Dallas police link Austin gang to $1 million in luxury home jewel thefts
Dallas police and state agencies tie an Austin based gang to jewel thefts across the Southwest, including Preston Hollow in Dallas. Capt. Walter Fannin says some members were at Dallas jobs, while Texas Rangers note possible links to bank burglaries. No arrests yet as a broad cross jurisdictional case unfolds.
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Dallas
Preston Hollow
Southwest
Walter Fannin
Dallas Police
Dallas Times Herald
Bob Crowder
Texas Rangers
Texas Bank
Times Herald
Texas
Austin
Arctic cold grips five states with record subzero lows
An Arctic air mass pushes subzero temperatures from North Dakota to Michigan while southern regions see milder readings. International Falls Minnesota hits 40 degrees below zero, with many Minnesota towns 20 to 30 below. Central Iowa stays near zero, Illinois and Wisconsin post frigid highs, and snow spans the Great Lakes area. The Gulf Coast is warm with McAllen Texas at 79 and Florida reporting 60s to 70s.
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North Dakota
Michigan
Great Plains
Upper Midwest
International Falls
Minn
Minnesota
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Ilinois
Chicagoo
Wisconsin
Park Falls
Wausau
Superior
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
New England
New York
Gulf Coast
McAllen
Tex
Meeting Revealed By US Direct Contact With Hanoi
U S and North Vietnam diplomats held a face to face exchange in which the United States delivered a message to Hanoi seeking to move talks toward a conference table. Hanoi has not replied, dimming hopes for peace efforts.
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Washington
API
United States
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
U.S
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
Crunchy Breakfast Clue In Lenses Case Sparks Laughs
In Springville Utah Jean Wightman recalls her crunchy breakfast costing nearly 160 dollars as her daughter Linda Bartholomew searched for contact lenses left in a bowl in the cupboard. A few bites proved unusually tough before realization hit.
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Springville
Utah
Jean Wightman
Linda Bartholomew
Former Klan member testifies on arson plan at church burnings
John H. Gipson testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that two Negro churches in Slidell Louisiana were targeted by a Klan wrecking crew. He said the plan was devised at a meeting at James L. Leslye's home and outlined by Oscar Anderson the burning leader. Gipson described prior Klan activity and stated he quit last week saying he chose to align with the law under sheriff protection.
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Washington
Ku Klux Klan
Slidell
John H. Gipson
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Gipson
James L. Leslye
Oscar Anderson
Anderson
L. M. Reynor
Lewis Singletary
Two Die in Elgin Gun Attack On Riverside Road
A man and a woman were killed by gunfire about three miles outside Elgin Texas. The victims were Hilla polk Hendricks a 35 year old construction worker from Elgin and Ernestina Molina a 23 year old from Austin. Witness Margaret Sanchez said she saw Molina driving when Hendricks forced her to stop and shot Molina and then Hendricks.
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Elgin
Tex
Austin
Justice of Peace
M. J. Frentwell
Hillapolk Hendricks
Ernestina Molina
Frentwell
Hendricks
Margaret Sanchez
Two Die In Gas Pipeline Flash Fire
Two workers died and five were critically injured when a Texas Eastern Transmission pipeline flash fire erupted beside a 26 inch line in Larose Louisiana. The blaze lasted four hours and was visible for miles as workers drained fluids from the line into a large pit.
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Louisiana
Larose
C. R. Lipscomb
Centerville
Miss
Dennis Bellar
DeQuincy
Fred Bates
H. D. van Winkle
George Allen
Richard Morman
Baytown
Tex
Bobby W. Moulton
Beaumont
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Houston
Stolen Fragonard Drawings Ties Theft at Besancon Museum
Burglars struck the Besancon Fine Arts Museum in France lifting about 40 Fragonard drawings and paintings valued at over one million dollars. Missing items include a Caravaggio, a Rembrandt, and two paintings by Veronese and Tiepolo. Curator Lucie Coruillot confirmed the gaps as police investigated.
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Besancon
France
Besancon Fine Arts Museum
Fragonard
Centuy
Jean-Honiere Fragonard
Lucie Coruillot
Caravaggio
Rembrandt
Veronese
Tiepolo
Protesters win protection over selective service law
In Washington the Justice Department states there is no executive order supporting reclassification of draft evaders after University of Michigan sit in. Assistant Attorney General Fred M. Vinson Jr says sanctions cannot stifle constitutionally protected views unless a legal transgression occurs. Hart notes no ruling that the act was violated by Hershey or students.
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Washington
Selective Service Justice Department
U.S
Viet
Nam
Asst
Atty
Fred M. Vinson Jr
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
University of Michigan
Hershey
Hart
Justice Teparaament
Vinson
Ann Arbor
Mich
J Court
Gen. Hershey
Iment
Gas Readied Breckenridge Blast Kills One Injures Eleven
A propane gas leak in a crawl space under a two story Breckenridge ski area building triggered a blast that killed Richard L. Lanning, 31, of Casper, Wyoming, and injured 11 others, three critically. John Bos, lift manager, described a sudden collapse and quick evacuation as officials investigated the cause.
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Breckenridge
Colo
John Bos
Chicago
Pate
Richard L. Lanning
Casper
Wye
Bos
John Topolnicki
Custo
Gunman Captured After Georgia Bank Robbery and Deputy Slaying
In Kingsland Georgia a bank bandit robbed a local bank and fled across the state line. A Florida deputy sheriff Morrise Fish was killed while stopping the suspect near MacClain Florida. Calvin Carlos Campbell 26 of Yulee Florida was captured after a chase into Georgia and back into Florida. The Georgia patrol closed in on Campbell at St George Georgia. Two other Georgia banks were robbed Monday.
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Kingsland, Ga
Kingland
Georgia
Florida
Calvin Carlos Campbell
Yulee
Fla
Kingsland
Morrise Fish
MacClean
Campbell
St. George
Bank of
Lenox
Rain Storm Kills 145 in Rio de Janeiro
A daylong summer downpour left Rio de Janeiro in crisis with 145 dead, over 1,000 injured, and thousands homeless. Gov. Francisco Nagrão da Lima declared a public emergency, deploying army navy and air force units to aid rescue as floods cut power gas and telephone service. In Paraozinho slum nineteen perished as shanties collapsed. Five bodies were recovered in Copacabana after floodwaters swept ten houses away.
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Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
Francisco Nagrao da Lima
Paraozinho
Copacabana Beach
Rifles Stolen From Brackenridge High Armory
Burglars broke into the Brackenridge High School Armory in San Antonio before dawn and stole 30 rifles after forcing open a door and sawing through two more to reach the loot.
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San Antonio
Brackenridge High School
Death of Shastri Brings India to Standstill
Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri died of a heart attack in Tashkent at 61. His body arrived in New Delhi aboard a Soviet plane, greeted by 30,000 mourners. President Zakir Hussain and Hari Krishnan received him as crowds gathered at the airport. The peace pact with Pakistan’s Ayub Khan, signed 12 hours earlier, framed the national mood as a seven mile funeral cortege proceeded to 10 Janpath. The body would lie in state overnight and be cremated in the Hindu tradition.
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Alexei Kosygin
Pakistan
Ayub Khan
India
Shastri
Tashkent
New Delhi
UPI
Lal Bahadur Shastri
U.S.S.R
Dr. 8
Radhakrishnan
Hari Krishnan
Mohammed Ayub ‘Khan
Kashmir
Janpath
Water Vote Underway in South Plains Districts
Polls open at 8 a.m. in two water district elections in Lubbock and nearby counties. Voters choose three directors and 13 county committeemen for the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District. Lubbock County ballots list incumbents and candidates for Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 Buffalo Lakes. Incumbents Browning Kizer Rose seek re election. Tom N Hutchinson also on ballot.
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Lubbock
South Plains
High Plains
Lubbock County
Water Control and Improvement
Buffalo Lakes
W. G. Browning
Burl Kizer
Gordon H. Rose
Tom N.hutchinson
Cochran County
Morton
Russell Bean
Lynn
Weldon Newsom
Cochran
Hockley
Lamb
Chester Mitchell
Lockney
Floyd County
WATER
Chamber board names twenty two committee chairmen
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Board of City Development announced twenty two committee chairmanship appointments today. Jeb Logan and Ty noted progress on plans for a state school for the mentally retarded in Lubbock and an architect selection expected by month’s end. Balloting for five new board members is under way with Friday tabulation.
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Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Board of City Development Board of Directors
Jeb Logan
Chamber
Logan
Lubbock
Pr. D
Brandon Hull
Young Girl Who Shot Father Is Released
A 14 year old Houston girl who said she tried to kill her father by a head shot was released Monday into a neighbor's custody. The father, a 42 year old South Park man, was shot Sunday and in fair condition at Ben Taub Hospital. Police cited the girl's claim that the father "won't leave my mother or any of us alone."
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Houston
UPI
South Park
Ben Taub Hospital
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