Bumper Cotton Crop Looms Aluminum Industry Under Fire
The Johnson administration doubled sales from surplus aluminum stockpiles to 200000 tons in 1966 and said the move aims to ease inflationary pressure. Gardner Ackley argued price hikes by major producers are inflating costs, while Reynolds Metals defended pricing and noted stock market comparisons.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Johnson Administration
White House
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Ackley
Reynolds
Reynolds Metals Co
Airlift for Cubans to begin December first
The United States and Cuba reached an agreement to admit 3000 to 4000 Cubans monthly as refugees starting Dec 1 with no set end date. The plan stresses family reunification and follows Johnson’s pledge that those seeking refuge will find it in the United States.
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United States
Cuba
Johnson
Havana
New York Harbor
Fidel Castro
Castro
U.S
White House
PRESIDENT OF U S CHAMBER TO ADDRESS LUBBOCK MEETING
In Lubbock Friday the President of the U S Chamber of Commerce will address a meeting. The event is noted on page 1 of the newspaper.
Tech Red Raiders Near Major Bowl Bid After Big Victory
The Texas Tech Red Raiders, now 7-1, appear to be in line for potential bids to at least three top bowls, excluding the Cotton Bowl, as coach J T King leads a strong surge toward a postseason spot. Official comments were unavailable, but reports point to advancing possibilities following the Saturday win at Jones Stadium.
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Jay Harris
Avalanche-Journal
Ipexas
Raiders
Draft board strains as quota rises in Texas region
Local Board No. 88 chief clerk Ava L. McGlain says the high Texas draft quota strains manpower while childless married men might escape induction until after January. She notes 50 area men were sent to Amarillo for exams as December quotas and the induction tally proceed.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Texas
Lubbock
Ava L. McGlain
Lynn
Garza
Crosby
Amarillo
Draft quotas rise as Texas braces for inductees
State selective service director Morris S. Schwartz announced December quotas amid a looming national draft. Texas faces its largest total since 1955 with 1749 men and a November lift to 1456. Childless married men may be drafted after single men 19 to 26 are exhausted. local boards await guidance as readiness spreads to Lubbock and beyond. In Saigon a grenade injures three at a police checkpoint in Cholon.
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Texas
Selective Service System
Morris S. Schwartz
Lubbock
Princess Margaret Visits Berkeley Cyclotron Ride Across Bay
Britain's Princess Margaret visits the University of California Berkeley campus to tour the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and cyclotron with Prince Philip. Security shields her from a picket line as she travels by wave-skimming hovercraft to Oakland before continuing to Monterey Peninsula for barbecues.
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Associated Preas
San Francisco
Britain
Princess Margaret
San Francisco Bay
University of California
Berkeley
Lord Snowden
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Oak
Huge Harvest Ready To Roll In South Plains Cotton
The South Plains eyes a record regional cotton crop with 2,218,000 bales forecast for 23 counties. The outlook signals a $332 million farm-gate value and would tally among the three largest regional crops, contributing 47 percent of Texas output and about 1.7 percent of U.S. totals.
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Nancy Bernard
South Plains Maid of Cotton
Lubbock Gin Co
13Th St
Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Lubbock Cotton Exchange
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Lubbock
Texas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
Mississippi
Geos 1 Satellite Launch Marks New Mapping Effort
The Geos 1 geodetic satellite rode a Delta rocket from Cape Kennedy and entered orbit at 700 to 1,500 miles altitude. Officials reported a higher than planned apogee due to guidance timing and potential rain interference but deemed the mission successful.
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Presa
Ape Kennedy
Geos I
Earth
Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Globe
Jerome Rosenberg
Tide Of Soldier Gifts Rolls Over Pentagon
An upsurge of antiwar demonstrations prompts Americans to send cookies beer books and other items to U S servicemen in Vietnam. Pentagon welcomes the spirit but faces logistics and disposal issues and considers a buddy system where U S communities adopt a unit in Vietnam to supply preferred items.
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Ashington
Pentagon
U.S
Viet Nam
United States
Weather Map Page Lubbock Area Partly cloudy with mid 70s
Weather map page reports partly cloudy conditions in Lubbock and vicinity with highs in the mid 70s and lows around 40s. Light southerly winds shift to moderate winds in the afternoon, with data on temperatures and humidity through the night and regional readings for nearby towns.
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Lubbock
Mial- Haun
Tip Man
Magimur Hye
cAmasiihe
Cy Hallas
Roswell
Denver
Kale
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54Th St
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Texarkana
Lubbock Public Schools
New York
Barry Goldwater
Bee. C
Sukarno
Soviet Union
Russia
Wilson
Rhodesia
Bec. A
Church News
Plains Farm
KFYO
Avalanche-Journal Station
Tech
America
Saigon
Cholon
Geos
APEC
Cuenta Tel
Maryland Klan
Arkansas
Rising Sun
Ku Lubbock County
Jong Klux Klan
Maryland
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