Congress windup stirs health care hope and Appalachia plan
The congressional adjournment delays action on health care for the elderly and a $1 billion Appalachia revival, with prospects for both shaping the November election. A House Senate clash over Social Security raises pensions, delaying a broader compromise. Administration allies push for a next-year enactment while critics note salary increases for Congress.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Appalachia
House
Johnson
White House
Senate House
Senate
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
John J. Williams
R-Del
Congress
Spy trial ends in abrupt U S drop in Brooklyn courtroom
In a stunning move the government dropped the espionage case against Russian couple Alexandre Sokolov and his wife identified as Jane Doe. The dismissal cited national security interests with FBI witnesses to be kept secret. Immigration authorities prepared deportation proceedings for the pair as the case collapsed in court.
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U.S
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Fair Ends With Attendance Near Record Peak
Night crowds bring the Panhandle South Plains fair to a close as 52 414 attendees lift the five day total toward a new record. Officials anticipate 35 000 more visitors tonight and the West Texas Twirling Festival remains a highlight despite earlier poor weather.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Laurel
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Hurricane Hilda Races Toward Louisiana Coast
Hurricane Hilda with 120 mph winds nears Morgan City to Grand Isle as tens of thousands evacuate coastal areas. Warnings extend toward Panama City with tides rising and small craft urged to seek cover. Officials report up to 125,000 evacuated across parishes and counties in a mass inland movement amid the storm’s northward shift.
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Apalachee Bay
Paris Notre Dame fall kills bystander tourist
Veronica McConnell a 24 year old Philadelphia X ray technician died after a French woman Fenise Rey Herm e 37 leapt from the Notre Dame cathedral tower and struck the American on the 230 foot height witness accounts say the suicide occurred near a lottery poster reading Today Is Your Lucky Day.
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Paris
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Hoover testimony on Chicago visit and Oswald notes withheld
The Washington Evening Star reports Hoover told the Warren Commission a Chicago visit by President Johnson led to suspicions against subversives being kept under local house arrest. He warned against police state tactics and noted a State Department document about Oswald that the department says does not exist.
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Tahoka Sisters Injured In Car Train Collision
Two Tahoka girls, Linda Orr 14 and Barbara Orr 16, were hurt Friday when their car collided with a northbound train near Tahoka. Linda suffered a severe head laceration and a broken leg and remained in fair condition at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock, while Barbara was in good condition at Tahoka General Hospital. The car skidded over 80 feet before the crash as the train, driven by engineer T. N. Pickens of Slaton, traveled north on U S Highway 380.
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Tohoka
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Infatuation in a comic dictionary
A witty definition notes infatuation as a state of mind that makes an intelligent man look foolish to a foolish girl who looks intelligent to him. The entry satirically explores romantic misjudgments in light verse form.
City Council Eyes Action Over Home Beauty Shops
Controversy over home beauty shops grows after Planning and Zoning Commission recommends banning them. Mayor Tidmore says council will consider further action and ensure a fair hearing. Attorneys for shop owners express support for the process and a possible hearing. Dist Judge Bean issued a ruling this week related to home beauty shops.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Max Tidmore
City Planning and Zoning Commission
G. H. Nelson
Planning Commission
Reed Quilliam
Robert MH. Bean
Prayerful plea to city council over ordinance hearing
A reader submits a brief prayer and message urging mercy and acknowledging divine sovereignty. The text ends with a note that citizens feel the ordinance should be left alone during a city council hearing within its jurisdiction.
Crash Toll Feared 80 In Mediterranean Airliner Crash
An 80 aboard DC-6 airliner crashed off Spain’s southeast coast near Cartagena. Freighters and a Spanish destroyer joined the search. RAF flares guided rescue planes but officials reported no confirmed survivors by nightfall.
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Spain
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Cartagena
Royal Air Force
Storms Refugees Flee Coastal Louisiana In Mass Evacuation
Thousands of autos crawl away from Hurricane Hilda in southern Louisiana along U S 90 heading toward Lafayette and points north. Sheriff Chester Baudoin reports trains moving 2 000 people from Franklin and another 66 car train from New Orleans to aid evacuations as ghost towns along the old Spanish Trail echo the storm’s impact.
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Berwick
Weather Map Update for Lubbock and Vicinity
No significant temperature change expected today or tonight. High in the low 70s with a near 90 degree low. Light to moderate easterly winds. City readings show varied highs from Abilene to Denver with mild humidity and sunset at 6 25 pm.
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