Nixon Campaigns Across Nation Amid Political Turbulence
President candidate Nixon heads a five day nationwide swing opening in Chicago with aides at his New York apartment. Humphrey plans campaign strategy from Minnesota homes as Wallace signals state conventions over a national gathering and Muskie warns of third party threat to both parties.
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Miami
First Day School Enrollment Count in Lubbock
About 41 726 pupils turned up for classes at Lubbock's 54 public schools on the first day of the 1968 69 term. Elementary enrollment reached 17 578 with 829 in special education. High schools held 6 013 students and junior highs 7 506. Total registration was just shy of Superintendent Nat Williams forecast.
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G. C. Clapp
Public Information
Nat Williams
Clapp
Brazilians Perform First Quadruple Transplant Surgery
Brazilian doctors in Sao Paulo performed the world first quadruple transplant combining a heart two kidneys and a pancreas from a single donor into four patients. One kidney recipient died, another in uncertain condition, while heart and pancreas patients progressed satisfactorily.
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United Press International
Sao Paulo
Houston
Pittsburgh
Montreal
Stanford
Calif
Bom Threat Sparks Laughable Call At Yuba City Police
An anonymous caller warned of a bomb in the Yuba City police station basement but officers found no basement at the facility, making the threat seem nonsensical.
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Yuba City
Calif
UPD
Smoke Forces Partial Evacuation At Texas Tech Dorm
About 50 of 400 residents were evacuated from Chitwood Hall after smoke filled a first floor counselor’s apartment caused by an apparent electrical short in the 12 story dorm’s ventilation system. Fire crews secured the scene as investigators checked the origin amid recall of a 1967 top floor fire.
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Texas Tech
Chitwood Hall
Andy Wilson
Tech
Chitwood Vtall
Forecasters See Mercury Dropping Across South Plains
The extended outlook predicts cooler September across Northwest Texas as high pressure stays north and Gulf air brings cloudiness and rain. Cotton lags in cooler areas while sorghum and soybeans progress. August proved unusually wet with Lubbock’s average 74.2 degrees and Levelland 5.95 inches of rain.
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North Texas
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Stinhby
South Plains
Lubbock
Lamesa
Dimmitt
Yoakum
Dawson
Castro County
Plains
Big Spring
Levelland
No Moon Traffic Flying Taxis for Moon Exploration
Rector describes a hollow eight foot high lunar flyer mounted on a box to be carried inside the Apollo lander. The device would unfold on the moon and fly at 100 to 150 mph for up to eight miles, enabling broader surface exploration without electronics. Astronauts would navigate visually and use suit radios for comms.
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Rector
Earth
Texas Draft Call Drops to 523 for November
Texas' draft call set for November is 523 men, the lowest quota since April 1965, part of a national call of 10,000 for the Army. State quotas have declined since May, with August at 895, September 683, October 774, and April 1965 at 518.
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Austin
Texas
Selective Service
Earthquake Registered Near San Juan on Tuesday
A quake centered in the Atlantic Ocean about 360 miles east northeast of San Juan Puerto Rico was recorded Tuesday by the National Earthquake Information Center. It occurred at Via acm EDT and registered 6.4 on the Richter scale with no land damage indicated.
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Washington
San Juan
Puerto Rico
National Earthquake Information Center
Via Acm
Kleppe Leads North Dakota Reelection Bid
UPI reports Rep Thomas Kleppe led in the race for the Republican nomination in North Dakota's Second District on Tuesday night indicating a strong path to a second term.
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Kleppe
Bismarck
N.D
Thomas Kleppe
North Dakota
California sea otters near extinction prompt protection
The article notes sea otters once numbered in thousands along the West Coast from Baja California to Washington. Fewer than 700 remain in California near Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties due to historic fur hunting. These otters are now protected by law.
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California
West Coast
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Mexico
Straits of Juan de Fuca
Washington
Pacific
Monterey County
San Luis Obispo County
Motorcycle Auto Collision Injures Teen in City
Carroll B Nichols Jr age 17 of 2007 61th St sustained minor injuries after his motorcycle collided with an automobile at Avenue W and 70th Street around 6 30 p m. Driver Gene Carroll Mathis age 50 of 3003 58th St reported not injured, according to officers.
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61Th St
Avenue W
70Th Street
Gene Carroll Mathis
58Th St
Thai Youth Joins Lubbock School Exchange Program
The Sukanit and Blackledge families welcome Terathorn a Thai youth arriving in Lubbock for schooling. He joins Bangkok Christian School transcripts pending and adjusts to American life with teachers seen as kind. Terathorn adapts to English slang, sports, and new cultural norms as his brother Stephen plans to visit next summer.
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Thailand
Monterey High School
Stephen Blackledge
Celia Blackledge
Lubbock
Wi W Blackledge
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Celia
Trent
Terathorn
Bangkok
Sukanit
Sukanti
Fies
Stephin
Japan
London
Blackledge
Births Report From Local Hospitals Highlight Families
A string of birth notices lists newborns across area hospitals with weights ranging from 4 pounds to 8 pounds 13 ounces. Each item identifies parents, addresses, hospital, time of birth, and father's occupation or military status where given.
Congress Opens With Major Bills Facing Action
Congress opens with heavy agenda as lawmakers anticipate votes on a 14 billion omnibus education measure extended farm programs unemployment training and food stamp extensions. Fortas nomination to be Chief Justice faces Senate Judiciary Committee review amid expected filibuster and appeals for records.
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Redwoods National Park
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Johnson
Earl Warren
John L. McClellan
Rifts Over Social Action Resolutions at Negro Baptist Convention
In Atlanta dissenting clergy within the National Baptist Convention USA clash over proposed social action resolutions. They urge denouncing Gov. Maddox and George Wallace for racism and call for a social nation commission to aid Mississippi hunger, Biafra children, and King era Poor People plans. The board approves only a resolution condemning racist presidential candidates.
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Atlanta, Ga
Social Nation Commission
Mississippi
Biafra
Martin Luther King Jr
Board of Directors
Cohen Predicts Medicare Lift At UN Conference
Wilbur J. Cohen United States Secretary of Health Education and Welfare predicts by 1976 every American will be insured for comprehensive medical costs through a mix of private and public financing. He spoke at a news conference during the UN sponsored International Conference of Ministers Responsible for Social Welfare.
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United Nations
N.Y
Wilbur J. Cohen
U.S
Secretary of Health, Education, ‘and Welfare
United States
Cohen
U.N
Laborer Scalded In Tahoka Farm Accident
A Tahoka area farm laborer Rosendio Pereda 33 suffered burns over 40 percent of his body when a tractor radiator hose ruptured spraying boiling water. He is in serious condition at West Texas Hospital. The accident occurred on the Jim Bob Porterfield farm near Tahoka.
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Tahoka
West Texas
Rosendio Pereda
Jim Bob Porterfield
Tiffany the baby gorilla named by Kansas City mayor’s wife
Kansas City AP reports Tiffany the baby gorilla was christened by Mrs. Tius W. Davis, wife of the city mayor, at the Kansas City Zoo. The sleepy infant appeared unamazed as the ceremony proceeded.
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Kansas City
Tiffany
Tius W. Davis
Kansas City Zoo
Three Cities In Area Given Airport Grants
The Texas Aeronautics Commission allocated 765,515 for airport projects to 44 Texas towns on Tuesday. Abernathy received 5,500 Morton 27,500 and Tahoka 2,000 in matching grants.
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South Plains
Texas
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Abernathy
Morton
Tahoka
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