Storm Devastates Tujunga Canyon Area Farms and City Losses
Flooding from the storm hit the Hathaway Home for Boys and surrounding areas in Tujunga Canyon with water up to ten feet. Rescue efforts were hampered as rescuers on horseback were turned back. Farm losses in Oxnard and Ventura County reach hundreds of thousands with damaged crops including broccoli and celery. Damages to Richfield Oil Co. facilities cited at about $500,000. Mayor Sam Yorty estimated city losses over $5 million and private property damages above $10 million. Over 9,000 people affected by the disaster.
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Hathaway
Big Tujunga Canyon
Big
Little Tujunga Washes
Farm Bureau
Oxnard
Richfield Oil Co
Ventura River
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
California
Santa Paula
Mugu
Red Cross
Ojai Valley
Mandeville
Franklin
Silverado
Majesta
Trabuco Canyon
Orange County
Santa Ynez
Cucamonga
Hollywood
Whitewater
Cabazon
Lynn Moore
Topanga Creek
Percy Bennett
Ojai
James Painter
Malibu
Topanga
Mulholland Drive
Beverly Hills
UPI
Vernon Scott
Horne
United States
Russia
U. S
Death Toll Rises From Floods and Fires Across U S
Across Alabama California and Ontario Canada and Vermont and California towns fire and flood devastate homes. Ten children perished in Alabama and California fires and a hotel blaze in Dunnville left ten missing feared dead amid 33 survivors. Severe floods displaced thousands in Santa Paula Ojai and other California communities with evacuations and damage estimates reaching half a million dollars.
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Alabama
California
Victoria
Dunnville
Ont
Canada
New York
Middlebury
Middlebury College
Hartsboro
Ala
Pants Craze Sparks Elite Pants Craze Across Cities
A fragmented account traces a pants trend among an elite crowd. References appear to Chicago, Kansas City, and New York City as fashionable women wear trousers in public spaces and at social venues.
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Rte ‘Caleago
Plaza
Kansas City
Kai Room
Hida
New York City
Oc- Poul Laier
Lincole Center
Happy Welcome as Copter Unit Lands in Happy West Texas
About 500 personnel from a Vietnam bound helicopter unit arrived at a Happy landing area. Local residents greeted them with coffee donuts meals and church visits. A birthday party for 1st Sgt Norman Fildes and a Happy High School Band performance followed before they continued to Amarillo and on to California.
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Happy
Texas
Fort Riley
Kan
Jerry Powell
Powell
David Ross Jaycees
Sgt
Norman Fildes
Happy High School
Amarillo
California
Vietnam
Johnson Prays For Son-In-Law Pat Nugent At UT Center
Former President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson attended a Catholic mass at the University of Texas to pray for their son in law Pat Nugent whose Vietnam base was attacked. Nugent flies C123 missions from Phan Rang. The family greeted reporters, posed for photos, and then visited the Lyndon B. Johnson Library under construction.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Luci Johnson Nugent
School of Public Affairs
University of Texas
Austin
Lyndon Johnson
Pat Nugent
Vietnam
Pat
Nugent
Luci Nugent
Lady Bird
Johnsons
Jerry Nugent I
Jerry
Jerry Nugent III
Luci
West Austin
The Dirty Eight and Hale Center’s Rail Connection
This passage recalls Crosby County’s 1887 88 era grand jury nicknamed the Bloody Grand Jury and the eight Hale Center builders dubbed The Dirty Eight who funded and pressured Santa Fe to extend lines to Hale Center. Their sacrifices helped Hale Center survive and spawn Hale County’s rail link era with Plainview and Lubbock connections.
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Hale Center
W. N. Claxton
R. W
Bob) Lemond
J. M. Ewart
W. M. Akeson
R. West Lemond
Robert Alley
Joe Lee Ferguson
J. M. Reed
Santa Fe
Dirty Eight
Tom Rambo
Hale County
Plainview
Lubbock
Abernathy
UF Dinner Slated In City Tonight
Arlington Mayor Tom J. Vandercrff will speak at the 22nd annual United Fund dinner in the Texas Tech Union Building at 7 p.m. tonight. Officers and board members will be elected, with James W. Spears presiding. Warlick Carr will be honored for outstanding community service.
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Tom J. Vandercrff
Arlington
United Fund of Lubbock
Texas Tech Union
James W. Spears
Union Wall
Warlick Carr
FLEES MOB Marked Man In Vietnam
Attorney John E. Fitzgerald Jr. seeks refuge from the Cosa Nostra in South Vietnam after being targeted for death by mob leaders. He lost a leg in a January booby trap while aiding informer Joseph Barron, and has lived under police protection in West Roxbury. He plans to join a U.S. Army counter intelligence unit as a psychological warfare advisor.
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Boston
John E. Fitzgerald Jr
Westwood
Cosa Nostra
South
Vietnam
Boston Sunday Herald Traveler
Fitzgerald
Joseph
Barboza) Barron
Barron
Barnes Indicates Support for Stronger Conference Rules
Barnes says a change would strengthen his position but he is not pressing for it. He notes a possible fight over joint rules to curb conference committees power. He favors public meetings and linking conferences to adjusting differences between Senate and House bills. Local references include youth affairs and county districts.
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Moore
Senate
Barnes
House
Sion
Cpeeuadensia Pee Oaeres
Cigarette Choices Rise as Russians Seek Foreign Brands
In Moscow and across the Soviet Union smokers hunt for cigarettes amid price and supply constraints. Foreign currency shops offer American brands for tourists and privileged citizens while the general public relies on Bulgarian imports and local Russian brands. Health warnings are rare and filter tips appear on some packs as concern over lung cancer remains less pronounced than in the West.
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Moscow
U. S
West
Cotton versus synthetics challenges in textile market
Cotton prices have fallen to competitive levels and a shift back to cotton is hindered by doubts about future supplies and stable prices. Horne argues that demand could recover with overcoming supply issues, strong fiber properties, and ongoing research, while noting cotton’s national employment and export role.
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Horne
Slaton Youth Arrested In Slaying
Slaton police held a 1% year-old Latin American suspect after the early morning death of Pfc. Roberto Guzman 21 a former Slaton resident at about 3 a.m. Sunday in the northeast part of town following an argument. No charges were filed. Guzman a Fort Bliss member born in Wilson is survived by his wife Martha a son a daughter his mother three brothers and two sisters. Services are pending at Englands Funeral Home.
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Slaton
Pfc
Roberto Guzman
Guzman
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Wilson
Englands Funeral
Martha
Travelers Un deterred side flight to Havana lure
AP report notes Florida bound air travelers remain undeterred by gun waving hijackers as interest in trips to Cuba grows. Airline officials say the prospect of a side trip to Havana draws customers while some passengers express anger at the disruptions. Local motel manager James McKenna says hijackings have shifted travelers to nearby accommodations but overall business benefits persist.
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Miami
Cuba
Havana
Florida
Foruleree
Fidel Castro
James McKenna
Skyways
Pet
Alent
Harlem as the Ve Negra Community in the United States
A brief note identifies Harlem as the ve Negra community in the United States, highlighting its cultural presence and location.
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Harlem
United States
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Crosby County
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Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
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