Beulah cause damage near 169.3 million in Texas
Hurricane Beulah caused about 169.3 million dollars in damage per the Office of Emergency Planning to Texas areas after striking Cameron county on September 20. Officials said Beulah’s devastation ranks among the worst, exceeded only by Betsy and Audrey, with Texas totals reaching around 270.5 million in some estimates.
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Washington
UPI
Beulah
U.S
Office of Emergency Planning
OEP
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Betsy
Gulf Coast
Audrey
Indiana
Jackson
Tommy Segrest
Explosion damages Mississippi pastor's home in Laurel
Police and the FBI investigate an explosion at the parsonage of Rev. Allen Johnson of St. Pauls Methodist Church in Laurel Mississippi. No injuries were reported though a car was demolished and rooms damaged. A prior shooting incident near the same home is noted.
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Laurel
FBI
Poor Rural Whites Are Skipped
Washington reports the Agriculture Department says public bias links poverty to race, ignoring rural white poverty. Census data show about 80 percent of rural poverty households are white, yet anti poverty programs focus on Negroes Spanish Americans and Indians, leaving rural whites unorganized and underrepresented.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Census Bureau
Teacher Charged With Espionage in East Berlin
Ronald Wiedenhoeff of Milwaukee 30 faces espionage charges in East Berlin after being arrested Sept. 5 for taking photographs of early 20th century buildings. The U S embassy said trial location and date were not announced. His wife and two daughters remain in West Berlin.
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Berlin
Wiedenhoeft
East Berlin
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Karen
Watchorn
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Cameron County
House of Mississippi
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Carol Craig
Var
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