Beer Swilling Youth Riots Hit Midwest Resorts
Rioters clashed with police at multiple Midwest resort towns over the holiday weekend. In Russell Point Ohio about 8000 youths confronted deputies after tear gas and National Guardsmen moved in. Rockaway Beach Missouri saw 2000 to 3000 rioters and 126 arrests. Geneva on the Lake Ohio and Arnolds Park Iowa reported tear gas and sizable damage.
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Russells Point
Ohio
Sheriff's Department
Geneva-on-the- Lake
Arnolds Parrk
Iowa
National
Missouri Highway Patrol
Rockaway Beach
Russell Point
Arnolds Park
Rockway Beach
Lake George
N.Y
Newport
R.I
Lyman Cardwell
Cardwell
Lake Taneycomo
Arnold Park
L. E. Smith
Smith
Iowa Highway
National Guard
West Lake Okoboji
James A. Rhodes
Fort Worth
Detroit
Goat Island
Lake Worth
Hell’s Angels
Bass Lake
Calif
Willow Cove
Yosemite National Park
California
City Man Drowns In Motel Pool
Roberto Gonzalez age 23 of 5431 43rd St. drowned around 3 a.m. Sunday at a north Lubbock motel pool after checking in half an hour earlier for the Fourth of July weekend. Co owner Preston Cochran and responders found him at the pool bottom and efforts to revive him failed. An inquest is pending by Justice of the Peace George H. McCleskey. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Chapel Sanders Funeral Home. Surviving family includes three children and several siblings. A companion reported the drowning. pool closure was 1 p.m. prior to the incident.
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Roberto Gonzalez
43Rd St
North Lubbock
Preston Cochran
Gonzalez
Cochran
Roy Cooper
Amarillo Hwy
Justice of the Peace
George H. McCleskey
Memorial Chapel
Sanders
Jim Baker
Church of Christ
Roberto Lee
Debra
Dona Gonzalez
R. B. Rodriquez
Jose
Manuel
Armando Gonzalez
Roberto Davila
Jesse Contanciol
Elena Rodriquez
Lubbock
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Jimmy Applewhite
Tahoka
Lake Guthrie
Segrest
Mackenzie Park
H. B. Barnett
Barnett
Mao meets Indonesian Communist delegation in Peking
Chairman Mao Tse tung of the Chinese Communist party received Indonesian Communist party delegates in Peking, according to the Red New China News Agency report.
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MAO Tokyo
UPI
Mao Tse Tung
Chinese Communist Party
Indonesian Communist Party
Peking
Red New China News Agency
Sato Party Leads in Tokyo Upper House Vote
Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's Liberal Democratic Party led unofficial returns in Tokyo as upper house elections began on Sunday. The early results show the LDP ahead in the capital, signaling strong performance for the ruling party.
Hawaii sniper surrenders after tourist killings on Koolau search
A 23 year old former mental patient Michael Patrick Moeller who boasted of being an expert rifleman killed one Honolulu policeman and wounded another during a three hour man hunt in the Koolau Mountains. He surrendered after firing on police near the Pali lookout and claimed this was his third sniping attack.
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Honolulu
UPI
Michael Patrick Moeller
Koolau
Moeller
Pali Lookout
Pali
Kaanana
Stephen Burke
Andrew Uramoto
U.S
Air Force
Stark
Rand McNeill
U S Plans Raid Escalates In Vietnam And North Attack
U S and Vietnamese forces report ongoing victories with heavy air and ground action across Vietnam. A July Fourth artillery barrage used 50 state-named shells, while battles near Saigon and Ba Gia produced casualties and captures. Reports also mention ships off Hai Phong possibly carrying MIGs or missiles.
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Qui Hau
D-Zone
Ba Gia
Saigon
U.S
Quang Ngai
Washington
North Viet Nam
Cuba
Tornado Rips Italian Highway Areas Hurting Verona Vicinity
A cyclonic storm and tornado struck northern Italy damaging homes and farms near Verona and Vicenza. Dozens of homes collapsed and multiple towns in Parma and Piacenza provinces reported injuries and emergency conditions. Two dead and a baby among victims near Fiorenzuola. Caracas notes licensed veterinarians to practice.
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Vicenza
Venice
Fiorenzuola
Fidenza
Parma
Piacenza
Treviso
Italy
Ragazzola
Busseto
Cortemaggiore
Sissa
Roncole
Cadeo
Florenzuiola
Local Parents Welcome Newborns in Sunday Clinics
Numerous area families announce births this Sunday across Anton Shallowater Wolfforth and Lubbock hospitals. Notable entries include Holmes twins at Latf Clinic weighing 4 pounds 2 ounces and 4 pounds 9 ounces, and Rodriguez son at Laut Clinic weighing 5 pounds 2 ounces.
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John Frederick Holmes
Anton
Juan Nombrana
Latf
Western Ways Cafe
Roosevelt Birt
Shallowater
Lauf Clinic
Herron and Son Texaco
Paul Rodriguez
Ave. M
Laut Clinic
W Fertilizer and Chemical Company
Riley Owens
Wolfforth
Bunday
Methodist Hospital
Wolfforth High School
Child Plays With Civil War Replica Cannon In Yard
Johnnie Hurdt proudly shows a gray replica cannon gifted on July 4. It features red black and gold trim with a US and Confederate flag, while the boy plans a Confederate uniform for play. His father jokes about keeping it in the backyard as neighbors admire the toy. Michelangelo worked on St Peter's Church for glory, not pay.
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Hurdts
Johnnie
Hurdt
Scattered Rains Hit On Plains Across July Fourth
Severe thunderstorms and funnel clouds lashed the Central Plains with heavy rain in DixIe Sunday while Texas and South Plains endured a hot start to July 4. Records showed 0.25 to 0.35 inches in Muleshoe and Hale, with towns like Dimmit Friona and Crosbyton reporting up to an inch rain.
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Central Plains
Dixie
Texas
South Plains
Dimimitt
Friona
Muleshoe
Hale
Floyd
Motely
Dickens
Crosby
Matador
Crosbyton
Sterley
Hereford
Tulsa
Spur
Alpine
Galveston
Corpus Christi
U.S. Weather Bureau
South
Panhandle
Colorado Highway Patrol
la Junta
Colo
Goodsland
Kan
Smith Center
Sharon
Little Rock
Ark
Goodland
Russell
McDonald
Lexington
Neb
North Platte
Haigler
Canada
Minnesota
North Dakota
California
Arcata
Calif
Blythe
City Observes Quiet Fourth Across Agencies
Many offices close for a holiday while state offices mostly stay open. A fatal drowning and multiple burn and traffic incidents mar the day as crowds fill Buffalo Lakes and Mackenzie Park with an estimated 29 665 visitors.
Shootout Leaves Sheriff Wounded In Crosbyton
Deputies search Crosbyton for a 15 year old Latin American youth after a deputy sheriff was wounded in a daytime shooting. A man believed to be the suspect’s brother was arrested and held for molesting charges as more officers converge from multiple agencies.
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Stark
L. T. Starkey
Young Stark
Starkey
Crosby County
Department of Public Safety
Lubbock
Texas Rangers
Sheriff's Deputies
K-9
Leonard Blatney
Crosbyton
Boy 11 Saves Sister Drowns at Twin Lakes
In Dowagiac Michigan Harry Weimer 11 died heroically while rescuing his sister Toni 6 at Twin Lakes Emery Huizar of South Bend Indiana saved Toni and revived her after Harry drowned rescuing her Sheltered by water depths 12 to 15 feet the sheriff said the body was recovered by divers
Traffic Toll Rises Over Weekend Amid Holiday Travel
The report records 435 deaths on streets and highways during a 78 hour summer period not tied to a holiday. The Associated Press also tallied traffic deaths from 6 p.m. Friday June 18 to midnight June 21 for comparison.
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Associated Press
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