Large-scale GI arrests at Veterans Day protest near Ft Hood
Near Ft Hood Texas a Veterans Day march drew arrests of active duty GIs far more than any prior peace action. Police in Killeen counted at least 100 arrests while groups including the United States Servicemen's Fund reported 125 soldiers and 25 civilians and veterans. A permit denial and court orders sidelined the planned march and in Washington rain reduced turnout for antiwar events.
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Associated Fresh
Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Ft. Hood
Tex
Killeen
United States Servicemen’s Fund
U.S. District Court
Austin
Washington Monument
White House
Fear grips Dallas suburb as seven agencies hunt Mesquite killers
Police sought two men in their 20s and a woman after the bodies of Forrest Covey and Genn Covey, both formerly of Lubbock, and 16 year old Susan Shaw were found near Quinlan and Lake Ray Hubbard. An informant said he saw the trio with a woman resembling Mrs Covey at 1130 pm. The case is treated as a possible drifter killings with clues limited to a car description and witness statements.
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Avelanche-Journal News Services
Dallas
Boston
Raymond McGee
Mr. M Food Store
Forrest Covey
Genn
Lubbock
Lake Ray Hubbard
C. D. Hughes
FEAR
Rain Storm Drenches Lubbock and Surrounding Areas
A late evening storm moved across the South Plains bringing widespread showers. Lubbock received up to .40 inches with Reese AFB reporting a half inch in an hour, while Abernathy saw .32 and downtown Lubbock only .20 inches. A second small storm formed near Tahoka with little impact.
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Jerry Odom
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
National Weather Service
Lubbock
Reese Air Force Base
Reese
KYFO
Quaker
Abernathy
East Lubbock
Hale Center
Shallowater
Ropesville
Prayer Meditation Reader Note
A reader offers a brief devotional urging mindfulness of God and constant prayer. The message asks believers to yield body mind and soul to Thee and praises the Holy Name in a closing Amen.
Lubbock planners seek draft of human relations commission ordinance
After a protest by Mexican Americans and a closed door meeting at City Hall, Eugene Smith was asked to draft what may become a city ordinance establishing a human relations commission. At Fair Park a weekend melee led to a dozen arrests, two police officers hurt, and a suspect charged with attempted murder in a vehicle.
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Eugene Smith
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Denton Rigsby
City Hall
Fair Park
Rigsby
Deeper in Vietnam Pueblo Crisis in Johnson Memoir
In Lyndon Johnson's account the 1967 Pueblo incident marks a pivotal moment in his Vietnam era reflections. He recalls his sleepless 2:24 am call and the sudden seizure of the USS Pueblo by North Korea, framing a year of turmoil and hard decisions for the White House.
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Son
Johnson
Jobns
Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pueblo
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Ess Pueblo
North Korea
Washington
Nugent Favored for Speaker by House Backers
A Kerrville Rep. Jim Nugent leads a 32-member San Antonio meeting on who should back for speaker in 1973 or sooner if Gus Mutscher is ousted. Rep. Rayford Price supporters claim Price remains strongest, while others pledge to unite behind the majority choice.
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Associated Press
Austin
Jim Nugent
Kerrville
Nugent
John Traeger
Seguin
House
San Antonio
Traeger
Gus Mutscher
Traeger, Nugent
Dean Cobb
Dumas
Joe Salem
Corpus Christi
Dave Finney
Fort Worth
Jim Stitler
Naples
Finney
Cobb
Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Nugents
Cou Jcity
Areh Lamb
Lamb
City Finance Department
Public Services
al Couch
Weather Outlook For Lubbock Area With Rain Chance
The Lubbock area expects a 50 percent chance of rain today, dropping to 30 percent tonight. Daytime highs should reach the mid to upper 60s with tonight’s low in the low 50s. Record or comparison data note a 68 high and 55 low with humidity peaking at 93 percent.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Mionday
Lubbock
United States Faces Loss as China Enters UN Seat
The United Nations seated Communist China by a 76 to 35 vote, expelling Nationalist China amid U S attempts to save Chiang Kai-shek's regime. Nationalists walked out minutes before the vote as the U S called it the worst defeat in U N history.
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Chow Shukai
Lui Chieh
U.N. General Assembly
China
Lavahenche-Journal News Services
United Nations
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Washington
Taiwan
U.N
Chiang
Chow Shu-kai
Albania
James L. Buckley
R-Wn.y
America
New York
U. S
George Bush
Bush
Congress
Agha Shahi
Nixon
Hijacked 747 to Cuba by armed hijacker aboard flight 98
An American Airlines 747 bound for Puerto Rico with 22 aboard including three sky marshals and an FBI agent was hijacked after leaving New York and diverted to Havana. The pilot, Senior Captain O. R. Salmela, reported a gun on a stewardess and the crew held engines as refueling awaited. The fate of the marshals and agent remained unclear.
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Avalanche-Tournal News Services
Miami
American Airlines
Cuba
Federal Aviation
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington
Dans
New York
Kennedy
Havana
Jose Marti
O. R. Salmela
FAA
FBI
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Kissinger Heads to Set Date for Nixon China Visit
White House aides and Henry Kissinger return from Peking as plans for Nixon’s historic trip to Mainland China take shape. Officials expect travel between November and January with a four day visit, following Nixon’s earlier summer pledge to go before May.
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United Presse International
Washington
Nixon
Mainland
China
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
White House
Kissinger
Andrews Air Force Base
Here
Elementary Schools Sporting Feature In Lubbock
Mod features show the informal tone and teaching aids in Lubbock elementary schools with a campus Homecoming vibe at Texas Tech. Homecoming activities fill the weekend as the university hustles for events, with further details on page 1.
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Lubbock
Texas Tech
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