LBJ cautious on draft issue amid tolls and costs
President Johnson said ending the military draft quickly could cost several billion dollars but did not rule out halting it next year. He noted ongoing study by the administration on ending Selective Service and said definite conclusions may come early in the spring.
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Typhoon Dora Threatens U S As Ethel Forms In Atlantic
Typhoon Dora moves toward the U S mainland with sustained winds up to 125 mph and a broad wind field. Tropical Storm Ethel forms in the central Atlantic about 1 100 miles east of Dora and could strengthen to a hurricane, though its initial threat appears mainly to shipping.
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Avalanche-Journal News
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Miami
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Roda
Weather Bureau
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Miami Weather Bureau
Cotton forecast boosts South Plains crop outlook
The Lubbock Cotton Exchange and Plains Cotton Growers raise 23 county output to 1 961 000 bales and 23 county cash value to about 319.6 million dollars. The 20 county total is put at 1 913 000 bales, with Mississippi and California close behind nationally.
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Mississippi
California
Arkansas
Dickens Okays Sale of Liquor by 2 Votes
Residents of Dickens voted 90 to 88 to permit off premise sale of whiskey and beer in part of Precinct 1. Election judge E. W. Street noted the town last sold beer in the early 1930s and this was the third ballot on legalization, following a 1962 failure by four votes.
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Buddhists Hold 150000-Strong Funeral Procession in Saigon
In Saigon a 150000 strong Buddhist funeral procession marched four hours along a two mile route to Dat Thanh cemetery for two dead from last week’s riots. Police guarded the route and no violence was reported as six Catholics were buried there last Sunday.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
UPI
Dat Thanh
Quiet Observance Set For Area Labor Day
Labor Day observed in Lubbock with state and local offices closed and banks shut. Public schools take a holiday while some institutions run abbreviated hours. Retail firms stay open per Retail Merchants Assn. DPS launches motorcide patrols to curb traffic violations and will release multiple safety reports. National Safety Council projects 490 to 590 traffic deaths and up to 23 000 disabling injuries over the long weekend.
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Bert Neelley
Avalanche-Journal
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Lubbock
Texas Department of Public Safety
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DPS
National Safety Council
Americans Dying Five Each Hour This Labor Day Weekend
Traffic deaths rose steeply during the Labor Day holiday with more than five fatalities per hour. By 12 30 a m EST 183 people had died in traffic accidents since Friday. Texas led with 20 deaths. Ohio and Illinois reported 12 each, New York 10, California 9.
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McLendon Defends DPS Probe After Yarborough Criticism
Radio man Gordon McLendon, defeated in the Democratic primary by Ralph Yarborough, rejects the senator's charge that the Texas Department of Public Safety has no right to investigate him over a $50,000 allegation. Yarborough says federal matter. DPS probe no evidence. McLendon urges release of the Intelligence Division report before the Sept. 15 convention.
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Ralph Yarborough
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Texas Department of Public Safety
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DPS
Billie Sol Estes
Lubbock Bank Building Rises as Downtown Skyline Grows
Construction supervisor Jay Williams watches bricklayers labor in a 20 mph wind on the Citizens National Bank building at 14th Street and Avenue K. The structure, downtown Lubbock’s first tall project in years, is set for completion in March 1965.
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Citizens National Bank
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Ave. K
Lubbock
Dudley Lynch
Building Job Fresh Air Just Added Incentive
Dudley Lynch AWKING reports on a 200 foot tower at 14th Street and Avenue K in Lubbock. Jay Williams leads a 50-man crew erecting what will be one of the citys higher structures, aimed for completion in early 1965.
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Dudley Lynch
Avalanche-Journal
14Th St
Ave. K
Jay Williams
Southwest Construction
Williams
Lubbock
Khrushchev Confronts Fracturing World Communist Unity
Khrushchev rushed back to Moscow for urgent policy talks after a nine day Czechoslovakia visit as the world Communist movement fractures. China refuses to attend a December Moscow meeting to plan a global party conference while Italy and the Kremlin clash over leadership and the Soviet Chinese split amid the gravest crisis since 1956.
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Associated Press
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World Movement
Dignity in Alcohol Decline See Khrushchev Page 8
Prague reports Khrushchev condemning dangerous and intolerable factionist activities of the Chi. The note appears on Khrushchev’s Page 8.
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Scientists talk to OGO satellite amid repair efforts
Cape Kennedy AP reports scientists studied the OGO satellite Saturday night and found solar panels producing power for most of its twenty experiments. They resumed limited testing at 40 minutes, noting that many parts were in good order while fuel stability remained a problem.
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America
The
Space Agency
QGO
Goddard, Space Flight Center
Maryland
Modernistic Citizens National Bank Home Redefines Skyline
The $3 million Citizens National Bank project features a mosaic of concrete porcelain panels marble glass and aluminum. Odessa firm R G Farrell Co. which bid low on Lubbock's first phase of the new high school also figures in the scene with the von See new building slated for Page 8.
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Citizens National Bank
R. G. Farrell Co
Odessa
Lubbock
von See
Prayer for Unity Among Nations and Races
A prayer asks Almighty God to dissolve hatred envy and prejudice among nations and races and replace them with love and Godly union as Mrs L Wesley Read of Lubbock signs the message in Jesus name.
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Jesus Christ
L. Wesley Read
Lubbock
Goldwater Promises Automatic Tax Cuts If Elected President
Senator Barry Goldwater vows a White House program of automatic yearly income tax cuts to be proposed by Congress. He threads the plan with opposition to compulsory arbitration and argues tax relief should accompany spending cuts to curb inflation and spur business investment.
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