Carr and Tower Claim Poll Leads Ahead of Senate Vote
U S Senate candidates Carr and Tower tout separate polls showing clear edges over rivals weeks before election. Carr cites Belden results placing him at 92 percent to 39 for Republican, 2 for Constitution, 7 undecided, while Tower's Kraft poll shows 45 percent for Tower, 41 percent for Carr, 14 undecided. Neither poll discloses sample size.
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Johnson sends envoys to Asian capitals for peace talks
President Johnson dispatched two top U S diplomats on parallel peace missions Thursday as he rested at a Gulf of Siam resort. W Averell Harriman headed to Jakarta to urge Indonesian mediation while William Bundy went to Japan and Formosa to brief leaders on the Manila summit. The Hanoi regime rejected the Manila proposals and vowed to escalate the war.
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Formosa
Viet Nam
China
Soviet Union
North Korea
Phanom Wittikacher
City lands to be donated for industrial park plan
City council called a referendum to decide donating 742 acres of city owned land to the Lubbock Industrial Foundation for an industrial park near Loop 289 east and northeast of Jiton Industries. The meeting also moved gas stations to C-2 districts and approved flood control, base water line, and library merger steps.
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Jerry McCarty
Avalanthe Journal
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Quaker Avenue
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Hemphill Contracting Co
Lubbock
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
J. Ray Dickey
Bill Collins
Loop 289
Jitton Industries
Sea Industrial
Seven area towns plan homecoming activities today
Seven area towns schedule homecoming events and related festivities with multiple special activities listed across sections. The page notes also reference other items such as a Texas Tech study, juror elimination in a major trial, and a Moon trip delay.
Strife at Lubbock Compress Sparks Rewards Offer
Investigations into a Friday labor dispute linked violence in Lubbock with arson and assault. Officials issued rewards for information leading to arrests in slayings and a weekend fire at the plant as injunctions fail to curb threats and attacks amid a workers strike involving United Packing House Workers Local 1206.
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Compress
Jess Maneusers
United Packing House Workers
No. 1206
United Packing House
Food and Allied Workers International
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CIO
Wen Othe
Students Seize Control of Mexican University
A report says students at the University of Guerrero State in Chilpaniize seized control and planned to remain on strike until certain removals and actions by officials. The chaotic incident involved campus entrances and alleged demands for leadership changes, with multiple unclear names and dates in the coverage.
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Lubbock
Mahon Speaks as Brownfield Opens New Post Office
Brownfield residents wrote their congressman a keep believing note and Postmaster Howard Davis delivered it in person. Rep. George Mahon of Lubbock gave the dedication speech at the opening of a $161 000 post office, a high point of Harvest Festival events in the town. He greeted old friends and met new ones for 30 minutes after the ceremony. Photos show Harold Klein presiding at the dedication while Lions Club sponsors Kathy Darwin won the queen’s trophy and $600, with Brenda Benson and Susie Callaway as runners up. Open house followed the brick tile and steel post office ceremony.
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Widow Weds 95-year-old Benefactor In Kidnap Case Drama
Otis Birch, a crippled 95 year old California philanthropist, and his ex convict bride, 49, flee to Texas amid a custody battle over Birch’s estate. The bride, once Pearle Choate, posted 8000 bond on a kidnap charge as a hearing was set in Tham today. Birch’s late wife died two weeks ago, and investigators traced the couple from California to Parlin and Midland Texas.
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Otis Birch
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Texas
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South Pasadena
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Fragmentary Prayer Notes and Legal Snippet from California Row
A jumbled fragment recounts a prayer with merciful language and a legal suit in California involving Birch and Mrs Choate. It mentions a large California home, furniture and antiques, then shifts to Birch’s inability to see well and a communication via printed letters. The piece ends with a prompt to see another page.
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Birch Coo
South Pasadena
Baireh
Shoppers and Cheaters Reported Across U S Supermarkets
An Associated Press survey finds managers and shoppers reporting widespread cheating in supermarkets. Tactics include price switching, label swapping on meat, tampering with produce, and opening packages to reseal for return or discount. Stores like Safeway in Dallas note daily incidents and losses from such schemes.
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Fred Gallant
Safeway
Dallas
Associated Press
China relies on tests while U S. says threat years away
The Associated Press reports China claims a missile carried a nuclear device and detonated it at Lop Nor, while U S officials insist a direct Chinese attack remains years away. The AEC notes a low to intermediate yield event at Lop Nor and a separate Soviet underground test at Novaya Zemlya.
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U.S
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Soviet Union
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Paris
Pentagon
Hamilton Ordered for Physical Exam in Draft Quagmire
The draft board ordered actor George Hamilton to report for a physical examination as part of building a full record. Hamilton, who often escorts President Johnson's daughter Lynda Baird, has been deferred from active service due to family financial dependence. A New York-Service headquarters spokesman said the move aims to clarify his eligibility status and deferment, with a full record including a medical exam likely to influence future action.
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Staens
Um World
Georgia held to extradition in escape case of Logan
Ray Logan, 64, faces a Georgia warrant for prison escape after fleeing from a Michigan life sentence for armed robbery and a 1924 slaying. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter at a new trial, asked for probation, and was placed on five years probation with residence at a Salvation Army center, while prosecutors say extradition could have been avoided.
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Steven G Damelson
Weather Forecast For Lathpeck Area And Vicinity
Weather summary for today and tonight shows variable temperatures with near normal highs and low winds. Southeasterly to southerly winds around 20 miles per hour are expected, with possible cooler readings toward late night and a brief drop in temperatures later.
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