First Since 38 Clouds Mask Partial Eclipse Across Plains
Clouds hid an annular solar eclipse over Texas and the South Plains on Thursday. South Plains Astronomy Club member Rogers Orr notes it was the first annular eclipse remembered here since 1958, with observers in Los Angeles reporting a partial view.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Griffith Park Observatory
South Plains
Rogers Orr
Astronomy Club
Pacific Ocean
Orr
Texas
Pam
du Pon
Lubbock
Local football and band events amid rain across Lubbock schools
Coronado No 4 in south zone hosts Wichita Falls at Lowrey Field at 7 39 pm while Coronado and other Lubbock schools push on despite night fog drizzle. Halftime shows set with Lubbock HS new drum majors Gerry Crawford and 66 member Westerner band, Monterey band in travel uniforms, and Estacado Matador showing Me and My Shadow amid a rainy afternoon schedule.
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Littlefield
Coronado
Wichita Falls
Lowrey Field
Lubbock
Ithica Street Sign Confusion Divides City Traffic
Traffic officials note north south streets west of University Avenue should bear eastern city names but Ithica on a street sign and Ithaca on maps create confusion. A 1344 sectional map uses Ithaca wrong and Ithica Addition appears later. Residents report letters and calls about the misspelling.
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University Avenue
Mississippi River
Ithica
Ithaca
Michigan
Nebraska
New York
Ohio
Ithaca College
Planning and Zoning Department
Tithica
McDaniel
Ithica Addition
Tthica Ave
City Hall
Geneva
Collins
Ithaca, Nyy
Traffic controls eyed to curb through street shortcutting
City Council studies ways to curb heavy traffic spilling from commercial areas into a residential block on 46th Street between Memphis and Quaker avenues. Residents seek speed limit signs and enforcement while officials propose stop signs and other alternate solutions for September 25 consideration.
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46Th Street
Memphis
Quakers Avenues
Wayne Shereell
Mike Temple
49Th St
Quaker
50Th Street
Sth Street
W. D. Rogers Jr
40Th Street
31St Street
Coronado High School
Ith
Avenue
University Avenue
Erskine Street
Plainview Highways
Barnard and Burk, Inc
Baton Rouge
Quinton T. Colwell and Assocs., Inc
Lubbock
Indiana Avenue
19Th
34Th Streets
We D. Turner
16Th Street
Avenue X
Can
Tex Industries
Morrison Supply
F. W. Mattox
Settlement Ends Antismog Suit For Auto Makers
Automakers reach consent decree ending the Sherman Act suit over emission control devices. General Motors supports the out of court settlement to avoid lengthy trial and speed progress on emission reductions. Critics urge congressional scrutiny and potential hearings on the agreement.
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Richard W. McLaren
Nixon Administration
Los Angeles
John T. Middleton
National Air Control Administration
General Motors
Justice Department
Dorn
Kenneth Hahn
Asst
Richard W.mclaren
Washington
McLaren
Auto Trade Association
Thomas C. Mann
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Amembers
Demos
House
John F. Banzhaf
Nixon to Address United Nations Session in New York
Vice President Agnew and Cabinet members accompany President Nixon for an Address in New York. Ziegler notes no public schedule and uncertain talks with Soviet leader Gromyko. The plan to announce additional U S troop withdrawals from South Vietnam was delayed by August Communist offensives.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Sec. of
William P. Rogers
Sec. of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Ziegler
New York
Gromyko
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
Kosygin Returns To Moscow After Hanoi Visit And Peking Meeting
Soviet leader Alexei Kosygin arrived in Moscow after a trip that included Hanoi and a high level exchange in Peking. The talks followed border clashes on Damansky Island and marked renewed hopes for easing the Sino Soviet split amid ongoing border hostilities.
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Hanoi
Chou
Peking
North Vietnam
Moscow
Kkosygin
China
Damansky Island
Ussuri
Soviet Union
Russians Poised To Lead In Missile Race Says Research Institute
A research institute reports Soviet ICBMs could reach 1 150 by end of 1969, while US totals stay around 1 054 with no new launches. It notes SS9 Scarp and Titan 2 as key missiles, cautions on multiple warheads, and cites Soviet submarine missiles ahead in numbers but more subs planned. It also calls NATO Warsaw Pact balance complex amid border tensions and manpower shifts in Asia.
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United States
Institute
Western Alliance
Europe
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Births listed from Reese AFB and local hospitals
A stream of birth notices from Reese AFB and several Texas hospitals reports newborns to various families. Items include weights from 4 pounds to 9 pounds 3 ounces and times, with fathers employed at Triangle Manufacturing, Artic Foods, Edwards Body Works, and other local firms.
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Edward Whisensaut
Afutuve
Gols Pom
Lubbock
Osteopath Heartal
Triangle Manufacturing Co., Inc
Ray Drselt
Thorains
Methodist Hospital
Reese Afb
Snd
John Walsh
Artic Foods Inc
Jerry
Pisgly Wiggly
Slaton
Oat
Jay den Kinnisen
Thurstas
Edwards Body Works
Egyptian Israeli Jets Clash Over Suez Canal in Battle
Mid east hostilities escalate as Israeli and Egyptian aircraft trade strikes over the canal. Egypt claims multiple losses and heavy casualties while Israel reports several aircraft shot down. Cairo notes Phantoms arrived from the United States but it is unclear if used.
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Suez Canal
Tel Aviv
Port Said
Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Canal
United States
Knudsen to be replaced at Ford in executive shuffle
Industry sources report Knudsen’s departure from Ford after a surprise board vote that reshapes Ford’s top ranks. A three-man president lineup under Henry Ford includes Iacocca, Stevenson, and Hampson as Tacocca leads North American operations while Stevenson runs International and Hampson heads Phileo Ford and Tractor.
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Knudsen
Tacoeea
Firma
Ford
Tacocea
Trinet
Iacocca
Robert Stevenson
Robert J. Hampson
Tacocca
Ford North American Automotive
Stevenson
Ford International Automotive
Hampson
Phileo Ford
Tractor
Hearald Knuisen
Aut
General Motors
Yies
Edward N. Cale
Bloomfield Hille
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Monnterey
George E. Goodreau Jr
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