U S Carrier Tests Blockade Plan Aboard Warship
A U.S. aircraft carrier headed into Egypt's Suez Canal as the Defense Department dismissed Israel derived dispatches about plans by an American warship to test Egypt's blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba. A separate note mentions A J Foyt winning at Indianapolis after a bearing fault sidelined Parnell Jones.
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Americans Bounce Into Final Rounds of British Amateur Golf
Top of the Day reports 9 AM Americans advanced to the final rounds of the British Amateur Golf Tournament with high hopes for reclaiming the title for the United States. Other items noted include a districting suit settlement, Miss Minnow's naming at Borger High, and a Texas travel survey of Panhandle sites. Rangers arrest 12 for mass picketing near Rio Grande City as farm organizers seek union recognition.
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Summer school registration opens at Amarillo College
In Our Town notices registration for summer school at Amarillo College. Also a plan to consider annexing about 300 acres south of 58th between Washington and Georgia into the city limits is noted. A new 3-M marking line painter demo was shown to traffic engineers. City commissioners call a public hearing.
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World Neighbors Founder Praises Private Peace Corps Spirit
Dr John Peters of World Neighbors discusses the enduring value of self funded aid as he notes the Peace Corps idea echoes his group s mission. He says World Neighbors relies solely on private donors and declined CIA funding while praising private over government support.
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Gould rails at space magnet idea in comic strip
Chester Gould, Dick Tracy creator, jokes that space power magnets were seen in his strip seven years ago. He calls the new development an interesting parallel to atomic energizing magnets.
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Navy awards $6.2 million Shrike missile contract
The Navy announced a $6.2 million contract to Texas Instruments Inc. of Dallas on Wednesday to continue production of the solid-fuel air launched Shrike missile.
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Foyt Captures Indy 500 After Turbine Fails
A. J. Foyt wins a two day Indianapolis 500 in record time as Parnelli Jones' turbine drops out ten miles from the finish. The last laps see three cars crash, Foyt slows to avoid disaster and then edges ahead to claim his third 500 by narrow margin.
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Red Vessels Steam Through Bosporus
Soviet six warships sailed the Bosporus while the U S aircraft carrier Intrepid moved toward Yankee Station off Vietnam. Washington debated aid cuts as Israel faced a possible blockade and Arab forces prepared a multi front assault.
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Sharp losses on wide front stocks fall amid mideast crisis
New York markets tumbled as fear over the Middle East crisis and Soviet naval moves spurred heavy selling. The Dow sank 12.41 to 852.56 and the Associated Press average dropped 5.3 to 316.8, with 1,145 of 1,488 issues down and volume at 8.87 million shares. Major declines included Chrysler, Du Pont, Eastman Kodak, United Aircraft, Westinghouse, Chicago and Northwestern, and Fairchild Camera.
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Barracks near Hanoi hit in Haiphong oil dump raid
Allied aircraft struck two oil dumps on the outskirts of Haiphong and a North Vietnamese target near Hanoi. Pilots endured heavy antiaircraft and missile fire during the Wednesday raid.
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Connally signals no tax hike after session doubts
Gov. John Connally said a sales tax increase may not be needed to finance 1969 spending and that the session to consider taxing and spending could be held after May and June primaries. He questioned a 50 percent rise in legislative retirement benefits and noted Speaker Ber Barnes has not urged veto. He also refused to confirm a fourth term bid, citing program support. Vietnam update follows with losses near Haiphong and Hanoi targets sustaining air strikes.
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Mass arrests near Rio Grande City target UFWOC picketing
Texas Rangers jail 12 farm union supporters on charges of mass picketing near La Casita Farm as three state senators travel from Dallas Fort Worth and San Antonio to probe union claims of police brutality. A juvenile girl was released to her mother. All held on 400 bond.
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