Violence commission opens hearings on Chicago clashes
Atty Gen Ramsey Clark and FBI chief Hoover clash over police action at the Democratic National Convention. Clark urges minimum force and restraint while Hoover defends police tactics amid antiwar protests. The commission begins hearings in the Kennedy building as it surveys violence.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ramsey Clark
Clark
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Special Commission On
Hoover
Chicago
Milton S. Eisenhower
Violence Commission
Commission
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
National Commission On the Causes and Prevention of
Reporters Testify At Hearing On Vending Taverns
Reporters testified before a Texas House committee investigating vending machine control of taverns. The panel chaired by Rep. R H Cory heard that tavern owners may gain big money yet face threats and crime linked to vending operators. Witnesses named Ron Morgan, a jail inmate with a long police record, and Ben Stevens of the Dallas Times Herald, as part of a network involving National Amusement Co and Blue Moon dealings in Dallas.
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Robert Heard Austin
House
Texas
R. H. Cory
Victoria
James Clark
Dallas
Ronald Morgan
Clark
Morgan
National Amusement Co
Ben Stevens
Dallas Times Herald
C. FE
Bradshaw
Dorothy Peck
State of Texas
Cory
Department of Public Safety
Largest in world Jetport in Florida keyed to supersonic age
A dynamite blast in the Florida Everglades signals the start of a jetport project by Dade County. The plan covers 38 square miles on Miccosukee hunting grounds, with two six mile runways and capacity to handle 1,000-seat airliners, aiming toward future space travel. Alan C. Stewart notes ample room for gantries as officials gather for the project.
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Miami
Filia
Cypress
Florida Everglades
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Washington International
New York
Kennedy
Alan C. Stewart
Dade County
Red Cross volunteers honored at Lubbock banquet
Lubbock area Red Cross volunteers to be honored at a banquet tonight as part of Section B coverage. The notice highlights community support and recognition for volunteers serving the region.
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Lubbock
Area
RED Cross
Prayer Fragment From Slaton Reader Sparks Debate
A reader from Slaton presents a paradoxical prayer claiming God equals Satan and that good always triumphs. The brief note prompts discussion on theological contrasts within a local reader letter column.
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God
Satan
Body heat photography aids early breast cancer detection
Dr Jo Ann D Haberman reports thermography detected cancers missed by exams and X rays in a Temple study of 510 women. At the National Cancer Conference she compared six years of local results with 12 global studies since 1964, underscoring early diagnosis as a key to reducing deaths.
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Associated Press
Denver
Temple University
Jo Ann D. Haberman
Temple’s Health Sciences Center
Philadelphia
American Cancer Society
Delta Rocket Explodes After Maiden Flight Over Atlantic
A three stage Delta rocket with the Atlantic 3 satellite exploded in a massive fireball off Cape Kennedy during its maiden flight. The failure occurred seconds after launch as a gyroscope system sent erratic signals. Range safety officers triggered explosive charges but the vehicle self destructed. NASA launch director Robert Gray noted intermittent pitch control signals 20 seconds into flight and 55 seconds before the explosion.
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Associated Press
Cape Kennedy
Europe
Earth
Atlantic Ocean
Delta
Air Force
Duncan Rabey
Robert Gray
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Abiding by tradition in garb Rangers look like Rangers
Texas Rangers adhere to a ceremonial image wearing boots Stetsons and badges with peso carved origins. The piece profiles Ranger H Denson of Company C in Lubbock, one of 62 rangers statewide, highlighting gear including a Magnum or 43 pistol rifle riot gun camera and armored car and noting their role aiding sheriffs in major crime investigations.
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Howard Swindle
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Rangers
H. Denson
Company C
Lubbock
Denson
Texas
Walter Prescott Webb
Rangers
Sea
Court orders psychiatric exam for Lach in murder case
Judge signs order appointing Dr. Louis R. Barnes Jr. to evaluate Benjamin Lach 23 for murder of a Texas Tech custodian. Examination results go to defense. Trial date not set. sanity hearing hoped for late Oct or early Nov.
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Benjamin Lach
Texas Tech
Howard C. Davison
99Th District Court
Alton R. Griffin
Louis R. Barnes Jr
Lubbock
Griffin
William J. Gillespie
A. W. Salyars
Smoke Drifts Through Dorm After Fire Scare At Tech
Coeds evacuated from Chitwood Hall on the Tech campus after a basement trash fire triggered the sprinkler system. Smoke circulated through the ventilator system as fire units arrived late night, marking the second dorm scare this month.
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Chitwood Hall
Tech
U S Troops Push to DMZ Edge in Heavy Fire Near North Vietnam
U S infantry and tanks pierced toward the southern DMZ edge with 200 soldiers facing heavy fire. American losses totaled three wounded while about 29 North Vietnamese were reported killed after a two hour engagement.
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Saigon
U.S
5Th Mechanized Infantry
McNamara Wall
17Th Parallel Frontier
Dmz
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Area seniors named National Merit semifinalists in 1968 69
Seventeen Lubbock area seniors and six more students from Monterey Coronado and Lubbock High schools earned semifinalist status in the National Merit Scholarship program for 1968 69. The group includes top scorers from 17 500 schools who competed for about 3000 scholarships to be awarded next spring.
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Rose
Weather map highlights regional temperatures
Regional temperatures show varied readings across the Southwest with Albuquerque at 43, El Paso 45, Amarillo 48, Houston 18, Clovis 44, Oklahoma City 46 and Dallas 58. The chart notes some entries incomplete or faded.
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Albuquerque
el Paso
Amarillo
Houston
Clovis
Okla
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