Editorial urges Lyndon Johnson for President in November
The newspaper endorses Lyndon B. Johnson, after careful study of candidates and records, praising his leadership, experience, and steady handling of national and world affairs since taking office. It argues Goldwater is capable but favors Johnson to continue governing, noting the two-man choice.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
U.S. Senate
Barry Goldwater
Mr. Johnson
Senator Goldwater
Goldwater
Truman
White House
Stark
President Johnson
Dallas
Yndon Johnson
House
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Kidnapped U S Air Force Officer Searched Across Caracas
Police raided suspected hideouts in Caracas seeking Lt. Col. Michael Smolen abducted en route to work. Investigators questioned three suspects as security forces and U S embassy officials weighed threats linking his fate to Viet Cong figure Nguyen Van Troi.
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Paul Finch Aracas
U. S
Caracas
Saigon
Smolen
Troi
U.S
Henry Lee Choate
Five stabbed, gunfire ends raving man in Atlanta
A 26 year old man stripped naked, ran with a butcher knife stabbing two women and three children before Patrolman J R Spence shot him dead. Five victims were injured none seriously. The assailant slain dog as he advanced shouting demons. He had been reading the Bible and had a recent religious conversion.
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Atlanta
UPI
Arlin Eugene Pinnell
J. R. Spence
Pinnell
Goldwater Reiterates Call for School Prayer Amendment
In Salt Lake City Barry Goldwater demanded Congress pass a constitutional amendment on school prayer as Johnson campaigns across the West. Johnson relaxed at the Texas ranch after a Midwest-South tour and planned a West Coast stop, while reporters noted his confidence in avoiding a GOP upset.
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Associated Press
Salten
Barry Goldwater
Lake Guy
Johnson
Supreme Court
Congress
Texas
Midwest
Phoenix
Goldwater
High Income Tax Break Proposal Sparks Debate
Treasury officials scrutinize a plan by Senator Russell Long to give a bonus to high bracket taxpayers who do not claim any special tax breaks. Long introduced the idea in the Congressional Record after failing to attach it to the 1964 income tax bill, aiming to spark discussion despite unlikely passage.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Treasury
Sen
Russell Long
Dla
Long
Comic Dictionary Car A vehicle built for power and escape
A humorous note on cars growing more powerful amid rising pedestrian escapes. The cartoonish definition implies an urban punch at modern vehicle trends.
Three RAFB Jets Collide Over New Mexico
A Reese AFB mid air crash left two T 38 Talon jets destroyed and crews ejected in a mile from McDonald farm near Tatum New Mexico. One pilot died while another was injured the fourth plane survived and landed safely at Lubbock. The incident marked the second T 38 crash in 22 months with initial reports giving the pilots as 2nd Lt John J Segura 23 and 2nd Lt Van M Schutz 122.
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Reese Afb
John J. Segura
Louisville
van M. Schutz
Appleton
Wis
Tatum
N.M
Segura
Reese
Air Force
Jim Norris
Morton
Dudley Lynch
Everett Groseclose
Avahanche-Journal
New Mexico
Lubbock
William G. Bookout
Torrance
Calif
Dale M. Pichard
Tallahassee
Fla
Jal Reese
Avalanche-Journal
Schultz
Lyouth
Schutz
Marvin McClish
McDonald
Lea County
Eddie Cantor Dies at 71 in Beverly Hills
Eddie Cantor, famed song and dance man, died of a coronary occlusion at his Beverly Hills home. He was 71 and died at 7:20 p.m., with two daughters present. Cantor had been ill for two weeks and had not seemed himself since his wife Ida’s death in 1962. Funeral plans were not yet finalized and were expected to be private.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Eddie Cantor
Cantor
Natalie Metzger
Edna McHugh
Hope Cantor
Margaret Collins
Eddie
Ida
Escape Sparks Protest Over Mental Hospital Flee
Houston officials urge Governor Connally to probe how Leslie Douglas Ashley fled the San Antonio mental hospital after a new trial found him insane. Dist. Atty. Briscoe presses for a safety review amid concerns he could hurt someone at large and notes the missing Mary Lou Wiederkehr, 25, tied to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ouston
John Connally
Leslie Douglas Ashley
San Antonio
Ashley
Houston
Frank Briscoe
Texas Department of Public Safety
Fred Tones
Mary Lou Wiederkehr
Weather Map Page 7-A Forecast For Lubbock Area
Fair conditions through tonight with a high of 80 to 85 and a low of 50 to 55. Light to moderate southerly winds. Temperature readings show a maximum of 84 and a minimum of 47 with humidity ranging from 24 to 77 percent. Sunrise at 6 49 am and sunset at 6 14 pm.
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Lubbock
Abilene
Paso
Albuquerque
Houston
Amarillo
Okla City
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
W. Falla
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Polio
Armed Forces of National Liberation
Sec. of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Keche-Journal Station
Barry
Thomas K. Dewey
Harry S. Truman
Tabernacle of
The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Sec
the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Longin
Plains Farm News
Comic Dictionary
RAFB
Houston DA
Ashley Escape
Ashleyas
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