Beulah hurricane impacts recalled in quiet Texas town
A writer recalls preparing for Beulah as the storm neared Brownsville with candles, batteries, and radios. locals share weather lore and old hurricane memories while evacuations begin and reports of tornadoes surface, underscoring cautious calm amidst fear.
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Texas
Beulah
Brownsville
Gulf Coast
Galveston
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Gulf
Mable
Icane Beulah
African Genesis Panel Plans Reading-Discussion in Baytown
Baytonians are invited to a reading-discussion program on Robert Ardres's African Genesis. The Friday session at Harmann Hall in University coordinates, hosted by Sterling Municipal Library staff with the Houston Great Books Council sponsorship. panelists include Dr Niels C Nisssen James Evans Royce McKinney Victor Linck and Mrs Stafford Andrews.
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Basioun
Robert Ardres
Frideyath Rité University
Harmann Hall
Staf
Sterling Municipal Library
Sterling
Houston
Great Books’ ‘Council
Niels C. Nisssen
Rice
James Evans
NASA
Royce McKinney
Victor Linck
Stafford -Andrews
Paul Revere and the Raiders leader fined for speeding
Boise Idaho. Mark Lindsay, leader of Paul Revere and the Raiders, was fined 95 by Justice Frank Chalfant Jr. for speeding. The story notes the contrast with Paul Revere the historical figure and the band’s namesake.
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Boise, Idaho
Paul Revere and
The
Raiders
Paul Revere
Mark Lindsay
Frank Chalfant Jr
Harlem Still Backs Powell Amid Prolonged Absence
In Harlem, residents express resigned patience as Adam Powell remains out of Congress five months after his reelection. An AP survey shows continued support despite his absence and a pending legal appeal to regain his seat and seniority.
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New York
App
Adam Claving Powell
Harlem
Congress
Powell
Washington, D.C
Manhattan
Percy Sutton
Powall
Pee
Alphonso Cardoza
Washington
Bimini
House of Representatives
US Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Sary
Tememes
House
Committee On Education
Labor
Ini
Indictments Quashed In Phil Sayers Case
Houston prosecutors move to dismiss charges against County Commissioner Phil Sayers after judges, on the recommendation of an assistant district attorney, find the evidence insufficient to sustain a conviction for unlawful use of county employees labor.
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Houston
Phil Sayers
Sam W. Davis
Joe Moss
Sayers
Boss
Ethics Panel Hitting Snag In Long Case
Washington AP report says the Senate Ethics Committee struggles to gather conclusive evidence on Sen. Edward V. Long. The six member panel will reconvene next week to decide whether to proceed, amid hints of an upcoming Missouri primary in 1968 and Life magazine’s May 26 allegation linking Long to Teamster defense work. Long denies misuse of a Senate inquiry and says payments from attorney Morris A. Shenker were legal fees for client referrals and joint work. Committee Chairman John Stennis notes ongoing research and an incomplete investigation.
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Washington
Senate Ethics Committee
Edward V. Long
DMO
Long
Thomas Eagleton
al Charge
Life Magazine
Senate Subcommittee
Teamster Union
James R. Hoffa
Senate
Hoffa
Life
Morris A. Shenker
St. Louis
Shenker
Teamsters
John J. Williams
R-Del
Willie Armstrong Dies Rites Set At Crosby Shiloh
Funeral services for Willie Armstrong life long Crosby and Barrett Station resident will be at 2 pm Saturday at Crosby Shiloh Baptist Church. He died Sept. 15 in Smith County Hospital. Survived by wife Edna Armstrong mother Augusta Armstrong stepfather Albert Payne two brothers John and Nelson Armstrong four grandchildren and one uncle Peter Barrett an aunt Elia George of Houston. Rev G S Mathews will officiate. Walker Funeral Home Barrett Station in charge.
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Willie Armstrong
Crosby and Barrett Station
Crosby Shiloh Baptist Church
Armstrong
Armea Steel
Houston
Smith County
Bur
Crosby
Augusta Armstrong
John Armstrong
Edna Armstrong
Albert Payne
Nelson Armstrong
Peter Barrett
Elia George
G.S Mathews
Crosby Church
Wil
Walker Funeral Home
Barrett Station
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Hardy Todd
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Agana R. Lebit
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Olie Clark
Victoria
Jane Hermes
Foakum
Peter
Meg
Ozer Bend
Patel
Development Corp
Franklin
Arkansas
Wef Estate
Ulton
Izard
Ozark
Horseshoe
Ozarks
Neverie Fiching, Olf
Aumangs
Pete Els
Osell
Hoe Bend Frankl
Arckansos
World Almanac
U.S
Spaper Enterprise Assn
Tell City
Century ¢ Bassett
Kent Coffey
Thomasville
Selig
United
RCA Whirlpool
Sealy Town & Country
Alexander Smith
Gulistan
America
Herevion Tweed
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