De Gaulle blocks foreign mining in Pacific French lands
President Charles de Gaulle announced in Noumea that France would not allow American or foreign mining firms to exploit mineral riches in French territories in the Pacific. He said as much as possible must be extracted with French interests first, marking a formal stance during his New Caledonia visit. Observers say this dims hopes of lifting a ban on American Canadian International Nickel Co. activities.
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Noumea
New Calendonia
France
Pacific
Tie
New Caldeerda
de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
United States
Viet Nam
Hesten
British Wage Freeze Threats Roil Nearby Towns Inked News
Cuero area papers report national wage policy tensions as Wilson rails against freezes. Local items include Viet Nam service casualty Lt. Denver Perkins Jr. from Gonzales, a Corpus Christi revival, school openings and indictments in Lavaca and DeWitt counties, and upcoming football, library expansions, and ceremonial events across towns like Yorktown Nordheim and Yoakum.
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THE
Daily Inquirer
U S. Army
Denver Perkins Jr
Gonzales
Viet Nam
John Jackson
Forest Park
Wilson warns 2 million jobs at risk over wage freeze
Prime Minister Harold Wilson told 1000 Trade Union Congress delegates that Britain could face two million job losses and a nation in pawn if unions do not back a voluntary six month wage-price freeze. He warned of compulsory measures if breakdowns occur and urged 8 million unionists to back the plan despite stern opposition from TEC president Joseph O’Hagan.
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Blackpool
England
IPI
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
TEC
Joseph O'Hagan
TUC
Cuero Woman Injured In Two-Car Crash
A Cuero woman, 24 year old Nancy Rhoades, was hospitalized after a rear end collision Sunday evening in the 1000 block of South Esplanade. Felix Munoz, 55, a Victoria construction worker, struck her from the rear as she moved from a service station into traffic on Highway 77A. Rhoades remained under observation at Cuero Hospital.
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Cuero
South Esplanade
Nancy Rhoades
Felix Munoz
Victoria
Rhoades
Rickman-Ritter Oil Co
Munoz
John Cuellar
Cuero Hospital
Seven Teens Die In Clearwater Car Crash
A carload of Tampa teenagers speeding home from a beach party collided head on with another vehicle at US 19 and Florida 586 near Clearwater. Seven died and three were injured. The deceased include Donald Riger Linda D Vogel Diane Kay Carpenter Herman Vandeman Lewis Sherie Ungerer all 17 of Tampa and Suzanne Lemay Dampier 22 of Jacksonville, a passenger in the second car.
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Clearwater
Fla
UPI
Tampa
Highway Patrol
U.S. 19
Florida
Donald “Riger
Linda D. Vogel
Diane ” Kay Carpenter
Herman Vandeman Lewis
Ant. Sherie Ungerer
Suzanne Lemay Dampier
Jacksonville
Four Murders Up Texas Death Toll
United Press International reports a Labor Day weekend rise in violent deaths in Texas with 56 total and 31 traffic fatalities. Notable cases include the slayings of Albert Mearse family and Pvt. Michael Artz in El Paso, a mass Brownsville death from a vehicle crash, drownings in Arlington and Cooper, and a Vernon car crash killing Jo Ann Desha and injuring three others.
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el Paso
Texas
United Press International
Albert Mearse
Michael
Artz
Fl Paso
Leopoldo Morales
San Benito
Rio Grande Valley
Sergio N. Castaneda
Linda
Marcelo
Linda Rodriguez
Brownsville
Miki Lynn Stanley
Arlington
James Hearn
Cooper
Tex
Cooper Sunday
Jo Ann Desha
Vernon
Vernon Sunday
Cueroite, 82, Hurt in Two-Car Yorktown Crash
John Kozinsky, 82, of Route J Cuero, suffered a broken hip while a passenger in a head on collision two miles east of Yorktown on DeWitt County roads. His daughter Vera Schoenherr 67, also of Cuero, rode in the other car with Mrs Maggie Mainka 46 of Corpus Christi. Mrs Schoenherr and Mr Bar nett report the Mainka car struck after rounding a curve. Mainka and her 17 year old daughter were uninjured. Mrs Schoenherr and husband Henry were treated at Yorktown Hospital for minor injuries and released.
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John Kozinsky
Cuero
Yorktown Memorial Hospital
DeWitt County
Yorktown
Kozinsky
Vera Schoenherr
Toll rises to 508 in weekend traffic crashes
United Press International reports that by noon EDT at least 508 people have been issued in traffic accidents since the weekend began at 6 pm Friday.
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United Press International
Four US planes downed over North Vietnam in Sunday strikes
Saigon reports four Air Force aircraft lost in attacks on transportation links between Hanoi and China. Two single seat F105s and an F4C Phantom vanished with all four crewmen listed as missing while another F105 was shot down but its pilot saved near Dong Ho. A Caribou transport crashed after takeoff near Saigon, killing four Vietnamese civilians and injuring 20 to 25 with three American crew hurt.
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UPI
Viet Nam
Hanoi
China
Dong Ho
U.S
Air Force
Navy
Cuero Drive-In Shut After Sunday Fire
A Sunday morning blaze forced Lenz Drive-In on N Esplanade to close indefinitely. Owner Gus Lenz said the kitchen where the fire started and the interior were heavily damaged by smoke after the fire broke out shortly after 9 45 am as Lenzo exited the building.
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Lenz Drive-in
N. Esplanade
Gus Lenz
Lenzo
Jet Kills 4 30 injured in Indian Airlines crash
Four newmen were killed and 30 injured when an Indian Airlines Caravelle jetliner crashed near Bombay nine miles from the city. The craft had only crew aboard.
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Bombay
India
UPI
Indian Airlines Corp
Welder Injured In Tank Blast At Cuero Shop
Max Poen Masch, 37, Cuero welder, was struck by debris when a air storage tank blew out at 80 pounds pressure while he worked on a compressor at Jack's Welding Shop on Esplanade. His left leg above the knee was broken. a specialist was summoned and he was taken to Burns Hospital by Oak Memorial ambulance.
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Max Poen Masch
Cuero
Jack
Esplanade
Poenitzsch
Burns Hospital
Oak Memorial
Stand Collapse Injures Thirty in Turkish Soccer Game
Thirty people were injured Sunday when part of the wooden stands collapsed during a soccer match in Ankara Turkey. Authorities said no fatalities were reported and officials opened an investigation into the structural failure and crowd safety compliance.
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Anbkara
Turkey
SPI
Pacific Front May Bring Rain To Cuero Area
The 1.8. Weather Bureau notes cool Pacific air moving southeast over Texas may bring showers to Cuero Yorktown Yoakum area on Tuesday. Sunday highs reached 98 in the state’s warmest spots, with 74 on Monday morning. Laredo reported 192, Amarillo 83, and Dalhart 83 as thunderstorms moved along the Gulf Coast and gusty winds arose from several low pressure centers.
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Weather Bureau
Texas
Cuero - Yorktown - Yoakum
WH. A. Tavilor
Laredo
Amarillo
Dalhart
Texas Gulf Coast
Marchers Rally for $1.25 Wages On Texas Capitol Grounds
Marchers from the lower Rio Grande Valley started July 4 for a 380 mile trek to Austin seeking a $1.25 hourly minimum wage for farm workers. Led by a burro with $125 painted on its side they pushed toward Interstate 35 in humid 104 degree heat. About a dozen legislators including Rep. Eligio de la Garza met with marchers to plan the rally.
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Austen
UPL
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
State Capitol
Austin
Slaughter Creek
Eligio Kika de la Garza
50 Seek Crown Of Miss America
Fifty pretty coeds take the Miss America pledge in Atlantic City promising not to speak to any man without a chaperone during their year long reign. The pageant opens with contracts and gifts totaling a hundred thousand dollars, reflecting the prize value and privacy loss.
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Atlantic City
Guardsmen Fire Live Ammo in Cicero Civil Rights Clash
National Guard troops in Cicero, Illinois fired live ammunition over the heads of protesters and bayoneted several white marchers under orders to keep a Black rights parade from escalating. Maj. Gen. Kane said six civilians were wounded. the clash left mobs trading bricks, bottles and rocks as 2,300 guardsmen tried to protect a Freedom March led by CORE organizer Robert Lucas.
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Cicero
UPI
National Guard
Chicago
Robert Lucas
Congress of Racial Equality Initant
Martin Luther King
National
Francis P. Kane
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