Middle East Crisis Deepens as Johnson Seeks UN Action
President Johnson warned that Egypt's blockade threats risk peace and urged UN Security Council action. The United States defended Gulf of Aqaba navigation while the Soviets warned against aggression. Eshkol affirmed Israel's commitment to defend gulf shipping amid mounting regional tension. Canada pressed for a new Egyptian Israeli border force at Parliament.
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Middle East
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F.kennedy
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Soviet Union
Jerusalem
Levi Eshkol
Israel
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House of Commons
Canada
Reques
Lester B. Lee
U.S
Russia
UN Security Council urgent meeting on Middle East crisis
The Security Council was summoned to an urgent session at 9:30 a.m. to address the threat of war in the Middle East. Canada and Denmark requested the meeting with U.S. support as U Thant visited Cairo to confer with Nasser and urged council backing for his mission to defuse the crisis. Goldberg urged steps to avert armed conflict and avoid actions that could worsen the international situation while reinforcing the secretary general's peace effort.
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Principal's Pep Talk After Albuquerque High School Incident
A mob of about two dozen Albuquerque high school boys attacked anti-war college students outside Albuquerque High. Three college students were knocked down and kicked. Police arrived as the second outburst ended. no arrests and no serious injuries. Principal William F. Wright later gathered students and urged support for national programs.
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Gas main puncture prompts brief evacuation in Lubbock
A six inch gas main was punctured by a ditch-digging machine near 23rd Street and College Avenue. About two million cubic feet of gas leaked, causing a partial evacuation. No injuries or major incidents were reported as crews sealed the area and shut off the gas within 33 minutes.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
23Rd St
College Ave
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Yes
Redistricting Shifts Hale Motely in Texas House Seat
Texas lawmakers reached an apparent accord on spending and passed a congressional redistricting bill. Hale County moves from Mahon 19th to Price 18th, Motley County added to the 19th, altering district populations and potentially setting up a 1968 race between Ralph Wayne and Bob Price.
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Bob. Price
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Ralph Wayne
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Senate House
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Appropriations
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Water, Inc. forms to import Mississippi River water to High Plains
The Water, Inc. organizational meeting in Vicksburg Miss marks a milestone to broaden economic horizons by importing Mississippi River water to West Texas High Plains for irrigation industry cities and recreation. Joe G. Moore Sr. and Marvin Niebla prepare program reports as studies reviewed.
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Tires Burn Fires Devastate Lubbock Tire Co Store
An explosion punctuated blaze at Lubbock Tire Co on 34th Street Tuesday afternoon destroying a storage room and causing about 75000 in damages. Five fire units fought the flames as owner Henry F Brown reported roughly 90000 in tires and oil inventory wiped out. No cause is known and the building was vacant with no injuries. Fire alarm came in at 653 pm and the scene ended around 615 pm.
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Tis 34Th St
Joe Brown
Avallache-Journal
34Th St
Lubbock Fire Department
Henry F. Brown
70Th St
Ie Vas
Brown
Fire Department
Jim Connerdibe
Conner
Imes
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Costs rising as Lubbock schools seek 11 cent tax hike
Avila West: Lubbock area school administrators push an 11 cent tax increase to cover an estimated 800000 rise in operating costs for the coming school year. The plan may be amended to draw extra revenue if the state approves higher teacher salaries. Estacado High's fall opening shapes most of the budget boost discussed at a Tuesday breakfast.
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Bill Birge
Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock
Austin
Estacado High School
Johnson Eter
Pepe A
Ial ‘Hocks Schol
Hydrogen Bomb Test Shocks Las Vegas Area
A hydrogen bomb, stated as fifty times as powerful as the Hiroshima blast, was detonated near the Pahute Mesa area in Nevada. The explosion, felt over 100 miles away in Las Vegas resorts, followed a separate nuclear test at Yucca Flat and marks the fourth test in a year with immense yield.
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Nev
UPI
Hiroshima
Aatare Energy Commission
Las Vegas
Ares
United Fa
Stalin's Daughter Reveals Unbearable Soviet Life
Svetlana Allilujeva writes from Switzerland that she remains torn between love for Russia and the unbearable Soviet existence. She cites leaving behind her children and friends and describes the country as exhausted by folly and desolation under endless rule.
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Bie
Svetlana
Atte dUath
Rate Trans Atlantic Monthly
Moscow
Joseph
Alliluyeva
Switzerland
Russia
Chandler Loses Bid For Kentucky Post
The political race ends with B. Chandler failing to secure the Kentucky post as GOP contenders vie for influence. The article notes a rising challenge within the party and hints at broader implications for state leadership.
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Chandler
Kentucky
Eight Americans Dead as War Resumes After Truce Ends
Reported from Vietnam amid a cease fire collapse describes eight U S soldiers killed and 25 wounded as fighting resumes in Da Nang and near the Cambodian border. U S forces respond with artillery B 52 strikes and ground assaults against North Vietnamese positions.
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da Nang
South Vietnam
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Saigon
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