Tragic Heat Toll In Car Left With Windows Up
Three toddlers died after being left in a hot car for about three hours in West Hollywood. Geraldine Luke, mother, had sold blood earlier and returned to find Joseph 18 months Barbara 34 months and James 40 years unconscious. Firefighters could not revive them as outside temps reached 90 and interior car heat may have hit 130 degrees.
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Associated Press
Ivy
Andrew Giordano
Geraldine Luke
West Hollywood
Joseph
Barbara
James
Luke
Dallas Fort Worth Opposes Trinity River Water Plan
The Dallas Fort Worth area resisted the Texas Water Development Board plan for the Trinity River basin. At Arlington State College about 200 people heard arguments on the 3.7 billion project featuring six new reservoirs and 23 existing or planned structures. Dallas contends the plan requires huge expenditures with unclear benefit to the region and questions who pays for exported water.
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Associated Press
Dallas-Fort Worth
Texas Water Development Board
Trinity River Basin
North
Texas
Arlington State College
Joe G. Moore Jr
Dallas
Dallas\Fort Worth
Texas Water
East Texas
Trinity
Dallas County
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Post office station to relieve congestion at Filwood
Officials say the Lubbock area new Murrayhill post office station will ease crowding at Filwood station. Probes continue into cause of the Andrews air crash that killed five. The state budget includes 700000 for a study to upgrade Texas schools. Byrd Boothe top Virginia Democratic primary race. The State Department eases travel restrictions to five Communist countries.
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Murryhill
Fllwood
Andrews
State Department
Young American Newlyweds Find Happiness in Viet Nam Hut
The item notes a newlywed couple from the United States adjusting to life in a hut in Viet Nam. It highlights their happiness and resilience amid wartime conditions and the challenges of expatriate living. The piece reflects a human interest angle on overseas personal experiences during a period of conflict.
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Viet Nam
Sec. A
Two-thirds Of Nation Scorched By Heat Wave
A blistering heat wave scorched the eastern two-thirds of the country with temperatures over 100 degrees. Power failures hit eastern Nebraska, affecting Grand Island North Platte Norfolk and Lincoln during a five hour span. Officials traced the outages to a Fort Randall Dam relay and a 120 kilovolt transformer at a public power district in Sheldon.
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Nebraska
Midwest
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Texas
Midland
South Plains
Mercury
Lubbock
Lehman
Morton
Clovis
New Mexico Line
Grand Island
North Platte
Norfolk
Lincoln
Fort Randall Dam
Sheldon
St. Louis
Union
Prank Call Crackdown Maps 16 Suspects in North Texas
Southwest Bell’s LID device identified at least 16 nuisance callers in North Texas during mid June to late June. One suspect was in Lubbock, eight youths faced potential charges, others warned. device locks lines to locate origin of taunts and obscenities. State penalties can reach up to a year in jail and fines.
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Wain Miller Avalanche-Journal
North Texas
Lubbock
Southwest Bell Telephone Co
Avalanche Journal
Southwestern Bell
Lynn Morrison
Morrison
Meets Flipper Child Cancer Victim Finds Biggest Wish
Cathy Wainwright, a Penderson North Carolina girl battling cancer, fulfilled her wish to meet the film porpoise Flipper after neighbors funded a Florida trip. The star encounter included Flipper leaping and kissing Sandy and Bud as medical concerns weighed on the family.
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Cathy Wainright
Penderlon
N. C
Miami
Flipper
Ray Johnson
Wallace, N. C
Ric O'Feltman
Iami
Cathy Wainwright
Pretty
Penderson
N.C
Florida
Dennis
Sandy
Bud
Gemini 10 astronauts begin vital tests for space rendezvous mission
Navy Cmdr. John Young and Air Force Maj. Michael Collins start a two day run of essential preparations for Gemini 10. They will launch next Monday on a three day flight to rendezvous with Agena satellites and conduct spacewalk and experimental activities including a tethered jet gun exercise. Backup crew Alan Beau and Clifton Williams Jr. participate as dual countdown drills and flight rehearsals proceed after a Polaris firing delay.
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Navy
John Young
Air Force
Michael Collins
Collins
Wet Dh
Ole
Young
Alan Beau
Clifton Williams Jr
George Marshall
Prayer for forgiveness from Rev. C. Melvin Ratheal
Today's Prayer asks for comfort for parents whose children have erred and for collective forgiveness. The message urges remembrance of personal missteps and extending mercy as given by God. Rev. C. Melvin Ratheal of Lubbock signs the prayer.
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Rev
C. Melvin Ratheal
Lubbock
Man falls to death at Loop 289 overpass in Lubbock
Juan Navarrette 28 of Lubbock construction worker for E. M. Bailey Construction Co died after falling from the Loop 289 overpass over the Brownfield Highway. He was dead on arrival at Methodist Hospital about 5:45 p.m. Justice of the Peace F R Land ruled the cause was a broken neck. Funeral services are pending.
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Lubbock
Juan I. Navarrette
Colgate
Navarrette
E. M. Bailey Construction Co
Methodist Hospital
Justice of the Peace
F. R. Land
Brownfield Highway
Sand
Refurbish Courthouse Or Else Judge Demands Major Upgrades
UPI reports from La Porte Indiana that Judge Alban M. Smith ordered county leaders to spend 206900 for courthouse work. The 19 page mandate seeks new plumbing air conditioning a rebuilt probation area an 8000 volume library conference rooms restrooms and an elevator replacing a 58 year old lift. Officials must sign contracts within 30 days with 10 day progress reports. The judge cited a grand jury urging proper facilities to maintain law and order noting courtrooms have not been cleaned or decorated in 33 years.
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United Press International
A Porte
Ind
Alban M. Smith
Smith
la Porte County
Allies Press Air War and Ground Actions in South Vietnam
U S and Vietnamese forces pressed raids 215 miles north of Saigon targeting Viet Cong bases near Phu Bon and Tuyhon. A helicopter was shot down killing 13 including four Americans, while ground sweeps near Cholon and Nha Be produced at least 40 enemy deaths and captured weapons.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
AIGON
Saigon
Phu ‘Bon
Tuyhon
South
Viet Nam
Ponree WA
South Viet Nam
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Cholon
U.S
Navy
North Viet Nam
People's Armed Force
Tanjug
Hanoi
Communist People’s Court
Early Truce Not Likely
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara warned there are no signs of an early end to the Vietnam War as North Vietnam shows no willingness to negotiate. He said U S forces may grow beyond 280000 this year, possibly reaching 350000, with annual defense spending around 1 billion dollars and further cuts planned in aerial munitions to avoid postwar surplus.
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Ashington
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Robert S. McNamara
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U.S
Southeast Asia
Johnson
Ast Week
United States
Bombings Boost LBJ Approval in Harris Poll
A Harris survey shows 54 percent of Americans support President Johnson’s Vietnam war handling after he ordered bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong. The rise follows a prior low of 42 percent and aligns with Johnson’s claim that about 85 percent back the bombing decision.
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Previa International VJ
Ashington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Taiphong
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Ithe
Washington Post Co
Gil
Anoss
Thal
Ne Haiphong
Weather sketch for Lubbock and vicinity today
The forecast shows clear to party warm conditions today with highs near 90s and lows around the 60s. Humidity around mid forties, light winds from the south, and no significant precipitation expected across the region.
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