State's Heat Wave Expected To Linger
Texas endures a scorching heat wave with readings near 100 and above across many cities. Rain remains scarce with only light showers on the Gulf Coast and South Plains, and the long range forecast calls for above normal temperatures through mid July with limited rainfall. A distant storm brought a small tornado to Hammond as storms lash other regions.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Hammon
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States Get Plan For Ratification Plan To set presidential succession clarified
The Senate approved a constitutional amendment defining presidential incapacity and vice presidential succession with a 68 to 5 vote. It advances to the states for ratification requiring 38 states. Critics sought clearer language on who decides when the vice president can assume duties, warning of potential court rulings.
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Jerry T. Baulch Ashington
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House
Johnson
Tower
Plan
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
Walter F. Mondale
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Gore
Congress
Supreme Court
Tax Review Report Due By Citywide Reappraisal
A progress report on a citywide tax reappraisal will be heard at 8 a.m. today by the Citizens Advisory Committee. Five subcommittees met to review property types in the city and school district as concerns about doubled values prompt closer scrutiny.
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E. W. Williams Jr
Williams
Wage hike urged by secretary for minimum wage extension
Labor Secretary Wirtz told the Senate that the working poor live in poverty too and urged approval of extending the federal minimum wage law.
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Washington
UPI
W. Willard Wirtz
Senate
World News Snippets and Notes From The Paper
The page highlights a training visit with Abernathy labeled special and a mention of strange flying objects seen in Chile. It also notes European economic tensions in a common market dispute and criticism of U.S. amid Dominican crisis, plus various market reports and radio TV listings.
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Rafe
Abernathy
Chile
Sec. B
Europe
Refuses Rescue Driver Dies in Swan River Crash
A calm driver sped the wrong way along a Perth highway at up to 50 mph, wrecking multiple vehicles before his car plunged into the Swan River. Passersby attempted rescues, the driver offered cigarettes, and he remained in the car as it sank in 12 feet of water. the body was recovered later.
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Perth
Air Force Plane Crashes Near Suez Killing Dozens
An air force aircraft of the United Arab Republic, described as Soviet built, crashed near Suez after departing Cairo for Yemen. Reports indicate more than 20 officers and soldiers were killed.
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United Arab Republic
Suez
Yemen
Bigamy trial of Sophia Loren postponed in Rome
Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti faced trial in absentia on bigamy charges after a Mexican proxy marriage. Hearings were postponed to Oct 21. Loren testified they lived in the fashion of a wife and Ponti called their union de facto.
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Associated Press
OME
Sophia Loren
Carlo Ponti
Miss Loren
Ponti
Italy
Fernando Natilli
Sophia Scicolone
Britain
Tomaso D’arienzo
Sophia
Eleven Astronauts to Visit Iceland for Field Study
SPACE CENTER Houston reports eleven of America's 34 astronauts will depart Friday for a ten day field trip in Iceland volcanic regions. The mission aims to deepen their understanding of geology similar to that found on the moon and includes some of the nation’s youngest astronauts likely to man Apollo lunar ships.
Selma Minister Faces Embezzlement Charges in Civil Rights Funds
Rev. F. D. Reese of Selma, president of the Dallas County Voter League linked to SCLC, indicted on three counts of embezzling civil rights donations. Prosecutors say funds up to 60,000 may be involved, with money deposited in a Montgomery bank and used for personal purchases. MLK's camp vows an immediate investigation amid cautious remarks from King.
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United Press International
Elma
Ala
Selma
Dallas County
F. D. Reese
Dallas County Voter League
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Radue Safety
Wilson Baker
Reese
Montgomery
Negro leader Reese tied to Selma voting rights drive
Three weeks ago local Negroes aligned with the movement filed a complaint alleging possible misappropriation by leaders, prompting an investigation. Reese led civil rights rallies with Dr. King, sat on a voting rights negotiating committee, and was described by Mayor Smitherman as the Negro spokesman for Selma who made demanding, view-shifting claims. He was the second Black reader arrested amid local complaints.
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Ius
Reese
Strangulation Found in Amarillo AFB Locker
A badly decomposed body found in a wall locker at Amarillo Air Force Base on Tuesday is tentatively identified as S Sgt Richard Roski. Autopsy shows strangulation as the cause of death and investigators report little sign of a struggle.
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Amarield
Amarillo Air Force Base
Amarillo Afb
Richard Roski
Indiana
Roski
Marines Add 8000 Troops In Vietnam Push
A force of 8000 U.S. Marines began landing in South Vietnam near Da Nang to bolster the 60000 total personnel in country. B52 bombers pounded the northeast jungle as U S forces near Da Nang guard the base amid Viet Cong threats.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
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U.S
South
Viet Nam
Saigon
da Nang Air Base
South China Sea
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da Nang
North
U.S. Defense Sec
Robert S.mcnamara
U.S. State Department
Washington
Strategic Air Command
Guam
Laborites Dealt Blow in Finance Bill Defeats
Britain’s Labor government faced three quick defeats in the House of Commons as the Conservatives won by double digits on a finance bill clause. Harold Wilson’s administration claimed it will not quit, while critics called the crisis a major setback for Labor's prestige and party managers failed to marshal votes.
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Preas
Britain
Labor
House of Commons
Harold Wilson
Commons
Dropout Jailed Over Fine After Noise Party
Albert P. Scobie Jr. an 18 year old high school dropout began a 15 day jail term in a Detroit suburb for failing to pay a $100 fine. Police were called to a noisy beer and rock n roll party that led to his imprisonment.
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Albert P. Scobie Jr
Detroit
Climax of quarrel ends in Pittsburgh shootout
A gun battle in Hazelwood left parolee Leroy Francis Scott dead after a dawn tree ambush as officers pursued him following a midnight exchange of gunfire with three officers at the home of his girlfriend’s father Aaron Godfrey. Parolee Scott died as he raised a .22 revolver. two patrolmen were wounded and Godfrey was killed by a chest wound from a .38. Coroner's autopsy notes Godfrey's fatal wound.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Leroy Francis Scott
Scott
James Hintemeyer
Charles Schweinberg
Aaron Godfrey
Hazelwood
Coleman McDonough
Leo Mincin
Joseph Laffey
McDonough
Godfrey
Mincin
Laffey
Joseph B. Dobbs
Allegheny County
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