Crash Killing 84 Is Probed
A Braniff Electra crash near Dawson Texas killed 84 aboard as rescue crews and an NTSB go team investigated the explosion and scattered wreckage. Witnesses described a red flash and a midair breakup above the flooded farmland before the plane hit a hilltop.
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Dawson
Tex
UPD
Braniff International
National Transportation Safety Board
Ed Slattery
Texas
United States
Houston
Dallas
Tulsa
Okla
Memphis
Tenn
Cloyce Floyd
Lis Humphries
Jere Cox
Braniff
Local Socials and Military Moves Roundup
MauN Les So As Te Phillips and family hosted Brazoria kin in Victoria for dinner. Charles Phillips and family planned Cuero weekend visits. Dub McDougal completed a nine week radio communication course at Fort Sill and visits Cuero before heading to Fort Benning Ga.
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Te ‘Phillips
Charles Phillips
Edith Ann and
John
Brazoria
Victoria
Ann Kuehl
Cueroz
Phillips
Dub McDougal
U. S. Army Artillery
Fort Sill
Cuero
Fain McDougal
Fort Benning
Ingram Dies at 74 in Yoakum Funeral Set
Olaf R M Ingram 74 of Yoakum died Friday at Cue ro Hospital. Born December 9 1893 in Honey Grove he lived in Yoakum 16 years. Funeral 2 p m Sunday Buffington Funeral Home chapel Rev J H Treadwell. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery Masonic Lodge 662 to conduct graveside services. Survived by wife Otellia and sister Gladys Adair Austin.
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Yoakum
R. M
Bob) Ingram
Cuero
Ingram
Honey Grove
Buffington Funeral Home
J. H. Treadwell
Oak Grove Cemetery
Yoakum Masonic Lodge No
Otellia Ingram
Gladys Adair
Austin
El Chico Astroworld Sign Deal
El Chico Mexico Restaurant chain gains a commercial association with Astroworld, the Houston amusement center opening June 1 near the Astrodome. The El Chico Astroworld Restaurant will be the second Houston outlet in six months, following the 600-seat El Chico International opened last January. Judge Roy Hofheinz calls El Chico the finest operators in the field as Astroworld marks its thirtieth restaurant.
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Astroworld
Astrodome
Houston
Roy Hofheinz
el Chico’s
el Chico
Polliwogs By Polly Howerton
The piece notes a new telephone directory for Crestwood with changes to numbers and area codes. It mentions a highway opening toward Victoria, lists residents traveling to Cuero and Corpus Christi, has local wildlife observations on First Street, Mother’s Day promotions, awards for Don Caraway, art show attendance, and graduation invitation pickups. It closes with birthday wishes and a stain removal tip for a cotton tablecloth.
Almanac Highlights May 5 1968 Historical Milestones
May 5 1968 marks the 126th day of the year with 240 remaining. Notable events include Napoleon Bonaparte's death in 1821 on St Helena, John Scopes' 1925 arrest in Dayton for teaching evolution, Poland's 1939 refusal over Danzig, and West Germany's sovereign status in 1955.
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United Press International
Napoleon Bonaparte
France
Isle of
St. Helena
John Scopes
Dayton, Tenn
Poland
Hitler
Danzig
Germany
Federal Republic of Germany
West Germany
Free Enterprise Threatened by Pro Union NLRB Charge
The Southern States Industrial Council told a Senate subcommittee that the National Labor Relations Board has abandoned impartiality and become a policy making tribunal favoring unions. It warned that continued pro union bias could erode free enterprise, trigger widespread strikes, and invite greater central government intervention. The SSIC cited Board rulings as evidence of bias against employers and employees.
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Washington, D. C
National Labor Relations Board
Southern States Industrial Council
NLRB
SSIC
Senate Judiciary Sub-Committee
J. Clifford Miller, Jr
Richmond
Miller Manufacturing Co
Nashville
Tennessee
Miller
Texas Second In Farm Exports In 1966 Report
The Commerce Department said Texas exported 485 million dollars in agricultural products in 1966, placing it second in the nation for farm exports. Texas had 1.2 billion dollars in manufactured goods sales abroad, ranking seventh. Neighboring states show Louisiana high in manufactured goods and rice exports, Arkansas up 82 percent, Oklahoma ninth in overseas shipments, and New Mexico dominant in potash salts.
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U. S. Department of Commerce
Texas
Lone Star
Commerce Department
Louisiana
New Orleans
New York
Arkansas
Oklahoma
U. S
New Mexico
Niven to star in Paramount thriller The Brain
David Niven will play the title role in The Brain for Paramount, portraying a notorious master thief. The Hollywood decision casts Niven as a super criminal in a high profile suspense film.
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Hollywood
WPD
David Niven
Paramount
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