Flooding Rio Grande climbs over Beulah damage zone
Rio Grande floods 30 miles between Harlingen and Mercedes Texas rising four feet per hour as Beulah's rains surge rivers. Officials report no new deaths, thousands evacuated, 11,000 refugees housed in Rio Grande City, and two babies born in shelters becoming U.S. citizens.
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Harlingen, Tex
UPI
Rio Grande
Harlingen
Mercedes
Tex
International Boundary and Water Commission
Brownsville
Beulah
McAllen
Texas
Nueces
Calallen
Corpus Christi
John B. Connally
Three Rivers
Mexico
Caribbean
Arroyo Colorado
George Young
Orville Salmon
Salvation Army
Rio Grande City
U.S
21 Fishermen Missing In Lake Michigan Squall
Coast Guardsmen and sheriffs deputies searched Lake Michigan for 21 unaccounted anglers after a sneak squall smashed a salmon fleet. Seven bodies recovered. weather whipped 25 foot waves as 75 sport fishermen remained at sea or out again in small boats.
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J.g
John Shioli
Coast Guard
Traverse City
Shioli
Lake Michigan
Northwest Michigan
Weather Bureau
Paul Hooker
Brighton
William Snyder
Rockford
Frankfort
Lower Peninsula
Ward L. Lyons Dies at 94 Bennington Democrat Leader
Ward Lafayette Lyons 94 prominent Bennington real estate broker banker and former postmaster died Saturday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after years of frail health. A lifelong Benningtonian born August 16 1873 he helped develop Clark's Woods and named many streets. He served as postmaster banker director and village leader and was honored by President Kennedy for his long Democratic work. He retired from County National Bank in 1966 after 36 years of service and had been active in town offices including moderator village president trustee and representative.
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Wallingford
County St
Clark’s Woods
Kennedy
Vermont
Lyons
Bennington
Ward
L. Lyons
Civilians Near DMZ Urged to Flee Amid B52 Raids
U S warns peasants near the DMZ to escape to South Vietnam to save themselves from a rain of death and destruction as B52 bombing raids intensify. 250,000 leaflets dropped over Ben Quang urge defection while 74 air missions operated under heavy clouds over North Vietnam.
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Saigon
UPD
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South Vietnam
U.S
Con Thien
7Th Fleet
Ben Quang
North Vietnam
Panhandle
South da Nang
Republicans May Agree To Tax Hike
A GOP member indicated the House Republicans may back a Johnson administration compromise to raise the 10 percent tax surcharge, linking it with spending cuts to halve the 29 billion dollar deficit. The plan mirrors Treasury's hints of a tax and spending linkage to resolve the stalemate.
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Washington
UPI
House
GOP
John W. Byrnes
Wis
Ways & Means Committee
Congress
Byrnes
American Bankers Association Today
New York
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
BCHS board delays sale of Bennington building
The BCHS board ruled the former Bennington Catholic High School building will not be sold. Chairman Vincent Pizzano said the facility will be used for high school and adult religious education with rental to public schools, deferring parochial needs while a long term plan is studied.
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Bennington Catholic
Vincent Pizzano
Bchs Board
Howard F. Kelley
BCHS
Msgr
John A. Lynch
Pizzano
Bennington
Kelley
Resources Council Sees Foreseeable Environmental Crisis At Middlebury
At Middlebury College a weekend conference on Our Future Environment drew about 300 students and locals. Allen Morgan of the Massachusetts Audubon Society warned that technology alone cannot save the planet and urged thousands of citizens to act, citing visual and pollution damage from urban streams to lead-laden smog. He warned that without swift action the world could become uninhabitable in 50 years, stressing that environmental neglect arises from ignorance and political vacuum.
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Middlebury
James S. Armstrong
Middlebury College
College
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Justin Brande
Cornwall
Allen Morgan
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Morgan
A'R
Boston
See Resources Council
Morrissey elected president of Greater Vermont Association
John P. Morrissey of Bennington was chosen president of the Greater Vermont Association at its 17th annual meeting. An attorney with Barber, Gilman and Morrissey, he has held local offices and served in various civic groups. the slate also named Milton Lyndes as vice president and Elmer L. Premo as retiring board chair. Robert Condon was elected to the board.
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Fairlee
John P. Morrissey
Bennington
Greater Vermont Association
State Chamber of Commerce
Morrissey
Barber, Gilman and Morrissey
Bennington High School
University of Notre Dame
Albany Law School
Albany
N.Y
Vermont
Army Counter Intelligence Corps
Justice of the Peace
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington County Bar Assn
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Loyal Order of Moose
Greater Bennington Assn
Annette Bushee Morrissey
Francis E. Morrissey
GVA
Milton V. Lyndes
Barre Granite Assoc
Barre
Paul Bristol
Green Mountain Associates
Burlington
Joseph Amrhein
St. Michael’s College
Winooski
Donald C. Rowan
Montpelier
Elmer L. Premo
Redwood
Armand Lampron
Abraham Lowma
John Kannedy
C. Douglas Cairns
Lampron
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Inside A Page On Autumn Brides And Editorial Notes
On the Inside A page surveys autumn brides while an editorial on Page 4 weighs five protective measures at Bennington's new school. Page 5 notes two Vermonters starting a group titled American Voters Betrayed by Johnson.
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Bennington’s New School
Johnson
Page 5
OAS Calls Trade Halt With Cuba Over Aggression
The Organization of American States urged a regional embargo on Cuba and asked the U N to hear charges of exporting revolution. Twenty of 21 nations backed the embargo with Mexico abstaining while all supported taking the issue to the United Nations. Secretary Dean Rusk hailed the unprecedented unity against Castro's policies.
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Washington
UPI
Organization of American States
OAS
Cuba
United Nations
Mexico
Dean Rusk
Rocky Named Favorite Son Candidate
Albany report says New York Republican leaders tentatively designate Gov. Nelson Rockefeller as the state's favorite son candidate for the 1968 GOP presidential nomination. The plan aims to hold the 92 vote delegation together and give Rockefeller a major voice in nominating, while Javits shifts from favorite son to focus on reelection to the Senate.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Michigan
George Romney
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
Javits
Senate
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Berkeley
Calif
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Frankfort, Mich
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Ward L. Lyons
Coolidge
da Nang
Air Force
Mt. Anthony Union
Robert F. Joyce
Richard A. Sleeman
Union School Board
Resources Council
By Catharine O. Foster
John Morrissey
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