West Lubbock Floods From Heavy Rainfall Reported
Heavy rainfall drenched West Lubbock and surrounding towns with up to two inches as a towering thunderhead passed overhead. The Weather Bureau noted a 200 mile wide strip of thundershowers across Texas with lingering showers in Dallas Fort Worth and the Midland area.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Loop
Gaines County
Abernathy
Andrews
Brownfield
Guthrie
Hale Center
Levelland
Littlefield
Lockney
Trace
Matador
Morton
Olton
Plainview
Post
Sea
San Antonio
Red River
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Midland
West Texas
Houston
Beaumont
Alpine
Galveston
Denton
Mohank
Wills Point
Canton
Kerrville
Paducah
Palestine
Nueces
Wesley Seale Dam
Corpus Christi
Weather Bureau
Fireman Dies As Newark Blazes Ravage Tenements and Factory
In Newark two large fires forced evacuations as a four-alarm stretch of seven three story tenements and five junk yard sheds burned in Central Ward while a three alarm vacant factory on Mulberry Street was gutted. Fire Director Caufield called both blazes suspicious in origin. Fireman Edward Dennis, 41, died from heat and smoke exhaustion.
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Newark
N. J
John P. Caufield
Edward Dennis
Caufield
Mulberry Street
Texas Representative Pool Dies and Faces Past Civil Suit
The report notes Pool was fined $100 after a five hour incident. In 1967 he settled a $7,771 claim from Ravenwood homeowners who leased his residence and allege furniture damage. Pool, Fort Worth native and SMU graduate, served in WWII and three Texas House terms ending in 1952. Survivors include his widow Elizabeth Chambless and four sons.
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Virginia
Ravenwood
Pentagon
Fort Worth
Pool
Southern Methodist University
Air Corps
Texas House of Representatives
Elizabeth Chambless
Richard
Wesley
John
Joe Jr
Requiem Mass Planned for Cardinal Brennan in Rome
Cardinal Brennan who died last week in Philadelphia will be honored with a requiem Mass to be celebrated Wednesday at the American Santa Susanna Church in Rome, announced Monday.
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Rome
Francis
Cardinal Brennan
Philadelphia
Local flood debris floods Maxey Park area lake
Alplanalp at 42302 31st St. stands by a soaked home pile as water surge floods the area. A large lake forms in Maxey Park with debris washing into the water and two residents surveying the scene nearby.
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Alplanalp
31St St
Maxey Park
Pat Kennedy
20Th St
Jim Hollingsworth
24Th St
Jay Harris
Sam Oatman
30Th St
Texas Tech
Lake Buchanan
Maxey Park Lake
Norman Augustsen
25Th St
J. D. Bilbro
Flooding Swamps Levelland Streets As Heavy Rain Deluges City
Streets across Levelland suffered severe flooding from a late night storm. Water covered blocks along Avenue Q and 19th Street while Maxey Park and surrounding areas filled, isolating homes and pushing cars toward lawns. Residents described rising waters and widespread damage.
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24Th Street
Quaker Avenue
34Th Street
Maxey Park
31St Street
Mackenzie Park
Buffalo Lakes
Quaker
W. D. Rogers, Jr
Jim Hollingsworth
24Th St
Pat Kenney
20Th St
Hollingsworth
Joe C. Davis
Mth St
Davis
Mollie Davis
Bilbro
Ano
Quaker Falsa
65Rd St
Two Killed In Out Of Control Race Car Crash
Berlin Raceway in Maine scene of a deadly weekend crash when a super modified stock car veered out of control after a wheel jam. The car smashed a 90 foot grandstand section, killing William Brakefield 18 and James Mason 35 and injuring 27 others with six in critical condition.
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Marne
Mich
Berlin
Maine
Ron Plekker
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Grandstand
Ottalia County
William Brakefield
James Mason
Allegan
Births Admitted At Local Hospitals In Weekend Notes
Mr and Mrs Murry Mattox of 2851 Both St welcome a daughter weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces at 8 09 a m Sunday in Methodist Hospital. Mr and Mrs Raymond Bufe of Rt noon welcome a daughter weighing 7 pounds 5 ounces at 12 00 p m Sunday in West Texas Hospital. Mr and Mrs Damon Capello of North Ave Ry welcome a daughter weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces at 5 50 p m Sunday in West Texas Hospital Capello employed by Western Uniform and Launders.
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Murry Mattox
Methodist Huspital
Mattox
Ponya Wholesale
Raymond Bufe
West Texas Hospital
Damon Capello
North Ave. Ry
Capello
Maurice Starre to score MGM film The Fixer
Hollywood reports two time Oscar winner Maurice Starre will compose the score for the MGM motion picture The Fixer. Starre's selection adds a noted composer to MGM's upcoming drama.
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Hollywood
UPI
Maurice Starre
MGM
Singer Fixes Amnesty for Scottish Youth Gangs
Four Glasgow youth gangs surrendered weapons in an amnesty arranged by English singer Frankie Vaughan. Officers watched as over 100 weapons were dumped in Easterhouse, while Vaughan sought funds for a youth center with a coffee house and bicycle track.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Easterhouse
Drummy
Frankie Vaughan
Vaughan
Sir James Robertson
Drain plan eyed to ease Maxey Park flood risk
City officials discuss a proposed 8 foot drain from Maxey Park to Yellowhouse Canyon at about one million dollars per mile, seven miles long, to relieve a lake that currently overflows only when heavy rains fill nearby playas. A five year bond program funds sewer work in Tech Campus before potential extension to Maxey Park.
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Quaker Avenue
Maxey Park
Yellowhouse Canyon
Conely
Tech Terrace
Maxey Park Lake
Playa Lake
Westover Heights Lake
Utica
19Th St
Tech
Whites In Cars Shoot Negroes In Baltimore
In two separate incidents white men in a moving green sedan opened fire, injuring two black youths. John N. Sheppard, 19, was shot in the finger while a car waited at a signal and was later released from hospital. Betty Washington, 19, was shot in the leg and listed in good condition.
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Baltimore
John N. Sheppard
Betty Washington
Soviet Troop Withdrawal From Czechoslovakia Delayed by Traffic
Prague television said Soviet troops would move through the night amid heavy civilian traffic delaying the pullout of forces from Czechoslovakia. Officials gave no immediate comment, while reports placed tens of thousands of troops and many tanks in the country.
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Prague
UPS
Czechoslovakia
Warsaw Pact
Svobodne Slove
Poland
Red Army
East Germany
Dinovee-Zinnwald
Military news and threats at Paris peace talks and Saigon attack plot
The article notes intensified enemy pressure at the Paris peace talks and a looming offensive against Saigon. Intelligence cites six divisions plus artillery and rockets likely to strike this week. Vietnamese sources claim about 1000 Viet Cong commandos have entered Saigon to disrupt networks and target leaders. A lull in fighting and caches around Saigon suggest a new offensive.
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Paris
Saigon
North Vietnam
Clifford
Honolulu
Johnson
Thieu
Saieon
German Officials Plan U S Visit
Two West German cabinet ministers will visit the United States this month. Defense Minister Gerhard Schroeder will meet U S Defense Secretary Clark M Clifford and others in Washington July 22 to 25. He will then head to Ottawa for talks with Canadian Defense Minister Leo Cadieux. Finance Minister Franz Josef Strauss said he will fly to the United States Tuesday to meet Secretary of State Dean Rusk Treasury Secretary Henry H Fowler Clifford and World Bank President Robert S McNamara. He will attend the Bohemian Club summer meeting near San Francisco and then visit New York.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Gerhard Schroeder
U.S
Clark M. Clifford
Washington
Schroeder
Ottawa
Leo Cadieux
Franz-Josef Strauss
Munich
Dean Rusk
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Clifford
World Bank
Robert S. ‘McNamara
Strauss
Bo‘hemian Club
San Francisco
Ier
New York
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Sam Qatman
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Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
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Alexei Kosygin
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