Odessa Weather: Freezing Drizzle Threat For Panhandle
Cold air moving from the Panhandle brings freezing drizzle and snow to Odessa Midland with a hazard driving warning in effect. Forecasters expect light freezing rain sleet tonight and snow by Thursday with temperatures dipping into the 20s and highs only in the 30s to 40s. Snow also impedes Amarillo and Lubbock regions with several inches in Panhandle counties and continued travel advisories.
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Lubbock
Leaders Talk On Viet Nam And Red China
Washington reports say President Johnson and Ayub Khan discussed Viet Nam and Red China during a two day visit. A joint statement was planned for 5 45 p m EST but content on Pakistan policy remains unclear. Moyers noted aid talks may have occurred with possible U S resumption of assistance tied to allied positions. Johnson indicated a medical team would assist Pakistan in health and training.
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UPI
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Red China
Viet Nam
Johnson
Pakistan
Ayub Kahn
U. S
Ayub
Peking
Johnson-Ayab
Bill D. Moyers
India
United States
Donald Hornig
Plane Wreckage Seen By Chopper
A helicopter pilot spotted the wreckage of a light two engine plane near Independence Pass east of Aspen Colorado. The craft reportedly carried Dr W Randolph Lovelace II chief medical officer of the nations space program his wife and a pilot. No signs of life were seen. The wreckage lay about 11 000 feet high in the high Rockies.
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W. Randolph Lovelace II
William Ryan, Jr
Air Force
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Independence Pass
Lovelace
Albuquerque
N. M
Rockies
Britain backs U S stance on Viet Nam and Rhodesia
London reports say Prime Minister Harold Wilson will back U S policy in Viet Nam as Britain weighs oil sanctions against Rhodesia. Wilson plans talks with President Johnson and presents at the U N General Assembly, while domestic Labor pressure pushes for Viet Nam terms and Rhodesia action.
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United States
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Wilson
Johnson
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U.N. General Assembly
White
Organization of African Unity
OAU
Ian Smith
Labor Party
Labor
Permian San Antonio state final tickets sellout sparks Odessa fury
Odessans are riled as tickets to the Permian San Antonio state final vanish amid an apparent ticketing fiasco. Officials say 3,000 general admission tickets sold in 30 minutes, with 1,000 more received from San Antonio officials. A school limit reduces remaining 2,000 tickets to four per person to curb further unrest.
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Odessa
Sion
Dwight Kirk
Kirk
San Antonio Lee
Stadium to Host Big Game With Standing Room Only
San Angelo officials say no one turned away for the Permian San Antonio football game at Bobcat Stadium. Gates open after noon to allow safe seating as about 7,000 reserved seats split between schools plus 6,000 student and 6,000 general admission tickets. End zones and grassy slopes will offer standing room amid sections assigned by school with Odessa and San Antonio occupying north and south areas respectively. 69 Goodfellow AFB personnel will staff each entrance.
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Odessa
Colleen Martin
San Angelo
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Goodfellow Air Force Base
Economists differ on the Fed rate hike impact
Washington economists from different persuasions agree there will be adverse effects from Federal Reserve rate increases. John Kenneth Galbraith calls the action improper and unwise while Henry Wallich defends it as needed to slow rapid growth.
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Council of Economic Advisors
U S Air Force hits Haiphong area power plant
U S planes attacked a coal burning power plant near Haiphong, the region’s main power source, with four to six Thunderchief jets dropping 3000 pound bombs. One aircraft was shot down and the pilot rescued under fire. In ground fighting, Marines pressed through Phuoc Valley seeking remnants of a Viet Cong regiment.
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UPS
Haiphong
Hanoi
Air Force
South China Sea
da Nang
Johnson
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Phuoc Valley
Gemini 6 and 7 astronauts meet in historic space rendezvous
Cape Kennedy reports Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford in Gemini 6 reach a near 100000 mile voyage and perform a rendezvous with orbiting Gemini 7, marking a milestone for the United States.
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Cape Kennedy
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
United States
Texas Draft Board Ages Are Going Up
Texas Selective Service officials say draft boards may call men aged 26 to 35 to meet rising armed forces quotas. About 3,000 Texas men affected, with deferments and full-time student loads influencing eligibility. Col. Morris Schwartz urged registrars to report early when students drop out or reduce course loads as boards shift toward older draftees.
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Austin
Texas Selective Service
Texas
Morris S. Schwartz
Selective Service
Texas College and University
Schwartz
Official Shows Red China As Atomic Threat
Paris NATO meeting remarks by Defense Secretary McNamara warn that Communist China may stockpile nuclear weapons within two years. He estimates Peking could produce fissionable material for a small test and stockpile, with medium range missiles by 1967 and ocean-hopping intercontinental missiles by 1975.
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Paris
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
China
McNamara
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Defense
Peking
Woman Found Shot To Death In Northeast Odes sa Home
A 38-year-old housewife, Wanda Noreen Freeman, was found shot once in the right side in her bed at 516 East 56th near 1 p.m. Her son Dewaine Freeman discovered the body. An automatic rifle was found in the bathroom. Justice of the Peace Nobles investigated. husband’s whereabouts unknown.
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Odessa
Wanda Noreen Freeman
East 56Th
Dewaine Freeman
Olan T. Miles
Miles
Justice of the Peace
E. E. Nobles
Chapel of the Roses
Tax hike denied by White House press secretary
Washington ap The White House dismissed reports that the administration plans a tax increase to fund Vietnam war costs Press Secretary Bill Moyers said no change to the tax structure has been suggested to the president at this time
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White House
Washington
Viet Nam
Bill D. Moyes
Economics Soviet Union Step Toward Realism
On page 16 A the Odessa American reports the Soviet Union has taken a major step toward economic realism by correcting an imbalance. The piece analyzes shifts in planning and production, noting potential implications for global markets.
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