POW veteran Kjome recalls captivity and education plans
The former Air Force and Naval Reserve member discusses his 1968 Tet offensive capture, pursuit by the Viet Cong, and a bid for graduate study at the University of Minnesota. He notes POW benefits, back pay from Pacific Architects, and plans to finish work at the University of Bergen while reflecting on lost promotions and Social Security.
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Pacific Architects
Roosevelt Linked To Mob Plot
A convicted securities racketeer testified to a Senate subcommittee that Elliott Roosevelt and an underworld figure offered him 100000 to assassinate Lyndon Pindling, Bahamas prime minister. Mastriana identified Roosevelt and Mike McClaney as the principals and said the plan related to Bahaman gambling interests. He testified under immunity after details emerged at Portu gal.
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Donald Lambro Washington
UPI
Senate
Elliott Roosevelt
Lyndon C. Pindling
Bahamas
Louis P. Mastriana
Permanent Investigations
Pindling
Pinching
Charles Percy
Pull
Masitlana
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Portugal
Mike McClaney
Meyer Lansky
United States
Percy
Mastriana
McClaney
In The A J Today In The A J Today 7B
A brief item appears in the 7B section of The A J Today offering a compact note. The readable text mentions a local event or column likely tied to the paper’s community coverage. Further specifics are not clearly legible in the fragment.
Low Ceiling Grounds Flights At Lubbock Airport
Flight operations were halted in Lubbock on Tuesday as ceilings dropped below 400 feet and visibility worsened. Officials from Lubbock Regional Airport and airlines cited the weather condition described by NWS forecasters as the main cause limiting takeoffs and landings in the morning.
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Lubbock
Jal Weather Service
NWS
Indi
Celed
Midland
Amarillo
Urban Renewal Park Plan Clears Board Action
Urban Renewal commissioners authorized extra funds for 14 acres along Yellowhouse Canyon to aid the Canyon Lakes project and boost nearby property values. The plan includes park development near the Roberts McWhorter area, a school park, and a civic center complex with street realignments.
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Mel Tittle
Avalanche-Journal
Yellowhouse Canyon
Canyon Lakes
Guadalupe
Urban Renewal Agency
Orville Alderson
Lubbock
Mc-Texas
Arnett-jern
Texas
Benson
Civic Center
Corpus Christi-Zapata
Denver City Set for Tax Hike Vote and Hospital Suit
A special City Council meeting to day will hold a second reading on an ordinance raising the city tax rate seven cents to 1.36 per 100 valuation, with Mayor Morris Turner opposing. Separately, Dr Phillip Kolnick, Yoakum County’s sole licensed surgeon, sues for damages over alleged hospital access denial on Sept 6 and seeks a temporary restraining order and permenant injunctive relief in U S District Court, naming the hospital board and district as defendants.
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Morris Turner
Turner
Imayor
Hanening Wined
Edith Cttzantine
Phillip Kolnick
Yoakum County
Yoakum County Hospital
U.S. Dist
Halbert O. Woodward
Denver
U.S. District Court
Kolnick
Armittee
Bene Tefense
Germanys Granted UN Role Opens 28th Session
The United Nations General Assembly opened its 28th annual session admitting both Germanys and the Bahamas, amid Israel and Arab delegates sparring over East Germany including a protest from Israel about German atrocities, with delaying votes avoided and Bahamas also welcomed to reach 135 members.
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Germany
World Organization
Israel
Yosef Tekoah
East Germany
Ahmed 'Aismat Abdel Meguid
Tekoah
Shoud
Meguid Sassador
Guinea
West Germany
Agnew Resignation Rumors Prompt Quiet White House Response
Washington reports claim Vice President Spiro Agnew discussed resigning amid a dark mood. A top aide said there were no plans, while the White House declined to comment on Agnew's status or Nixon's confidence. Agnew avoided answering reporters as Bhutto met the President.
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UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
White House
Nixon
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan
J. Marsha Thomson
David L. Broder
Washington Post
Goldwater
Capitol Hill
Hunt Brothers Wiretapping Trial Delayed to Jan 28
U S District Judge Harbert C Woodward postponed the federal wiretapping trial of Nelson and W Herbert Hunt to January 28 from October 29. The delay follows a joint motion by prosecutors and defense attorneys amid scheduling conflicts and evolving counsel. The brothers faced charges for tapping telephone lines of their father H J Hunts aides between November 1969 and January 1970 amid embezzlement suspicions at Hunt Oil Co. The judge also ordered additional pre trial testimony before ruling on a suppression motion related to a tape recording.
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Hunt Brothers
U.S. Dist
Halbert C. Woodward
Federal
Nelson B. Hunt
Travis Shelton
Lubbock
W. Herbert Hunt
Allan Dilman
Philip Hirschkop
Alexandria
Ralph B.shank
Dallas
Harbert C. Woodward
Nelson
W. Herbert ‘Hunt
H. J. Hunt
Hunt Oil Co. Em
Woodward
Elt Tree
Any
Houston
Richards
Prayer excerpt prompts gratitude for answered prayers
A reader shares a devotional note praising God for His readiness to answer prayers for others salvation and expresses gratitude in a brief Amen.
Women's Lib Rises To Aid Of Red Riding Hood
In Austin AP report, a women's rights group challenges The Orange Book reader as sexist while critic Patricia Meredith of Houston defends the group’s view. Textbook hearings before State Education Commissioner J W Edgar consider 142 books from 316 for public school adoption with Oct 9 and Nov 10 steps ahead.
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Red Riding Hood
Austin
G G. Holmes
Dallas
Southwestern
J. B. Lippincott Co
Holmes
Sioner J. W. Edgar
Patricia Meredith
Houston
Continuing
Task Force In Education For Women
Lippincott
Meredith
Orange Book
Edgar
State Textbook Committee
State Board of Education
Mel Gabler
Longview
Prime Interest Hikes Spread Across Banks
A record high 10 percent prime rate spread industrywide as more banks raised the rate by 4 percentage points beginning with Wells Fargo. Also lifted were Bank of America in California and Chase Manhattan in New York, among others.
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New York
Wells FargotBank
California
Bank of America
Chase Manhattan
Weather map page forecast for Lubbock area
Partly cloudy today through Thursday with highs in the mid 80s. Tonight’s low will be in the lower 60s with southeasterly wind at 10 to 15 mph. Relative humidity near 98 percent and cooler conditions expected later in the period.
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Lubbock
Palie
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