Hurricane Celia Aftermath Stuns Texas Coast
Emergency measures empower the Army Corps to clear debris on public property. President Nixon declares a disaster area to accelerate aid. 65,000 Texas families suffer losses with hundreds of homes destroyed and damage across Corpus Christi and Aransas Pass. Red Cross shelters 15,000. guards deployed. port and utilities strained but reopening underway.
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Robert H. Simpson
National Hurricane Service
Miami
Cella
Simpson
Nixon
Celia
Texas
Corpus Christi
Jim Crook
Beulah
Carla
Corpus
Red Cross
Corpus Christ
Preston Smith
Aransas Pass
Port Aransas
Gregory
Portland
Taft
Young stowaway foiled Melbourne flight from Sydney
A Sydney boy aged? tried boarding a plane to Paris last year and later attempted another flight to Melbourne. He ended up back home after his father paid for the trip, saying life there was not fun and dismissing his actions as foolish.
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Charles Semo-Tordjan
Paris
Sydney
Australia
Tralia
Charles
Melbourne
Charlies
Judge weighs argument that God may be a party in land case
Sonoma County Superior Court judge Kenneth Eymann stayed a ruling that God does not qualify as a trustee under California law. Attorney Frank Solomon, volunteering as friend of the court, argues the ruling lacks merit since God was not represented. The Morningstar Ranch feud centers on ownership and title transfer questions amid a long-running county dispute.
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API
California
Morningstar Ranch
Frank Solomon
Sonoma County
Kenneth .Eymann
Solomon
Lou Gottlie
God
Gald
Gottlieb
Teenage activists push into politics in Wichita race
In Wichita Kansas AP report teenagers mobilize for political roles seeking to influence electoral issues. Meachem and Gorritt run for party offices while opponents contend that candidates must be 21 to hold state or county elective posts.
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Wichita
Kan
Meacher
Ceed
Darcy
Meachem
Miss Gorritt
Lubbock Voters Eye Memorial Civic Center Library Upgrades
Special Grant Selamba backed proposal notes maps and site inspections by interior officials. Voters will decide on 2.8 million for Jakes project plus 7.8 million for memorial civic center 1.2 million for a central library and 1.8 million for parks and recreation improvements.
U S Jets Hit Cambodian Posts In Skoun Offensive
UPI reports American jets joined Cambodian forces in strikes against Communist positions near Skoun to aid their effort to recapture the town. In South Vietnam two American troops were killed while defending a headquarters outpost near the Laos border as U S air operations expand in Cambodia.
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South Vietnam
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Cambodia
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Penh
Kompong Thom
Ania
Ballot questions mix bond votes and property owner rules
The ballot lists four bond questions including 7.8 million for a Memorial Civic Center and 1.2 million for a central library with separate counting for property owners. Asst. City Atty. Ken Jones notes legal rulings require owner participation and state approvals for municipal bonds amid differing state law. The report then shifts to Vietnam War coverage with Frontline Report details of U S air operations in Cambodia and fighting near Skoun and Kham Duc, including Napalm strikes and casualties.
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Ken Jones
Crawford Martin
U. S. Supreme Court
Arizona
Martin
Texas
U S Soviet French and British reps eye cease fire as violence intensifies
U S Ambassador Thant signals possible cease fire soon after Jarring mission. meanwhile Israeli forces strike guerrilla bases in Jordan and along the Suez Canal. In Amman clashes between factions loyal to Nasser and opposing his plan leave casualties on both sides.
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Yost
Thant
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Jordan
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Suez Canal
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Nasser
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Front For the Liberation of Palestine
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Action
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Tower urges streamlined disaster aid after Texas hurricane
Senator Tower urged better communications and faster federal aid after Hurricane Celia battered Corpus Christi. He praised local forecasters civil defense and evacuation officials while criticizing power and communications losses as major handicaps. He cited four Texas disasters this year and called for automatic trigger mechanisms to start aid without a formal disaster declaration.
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Tower
Office of Preparedness
Nixon
Tow‘er
Texas
Besnanie
Lubbock
San Marcos
Young Kennedy related youths face court dates in recent case
A youth linked to the lease case was to travel to India on an exchange program and three other juveniles were summoned for today’s session, all unnamed. In Hyannis 23 people were arrested on narcotics warrants dating back to April, most freed on bail with court continuances. no ties to Kennedy and Shriver were indicated. Kennedy is the third oldest in a family of 11, nephew of the late President John F Kennedy.
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India
Hyannis
Barnstable
Kennedy
Shriver
Young Kennedy
Kathleen
Joe
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy nephews named in Massachusetts marijuana charges
In a Hyannis roundup linked to informant tips, young Kennedy and Shriver were ordered to appear at the Barnstable County Juvenile Court. Police withheld many details due to the youths being under 17. The two left for a South visit shortly after the raid.
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Mass
Hyannie Port
Washington
Kennedy Compound
Young Kennedy
Shriver
Hyannis
First District Court
Barnstable County
Senate action looms as farm bill subsidies debated
The House passed a farm bill setting a $55 000 subsidy ceiling and sent it to a House Senate conference. A direct vote could urge conferees to accept the Senate 20 000 limit on three crop categories plus wool observers noted a likely close vote President Nixon’s stance was seen as weak toward the 95 000 limit Experts argued about effectiveness in controlling supply while concerns about large growers persisted within Democratic and Republican ranks.
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Senate
Silvio O. Conte
R-Mass
House
Nixon
Paul Pindley
Arin
Conte
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