Police Battle in Chicago Streets Over Hydrant Dispute
Violent clashes erupted in Chicago as firemen faced police protection while fighting street flames. The confrontation began Tuesday over hydrant access and intensified Wednesday, with more than 50 people arrested for discharging firearms and disorderly conduct. Mt Sinai Hospital reported about 50 per cent.
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Chicago
Frees
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Young
Dick Gregory
Andrew Young
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Gregory
King
City council commends funeral homes for ambulance aid
The Lubbock City Council praised Sanders Funeral Home and Henderson Funeral Directors for offering four ambulances to the city through Aug 31. They may lease the ambulances temporarily if needed. The council also approved various contracts, budget items, and zoning discussions, and honored Fire Capt. Carl Goldwater for saving a lineman.
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Mgr
Bill Pitstick
Jack Eastman
Sanders Funeral Home
Henderson Funeral Directors
Pitstick
Lubbock
Rogers
Carl Goldwater
J. C. Shipman
Goldwater
Avenue W
College Avenue
Loop 289
70Th Street
Planning and Zoning Commission
Ralph Brock
H and H Investments
Board of City Development
Parkhill, Smith and Cooper
J. Ray Dickey
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Rodgers and Mae Simmons
J. B. Maxey Park
Caldwell, Wentworth and Associates
West Lubbock
Local births in several Texas towns announced
Congratulations to families in Hereford Levelland Ropesville Lubbock and surrounding areas on births at Highland Highland Methodist Lauf West Texas and West Texas hospitals. Sons and a daughter born to Holcomb Tindel Madrigal Waddill and Yowell families with weights from 6 pounds 2% ounces to 7 pounds 14%4 ounces and times from 1:20 p.m. to 8:47 a.m. today and Wednesday. Fathers hold positions as farmer well service employee machinery assembler and office manager.
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Ben R. Holcomb
Hereford
Highland Hospital
Benny F. Tindel
Levelland Well Service
Alejandro Madrigal
Ropesville
Lauf Clinic
Tubba Machinery
William T. Waddill
33Rd St
Methodist Hospital
Hancock Mfg. Co
Melvin Johnny Yowell
Route 4
Lubbock
West Texas Hospital
Simmons
Gary Dale Scott
47Th St
Peck Seed and Grain Co
Gary Wayne Harrell
60Th St
Cen-Vi-Ro
Plainview
Severe heat and storms sweep central south
Blistering heat across the southern half of the nation continues into day seven with 118 deaths in the St. Louis area. Weather Bureau forecasts severe storms for Idaho to Nebraska, while various cities report 100 degree readings and a possible drizzle along the Gulf Coast and Southeast.
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St. Louis
Weather Bureau
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
South Dakota
Nebraska
Stampede
Wash
Hutchinson
Manhattan
Kan
Canada
Gulf
Texas
South
Ohio Valley
Pacific Northwest
Great Plains
E. Ray Jennings
Tulsa
West Texas Hospital
McClendon Welding and Machine Shop
Tula
Lubbock
South Plains
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mercury
The
Celia
Miami
Fla
Wichita Falls
Laredo
Italy
Dalhart
Great Lakes
Mansfield
Ohio
Panama City
Tallahassee
Denver City Man Stabbed in Hobbs Robbery
Joseph E. Beard a 46 year old Denver City garage operator was stabbed at least 19 times in the back and 21 times overall during a Hobbs New Mexico robbery. He staggered into a Hobbs restaurant and told police the incident location before losing consciousness.
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Hobbs
N.M
Denver City
Joseph E. Beard
Beard
Avalanche- Journal
Blast Shatters Towns Near Plant Evacuated in Delta Incident
A powerful blast damaged a plant area triggering mass evacuations in Powder City and nearby towns. Windows shattered in Jasper Missouri while residents reported the shock from Tulsa radio calls. National Guard set up a three mile exclusion zone around the plant as frames of houses remained standing but interiors wrecked.
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Tulsa
Jasper
Powder City
National Guard
City County Budget Talks Forge Joint Library and Health Plans
County and city officials agreed on 40 percent county funding for a merged library with proposed 185000 annual budget, and 15,000 current city support. They will continue 50 50 backing of the Child Welfare Agency and review City-County Health Unit funding and joint budgeting timelines.
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Child Welfare Agency
W. D
Dub
Welfare Board
City County Health Unit Board
City of
Lubbock
Chicago police seek mad murderer of eight girls
Chicago police describe the killings as the crime of the century in a murder spree where eight nursing students were slain in a Chicago dormitory. Victims include Pamela Wilkening Suzanne Farris Mary Ann Jordan Gloria Davy Nina Schmale Valentina Pasion Merlita Gargullo Patricia Matusek.
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Chicago
Pamela Wilkening
Lansing
Suzanne Farris
Miss Farris
Philip Jordan
Mary Ann Jordan
Gloria Jean Davy
Dyer
Ind
The
Student Nurses’ Association
Clinois
Nina Schmale
Wheaton
Patricia Ann Matusek
Francis Flannagan
Flannagan
Andrew Toman
Andrew Toman Called, It “the Crime of the Century.” Toman
Cmdr
Jordan
Miss Jordan
Miss Gargullo
Miss Schmale
Miss Pasion
Miss Matusek
Miss Wilkening
Miss Davy
Miss Amurao
Betty Windmiller
Robert Hall
Delozier crafts a tiny oil rig for water and gold
In a Texas tale, Delozier, laid up by a broken ankle, built a 14 foot mini rig from household items and spare parts. His device mirrors real rigs in function though on a small scale and even drew interest from a gold contractor promising a shaft near King's Mountain.
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Delazier
Lee C. Moore
Emsco
Waukesha
Delozier
King's Mountain
Here
Texas
Barmaid Foils Robbery At Fresno Tavern
A man entered the Ait Tavern in Fresno and demanded money. Barmaid Joan O'Higgins served a beer and set cash on the bar before drawing a .22 pistol, causing the robber to flee, leaving beer and money.
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Fresno
Calif
UPS
Joan O'Higgins
Actor Stephen Bolster Visits Lubbock for Honorary Citizenship
New York actor Stephen Bolster arrived in Lubbock on Thursday en route to the West Coast. He was greeted by the Lubbock Chapter of American Women in Radio and Television and received honorary citizenship at City Hall.
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Stephen Bolster
New York
Lubbock
West Coast
Chapter of
American Women In Radio and Television
City Hall
Notorious killers linked to stray serial cases across states
The piece recalls Charles Starkweather and his 14 year old girlfriend Carol Ann Fugate, who killed 11 people in Nebraska and Wyoming in 1958 before capture, Starkweather executed and Fugate serving life. It also notes the Clutter family murders in Garden City Kansas by Hickock and Smith, executed in 1959.
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Charles Starkweather
Carol Ann Fugate
Miss Fugate
Nebraska
Wyoming
Starkweather
Garden City
Kan
Truman Capote
Richard E. Hickock
Perry E. Smith
Herbert Clutter
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St. Anthony’s Hospital
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Fillmore
Francisco
Roosevelt Road
Kedzie Avenue
Chester Robinson
West Side Organization
Stockholm
Sweden
Samuel E. LeCompte
Reese Afb
Ernest T. Cragg
Fort Walton Beach, Fla
Vince Brown
86Th St
Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Co
Carrol Spelee
55Th St
Lei Moving Co
Scord
Ike
Beeches
Philippines
South Chicago Hospital
IN Hobbs
Foreign Exchange
Virginia Lapie
Carazon Amurao
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