Letter left for wife declares soldier died for hippies
The UPI report tells how Army sergeant Jeffrey A. Davis, 20, killed in Vietnam on Sept. 4, left a letter for his bride saying he died for the “guys with the long hair and protest signs.” He praised the draft card burners and college students who protest, asserting he died for their right to protest and for the United States.
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Brownburg
Ind
Jeffrey A. Davis
Davis
Vietnam
United States
East Lubbock Grocery Bandit Robs Clerk and Wife
A gunman forced an elderly clerk J W Vaughn and his wife to lie on the store floor at Conley's Drive-In Grocery 3206 Ave A late Saturday and looted about 125 dollars from the cash register and money bag. The bushy haired bandit fled with Vaughn's wallet and his wife's purse as police searched the area.
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Howard Swindle
Avalanche-Journal
East Lubbock Drive-In
J. W. Vaughn
Conley
Ave. A
Vaughn
Debbie Miller Crowned Floyd County Fair Queen
Debbie Miller is named queen of the Floyd County Fair in Lockney. The feature appears in the fair coverage on page 9.
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Debbie Miller
Floyd County
Lockney
Panhandle-South Plains Fair Opens With Record Attendance Forecast
The Panhandle-South Plains Fair begins its 51st year with gates opening at 9 a.m. and a weeklong run expected to draw a record 265 000 people. Premiums total 34 583 50 an all time high. Highlights include livestock judging parade of bands and a Green Beret demonstration with rope descents. Pat Boone matinee show at 3 p.m. Monday with additional matinees Friday Saturday and nightly 7 30 p.m. performances.
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Green Beret
B-2
12Th Special Forces Group
Airborne
Berkshire
Duroc
Chester
Lubbock
Green Berets
First National Bank- Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Broadway
Pat Boone
Joel Clark
Fair Park Coliseum
Prayer for safe haven at the cross
A brief religious note from Mrs. Amos Pate of Littlefield asking readers to seek refuge in faith amid life’s storms, pointing to the foot of the cross as a sanctuary.
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Holy Father
Amos Pate
Littlefield
Groom Late Skyjacking Delays Central Texas Wedding
A planned daytime wedding was postponed to 10 30 p m after Navy fiance John Ratliff was hijacked with an Eastern Airlines jet and ferried to Cuba. Sandra Thompson, niece of Lubbock councilman Denton Rigsby, rescheduled the ceremony as the couple faced the extraordinary disruption.
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Texas
Sandra Thompson
Lubbock
Denton Rigsby
Navy Electronics
John Ratliff
Eastern Airlines
Cuba
Sandra
Raiders Held To Scoreless Tie In Opener At Tech
Texas Tech opened the 1968 season against Cincinnati Bearcats in a cautious 10 19 deadlock. Coach J T King saw moments of promise but noted a long road to a Cotton Bowl trip with Jones Stadium next Saturday looming as a major test amid weather concerns.
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Red Raiders
Cotton
Jones Stadium
Slide community reunion recalls 1905 westward move
Old-Timers recall the 1905 shift of six families from Block 20 to a mile west in Lubbock County. The Slide settlement formed after moving windmills and a one room schoolhouse, creating the community later named Slide. More than 100 attended the Saturday reunion at the Slide Road Clubhouse with skits and a memorial service.
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Tanner Laine
Journal
J. A. Cannon
Lubbock
Paw
Block 20
Slide
Slide Road
J. C. Stanford
J. H. Rieger
J. W. Cannon
M. L. Williams
Jim Mabray
Alexanders
Slovers
Robertses
Clarks
Chidesters
Lubbock County
Yellowhouse Canyon
Big Spring
Plainview
Tech Texas Tech registers near 19 thousand in fall enrollment
Tech officials report 18 929 students signed up by Saturday noon for the fall term starting Monday at Texas Tech. The total tops last year’s 18 646 but remains short of the 19 051 forecast, with officials hopeful enrollment will push past 19 000 and near 19 100 after fees. Registration spanned a week at Municipal Coliseum as classes begin.
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Texas Tech
Tech
Municipal Coliseum
Area lashed by rain hail storms sweep South Plains
Violent thunderstorms drenched the South Plains on the last full day of summer. Hail up to disk shapes damaged crops in Shallowater and New Deal saw up to 1. inch rain, while Slaton Buffalo Springs Lake felt heavy showers. Lubbock reports light hail and .10 to .34 inch rainfall as storms move east. Forecasts call for continued storms and cooler temperatures as fall previews begin.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Shallowater
New Deal
Slaton
Buffalo Springs Lake
Lubbock
Cainon
Rcuinieer
LEO LY
Texas
Rocky Mountain
Four Major Rains Trigger Lubbock Traffic Crashes
Heavy black thunderheads drenched Lubbock causing at least four major crashes and several minor incidents on Saturday. A head on collision on North University Avenue left two in serious condition and another in fair condition at Methodist Hospital. An Amarillo man and his passenger sustained serious injuries after their auto and a pickup collided in moderate rain. A 16 year old passenger in the pickup was listed in fair condition. A second two car crash on East 19th Street freed a construction worker in fair condition. Others received minor injuries at West Texas Hospital and Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. See ACCIDENTS Page 14.
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Lubbock
Rainslick North University Avenue
Loop 289
Methodist Hospital
Amarillo
Duke Mitchell
Cordin Rogers
Newcomb St
Raymond Cook
Plainview
Guy Hunter
East 19Th Street
Luther EF. Tannery
27Th St
Raul Martinez
Sherman St
West Texas Hospital
Menzies in Satisfactory Condition After Stroke
Former Australian prime minister Sir Robert Menzies, who suffered a mild stroke over two weeks ago, was reported Saturday to be in satisfactory condition.
Allied Camps Targeted By Communist Gunners
Communist gunners launched a wave of rockets and mortars against 16 bases in Da Nang Chu Lai and nearby areas. Prisoner of war camp Gein Ban near Chu Lai was hardest hit with about 60 rounds. more than 60 rounds struck Da Nang area installations but overall damage was light to negligible.
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United Press International
Saigon
Chu Lai
UPE
Penny Young
U.S
da Nang
South Vietnamese
Weather Summary for Lubbock Area Evening Showers Then Clear
The Lubbock area will see a few evening thunderstorms then partly cloudy skies. Highs will reach the upper 80s, cooling tonight with lows in the low 50s. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Rain chances 20 percent. Maximum 88, minimum 48. Humidity 100 percent at times, sunrise and sunset listed for the day.
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Avi
Bun Opie
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