended the show amid a varied program.
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OSCOW
Marlene Dietrich
Kremlin
Yekaterina Fuchseva
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Marlene
Jénny
Berlin
Europe
Soviet Union
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