Race Violence Sparks Atlanta Riot Over Shooting
A white couple fired into a group of Negro youths on a street corner injuring two and triggering a riot in a 10 block area near Georgia Baptist Hospital. More than 100 police used riot gear as bricks and bottles smashed storefronts and one teen, Hubert Warner, died. Police vowed to catch the shooters as Negroes, angered by the death, confronted officers and urged action.
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United Press International Tlanta
Hubert Warner
Georgia Baptist Hospital
Warner
J.T. Marler
Mayor Cruises
Ivan Allen
Allen
Summerhill
Blair Cherry Dies Rites Set Monday
Blair Cherry 65 longtime Texas football figure died in a Lubbock hospital after chest pains following a kidney operation. Services set for 10 a.m. Monday at First Christian Church with graveside rites at 2:30 p.m. Monday in Amarillo Llano Cemetery. Burial conducted by Sanders Funeral Home. Cherry earned national acclaim with Amarillo High and Texas programs and was named to the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
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Blair Cherry
Texas
Lubbock
Amarillo
Cherry
Amarillo High School
University of Texas
University Hospital
West 18Th St
Texas Longhorns
First Christian Church
Dudley Strain
Llano
Sanders
Texas Sports Hall of Fame
Dallas
Texas Christian University
Frogs
Golden Sandies
U.S
TCU
Ranger High School
Ranger
West Texas
Abilene
Cisco
Oil Belt
Elections Under Viet Cong Terror Mark South Vietnam Polls
South Vietnamese voters cast ballots for a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution amid Communist threats and pre election violence that killed or maimed hundreds. Lines formed early in Saigon as security tightened with police patrolling booths and grenade findings reported near Gia Dinh stations.
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Constituent Assembly
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Gia Dinh
UPI
Elizabeth Halstead
Qui Nhon
Robert Kaylor
Hue
Voice of America
Alvin B. Webb Jr
Can Tho
Rainy Texas Drizzle Delays Cotton Harvest Across State
A large cloud bank draped over Texas on Saturday cooling the late summer heat and bringing rain up to 5.50 inches in Gatesville and Knippa. The wet spell halted the delayed cotton harvest in many areas while some Panhandle and Gulf coast regions saw breaks in the overcast. Highs reached 77 in Lubbock as rain totals varied and many fields awaited drier days.
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Associated Press
Texas
Gatesville
Knippa
Panhandle
Pecos
Rio Grande
Gulf Coast
South Plains
Lubbock Weather Bureau
Lubbock Area Class 67 B award pilots wings at Reese AFB
Reese AFB hosts graduation for area cadets including a foreign student among those earning pilot wings as part of a space to honor graduates.
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Lubbock
Reese Afb
California Forest Fires Filed Contained After Major Destruction
Fire crews of over 3,000, aided by planes and bulldozers, contained three large fires in Klamath and Sierra National Forests after burning more than 17,000 acres. The Klamath blaze destroyed about 160 million board feet of Douglas fir valued at 3.2 million dollars with additional watershed losses of 130,000 dollars. Fire lines were built at elevations to 9,000 feet, with crews including more than 300 Indian firefighters.
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San Francisco
California
Klamath National Forest
Oregon Border
Sierra National Forest
Fresno
U.S. Forest Service
Klamath
Iron Mountain
Merced River
Miss America 1967 Jane Anne Jayroe from Oklahoma
Jane Anne Jayroe 19, of Oklahoma City University, won Miss America 1967 in Atlantic City after a talent win conducting and singing. The 5 foot 6, 116 pound brunette aims to conduct music and faces early talk of prejudice against women. Emily Logan of Texas finished in the top 10 and won a $1000 scholarship.
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Associated Press
Tlantic City
N. J
Jane Anne Jayroe
Oklahoma
Jane
Oklahoma City University
Jay-Jay
Jayroe
Laverne, Okla
Lubbock
Susan Kay Logan
40 ET 8 'Boys' Still Having Fun at National Convention
In Baltimore the 40 et 8 Legionnaires celebrate their 47th national convention. Members describe themselves as fun lovers and recall the WWI boxcars that inspired their name. A mild debate asks if conventions are as lively as in the past, with playful scenes like a beer faucet on a forehead.
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Associated Press
Altimore
American Legion
Legion
France
Legionnaires
Stanley Dzoiba
New Bedford
Mass
Quakes Hit Venezuelan Town, Widespread Damage Reported
A sequence of earthquakes struck Churuguara Venezuela injuring about 20 people. Some 60 homes a police station a bank and the town's main Roman Catholic church were destroyed or severely damaged in the 15 000 resident town.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Churuguara
Prayer Blesses Lord and Seeks Spirit to Help Unbelief
A Lubbock reader offers a devotional prayer thanking God for the Holy Spirit and asking to be channels through which divine power may reach others. The prayer petitions faith, reliance on God, and praise in Jesus name.
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Father
Jesus
Lubbock
Page 10 feature on Deborah Bryant and Jane's runway moment
A torn fragment describes Deborah Bryant of Kansas embracing and Jane wiping tears as she walks the 120 foot run way. The piece notes her newly ace talent and hints at a page 10 continuation.
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Deborah Bryant
Kansas
Jane
Public Nuisance Delays Sun Rocket Launch
Three students aged 19 to 20 planned to launch a helium balloon powered sun rocket from Staten Island. Police vetoed the project citing public nuisance and aviation safety laws after officials believed the balloons carried no explosives.
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Associated Press
Staten Island
Leonard Racioppo
Howard Dyckoff
Brooklyn
Gemini 11 launch delayed to Monday amid Atlas steering issue
Gemini 11 mission postponed for a second day as engineers probe a mysterious black box steering unit aboard the Atlas rocket. Astronauts Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon awaited a Monday launch after tests failed to reproduce the fault, which halted countdown 25 minutes before liftoff.
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United Preas International
Ape Kennedy
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Richard F. Gordon
Atlas
Agena
Gemini
Navy
Conrad
Housing bill moves on two fronts to ease inflation
The Johnson administration pushed two measures to relieve the inflation squeeze. A new law would let the government buy FHA and VA guaranteed mortgages from banks, freeing funds to finance about 300000 homes for needy Americans. Secretary Fowler announced a four month borrowing freeze on a federal agency from private lenders to reduce rate pressure.
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United Press International
Ihe Johnson
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Johnson
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Fowler
Weather Map Page 8A Forecast for Lubbock Area
Clear to partly cloudy today and tonight. Warmer with highs in the middle 80s and lows around the middle 60s. Winds mainly southeast at 10 to 20 mph.
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