Apartment House Blaze Kills 12 in Kansas City
A three story brick apartment building in Kansas City burned, killing 12 residents including eight children. Firefighters faced water-pressure issues as the top floor burned. most victims were found in the ruined upper level. Names include Edmound and Scarlett Godden, Rex Johnson and family, and Joyce Franks among the identified dead.
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Halloran
Kansas City
UPD
Mary Cuheil
Lawrence Smith
Harry
Mercy Hospital
Smith
Barbara
Edmound Godden Sr
Edmound Godden Jr
Scarlett Godden
Rex Johnson
Joyce Franks
County Grand Jury Indicts Eight in Val Verde
Eight indictments were returned by the Val Verde County grand jury in 63rd District Court after 11 a.m. today. The cases include forgery, passing forged instruments, burglary and escape from jail among others, with Emma Stewart, district clerk, noting the panel was formed by Judge Roger Thurmond. Foreman Gail K. Parsons led the jurors, with members Mario Barragan Sr., Jack R. Skiles, Rosalinda R. Sotelo, Carlos Arranaga, Lyster Brumiey, Abe Arredondo Sr., Robert H. Kelly, Robert T. Dobkins, Tomas C. Aguirre, Henry J. Mills, and Robert Cawrm.
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Val Verde County Grand Jury
63Rd District Court
Roger Thurmond
Emma Stewart
Tne
Judge Thurmond
Gail K. Parsons
Mario Barragan Sr
Jack R. Skiles
Rosalinda R
Six Texas Men Killed in War
The Department of Defense released the names of six Texas service members who died recently in Vietnam. Army Pfc John L. Rosemond of Dallas, Calvin R. Patrick of Houston, Matthew T. Lozano of San Antonio, Danny W. Hargis of Henrietta, Marines Cpl Gary D. Carter of Tyler, and Cpl Albert J. Cartledge of Dallas are listed with their families to confirm the casualties.
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Department of Defense
Army Pic
John L. Rosemond
Dorothy M. Rosemond
Forester
Daklas Pie
Calvin R. Patrick
Kathleen £. Ivey
Zoe St
Houston
Pfc
Matthew T
Lozano
Matthew A
Carolina St
San Antonio
Spec
Danny W
Hargis
Clyde W
Commerce St
Henrietta
Marines
Gary D, Carter
Price B
Carter
Tyler
Albert J, Cartledge I
Mary F. Dale
Parkdale Dr
Dallas
Newburyport Councilor James Sullivan Dies After Collapse
Newburyport Mass United Press International reports councilor James E Sullivan 68 collapsed while addressing a meeting and died after being taken to hospital LeTourneau Texas billionaire Robert Gilmore LeTourneau 80 lay in state at LeTourneau College Chapel and will be buried Wednesday after funeral services at 2 PM in the LeTourneau College gym He died Sunday of a stroke at his home
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United Press International
Newburyport
Mass
Lupd
James E. Sullivan
Longview
UPD
Robert Gilmoure LeTourneau
LeTourneau College
LeTourneau
LeToursnema College
Del Rio News Herald Staff and Editions Note
Del Rio News Herald details publication schedule and staff roles including publisher editor and advertising manager. It lists subscription rates and notes the paper’s policy on corrections and responsibility for copy errors in the columns.
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del Rio News-Herald
del Rio
Texas
del Rio Tte
Eal Inc
Ben Woodson
Charles T. Pingenot
Dan Bus
Ima Jo Fleetwood
Asso
Caries Sotele
Bus
James BR. Cooper
K. Drake
Two Teens Die Sniffing Gas In La Jolla
Four teens locked in a sports car inhaled nitrous oxide for a high. Two teens Clare Herrick and Peter Strata died at the scene in La Jolla California. Surviving teens Nora Ruffcorn and Brad Hunter were treated. Hunter was arrested. A hospital cylinder of laughing gas had disappeared earlier from a San Diego facility.
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San, Diego
Calif
UPI
la Jolla
Clare Herrick
Peter Strata
Pacific Beach
Nora Ruffcorn
Brad Hunter
Ruffcorn
Hunter
la Jolla High School
San Diego
Mother and Two Children Killed In Fiery Wreck
Mrs. Fannie J. Strother 40 died at John Sealy Hospital after a fiery crash on State Highway 365 five miles west of Port Arthur. Her children Rory 5 and Ray Michelle 4 perished at the scene as their rear-seat entrapment and a ruptured gas tank sparked the blaze.
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Port Arthur
Fannie J. Strother
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Red Boycott Makes Pompidou Sure Bet
Paris report says the French Communist vote boycott effectively sealed the June 15 runoff outcome. Poher failed to rally leftist support as the Communists urged abstention, leaving Pompidou poised to win. Duclos won 21 percent in the leftist primary, Poher 23.3 percent, Pompidou 44.4 percent.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Paris
UPD
Georges Tme Pidou
France
Communist Party
Decison
Alain Poher
Pompidou
Poher
Pompdou
Peter
Jacques Duclos
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Police Find Girl Chained by Neck in Fort Worth Mobile Home
Police broke through two doors to rescue a 12 year old girl chained by the neck to a wall in a back room of a Fort Worth mobile home. Her 32 year old father, a physical education teacher, was arrested for aggravated assault after going to a hardware store to buy another lock. The girl, who said her father beat her, was made a ward of the juvenile division.
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Fort Worth
UPD
R. E. McDonald
Stocks Dip with Some Groups Bucking Downtrend
New York stocks opened modestly lower as 1,476 issues traded with 702 declines and 465 advances. The Dow fell about 0.84 to 932.33 at midmorning while traders weighed a 2.4 percent April rise in factory orders against expected rate increases and slim Vietnam peace news.
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UPD
Commerce Department
Vietnam
UPI
Dow Jones
Reading and Bates
Indonesia
Java
Natomas
Superior
Standard of California
Midwest Oil
Amerada
Raila
TWA
Aerospace
Burroughs
National Cash Register
Electronics
Polargid
American Research
Fugitive Resendez Surrenders After Prison Break Hostage Release
Ricardo Resendez 26 of Los Angeles freed his last hostage Isley Wilcox unharmed then walked out of a Lumberton area farmhouse after a telephone exchange with fellow convict James Lee 21 of Fayetteville Authorities said Lee had surrendered earlier and that guards were released unharmed The pair had fled from Robeson County Prison camp Monday after killing guard Earl Strickland 33 and taking Sgt Ebert Locklear hostage before fleeing in a guard’s car
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N.C
Ricardo Resendez
Resendez
James Lee
Lee
Isley Wilcox
Wilcox
Lee Prisons Department
Los Angeles
Fayetteville
Robeson
Joseph Brooks
Earl C. Strickland
Fairmont
Resender
Ebert Locklear
Strickland
Locklear
Crash Kills Two In One Car Mishap Near Goldthwaite
Two people died in a one car crash within Goldthwaite city limits. Irene Greathouse, 60, of Goldthwaite and A. E. Franks of Lometa were identified as the deceased in the incident reported by United Press International.
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Goldthwaite
Tex
UPI
Irene Greathouse
A. E. Franks
Lometta
Cardona Heads UT Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Dr Rodolfo Cardona, an ex diplomat and scholar of Spanish literature, will become chairman of the University of Texas Spanish and Portuguese department in September officials announced.
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