Earliest Dawson County Cotton Bale Nets Premium
The 1964 first bale of Dawson County cotton rolled from the Lamesa Coop Gin at 3 40 p m Saturday. Leo Burkett, farming 680 acres near Midway, produced the 580 pound bale which earned a $250 premium from the Lamesa Chamber of Commerce for first in the county.
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Avalanche
AMESA
Dawson County
South Plains
Lubbock
Leo Burkett
Walter Burkett
Midway
Lamesa
Johnson outlines global military satellite network plan
President Johnson announced the Air Force will launch 24 satellites for a worldwide, jam resistant military communications system. First launch is planned for April 1966 using Titan II boosters, with eight satellites on one rocket and the rest in subsequent launches. initial cost is around 20 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Chnson City
Johnson
Air Force
U.S
Mississippi
Washington
Pentagon
Sec. of Defense
Robert Lee Johnson
Red-Haired Teen Said to Open Fire Killing Two Children
A 15-year-old boy on a blue bicycle shot at random in Halifax's south end, killing two children and injuring a third. Off-duty police led a citywide search, with streets cordoned and officers sweeping the area. Victims aged 10 to 12 died at the scene or in hospital after a 4:20 p.m. CST incident.
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Halifax
N.S
UPI
South End
Peninuula
Thomas McNeil
Heavy rain sweeps Texas with widespread totals over an inch
Thundershowers spread across the South Plains and Friday night showers brought moisture to the region. Falls City reported 5 to 6 inches flooding two creeks near its pumping station while Victoria logged 6.12 inches. Muleshoe led populated towns with 2.06 inches as central Texas saw downpours and cooler temperatures after days of extreme heat. Brenda formed off Bermuda, posing no immediate threat to the mainland.
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South Plains
Texas
Abby
Atlantic
Brenda
Bermuda
Wichita Falls
Lubbock
Falls City
San Antonio
Muleshoe
Weather Bureau
Claytonville
FBI Seeks Weapon as Mississippi Slayings Await Arrests
Reports say arrests were believed imminent in the slaying of civil rights workers in Mississippi. FBI sought the weapon linked to the killings while autopsies in Jackson identified James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman.
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Mississippi
Manche Journal News Services
Hiladelphia
Miss
FBI
Jackson
Fulton Jackson
MAHON NOTES Solons Reassure On Poverty Funds
Washington Rep. George Mahon of Lubbock says he was skeptical but not cynical about Johnsons antipoverty program. He votes for it, noting Congress will set the dollars and can cut them if the program fails. He stresses successful management as the key to the bill.
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Leslie Carpenter
Avalanche-journal
Washington Beresy
Washington
George HH
Mahon
Lubbock
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Avalanche Journal
Johnson
Poll compares LBJ and Barry as voters ask nationwide view
A section-by-section survey compares voters views of LBJ and Barry Goldwater across the nation. The feature appears in Page Sec. A with a nationwide Gallup poll assessing reactions to the two conventions.
Attack hits Cyprus patrol boat amid Turkish air strikes
In Xeros harbor a Greek Cypriot patrol boat was strafed and bombed by Turkish jets while at anchor. The United Nations reported five crewmen killed and 13 wounded. AP photographer James Pringle captured the scene.
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Xeros
Cyprus
United Nations
James Pringle
Invasion Ship Strike Feared in Cyprus Crisis
Greek Cypriots report eight Turkish jet attacks on the northern coast of Cyprus killing 24 and wounding 200 as Kokkina area remains in Turkish hands. Turkish jets threaten larger invasion while Cyprus appeals to the Soviet Union and nearby states for aid and UN pressure seeks a cease fire.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Kokkina
New York
Zenon Rassides
United Nations Security Council
Washington
Ankara
United States
Kyrenia
Makarios
Soviet Union
United Arab Republic
Syria
Zenon Rossides
UN Security Council
Nisocla
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Greece
Papandreou
Inonu
U.S
K. S. Thimayya
Asian Crisis Eases Central Vietnam War Tensions
The United States signals easing tensions in Asia as destroyers Maddox and Turner Joy withdraw from the Gulf of Tonkin while a carrier group led by USS Ranger nears Hawaii. Cyrus Vance describes a dangerous Viet Cong threat and predicts North Vietnam may request air support from China if the conflict broadens.
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Associated Prove
Gulf of Tonkin
Pentagon
Sec. of Defense
Cyrus Vance
Ranger
Honolulu
Viet Nam
U.S
Vance
North Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Wu.s
Ito
Maddox
Turner Joy
Gulf
Johnson
China
Johnson's Poverty Bill Cleared House In Victory Margin
The $947.5 million antipoverty package passed the House 226 to 184 on Saturday. Southern Democrats and Republicans provided unexpected backing, with about 60 Southern votes and 22 Republican votes contributing to the win. Johnson, at his Texas ranch, praised the vote as fulfilling a moral commitment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
Johnson City
Tex
Historic measure praised by Congress members
A quotation celebrates bipartisan support for a historic measure. The speaker links the achievement to a century long struggle between freedom and tyranny and references ANTIPOVERTY Page 106.
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Congress
Prayer meditation and courage prayer excerpt
A short anonymous prayer thanks God for quiet moments of renewal. It asks for strength during hurried daily life and courage to witness in difficult situations.
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Jesus
Miss Carole Reinhart to Enter New York Music School
Miss Carole Dawn Reinhart longtime Salvation Army band member plans to study in New York this fall. She has pursued a master's degree in Vienna and will enter a York music school next month with Dr J Rowland Pures Jr, president of Reinhart College Waleska Ga, assisting with a contact to BD Respharts.
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Carole Dawn Reinhart
Salvation Army
New York
Cyprus Crisis Sparks Greek Cyprus Riots Blame
Top American sources warned Cyprus could erupt in flames amid the Greek Cypriot riots. They blamed the Greek Cypriot actions for the worsening crisis and urged immediate steps to avert a major catastrophe.
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Avalanch._Journal News Services
Ashington
Cyprus
Olton Girl Crowned Miss Grain Sorghum of the Nation
Cheryl Poteet of Olton won the title at the fourth annual pageant in the Dimmitt High School auditorium earning a 500 scholarship and an engraved trophy. Runners up Lieshia Brodia Booker and Pam Dollar received 200 and 100 scholarships respectively. Other contestants included Alice Acker Dimmitt Mary Crawford Kress Serena Ellis Kress Lynda Fancher Frederick Sheri Faulkner Levelland Sherry Haston Paducah Pauled de Hester Spearman Vickie Jarboe Floydada Sheryl Long Friona Barbara Massey Guymon Okla Minka Sims Memphis Sammie Thompson Wellington and Alice West Groom.
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Dimmitt
Cheryl Poteet
Olton
Dimmitt High School
Lieshia Brodia
Booker
Pam Dollar
Dimimi
Plains
Alice Acker
Mary Crawford
Kress
Serena Ellis
Lynda Fancher
Frederick
Okla
Sheri Faulkner
Levelland
Sherry Haston
Paducah
Pauled de Hester
Spearman
Vickie Jarboe
Floydada
Sheryl Long
Friona
Barbara Massey
Guymon
Minka Sims
Memphis
Tex
Francene Thomas
Ralls
Sammie Thompson
Wellington
Alice West
Groom
Floodwaters Flood East Pakistan Dacca Gall Through Streets
Floodwaters inundated more than 20 000 square miles in East Pakistan on Saturday. Officials reported thousands homeless as streets in Dacca were inundated amid epidemics and fear.
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East Pakistan
Dacca
UPI
Paeters
Weather Map Page for Lubbock Area Forecast Brief
Partly cloudy with a few afternoon or evening thundershowers possible through tonight. Warmer conditions with a high in the low 90s. Southeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph. Includes city timing notes for today and typical sunset and sunrise details.
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Lubbock
Mare
Denver
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