From the A-J's pages

25 years ago:

WASHINGTON - The Clinton administration wants to carve an "off-limits" zone in the sand north of Kuwait to prevent Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from repeatedly igniting military crises by massing troops on the emirate's border.

50 years ago:

MOSCOW - The Soviet Union launched the Soyuz 6 spaceship with two cosmonauts aboard into earth orbit Saturday in what official sources said was the start of a space spectacular that will involve two other imminent launchings.

75 years ago:

DALLAS - Gov. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma will be the principal speaker at a Roosevelt-Truman mass meeting in Wichita Falls, Oct. 19, Harry L. Seay, state Democratic executive committee chairman, said today.

100 years ago:

News items from the Terry County Herald - Raymond Barrier is having the old Barrier Brothers store building torn down, and will use as much of it as possible in the construction of a splendid new residence in the east part of town.