Drouth Said Costing U.S. $300 Million
An Associated Press survey shows drought cost the United States at least 300 million in crop damage as farmers head into fall harvest. States report heavy losses in corn soybeans sorghum and wheat with drought costs possibly rising above 500 million. Eastern regions suffer pasture losses and silos run dry, while California reports no crop loss due to irrigation.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Kansas
Drouth
Minnesota
Fauld
Nevada
California
Arizona
Alton
Cong Kills U S Officer Near Saigon in Grenade Attack
Report says communist grenades hit a US Army officer and wounded another American 12 miles northeast of Saigon on Friday. The wounded AID representative was treated at U8 Air Force Hospital at Saigon Airport and released after treatment.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Agency For International Development
Air Force
Said Gan
Weather summary for Friday and Saturday forecast
The 1 pm temperature was 86 degrees. Highs reached 73 for Great Western and 74 for Public Service with lows near 39. Saturday sunrise at 3 51 a m and sunset at 5 51 p m.
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Great Western
Public Service
High
Inn
Dead Man Confirmed In California Fire Run
One man died and 36 were injured as fires swept California from Santa Barbara to Montecito. A blaze near Remera Saddle trapped four firemen, leaving three saved and John L. Patterson, 44, of Yreka dead. The Santa Barbara fire burned 40,000 acres, destroyed 78 buildings, including homes of Avery Brundage and Dr. Hutchins, and pushed toward Montecito under Santa Ana winds. Authorities reported massive losses across Napa Sonoma regions as fires scorched northern counties with 200 buildings lost.
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Remera Saddle
Montecito
John L. Patterson
Yreka
Califfel
California
Dial Torgerson
Santa Barbara
Calif
Avery Brundage
International Olympic Committee
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Center For the Bludy
Santa Ang
Pacific
Santa Ynez Mountains
Forest Service
Ocean Lines
Bel Air
Inielding Brinage
Imansion and Hutchins
West Mont College
Sunarma
Mapa
Take
Humboldt
Mendocino
Jnhvision of Forestry Gald
Napa
Sonoma
French Kidnappers Detained After Abducting Trio
Three French schoolchildren aged five and six were found safe near Bordeaux after being abducted on the way home from school. Police mobilized 160,000 officers, set frontier checks, and followed letters threatening merchants in Poitiers. The children, taken for about 85 days, reported no mistreatment and described the suspects as car bound promenaders.
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Richard K. O'Malley
PARIS
Bordeaux
Roger Frye
Frante
Nicole
Joel Stet
Patrick Guillen
Patrick
Christine
Childdren
Poitiers
Marnay
Carbon-Blanc
Tws
Schoal
Schiool
Guillons
Beet Harvest Opens Monday in County
Beet harvest in Larimer and Weld counties begins Monday with beets arriving at 8 a.m. at Gilcrest, Hardin, Severance, Windsor, and other stations in the Greeley Eaton Windsor districts. Delivery will be by rail from Loveland GW factory. piling starts October 1 with limited receipts by factory slicing capacity. Growers urged to inspect beets for weeds dirt and debris as samples indicate promising yields and sugar content.
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Gilcrest
Hardin
Greeley
Windsor
Eaton
Jas Buller
Lalor
Great Western
Loveland GW
Rob Buller
John Stewart
Fort Collins
Joe Cahill's Son Dies in Cheyenne at 58
In Cheyenne Wyoming AP report Jack Cahill 48 son of famed goodwill ambassador Joe Cahill died suddenly at his father's home. Requiem mass at St Mary's 9:30 am Saturday with burial in Olivet Cemetery. Cahill a Cheyenne law officer and press agent known for mailing 10000 birthday cards annually worldwide.
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Cheyenne
Trosary
Jack TY
Cahill
Wyoming
Good Will
Joe Cahill
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Olivet
T. Joe Cahill
Aihroughouthee World
Tragic Crossing Crash Kills Fort Lupton Woman
A Fort Lupton area woman, Lindien Hause, 60, was killed when her 1957 station wagon was struck broadside by Portland Rose No. 18 at Powers Crossing near Fort Lupton around 3 27 a m. The train, traveling to Denver, derailed parts of the car along the tracks. The victim, a widow, died from a skull fracture at the scene. her body was moved to Fort Lupton Mortuary.
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Fort Lupton
Swearold Bouller
Jodie Sisson
Alzay Atemnoos
Union Pacific
Theae
Mts
Flossie
Boulder
Charles W. Lamdien
Fort
Boukler Hospital
Associated Press
Sheyi
Atc
Melvin Sisson
Lindien
Hause
Powers Crossing
Lundlen
Portland
Four-year-old boy leads rescuers after fatal Wyoming crash
In CHUGWATER Wyoming a 4 year old boy flagged down a passing trucker to report the wreck that killed his father Daniel Clark 27 and his sister Ann 3. The child Martin Monroe Clark was uninjured and walked to the highway to summon help after the truck overturned down a steep embankment on U S Highway 87 two miles north of Chugwater. The driver of the truck is believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel. The accident raises Wyoming's traffic fatality count to 199 for the year and 131 the previous year.
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Chugwater, Wyo
Martin Monroe Clark
Ted Schrader
Chaywater
U.S. Highway 87
Daniel Thomas Clark
Wahpeton
N. C
Ann
Martin
Schroeraid
Wheatland Hospital
Unn Clark
Rapid City
Selwader
Kirbati
Neh
Ares
Selmer Anid
Clark
Schrader
Seamen Age Minimum Debate In Norway Parliament
The Oslo parliament raised concerns on seaman age requirements for service aboard Norwegian ships. A decision was discussed to set a minimum age, with current rates and potential implications for sailors and ship operations. No final figure announced and opposition noted regarding enforcement and safety considerations.
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Oslo
Norway
Davis Cup match sets U.S. up for Davis Cup bid
In Cleveland, Chuck Feckinley of San Antonio defeated Fred Stolle of Australia in a tense Davis Cup singles clash, delivering a 6-1 0-7 4-6 result that boosted the United States toward an edge in the tie.
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Cleveland
Chuck Feckinley
San Antonio
Tex
Australia
Fred Stolle
United States
Ute Davis Copit Callenge
Quintuplet Doctor at Minnesota Hospital
Dr James M W Berbas, noted for quintuplet-related work, is reported to be in University of Minnesota Hospitals after a Sunday admission for a recurring ailment. Officials say he underwent a thorough checkup with stable initial findings.
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Minneapolis
Asvin
James MW Berbas
Patrvo
University of Minnesota
Queen Signs Edict Ending Parliament and Churchill Career
Queen Elizabeth II signed a proclamation at Buckingham Palace ending Britain's longest peacetime Parliament, triggering a general election. The move ends Churchill’s lengthy Commons tenure and sets the stage for a new House of Commons after the October election.
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Churchill
Colin Frost
London
Elize
Abe
Wine ‘Ston Churchill
Privy Comnell
Buckingham Palace
House of Commons
Balmoral Castle
Alec Douglas
Conservativn Party
Haru Megmillan
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Howse of Commons
Church
Rio Grande Swells With 2-ft Rains
Del Rio Texas AP reports eight days of more than two feet of rain swell the Rio Grande and tributaries into muddy torrents. The crest reached 44.9 feet at 5:30 a.m. while floodwaters forced hundreds to flee their homes across the border in Ciudad Acuña and nearby towns.
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