LBJ Canada Meet To Launch Border Treaty In North America
Johnson and Canadian leaders convened at Vancouver and the Peace Arch to inaugurate a treaty for developing the Columbia River basin. Johnson hailed the accord as a landmark in regional cooperation, while Pearson spoke extemporaneously and called the treaty a great day for North American progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cular
Canada
Vancouver
B.C
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
International Peace Arch
Columbia River Basin
Johnson
Nain
Pearson
North America
Montana
Washington
Oregon
California
Democratic Party
John F. Kennedy
Billings
Mont
Malstrom Afb
United States
Libby
New York
Thurmond switches sides amid Truman era bipartisan milestones
Strom Thurmond announces switch from Democrat to Republican, predicting 66 34 Senate split and criticizing the Democratic party for alleged lawlessness and mismanagement. He cites Bay of Pigs and Cuban missile crisis as failures and signals cooperation with Goldwater while acknowledging uncertain party future. Johnson attends and meets thousands as he tours Montana missile complex and pledges steady leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmond
Goldwater
Supreme Court
Senate
Cuba
Washington
Sen. Goldwater
Republican Party
Senate Armed Services and Commerce
Congress
South Carolina
Sen
Olin D. Johnston
Births and election notes mix in clipped Texas page
Notices list multiple births at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock with weights and times for families including Little Castro Staggs and Cooper. The page also recounts Johnson’s cross‑country political tour with flood relief funding, dam plans, and Canada US power accord details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen L. Staggs Jr
15Th St
Methodist Hospital
Johnson
Texas Tech
Yarborough Plans Expanded Campaign Tour Through West Texas
Senator Yarborough moves through Lubbock Plainview Olton Muleshoe and Littlefield on a whistle stop tour with his wife. He attends a luncheon and then a public coffee reception at 8 p m to 9 30 p m in Lubbock before leaving for a Houston parade Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. Yarborough
South Plains
Lubbock
Lubbock Municipal
Jubbock
Plainview
Wayland College
34Th Street
Sen
Yarborough
Houston
Jewelry Store Fire Damages Indiana Gardens Center
Heavy smoke and flames damaged Young's Jewelry at 3420 34th St in Indiana Gardens Shopping Center. A store employee in the rear storage room toppled a display, a bottle of sulfuric acid broke, and acetylene and benzol ignited near a grinder. The blaze spread to adjacent stores. damage estimates were unavailable. Fire at 6:58 am caused minor damage to a nearby laundry.
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Young's ‘Jewelry
34Th St
Indiana Gardens
4Th St
Indiana Ave
Glenn Smith
19Th St
Redistricting Plan Shifts Texas Congressional Boundaries
The proposed redistricting would place the East side of Bexar county into the new 23rd district while Midland county joins the 21st and Ector county stays in the 16th represented by Ed Foreman. Other shifts include absorbing Patman’s district into the 3rd and 4th, moving Dowdy’s Henderson county to the 3rd, and reconfiguring Wichita Falls into district 18 with several western counties.
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Bexar County
Trager
Midland County
Ector County
Ed Foreman
Odessa
George Moffett
Chillicothe
Texas
Traeger
Patman
Dowdy
Henderson
Ray Roberts
Olin Teague
College Station
Wichita Falls
Kent
King
Stonewall
Hardeman
Foard
Knox
Haskell
Wilbarger
Baylor
Throckmorton
Cong
Omar Burleson
Hood
Somervell
Mills
San Saba
Llano
Mason
McCulloch
Brown
Coleman
Runnels
Coke Counties
Q. C. Fisher
Mitchell County
West German officials visit Lubbock in sister city swap
Walter Ebbighausen and Richard Lehners from Lower Saxony arrive in Lubbock as part of the Foreign Leader Exchange Program. They tour Texas Tech, City Hall, and area ranches, meet with city leaders, and discuss German unity, refugees, and US politics while seeking stronger ties with Hanover’s sister city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Lehners
Walter Christ-Carl Ebbighausen
Department of State
Lubbock
Hanover
Germany
Lehners
Landtag
Lower Saxony
Ebbighausen
Bureau For Political Education
State Department
United States
Betty Linn Noll
Avalanche-Journal
Walter Christ
Carl Ebbighausen
Middle West
Berlin Wall
Berlin
Wall
East Germany
Khrusnehev
Europe
Texas Tech
Lee McElroy
City Hall
Rolan Simpson
Chambers of Commerce Board
New York
U.S
Ebbighausen and Lehners
Washington, D.C
Philadelphia
Penn
Atlantic City
N.J
United Nations
Adlai Stevenson
Chicago
Chicago Urban League
Orin F. Nolting
Cutive
International City Managers Assn
Soulx City
Sioux City
Denver
Calo
National Park
San Francisco
University of California At
Eichihausen
Lehnera
Khrushchev Weapon Flaunt Spurs Debate On New Arms
Nuclear experts weigh Khrushchev claims of a new Soviet weapon. Dr. Edward Teller cautions exaggeration but sees some substance. Pentagon officials report no current evidence of a breakthrough while cautioning about cobalt and nerve-chemical weapon risks. Senate leaders discuss death ray concepts and future arms funding amid cautious reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev
Edward Teller
Teller
Defense Department
Pentagon
Krushchev
Earth
Richard B. Russell
D'Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Soviet Union
House Appropriations Committee
Happy Hampshire Named Champion at National Barrow Show
Hogs from Oklahoma Wisconsin Texas and Iowa won top honors at the National Barrow Show in Austin Minnesota. The champion Hampshire boar named Happy was exhibited by D L Allison and Sons of Happy Texas. The event drew 3051 hogs from 400 farms across 19 states.
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Austin, Minn
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Texas
Iowa
Hampshire
D. L. Allison, and Sons
Happy
Tex
Goldwater Campaign Highlights in Tennessee and Georgia
Senator Barry Goldwater campaigned in Tennessee and Georgia urging unconditional grants cuts for TVA related work and a broader tax reduction plan. He defended selling TVA assets not tied to flood control or power, attacked McNamara on defense policy, and drew large crowds including 30,000 at Confederate Park.
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South
Tennessee
Georgia
Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Goldwater
TVA
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
GOP
Knoxville,Tenn
Arizona
Memphis
Warner Robins
Robins Air Force Base
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Sec. of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Macon
News Managing
News Management
Confederate Park
Mississippi River
J. C. MacDonald
Dan Kuykendall
Tennessee U.S
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Tenn
Johnson
Cuba
Miami
Castro
Western Hemisphere
United States
Republica
Knoxvi
Washington
ITVA
Goldwater Si
Runaway youths picked up after motel robbery in El Dorado
Lubbock and Ford youths wanted for beating a motel manager and car theft were captured by El Dorado police after a chase. A 14 year old and two teens in route to Texarkana were detained, while the stolen car and several credit cards were recovered. One teen had been reported missing August 29 with a mobile family.
Peacocks Win Right to Screech at Privately Held Menagerie
A court in Totnes, England upholds the right of a private peacock collection owned by Iwsmond Jellicoe to shriek at all times. Magistrates ruled the animals may vocalize without time restrictions, citing property rights and animal welfare considerations.
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Totnes
England
Peacocks
Iwsmond Jellicoe
Privat Menagerie
Lot
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Solon Bolts
Washington State Patrol
Walter Little
Owens St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Elderdoro Castro
New Deal
Lauf Clinic
Edward Cooper
E. 15Th St
Don Vogler
28Th St
Manuel Aguilar Jr
Lubbock Manufacturing Co
Joe
St. Smith
Itth “St
Prudential Insurance Co
Hanov Yover
Citry
Ludwig Erhardt
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
West Germany
Angel Cruz
Lupe Rios
Asherton High School
Asherton
Happy Hampshire
UPI
General Dynamics Corp
Air Force
Tech
Glen Thompson
Snyder
Judy Stewart
Barry
Montgomery
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