Storms Deliver Wide Rains Across Texas With Tornado Reports
The storm system swept across central and eastern Texas bringing heavy rainfall amounts from .30 to 1.40 inches, with a reported tornado near Hale Center at 9:52 p.m. All clear issued at 10:40 p.m. High winds downed lines and flooded several areas, including Rockdale. No injuries reported as thunderstorm activity extended from Midland-Odessa to Houston.
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Abernathy
Hale Center
Idalou
Cal
Olton
Plainview
Littlefield
Floydada
Levelland
Muleshoe
Downstate
el Paso
Texas
Rockdale
Bertha Williams
Hill Country
Weather Bureau
Midland-Odessa
Housjton
High Plains
San Antonio
Panhandle
Dixie
Florida
Midwest
Columbus
Miss
Mineral Wells
Tex
Jacksonville
Fla
Boston
Mercury
Fire damages storage area at Plains Textiles plant
A blaze at Plains Textiles Inc. at 1125 E Loop 289 caused several thousand dollars in damage to stored cotton in a rear storage area. Lightning from a thunderstorm struck nearby and smoke enveloped the material processing room. No injuries were reported. the fire was under control within about 30 minutes.
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Plains Textiles, Inc
E. Loop
E. L. Price
Price
Government urges cotton planting shifts to meet demand
The 1966 1967 policy cut cotton output to reduce surpluses, but crops were smaller than expected. Now the government backs higher plantings as demand outstrips supply, with the August 1 carryover at about 6.75 million bales the lowest since 1953 and total season demand around 13.6 million bales, including 4.2 million exports. States report varied acreage changes for American Egyptian cotton.
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U.S
Department
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
California
Arizona
Four Injured In Mishaps On Lubbock Streets
Four people were injured in separate crashes Monday in Lubbock. Albert A. Johnson in critical condition after being struck at 50th Street and Avenue H. Sandra S Gordon driver of the car. Barney Castro treated and released after a Grinell Avenue crash. Jack Visague treated and released after a Loop 289 collision. Ronald Ralph Martin treated and released after a three car pileup on U S 62 west of Oxford Avenue.
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Lubbock
Albert A. Johnson
Rt. 1
Slaton
Methodist Hospital
50Th St
Ave. H
Sandra’ S. Gordon
32Nd St
Barney Castro
Jarvis Ave
West Texas Hospital
Grinell Ave
Jack Visague
8Th St
Loop 289
4Th St
Ronald Ralph Martin
37Th St
U. S. 62
Oxford Ave
Tech to Present Guitar Program at Texas Tech
The Student Union at Texas Tech will host Argentine guitarist Jorge Morel in a free concert at 8 p.m. in the Coronado Room. Morel will perform works from his broad repertoire, including pieces by Paganini and Albeniz, plus his own compositions. The program highlights classical and South American music as Morel makes his United States debut.
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Texas Tech
Jorge Morel
Coronado
Morel
South America
Paganini
Tedesco
Albeniz
Villa-Lobos
Bustamente
Escobar
More
United States
Hollywood
Robert
Carnegie Hall
Blake
RCA Victor
Willie Boy
Hawaii
Robert Redford
Puerto Rico
Turbulent Beechcraft Finishing in Midair Collision Report
Officials described a Beechcraft Bonanza slipping toward the ground after an encounter with a jetliner about 500 feet above. The light plane radioed the tower twice with unclear transmissions as turbulence and timing affected warning procedures. Beck led Rio Grande Capital Corp and leaves a wife and three children. Stephens had oil holdings and is survived by his wife and three sons.
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Clark
Chet Church
Beck
Rio Grande Capital Corp
Mary Evelyn
Stephens
New Mexico
Colorado
Pound Receives Allied Help Amid Grim June Trade Figures
Pen of adverse reactions to the June trade figures released Friday suggests Britain’s turn toward solvency has not yet begun. Allies weigh in as the report expected to show continued economic strain and limited improvement for Britain.
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Britain
Central American summit notes and Britain’s sterling plan
The article notes President Johnson praising the Central American summit in El Salvador and Luci Nugent's appearances in San Salvador. It also reports France’s hesitation, widespread support for a new currency plan, and Britain's £12.96 billion total debts as chancellors discuss $2 billion credits to back sterling, reducing withdrawal risks and delaying repayment.
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Johnson
el Salvador
Texas
Central America
Luci
Metropolitan Cathedral
San Salvador
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
West Germany
Netherlands
Italy
Japan
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
Britain
London
Jenkins
House of Commons
Solar flare disrupts worldwide radio transmissions
The U S Space Disturbance Forecast Center reported the largest flare since 1966 disrupted short wave radio from 184 to 10 megacycles Monday. Forecaster Karl Kildahl noted a 64 percent chance of a second wave on July 10 and explained Earth’s magnetic field shields reduce radiation risk while hampering certain radio bands.
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Boulder
Colo
U.S
Karl Kildahl
Kildahl
Accident Kills Three Near San Angelo
A head on collision on rain slick U S 87 six miles north of San Angelo killed three people from Sterling City Texas and seriously injured another. The car passengers were Thomas Eugene Carr his wife Pauline and Luther Benjamin Hallmark. The truck driver Robert B Kennedy of San Angelo was in critical condition.
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San Angelo
UPI
U.S. 87
Thomas Eugene Carr
Pauline
Luther Benjamin Hallmark
Sterling City
Tex
Robert B. Kennedy
Pink and Yellow Roses Adorn Gas Mask Designer
Jane Jessor defies public enemy number one air pollution by decorating a World War I gas mask with pink and yellow rose garlands, chic false eyelashes, and pipe cleaner eyebrows. The mask features an activated charcoal filter at its heart or top.
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New York
YPI
Jane Jessor
Mundy crafts roach necklace and beaded moccasins
From page one description highlights Mundy with an eagle claw necklace and a red roach running from scalp to heel. The roach is porcupine quill outlined deerskin decorated with beadwork. Roach makers favor Texas porcupines and Mundy makes most items himself, trading for the roach and moccasins.
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West Texas
Texas
Mundy
Mundy the Quiet Pawnee Dancer Draws Crowds and Critique
Lester Mundy, a Pawnee dancer known for his braided scalplecks and authentic costumes, tours Oklahoma powwows near Canyon and West Texas University. Critics say his dance blends tradition with personal flair while observers joke the bag and act reveal motives beyond spirits. Mundy balances teaching and education with performances, earning a national prize for best authentic Indian costume last year.
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Mundy
Scurry County
Oklahoma
West Texas University
Canyon
Lester Mundy
Lester Munday
Fluvanna
Hedden's Store Runs Deep in Oregon Town History
Hedden's Store in Scottsburg Oregon blends supplies and history. Emma Hedden has run the 17 year old shop for about fifty years. her grandfather founded it in 1851. The store stocks groceries work clothes dry goods tortoiseshell hairpins whalebone corset casing straight razors and a gold finding pan. A nearby historic shipping point once hosted up to 500 mules daily at the old docks.
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Scottsburg
Ore
UPI
Brokerage firms test split fees with mutual funds
Two major brokers testified at SEC hearings that they would split as much as 60 percent of earned fees with other brokers at mutual funds. They noted splits vary by fund and suggested long associations influence the share kept by their firms.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
Securities and Exchanges Commission
Harry A. Jacobs Jr
Bache & Co
Robert M. Gardiner
Reynolds & Co
New York City
SEC
New York
Gardiner
Jacobs
New York Stock Exchange
Bache
New York Exchange
Reynolds
Wellington
Tech Campus Invaded by Teen Cheerleaders From Four States
More than 500 teenagers from Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and Colorado descended on the Tech campus for the annual Cheerleader School. They range from college age to junior high and were told to cut back pep and wiggling for better effect under director Robert Shields.
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Tech
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Robert Shields
Dallas
National Cheerleaders Association
Shields
Edsel Buchanan
Willard Holsberry
Texas Tech
Susan Schooler
Whiteface
Mary Jane Conner
Spur
Nancy Brown
Plainview
Brenda Wason
Matador
Ronny Allen
Bus Crash in Colombia Kills Twenty Eight Injured Eleven
Police report a bus leaving the highway to avoid a truck plunged down a mountainside in Bogota Colombia killing 28 and injuring 11. Authorities are investigating the cause and identifying victims.
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Bogota
Colombia
UPI
Local families welcome newborns in Lubbock area
A series of birth announcements from Ab ernathy to Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital notes parents and occupations for nine newborns. Children include two daughters and seven sons with birthweights ranging from about 5 pounds 15 ounces to 7 pounds 12 ounces, born between Friday and Monday mornings, with fathers employed by firms such as Lee's Sausage Co Goodpasture Grain Co Commercial Metal Co Hancock Manufacturing Co and students at Texas Tech.
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Jack A. Addison
University Hospital
The
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Robert Bartlett
Post
West Texas Hospital
Post-Tex Cotton Mill
Julian Alvarado
Auburn
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Lubbock
Rodney Carroll Hudgens
Dover
Highland Hospital
Bottenfields of
Juan 8 Hernandez
Ave
Mondas
Commercial Metal Co
Gale Lewis
Joe Ervin
Hancock Manufacturing Co
Allen Green
Texas Tech
Old Cave Keeps Up With Modern News At Meramec Caverns
In Stanton Missouri at Meramec Caverns on Route 66 visitors can read daily newspapers and latest magazines inside the 100 million year old cave. The feature blends ancient scenery with current information for tourists.
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Stanton
UPI
Meramec Caverns
U.S
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Gai
Willif
Phoenix
Paul K. Beck
Jim Stevenson
Roswell
Pound
Patrick
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
Oswaldo Lopez Arrellano
Lyn
France
Bank of France
Charles de Gaulle
O'Brien
Roy Jenkins
Malaysia
Australia
Middle East
Wigeling
Invasion Force
Jose Gomez
Bates
Lauf Clinic
Albert Resendes
Lauf Cline
Lee’s Sausage Co
Jesus Jaso
Tohoka
Goodpasture Grain Co
Jimmie David Dickey
LaDew Sprinkler Co
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