Beulah Floods Devastate South Texas and Mexico Coast
Beulah's rampaging floodwaters swamped 40 000 square miles in South Texas and northern Mexico. Communities like Brownsville Laredo and Corpus Christi faced massive damage as winds and rains battered the region. National Guard and Navy vehicles aided rescues while Padre Island facilities suffered extensive destruction.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Beulah
Little
Mexico
Laredo
Texas
Indiana
National Guard
Navy
Linton
Falfurrias
Pettus
Weather Bureau
Deluges
Burleson
Fort Worth
Houston
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
South Texas
John Connally
Rio Grande Valley
Congress Backs Educational TV Authorization Faces Debate
The House approved a noncommercial educational TV bill 265 to 91, creating a federal supported public corporation to fund and network stations. Initial $91 million is authorized with long term financing due next year, while a GOP challenge to expand aid failed 194 to 167.
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Washington
House
Harvey O. Staggers
D-W.va
House Commerce Committee
Samuel L.devine
Ohio
Devine
Albert W. Watson
R S.C
Senate
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Haiphong Bridge Severed in U S Raids
U S warplanes severed the last undamaged span of the 658 foot Kien An highway bridge at Haiphong and engaged MIG fighters as part of air raids aimed at cutting access to the North Vietnamese port. Seven Marines were killed and 135 wounded, while an AP photographer was injured.
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Saigon
Red
Haiphong
U.S
Tony
Coral Sea
Kien An
Skyhawk
Military analyst notes DMZ mustered 35000 North Vietnamese units
A fragment suggests a U S assessment that around 35000 North Vietnamese troops could be deployed in the DMZ area, indicating potential strength in the contested zone. The text implies a focus on troop capacity and strategic risk without full context.
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Dmz
Blonde joke treads light humor on finding in darkness
A joke notes that blondes have more fun because they are easier to find in the dark. The line attributes the quip to TM WRR Gen Fea Corp as the source.
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WRR Gen
Fea. Corp
Youngbeard Will Teach At Stanford
Stanford appoints 18 year old Harvey M. Friedman to teach mathematical logic with an assistant professor rank and a 10000 dollar annual salary. He will be 19 on Saturday and hails from Highland Park Illinois where his father is a businessman. He urges student input on curriculum and argues for exclusion based on academic standards.
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Stanford
Calif
Stanford University
Harvey M. Friedman
Friedman
Highland Park
Ill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
America
Allan Friedman
Gromyko to Address Vietnam Question at UN
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko prepared a long General Assembly speech on Vietnam as Washington pressed Hanoi for negotiations to end the war. Tass dismissed Goldberg's call for a bombing halt as a precondition for talks and cautioned that only an unconditional halt would allow negotiations.
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United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Vietnam
Moscow
Hanoi
Tass
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
North Vietnam
Goldberg
United States
General Assembly
Gromyko
Middle East
Geneva
North
U.N
Ber
Powell May Resign House Seat
Harlem residents show patience as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell weighs a return to Congress amid appeals, contempt citations, and a bid to restore seat and seniority. Community leaders foresee possible resignation and new prospects for his Harlem successor if needed.
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Powell
New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Congress
Washington, D.C
Manhattan
Percy Sutton
Inter
House of Representatives
U.S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Marlem
House Committee On Education and Labor
Curtis Offers Compromise Plan for Maine Tax Boost
Gov Curtis proposes a half cent sales tax increase to 4 1/2 percent effective November 1 along with a cigarette tax rise to 10 cents a pack. He would call a October 2 special session to push the plan and related bond issues plus state employee raises.
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Augusta
Curtis
Maine
Curtiis
University of Maine
Senate
Joseph B. Campbell
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Carleton Davis
Robert LaFond
William Kirk
Webber Auxiliary
Auxliary
Auxiliary
Texas Department of Public Safety
Edna
Cuero
Dewitt County
Connally
Praxedis Balboa
Tamaulipas
Hanoi-Haiphong
Demilitarized Zone
General Electric
RCA
RCA Victor
Main Street
Biddeford
Factory Island Meat Market, Inc
Main St
Saco, Me
Briggs Garage
Saco Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Dame Nature
Charles Cohen
Porter St
Cteeniioe
the Hitching Post Restaurant
Saco
Sam’s
Alfred St
Youngbeard
Mindell Brown
Lenox Avenue
Alphonso Cardoza
Bimini
Bahamas
Maine Linoleum Co
Morissette
L. Morrssette Boom Road
Joyce Walker
Soco
Joyce LeClair
Ken
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