Bridge collapse on Ohio River traps dozens and kills many
Divers recovered 57 vehicles from the rain swollen river after the 39 year old bridge collapsed. Officials warned the death toll would rise with at least 80 reported missing or dead. Survivors described the collapse and harrowing escape as crews feared further losses.
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Robert Gornall
Point Pleasant
W.va
UPI
Ohio River
A. S. Zabinski
U.S. Coast Guard
Huntington
Zazinski
Zabinski
Ohio
West Virginia
T. A. Welty
William Edmondson
King
N.C
Hennis Freight Co
Winston Salem
Bombing of Hanoi Haiphong Bridges Amid Monsoon Break
U.S. air strikes hit the Hanoi Haiphong area as a sunny gap in monsoon allowed raids. Command reports 700+ enemy killed in Bong Son lowlands. Mo An hamlet seized by the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division. Chinese reconstruction workers flee back to China amid raids.
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Mike Feinsilger
Saigon
UPI
Hanoi-Haiphong
South Vietnam
Bong Son
My An
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Mo An
National Highway
South China Sea
U.S
Binh Din
Hanoi
Peoples Air Force
Hong Kong
North Vietnam
Price Here Thursday For Town Hall Meeting
Congressman Bob Price visits town for a Thursday night Town Hall in the High School Auditorium at 7 p.m. He will speak about 30 minutes on the just concluded session and take questions. Price plans four more meetings this week in Wellington Matador Paducah Amarillo Tulsa and ends in Washington January 1963.
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Bob Price
Congress
Congresman Price
Price
Amarillo
Washington
Wellington
Matador
Paducah
Tulsa
Jack Fox
Panhandle Water Import Study Proposed by Texas Leaders
UPI reports Texas congressman Bob Price and Senator John Tower back legislation to task the Army Corps of Engineers with studying diverting Missouri River water to western Texas Panhandle. The idea emerged after a Mid-West Electric Consumers Association meeting in Omaha proposing dams or canals from near Alliance Nebraska to gravity flow into the Panhandle. The Missouri River is seen as the best source of additional water.
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Washington
UPI
Bob Price
R-Tex
John Tower
Panhandle
Army Corps of Engineers
Texas
Mid- West Electric Consumers Association
Omaha
Neb
Alliance
Texas Panhandle
Missouri River
Price
Fire Destroys 11 Million Pieces of Mail in Manhattan
A massive 11 alarm blaze at a 10 story parcel post building near New York's main post office destroyed millions of parcels and mail pieces including international parcel post and magazines. Two thousand workers evacuated. 600 firefighters limited damage to the first four floors amid water damage. Cause under investigation.
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New York
UPT
Manhattan
International Parcel Post
Singing Set Today At Veterans Building
A singing event runs from 2 p m to 4 p m Sunday at the Veterans building. Mrs M H Conn says singers from surrounding towns and special groups are expected and all are invited.
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Veterans
M. H. Conn
Weather Of All Types Hits Childress Saturday
Weatherwise Childress saw rain lightning thunder and snow with no sunshine. Three people were hospitalized from falls, winds brought moisture, and FAA data logged .55 inches by 6 p.m. Saturday. Local crashes and incidents included multiple drivers and a truck rollover near Estelline, with no serious injuries reported.
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Childress
Childress General Hospital
C. B. Sikes
Gladys Sterling
Cr. C. Trolinder
FAA
Air Field
Thomas Keetley
St Petersburg
Fla
Goodlett
Keetley
Department of Public Safety
Leon Nantz
Bridgeport
Estelline
US 287
Johnnie Brown
Amarillo
Brown
Dugan, Inc
Higher Postal Rates Take Effect January Seventh
Washington reports President Johnson signed a law increasing postal rates and granting pay raises to 5.5 million federal workers. The change raises the letter stamp from five to six cents, with airmail and greeting stamps each up two cents. Retirees and postal staff receive retroactive bonuses.
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Washington
Johnson
Fire at Gage Food Store Shorts Neon Sign
A small blaze at the Gage Food Store was extinguished by the Fire Department at 7 a.m. Saturday. The neon sign shorted and ignited the wooden sign frame with minimal damage reported, per a department spokesman.
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Gage Food Store
Groveton Seeks Return of Imposter Doctor
Freddie Brant posed as Dr Reid Brown a psychiatric resident and earned trust in Groveton Texas after a year long deception. Residents want his return while a Kaufman County charge of false medical credentials stood unresolved at the time. A Groveton grand jury declined to indict, leaving local approval and distrust in tension as police pursue further action.
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Darrell Mack
Groveton
Tex
UPI
Freddie Michael Brant
Texas
Brant
Terrell, Tex
Reid Brown
Johnson Proposals Lead Bushido Congress Promise
The White House called the 89th Congress productive but said Johnson's anti crime and tax proposals would be top priorities when it reconvenes January 15. Officials noted 57 administration proposals enacted, 18 bills failed, and blamed Republicans for most legislative troubles as the president steels for next year's campaign.
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Raymond Lahr Washington
UPI
White House
Johnson
House
Capitol Hill
Lawrence F. O’brien
Poacher Kills Boy On Deer Lease Near San Antonio
On William Erdman's birthday a hunter killed his 12 year old grandson Robert Belinger on a deer lease in Bexar County. Two other men hunting with Erdman said they heard three shots and found Robert dead from a temple shot. Deputies said the fatal bullet came from a poacher on the base who had been hunting overnight and a manhunt was under way.
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San Antonio
UPI
William Erdman
Robert Bellinger
Erdman
Robert
Bexar County
Highway Mishaps In Area During November Totals 21
Department of Public Safety data show 21 area highway mishaps in November with five deaths across Childress Hall Cottle Collingsworth and Hardeman counties. Childress counted two deaths amid five collisions and $3 750 in damage. Hall two deaths from six accidents and $5 950. Cottle four accidents one death four injuries and $5 050. Collingsworth three accidents two injuries no deaths and $16 075 in damage. Hardeman seven accidents one injury and $3 800 in damage.
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Childress
Department of Public Safety
Childress County
Hall County
Cottle County
Colliingsworth
Hardeman
Texas
Floyd Etheridge
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