End of HUAC Viet Nam hearing marked by chaos
The House Committee on Un-American Activities concluded a stormy Vietnam era inquiry into antiwar groups amid disruptions. Jerry Rubin led a raucous exit in a rented Revolutionary War uniform as marshals removed several witnesses and six women identified with Youth Against War and Fascism were seized for disorderly conduct.
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Daniel Rapoport
United Press International Washington
UPI
House Committee
U.S
Viet Nam
Vietnam
Congressional
Jerry Rubin
Berkeley
Calif
Joe R. Pool
D-Tex
Rubin
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Youth Against
Key Martin
New York City
Sharon
Hittle
VFW
Damién House
Wallace Defies Desegregation, Seeks State Education War Chest
Gov. George Wallace calls for a 36 million state fund to replace federal school aid for districts that refuse federal desegregation guidelines. The Alabama Education Association denounces the plan as harmful to youth and local control, urging opposition in a special meeting.
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William 0
Bryant
United Press
Internatonal Montgomery. Ala
UPT
George Wallace
Alabama
Alabama Education Association
Wallace
Board of Trustees
The
AEA
Moon photographs show possible Lunar Orbiter camera malfunction
Pasadena scientists report a marked difference in moon backside photos from Lunar Orbiter raising questions if degradation is progressive or a fluke. Project Manager Nelson notes potential permanent setback if malfunction persists, while early site zero images reveal numerous craters and rough terrain affecting future site A-1 selection.
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Pasadena
Calif
Fiuke
Clifford R Nelson
Earth
Luna
Lawrence Bowen
U.S. Geological Survey
Soviet Union
Bowen
Lunar
Nelson
A-1
Lunar Orbiter
MOD Style Show and Teen Party At City Auditorium
A MOD style show and teen party takes place at City Auditorium tonight at 8:00. Organizers invite local teens to attend the event featuring fashion displays and music.
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City Auditorium
Wellington Group Presents B P W Program in Cafe Meeting
Wellington group Raymond Horton Jr Joryce Horton and Karen Richardson presented a musical program at the Thursday evening meeting of the Childress Business and Professional Women's Club in a local cafe. Mrs Peggy McDonald led the program and Mrs Helen Gribble introduced the guests. Fair Day in Dallas will be observed on October 16 with El Wanda Foster of Olney named as a candidate for District 10 Director. Four guests and 27 members attended.
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Raymond Horton Jr
Joryce Horton
Karen Richardson
Wellington
Childress Business and Professional Women’s Club
Peggy McDonald
Helen Gribble
Dallas
el Wanda Foster
Olney
District 10
Australians Score Top War Victory Thursday
Australian troops in the Mekong Delta fought a three hour battle in monsoon rain, killing 213 Viet Cong and halting an ambush by a 600-strong unit. The attack came as Viet Cong raids displaced over 5,000 civilians, while US jets downed an MIG in a separate aerial encounter near Hanoi. Australians, joined by NZ and US artillery and airpower, suffered moderate casualties in their first large engagement of the war.
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Bryce Miller
United Press International Saigon
UPT
U.S
North Viet Nam
Saigon
Tam Ky
New Zealand
Royal Australian Regiment
Viet Nam
National Window on regional airline strike exposes limits of U.S. power
The piece argues the 35000 aviation workers strike thrived in a legal no man's land too large for state action and too small for federal intervention. It notes the economic damage to South Florida tourism and criticizes both Congress and the White House for failing to manage regional labor turmoil in an atmosphere of labor peace.
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No Man’s Land
Johnson
South Florida
Congress
Planes Attack Culex Mosquito In Dallas County
Three Air Force planes began aerial spraying against the Culex mosquito, carrier of encephalitis, in Dallas County. Langley Air Force Base supplied 123 planes with 40,000 dollars of insecticide for three hours daily to cover 500 square miles over about a week. Encephalitis cases have risen with 65 confirmed in 18 days and three deaths reported.
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Dallas
Apt
Air Force
Langley Air Force Pas. Va
St. Louis
Hospital Outbreak Prompts Police at Boston State
More than 26 policemen were summoned to Boston State Hospital after mental patients on the third floor of the reception building began smashing furniture. The incident prompted a security response as staff assessed damage and attempted to restore order.
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Boston
UPI
Boston State Hospital
Texas Panhandle Braces for Winds Hail and Rain
A series of showers and gusty winds swept the Texas Panhandle with scattered rain amounts reported across Childress Floyd Biddy and Kirkland areas. A wreck near Shamrock injured a woman as a cool front cut temperatures from 95 to 74.
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Childress County
Clyde Hackler
High Point
Floyd Biddy
Tell
Gus Woods
West Ranch
Red River
Kirkland
Carey
FAA
Brownfield
Collingsworth County
Shamrock
Lubbock
Quiteque
Turkey
Tex
Severe storm rips through Texas Panhandle with 91 mph winds
A slow-moving cold front triggered 91 mph winds hail and three tornado funnels near Shamrock Texas with no damage reported. Thunderstorms and varying rainfall occurred across the Panhandle South Plains and Gulf Coast regions as cooler air and another front approached extreme Northwest Texas.
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United Press International
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos
Gulf Coast
South Central
North Central
Texas
Shamrock
Hart
Tex
Needmore
Mule
Earthquake Hits Erzurum Area in Turkey
A powerful quake struck near Erzurum in eastern Anatolia with reports of 79 dead and hundreds injured. The tremor, lasting about five minutes, collapsed homes in villages around Erzurum and disrupted communications.
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Istanbul
Turkey
UPI
Erzurum
Anatolia
Japan
Tashkent
Russia
Black Sea
Detroit groom admits doping horse to cover $100 bet
Ronald Brown, 23, told track stewards and the TRPB he fed his horse Comes The Groom soreness-relieving zolid tablets. The horse won Saturday and paid $6.40, $4, and $3.40 as officials investigated alleged illegal activities at Detroit and Hazel Park tracks. Brown’s license was revoked and Livonia police barred him from the track.
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Detroit
UPI
Detroit Race Course
Ronald Brown
Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau
TRPB
Hazel Park
Last
In Revemme
Brown
Livonia
Beam
Racing Commission
Teachers Plan Workshop For Primary Staff Here
Childress Public Schools will hold a reading workshop for Title I teachers in grades one to three starting at 9 a.m. on August 23 at Childress Junior High School. Coordinator E A ders announced the event with plans led by Bob ane Coneay New York Style Show a. mom 8:0 City As.
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Childress Public
Childress Junior Hool
E. A. Ders
Bob Ane Coneay
New York
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National Window
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