Trucker Dies After Truck Turnover Near Shallowater
Kenneth Dudley Bruce 43 of Lubbock suffocated in the overturned tractor cab after being pinned more than an hour. His wife Paula survived with minor bruises as the winch truck lifted the cab for his removal. Police and officials described a frantic struggle with loss of control and the crash path, with ruling pending on cause of death.
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Huge crowds flood campaign rallies in final drive
Resident Johnson and Sen Barry Goldwater ramped up campaigns in the last month of the race drawing large crowds in Peoria Illinois Des Moines Iowa and New Jersey. Wives of the candidates also campaigned solo with Mrs Johnson speaking in South Carolina and Peggy Goldwater in Muncie Indiana. Nixon remains in the drumfire with the vice presidential nominees joining the push.
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Peggy Goldwater
Muncie
Ind
Nixon
Hold Up Attempt Thwarted At City Service Station
Ervy R. Woodard confronted a rifle wielding teen at his Cosden Service Station driveway on Wednesday night. He slipped behind a car and alerted police, leaving the armed holdupper empty handed and still at large. Woodard described anger at the youth’s actions and noted he had closed the station at 8:50 p.m. and was in a customer’s car en route to the customer’s home. The suspect remained at large as police search continued.
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34Th St
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37Th St
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Avalanche-Journal
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Briggs
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Viet Cong Down U S Aircraft Near Saigon
Viet Cong gunners shoot down three U S Army helicopters near Saigon as ground fighting escalates. One burning helicopter with five Americans and a Vietnamese observer crashes in VC positions. three bodies found charred, with others possibly captured. Others in the fleet survive the attack. crews attacked by rockets and machine guns.
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Body of missing boy found near ravine. mother charged
Five year old Rex Crowder led investigators to the body of Ricky Dale Crowder, 22 months, near a steep embankment north of Longview, Texas. The mother Rex Crowder, 22, is charged with murder after the discovery.
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LBJ Offices Cost Rise With Building Alterations
Bernard Boutin of the GSA defends a Austin presidential suite in a government building, saying revisions after Kennedy’s assassination added about 2.65 million to costs. He notes total cost now about 7.8539 million with 65 change orders and overtime included, and compares offices to cabinet layouts.
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Draft call announced for 7 800 men to be drafted in December
The Defense Department announced a December draft quota of 7 800 men for Army service, 800 fewer than November where 8.6 percent of eligible men were to be inducted.
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Defense Department
Goldwater Campaign Arrives in Lubbock for Speech
Sen. Barry Goldwater and Republican national chairman Dean Burch arrive from Newark for a 10 a.m. visit to Municipal Coliseum in Lubbock Texas with a 10 20 a.m. address of about 30 minutes. Mrs Goldwater campaigns in Ohio and Indiana and Ralph Cordiner attends. Local officials expect a large crowd and plan airport ceremonies brief on arrival and departure.
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Young polio survivor to greet Goldwater in Lubbock
21 year old Lubbock man Leon Elkins who has lived in an iron lung since polio at age nine will meet Sen Barry Goldwater and sit near the front as Goldwater speaks at Municipal Coliseum about 10 30 a m Today A 1 0 year old will attend a $100 breakfast and pay the bill himself Elkins says meeting a presidential candidate is a highlight and he has supported Goldwater since 1960 after reading Conscience of a Conservative and other writings.
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Avalanche-Journal
Leon Elkins
Lubbock
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Elkins
Arizona
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City Man
Smart Alek: A Young Man Ready to Dispense Advice
A column titled Smart Alek introduces a witty young man known for offering unsolicited guidance. Readers are invited to share opinions on his blunt but humorous observations.
Prayer for Strength and Endurance in Faith
A devotional prayer asks for renewed strength from God through waiting on Him. It seeks endurance without complaint and faithfulness unto the end, voiced in a short anonymous blessing with a note inviting readers to share favorite prayers under 40 words.
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Barry Goldwater Campaigning in New Jersey
Barry Goldwater pledged to give personal readership to a war crime issue during a campaign swing through northern New Jersey. He urged moral government and criticized President Johnson for centralized power as he drew large enthusiastic crowds around Newark. He faced noisy heckling at several stops.
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Barry Goldwater
New Jersey
Johnson
Washington
LBJ Predicts Huge Victory in Midwest Swing
President Johnson toured Des Moines and Peoria delivering bold victory rhetoric amid cheering crowds. He predicted the largest Democratic win in U.S. history while Goldwater drew tens of thousands at rallies, and security reported the day’s largest crowds in Peoria and Springfield.
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Mothers, Crying Babies Hauled Into Court in Queens Sit-In
Police clashed with demonstrators outside PS 149 in Jackson Heights as dozens of white mothers were arrested during a three day sit-in to protest school integration. Babies cried as they were taken to Criminal Court. several women collapsed amid the disorder. Court Judge Balbach ordered quiet while correction officials provided food to older children.
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Associated Press
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Jackson Heights
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Correction Department
Sit-in protests over school desegregation at P S 149
Mothers and children staged a sit-in to oppose forced transfer of white pupils to make room for Negro students from another neighborhood. police restored order after 65 white adults were arrested. 60 children and many mothers faced court, some singing God Bless America as babies were fed.
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America
Weather notes for Lubbock area with mild day
Mostly fair in Lubbock and vicinity with a high around 75 to 80 degrees and a low near 40s. Winds shift from southwest to north today with variable gusts. visibility details and hourly readings are noted but unclear in places.
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