Sniper Whitman Slaughters on Texas Campus
On the University of Texas campus Charles Whitman, 25, a former Marine and architectural engineering student, killed 16 including his wife and mother. He fired from the library tower for 90 minutes, then was shot by police and a university employee. Police found notes and a cart of weapons, and Whitman’s wife and mother were discovered stabbed in their homes.
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America
FBI
University of Texas
U.S
Charles Whitman
Austin
Tex
Charles Joseph Whitman
Campus
Whitman
C. A. Whitman
Lake Worth
Fila
Merle K. Wells
Richard Speck
Cook County
Chicago
President Urges Federal Gun Law Bill After Texas Shooting
President Johnson urged Congress to pass a federal gun control law after the University of Texas shooting. Senator Thomas J. Dodd, the administration sponsor, said the Austin tragedy may spur action. Whitman killed himself after a standoff, with rifles and pistols found at his home and at the tower.
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Washington
Johnson
University of Texas
Congress
Senate
Austin
Tex
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
Dodd
Senate Judiciary Committee
Major Viet Battle May Be Coming
U.S. infantrymen and North Vietnamese clashed near the Cambodian border in a series of running firefights. Four actions today in central plateau 10 miles east of the border and 235 miles north of Saigon involved company-size units of the 3rd Brigade task force, 25th Infantry Division. Enemy strength unknown. three fights ended quickly, one continued toward nightfall. 26 North Vietnamese were killed Monday, bringing enemy dead to 648 in three months of Operation Paul Revere. Elsewhere Ky pledged a November 1967 election and said he will focus on air force duties after that.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
P—U.s
U.S
Pleiku City
Paul Revere
Nguyen Cao Ky
Garfield Heights Cam bridge Eliminated In Rain Curtailment
Garfield Heights and Cam bridge were eliminated in rain curtailed games Tuesday morning at the American Legion State Tournament in Athens. The afternoon schedule remained uncertain at 11 a.m.
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Garfield Heights
Cambridge
American Legion
Athens
Senate Deliberates on Johnson Back-to-Work Authority
The Senate considers a bill to grant President Johnson discretionary power to halt the 26-day airline strike for up to six months. Labor opposes a back-to-work order, while Mansfield and Clark push Congress to authorize a strike-ending action, amid a stalled labor settlement.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Congress
Organized Labor
Capitol Hill
White House
United States
Wayne Morse
D-Orp
Morse
Mike Mansfield
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Pilot forgets landing gear on Diamond Airport approach
Richmond Indiana pilot DIAMOND Louis Herman Dancho, 37, landed at Diamond Airport without lowering wheels causing minor underside damage to the light aircraft. In New York pianist Bud Powell, 41, a bebop innovator with Parker and Gillespie, died Monday.
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Diamond
Louis Herman Dancho
Richmond
Ind
Diamond Airport
Nelsonville
State Highway Patrol
Dancho
Jazzman
New York
Bud Powell
Charlie (Bird) Parker
Dizzy Gillespie
Johnson Called Loser In Settlement Snatu
President Johnson stepped into airline strike talks late after saying little to Congress on a legislative fix. The machinists union rejected terms, denting his record of clinching deals between labor and management and exposing limits of presidential intervention in an election year.
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Johnson
Congress
Peking Ousts Army Chief in Broad Communist Purge
Tokyo report says China replaced army chief Lo Juiching with Yang Chengwu, a trusted Mao ally, in a purge sweeping senior military leaders. Lib eration Army Daily gave no reason for Lo’s removal, noting Yang is a popular figure and former deputy chief of staff.
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Tokyo
Red China
Liberation Army Daily
Lo Juiching
Yang Chengwu
Mao Tze-tung
Governors Form Ohio River Valley Development Plan
Governors from Ohio Indiana Kentucky West Virginia pursue a Ohio River Development Commission to beautify the river and valley for tourism. The plan, to be refined in months, outlines 16 major lakes along the river with parks and riverfront beautification, joint advertising, river policing, and a federal grant request.
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Louisville
Ohio River Valley
Ohio River Development Commission
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Roger Branigin
Indiana
Edward T. Breathitt
Kentucky
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
Otto Kerner
Illinois
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Natural Resources
The
Economic Development Administration
Omaha Strife Mounts As Riots Hit North Side
Nebraska Governor Morrison planned talks in Omaha as racial violence surged for a third day. Gasoline bombs damaged stores, 24 adults and seven juveniles were arrested, and Mayor Sorensen warned against further trouble while National Guard units were considered.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Frank Morrison
Omaha
A. V. Sorensen
Morrison
National Guard
Sorensen
Chicago
Northwest Side
Appalachian Road Ceremonies Slated
Gov. James A. Rhodes will break ground for the Appalachian Development Highway in Portsmouth and open the completed link of U.S. 30 between Wooster and Mansfield on August 12. The 9 a.m. groundbreaking at Hayport Road and U.S. 52 follows an 8 a.m. breakfast at Wheelersburg High School.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Portsmouth
Wooster
Mansfield
Hayport Road
U.S. 52
Wheelersburg High School
Local listings show names and places on page six
Fragmentary OCR lists Nelsonville, Point Pleasant and Pomeroy with numbers and headings for Page 6 and Page 14, indicating location references for a broader page of notices or classifieds. It preserves terse place names and column markers without detailed text.
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Texas
Bulletin
Tee
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Democratic
Peking
Yang
China
Army Corps of Engineers
Man
Providence
R. L
Ohio University
Paris
Jack Gilbert
Middleport
Jon Webb
Logan
Heeue
Point Pleasant
Pomeroy
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