Beulah Flood Toll Rises to 54 Across Border Towns
Harlingen Texas endures rising Rio Grande floods as 8,000 to 10,000 residents flee. Mexico reports 10 more deaths, raising Beulah toll to 54 with overall 11 in Texas. Red Cross shelters open, water supplies polluted, and dikes struggle against widening floodwaters.
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Texas-Mexico
Rio Grande
Mexico
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Red Cross
Mexico City
Reynosa
Matamoros
Arroyo Colorado
San Antonio
Valley Baptist Hospital
Pesticide Ties Bread to Tijuana Mass Poisoning Toll
In Tijuana 17 deaths are confirmed as more children perish. Investigators link parathion found in bread to the poisoning, with about 250 people treated. Officials, including Hector Valdivia, report the pesticide in victims’ stomachs and consider warehouse or transit contamination.
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Tijuana
Mexico
Hector Valdivia
U.S
Sacramento
Calif
Jorge Salas
Red Cross
Fred Roth
Residual Pesticide Laboratory
California
Department of Agriculture
Doesn't Leave Driving to Us Steals Bus
Davenport police arrested Harlen Lee Ray of Winlock Washington for unauthorized bus theft after he drove a Greyhound bus valued at 45000 from a Davenport depot. Four patrol cars blocked the vehicle, stopping it within minutes as Ray explained he wanted to try driving a bus.
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Harlen Lee Ray
Winlock
Wash
Greyhound
Davenport
Ray Hardesty
Ray
Hardesty
Red Shelling Eases as Yanks Intensify Raids Across DMZ
AP report says the communists reduced their month long DMZ artillery battle while U S air power increased strikes over North Vietnam Haiphong and the Hanoi rail line. Marines at Con Thien suffer three dead and ten wounded as U S pilots hit bridges and ground targets amid heavy MIG activity and air battles.
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Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
U.S
Con Thien
Haiphong
Hanoi
Red China
Phuc Yen
Dmz
Gio Linh
Piedmont
One of Tokyo Quads Is Dead
Miyoko Munakata, one of four girl quadruplets born Sunday, died Wednesday in Tokyo. The other three daughters of Mr and Mrs Takeshi Munakata were reported in unstable condition.
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UPI
Miyoko Munakata
Takeshi Munakata
Fruit Shipment Lifts Marines Morale at Con Thien
In Con Thien Vietnam a UPI report notes springlike weather and a large shipment of fresh plums boosting Marine morale amid intermittent shelling. Marines dry out after monsoon rains while a patrol finds propaganda leaflets urging racial discord.
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Con Thien
Vietnam
Eos
Morton shifts to dove stance on Vietnam peace move
Sen Thruston Morton of Kentucky breaks with GOP leaders calling for de escalation and new negotiations in Vietnam. He urges halting bombing and search and destroy missions, praising talks with Viet Cong while Tran Van Dinh backs talks but Dirksen questions feasibility.
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UPI
Sen
Thruston Morton
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National Committee of Business Executives
Vietnam
Morton
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Tran van Dinh
Senate G.O.P
Everett Dirksen
Dinh
Saigon
Dirksen
Iowa Nixes Advertising Tax, Attorney General Rules
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner declared the 3 percent advertising tax unconstitutional in an advisory opinion four days before it would take effect. He found the law's wording vague and questioned the rules issued by the tax commission, though the opinion has no legal standing.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Atty
Richard Turner
Turner
Tax Commission
Harold Hughes
Commission
Hughes
McNamara Opposes Haiphong Strike Amid Vietnam Debate
Secretary of Defense McNamara said he would not support bombing or mining Haiphong to sever North Vietnam supply lines. He noted differences with Gen. Wheeler over port action and warned against risking a confrontation with the Soviet Union. He spoke before NATO talks in Ankara about broader U S nuclear planning and ABM defenses.
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North Vietnam
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Turkey
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Earl Wheeler
Joint Chiefs
Senate Preparedness
Russia
U.S
Wheeler
Abou McNamara
Ankara
Chuckie Reflects on Drinking and Driving
A columnist notes that few drivers today make a habit of drinking and driving, emphasizing a shift in behavior among motorists and the impact on road safety.
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