Suspect In Area Kidnap Caught On Scurry Road
A Texas prison escapee who overpowered a deputy on 34th Street in Lubbock forced him to change clothes and used the deputy’s gun. The escape led to a multi area chase with hostages freed near Dermott. the deputy was stabbed but not fatally wounded.
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Texas Department of Corrections
Huntsville
Smith
Plainview
Lubbock
Porterfield
TDC
Tandy Leather Co
34Th St
Hatfield
34Th Street
Hale County
Charles Tue
Tue
U. S. 84
Slaton
Post
Dermott
Ben Cardenas
Scurry County
Democrats eye Miami Beach for 1968 convention funds
Florida Democrats push to raise 600000 for the Miami Beach convention site with Sen George Smathers and Robert Morgan citing TV savings and network support. Talk of Aug 1 deadline, Baxter Bailey noted, and hotel rooms pledged as Chicago venue remains in play amid strike talks and industry showings.
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George Smathers
Dfla.j
Florida
Miami Beach
Robert Morgan
Miami
Smathers
Democratic National Committee
Morgan
Knowles
Johnson
John Bailey
Daley Pushes City Workers for Chicago Convention
Daley proposed using city workers for the convention in Chicago, ignoring Bell. A spokesman for the striking phone workers said picket lines would form at the International Amphitheatre, with city employees or contractors used, and other tradesmen would honor the lines.
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Bell
Daley
Chicago
International Amphitheatre
Egypt Minister Downplays U.S. Cotton Import Bill
Egyptian Economics Minister Hassan Abbas Zaky said a U.S. halt on Egyptian Jong staple cotton imports would not harm the UAR economy. He noted U.S. imports amount to 3.4 percent of Egypt's exports and a quota adjustment could be absorbed by other markets.
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Cairo
UPI
Hassan Abbas Zaky
U.A.R
Zaky
U.S
United States
Egypt
Mistrial in Eidinoff Hearing Delays El Paso Case
A Rusk County hearing for former El Paso physician Harold Eidinoff was declared a mistrial on a legal technicality and reset for October He has been held at Rusk State Hospital since being found insane after the 1961 murder of Ted Andress Six jurors had been chosen and dismissed due to incompetence rulings by the court.
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Eidinoff
Rusk State Hospital
Ted Andress
el Paso
Hidinoff
Japanese workers average monthly earnings rise in 1967
Tokyo based Economy Planning Agency reports the average Japanese worker earned 218 dollars and 67 cents per month in 1967 counting semi annual bonuses, up 10.3 percent from 1966.
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Tokyo
UPI
State Democratic Committee clears Laite to seek reelection
The State Democratic Executive Committee ruled Rep. William F. Laite Jr. eligible to run after an appeal of his two perjury convictions in a Texas federal housing case. Bibb County officials had opposed his reelection, arguing ineligibility, while chair James H. Gray defended the decision as legal interpretation not politics.
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Atlanta, Ga
Bibb County
Democratic Executive Committee
William F. Laite Jr
Mitch Miller
Laite
Capitol
U.S. District Court
Lubbock
Texas
Rie Spring
James H. Gray
Ray Abandons Fight for Return as Trial Looms
Ray plans a swift return to the United States to begin trial preparation. He told a brother to arrange payment for Hanes' legal fees and suggested he might appeal his extradition hearing but weary of liars, may end it around Tuesday. His British lawyers were aware of the letter.
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United States
Hanes
Ray
Alabama
British
Home Office
Frank Milton
Home
James Callaghan
U.S
Radio broadcasts claim Mao Lin Chiang counterrevolutionary plot
Radio reports accuse Mao Zedong Lin Biao and Chiang Ching of planning a socialist revolution to overthrow the party. The PLA is urged to resist and support the masses while British authorities move toward extradition of a suspect tied to the case.
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Mao
Lin
Lin Piao
Chiang Ching
PLA
Party
Dog Takes Over Car Driven By Detective
Seattle police detective John Dermody left his car unattended when a German shepherd jumped into the open window. Despite orders the dog refused to leave, later sitting in the back seat like it owned the vehicle. Humane Society workers then collected the dog and located its owner.
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Seattle
John Dermody
Dermody
Humane Society
Private plane first to land on Rome lAquila highway
Bruno Mola a 27 year old pilot landed his small plane on the unfinished Rome lAquila highway after becoming disoriented by clouds and running low on fuel. The incident marks the first use of the route by an aircraft before completion.
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Rome
UPI
Chicago heat drives outages and hydrant waste blamed
Weather blackouts hit parts of Chicago as water pumping breaks trigger a hydrant opening surge the commissioner calling it a tremendous waste. Heat waves push air conditioner sales up in Milwaukee and power use rises across Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
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Chicago
James W. Jardine
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Electric Power Co
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Malden
Mass
Massachusetts
Senate
Arizona
Humboldt
Neb
Bern
Kansas
Cincinnati
Nixon Says Wallace Votes Could Not Have Leverage
Nixon argued Wallace’s third party bid could push the election to the House but would not grant Wallace personal leverage. He named Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and possibly Georgia as Wallace strongholds and predicted Democrats would back Humphrey in those states if the decision goes to the House while Congress remains controlled by party lines.
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Wallace
House of Representatives
Gov. Wallace
Nixon
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisianna
Georgia
Humphrey
Court Rules Postal Ban On Publications Unconstitutional
Italy's Constitutional Court struck down a 32 year old postal law allowing bans on publications. The ruling affects postal censorship of magazines including Playboy which had been barred as obscene from mail delivery.
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Rome
UPI
Italy
Constitutional Court
Playboy
New York Leads U.S. Nonfarm Payroll Employment
New York state reports the highest level of non-agricultural payroll employment among all states, signaling robust job growth. Data highlight the state's position ahead of other states in overall employment in non-farm sectors.
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New York
State
Outlaw Nabbed After Teens Found Fatally Mistreated
A wide manhunt in Rockingham County North Carolina and Henry County Virginia ended with the arrest of a fugitive in Greensboro. Teens linked to the case were taken for medical examinations while FBI and detective agents questioned them. The suspect, identified as Thompson, was held in Greensboro jail under guard.
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Robert M. Murphy
Charlotte
FBI
North Carolina
Davis
Freeman
Rockingham County
N.C
Eden
Henry County
Greensboro
George Nulsen
Hester Freeman
Mathilda Love
Texas Climbs To Warm Tuesday After Wet Weekend
Texas enjoys a warm Tuesday with temperatures from 66 to 93 across the plains. Lubbock and the South Plains see drying weather after weekend showers and damp winds. Radar shows trace moisture in Dimmitt Friona Hereford, with 90s forecast and a chance of afternoon showers in northern counties. Gulf coast showers drift inland as humidity remains high and Southeast Texas braces for more storm activity.
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Uncited Press International
Texas
Lubbock
South Plains
Dimmitt
Friona
Hereford
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Rail collision injures six in Virginia derailment
A freight train and a passenger train sideswiped in Colonial Heights Virginia injuring at least six people slightly. A Seaboard Coast Line Railroad spokesman said none are seriously hurt and one of the trains involved is believed to be from SCL.
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Colonial Heights
UPI
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Tokyo Train Collision Injures Over 150 Passengers
A ten coach electric train plowed into the rear of an eight coach train stalled at Qchanomizu Station in central Tokyo on the Chou line. Police report more than 150 passengers injured as crowds gathered at the busy interurban route.
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Tokyo
Qchanomizu
Chou Line
Japan
First Civil War Bloodshed Near Here in Bauer County
The first Kentucky Civil War fatality occurred two miles west of here in Bauer County. Granville Allen of the 17th Kentucky Infantry was killed October 27, 1861, in a skirmish between Union and Confederate forces near his home.
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Morgantown
Kentucky
Bauer County
Granville Allen
17Th
Kentucky Infantry
Birthstones for June: pearl moonstone or alexandrite
June birthstones include pearl moonstone and alexandrite. Each stone carries distinct symbolism and lore, with pearl linked to wisdom and purity, moonstone to intuition and mystery, and alexandrite noted for color change and rarity.
Birth Announcements from Lubbock Hospitals Report Several Newborns
Multiple birth notices list new daughters and sons born at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital West Texas Hospital and Methodist Hospital. Parents include Martinez Nieto Marmolejo Herreras Morales McNanie Holmes and others with occupations noted such as Coca Cola bottling employee pastor service station worker steel plant irrigation and city worker.
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Eriico Martinez
Cornell
Mondas
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Lubbock
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Fred Marmolejo
Idalot
Ron
Roy Lee McNanie
47Th St
West Texas Hospital
City of
Malta Chemist to Visit Texas Tech Water Resources Center
John L Bonnici agriculture chemist from Malta will visit Texas Tech this week. He will tour Frank Gray farm and a Tech research project using city effluent for crop production. He plans discussions with Dr Dan M Wells on treating effluent for industrial use. Gray's farm has used effluent for irrigation since the late 1940s. The Tech project at Indiana and 4th Street is studied by Dr Clark Harvey and Chester C Jaynes.
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John L. Bonnici
Department O Agriculture
Malta
Texas Tech
Wate
Frank Gray
City of Lubbock
Dan M. Wells
Water Resources Center
Gray
Indiana and
4Th Street
Department of Agronomy
Clark Harvey
Chester C Jaynes
Australian divorce petitions rise sharply over five years
Canberra reports that divorce petitions in Australia have increased by about one third in five years. The Guardian Statistics Office released figures showing more wives seeking dissolution of marriage, highlighting changes in family law and social trends across the country.
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Canberra
UPI
Australia
Gowrmor
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Ramsey
Ellis
Heard
Kirk
Bailey
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Duke Ducoff
Jay Dermer
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Richard J. Daley
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Don Orchard
Division Street
Solon
Mme Tmenta
Ramon George Sneyd
High Court of Justice
Bow Street
Metropolitan
America
Chicago International Amphitheatre
Communications Workers“ of America
Dog
Paris
W. N. Smithey
R. V. Tadlock
Howard Wooters
Darrell Hamilton
Terrence Frazier
9Th St
Paul Nieto
Lub Hock Osteopathic Hospital
First Baptist Mission
Guadalupe Herreras
7Th St
Robberson Steel, Inc
Portirlo Morales
West Carlisle
Sta
Latif
Buck's Irrigation Engine Co
Robert E. Holmes
131Th St
Methodist Hospital
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