Tornado Toll in Eastern Panhandle Mirrors Severe Storms
Heavy rains and numerous tornadoes hit the eastern Texas Panhandle overnight, damaging Mobeetie bank and Perryton airstrip while prompting evacuations and road closures. No injuries were reported though at least one death occurred outside the city limits from a heart attack during a tornado alert.
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Associated Press
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Mobeetie
First State Bank
Perryton
Amarillo
Stram
J. T. Johnson
Bus Dorman
W. H. Atkins
Oklahoma
Key Heights Baptist Church
Guy Mion
Quahoma Panhandle
Lake Fyer
Exs Supper Elks Lodge 1649 Pool Dish Supper
Exs Supper Elks Lodge 1649 and guests will have a pool side covered dish supper at 6730 Pam Tuesday at the lodge. Pony Express Riders invited to attend. St Marks Methodist Men Brack speaks at 6 45 pm on indecent literature in spooks and movies. Mrs Ronald Evans wife of astronaut speaks to Wom en's Society at 9 15 am Wednesday in church parlor with picnic afterward.
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Sunnybrook
Eva Rae Collier
Sterling Municipal Library
Pony Express
Joe Brack
Baytown
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St. Marks Fellowship Hall
Brack
Ronald Evans
Women's Society of Christian Service
St. Marks
Weather update and social notes from town
Partly cloudy warm through Wednesday with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers. Temperatures range 73 to 97 earlier. Social items include Sherry and Bob Stakes bringing newborn twins to the bank for introductions, plans for a gala trip to Mexico, Mrs E E Fisher promising ice cream recipe, Tiny Riggs seeking a familiar face, Ella Mooney opening a door, Larry Hale commenting on substituting for a retiring newsman, Mrs Archie Walker sharing vacation photos, Evelyn Barber and Margaret Callaway aiding with information, Mr and Mrs Paul Cerbus visiting Crosby, and Mrs Jerry Brewer visiting Fayetteville with her sons Chad and Clete, plus locals seen dining at Wrights Delicatessen.
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Sherry
Bob
Babe
Hante Johnson
Mexico
Eldon
Dot Serry
E. E. Fisher
Riggs
Ella Mooney
Larry Hale
al Melinger
Rotary Club
Archie Walker
Evelyn Barber
Margaret Callaway
Paul Cerbus
Sharpsville
L. L. Andersons
Crosby
Cerbus
Jerry Brewer
Chad
Clete
Fayetteville
Ark
A. J. Smithe
Baytown
Lorene DeLavergne
Anna Pylate
Wright
Extradition awaited for Tshombe says Algerian paper
El Moudjahid declares Algeria plans to extradite Moise Tshombe to the Congo for execution. Tshombe, convicted in absentia for treason, was delivered to Algerian authorities after a hijacked flight from Spain. A Congolese minister travels to discuss procedures amid severed ties and no extradition treaty.
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Moise ‘Tshombe
Congo
el Moudjahig
Tshombe
Africa
Balearic Islands
Spain
Bernardin Mulgub Diaka
Confo
Algeria
Katanga
Cango
Tear Gas Used To Quell Teens at Indian Lake Resort
At Indian Lake resort in Logan County about 20 youths were arrested after a crowd of 440 to 650 gathered near the amusement park entrance before 1 30 a m. Police deployed tear gas to disperse the crowd. A beefed up force contained the disturbance within 10 minutes with no injuries or property damage reported. Mayor Robert Givens said it wasn’t serious enough to require more deputies.
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Russells
Point
Ohio
Indian Lake
Logan County
Columbus
Robert Givens
Texas Holiday Toll Rises Over Estimate
A holiday toll rise reported by Associated Press shows 57 traffic deaths by July 4, with total holiday week fatalities reaching 87 including 12 drownings and 16 from various incidents. The report details multiple fatal crashes across Texas, listing names and locations such as Dallas, Shreveport, Houston, Tyler, Gilmer, Silsbee, and Fort Worth, along with a boat dock drowning near Benbrook Reservoir.
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Texas
Department of Public Safety
TilSeean
Marshall
Wally Owens
Dallas and
Rt 2
Shreveport
Owens
Robert D. Hughes
Houston
Luisa Ortega
San Antonio
Richard Penson
Gilmer
Tyler
Edwin Ratliff
Liberty Accident Kills Two In Two Car Crash
A two car collision on Farm Road 160 two miles north of James near Liberty killed Fred L. Raney 42 of Liberty and Delores Hunt 33 of Hall. Injured were Jack Allen Hunt 17 and Michael Hunt 12 in critical condition at Baptist Hospital Beaumont. Highway Patrolman Buddy Bean said the Hunt car swerved into Raney’s path. Mrs Hunt’s body was pinned until wreckers freed the vehicles. Raney died on arrival at Yettie Kesting Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending for both victims.
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J &Ames
Fred L. Raney
Delores .Hunt
Hall
Jack Allen Hunt
Michael Hunt
Baptist Hospital
Beaumont
Buddy Bean
Daytona
Hunt
Raney
Pair Of Masonic Groups State Installation Friday
Two York Rite Masonic bodies will hold closed installation ceremonies at 7 p.m. Friday in Goose Creek Masonic Hall. Paul E. Nunn to be high priest of Goose Creek Chapter 408 Royal Arch Masons. Norman S. D'Olive to be illustrious master of Goose Creek Council 339 Royal and Select Masters. Homan Y. Read to install as installing officer. James C. McCaleb to serve as installing marshal.
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Goose Creek Masonic Hall
Paul E. Nunn
Goose Creek
Royal Arch
Norman S. D'Olive
Homan Y. Read
James C. McCaleb
Marshall
Norman D'Olive
King
James WN. Welch
Seribe
John H. Macke
UN Rifts Narrow as Middle East Compromise Sought
United Nations diplomats pressed for a negotiated end to the Arab Israeli fallout, inching toward a concrete action at the emergency session. Latin American and nonaligned sponsors held separate talks to push two resolutions, with a potential late week vote dependent on new agreement. In the theater, Syria and Israel exchanged fire near the cease-fire line with no reported Israeli casualties.
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U.N
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Classified Ad Hours Altered for July Fourth Holiday
Classified ads for Wednesday’s Sun will be accepted at 9 30 am due to the July 4th holiday.
Independence Day traffic toll forecast by safety council
The National Safety Council projects the Fourth of July toll to reach the lower end of 720 to 730 deaths as the holiday period ends, warning of rising danger. Dam valve work in Lawrenceburg Tennessee aims to avert collapse while officials test cast iron valves. Royal yacht Britannia sails with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip upriver amid cheering crowds at Beauharnois Locks.
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National Safety Council
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Britannia
Queen Elizabeth I
Prince Philip
St. Lawrence River
Beauharnois Locks
GOP Governors Fear Early Fight Hurts Party in 1968
AP News Analysis notes that Republican governors worry a swift volatile may split the party at state and local levels amid looming district reapportionment. The piece cites New York, Pennsylvania and California as likely to reapportion, with 25 to 30 states possibly affected if a Senate‑passed plan moves forward.
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Congress
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Senate
House
Violence erupts in Cincinnati Avondale area again
AP reports renewed racial violence in Cincinnati's Avondale Negro area with rock throwing looting and fires. Police used riot act powers after 1 a.m. about a fire at Cincinnati Sash and Door Co caused by arson with estimated losses at one million dollars. Several firefighters were injured as tensions rose with juveniles and young men involved.
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Cincinnati
Averdale
Cincinnati Sash & Door Co
Avondale
Bert Lugannani
Assi
Robert Wedig
Sash and Door Company
Blood and heavy fighting near Con Thien and DMZ
News from Saigon reports two Marine battalions moved from Con Thien into the border area facing heavy Communist resistance. Across three days, U.S. casualties reached at least 284 with 168 enemy killed. Artillery and mortar duels continued, while pilots expanded strikes in Quang Tri and Quang Ngai provinces amid ongoing political maneuvering ahead of September elections.
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Saigon
Con Thien
United States
11Th Armored Cavalry Régiment
America
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Quang Tin Pavince
da Nang
1St Corps
Quang Tri Province
Quang Ngai
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Demilitarized
Unsteady Calm Settles Over Wisconsin Resort
A uneasy calm settled over Lake Geneva after three nights of disorder by about 200 youths. National Guardsmen and police barred access to residents as 140 teens remained jailed in Elkhorn, with a curfew and bar closures ordered by Mayor Emil Johnejack.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Wisconsin
Elkhorn
Berns
Fair Grounds
Emil Johnejack
Chicago
Werner Voegels
Fontana
Williams Bay
Delavan
Waknworth County
Robert Read
Voegeli
Read
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