Police deploy mobile field headquarters in bread truck
Lubbock Police start using a Chevrolet Step-Van as Mobile Field Headquarters at night. The white van with red lights, an antenna and siren will patrol citywide and carry first aid equipment to shotguns. It replaces the 1963 mobile unit, deemed too small by Chief J. J. Alley and Lt. Claude Keaton. The new unit is taller and longer, and may outgrow the current model soon.
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Howard Swindle
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Mobile Field Headquarters
J. J. Alley
Claude Keaton
Flaming Air France Crash Off Riviera Kills 95
A Caravelle jet from Ajaccio to Nice crashed into the Mediterranean twelve miles off Cap d Antibes killing 95 aboard including Gen Rene Cogny who commanded French troops in North Vietnam. Rescue helicopters retrieved bodies as authorities speculated the aircraft exploded on impact.
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Associated Presse
Nice
France
Air France
Mediterranean Sea
Rene Cogny
North Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu
Cap d'Antibes
Riviera
Ajaccio
Corsica
Cony
Comny
iCorsica
Neuvyen Vo Giap
Candidates Push Bids Into South
In New Orleans Hubert H. Humphrey and Richard Nixon tour the Deep South, with Humphrey calling Nixon vague on the nuclear treaty and Fortas, while urging a Wallace debate and warning of a hard Texas race. Johnson signals unpredictable troop moves. Nixon argues on Fortas and nonproliferation.
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New Orleans
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
Humphrey
Gulf
Houston
George Wallace
Deep South
Texas
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Mumphrey
Farm Fair At Halfway Research Foundation Today
Public hearing planned on a new proposal for Avenue Q improvement. Parade of Bands shaping up as largest in history. Summer in Lubbock rates as coolest since 1920. Transplants now accepted clinical treatment, not long shot it once was.
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Lubbock
Area
Halfway Research Foundation
Avenue Q
PFAIR
Prayer for wisdom and courage from Lubbock reader
A reader from Lubbock offers a devotional plea asking for wisdom to discern right from wrong and courage to always choose the correct path.
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Lubbock
Fortas Fate Moves Toward Senate Vote on Chief Justice Post
The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to vote on Abe Fortas’s nomination to become chief justice after an 11 week delay. Support appears strong despite opposition from critics of the court’s liberal trend. The panel will seek more testimony on Fortas’ ties to President Johnson before the vote, with Fortas possibly declining to appear again. Defense Secretary Clifford and Senator Allott were invited to testify on related issues.
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United Prove Internationals
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Abe Fortas
Johnson
Fortas
Earl Warren
Aim
Supreme Court
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Tennessee
Tee
Sam J. Mervin
Denwcl
Birvin
Connecticut
Clark M. Clifford
Gordon J. Allott
R-Corp
Allott
Robert F. Kennedy
Andrews Grid Player Killed by Electricity
A 14 year old Andrews High School freshman football player, Hershel Raymond Griffith Jr, died after touching an irrigation pipe while attempting to dislodge a rabbit from a highline during a grid practice. Teammate Don St Ama suffered minor burns. the death was ruled accidental by Justice Jay Williams. Griffith was a Vermit native, longtime resident of Branket City, with father employed by El Paso Natural Gas Co. Services are pending at Singleton Funeral Home.
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Avalanche-Journal
Andrews
Permian General Hospital
Hershel Raymond Griffith Jr
HW. R. Griffith Jr
Frankel City
Penace
Jay Williams
Griffith
Don St. Ama
St. Ama
Chiffith
Singleton Funeral Home
Vermit
Branket City
el Paso Natural Ges Co
Mary Nell
Peetor Jade
David Prube
BF. Griffinh
Odessa
Nina Z. Wiley
Amarillo
Legion backs Pueblo rescue by force if needed
The American Legion urged the United States to rescue the Navy ship Pueblo and its crew from North Korea by force if necessary. In Houston, twenty Westbury High School students stayed home protesting hair policy orders after failing to secure a parade permit.
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Associated Preas
New Orleans
The
American Legion
United States
Pueblo
North Korea
Houston
Westbury Fish Schoci
Lubbock Emergency Plans Seen Workable
A three article series notes Lubbock County and Hale County shelter plans aim to toughen protections against floods tornadoes wind and hail. The city plans allocate roles for every department with mobile responses and nuclear disaster procedures awaiting the Community Shelter Plan. Riot control tactics by police and fire are kept secret and tested only by crisis.
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Lubbock
Hale County
City Hall
Eft
Payne
Lestern Herr
Tax Records Office
Jim Bertram
Bertram
Pauline Warner
Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Ach
Navy jet bomber crashes off California coast
Debris seen 90 miles west of Point Mugu near San Miguel Island after a Navy Fullb jet fighter bomber crashed during a weapons test. The Muches Aircraft Co. craft vanished. the civilian ship SS Mason Lykes reported an oil slick and debris in the area.
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United Press
Point Mugu
Calif
Navy
Here
San Miguel Island
FIG
Air Force
Nevada
Vietnam
Muches Aircraft Co
Mason Lykes
Chevalier at 80 Still Sings of Little Girls and Paris
Maurice Chevalier, white haired at eighty, reflects on aging like the Eiffel Tower. He just finished a tour of the Americas and Canada and is planning a birthday celebration at the Lido. He says becoming a Paris monument would be gay rather than merely a monument.
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Maurice Chevalier
Paris
Central
South America
Canada
France-Soir
Chevalier
Fighting Fades After Heavy Tay Ninh Clash
Allied forces pressed a second push into Tay Ninh City suburbs amid light resistance. U.S. advis ers noted possible concealed weapons among refugees as clashes continued, with shells and air support shaping the fighting across several hamlets and outskirts.
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Ts United Pres
Tay Ninh
Saigon
U.S
Fron
Camibodien
Thaoh An
CURB SOUGHT AS CAR PRICES REPORTEDLY RISE $200
The Johnson administration urged automakers on Wednesday not to pass higher production costs to buyers amid reports of $200 price increases for Taio models. Arthur Okun argued profits are ample while Sen. Magnuson pressed for restraint to protect consumers and inflation.
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Wasteington
Johnson
Arthur Okun
Council of Economic Advisers
Warren G. Magnuson
Senate Commerce Committee
Okun
General Motors
Ford
Frustrations Mount as Vietnam War Dominates Campaign
A Saigon dispatch notes the Vietnam war and its costs shaping the U S presidential race. An AP correspondent recalls Saigon’s past and current fear as fronts shift from Pleiku to Vung Tau, with 60 000 American troops and a $1 billion monthly bill amid increasing kidnapings and bombings in rural provinces.
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Vietnan
Toby
Muliagan AP
Vietnam
Saicon
Vung Tau
Mune Tau
American & Ae
Vietco Phe Parte
Vung ‘ Tau
Holmey
Hinger
Beim
Weather Map Page 4-C Reports Temperature Change
Changes in today’s temperatures noted for Lubbock and vicinity with highs in the mid 80s and tonight’s low in the mid 50s Southeasterly winds at 10 to 20 mph.
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Lubbock
Vicinity v. Fair
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