Sanderson Flood Ravages Town Killing Fifteen In Sudden Deluge
Search parties combed Sanderson Canyon for flood victims after a flash flood struck the Southwest Texas town. Fifteen people died, including five family members. at least twelve more are missing as debris-filled waters swept through the community. DPS identified 14 victims by midday and recovered a young unidentified Latin American boy. Property damage runs into hundreds of thousands, with estimates up to two million dollars.
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Sanderson
Sanderson Canyon
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Manuel Falcon
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Ray Butler
Richard White D-Tex
el Paso
Sanderson Commission Co
John Wesley Johnson
Johnson
Bank Heist Suspect Visited by Family
Duane Pope, charged with robbing a Nebraska bank and murdering three people, spent 40 minutes with family at the county jail after surrendering Friday. His father Earl Pope, mother, wife, and children visited as grim scenes followed lengthy FBI interrogations.
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Duane Pope
Nebraska
Jackson County
Kansas City
Earl Pope
Dennis
Pope
Elle
FBI
Earl
Roxbury
Kan
Duane
Spacemen Return To Work After Gemini 4 Flight Debriefing
Space twins James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II resume detailed debriefings in Houston as they recall the June 3 Gemini 4 flight. Officials probe observations and emotions, with sessions lasting through Sunday and extending two more weeks before vacations.
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Houston
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
McDivitt
White
Pat White
Space City
TSA
Air Force
Frank Bor
Man
Navy
Cmdr
Chicago
James A. Lovell
Pri- University of Michigan
U.S
Mission Jackson
Mich
San Antonio
Tex
Amarillo Weather: Mostly sunny stretch with warm highs
The forecast notes a sunny spell with Amarillo seeing 156 of 163 days of sun so far in 1965. Partly cloudy skies today, with thunderstorms possible over 30 percent area by Monday afternoon and a high in the mid 80s.
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Amarillo
Fierce clash near Dong Xoai and heavy losses reported
South Vietnamese paratroopers retreated to Dong Xoai after a major clash with Viet Cong forces. Reports say more than 50 government casualties and 1,300 total deaths this week on both sides amid renewed air support and helicopter movements as U S air power covers the frontline.
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Dong Xoai
South Viet Nam
Saigon
U.S
Civil rights marchers defy Daley in downtown Chicago
Civil rights marchers pressed protests in Chicago despite Mayors Daley and Richard J. Daley calling for restraint. Police made extensive arrests on State and Madison Streets as crowds blocked traffic. An observer cited about 196 marchers jailed while police estimated 500 participated overall.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
State
Madison
Allen Anderson
Methodist Interracial Council
Benjamin C. Willis
Grant Park
Lake Michigan
City Hall
Daley
Ben Willis
Albert Raby
Civil Rights Federation
Willis
Raby
Sooner Denies Charges in Oklahoma City Trial
Former Oklahoma City Mayor O A Cargill, 80, testified he paid no bribes to state Supreme Court justices and did not influence court decisions. He denied payments or knowledge of payoffs as the federal trial continued beyond a three hour session.
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Oklahoma City
O. A. Cargill
Supreme Court
Cargill
High Court
U.S
Roy Harper
The
Hills
N. S. Corn
Dominican Communists Claim First Caribbean Revolt Since Cuba
The Partido Socialista Popular declares in a June 8 manifesto that Dominican Red revolt is the first in the Americas since the Cuban Revolution and vows further anti interventionist action. It credits the P.R.D. and constitutionalist chiefs with leading the movement while warning of U.S. troops.
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Cnet
Domingo
Dominican Republic
Americas
Partido Socialista Popular
P.S.P
Quisqueva
Quisqueya
Republic
Organization of American States
Central Committee
America
Continent
United States
Cuba
P.R.D
Juan Bosch
Ex Nazis join new Minutemen unit in right wing surge
UPI reports disenchanted former American Nazi Party members joined the Minutemen, a guerrilla group whose Virginia training camp was raided. Police say some Reading area participants show fascist leanings while FBI continues probe but finds no federal crimes. leaders deny full affiliation.
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Washington
UPI
Minutemen
Pennsylvania
Reading
Arlington
Alan Welch
Woodbridge
Virginia
FBI
United States
California
Middle West
Adrian J. McCarr
McCarr
George Lincoln Rockwell
Rockwell
American Nazi Party
Plains Bouquet Candles of the Lord Bloom Across the Golden Spread
Francisco Vasques de Coronado and his conquistadores named them Candles of the Lord. The creamy white drooping blossoms of yucca flowers, official state flower of New Mexico, also dot Texas and western Oklahoma.
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Francisco Vasques de Coronado
Southwest
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
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