Viet Cong Attacks Near Saigon Amid Large Air Strikes
U S and South Vietnam respond to Viet Cong ground assault 25 miles southeast of Saigon as U S carriers strike North Vietnam and Dien Bien Phu targets. Reports claim 360 Viet Cong killed north of Bien Hoa with raids on Dong Xoai and Phu My.
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Saigon
St. Jacques Sea
U.S
Dien Bien Phu
France
Indochina
Hanoi
Laos
North
Viet Nam
Radio Hanoi
Yen Bai
South Viet Nam
Bien Hoa
Phu My
Baria
Dong Xoai
Dong Xuai
U. S
Rain Relieves Drought as Texas Sees Heatwave
Extreme heat grips Texas with many towns hitting the upper 90s to 107 while a 24 hour rainfall of one to two inches eases drought in the East. Presidio reaches 107 for a second day, Lubbock 97, Galveston 88, no rain in Texas stations. Nationwide, storms cause flooding in Missouri and Nebraska amid a broader heat and flood pattern.
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Texas
United States
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Lubbock
Presidio
Wichita Falls
Childress
Laredo
Mineral Wells
San Angelo
Galveston
U.S. Weather Bureau
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
U.S. Geological Survey
Bolivar
Pomme de Terri
Pud Wilson
Nebraska
Imperial
Dixie
Red China Wins Concessions At Peace Congress
In Helsinki the World Peace Congress granted free debate after Peking threatened a boycott. The move, aimed at challenging Soviet revisionism, followed tensions with a Soviet dominated congress. About 90 US representatives joined the gathering as China’s 26 delegates arrived to participate.
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Helsinki
Finland
UPI
China
Soviet Union
Peking
Congress
U. S
Albania
Indonesia
Peace Congress
United States
U.S
India
Viet Killed and American Hurt in Cafe Fracas
A Vietnamese soldier was killed and two others plus a U.S. Army officer were wounded in a cafe fracas in Da Nang. The American was hit by flying glass from a bottle as fighting broke out between two Vietnamese groups. the cause of the argument is unclear.
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DA Nang
Viet Nam
Ray Collins dies at 75 longtime Perry Mason detective
Veteran actor Ray Collins died after a long illness in Santa Monica at age 75. He spent eight years as the shrewd police detective on the Perry Mason TV series.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Ray Collins
Burglars Hit Four Businesses In Lubbock Area
Police investigated four break ins in Lubbock including Mackenzie Shopping Center outlets TG&Y and Park Way Super Save. Robinson Gulf Service Station reported possible entry by a looter, Monterey Shopping Center paid phone looted, cigarettes missing, Park Way alarm tripped, Southern Maid Do-Nut Shop entered by rear door with cash loss. Watches and a purse were reported stolen, tires taken from a car on 55th Street.
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Mackenzie Shopping Center
Robinson Gulf Service Station
Clovis Road
Monterey Shopping Center
Parkway Super Save
Parkway Drive
Mackenzie Village
Tg&y
Parkway
Southern Maid
Ave. H
Lane Ely
55Th St
Ralls Resident Hurt In Mishap
Hilario Ramirez a 37 year old Ralls resident was critically injured when his car left a road overturned in a pasture and struck a utility pole He was admitted to Methodist Hospital about midnight Sunday Highway Patrolman Max Knox said the car went into a barrow ditch on Ice Road 651 crashed through a fence.
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Hilario Ramirez
Rt. 1
Ralls
Contre
Methodist Hospital
Max ‘Knox
Post
Ramirez
Turkey stamps mark one year of regional development pact
Ankara reports Turkey issues commemorative stamps to celebrate the first anniversary of the regional cooperation for development treaty with Pakistan and Iran. The pact aims to boost trade and economic and cultural ties among the three countries.
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Ankara
Turkey
Car Slo w s Thumber Seeks Ride With LBJ
In Johnson City Texas a sunburned hitchhiker flagged down a car as President Johnson returned from church. Johnson slowed but did not stop and the man did not realize he was being offered a ride by the president while about ten cars carrying newsmen and tourists drove by.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
LBJ Ranch
Pope Paul VI warns world on peace as danger grows
In a Sunday address to pilgrims in St Peter's Square the Pope expressed anxiety over the world situation saying peace efforts seem to fail and a new major war would bring unheard of suffering. He urged continued prayers for peace and warned of mounting dangers.
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Vatican City
Vatican Palace
Japan to Send 30 Cherry Trees to Mendoza
Japan will donate 30 cherry trees to Mendoza Argentina known as the wine capital. Four Japanese destroyers will deliver the trees during a goodwill visit scheduled for August 20.
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Mendoza
Argentina
Japan
Windmill and Mulberry Tree Preserve Caraway Ranch Heritage
The Caraway family history in South Lubbock centers on a six square mile ranch started by J K Caraway in 1891. The windmill and old mulberry tree symbolize the land later split among his nine children and now tied to the city’s Winchester Square area.
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Caraway Ranch
Caraways
J. K
Sam Johnston
Coleman
Caraway
Lubbock County
Harry Graham
Chicago
Lubbock
Pete
King
South Plains
Sid Caraway
Std
Ave. L
Con
47Th St
Rob
Beulah Caraway
Monterey High School
98Th
Slide Road
Winchester Square
Caraway Square
Skydiver Photographer Dies During Jump At Oroville
In Oroville California a 25 year old skydiver Robert Green died after a 3000 foot fall while filming a fellow diver Nelson Powell whose chute failed to open. Green had 200 jumps and was filming Powell when the accident occurred. Three students on the ground postponed their first jump after the incident.
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Oroville
Calif
UPI
Robert Green
Nelson Powell
Green
Capitalistic Filling Stations Get Trial
Poland shifts to private enterprise to supply gasoline as Trybuna Ludu criticizes chaotic state stations. The paper reports contracts with private agents to run stations for 16 hours daily and take about four percent of turnover, with several stations operating since July 1 but expansion hampered.
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Warsaw
Poland
Communist Party
Trybuna Ludu
Automated Grain Mill Burns In Cairo
A fire gutted the Sayeda Zienab grain mill in Cairo destroying thousands of sacks of flour. Police estimated damages above $2 million. The large mill is among Egypts few fully automated facilities built to meet rising flour demand. Police have not determined the fire’s cause.
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Cairo
Sayeda Zienab
Egypt
Police Crackdown Arrest 45 in Singapore Gang Roundup
A police spokesman said 45 persons were arrested in a Singapore-wide crackdown on gangsters Friday night as security measures during the weekend observance of Prophet Mohammed's celebration sparked reports of possible racial riots.
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Singapore
Malaysia
UPI
Mohammed
Five Injured in California Gun and Knife Incidents
Five people were hurt in shooting and knifing attacks late Saturday and Sunday in California. One man, Shelby M. Carnes, 45, of 3107 Baylor St., was seriously wounded by a .25 caliber bullet to the left chest and taken to Methodist Hospital's ICU after an incident near 2912 Duke St. on about 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
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Shelby M. Carnes
Baylor St
Carnes
Methodist Hospital
Duke St
Mae Carnes
Will Richardson
16Th St
131Th St
Walnut Ave
Methodist
Roberta Mims
Ave. A
Aaron’s Tea Room
18Th St
Eddie Lee Hamilton
7Th St
Porter Hospital
Ave. D
Pair Awaits Decision On Trial
Two ex cons, Wilfred Gray and Carl Bowles, are in custody as authorities debate which level will prosecute their kidnapping and associated crimes across Oregon California and federal lines. A federal grand jury indicted them for abducting Hale Champion his wife and their child triggering a 100000 bail and pleas set for July 21.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Pacific Coast
Wilfred Marion Gray
Carl Cletis Bowles
Oregon
California
Spai
California Finance
Hale Champion
Marie
Katie
Champion
Edmund G. Brown
U. S
Cecil Poole
San Francisco
Sacramento County
John M. Price
San Quentin
Price
Gray
Bowles
Nevada
Lane County
Carlton E. Smith
Oregon State
West
Sheriff's Deputies
FBI
Chief Planner Warns of National Emergency Mobilization Plan
Chief planner outlines a unique wartime scheme. In a nuclear crisis a ready written order would freeze prices rents and wages and halt gasoline sales. States would print ration cards while about 100 secret HQs stockpile records and standby munitions contracts take effect.
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Washington
U.S
Ellington
Two On Burned Cruiser Missing In Hudson River
New York harbor tragedy leaves Faank Calise a moving firm owner and his six year old son missing after an explosion and fire destroyed a 32 foot cabin cruiser. Calise and William were last seen drifting toward a log. Four others aboard survived reaching shore.
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New York
UPID
Hudson River
Faank Calise
William
Calise
Manhattan
Hudson
Edward Delaney
Rose Ellen
Joanne Calise
George Eyland
Ten Students Drown in Rain Swollen Korean Stream
Ten college students drowned in a rain swollen mountain stream near Seoul while visiting Buddhist temples in a mountainous region east of the capital. Seven of the victims were women. Rescue efforts continued as authorities investigated the incident.
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Seoul
South Korea
Here
Fires Gut Two Lubbock Firms. Losses Estimated at $200000
Fire Marshals say causes of Saturday blazes at United Discount Furniture & Appliance and Nortex Brokerage Co. Inc. remain undetermined. Early estimates suggest total losses near $100000 for each building as cleanup begins and damage assessment proceeds. Bill Harcrow tied to the furniture store and Drew Bullard listed owner of the other structure. Tom Delph says full damage tally may take until Tuesday.
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Lubbock
A. C. Black
United Discount Furniture & Appliance
Ave. G
Nortex ‘Brokerage Co. Inc
Elder
Furniture Land Appliance
Bill Harcrow
Drew Bullard
Corups Christi
Tom Delph
Sanctuary Idea Dead as Reds Told
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said North Viet Nam supporters must accept that sanctuary is dead in the Vietnam war. U.S. sources said Red China was told attackers against South Vietnam could not expect immunity from reprisals. Peking understood Washington's position. Rusk spoke amid discussion of bombing North Vietnam and emphasized Hanoi's guerrilla influence while warning abroad that sanctuary would not be available.
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Washington
Defense Department
Peking
Lao Cai
U.S
Hanoi
Yen Bai
China
Sec. ‘of
Dean Rusk
North Viet Nam
Red
Warsaw
Rusk
South Viet Nam
Communist rally tests Longo leadership in Italy congress
Italy’s Communist party prepares its first congress since Palmiro Togliatti’s death, the 11th since 1921, to assess Luigi Longo’s leadership amid faction feeding tension within the party.
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RED
Rome
Italy
Communist Party
Palmiro Tognatti
Lth
Luigi Longo
Tognatti
Eek
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