Texas in Offers to Mexicans
Texas offered refuge to whole cities of Mexicans as the Rio Grande flood from Hurricane Beulah edged downstream. In Matamoros and Reynosa officials evacuated residents while Rio Grande City sheltered 11,500 refugees, many from Camargo across the river. Six Beulah victims were found in northern Mexico, raising the death toll to 44 overall. The Beulah storm produced record winds, tides, and rainfall, with some measurements indicating 30 inches of rain and winds surpassing 145 mph.
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Brownsville
Texas
Rio Grande
Matamoros
Reynosa
Mexico
U.S
Rio Grande City
Camargo
Rio Granade
U.S. Coast Guard
National Guard
Rio Bravo
Beulah
Atlantic
Environmental Science Services Administration
Betsy
New Orleans
Padre Island
Britain Fails To Set Talks On Vietnam
United Nations dispatch reports British Foreign Secretary George Brown and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko failed to agree on reconvening the Geneva conference for Vietnam peace. Their hour plus talk in New York yielded no concessions from Gromyko, with U.N. special representative ideas and Middle East proposals also discussed.
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United Nations
Britain
Soviet Union
Vietnam
George Brown
Andrei Gromyko
Brown
Carlyle
New York
Gromyko
Geneva
North
Cambodia
Laos
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Arthur Goldberg
U.N
Middle East
Gen. Thant
Security Council
Maurice Couve de Murville
General Bull Heads to Jerusalem After Suez Talks
Cairo AP reports Lt. Gen. Odd Bull, head of the U.N. truce supervision organization, departs for Jerusalem after discussions with Egyptian officials on latest cease fire breaches at the Suez Canal.
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Cairo
Odd Bull
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
Jerusalem
Suez Canal
Mideast
Diamonds Worth $130,000 Vanish At Kennedy Airport
Diamonds valued at $130,000 disappeared from a Japan Air Lines Co. safe inside a Kennedy airport cargo building. Police investigated the missing jewels as a theft at the New York facility.
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New York
Japan Air Lines Co
Kennedy Airport
Arabs Fire on Israeli Border Patrol Jeeps in Nablus
Arab gunmen fired on two Israeli border patrol jeeps in Nablus sparking a gunfight. One assailant was killed and another captured. one border policeman was lightly hurt. Israeli troops later used a tank and found two submachine guns and three grenades in the attackers’ house. Nablus lies about 40 miles north of Jerusalem.
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Tel Aviv
West Bank
Nablus
Jordan
Israel
Middle East
Jerusalem
Six Drowned As Lake Michigan Squall Hits Boats
A treacherous Lake Michigan squall Saturday swamped and capsized scores of small fishing boats. Six men drowned and 46 were treated for injuries, four hospitalized. Coast guard warned the lake remained dangerous as rescuers recovered bodies and searched for a fifth victim.
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Frankfort, Mich
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Grand Traverse
House to Debate Tax Increase by Year End
Washington sources predict the House will debate a tax increase bill by late October or early November. The measure would likely omit Johnson’s full 10 percent surcharge and take effect no earlier than January 1. Passage remains uncertain as votes in the House appear insufficient.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Congressional
House
Johnson
Congress
Lobbyists Asked to Boyd Party at Washington Reception
Democratic officials hosted a Georgetown reception for Secretary of Transportation Alan Boyd inviting lobbyists from regulated transport sectors to support Johnson. After the event, attendees were urged to buy $1,000 per couple tickets for a White House ball on Oct. 7 at the Washington Hilton with proceeds to the presidential campaign.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Alan Boyd
Georgetown
Boyd
President Johnson
Washington Hilton Hotel
Johnsons
Democratic Party
John Criswell
Woman finds treasure by metal detector on Jones Beach
Mrs. Frank Schwuttge, 62, of Massapequa, New York, combs Jones Beach with a metal detector, turning boredom into treasure. Since starting, she has unearthed coins, a dollar bill, and ten rings totaling over $162, plus a previous high of $153.33 in one weekend.
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Wantagh
N. Y
Jones Beach
Long Island
Frank Schwuttge
Massapequa
N.Y
Wild Linn County chase ends with multiple charges
Hiawatha man Larry G. White, 29, faces eight charges after a high speed pursuit that began in Hiawatha and stretched about 20 miles across gravel roads north of Cedar Rapids. Officers used tear gas after his 1964 Rambler burned near Marion. he is charged by Hiawatha police and the Linn County authorities with speeding, reckless driving, improper passing, and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, plus operating while intoxicated and reckless driving.
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Hiawatha
Linn County
Larry G. White
Cedar Rapids
Springville
White
Marion
Highway Patrol
Robert Pycha
Marvin Livingston
Robins
Linn County Sheriff's Department
UAW Chief Seeks Cross Border Auto Price Probe
Walter Reuther urged a congressional inquiry into auto pricing and profits and a parallel Canadian parliamentary probe. He called 1968 model price hikes by GM Ford and Chrysler unjustified, noting the industry enjoys strong profits and wage-cost claims lack proof. The remarks came during a Ford UAW strike with contract talks stalled. Chrysler, Ford, and GM cited new safety and emission standards for price increases.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Walter Reuther
Reuther
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Big Three
Canada
U.S
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Charles Schultze
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New York Times News Service
Criswell
Georgetown Club
Wisconsin Ave
Roy R. Silver
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