Wrecks in Collin and King Counties Claim Two Lives
Two traffic crashes Saturday in Collin and King counties killed a 10 year old boy and Ronnie Douglas Morton, 22, of Lubbock. Nine others were hurt, including Morton’s wife Carol Morton who suffered multiple injuries. Detailing the Lavon and Guthrie crashes, authorities report a three vehicle collision near Guthrie left Mark Winston Dalton dead at the scene and four Garland family members injured.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
20Th St
Wylie Hospital
Guthrie
Mark Winston Dalton
Jack W. Dalton
Sherri
Department of Public Safety
Dallas
Avalanche Journal
SH 78
Lavon
Chapman
Morton
Texas Tech
Civic Group Reviews City Hopes For Hospital District
A Lubbock civic retreat endorsed efforts to form a countywide hospital district to back a proposed medical school. Plans include a November bond vote of 25 to 30 million, urban renewal around downtown, a convention center, an 88 million expressway system, and federal grants coordination. Dr. O Brandon Hull says a medical school will guide hospital needs and boost state education oversight.
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Lubbock
O. Brandon Hull
CCBCD
Death Toll Reaches Twenty in Newark Riots
United Press International reports as snipers fired from windows and rooftops over Newark and suburbs. The death toll rose to 20 with a fireman killed while responding to a false alarm near the Newark Federal Savings Bank, and more than 1,100 injured in four days of violence.
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United Press International News
N.J
Newark
Newark Federal Savings Bank
Presbyterian Hospital
Old National Guard
Essex County
Leroy J. D'Alol
National
Girlstown expands with Hutchinson County land donation
The Girlstown board in Lubbock accepted a 25 acre Hutchinson County tract near Borger for expansion. Donated anonymously via the Hutchinson County Citizens Youth Committee, the land includes a dormitory chapel and service buildings. The new annex will house 12 girls and be run from the Whiteface office with administration by Marshall Cooper.
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Irlstown
USA
Lubbock
Hutchinson County
Borger
Burnett B. Roberts
Levelland
Hutchinson County Citizens Youth Committee
Borger Group
Girlstown
Whiteface
Marshall Cooper
Roberts
Fabulous musical hit Hello Dolly highlighted
Civic Lubbock plans a 1967 68 series as Three Busloads travel from West Texas Museum to Palo Duro State Park for the performance Hello Dolly. The note appears in Page 4 Sec B alongside other features like Big 33 players and social security discussions.
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West Texas Museum
Texas
Palo Duro State Park
Dolly
Civic Lubbock
Lubbock
Bobby Layne
Page
Sec
De Gaulle Heads To Canada On Divisive Visit
Paris President Charles de Gaulle sails for Canada aboard the Colbert with plans to visit St Pierre and Miquelon before Quebec and Ottawa. He aims to bolster cultural ties and encourage Quebec separatism, seeking autonomy within a decade and broader French influence.
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Associated Press
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
New World
France
Colbert
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Quebec
Canada
de Gaulle
Ottawa
Montreal
England
Voltaire
Miss U S A Sylvia Hitchcock Chosen Miss Universe 1967
Sylvia Hitchcock of Miami, a University of Alabama student, won Miss Universe 1967 at Miami Beach. Miss Venezuela Mariela Perez Branger was first runner up, with Miss England Jennifer Lewis, Miss Finland Ritva Lehto, and Miss Israel Batya Kabiri among the top finalists.
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Sylvia Hitchcock
Margareta Arvidsson
Sweden
Sylvia
Miami Beach
United Press International
Iami Beach
U.S.A
Miami
University of Alabama
United States
Venezuela
Mariela Perez Branger
England
Jennifer Lewis
Finland
Ritva Helena Lehto
Israel
Batya Kabiri
Scotland
Lena McGarvie
Miss Amity
Glasgow
Kabiri
Huge landslide blocks highway in Harlan Kentucky
A Pine Mountain section broke loose burying seven homes and damming the Cumberland River. The landslide covered 14 acres and moved at about one inch per hour, blocking U.S. highway 119 as rains persisted in southeastern Kentucky. State police cited two weeks of rain as the cause and urged residents to evacuate.
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Harlan, Ky
UPI
Pine Mountain
Kentucky
Cease-fire accepted as fighting flares in Suez area
Fighting surged along the Suez Canal as Israel and Egypt agreed to a new UN arranged cease-fire. U.N. observers moved in while each side reported air and ground losses, including several aircraft shot down and civilians among the casualties. See MIDEAST Page 14.
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United Press International
Suez Canal
United Nations
Suez
Sec
U Thant
U.N
Fila
Israel
Egypt
Sinai
Cairo
Ismailia
U. N
Qantara
Mideast
Orangutan Baby Born At Fort Worth Zoo After Rescue
Fort Worth Zoo welcomed a baby boy orangutan after firefighters tranquilized Pots the expectant mother and police and zoo workers lifted her into a fire department basket. The delivery occurred about 45 minutes after arrival at the zoo hospital.
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Fort Worth
Fort Worth Zoo
Reward Offered in Vietnam for Help to Downed U S Fliers
The United States offers 50 taels of gold, about $5,000, per helper of downed American fliers in North Vietnam. Leaflets promising pay were dropped across a 90 mile strip north of the DMZ. Ambassador Bunker signed the leaflets urging cooperation and safe escort to freedom for fliers.
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AIGON
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
E. 1Lsworth Bunker
Vietnam
Prayer for Safe Journeys by Guardian of the Night
A reflective verse-prayer asks for divine protection during travel on land or sea. It invokes the Guardian of the night to grant safe passage and a restful entry into the destined place.
Rail Strikes Seen Today Across Major Railroads
West to east, union locals announced planned strikes at 6 a.m. today affecting Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, Santa Fe, Burlington, Baltimore & Ohio, Western Maryland, and Reading Railroad operations. Officials warned freight and passenger services would shut down during the walkouts amid a broader wage dispute with six shopcraft unions.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Machinist
Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Burlington
Cumberland
J.E. Wolfe
Congress
Two Intruders Slay Patrolman Wife in Abilene Home
Patrolman Alfred White and his wife Joyce were attacked by two men in a darkened Abilene residence. Joyce White, 38, died from repeated blows with pipes while tied and gagged. Alfred White, 37, was badly beaten and hospitalized. About $25 was taken. motive unknown. Police sought two suspects described as a 200-pound man and a tall thin man, both possibly Negro. The couple had returned from a movie shortly before the assault.
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Bilene
Joyce White
Alfred P. White
White
George W. Sutton
Sutton
Mrs. White
Weather Map Page 4 A Lubbock and Vicinity Forecast
Mostly fair and a little warmer today and tonight. High today in the low 90s. Low tonight mid 60s. Light to moderate south to southwest winds.
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Host Chamber of Commerce Board of City Development
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Big City
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IEE
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OIL News
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