Rain Washes Western South Plains and Eastern New Mexico
A broad swath across western South Plains and eastern New Mexico saw downpours over an inch in several spots. Strong showers stretched from Pecos to Elkhart with lightning and winds, reaching Lubbock late Monday as a Canadian cold front nears. Temperatures near 80 drop by five to ten degrees tonight with gusty northerly winds.
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South Plains
New Mexico
Clovis
Levelland
Snyder
Denver City
Pecos
Elkhart
Kan
Lubbock
Bonds, sales tax favored to back city bond issue
Citizens Advisory Committee discusses combining a fall vote on a municipal sales tax with a bond election, with $30 million to $40 million proposed. HUD may support over $8 million in matching funds. revenue options include sales tax or higher ad valorem taxes or new charges. Mayor Rogers backs the sales tax. The panel meets at City Hall to begin outlining financing plans.
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Citizens Advisory Committee
Joe Stanley
Regional Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Finance Committee
J. T. Talkington
W. D. Rogers Jr
Lubbock
Rogers
Stanley
Citizens Advisory ‘Committee
Panhandle South Plains Fair opens with record crowd
The 50th annual Panhandle South Plains Fair drew 33 108 visitors on opening day boosted by hundreds of students and parents. Highlights included band parades swine and cattle judging and an Eddy Arnold all star show as livestock judging continued and crowds awaited today’s events at Polo Park Coliseum and West Barn Museum.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Panhandle South Plains Fair
Lubbock
A. B. Davis
Torbay
Hampshire
Poland
China
Judsing
Polo Park Coliseum
Fale Park Coliseum
West Binns
Arnold
Jimmy Nelson
Danny O'Day
Farfel
Valley Gold Farm
Albuquer
Local News Briefs and Sporting Highlights
Outpatient clinic action reported for city county health services. A farm Holstein judging sweep at the Albuquerque fair claims grand championships. A local church of Christ minister will debate Playboy's religion editor. Chrysler announces roll back of 1968 model price increases. Kentucky GOP troop targets the November governor election.
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Albuquerque Farm
Church of Christ
Playboy
Comics Page Four C Section Radio TV Logs See Horoscope Sec
The page references indicate contents across comics radio and TV logs with a horoscope section as a guide. Readers are invited to view pages four five and seven for the listed sections and See C for additional notes.
Satchmo Hospitalized in Reno with Pneumonia
Louis Armstrong 67 is hospitalized in Reno with pneumonia. His company manager said he will stay in the hospital for three or four days at most.
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Satchmo
Reno
Louis Armstrong
Irate husband holds court with deadly gunplay in Rapid City
In a courtroom in Rapid City South Dakota Ray Bivins 70 shot and killed his wife 53 and attorney 38 then wounded Judge Thomas Parker 48 and narrowly missed a court reporter Edlyn Smolek as deputies subdued him The judge remained in critical condition after surgery The case stemmed from an alimony order of 3000 as part of a divorce action Brady a former state attorney acted as the attorney in the case Bivins operated a tourist attraction Spot on U S 16 south of Rapid City
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United Press International
Rapid City
S. D
Ray Bivins
Thomas Parker
Bivins
Marie Bivins
Samuel Brady
Edlyn Smolek
Pennington
Brady
Milk Poisoning Blamed for 16 Tijuana Child Deaths
At least 16 children died and about 25 were hospitalized in critical condition in Tijuana from suspected milk poisoning. Authorities suspect Sun day milk from La Vaquita Milk Co and halted all local milk sales as San Diego tests begin on possible contaminants.
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Associated Press
Tijuana
Mexico
Hector Valdivia
la Vaquita Milk Co
Health Department
San Diego
Calif
Jorge. Falas
Bie
Arsenal Cross Aegency Station
James B. Askew
San Diego County
China expels two as part of Indonesia tensions
A brief report notes China expels two individuals amid escalating tensions with Indonesia. The move follows reciprocal actions after earlier disputes and reflects a broader diplomatic strain between the two nations.
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China
Indonesia
Judge orders murder trial moved from Lubbock County
District Judge James A. Ellis orders Dolphis Jack Brown's murder trial moved to a venue away from Lubbock County after defense attorney Travis Shelton pleads for change citing prejudicial publicity linked to a restraining order against a witness. A conference set for 11 a.m. today to discuss transfer location follows the ruling.
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Bill Birge
Avalanche-Journal
James A. Ellis
Dolphis Jack Brown
Lubbock County
Awyers
Ellis
Travis Shelton
Lone Star
Texas
Dist
Alton Griffin
Ooer - District’ Court
Avalanche Journal
Brown
Veniremen
Sex In America Page 2.8 Entry
Readable fragments describe a feature on sex education topics in America. The brief hints at page references and aims to discuss cultural attitudes, media portrayals, and social impact within a historical newspaper framing.
Today’s Prayer Note Reads Like a Sacred Plea
A fragmented devotional fragment pleads for guidance and endurance in routine life. It asks for strength to help the lost and to offer kindness in Thy name, though the text remains garbled and incomplete.
FCC Implements $100 Million Long-Distance Charge Cut
The FCC announced a $100 million reduction in long distance telephone charges effective November 1, with a corresponding $15 million increase in short haul calls and a deferral of $20 million in the decrease to next year. The changes affect most station to station and person to person calls within 468 miles, while short haul calls up to 24 miles will rise by 15 million and 5 cents for the first three minutes.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
American Teleduction
Commission
Beulah floods Rio Grande area as Harlingen faces rising waters
The Rio Grande swelled after Hurricane Beulah, flooding Harlingen and nearby areas with up to 20 foot crests. Floodwaters inundated 50,000 homes and forced residents to higher ground while the Arroyo Colorado and Nueces river systems overflowed, prompting authorities to deploy sandbags and evacuations.
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Annel News
Harlingen
Rio Grande
Beulah
Texas
Weather Bureau
Mexico
Oy End
Haringe
Arroyo Colorado
Ae Way
Nueces
Lake Corpus Christi
Bay Area
Rio Rio Grande
Anzalduas Dam
McAllen
Brownsville
Department of Public Safety
Attacked Con Thien Fortress Faces Heavy Fire Exchange
The Con Thien Marine fortress near the DMZ endured a massive bombardment today with artillery, tactical jets and B52 bombers joining Communist mortars and long-range guns. Waves of Stratofortress strikes targeted enemy concentrations while US aircraft reported large explosions at a nearby munition dump and overwhelming firepower marked the heaviest clash since Dien Bien Phu.
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Associated Frees
Saigon
U.S. Marine Fortress
Con Thien
Vietnam
Dien Bien
Vo Nguyen Gisap
Phu
Leatherneck
Dmz
Dongmeee
Al Race It changes every hour on Bat in today
A fragmentary item notes hourly changes in a Bat area event in Minnesota and mentions an American lifestyle element. No clear names or dates are readable. Further readable details are unavailable in the fragment.
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Minnesia
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