R G LeTourneau Dies From Stroke
R G LeTourneau dies at 80 after a life as a shovel magnate who built earth moving machines and preached partnership with God. His career included a 1937 crash injuries, a resurrection in the industry with the electric wheel, and a vast plant network in Longview Peoria Vicksburg and more.
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Fifth and
Mission Streets
San Francisco
LeTourneau
Murfreesboro
Tenn
San Felipe
R. G. LeTourneau
Don’s
Hutchinson
Ortiz
Eagle Pass
Ro College Chapel
Berto Ortiz
Irene
Eloisa Ortiz
All
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Richmond
Wia
Deluth
Minn
California
Peoria
Vicksburg
Miss
Toccoa
Rydalmere
Australia
Westinghouse Air Brake Co
Latin American History Expert Dr Frank Tannenbaum Dies
New York reports the death of Dr Frank Tannenbaum aged 76 a Latin American history expert and Columbia University professor emeritus for Latin American history He wrote on prison reform race relations urban problems and politics and had a long career spanning decades He was born in Austria and raised in Massachusetts and visited many Latin American nations while researching land reform in Mexico and Puerto Rico's economy
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New York
UPD
Frank Tannenbaum
Tannenbaum
Columbia University
Austria
Great Barrington
Mass
Amazon
Puerto Rico
Mexico
Mixed Market Moves Lower in New York Trade
The market drifted lower Monday with oils and electronics among the weakest groups. Turnover was moderate. The UPI stock market indicator showed a 0.30 percent loss as 1,396 issues crossed the tape, with 690 down and 401 up.
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New York
UPD
UPI
Holiday Toll Exceeds War Deaths in Texas Traffic Losses
United Press International tallies 61 violent Texas deaths over the 78 hour Morera Day weekend. Among the dead are Otto Schneibe, Debbie Morgan, and multiple teens from McKinney Job Corps. The worst crash south of Cleburne killed six. Many victims died in traffic accidents or drownings across Texas, with Cal or nia leading in fatalities.
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United Press International
Defense Department
Vietnam
Morera
Texas
California
Cleburne
Otto Schneibe
Lake Whitney
Tex
Debbie Lynn Morgan
Fort Worth
William D. Long
Sue
Donna Sue
Anita
McKinney Job Corps Center
McKinney
Edward Boyd
Caroline Kennedy
Alice Ener
Judye Barton
Lyine Hersey
Estaben Santana
Ralls
el Paso
Ida Hight
Guthrie
Louis Molina Ramos
Corpus Christi
Woman 60 Fends Off Burglary In Her Dallas Home
A Dallas woman, 60, awakened at 5 30 am to find a burglar at her bed demanding where she kept valuables. She fought him off with a kick, chased him from the house, and he fled through a bedroom window. Police report no injuries to her.
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Dallas
Bessie McCoy
Vampty
Sirhan Sirhan Shows Slighter Spirits at San Quentin
Munir Sirhan said his condemned brother Sirhan appeared pale and downbeat during a 90 minute private visit at San Quentin death row. Lawyer Melvin Belli accompanied the family but was denied access as not an attorney of record. Sirhan awaits automatic appeal with no execution date set.
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Ronald S. Supinski
San Quentin
Calif
UPD
Sirhan
B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Munir Sirhan
Munir
San Francisco
Melvin Belli
Belli
Russell Parson
Grant Cooper
Los Angeles
Kennedy
California
Houston Dedicates Huge New Airport
Houston opened Intercontinental Airport amid grand ceremony with Mayor Louie Welch and officials praising the 110 million project. More than 80,000 attended Saturday for the public unveiling while Sunday drew crowds as paratroopers showcased skydiving. Texas International Airlines won a drawing to be first to land, with plans for a first post-opening flight next weekend.
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UPD
Houston Intercontinental Airport
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
Navy
Air Force
Louie Welch
Civil Agronautics Hoard
John Crooker
Texas International Airlines
Hobby International Airport
Intercontinental
Attorney Seeks Ninth Stay For Doomed Slayer
Lubbock Texas crime story reports attorney Warren Burnett seeks a ninth stay of execution for James Lee Marion less than a day before scheduled to die in the electric chair. Burnett will file habeas corpus and a stay application in the US Appeals Court Northern District at Lubbock arguing trial procedural errors and invoking the Witherspoon decision. Marion was sentenced in 1964 for the 1963 murder of Mrs. J. Fred Turner of Midland.
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Lubbock
UPD
James Lee Marion
Marion
Warren Burnett
Odessa
Texas
J. Fred Turner
Midland
Turner
Burnett
U.S. Supreme Court
Witherspoon
Burnnett
Abilene Man Critically Injured In Highway 277 Wreck
Abilene resident Andres Lopez Martinez 44 was injured critically in a one vehicle crash Sunday morning on Highway 277 north of Del Rio. Investigating trooper said Martinez was speeding when he lost control, ejecting him from the pickup. He was taken by Doran ambulance to Val Verde Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
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Highway 277
del Rio
Andres Lopez Martinez
Merchant St
Abilene
Bobby Barnes
Martinez
Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Doran
Storm Hits New York City Floods Roads and Delays
A severe rain storm with lightning and thunder swept the New York metropolitan area early today, dropping nearly three inches of rain and flooding major highways. City commuter traffic slowed significantly and the stock market opened 45 minutes late as workers could not reach their offices.
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New York
UPD
Driver Mildly Injured in Hudson Drive Mishap
Miss Gloria Barrera 26 of 509 Pierce St was treated at Val Verde Memorial Hospital and released after her 1963 car went out of control and struck a tree one mile south of Del Rio on Hudson Drive at 5 30 am Sunday. Barnes valued the damage at 200 dollars.
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Gloria Barrera
Val Verde Memorial Hospital
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News-Herald
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Rita
Aha
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