Counterfeit $20 bills traced across West Texas
U S Secret Service probes a counterfeit ring with reports from Lubbock Slaton Abilene and Amarillo. Banks report bogus notes with matching serial numbers and low quality but can pass when mixed with real currency. Detective notes link serials across cities and deposits.
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Howard Swindle
Avalanche-Journal
U.S. Secret Service
West
North Texas
Lubbock
Slaton
Abilene
Amarillo
T. J. Wallace
Citizens State Bank
Wallace
Citizens National Bank
John Halsey
Broadway
Apollo Astronaut Wally Schirra to End Flights After Apollo 7
Veteran astronaut Wally Schirra said he will not train for another flight after Apollo 7, set for Oct 11. The Mercury Gemini veteran, 45, plans to remain in NASA’s program through the moon mission next year, then seek other work.
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Houston
Wally Schirra
Schirra
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Gordon Cooper
Donn Eisele
Walter Cunningham
Mercury
Tass
Zond-5
Outer Space
Moon
Lunar
Faith in Pill Questioned After Canadian Quadruplets
Mrs. Victor Millar gave birth to quadruplets three boys and a girl in Ottawa. The father, 33, says he will picket the birth control pill company, calling it a shock amid two months premature babies kept in hospital incubators. The Millars have two older children Li and a daughter.
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Ottawa
Victor Millar
Millars
Texas Tech Could Surpass Nineteen Thousand Registration
Registration for Texas Tech in Lubbock is expected to top nineteen thousand as the deadline nears. The article notes regional enrollment trends and campus activity shaping the final counts.
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Lubbock
Area
Texas Tech
Prayer for wisdom and peace from Mrs Dopson of Spur
A brief prayer request asks for divine guidance for national leaders and world peace through the Holy Spirit. It identifies Mrs Coy Dopson of Spur as the petitioner.
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Vietnam
Coy Dopson
Spur
Red Raider Rides Again at Jones Stadium
A vintage note on the Red Raider horse and rider leading Texas Tech onto the field at Jones Stadium as autumn nights and the season unfold. The piece recalls the tradition and a New Year’s Day spectacle at the Cotton Bowl with a masked rider in red and black.
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Texas Tech
Johnny Carruth
DeLeon
Charcoal Cody
Red Raider
Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Jones Stadium
Cotton Bowl
Mild kickoff awaits as front brings rain and cool air
A Pacific cold front moves into Texas late Friday bringing a chance of thunderstorms and cooler temperatures for the Lubbock area before a Texas Tech vs Cincinnati kickoff. Forecasters pegged rain probability at about 20 percent as gusty winds and hail potential accompany the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Rockies
Pacific
Texas
Lubbock
Udyyuican
Paducah
Soviet Zond 5 Circles Moon Heads Home
Moscow reports Zond 5 completed a lunar flight and is returning to Earth for a soft landing. Western scientists expect a landing attempt within the day as U S and Soviet lunar plans race ahead.
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United Press International
Moscow
Viet Union
Zond-5
Earth
Outer
Tass
England
Edward C. Welsh
National Aeronautics and Space Council
Washington
Welsh
Moon
United States
Soviet Union
Plane crashes at Farnborough Air Show kill six to twelve
A 40 ton French experimental plane crashed in flames on the roof of a social club at Farnborough, killing six known victims with ambulance reports of up to 12 dead. The craft exploded near a fuel dump as 16,000 spectators watched in horror.
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Farnborough
England
Munich Zoo Tragedy: Elephant fatally tramples girl
In Mellubrunn Zoo Munich a three year old girl, Ursula Junge, was feeding an elephant when it grabbed her with its trunk and hurled her against a concrete wall before stepping on her. Her mother witnessed the incident. The animal attack ends in a fatality at the zoo.
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Munich
West Germany
UPI
Mellubrunn Zoo
Ursula Junge
Marines Enter Central DMZ Invasion to Intercept North Vietnam Thrust
A 2000 strong Marine force breached the central DMZ between North and South Vietnam to disrupt the enemy infiltration system along the Ben Hai River. The operation, begun Monday, aimed to halt speed trails aiding North Vietnamese advances. Marines reported 10 wounded and two dead with 74 enemy killed in five days.
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Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Dmz
U. S
Quang Tri
Ben Hai
the Rock
Kidnappers Seized After Safe Return Of Millionaire’s Grandson
The 7-year-old Hillard Marks, grandson of hosiery magnate William Ek Marks, was kidnapped on Wednesday and released unharmed and unpaid after FBI involvement. Three suspects Daniel Pieler, Robert Marin, and Ethel Marie were charged with aggravated kidnapping and held without bond. The boy celebrated his birthday Thursday and officials gave few details on the rescue.
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Associated Press
Oak Brook
Ill
FBI
Hillard Willis Marks
William Ek. Marks
Chicago
Daniel C. Pieler
Jet hijacked to Havana lands in Miami without passengers
The Eastern Airlines jet touched down in Miami at 9:40 p.m. CDT with 46 passengers still held in Cuba. Only the seven crew members returned, escorted by the FBI. State officials hoped a chartered plane would move the passengers to Miami today.
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Associated Press
Miami
Eastern Airlines
Havana
Cuba
FBI
State Department
Jose Marti
Weather Map Page 6B Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and windy with a few thunderstorms this afternoon. Cooler tonight with a high near 92 and a low around 80. Winds from the south to southwest at 20 to 30 mph. 20 percent rain chance. Sunrise 7:34 a.m. Sunset 6:46 p.m. Humidity readings and temperatures for Abilene, Denver, El Paso, and Clovis noted.
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Lubbock
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