Spectator Life Scorned Family Sails To Africa
A freelance photographer Matt Herron his wife Jeannine and their children Matthew and Melissa left New Orleans on a 31 foot sailboat for a month long voyage to Cape Town and back They carried three months of food water and gear The couple who have taught school believe travel will educate their children more than school and hope to show foreigners Americans can be peaceful and adventurous aboard their boat with a rebuilt 40 horsepower motor.
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New Orleans
Cape Town
Matt. Herron
Jeannine
Matthew
Melissa
Herron
Herrons
Five escape from Rusk State Hospital maximum ward
Five men fled the maximum security ward at Rusk State Hospital early Sunday after climbing two cyclone fences. The Midland County suspect Herman H. Thomas, 32, is accused of murder with malice for a previous attack on his ex wife at a Midland grocery where she worked, per district attorney James Mashburn.
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Pecia
Aveleache
RUSK
Midland County
Rusk State Hospital
Midland
Herman H. Thomas
Midland Dist
Atty
James Mashburn
Forty Fast Entries for Lubbock Soap Box Derby Day
A roundup notes forty fast entries to line up for the Lubbock 23rd Annual Soap Box Derby today. It also mentions film, art, and local events across sections, including Miss Texas pageant coverage and Texas Tech coed crowned Miss New Mexico. The article references an escape case and hospital breakouts with suspects identified and a distant search.
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Lubbock
Rockets Hit Saigon. No Casualties Reported
Rocket fire struck central Saigon early today with two 122 mm Soviet rockets. One hit a three story apartment building near Central Market. fumes from ammonia tanks spread through the area. No casualties were reported. US bombing raids and ground sweeps targeted the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos and northern South Vietnam, including an attack near Kham Duc as South Vietnamese troops seek to erode North Vietnamese staging areas.
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Associated Press
SA Qrac
Saigon
U.S
Laos
Trail
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
Kham Duc
Boint
Fires Sparked Okanogan Wildfires Sweep Acres
Lightning ignited fires spread across thousands of acres of grass and timberland in Okanogan Washington as more than 5,000 men battled the blazes with planes bulldozers and trucks.
AWOL Trio and Woman Sought After Robbery Shootout
Four fugitives including three AWOL soldiers from Ft. Sill and a woman sparked a robbery and shooting spree across Eastland County. They abandoned a car in Snyder after wounding Rene J. Benitte Jr., a Ft. Sill member, and dumped Chariona Mears, 18, in Cisco. Benitte and Mears were later arrested in Louisville with $187 stolen from a grocery store. warrants remain for the other four as authorities pursue them toward the Hub City area.
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Bonnie and Clyde
Eastland County
Lubbock
Snyder
Cisco
Ft. Sill
Ft. Benning
Eastland
Louisville
Rene J. Benitte Jr
Chariona Mears
Lawton
Okla
Benitte
Miss Mears
E. L. Hazelwood
Long Hair Music Gets Soviet Nod Amid Western Beats
In Moscow and Kiev teens embrace Western rock and transistor radios over Russian classics. Beatle LPs fetch high prices. ruble equals $1.11. Chekhov performances are disrupted by noise and wine, prompting critics to deplore youth culture and question theater influence.
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Moscow
Karel Gott
Chekhov
Mikhail Yanshin
Gogol
Gorky
Purple Grape
Mothers of Invention
Kiev
Trud
Yekaterina Shatrova
Russians Plan Rocket Tests
The Soviet Union announced a month long series of rocket tests to begin Saturday in the Pacific Ocean several hundred miles off the Kamchatka Peninsula. The report did not indicate whether the tests involved MI RVs or less advanced missiles.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Pacific Ocean
Kamchatka Peninsula
Tussa
Major questions face U S auto industry in 1970
The U S auto sector enters the second half of 1970 facing key issues. Will UAW contract talks trigger a strike, who would be affected, and how long? Can the economy and car demand improve, and how will new subcompact offerings be received.
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Associated Pres
Detroit
U.S
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Jay Schmiedeskamp
University of Michigan
Survey Research Center
Schmiedeskamp
Money Machine Deluges Sahara Tahoe Lobby
In Stateline Nevada the Sahara Tahoe hotel’s money machine blew up spewing hundreds of dollars into the lobby as a guest handling the device accidentally hit a switch. Guests and staff scrambled for $1 to $20 bills as the floating cash reached distant spots.
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Stateline
Nev
UPD
Sahara Tahoe Hotel
Susan Alford
Modesto
Calif
Daily Prayer Gratitude Benediction Note
A short reader prayer asks divine aid to live today with gratitude for all gifts and blessings from God. The plea ends with Amen, attributed to A Reader.
Bubble Gum Incident Adds Local Color To Welch History
Welch evolves from prairie grassland to a thriving farming region as told in a new history by Tanner Laine. The book shares trials, humor, and a famous Bubble Gum Incident at Low school where teacher-principal Frank Martin sparked a noon scene with a fresh supply of gum.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Welch
Dawson County
South Plains
Jack
Frank Martin
Wes
Satan
Explosion Splits Fulvia Prompting Ocean Rescue At Sea
An explosion in the Fulvia’s engine room sent passengers and crew into lifeboats as the vessel burned in the Atlantic. The Ancerville rescued 448 passengers and 273 crew, with some injured, after a seven hour ordeal.
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Santa Cruz DE Tenerife
Canary Islands
Fulvia
Atlantic Ocean
Prought
Ancerville
Enrico Chespi
Milan
Italy
Canary Lands
Madeira
Genoa
Casablanca
Roger Boura
Boura
Bath
Three Hurt Bailey Crash Fatal To One
A two car broadside on U S 84 about 5 15 p m Sunday 54 miles northwest of here left one dead and three injured J L Hutson 61 of the Progress Community a passenger in a car driven by Clifford Parks 40 of Rt 2 Muleshoe died at the scene Parks was in critical condition Pauline Kincade 49 of Grand Prairie and Clara Kim mons 47 of Fort Worth were injured in fair condition The crash occurred as Parks attempted a turn and the South Plains traffic death toll this year reached 57 Services for Hutson are pending with Singleton Funeral Home He is survived by his wife two sons and four daughters
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Here
U.S
J.L. Hutson
Progress Community
Clifford Parks
Rt. 2
Muleshoe
Parks
West Plains Hospital
Pauline Kincade
Grand Prairie
Clara Kimmons
Fort Worth
Department of Public Safety
U.S. 84
Kincaid
South Plains
Hutson
Singleton Funeral Home
Tiller
Tropical low spotted in northwestern Caribbean Sea
A tropical low with winds gusting to 40 mph was seen Sunday in the northwestern Caribbean Sea. Weather officials watch for possible intensification as forecasters monitor the system.
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Miami
UPI
Caribbean Sea
Texas Panhandle Rain Brings Life Giving Showers
A cold front moved south into the Texas Panhandle Sunday afternoon, bringing scattered showers. Amarillo reports up to 1.5 inches at the airport with Pleasant Valley receiving up to two inches, while areas like Hereford and Tulia saw traces. Dry conditions persisted eastward. County agent Ken Cook warned of severe drought with two thirds pasture loss. Meanwhile heavy storms doused Chicago O Hare Airport with several inches of rain.
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Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Pleasant Valley
Hereford
Sinch
Tulia
Hart
Clovis
Silverton
Briscoe
Ken Cook
Texas
Panhandle
O'Hare
Windy
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