Hydrogen fusion drive eyed to outpace Soviet lead
AEC plans to push a stepped up effort to harness hydrogen bomb fusion for electricity, warning the Soviet Union leads in funding and manpower. Reports say U.S. share has fallen to one fifth of world effort, with Germany France UK and USSR expanding programs while U.S. stagnates.
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Frank Carey Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
Soviet Union
AEC
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Vanensd
Ussr
United States
America
U. S
Raymond G. Herb
University of Wisconsin
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Washington
West Germany
United Kingdom
France
Japan
Italy
Germany
U.S.S.R
Commission
Amasa
Bishop
Running of the Bulls Stuns Pamplona Crowd at San Fermin
In Pamplona the festival kicked off with the Running of the Bulls featuring Miura bulls. Three youths gored Friday, and a vivid rescue of Silvestre Ora dos Lucerna after a Miura bull lifted him high before he escaped unharmed. The crowd hailed a perceived miracle assisted by San Fermin.
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Miura
Silvestre Orados Lucerna
Orados
San Fermin
Protest By Russians On Bombings Rejected
Soviet Premier Kosygin criticizes U S bombing in Vietnam as a senseless step and rejects Russian protests as insufficient. Rusk discusses regional tensions and possible talks with nations contributing forces to South Vietnam during a briefing after returning from Asia.
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Viktor Bakayev
U.S
Soviet Union
Rusk
Andrews Air Force Base
Far East
Southeast Asia
Asia
Hanoi
Peking
South Viet Nam
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Thailand
Korea
US forces trap Viet Cong near Saigon in four hour battle
A US armored column baited a Viet Cong ambush near the Cambodian border 60 miles north of Saigon. Planes artillery and 4 200 infantrymen overwhelmed the force killing up to 200 Viet Cong and leaving American casualties light. The assault followed a four hour fight sparked by Maj. Gen. William de Puy order with tanks APCs and 90 mm guns.
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Saigon
UPS
William de Puy
Highway 13
Minh Than
de Puy
U.S
Tennessee Man Heads Lions International Presidency
Edward M. Lindsey of Lawrenceburg Tennessee was elected head of Lions International at its Madison Square Garden convention. Lindsey 50 a furniture maker and former mayor assumes the role during the organization’s golden anniversary year. He has 20 years as a member and succeeds Dr Walter H Campbell of Miami Beach. First vice president is Jorge Bird of San Juan Puerto Rico and David A Evans of Texas City becomes second vice president.
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New York
UPI
Edward M. Lindsey
Lawrenceburg
Jorge Bird
San Juan
Puerto Rico
David A. Evans
Texas City
Prostitutes Clean Garbage Heap Under Local Order
In Nha Trang Vietnam provincial officials offered 50 arrested prostitutes a choice between jail terms or cleaning a large garbage heap. The women chose the heap and worked three days removing waste. Officials are considering making the option permanent due to the positive results.
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Nha Trang
Viet Nam
Vpc
Surveyor on Moon Fights to Stay Alive
In Pasadena the Surveyor lunar spacecraft battles to survive as battery temperature nears limits. Engineers report a slight solar charge after adjusting the solar panel, with cameras possibly resuming by Tuesday and dramatic sunrises on the moon if it endures to Wednesday.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Surveyor
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Missouri Guard Deployed During Kansas City Firemen Strike
Gov. Warren E Hearnes ordered Missouri National Guard troops to protect public property at Kansas City's 44 fire stations after an assistant fire chief’s car was burned. Firefighters began a partial work stoppage Friday and voted to ignore a court order, but fire suppression continues.
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Kansas City
UPI
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri National Guard
Lifeguards Walk Out For New Contract
Lifeguards at New York City beaches staged a two hour walkout over a contract dispute. They left stands or went off duty while a representatives’ committee met with Parks Commissioner Hoving at Coney Island. Lifeguards kept watch for bathers during the walkout. A second item notes film production plans in England.
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New York
UPI
New York City
Thomas P. F. Hoving
Coney Island
Memory telescope gift honors Tech graduate James Marshall
The South Plains Astronomy Club accepted a 60mm telescope donated by the parents of James Marshall of Odessa to memorialize the Texas Tech graduate who died in February. Marshall worked at the Lunar and Planetary Observatory in Tucson and studied at the University of Arizona, publishing Mars and Moon observations and collaborating with Dr Gerard Kuiper.
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Texas Tech
South Plains Astronomy Club
Marshall
A Tech
James Marshall
Odessa
Observatory
C. V. Marshall
W. Smith 'St
South Plains
Astronomy Club
Kyle Little
Rogers Orr
Marlboro
Young Marshall
Lunar and Planetary Observatory
Tucson
University of Arizona
Gerard Peter Kuiper
Tech
Mars
Moon
Little J
Little
Marshalls
W. Smith
James
Airlines Strike Talks Drag On With Small Wage Gains
The deadlock continues as carriers and unions argue over a three year contract with a minimum package around 3.52 per hour while the Emergency Board’s 48 cent cap over 42 months is accepted by the airlines. Travel disruptions surge as trains buses and car rentals fill the gap and several regions report mounting delays and reroutings for passengers and servicemen.
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Emergency Board
Cunard
San Francisco
New York
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Seattle
Baltimore
Charleston
W.va
American Airlines
Kennedy
American
Northeast
United States
Philadelphia
Vancouver
B.C
Mexico City
McNamara See War Weariness and Bombing Effects
Defense Secretary McNamara cites evidence of some war weariness among North Vietnamese from prisoners and documents. He notes heavy Viet Cong losses and continued bombing affecting supply lines, while signaling possible future cuts in ammunition production to avoid surplus. Informants say factories are two months ahead in producing 750 pound bombs.
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McNamara
South Viet Nam
United States
Honolulu
Johnson
Defense
Fort Worth Girl Shot at Little League Game
Ten year old Janice Crandall was killed by a stray bullet while keeping score at a Fort Worth little league game. Officials suspected a shooter in the surrounding pastureland. she slumped after leaning back on the scoreboard rim as spectators watched.
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Fort Worth
Janice Crandall
G. D. Crandall
Janice
Local births listed for several families in Lubbock area
Mr and Mrs Roberto Gutierrez welcome a son weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces at 10 16 pm Friday at Lauf Chime. Antonin Galindo and spouse announce a son 8 pounds born 7 50 pm Friday at Lauf Chime. Gary Keneda and wife greet a 7 3 ounce son at 5 25 pm Friday at University Hospital. Gonzalo Mosquedo and wife report a daughter 8 8 pounds born 4 52 am Saturday at West Texas Hospital. Lewis Cristan and spouse celebrate a son weight not stated born 11 29 am Saturday at Laut Clinte. Wayne Williams and spouse announce a son 7 pounds ounce at 9 35 am Saturday at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. Robert House and wife welcome a son 6 7 ounces at 8 23 pm Saturday at Methodist Hospital.
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Pedro Garcia
Crosbyton
Lauf Clinic
Roberto Gutierrez
Lauf Chime
Gary L. Keneda
Auburn St
University Hospital
Texas Industrial Laundries
Gonzalo A. Mosquedo
Dickens Star Route
West Texas Hospital
Lewis Cristan
Laut Clinte
T. J. Hodges Construction Co
Wayne Williams
Rt. 3
Lubbock
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Robert House
Rt 1
Levelland
Methodist Hospital
Son Dethrones Burundi's King
In Bujumbura Burundi the 19 year old Prince Charles Ndizeye seized the throne from his father King Mwambutsa IV amid illness and European exile. An adviser in Geneva said Mwambutsa was surprised and studying reports while telephoning officials, with a possible statement expected.
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Bukavu
Congo
Bujumbura
Burundi
Charles Ndizeye
Mwambutsa IV
Europe
Geneva
Mwambutsa
London to Get New Paint Factory Next Year
London announces a new paint factory to be built soon in England, signaling industrial expansion and job creation for the region.
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London
England
Local collisions send several to area hospitals
A Levelland man Ralph Steele, 45, remained unimproved in Methodist Hospital ICU after Tuesday critical injuries from a truck overturn near Tokio. Charles Hemphill, 20, of Lubbock, treated after a 7:50 a.m. crash at 24th Street and Memphis Avenue. Sammy Easterwood, 23, listed in fair condition at West Texas Hospital after a fall from a horse at Lubbock Downs. A six item Lubbock County Commissioners Court agenda and a Gov. Connally council workshop in Austin were noted. Also listed were emergency treatments for Alice and Ella Zinn after a collision near Lorenzo, and seven people injured near Canyon Gin receiving care at Methodist Hospital. Eda Sayers, 4, admitted after a fall in Big Spring, en route to Lubbock Hospital in serious condition.
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Ralph Steele
Methodist Hospital
Tokio
Gary Gene
Sammy) Easterwood
Lubbock Downs
West Texas Hospital
Canyon Gin
Vernice Norris
Pat
Sandra
Anita
Linda
Margaret Sterling
Edwin
Lubbock
Eda Sayers
Richard Sayers
Big Spring
Conroe School Board Member Found Shot Dead
Kenneth Walker, about 45, a member of the Conroe school board, was found shot to death in his car on Saturday. Justice of the Peace Bob Yancey ruled the death self inflected.
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Conroe, Tex
Kenneth Walker
Conroe
Justice of Peace
Bob Yancey
Floyd County Farmer Dies In Pickup Crash Near Ralls
Russell Everett Warren 56 of Floydada died when his pickup struck a concrete culvert abutment on Farm Road 122 about 6 30 p.m. Rescuers faced a 10 15 foot drop as they tried to reach him. Warren’s body was taken to Carter Funeral Home in Ralls then Moore Funeral Home Floydada. Surviving relatives include his wife three daughters two sons and several siblings. It was the 52nd traffic fatality on the South Plains that year.
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Ralls
Floyd County
Crosby County Clinic
Russell Everett Warren
W. Jackson St
Floydada
Johns
Warren
Carter Funeral Home
Moore Funeral Home
D. T. Graham
Howard Adams
Plainview
Wilford Lawn
South Carolina
Dennis
Virgil
Charles
Clifford
Albuquerque
N.M
Ray
Hart
Bob Rogers
Lubbock
Willie Clark
Foster Amburn
Morris Raley
el Paso
South Plains
Heatwave and storms sweep across the South and Midwest
A heat wave pushes temperatures into the mid 90s on the South Plains with Lubbock at 96 and statewide highs in the 100s. Severe storms trigger lightning fatalities near Chicago and tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, plus widespread wind damage and urban flooding from Wilmington to Dayton and beyond.
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East Dubuque
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Iowa
South Bert
Ind
Chesterton
Palmer Lake
Mich
Wilmington
Dayton
Ohio
N.C
Amarillo Man Killed in Oklahoma Wreck
Oscar Leo Teague 31 of Amarillo Texas died when his semi trailer struck asphalt mix piled beside U S 60 south of Arnett Oklahoma The crash pinned him to the steering wheel His four year old son was injured in the same incident involving the truck and trailer units were from a highway patrol report
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Arnett, Okla
UPI
Oscar Leo Teague
Amarillo
Tex
Arnett
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Teague
U.S. 60
Senate to Debate CIA Oversight by Dual Committees
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations will clash over how to oversee CIA operations next week. The McCarthy proposal would create a nine member intelligence panel with Foreign Relations representation, while current control rests with Appropriations and Armed Services. The Foreign Relations Committee backed the plan 14 to 5, arguing knowledge of CIA activity matters for policy choices.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Central Intelligence Agency
Armed Services and
Foreign Relations
Armed ‘Services
Richard B. ‘Russell
D-Ga
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
CIA
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Foreign Relations Committee
Appropriations
Armed Services Committees
Cuba
Africa
Latin America
Coast Guard Rescues Shrimp Boat Crew Near Galveston
A Coast Guard helicopter rescued two men from the Freeport shrimp boat Sandia F minutes before it sank 40 miles south of Galveston in the Gulf of Mexico. Clarence Warren Jr. of Houston and Eddie L. Glover of Bay City were unharmed and flown to the Coast Guard Air Station near Houston after the Sandia F collided with an unidentified tug boat.
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Galveston
Coast Guard
Here
Gulf of Mexico
Sandia F
Clarence Warren Jr
Houston
Eddie L. Glover
Bay City
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Lubbock County Commissioners Court
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John Connally
Rod Shaw
Arch Lamb
Alton Brazzell
Bill Pitstick
Alice Zinn
Ella Zinn
E. Duke
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Texas
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Church of God of Prophecy
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