Oklahoma visits boost Kennedy and Rockefeller prospects
Oklahoma City and Tulsa hosts mark a concerted effort by Kennedy and Rockefeller supporters to gain influence in the state. Kennedy aides expect late June talks, while Rockefeller plans a June 13 15 appearance at the Governors Conference in Tulsa and a Chamber forum dinner. Oklahoma's delegation leans Hubert Humphrey for the Democrats and Nixon for the Republicans, with Rockefeller lacking clear second place support.
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Oklahoma City
Len
Robert Kennedy
Nelson Rockefeller
Oklahoma
Kennedy
Western
Stanton Young
Rockefeller
Tulsa
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce Forum
Humphrey
Oregon
California
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Rocky
Nixon
Reagan
Dewey Bartlett
Bartlett
Miami
Okahoma
Teens Held In Deaths In Harris County Murders
Two teens were in custody after police charged 17 year old Louis Adrian Teal with the murders of Wanda Martin, 19, and Mary Mitchell, 22. A 16 year old companion was placed in the Harris County juvenile ward. Martin’s body was found March 10 in a vacant field from a .22 pistol shot. Mitchell died May 25 from shotgun wounds on U S 59 East Freeway as her car careened after a blast. Witnesses said another car advanced as her vehicle lost control. Police said Teal and the teen arrest followed after they spoke about a freeway shooting.
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Miss Mitchell
U.S. 59 East
Teal
Handicapped Conventioneers Organize for Help and Legislation
Miss Janie McDonald, president of the Amarillo Indoor Sports Club chapter, spoke at a two day district convention at the Herring Hotel. Delegates from Austin Abilene Houston Dallas and New Orleans attended. The groups promote social rehabilitation and handicapped advocacy and recruit new members with limited restrictions focusing on visible handicaps and device use.
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Janie McDonald
Barbara Lane
Amarillo
Indoor Sports Club, Inc
Herring Hotel
New Orleans
Houston
McDonald
Good Sports
Guy Vaught
South Georgia Elementary School
Shiman Jones
Canyon
Noble McGee
Abilene
Tuffy Eaton
Connie Teichman
Panhandle
Millie Sheets
Bob Tatum
Willa Mae McCandless
Sherman Jones
Jimmy Jones
Austin
Area
Noble Austin
Pat Pribble
Houston McGee
Evelyn Alexander
Louise Currie
Shreveport
Kathy Jones
Liquor Consumption Rises Five Percent in 1967
U S liquor consumption climbed about 5 percent in 1967 reaching a record 308 million gallons. If growth continues at a similar pace, 1968 consumption could surpass 340 million gallons.
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Chicago
Tata Dominates India's Industrial Output And Investments
New Delhi reports Tata, a giant Indian firm, accounts for 6 percent of total organized industry production and 10 percent of investment. It builds 46 percent of commercial vehicles, 33 percent of locomotives, and 22 percent of steel.
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New Delhi
Tata
India
Five States Concentrate Rubella Cases in 1966
Public Health Service data show rubella totals at 45 895 cases in 1966 with 32 2 percent reported in Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio and Wisconsin. Rubella became reportable nationwide for the first time last year.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Japan tops Germany in world car output behind US
Japan's automobile production in the first half of 1967 reached 1,452,975 units, up 35.5 percent from 1966. The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association says Japan now ranks second globally in car output after the United States, ahead of Germany.
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Tokyo
Japan
The
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association
Germany
United States
Snakedance protest at Yokosuka over nuclear powered ships
About 3,500 labor union members and students snakedanced to the U S naval base in Yokosuka Japan in a protest demanding an end to port calls by American vessels powered with nuclear engines.
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Yokosuka
Japan
UPN
U.S. Naval Base
Louisville Guard withdraws from Negro West End after disorder
National Guard units completed withdrawal from Louisville’s Negro West End amid last week’s riots. Police reported only normal trouble runs over the weekend as 850 troops left an armory two miles from the district. A Court of Inquiry followed alleged dynamite plots targeting oil refineries, leading to arrests of James Cortez 41 Sam Hawkins 25 and Robert Sims 21. Each faced $50,000 bonds. Cortez had prior $25,000 bond for a nuisance charge.
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Louisville, Ky
UPI
National Guard
Negro West End
West End
William Colson
James Cortez
Stokely Carmichael
Sam Hawkins
Robert “Kayu
Sims
Hawkins
Black Unity League of Kentucky
BULK
Colson
Jefferson Circuit Court
Cortez
Rioting Follows Shootout at Natchez Service Station
State troopers confiscated weapons after a pre dawn shooting between a Negro man and a white youth at a Natchez service station sparked a dusk to dawn curfew. Police used tear gas as crowds, windows were smashed, and over 100 people were arrested for concealed weapons. Will Jackson Jr. was shot, and James Parrott was wounded in the shoulder.
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Natchez, Miss
Will Jackson Jr
Natchez Negro
James W. Parrott
West Monroe
Open Hospital At Shamrock Dedication Attracts City Crowd
More than 1,000 people attended the dedication and open house for Shamrock General Hospital a 750000 project. Roy Burton and Glynn Bell spoke for the ceremony with Sen Grady Hazlewood and Dist Judge Crainger Mellhany as special guests. Ladies Auxiliary tours followed as the 38 bed hospital replaces a 1927 facility funded since 1962 by Shamrock Jaycees.
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Shamrock
Shamrock General Hospital
Roy Burton
Glynn Bell
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Dist
Crainger Mellhany
Wheeler
Ladies Auxiliary
South Wheeler County Hospital District
The
Shamrock Jaycees
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Congress
Bill Kerr
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
Good Sports, Inc
Velma Wayland
Mickey Marek
Miss McDonald
Jones
Tere
Ballerica
Louisville
John Nosser
Open Hospital
Deason Cleaners
Archie Castleberry
Southlane Lite Insurancs
Southwestern Bell
Bell System
Vail
Theodore Vail
At&t
HemisFair
San Antonio
Texas
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