Celia Hurricane Costs Texas Record Losses
The Corpus Christi area bore the hardest blow from Hurricane Celia with at least 11 deaths and estimated damages around 400 million dollars. Red Cross figures show about 65,000 Texas families suffered losses as 8,050 homes were destroyed and thousands more damaged. Peak winds reached 180 mph and the storm caused extensive property, crops, and communications damage across the coast.
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Chou En-lai Urges Youth to Seek Right Road in Interview
Premier Chou En-lai told Francois Debre in a France-Soir interview that young people need not choose revolution, stressing the importance of finding the right road and a happy medium. Debre, son of Defense Minister Debre, quoted Chou during his visit to China.
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Chou En-lai
Red China
Chou
Francois Debre
Pinister Debre
France-Soir
Debre
China
Andre Bettencourt
France
Texas figures eyed cancer rates among Texas Negroes
An M D Anderson survey of 8 562 cancer cases from 1954 to 1968 shows Houston Negroes with high esophagus cancer rates of 68 45 per 100 000 and that one third of Houston Negro cancer cases were advanced at discovery. The study covers Houston Abilene Austin El Paso Harlingen and Texas Latin Anglos.
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M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute
Eleanor MacDonald
Anderson
Department of Epidemiology
MacDonald
Abilene
Austin
Fi Paso
Spaghetti sauce linked botulism crisis in Wisconsin family
Libertyville Wisconsin family of four and a woman from Madison are treated for botulism type A after consuming contaminated spaghetti sauce. Doctors credit early antitoxin from the Atlanta Communicable Disease Center and rapid care to the Grahams George, Maxine, Mary 22 and Scott 10 remain in critical condition but show signs of improvement.
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Seven Arrested in Weatherford Drug Raid
Weatherford police detained seven young persons described as hippies during a raid on a residence for illegal drugs. The group included eleven trainees and six other individuals up to 20 years old. officers reported seizure of illegal drugs.
Decline Reported In Auto Deaths In Texas
AP reports Texas auto fatalities declined to 1,898 through Friday noon, down from 1,926 a year earlier. Despite more fatal crashes, the drop is about 1 percent as public safety authorities note fewer deaths on state roads.
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Bullets cross border Berlin clash reported
Eastern border guards reportedly fired on refugees near the Berlin Wall as West Berlin police reported a violent incident Saturday. Panicked residents described machine gun fire echoing along the frontier and the tense city atmosphere amid the ongoing border clashes.
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Texas Chief Justice elected National Conference chair
Chief Justice Robert W. Calvert of Texas was elected chairman of the National Conference of Chief Justices at the ABA meeting in St. Louis, while declining a dinner seating beside Senator Edward Kennedy due to Kennedy's Chappaquiddick involvement and political aims. Calvert said he would return to Austin and cited the Kopechne tragedy in his decision.
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Robert W. Calvert
Texas Supreme Court
National Conference of Chief Justices
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
American Bar Association
Calvert
Kennedy
Austin
Chappaquidrick
Mary Jo Kopechne
U.S
Port Aransas Lab Hit by Celia Blackout
UT officials warn the Port Aransas marine science institute suffered a power outage after Hurricane Celia that destroyed lab specimen material and threatened sensitive electronic equipment on site.
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UPD
Marine Science Institute
Port Aransas
University of Texas
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