Marines suffer heavy losses near DMZ as battles surge
U S headquarters reported 102 North Vietnamese killed and eight Americans dead with 23 wounded during the heaviest DMZ fighting in over two months. Across the DMZ three artillery duels produced two more American deaths and four wounded as battalions split into smaller units to harass Allied troops.
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Dmz
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Sai
Gon
Saigon
Mekong
Delta
Police Seek Second Suspect In Tate-Polanski Slayings
Detectives reported a second suspect is sought in the killings of Sharon Tate and four others at the Polanski estate. The victims include Miss Tate eight months pregnant, Miss Folger, Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski, and Steven Parent. The bloodless scene showed a cloth around a victim’s head and a rope to Tate, with an American flag draped over a couch.
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Miss Tate
Helder
Polanski
Keny Meeny Miney Mo
Jay Sebring
San Francisco
Abigal Folger
Folger
Voytech Fryowski
Polanski’s
Steven Earl Parent
el Monte
Parent
Garretson
Tate
Frykowski Sebring
Europe
Europe Two Weeks Ago. In Her Absence, Miss Folger
Frykowski
Sebring
Rosemary
Los Angeles
London
Paint horses gain favor after brief eclipse
The Old Paint breed reemerges in interest as the Lmertoni Paint Horse Association, founded in 1962, grows to over 40 states. Calamity Jane, a Paint mare, won $1,200 in a recent cutting contest. Paints blend conformation lines from Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred, and arise from crossing Paint mares with solid color sires or vice versa. Tobiano and Overo varieties are described, with Tobianos generally more common due to dominant genes.
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Lmertoni Paint Horse Association
Dobsey
Tobiano
Toby Deal
Plainview
Ranchman
ROUND OF ACCOLADES PLANNED FOR MOON ASTRONAUTS
The astronauts ending quarantine after moon missions receive a week of national parades and ceremonies. Armstrong Aldrin and Collins will tour major cities with official receptions and a ticker tape salute planned in New York Chicago and Los Angeles. A final Texas sized Houston celebration may cap the schedule.
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Armstrong
Aldrin
Berry
Atlanta
Manned Spacecraft Center
New York
Strong
Collins
United Nations
Chicago
Los Angeles
Nixon
Houston
Astrodome
Storm Rips Through Cincinnati Dining District
A severe Sunday afternoon storm damaged multiple restaurants across Cincinnati with roofs ripped off and bricks collapsing. One hotel partially wrecked had guests taking cover under tables while a night clerk reported seeing debris and a car rolling unattended. Residents aided trapped people as 85 percent of service was expected to be restored by nightfall.
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Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Robert Post
James Perdue
Deer Park
Perdue
Cincinnati
Texas heat wave pushes many cities past 100 degrees
Dry southwesterly winds and clear skies sent temperatures above 100 in many Texas locales Sunday. Waco led with 109 degrees while Marfa peaked at 90 as the low maximum. Over 25 cities hit triple digits with Corpus Christi recording 1.01 inches of rain. Lubbock reached 97 and the West Texas Air Terminal forecast highs in the upper 90s to continue.
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Mercury
Texas
Waco
Marfa
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
U.S. Weather Bureau
West Texas Air Terminal
Nader cites danger of byssinosis in cotton mills
Consumer watchdog Ralph Nader says thousands of cotton textile workers suffer from byssinosis the brown lung disease. He claims over 100000 active and retired workers are affected and accuses industry of obstructing research and factory improvements while the government does little. He urges swift federal action and notes Europe has long recognized the disease with Britain paying compensation since 1940. The hazard is said to be strongest in North and South Carolina Georgia and Alabama.
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Washington
UPI
Ralph Nader
U.S
Nader
Europe
Great Britain
Robert H. Finch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Man and Daughter Die in Sherman Collision
Sherman witnesses said a 58 year old man John Webster and his 28 year old daughter Joan died in a fiery wreck on U S 7 near a railroad overpass. Their car struck a bridge railing, then a large diesel truck hit the vehicle pushing it off the overpass onto an access road. The flames consumed the car and both victims were identified after the blaze.
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Sherman
U.S
John Webster
Joan
Webster
Births Celebrate New Babies Across Lubbock Area
The notice lists several births at Methodist and related hospitals. Families include Patterson, DeVille, Scott, Castillo, Burgess, and others with details on weight, time of birth, and parental occupations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James DeVille
Seth
Methodist
Ted Scott
Post
Methdist Hospital
the Mather
Moon State Plans touted for Texas style moon capital
Rohde envisions San Antonio as the Moon State capital with the Tower of the Americas as its earth space HQ. He describes Moon River and Spirit of Apollo Drive hosting the Stars and Stripes Trading Post and Passport Center and a future population of 5 000 moon type homes and 2 500 moon type apartments. He proposes universities named for Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong and a global contest for schoolchildren to design the state flag with prizes and a moon currency system including moon dollars and moon quarters. He seeks $5 per lot to fund the plan and mail entries to his San Antonio office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Kennedy
Stars and Stripes Trading Post
Moon River
Rohde
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
San Antonio
Marine Corps Public Information
American chained to Buckingham Palace in protest
An American dressed as a Roman centurion chained himself to the railings of Buckingham Palace to urge Britain to spend more on preserving historic buildings.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Police Chief Bill Gordon Dies After Chase
Police Chief Bill Gordon 49 died after pursuing an escapee from Garza County Jail. He chased the man for three blocks, then collapsed at the station with an apparent heart attack. Funeral set in Haskell with Masonic rites. survivors include wife Emma Lee and daughter Janice Lynn.
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POST
Bill Gordon
Garza County
Gordon
Otis Shepherd
Shepherd
Post City
Brownfield
Haskell
First Baptist Church
Hubert Sego
Troy Culpepper
Willow Cemetery
Holden Funeral Home
Emma Lee
Janice Lynn
The
Home
Laverne Landess
Mary Sue Guess
Jim Gordon
Lubbock
Who Should Bear Brunt Senate Weighs Texas Tax Setup
Texas faces a close Senate review of a $5.8 billion two year appropriation and possible sales tax boosts. Comptroller Calvert disputes business share estimates as lawmakers discuss alternatives including gas and oil taxes and a corporate income tax.
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Texas
Robert S. Calvert
House
TRL
Connecticut
Florida
Barnés
Senate
Barnes
Mystery of The Cat: Noble Slaying Remains Unsolved
In Lewisville Texas the 1951 bomb blast that killed gambler Herbert Noble remains an unresolved mystery. An eight inch file at Texas Ranger HQ in Dallas hints at possible mob links and a suspected hired killer, with no definitive culprit named.
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Herbert Noble
Associated Press
Denton County Sheriff's Office
Texas Rangers
Vee
George Sui
Ranger
Dallas
Jim Thomas
Noble
Thomas
Durant
Okla
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Weat Texas Hospital
Freddy Castillo
Baylor
Welghing
James Burgess
Tag
Bee
Selenier
Methodist Hospital
Lisa Houghton
Raymond Houghton
Pepperdine College
Lunar State Vision of
Man
Reed Parker
Parker
Austin
Bob Armstrong
Oscar Mauzey
Ben Atwell
Atwell
Gambler Noble
Lewisville
Denton County
Bennie Binion
Binion
Las Vegas
Nev
Kingdom E
Nobie
Airman's Club
Wilthe Separ
Oak Cliff
Wall
County
Oly
Cuca
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