Storm Damage: Fort Walton Beach Buildings Destroyed
Public information officer Hank Basham reported severe storm damage at Tyndall. In Fort Walton Beach several large buildings were destroyed and eight homes on a block were demolished with house trailers overturned. About 200 people in a nightclub ducked on the floor as the building wrecked.
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Hank Basham
Tyndall
Fort Walton Beach
Gibson
Ocean City
Bill Tennis
Tennis
Bodies found as murder probe widens in Florida case
The search for a missing girl expanded with hundreds mobilized including 100 National Guardsmen and 60 police reserve, as investigators said the victim likely died in her car after a shopping trip. An autopsy noted a two deep heart wound from a sharp blade, with no weapon found.
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Texas Rangers
Edwards
Lovers Lane
Peace
Joe’ Johnson
Johnson
National
Gang Nabb ed Trainee Tortured by Hippies in East Village
Kenneth Goss a 20 year old post office trainee in a Mobilization for Youth program said he was held captive by about 30 masked youths in a series of Diggers crash pads in the East Village and Lower East Side. He described daily beatings with roach spray burns and threats with weapons. Police raided a Diggers communal apartment arresting eight suspects and seizing LSD tablets amphetamine pills guns and knives.
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New York
UPI
East Village
Kenneth Goss
Mobilization For Youth ‘Antipoverty Agency
Lower East
Kenneth Patrick
Marion
Flemington
N.J
Peter Karpen
Frank Franklin
Valley Cottage
N.Y
John Heckert
Dominic Cicala
Lebanon
Frank Pantano
Brooklyn
Tim Driscoll
Nyack
Goss
Roland
Diggers
East 6Th Street
Diggers Free
Raiders Hit Latham's Department Store Burglary
Raiders raided Lathams Department Store at 34th Street and Flint Avenue on Saturday night escaping with about 3000 dollars in clothing. Officers found clothing strewn near the east doorway and reported items stolen from displays within 40 feet of the doorway.
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Latham’s
34Th Street
Flint Avenue
Jessie McArthur
11Th St
Jack Campbell
4Th St
Darrell Haney
Randy Hodges
23Rd St
Mark Ludke
Waymouth Hall
Texas Tech
Kreg Wilson
Gordon Hall
Allen
Matador Apartments
Conquistadors Apartments
Lith
Suspect Grilled In City Knifing
A 41 year old Littlefield woman was held in connection with the fatal stabbing of Jessie Thornton Jr. in front of the Tampico Apartments in east Lubbock after an argument. Thornton died at Methodist Hospital from a stab wound near the neck. A hunting knife was recovered from the suspect’s purse. The suspect remained in city jail awaiting transfer to county jail.
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Lubbock
Littlefield
Jessie Thornton Jr
Tampico
7Th St
Too Old to Learn New Ways Claims Hit 55 Rule
Anthropologist Dr. Edmund Leach argues no one should hold public office after age 55. He cites leaders such as Johnson, de Gaulle, Kosygin, Mao and Nixon approaching or past that age, challenging contemporary governance norms.
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Leach
Braddock Family Announces Birth of Son
Mr and Mrs Jackie Braddock of ba announce the birth of a son weighing 7 pounds. The infant’s arrival is noted in a brief family notice, with no additional details provided.
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PETES
Jackie Braddock
Navy marks Corsair II as new A-7A joins warplane fleet
Honolulu AP reports the A-7A Corsair II, a carrier based light attack jet, praised by Navy pilots. The jet, built by Vought, can fly nearly 600 mph with a 15 000 pound payload and a 3 500 mile range with external tanks. It attacked a bridge near Vinh last Tuesday, sustaining damage to the span with five inch rockets.
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Navy
U.S
Ranger
Vinh
Hanoi
Air Force
Hawaii
Cmdr
James C. Hill
Pratt & Whitney
Hill
Vought Aeronautics Division
LTV Aerospace Corp
Dallas
Tex
French 15-year-old confesses to kidnap and murder
In Versailles France a 15-year-old boy admitted kidnapping and killing Emmanuel Malliart seven, collecting 12000 dollars in ransom. Police said the boy lured the child from school in a packing crate used as a game prop, then killed him with a club and hid the body in woods.
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Versailles
France
Emmanuel Malliart
Emmanuel
Rene Camard
Camard
Matador Ranch Cowboys Christmas Ball Origin Story
The article recalls Motleys County’s first Christmas celebration at the Matador Ranch, a multi day event that grew from modest beginnings in 1883. It notes Wagon shipments delayed by March, Ballard Springs as HQ in 1879, Lizzie Campbell and the rough early life, and H. H. Campbell’s 1891 valedictory speech at a Cowboys Christmas Ball.
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Motleys County
Fort Worth
H. H. Campbell
Ballard Springs
Matador Ranch
Campbell
Fort Griffin
Lizzie Campbell
First Underground Nuclear Test For Private Industry
In Farmington New Mexico UPI reports the Gasbuggy blast a 26 kiloton underground nuclear explosion in a natural gas field 55 miles east of the town. Observers five miles away felt two tremors seconds after the detonation and signals to shelters were briefly disrupted. The test, designed to aid gas recovery, occurred 4240 feet underground and was contained with no venting observed.
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Farmington
N.M
UPI
New Mexico
Here
el Paso
Letters Chatt y Warm Schoolroom Project Nets Pen Pals
In Marion North Carolina fifth graders under Mrs Ray Cline wrote to Vietnam service members as a class project. The letters connect lonely GIs with hometown students and have led to gifts clothing and prayers. Pupils have sent 403 letters and received 36 replies as they sustain a daily mail routine and a bulletin board titled Christmas Wishes to Boys in Vietnam.
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Marion
N. C
Bob Traywick
Mike Corbett
Bob
Mike
Belmont
South Vietnam
Ray Cline
Vietnam
Cline
Dorothy
Church
Linda
Tang
Donald Poore
Larry Patterson
Mount Holly
N.C
Donald
Linda Mortas
Californians Feel Quake In Eureka Area
A 5.8 magnitude quake struck Eureka California at 4:07 a.m. on Sunday with a 4.5 aftershock 27 minutes later. UC Berkeley seismographs logged the offshore event centered about 25 miles from Eureka, felt from Arcata to Rio Dell with windows rattling and objects swaying.
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Eureka
Calif
California
University of California
Berkeley
United States
Alaska
Arcata
Rio Dell
Santeero
Water Study Highlights California Water Project Cooperation
California's water supply relies on underground pumping with replenishment programs moving water from other areas. Interfield and Thompson emphasize coordinated efforts among local, state, and federal agencies to sustain growth. The 1960 $1.75 billion bond supports initial water development, with 4 230 000 acre feet delivered annually to Sacramento San Joaquin Valley Bay Area and Southern California through 1990. Approximately 25 percent goes to irrigators and 75 percent to domestic and industrial users. Water prices for irrigation in the lower San Joaquin Valley run about 550 dollars per acre foot.
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Interfield
Thompson
California
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
Sacramento
San Joaquin
San Francisco Bay Area
San Joannn Valley
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