Navy hero Fleet Admiral Halsey dies at 76
Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey, retired, was found dead in bed at 11 am on Sunday at Fishers Island Country Club in Long Island Sound. He led U S Navy operations in World War II and earned fame for hit and run tactics. His death was attributed to a heart attack.
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N.Y
Fleet Adm
William F
Buil) Halsey
Fishers Island Country Club
Long Island Sound
Country Club
Halsey
Hmset Sd
Mystic
Conn
Sahee
Frazer Sai
Adm
Arieigh Burke
Chief of
Naval Operations
U.S. Navy
Ned
Eisenhower
3Rd Fleet
Japan
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
America
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
Hig
Pelaus
Inflation Shift Report Promotes Growth Over Prices
A Cabinet committee led by Vice President Richard M. Nixon shifted emphasis from fighting inflation to pushing economic growth. The panel, in a statement described as educational, outlined goals including strong growth and stable prices, while denying scrapping inflation but reframing it as rises in the general price level. The final recommendations are not due until late fall.
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Frank Cormier Ashington
Richard M. Nixon
de Ynied
Nixon
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Plot to Break Prison Nipped in Texas Stunt
ANGLETON Texas AP five inmates formed crude bombs from lighter fluid and shoe polish to break prison. Pasadena woman conspired to aid. Darrington Prison Farm officers heard of the plan late Saturday. Homer Goodrum noted unusual purchases of lighter fluid and polish. Belgian consul general Franz Duque drowned off Sidi Gandouri beach Tangier after failed resuscitation.
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Angleton
Tex
Texas
Pasadena
Jack Heard
Darrington
Homer Goodrum
Tangier
UPI
Franz Duque
Sidi ‘Gandori
Duque
Desperate jailbreakers hunted across Iowa near Missouri border
Iowa police pursue Thomas Thompson led search for Jack Hoskins 31 and Larry Logan 18 and accomplice Stanley Kix 18 after they escaped Rock Rapids jail by assaulting the sheriff and stealing his patrol car. Hoskins sought murder charge in wife Carol's Rock Rapids church killing moments after their infant son Paul was baptized.
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Bock
Rapids
Iowa
Tourderer
Thomas Thompson
Towa Bureau of ‘Criminal ‘Investigation
Jack Hoskins
Wilekiller
Larry Logan
Missouri
Hoskins
Logan
Stanley Kix
Kix
Three Hurt In Traffic Mishap Near Anton
Three persons sustained minor injuries in a two car collision around 8 30 p m Sunday near the intersections of Farm Road 597 and US Highway 82 in Anton. Mrs Myron Thedford Williams 24 of Lubbock drove one car and Alfred Monroe Powell 43 of Littlefield drove the other. Mrs Williams her mother Mrs Mary Paul Thedford 45 of Littlefield and Powell passenger Roger Bennett 40 of Muleshoe were treated and released from local hospitals.
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Anton
Myron Thedford
Williams
Elgin
Lubbock
Alfred Monroe Powell
Littlefield
Civil War Veteran Walter Williams Slipping, Says Daughter
The last surviving Civil War veteran Walter W Williams, age 16 at enlistment, grew weaker Sunday according to his daughter Wille Mae es The veteran received some nourishment but his condition did not improve and he remained critically ill in Houston AP reports
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Houston
Walter W. Williams
Wille Maees
Head-On Crash Kills Ten Near Columbia Missouri
A devastating head on collision eight miles east of Columbia Missouri killed ten people and left five others injured Sunday night. Initial reports indicate five patients were hospitalized including a man and four children. Identifications were not immediately available.
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Columbia
Colut
Boone County Hospital
Kidnaper Sought After Lubbock Attempted Assault
Mrs Sue Potter reported a Latin American youth 16 to 17 years old abducted her car near Main Street and Avenue J. He forced her to drive north six miles on North College Avenue, then attempted to separate her in the rear seat. She escaped unharmed, but lost shoes and possessions including $2. The vehicle fled toward the country as shots were fired during the escape.
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Dim Holleman
Sue Potter
Abvalanche-Journal
31St St
Pat
Lubbock
Main St
At Can
Ave. J
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North College Avenue
Clovis Road
North College
Mike Malcik Misses Derby Win In Lubbock Heat
Mike Malcik, 13, son of Mr and Mrs R O Malcik of Lubbock, failed to win the All American Soap Box Derby heat here but placed in several heats. The South Plains representative joined nine of 11 local champs in winning at least one heat while Elk Hart, Indiana’s Robert Weaver took the top finish. Other winners included Barney Townsend, Ace Fogerty, Jon Hesskamp, Mike Costello, Clarence Baker Jr, Duane Lyons, Chris Hallett, Richard Garza, and Brian Henry Hancock in the international race.
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Guy
Avalanche-Journal
Kron
Little Mike Malcik
Mike
R. O. Malcik
Sénd St
South Plains
Lubbock
Robert C. Weaver
Elkhart
Ind
Barney Townsend
Anderson
Ace Fogerty
Tampa
Human rights pledge targets Latin dictatorships in Americas
A working committee of American foreign ministers approved a resolution linking human rights to Caribbean stability, aimed at Dominican dictator Trujillo and others. The plan would empower a future inter-American peace commission under the OAS to monitor abuses and deter military aggression, pending plenary approval.
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Walledreas Inter
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
el Salvador
Mexico
Peru
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Mollina
Commission
Organization of American States
OAS
Caribbean
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Longevity theme in a government taxation view
A brief item notes the idea that longer life expectancies enable higher tax revenue for the government. The commentary frames longevity as a fiscal factor and hints at societal implications without detailed data or examples.
Sun-Baked Food Truck Poisonings Hit 800 Hospitals
United Prom Intermmonas in Indiana reports a food truck catering a Miles Laborator company picnic caused acute food poisoning among about 800 people. Illness followed a sun warmed meal of ham barbecue potato salad baked beans and cake. Health officials suspect bacterial contamination due to lack of refrigeration. official analysis awaited. Ambulances and buses transported patients to Angola area hospitals as authorities traced the supply chain to Nation Guard armory and local homes.
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Urhart
Ind
Miles
Angola
Miles Laborator
Saturn Indiana Health
Andrew Offutt
Nation J
James de Boni
Elkhart
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