Conditions Look Good For Shot
Weather forecasters predict mostly cloudy skies but satisfactory conditions for the Gemini 6 launch. Astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford reviewed flight plans, with preparations proceeding on schedule as Atlas and Titan 2 boosts set two events for 9:00 and 10:41 CST.
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Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
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Schirra
Stafford
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Space Agency
Pacific
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Moon
Earth
Johnson plans stay at Texas ranch after surgery
President Johnson flies to his Texas ranch to recuperate from gall bladder surgery and likely remain there for much of the year. He approves civil rights action and rent subsidies while pondering the 1966 Congress agenda as he aims to regain strength and maintain health.
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Naval Hospital
Draft Move Flop Says Hershey Unlikely Evasion Plans
Lt Gen Lewis B Hershey head of the Selective Service System calls a draft evasion drive a complete flop He warns local boards may cancel student deferments to protest the movement and urges keeping college students in school for national needs He notes only a tiny fraction of two million college students are involved in protests and doubts the movement will affect manpower.
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Viet Cong Press Attack Targets Plei Me Besieged Camp
Government troops fought free from a second Viet Cong ambush while reinforcing the besieged U S special forces at Plei Me. Viet Cong mortar and recoilless rifle fire broke contact after brief battles as U S planes strafed and bombed the ambushers. U S commanders said casualties were light and rapid arrival of heavy American artillery and troops followed.
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Ray F. Herndon Aigon
UPI
U.S
Plei Me
Central Highlands
Ican
United States
Viet Nam
Harvest Fete Draws Record Crowds Across Plainview Brownfield Shallowater
About 25 000 people attended harvest festivals in three South Plains towns, with Plainview hosting Hi Plains Harvest Festival drawing 13 000 by 9 p m and causing traffic jams at Hale County Exhibition Center. Estimated three day total attendance reached 32 000 to 35 000, a new record.
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South Plains
Plainview
Brownfield
Shallowater
New Hale County Exhibition Center
Johnson Congress, FDR's Compared By J. W. Davis
The AP report recalls FDR’s 1933 praise of sweeping postwar bills and Johnson’s 1965 high praise for the 89th Congress. It notes Roosevelt’s “More history is being made today” and Johnson calling the first session “fabulous,” highlighting presidential reflections on pivotal legislative eras.
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United _d States
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Johnson
County road right of way to be taken up by commissioners
AT A GLANCE TODAY in the A J Lubbock area notes standards for county road right of way to be taken up by commissioners Monday on page 4 section A. Homecoming events at Tech to climax anniversary celebration on page 2 section A.
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World Book Science Service to feature astronauts stories
The Avalanche-Journal linked with World Book Encyclopedia Science Service to obtain exclusive writing rights from U S astronauts and families. The service, run by Field Enterprises of Chicago, supplies scientific material and astronaut opinions from flights and related events. A detailed Monday mission account by astronaut Walter Schirra appears on Page 8 Sec A.
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World Book Encyclopedia
Science Service
Field Enterprises of Chicago
Chicago Daily News
U.S
U.S. World Book Encyclopedia
Avalanche Journal
Lubbock
Texas
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Prayer Prayer for daily life from Melvin Ratheal
Short devotional prayer requesting God’s presence and guidance for the day. Melvin Ratheal from Lubbock asks for strength to resist sin and to live righteously, loving others as Christ loves.
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Melvin Ratheal
Lubbock
Johnson mirrors Roosevelt in early New Deal ascent
The piece recalls Johnson as a young Capitol secretary inspired by FDR and cites his later congressional rise, likening it to Roosevelt's early era. It notes Rep Carl Albert as House Democratic leader calling this Congress highly productive, with a brief stop on Gov Connally’s warning about federal highway beautification funding.
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Carl Albert
Oklahoma
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Austin
Gov. Connally
Texas
Gift bracelet from LBJ to Mayo surgeon's wife
Mrs Marian Hallenbeck, wife of Dr C A Hallenbeck Mayo Clinic surgeon who operated on President Johnson, displays a charm bracelet with presidential insignia sent by LBJ as a personal gift. AP Wirephoto
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Federal funds boost training for 300 electronic workers in Lubbock
A Telegram to The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal from Rep. George Mahon reports about $49,763.64 in federal approvals to retrain 300 unemployed workers as electronic assemblers for Litton Industries via Lubbock Public Schools. Remaining $6,581.64 funds raise Methodist Hospital nursing loan program to about $10,500 for 47 nursing students with 45 first year students, enabling up to $1,000 per year per borrower. Page 10.
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Methodist Hospital
School of Nursing
George Mahon
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Litton Industries
Lubbock Public Schools
Mahon
Irene Wilson
Methodist Hos Nevtead
Joan
Weather Map Page 4 A forecasts fair day with mild temps
Lubbock and vicinity expect fair weather today and tonight with a high near 80 and a low in the upper 40s. Northerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Temperatures and humidity figures listed for the Southwest weather summary across multiple cities including Abilene El Paso Albuquerque and Dallas.
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Tyrus Abilene
el Paso
Albuque
Houston
Amarilla
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
W. Falla
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