Johnson Pledges Action in Nation's Hour of Shock
President Johnson appeals to Congress for tax cuts and civil rights action after Kennedy assassination. He asks for unity, admits burden of presidency, and calls for decisive national moves amid a thunderous reception. Justice Department denies two-shotman theory, citing no evidence of two assailants.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Johnson
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Dirksen
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
House Chamber
United States
Sue Johnson
Washington
The
Justice Department
Kennedy
Connally Reveals Details On Fatal Shooting
FBI teams reconstruct the Kennedy assassination scene to confirm the lone shooter theory. Police accuse Lee Harvey Oswald of firing from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. Oswald died in Dallas after being shot by Jack Ruby.
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Associated Press
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Oswald
Soviet Union
Jack Ruby
Dallas
FBI
Police Department
Texas School Book Depository
Aoman
Ruby
John B. Connally
Quiet observance planned for Thanksgiving services
Lubbock ministers sponsor a citywide Thanksgiving observance led by the Lubbock Ministers Association. Dr J Chess Lovern of First Methodist urged faith and sacrifice, linking America’s founders to today’s values and the frontier spirit at the Union Service. The service referenced Plymouth Rock and the 101 Pilgrims.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanched Journal
Searty
Wameren
Baptist Church
J. Chess Lovern
Lubbock
First Methodist Church
Levern
Plymouth Rock
Public account of Connally on Kennedy assassination
Texas Governor John Connally spoke from Parkland Hospital describing the moments of the Dallas shooting. He recalled turning onto Elm Street when the President was hit and the crowd cheering in downtown Dallas, then detailing the three shots and Lady Kennedy’s cry.
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Jallas
Kennedy
Jack
Texas
John Connally
Elm Street
Connally
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Nellie
Four Tech students among six injured in Central West Texas crash
Six hurt in a three car collision between Oldthwaite and Lometa, Texas. Five Texas Tech students and one University of Texas student were injured en route home for the Thanksgiving holidays. Three Tech students were seriously hurt. others were listed as serious or not seriously hurt. We note addresses and parental notices for Cheryl Terry and Amos Terry.
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Avalanche-Journal
Oldthwaite
Texas Tech
Here
Lometa
Texas
Gail Ernestine’ Scales
Gonzales
Stanley Newding
McAllen
Cheryl Terry
Lubbock
Robi Bendorf
University of Texas
Breckenridge
Bendorf
Department of Public Safety
Miss Terry
38Th St
Amos Terry
Electronic Mastermind Now X-15 Equipment
At Edwards Air Force Base Milton Q Thompson piloted an X-15 with electronic master control dubbed black boxes. The craft achieved speeds over Mach five during the first flight with this system to aid the space to atmosphere transition.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
U.S. Space Agency
Milton QO. Thompson
Five Suspects Nabbed In West Texas Narcotics Crackdown
Federal and state narcotics cases led to Wednesday arrests in Midland and Lubbock as six suspects face charges from undercover work by local officers and a federal agent since September. Among those arrested were James Jefferson Bennett in Midland for cocaine sale and Lafayette Locke Lester Jo Mooring and Estee Benton in Lubbock on heroin charges, all named in connection to a broader crackdown across Lubbock Hobbs and the region.
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Lubbock
Texas
New Mexico
Midland
Lazydock
Lubbock and
Hobbs
James Jefferson
Jack) Bennett
Lafayette Locke
Ave
Locke
Lester Jo Mooring
Estee Benton
Birch St
Hanie
Marie Blaylock
Herbert Brink
15Th St
Ave. D
J. W. King
Charles Park
Plane Crash Near San Saba Kills Four
Four people including a man identified as Dr. Aubrey S. Kelso and three presumed family members died when a Piper plane crashed in rugged hill country 15 miles north of San Saba Texas during a heavy rain at about 4 45 p m. The wreckage was found on Spring Creek five miles west of Texas State Highway 16.
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San Saba
Tex
Department of Public Sale
Aubrey S. Kelso
Perryton
Upper
Texas Panhandle
Kelso
Department of Public Safety
Spring Creek
Thanksgiving Day Remains Somber After JFK Assassination
President Johnson urged a different observance as Americans mark Thanksgiving under a cloud of national grief. Clergy planned special services nationwide while Kennedy’s death in recent days cast a pall over the holiday.
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Associated Press
Merica
John F. Kennedy
Brite
Jonm
Pepa
St. Francis Xavier Church
Hyannis
Port
Mass
Kennedy
Johnson
America
Texas Tech Board Set Hearing on Name Change
Texas Tech's board of directors will hold a public hearing December 6 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the President's Office Administration Building to consider changes in the institution's name. Only those with written remarks provided in advance may speak, per board secretary J. Roy Wells. The board's regular meeting is set for December 7.
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Texas Tech
J. Roy Wells
Lubbock
Dallas
Wells
Daily Prayer Gratitude For Sun Air and Freedom
A brief prayer expresses thanks for life, sun, air, and the freedom to live and worship, attributed to Anonymous.
Suspicions: The patient wife who seeks and forgets
A humorous reflection on a wife who spends long effort uncovering a fact and an even longer time trying to forget it. The joke relies on repetitive persistence and domestic irony to lampoon memory and investigation within marriage.
Atlas Centaur rocket delivers five ton satellite to orbit
Cape Canaveral reports a test launch that placed the Centaur second stage of the Atlas rocket into orbit, marking a milestone for manned and unmanned deep space plans. The launch followed another Cape Canaveral flight 17 hours earlier, an IMP satellite mission studying solar radiation for moon mission safety.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.ap
Moon
IMP
Weather roundup for Lubbock area with temperature hints
Clear to partly cloudy conditions expected across Lubbock and vicinity with highs over area. Winds SW to W 10 to 20 mph. Forecast includes detailed hourly readings through midnight and early morning with temperatures and humidity noted. Highs around 39 to 45 degrees, lows near 28, sunrise around 7:00 AM and sunset later.
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Lubbock
Mirman
Hunnesty
Mitre Gat Ton
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