Red Cross Honors 50th Anniversary in Lubbock
Lubbock County Chapter of the American Red Cross celebrated its 50th anniversary at the First Methodist Church with Lt. Gov. Preston Smith presenting a golden anniversary certificate to Floyd Stumbo. James McNally received a life saving award for aiding James Lee Blake after an April accident. The event drew about 200 members and featured remarks by Mayor W. D. Rogers Jr. and Tom Hawk of Fort Worth.
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Sam R. Blake
James Lee
Jim McNally
Red Cross
Floyd Stumbo
Mike Read
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
American Red Cross
Preston Smith
Avalanche - Journal
Chas. A. Guy
James McNally
22Nd St
Blake
59Th St
Andrew Jumper
First Presbyterian Church
W. D. Rogers Jr
Smith
F. M
Tom) Hawk
Tarrant County
The
Fort Worth
Hawk
James Westbrook
Joseph Ridgeway
David C. Casey
Cecil Bolton
John Walker
Messiah Presbyterian Church
San Antonio
Texas Afl-Cio Executive Board
Four Mine Workers Die After Colorado Coal Mine Collapse
Four men were killed when the roof collapsed inside a U S Steel coal mine near Somerset Colorado about two miles into the mountain. A fifth man escaped with minor injuries. The victims were Archie Morrison Veloy Piccioni Joe Burum and Eugene Bailey all Paonia residents.
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Associated Fess
Somerset
Colo
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Archie M. Morrison
Veloy K. Piccioni
Joe F. Burum
Eugene Lee Bailey
Paonia
Colorado
Bailey
Hart urges judging Fortas nomination by qualifications not party
Hart argues that Supreme Court nominees should be evaluated on legal merit, scholarship and dedication to the law rather than who appoints them or party affiliation. He urges the Senate to decide by majority on this basis and notes debates about the president filling a vacancy and letting the people’s voice be heard.
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Hart
Senate
Supreme Court
Local births reported for several families
Multiple birth notices list new sons and daughters with weights and times across Texas towns including Meth odist Hospital and West Texas Hospital. Fathers hold various jobs from student at Texas Tech to city employee.
Funeral Planned for Mrs. Lora May Stokes
Funeral services for 75 year old Mrs. Lora May Stokes are at 11 a.m. today at Branon Philips Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Newton Starnes and the Rev. Howell Watkins will officiate. Burial will be in Lamesa Memorial Park. She died Wednesday in Medical Arts Hospital after a Tuesday admission. A Paris native, she lived in Ackerly and Lamesa since 1917. Survivors include son Conrad of Ackerly, sister Mrs. Jack Simpson of Abilene, brother W. A. Donaldson of Abilene, plus three grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Lora May Stokes
Branon-Philips
Newton Starnes
First Methodist Church
Howell Watkins
Northridge
Ackerly and
Lamesa
Conrad
Ackerly
Jack Simpson
Abilene
W. A. Donaldson
Congress Downs Foreign Aid Increase Amid Budget Cuts
Congress approves a reduced foreign aid package, cutting economic and technical assistance while backing a larger military allotment. The vote reflects a push to finish the bill before a campaign weekend, with Johnson requesting 2.9 billion but the panel proposing 355 million more than prior levels.
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Alliance For Progress
Johnson
House
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Otto Passman
D-Ala
Foreign Aid Appropriations
Passman
United States
State Department
Department
Robert J. McCloskey
U.S
Submarine propulsion debate favors electric drive in stealth ops
A discussion notes that electric drive submarines offer greater stealth at slow speeds when attempting barrier penetration. The superfast steam turbine design would be noisier. Both concepts are described as atomic powered and the speaker suggests limited action by another person.
Bomb Halts Broadway Preview Of Cuban Themed Play
A tear gas bomb exploded during a Broadway theater preview of A Cuban Thing at the Henry Miller Theater. About a dozen detained by police. one reported hospitalized as audience spilled into the street. The play, about a middle class Cuban family, opens next week.
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New York
Cuba
Castro
Jack Gelber
Henry Miller
Tech Ohio College game opens weekend in fair weather
A crowd of about 36 000 is expected for Tech versus Ohio University in the season opener on the Tech campus. The Goin' Band from Raiderland will perform during halftime as fans anticipate bigger games next week against Texas Longhorns. Traffic will be managed by 38 officers.
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Tech
Raiderland
Texas Longhorns
Cincinnati
Bill Diehl
Lubbock
Plainview
Killion
Georgia Brown
Candy
Georgie Girl
Terry Stephens
Stephenville
Los Angeles ‘Rams
Donna Snyder
Dallas
Diane Lovelace
Farwell
Sheila Watkins
Waxahachie
Barbara Zimmerman
Oklahoma City
Janis Jones
Raton
N.M
Patsy Kempson
Dumas
Robbie Specht
New Braunfels
Kathy Kerr
Abernathy
Debbie Wright
Tohoka
Miss Specht
Texas
Ruth C. Sturtz
Jack Thomas
Regional Crime Counts by City Missing Details
A list shows city by city tallies for murder and rape with several illegible entries and inconsistent punctuation. Notable values include Dallas murder 67 to 95 and rape 65 to 72, Houston murder 119 to 125 and rape 112 to 1. Some lines lack clear figures or have stray punctuation.
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Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Dallas
el Paso
Fort Worth
Houston
Lubbock
San Antonio
Waco
Blood banks across U S report dwindling supplies
Donor levels near Lincoln Park fall sharply with Chicago blood service calling intake down about 50 percent during convention week. Regions from Massachusetts to Washington report shortages while Colorado and Arizona are asked to help in emergencies.
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Lincoln Park
Blood Bank
William Kyler
Chicago Blood Donor Service, Inc
Colorado
Arizona
James Hartney
Chicago
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Red Cross Chapter
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Mineral Development Corp
Geneva
Orem
Utah
Jimmy Moore
Methodist Hospital
Texas Tech
Alejandro Stone
E. Sith
Lautiinir
Texas Meat Packers
Jose Garcia
Womble Olds
Dexter Leon Carley
West Texas Hospital
Sic
Taihet
South Plains Co-Op
H. M. May Jr
West ‘Texas Hospital
Gerald R. Kendrick
Slaten
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
City of
Bruce Johnson
Ave. H
Mrs. Stokes
Congress
Ambu
Peggy Guttery
Seguin
Miss Zimmerman
Pampa
Ardmore
Beverly Drew
Ekillion
U. S. Weather Bureau
Glasgow
Scotland
Saigon
Hanoi
Creighton W. Abgams
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Nguyen van Thieu
Rangers
da‘ Nang
Tay Ninh
Zia
Wichita Falls
Roger Smith
Blood Services
Sease
John Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
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Everett Dirksen
R-Ill
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
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