Johnson Pearson greet border treaty amid Seattle crowd
President Johnson and Prime Minister Pearson signed a border treaty on flood control power and recreation at Blaine and Calgary, with four Montana Canada dam sites and a Vancouver stop. Seattle welcomed Johnson with roaring crowds of about 85 000 as he toured and planned nuclear policy remarks.
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Associated Press
Battle
Wash
Johnson
Lester B. Pearson
International Peace Arch
Blaine
Columbia River
Pearson
Montana
Canada
Vancouver
B.C
White House
Seattle
Boeing Field
4Th Avenue
Pike Street
Secret Service
Henry M. Jackson
Albert D. Rosellini
King County
Jack Porter
Goldwater Urges State Control Over Federal Aid
Barry Goldwater called for shifting decision making from the federal government to states and locals. He proposed eliminating specific federal grants and returning a share of federal income taxes plus estate tax credits to states. He argued unconditional grants would free states from federal oversight and free national leaders to focus on defense and foreign policy.
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Associated Press
Goldwater
Congress
Barry Page
Humorist Will Rogers Echoes Across Generations
Mrs Maxine Dickinson aunt of Will Rogers shows memorabilia at a Lubbock church gathering while a Texas Tech student asks who Will Rogers was and if he was related to Roy Rogers. The piece notes Rogers legacy remains part of local memory even as newer generations seek its meaning.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
Maxine Dickinson
34Th St
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Will Rogers
Fort Worth
Roy Rogers
Prayer Note Requests Strength and Faith in Hard Times
A brief anonymous call to God, asking for strength of heart and consecration of mind in days of triumph, in Jesus' name.
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Jesus
Coronado High Named To Honor Spanish Explorer
The Lubbock Board designated Coronado High School, named after the 16th century explorer, in a move linked to local history. A related feature recalls the expedition of 1541 and the Indian guide known as the Turk who directed the ill fated plains journey and met a grim end between Lubbock and Kansas City.
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Enron
Lubbock Board
Fourth High
Coronado
Lubbock
Kansas
Soviet talk hints at new chemical or germ weapon
U S officials say Khrushchev’s remarks about a new “weapon” could signal advances in chemical or germ warfare. Speculation centers on a cobalt bomb with deadly fallout, a possible death ray, and a neutron device, though no hard intelligence confirms the claim.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Floods Sweep Killeen as Texas Battered by Severe Storms
Heavy downpours pelted Southwest to Northwest Texas causing rivers to rise. In Killeen 5.85 inches fell in over two hours flooding Nolan Creek and flooding trailer parks and homes. Dozens of families evacuated to churches and schools as boats and an amphibious car aided rescues.
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Texas
Killeen
Fort Worth-Dallas
South Texas
Asherton
Catarina
Fort Worth- Dallas
Dallas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Ft. Hood
First Methodist Church
First Christian Church
Avenue D and
Haines
St. Andrews’ Methodist Church
Redistrict Plan Drawn For Texas Legislature
A proposed redistricting plan by Rep. John Traeger Seguin to reshape districts draws praise from a legislative committee. The plan reconfigures the 19th District and creates a new 2nd District, aiming to keep populations within 8 percent of the ideal 416 508 while affecting incumbents such as Patman Bel worth and Dowdy. Harris Dallas and Bexar Tarrant counties feature shifts, with parts of Dallas and Dallas County moving to new zones. the report also notes a false drowning claim in a Killeen trailer park.
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United Press. International
Rnce
Legislative Committee
John Traeger- Seguin
Texas Legislative
Dixens
Amarillo
Mitchell County
Abilene
Traeger
Dallas
Tarrant
Odessa-Midland
Trager
Wright Patman
Lindley Belworth
John Dowdy
Harris County
Dallas Coif
Bexar
Tarrant County
Cen
2Nd Armorediner
Dallas County
Ft. Hood
Bexar County
O. C. Fisher
Retirement: The Time to Stop Lying About Age
A column urges readers to embrace aging honestly and shed pretenses, arguing authenticity improves life quality and relationships. The piece reflects cultural attitudes of the era while advocating self-acceptance and confidence.
Plane Crash Victims Found In Guadalupe Mountains
Searchers recovered the burned bodies of three men from a missing Cessna 180 crash in the Guadalupe Mountains near Pine Springs Texas. Identified victims are pilot Ben Ruyle and passengers Dr Hal Scharf and Frank Meyer. The flight originated in Carlsbad New Mexico with El Paso as the destination. The wreckage lay about five miles from the New Mexico border after a refueling stop in Carlsbad. Weather was rainy and overcast at takeoff.
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Pine Springs
Tex
UPI
Allen
Guadalupe Mountains
Texas- New Mexico
Ben Ruyle
Hal Scharf
Frank Meyer
Ruyle
Carlsbad
N.M
el Paso
Yarborough Expands South Plains Tour Friday
U S Senator Ralph Yarborough announced a longer one day stop on Friday for a South Plains visit after canceling two prior appearances in Balls and Lockney to join Hubert Humphrey on a four Texas city tour. He had been scheduled to speak at the Floyd County Fair dedication in Lockney and at the Crosby County Farmers Union dinner in Balls.
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U.S
Ralph Yarborough
South Plains
Balls
Lockney
Floyd County Fair
Yarborough
Hubert Humphrey
Texas
Wichita Falls
Waco
San Antonio
Houston
Paris Woman Leaps To Death From Eiffel Tower
Miss Mine Vilanzea a 24 year old native of Turkey living in Paris leaped from the Eiffel Tower's second platform on Wednesday. This brings the landmark's death toll by suicide to 334 since its construction 75 years ago.
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Paris
Mine Vilanzea
Turkey
Eiffel Tower
Thurmond switches parties to back Goldwater in 1964 race
Sen Strom Thurmond of South Carolina announced on a statewide speech night that he has left the Democratic Party to join the Republicans in support of Barry Goldwater for president. He denounced the Democrats as abandoning the Constitution and moving toward a socialistic dictatorship while pledging to work within the Goldwater GOP.
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Associated Press
Olumbia
S.C
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Barry Goldwater
South
GOP
Thurmond
Goldwater Republican Party
Sen
Wayne Morse
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