Tornadoes Hit Texas as Floods Vex Southwest Regions
Tornadoes touched down near Lamesa and Big Spring with several more sighted between towns amid nine inch rains across Southwest Texas. Flood warnings spread in upper Sabinas and Blanco rivers as ranchers moved livestock to higher ground and temperatures rose into the upper 70s.
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Lamesa
Texas
Sabinas
Blanco
Lubbock
Big Spring
Howard County
Midland
Weather Bureau
Coahoma
Dawson
Howard
Borden
Martin
Brazen campaign financing bill draws GOP opposition
Congress fights over a proposed campaign finance bill with a $54 million federal appropriation. Republicans, led by Sen. George Aiken, condemn the measure as brazen while debates on public funding criteria and candidate limits unfold amid Vietnam War coverage.
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United Ress International
Washington
U. S
GOP
Esper
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Morse Heads White House Board To Ease Rail Dispute
Sen Wayne Morse of Oregon chairs a special White House board formed to settle the conflict between railroads and unions. AP wirephoto accompanies the Page One, Sec. B report.
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Wayne Morse
D-Ore
White House
Sec. B
Horoscope and Comics Page Overview
A brief note lists Comics on Page 7 Section C and Horoscopes on Page 1 Section C, detailing page layout. No specific star signs or comic strips are provided in readable text within the fragment.
Boy 13 Alleges U S Army Enlistment in London
Richard Lewis,13, said to be 18, joined a London recruiting office and was nearly flown to the United States before his true age was found. A U S Army officer remarked if he returns in three years he might become a general. He resumes school and newspaper route with pay of 2.80 dollars weekly.
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Associated Press
London
US S. Army
Richard Lewis
Richard
U.S. Army
a _ London
United States
U.S
Kingston
Burton John Lewis
Betty
Britain
Tinker Afb
Oklo
U. S. Army
England
Defense predicts start of Brown jury selection Monday
Dolphin Jack Brown defense lawyers told a judge they expect to go to jury selection Monday in the mid April bludgeoning deaths of his parents. A motion to suppress certain evidence remains unresolved and probate records may be introduced as the plea nears completion.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Dolphin Jack Brown
Travis Shelton
George E. Gilkerson
James A. Ellis
137Th District Court
Shelton
Johnson urges fast action on gun control bill
President Johnson calls Congress to quicken passage of a firearms control bill aimed at keeping deadly weapons from the wrong hands while preserving rights of law abiding citizens. He cites gun violence statistics and proposes to halt interstate mail order sales and nonresident sales of rifles and shotguns.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
McCormack
Austin
Tex
Mrs Connally Returns Home After Neck Tumor Surgery
Mrs John Connally was discharged Friday after nine days at the MD Anderson Hospital in Houston where doctors removed a benign tumor from a neck gland. The governor's wife was admitted September 6 and had the operation the next day. Doctors announced the tumor was cancer free.
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Austin
John Connally
M. D. Anderson
Houston
State grants funds for South Plains Guidance Center
Austin officials announced a $51,500 state grant to match local funds for the South Plains Guidance Center Inc for the next year. Dr Louis R Barens Jr director said the 103000 operating budget will be covered by equal state and local contributions. Dr Barens Dr Murray Kovnar and Judge Pat Moore presented the application to the state mental health commission.
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Austin
South Plains Guidance Center, Inc
Louis R. Barens Jr
Guidance Center
Barens
Murray Kovnar
Pat Moore
State Mental Health Commission
Daughter on U S Side Man Defends Patriotism Of Son
In Kokomo Indiana a brother of Earl Nelson, missing in action over North Vietnam, defends his son’s choices. A daughter, a physician on the hospital ship USS Hope, heads to South Vietnam to aid through the American Friends Service Committee. A son plans to voyage to North Vietnam as a Phoenix crewman carrying medical supplies for a Quaker group.
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Kokomo
Ind
Earl Nelson
Kokomo Automotive
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Prayer request calls for guidance to witness in Lubbock
A Lubbock reader asks for honesty about spiritual lostness and for grace to return to God. The note requests strength to lead others to Christ and to use believers to help the lost find faith.
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Holy Father
Christ
Lubbock
Doria Near East Coast Brings Evacuations Ahead of Landfall
Hazardous hurricane Doria moved toward Virginia Maryland and Delaware beaches with 90 mph winds as residents fled inland along a 125 mile coastline. Wallops Island NAS prepared for flooding and NASA moved movable gear while Coast Guard crews stood by for distress calls. Beulah also rebuilt strength in Gulf waters posing a distant threat to Florida.
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Doria
Ward
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Beulah
Gulf
Florida
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Cape Charles
Chesapeake Bay
Wallops Island
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Coast Guard
Portsmouth
Liberty
NASA
Chesapeake
Cape Henry
Hellcop
Auto strike spreads layoffs across U.S.
Nationwide effects emerge as the Ford UAW strike nears its ninth day with plant shutdowns and dealer shortages. Hadley Transport reports 300 idle workers and an $800,000 monthly income loss. Cairo Illinois and Philadelphia suppliers warn of cutbacks. Pittsburgh and Richmond dealers face parts shortages.
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Associated Press
New York
Ford
United Auto Workers
Hadley Transport
Los Angeles
William Hadley
Burkhart Manufacturing Co
Cairo
Ill
Budd Co
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Weather map notes for Lubbock and violet city
Cloudy to partly cloudy conditions with highs around the 50s. Light to moderate southeasterly winds are reported across the region.
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Lubbock and
Vioini
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