Two monks go on trial in Belfast escape case
Two Roman Catholic monks Father Thomas O Neill and Brother Patrick Skehan face trial for allegedly aiding two IRA internees who escaped Crumlin Road Prison in November. The incident followed a dramatic breakout as gunfire wounded youths and a sentry, with seven escapees crossing into the Republic.
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Donal O’higgins
Belfast
UPI
Irish Republican Army Ira
Thomas O'Neill
Patrick Joseph Skehan
Crumlin Road
Buchel 4-H Meeting Features Health Demo and Cookout
Mrs. Mildred Martin De Witt County Home Demonstration Agent spoke at the Buchel 4-H Club meeting held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Schaffner. Members contributed different foods for a cook-out followed by ice cream. Corlis Buckner demonstrated mouth to mouth resuscitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Martin
de Witt County
Buchel
Markets Tuesday Livestock Prices at San Antonio
US DA livestock report lists cattle and calves 400 with steady slaughter cows and bulls. feeders and various weight ranges for steers and bulls, heifers, and cow calf pairs priced. Hogs show steady to strong barrows and gilts 200-220 lb. sows not priced. Sheep and goats sold but not priced due to low volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tupsday Livestock
San Antonio
UPI
USDA
Explosion Continues as Belfast Bombs Hit Areas
The army reported two bombs near Londonderry and Antrim Road in Belfast. One seven pound gelignite device exploded near barracks causing cuts and shock to soldiers. one bomb defused. A second blast damaged the Christian Brothers club injuring two boys. Protestants and Catholics exchanged accusations amid the unrest.
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Londonderry
St. Augustine
Bogside
Christian Brothers
Belfast
Antrim Road
Tiger Bay
Christian Brothers Teaching Order
Andersonstown
Brasilia The Fantastic City Built In The Wilderness
Brasilia, the Brazilian capital 575 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro, is described as a futuristic wonder with landmarks such as the Palacio da Alvorada the Cathedral and the Palacio do Planalto by Oscar Niemeyer. The city sits amid a primeval landscape with water features, satellite towns, and affordable hotels drawing tourists. Varig Airlines and travel agents offer details.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Palacio da Alvorada
White House
Executive Building
Palacio Do Planalto
Palace of Itamaraty
Foreign Ministry
Oscar Niemeyer
Paranoa
Varig Airlines
Staff jesters pitched to ease office tensions in corporate world
Washington based report notes Robert Orben proposes staff jesters to ease grim pressure in firms such as ITT Ford and McGraw Hill. Jester would roam offices delivering quips about lobbyists memos and anti trust matters while defusing tense meetings. The idea evokes medieval court jesters and contrasts with past firings for similar antics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orben
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Senate
Jack Anderson
ITT
Ford Motor Co
Toil Van ae Cuero Community Hospital Admissions
Edward Mugge listed among admissions at Cuero Community Hospital with a roster of dismissals including Elvis Ruddock Clyde Christian Clara Lapp Christine Seim and Charles Bohman.
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Cuero Community Hospital
Edward Mugge
Elvis Ruddock
Clyde Christian
Clara Lapp
Christine Seim
Charles Bohman
Dirty 30 face high stakes in Texas runoff battles
In a year shaped by the Dirty 30 reform coalition, House races test grassroots strength. Head seeks to topple Price in a pivotal June runoff that could echo statewide reform over Mutscher era dealings, while several reform members fall to outsiders in other races.
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Dolph Briscoe
Dirty 30
Fred Head
Dtroup
Rayford Price
Head
Price
Gus Mutcher
House
Mutscher
Reform Coalition
Rex Braun
Houston
Chet Brooks
Pasadena
Senate
Curtis Graves
Barbara Jordan
Tom Moore
Waco
Grant Jones
Dabilene
State Senate
Dick Reed
Dallas
Roy Orr
Dallas County
Reform Group
Houston Senate
Edmund E. Jones
Will Lee
Walter Mengden
GOP
Maurice Angly
Austin
John Hannah
D-Lufkin
Mengden
Hijackers Threaten To Blow Up Belgian Jetliner
Four Arab hijackers seize a Sabena Boeing 707 in Vienna bound for Tel Aviv and threaten to blow up the plane with 101 people aboard unless 100 guerrilla comrades are released. Israel rejects the ultimatum as negotiations continue at Lod Airport with security forces deployed and a Red Cross liaison in contact.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
Israel
Sabena Airlines
Vienna
Brussels
Lod International
Shimon Peres
Beirut
Hussein
Jordan
Francois Peres
Red Cross
Rafah
Cuero Young Homemakers Elect Officers for Year
The Cuero Young Homemakers elected Mrs. Robert Thamm as president and Mrs. Nathan Garrett as vice president. Other officers include Mrs. L. Douglas Wolf secretary, Mrs. Gerald Kath treasurer, and Mrs. Jerome Polansky reporter. The group invited two guests and planned a June social on the Arlen Goebel River Bend.
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Cuero Young
Robert Thamm
Nathan Garrett
L. Douglas Wolf
Gerald Kath
Jerome Polansky
Arlen Goebel
Ranny Hunnam
Dennis Feuge
Arlen Goebel River
Yoakum
National Foundations
March of Dimes
DeWitt County
John N. Blackwell
Ferman Weber
Bluebonnet Ranch
Byron Wolf
Miss Cuero
Kim Kuecker
Charles Kuecker
Darry Stefka
James Hunnam
Rescue Capsule Hauls Toward 4800-Foot Mine Level
Workers using crow bars pull the rescue capsule up the shaft hourly as teams swap shifts. Elbert Osborn of the Bureau of Mines says six to seven hours remain to move the capsule to the bottom where five to seven missing miners are believed trapped by smoke and poisonous gases from last Tuesday’s underground fire at the nation’s largest silver mine in Idaho. Officials note a flare up Monday dims survival chances while hope persists that some trapped men found ventilation at the mine bottom a mile down.
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Page One
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Elbert Osborn
Idaho
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Community Notes From Cuero Lodge and Visitors
Sam C Lackey Sr received a 51 year medal at Cuero Lodge 409 A F and A M meeting. Mrs Thomas M Still Mrs Richard J Waldeck Mrs Fred Meyer and Mrs Norman Wasserman returned from San Angelo after attending the 74th annual Knights of Pythias convention. Miss Josse Fuchs enjoys her new car recently delivered. Cuero plans to honor Mother's Day Sunday. The Casey home on First Street shows steady improvements. Marie Witte returned from a vacation in San Antonio and El Paso. Leslie McBride returned Wednesday from a holiday trip to Washington.
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Sam C. Lackey, Sr
Cuero Lodge
Thomas M. Still
Richard J. Waldeck
Fred Meyer
Norman Wasserman
San Angelo
Knights of Pythias
Josse Fuchs
Cuero
Casey
First Street
Misa Marie Witte Hag
San Antonio
el Paso
Lslie McBride
Washington
Cuero Proclaims Livestock Market Week
Mayor J. T. Newman proclaims this week in Cuero as Livestock Market Week. Open house will be held at Cuero Hospital from 2 AM to 6 PM Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Newman
Cuero
Cuero Hospital
Cuero Contestant Entered at Victoria Show. Police Adds Dispatcher
May 9 1967 Cuero resident Jan Blackwell enters the Victoria Outdoor and Boat Show bathing beauty contest. Cuero Police Chief Bill Dunlap announces the hiring of dispatcher Bill Cornett. Jimmy Stone departs for San Antonio for Army induction. Doug Granberry, formerly of Cuero, spends Monday in town.
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Jan Blackwell
Cuero
Victoria
Bill Dunlap
Cuerdite
Bill Cornett
Jimmy Stone
San Antonio
U.S. Army
Doug Granberry
Houston
The Wicked World of Weeds Film Teaches Hidden Costs
A Weed Science Society of America slide film argues weeds cost agriculture 3.7 billion dollars annually and raise consumer prices. It cites health impacts for 13 million Americans with hay fever and asthma and notes wide public spending on weed control. Copies cost 8 dollars via the University of Illinois Yo Ag Service.
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Weed Science Society of America
Vocational Agriculture Service
University of Illinois
Yo-Ag Service
Mumford Hall
Urbana
Weeds
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Daniel Mullen
Christopher Keenan
Northern
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London
Ulster
Hansen Feed & Supply
Elizabeth Taylor
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Hungary
Richard Burton
Dick West Washington
Robert Orben
Fellows
McGraw-Hill
Howard Hughes
Hughes
The
National Crutch Co
Toil van Ae
Rialto Theatre
Cupro High School
DECA
CYH
F.o.b. Umber
Nathan Post Lumber CO
N. Esplanade
America
Historical Survey Committee
NYA
Bob Wood
N. Lackes
Faberge
MUSIC
Elecka Drug
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