Crime in Texas up 15.5 percent in early 1966
FBI figures show Texas crime rose 15.5 percent in Jan–Mar 1966 versus the same period in 1965, driven by broad increases across seven categories in metropolitan Texas cities led by Houston where robberies more than doubled. Murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny over $50 and auto theft all rose. Houston reported 558 robberies in Jan–Mar 1966, up from 262 a year earlier.
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Vis Y Awashington
UPI
Texas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Houston
Almanac highlights for June 20, 1966
Key historical notes mark birthdays and events on this day including Offenbach in 1819 and Victoria's 1837 ascent. Lizzie Borden acquittal reported from 1893 Fall River murder case. Guam seizure in 1899 and Truman’s 1949 federal reorganization bill noted. Niebuhr thought for the day concludes.
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Jacques Offenbach
Victoria
England
New Bedford
Mass
Lizzie Borden
Bordens
Fall River
United States Navy
Guam
Marianas Islands
Truman
Hoover Commission
Weight loss patient loves nurse plans January wedding
Martin S Greenwald, 24, weighs 396 pounds and follows a no food diet under nurse Myrna House and a University of Miami Medical School program. He aims for 200 to 225 pounds with a wedding planned in late January after meeting the diet’s two vitamin pills and calorie-free beverages.
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Miami
UPI
Martin S. Greenwald
Myrna House
Myrna
Greenwald
Miss House
National Children’s Hospital
University of Miami Medical School
North Texas Signs Five JC Transfers to Boost Team
North Texas State announces five junior college transfers to strengthen its Missouri Valley Conference basketball showings. The signees are William Gaines from Henderson County Texas JC Hamp Hazelton from Coffeyville Kansas JC Rich Brown from Cerritos California JC Frank Novak from Jacksonville Texas Baptist and Doug Willoughby from Lindsey Wilson JC Columbia Kentucky.
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Denton, Tex
UPI
North Texas State
William Gaines
Henderson County
Tex
Hamp Hazelton
Coffeyville
Kan
Rich Brown
Cerritos
Calif
Frank Novak
Jacksonville
Doug Willoughby
Lindsey- Wilson JC
Columbia, Ky
Revival Meeting Set At New Zion
A revival meeting begins at 8 p.m. tonight at New Zion Baptist Church north of Ector. Rev. Fred Mosley from Dallas leads services nightly through June 30 with Floyd Taylor directing the singing. Everyone is invited.
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New Zion Baptist Church
Ector
Fred Mosley
Dallas
Floyd Taylor
Senate Begins Probe of Dodd's Actions
The Senate ethics committee will open closed hearings into Sen. Thomas J. Dodd amid allegations of ties to Gen. Julius Klein and favors received. Public sessions will follow. Dodd sues Pearson and Anderson for libel. Dodd is allied with President Johnson and was a JFK supporter in 1960.
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Senate
Dodd
Julius Klein
West Germany
U.S
Nuremburg
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Klein
Johnson
New England
John F. Kennedy
World’s tallest herb Puva thrives in Bolivian highlands
The puva, the world’s tallest herb at about 30 feet, grows abundantly in the Bolivian highlands, where its height and dense stands attract attention from botanists and travelers alike.
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Bolivian
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Rey
Gynea
Rodia
Aom
Beetle Bailey
Sarge
Maggie
Jiggs
Magge
Mrs. HI Bracket
Snuffy Smith
Miz Ledbetter
Oop
Charles Robert Darwin
Captain
MR. Makee
Jupiter
AIR Force
Him
Tam
Hanoi
Gen. Tam
North Texas
New Zion
7Th & Center
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