Plane Crash Kills Seven. Pilot Averts Schoolroom Disaster
A Ling-Temco-Vought Electrosystems cargo plane crashed into an empty schoolroom near Bradfield Elementary in Dallas County, killing pilot Verner Denman Jr. and six others. Denman is hailed as a hero for apparently nosing down to avoid pupils and nearby homes. authorities report the wreckage hampered full casualty counts.
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Delaware Air Force
Verner Denman Jr
Greenville
Denman
Highland Park
W. H. Naylor
Ling-Temco-Vought Electrosystems
Bradfield
Hal Hood
Major Expressway Plan Urged Here By Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal staff reports an Urban Transportation Plan envisions nineteen miles of urban expressways to meet 1985 traffic needs. The City Council discussed the plan after a three year study and also approved two Southeast Lubbock private clubs over a zoning ruling and heard a Central Lubbock urban renewal feasibility update.
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Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Planning and Zoning Commission
Urban transportation plan eyed for 19 mile Loop 289 routes
J. W. Stevens and Dial Bowen presented the plan for new expressway routes totaling 19 miles inside Loop 289. The study recommends controlled access freeways with grade separations plus frontage streets, tracing Brownfield Hwy to 4th Street and routes paralleling 34th Street to Avenue A and the Amarillo Hwy toward Loop 285.
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34Th Street
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Amarillo iHwy
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College Avenue
Gate Holds Pace New Mark at Panhandle Fair Crowd
Avalanch final staff writer Dave Knapp reports a Panhandle South Plains Fair Wednesday crowd of 46 235 the third largest in history. Turnstile counts finished late, traffic backed up on Ave A for blocks as fair marks its 50th anniversary with 135 821 visitors at halfway. Reese AFB day and cattle shows plus Eddy Arnold all star shows boosted attendance. Arnold drew 3 866 for a three day total 11 703 with his largest night crowd.
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Avalanch
Ave. A
Lubbock
Texas Milking
Reese Afb
Marion Bruce
Amarillo
Arnold Packs
Fair Park Coliseum
Tarantulas Fatigue and Flood In Harlingen Residents Struggle
Harlingen endures a prolonged battle with tarantulas mosquitoes heat fatigue and pollution as floodwaters recede. Shelters house 7000 people while a Mexican-American business district and shops scramble with sandbags and reopen amid shortages and crowded eateries.
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Harlingen
Arroyo Estates
ARMED BANDITS HOLD UP TWO EAST 19th ST STATIONS
Two service stations on East 19th Street were robbed within hours of each other on Wednesday. Edwards Service Station No 3 at 1501 E 19th St reported a single slender gunman taking cash about 9 15 p.m. Walt's Service Station No 4 a half block east was later robbed by another gunman who fled toward Yellow House Canyon. Attendant Amando Rubio fired at the suspect as he fled and again as the bandit ran into a car wash, but did not confirm a hit. The total cash taken amounted to about 56 dollars and cents.
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Charles Cade
President to visit Texas flood ravaged Rio Grande region
President Johnson announced he would fly to Texas for a first hand look at flood and hurricane ravaged South Texas and the Lower Rio Grande Valley. He would meet Gov. John at Austin and inspect waterlogged areas battered by Beulah with high winds and rising tides.
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Johnson
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Beulah
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Austin Ieee
Patstown
Four Texas Cities Approve One Percent Sales Tax Plan
Voters in El Paso and three other Texas municipalities Elgin Nacogdoches and Orange Grove approved a one percent sales tax to fund city governments. El Paso’s tally was 17031 for and 6005 against while overall turnout exceeded 23000. Food stamp program extension noted for two more years aiding about 1.9 million people.
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Associated Press
Texas
West Texas
el Paso
Elgin
Nacogdoches
Orange Grove
Groundbreaking Set for Lubbock State School Ceremony
After nearly a decade of planning, groundbreaking ceremonies for the Lubbock State School will occur at 3:20 today. The project costs about $2,428,000 and includes plans for an additional residential cottage for 32 students once the contract is awarded.
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Lubbock State School
Top Officials Clash Over Haiphong Bombing Policy
Washington debate widens over North Vietnam bombing with Defense Secretary McNamara opposing Haiphong attack. General Wheeler backs striking the port to deter Soviet aid shipments, while U S and UN voices push for peace talks and reassess military risk. See BOMBING Page 10.
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Bob Horton
Washington
North Vietnam
United Nations
Robert S. McNamara
Haiphong
Sec
Dean Rusk
Rusk
American Banker’s Association
New York
South Vietnam
Denmark
McNamara
NATO
Turkey
Johnson
Pentagon
Wheeler
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Lodge Denies Vietnam Invasion Claims At Pittsburgh Event
The Pittsburgh Press quoted former Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge as advocating possible ground actions in North Vietnam at a World Affairs Council luncheon. He reportedly emphasized military targeting and restraint, denying an outright U.S. invasion and suggesting limits guided by military experts. The paper notes Lodge’s later Washington statement denying the invasion claim.
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Pittsburgh Press
Lodge
World Affairs In Council of Pittsburgh
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Demilitarized Zone
Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Iing
South Vietnam
Outlook Changes Halt To New Tech Dorms
Dr. Grover E. Murray told a convocation that Texas Tech faces a halt in dorm construction due to campus contraction and pending state appropriations totaling about 15.4 million dollars. Classes were canceled for the event attended by roughly 4,500 to 5,000 students.
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Weather Map Page Notes for Lubbock and Vicinity
Weather map notes report day to day forecasts for Lubbock and nearby areas with variable winds and changing high temperatures. conditions vary across the region with shifting fronts and local land effects.
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