F-111 viewed by Lubbock men amid debate over its future
Fort Worth observers and Carswell Air Force Base personnel attended a production preview of the F-111. General Dynamics emphasized the jet’s mission versatility as a tactical fighter, strategic bomber, and reconnaissance aircraft. Navy use cited as a potential future role.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Fort Worth
Lubbock
General Dynamics Corp
Carswell Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Air Force Assn
Air Force
U.S. Navy
Tax talk stirs as income and housing rise prompt debate
Two fresh economic reports bolster a bullish view with personal income climbing to a record 631.2 billion annual rate and housing starts up 1.4 percent in August. The data sharpen House Ways and Means committee focus on President Johnsons proposed 10 percent surcharge amid calls for spending cuts and tax law tightening. Mortgage rates show slight tightening, with conventional new-home loans at 6.55 percent and existing loans steadied at 6.55 percent while FHA and VA loans remain legally fixed.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
Commerce Department
House
Ways and Means Committee
Johanson
Committee
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Veterans Administration
Unwed Mothers Life Near Normal at City Maternity Home
A city maternity home helps unwed mothers resume near normal life as state and national coverage note the ongoing social response. The item appears among a broader newspaper page listing sections and columns.
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City Maternity Home
McNamara announces Nike-X anti missile defense plan
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara says the United States will begin building a five billion dollar Nike-X defense to guard against a possible Red China nuclear attack in the 1970s. He notes it would also shield portions of the U S from Soviet missiles and prevent accidental launches, while rejecting a larger ABM system.
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Associated Presa
San Francisco
Sec
United States
China
Russia
McNamara
Asia
Fairmont Hotel
Vietnam
United Press International
U.S
Johnson
U.S. Defense
Prayer excerpt from A Laub bock Reader
A devotional prayer invoking Almighty God to grant faithful obedience and attentive listening to divine commands through Jesus Christ, expressing reverent faith.
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Jesus Christ
Laubbock
Registration Day Ends for 1342 Tech Students at Lubbock Coliseum
First day of fall registration at Texas Tech in Lubbock concludes with 1,342 students registering between 1:30 and 4 p.m. at the municipal coliseum. Freshmen preregistered total 3,124. 72 new Tech Law School students enrolled. Enrollment expected near 19,000 for term. Dr. Edward Teller named consulting professor in physics.
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Texas Tech
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
New Tech Law School
Coliseum
Law
Edward Teller
First Juror Seated in Dolphus Brown Murder Trial
A Lubbock butcher, O C Newsom, was seated as the first juror in the murder trial of Dolphus Jack Brown in 137th District Court. Four veniremen were questioned Monday with two excused over pre trial publicity and one dismissed by the district attorney. The defense motions to suppress evidence and quash venue were denied.
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Lubbock
Dolphus Jack Brown
137Th District Court
O. C. Newsom
23Rd St
James A. Ellis
Dist
Atty
Alton Griffin
Newsom
Clyde Fowler
Shallowater
Fowler
Brown
Evifee
Midland Wins House Vote to Create Western Texas Court Division
The House approved a bill by 57 to 16 to form a new western Texas federal court division centered in Midland. The division will serve Andrews Crane Ector Martin Midland and Upton counties with future facilities planned. Support centered on Midland as a central oil region and commercial hub despite Odessa’s larger size.
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Washington
Midland
Odessa
Texas
Federal Court
House
el Paso
Pecos
Senate
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Emanuel Celler
DNY
Judiciary Committee
Mahon
Nne Midland
Andrews
Crane
Ector
Martin
Upton
Federal
Richard White
VANISHING PRIVACY AND THE LIE DETECTOR
An editor’s note discusses the rise of psychological surveillance in business and government through personality tests and polygraph examinations. The piece explains how these tools probe inner thoughts, monitoring guilt and deception, and how their routine use blurs lines between public and private life. It notes the polygraph’s origins, mechanisms, and growing number of practitioners.
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Alan F. Westin
World Bank Encyclopedia Science Service, Inc
Shaw Move Fairs New Orleans Case Delays Indictment Pleadings
Attorneys for Clay Shaw won an extra week to file additional pleadings after Monday’s denial of a motion to dismiss the assassination conspiracy indictment. The UPI report notes the court granted the extension in New Orleans.
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Shaw Move Fair New Orleans
UPI
Clay L. Shaw
Shaw
Beulah Threatens Texas From Tampico Coastline
Hurricane Beulah, with 125 mph winds, pushed toward Tampico and Texas as 87 000 residents in low-lying Tampico were evacuated. Beulah’s erratic path drew gales up to 250 miles north and 100 miles south. thousands fled coastal towns while army trucks ferried evacuees.
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Tampico
Texas
Avalanche-Journal News Services
Brownsville
Beulah
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico
Weather Bureau
Mexican
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Caribbean
Yucatan Peninsula
Stormy Front Delivers Heavy Rains Across South Plains
Thunderstorms swept the South Plains with gusty winds and heavy rain.amounting to over two inches in places from southeastern New Mexico to the Texas Panhandle. Plains and nearby towns saw flooded streets and overturned cotton trailers as wind gusts neared 60 mph. reports of substantial rainfall came from Yoakum Gaines and Terry counties with lighter totals in Seminole and Seagraves. See STORMS Page 1.
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South Plains
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Yoakum
Gaines
Terry
Plains
Yoakum County
Seagraves-Wellman
A. K. Gillian
D. C
Seagraves
Brownfield
Officials deny Johnson peace probe was canceled
State Department rejected charges that the Johnson administration killed a private peace probe with Hanoi by tightening negotiation terms. Assistant Secretary William Bundy dismissed claims as misleading and noted the published letter to Ho Chi Minh referenced Moscow contacts.
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Washington
State Department
Johnson
Hanoi
Asst. Sec
William P. Bundy
Oo S. Ashmore
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Moscow
Ashmore
The
Arkansas Gazette
Center For the Study: Democratic Institutions
Santa Barbara
Calif
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