New Mexico crater victim linked to atomic test leukemia
Patrick Stout, 55, of Stockdale, died from leukemia doctors suspect resulted from atomic radiation after he entered a 1945 Alamogordo crater to test its safety. He believed exposure caused his illness, which developed in 1967 nearly 22 years after the walk into the crater.
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United Press International
Houston
New Mexico
Patrick Stout
Stockdale
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Stout
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Alamogordo
N.M
U.S
Veteran Administration
Washington
Flood Woes From Midwest Floods and Dixie Twisters
Flood waters in the Mississippi basin surge with floods reaching Hannibal Missouri and prompting evacuations while a series of tornadoes roil across the Dixie region. The Red River becomes a vast lake as Fargo and Grand Forks pump daily to protect dikes. Minot reports record rises on the Souris River as 120 National Guardsmen are mobilized in Iowa.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Midwest
Mississippi
Dixie
Hannibal
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nixon
Lake Pepin
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minn
Red River
Red Cross
Red
Fargo
Grand Forks
Souris
Minot
N.D
Iowa
Robert D. Ray
Eigh Court Obscenity Bills Move Through Texas Senate
Senator Hazlewood and Sen Herring push two obscenity bills in Austin. One targets minors and distribution of magazines and films, with penalties up to 360 days and 10 thousand dollars. The other expands penalties for harmful material to under 18s, with up to two years in prison or a thousand dollars fine.
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Austin
Senate
House
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Hazlewood
Attorney General’s Department
Supreme Court
University of Texas Coed
Charles Herring
Herring
Jack Strong
Longview
Pete Snelson
Midland
Ralph Hall
Rockwall
Tom Creighton
Congressmen Propose More Great Plains Conservation Funds
Readers in Lubbock area learn that Texas congressmen press for increased federal funding to support Great Plains conservation efforts amid ongoing land and water stewardship concerns. The section also notes a spelling bee winners list and various local briefs across sections.
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West
Texas
Great Plains
Daily Prayer Urges Self-Examination For Youth Guidance
A Lubbock reader asks God to convict believers to seek divine guidance for youth over human commentaries. The prayer encourages personal repentance before bearing the cross, urging kneeling humility in seeking scripture.
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Lila Rasor
Lubbock
San Francisco Joins Dawn Quake Anniversary Singalong
At the exact anniversary of the 1906 quake a San Francisco dawn party drew hundreds of hippies who sang and joked about doomsayers. Police Chief Cahill arrived in a car as the band played There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight and a fire wagon trailer was shown.
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United Press International
San Francisco
San
Tom Cahill
Cahill
Eto
Moon mission dress rehearsal by Armstrong Aldrin
Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin rehearsed a lunar visit indoors simulating the moon surface. They walked in bulky 120 pound pressure suits, demonstrated deployment of a simulated lunar dish antenna, and described movements as normal for suited astronauts.
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Neil Armstrong
America
Edwin E. Aldrin
Manned Space Center
Houston
Associated Press
Armstrong
Nixon offers broad claim on radar capability
President Nixon said the United States can read radar pictures from miles away. He confirmed the Navy EC121 involvement and stated the North Koreans knew of the capability. The remarks touched on a downed aircraft incident and implied capabilities were disclosed.
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Bob Horton
Washington
Nixon
United States
Norma
Seven Die as Fire Sweeps Atlantic City Apartments
A Friday night blaze in the Brighton Towers high rise in Atlantic City New Jersey killed seven residents and injured twenty. The fire started near a cooking stove and quickly raced through the seventh and eighth floors trapping three in two elevators. The 12 story Aluminum and Glass Brighton Towers housed about 300 people in 164 rooms.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Ce Atlantic City Hospital Somontan
Brighton ‘Towers
Lake
Michael Blum
Nixon ordains a small armada to protect recon flights
President Nixon ordered a flotilla led by the USS New Jersey to shield U S reconnaissance flights off the Sea of Japan. He warned the United States would not tolerate future attacks as Defense Department diversions moved ships and aircraft to protect the missions. Navy vessels including the USS Kitty Hawk and destroyers Tucker Dale Sterrett and Mahan were rerouted to the western Pacific amid the North Korea incident with the downed Navy plane.
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Merriman Smith
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Bast
New Jersey
U.S
Sea of Japan
White House
Defense Department
Western Pacific
Pentagon
Department
USS
Long Beach
Calif
Tucker
Dale
Sterrett
Mahan
Pyongyang
Panmunjom
North Korea
Senator Dirksen Sends Get Well Card to Local Woman
Lub bock resident Mrs. Steve Clay, soon to be 87, recovered from surgery at Methodist Hospital and received a personally signed get well card and birthday greetings from Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen. Her daughter Irma Vaughn called the gesture a mystery after four years of no contact beyond a brief thank you.
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Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Steve Clay
Ilinois
Everett Dirksen
Meet Continues Today as UIL Region 1 Events Start
Texas Tech and Monterey High School host regional UIL events with over 2,500 students competing in vocal literary and track and field contests. The Region 1 Class A one act play saw Happy win for The Trojan Women directed by Richard A. King, with Lorenzo taking second for Goodbye To The Clown directed by Betty B. Chiffling. Best Actor was Henece cue of Rosey.
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Texas Tech
Monterey
Richard A. King
Lorenzo
Stetion
Betty B. Chiffling
Henece Cue
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