Marines Face Heavy Losses Near DMZ in Vietnam Battle
North Vietnamese regulars pushed near Con Thien as U S Marines suffer heavy casualties including 51 killed 170 wounded and 34 missing in a two day fight just south of the DMZ. U S commanders estimate a regimental size force of up to 3000 with sustained shelling and mortar barrages.
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Associated Press
AIGON
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Saigon
da Nang
Con Thien
Dmz
Highlands
Demilitarized Zone
Bong Son
1St Airmobile Cavalry Division
Vietnam
Lynda Johnson at Beach During Rehoboth Outing
Lynda Bird Johnson applies sun tan lotion at Rehoboth Beach Delaware on a Sunday outing while her parents and sister observe Luci Johnson’s birthday back at the ranch. AP wirephoto.
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Lynda Bird Johnson
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Luci
No New War Seen Mideast Fighting Threat Discounted
ISRAEL and Egypt reported fresh fighting along the Suez Canal for a second day. Cease-fire breaches did not threaten a major revival of the six day war ended June 10. Reports differed on who fired first and casualties were not detailed. The U N General Assembly met as both sides protested to U Thant.
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Associated Press
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Middle East
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Security Council
U.N. General Assembly
Ras El’ish
Port Fuad
Sinai Peninsula
Ras El'ish
Say
Cairo
Mideast
Lagos blast injures multiple near police headquarters
A bomb exploded in a car parked opposite Lagos police headquarters Sunday night. Police report at least six injured and possible fatalities among bystanders.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Prayer for Peace Marks Daily Reflection
A brief devotional text urges living for peace beyond prayer. It frames life as a bivouac and acknowledges human fragility in shaping lasting harmony.
Protesting Hippies Try to Stop News of the World
Britain massed hippies protested against a newspaper after it linked Mick Jagger and Keith Richards to drug arrests. police kept order as the paper published with its front page editorial defending supplying information to police. Attorneys argued the tabloid plotted to trap the singers.
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Press International
Britain
Rolling Stones
News of the World
Mick Jagger
Keith Richard
Action
Jagger
Richard
Texas leads nation in Fourth of July holiday deaths
At midweek the Texas tally topped U.S. figures with 57 deaths from traffic crashes and other violence during the Independence Day weekend. Drownings, boating accidents, and miscellaneous violence added to the toll as California neared Texas in drownings and the National Safety Council projected 700 to 800 traffic fatalities for the four day period.
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Associated Press
Texas
California
Noah Ray Morris
Levelland
Lake Stamford
National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
Three-Car Crash Kills Texas Woman Near Altus Oklahoma
A Texas woman died and her husband was badly injured in a three car crash about two miles west of Altus on U S 62. A tire blew out on Henry Clay Snyder’s car causing loss of control and impact with another vehicle and a bridge abutment before striking a fourth car. Mrs Snyder 61 was killed and Snyder 67 was injured and taken to Altus hospital. He is an employee at the Weather Bureau in Lubbock Texas. Relatives were en route to Altus Sunday night.
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Texas
U.S
Oklahoma
Henry Clay Snyder
Lubbock
Tex
Snyder
S5th St
U.S. Weather Bureau
South Plains
Phantoms of the Plains: Hoppers Plague Pioneers
A historical roundup recalls grasshopper swarms in Hale County during the 1890s. Eyewitness accounts describe vast moving bands darkening roads, devouring crops, and farmers bracing with brush brooms and moats as fields were stripped and homes left desolate.
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Anson Cox
Mary Cox
Hale County
Estacado
American Conquers Strait Of Gibraltar
The report notes Dave Smith swam the Strait of Gibraltar from Morocco to Gibraltar, first to do so. The journey covered eight miles in eight hours and 45 minutes amid strong currents and fatigue, with authorities later summoning Sean Connery and noting Bond film connections in North London.
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UPI
Dave Smith
Strait of Gibraltar
Morocco
London
Sean Con- Smith
Inery
James Bond
Camp Bay Beach
West Hendon
Tornado Sightings and Severe Storms Hit Texas Panhandle
Storms produced multiple tornado reports across the Texas Panhandle and South Plains with heavy rainfall up to four inches. No major damage reported though power outages occurred near Friona and Rhea. Tornadoes sighted near Littlefield and Bellview with additional funnels west of Hereford and near Happy. Clovis Hereford areas faced high winds and flash flooding. cars stranded between Clovis and Texico.
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Mike Read
Avalanche-Journal
Eear Oes
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Rhea
Friona
Littlefield
Lamb
Lanablace
Bellview
N.M
Hereford
Happy
Tulsa
Clovis
Texico
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High Plains
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Castro
Hockley
Humphrey urges Asia allies to share Vietnam aid costs
Vice President Hubert Humphrey told leaders in Seoul and Tokyo that regional partners must bear a larger share of economic and social assistance for South Vietnam. He pressed Sato to increase participation amid Japan's internal push to limit involvement while seeking trade gains.
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America
South Vietnam
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
Eisaku Sato
Japan
Park
Suto
C.K. Yen
United States
Sato
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Moscow
Hanoi
Pravda
Tokyo
Weather Map Page 12-A Lubbock and Vicinity Summary
Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms in Lubbock area with cooler today. Partly cloudy tonight. Highs in the mid 80s, lows in the mid 60s. Light easterly winds. Regional temps listed for El Paso, Houston, Amarillo, Dallas, Roswell, Denver, Oklahoma City.
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Ben el Paso
Houston
Okta
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