Eight Killed and 70 Hurt By Terrorist Bombers
Allied spokesmen said heavy fighting raged Sunday between South Vietnamese forces and Viet Cong units in the Mekong Delta around Cao Lanh. A Saigon theater bombing killed and wounded audience members during a play titled The Millionaire. Reports noted multiple hospital treatments and ongoing casualty tallies.
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Mekong
Cao Lanh
Saigon
Quoc Thanh
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Imjim River
Saison
Suspect Held in North Lubbock Slaying
A 42 year old man was in police custody after Porfirio Otero, 57, was found bludgeoned to death at 105 N Ave L. A bloody baseball bat was foundnear the body. Investigators say the murder arose from a money dispute. Funeral services for Otero are pending.
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North Lubbock
Porfirio Otero
S. Ave. N
N. Ave. L
Otero
Carrol Bartley
Olero
Henderson Funeral Directors
Store Manager Shot In Holdup
Two men robbed Skillern's drugstore in Dallas and shot the manager. Lee Bryant, a clerk, said the suspects, in their early 20s, used a small revolver to seize cash after asking for change. The manager was reported in critical condition at St Paul Hospital. Police linked the incident to a second Skillern store robbery two hours earlier with a white Chevrolet getaway.
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St. Paul Hospital
Skillern
The Country Parson on Changing Needs and Pants
The columnist notes needs shift with current holdings, arguing that without pants there is no need for suspenders. The quip reflects a practical viewpoint on resources guiding choices and priorities.
Egypt gifts Dendur temple to United States
The Egyptian government shipped the temple of Dendur to the United States as a gift to the American people. Archaeologists will reassemble it in New York's Metropolitan Museum, with a long salvage effort spanning Nubian relics saved before Aswan dam waters rose.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Dendur
United States
Antiquities Department
New York
Metropolitan Museum
Aswan
U.S
Abu Simbel
Nubia
Death of Sir Anthony Doughty-Tichborne Ends 800-Year Curse
Alresford England AP reports Sir Anthony Doughty-Tichborne, 54, dies ending the 800-year-old Tichborne dole curse tied to feeding the poor. He was the last male heir. the family history includes a mansion collapse and seven daughters after seven sons were born. His wife died two years earlier after a fall from a seventh-floor window.
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Alresford
England
Sir Anthony Doughty-Tichborne
Sir Anthony
Mabel Tichborne
Hampshire
Ministry of Food
Chicago Blast Destroys Block-Long Building on Van Buren
Police fire and gas officials probed Sunday night the cause of a blast on Van Buren Street near Dearborn and Federal that demolished a block long building, injured 56 people, and disrupted elevated transit. Most injuries were minor from flying glass. only two remained hospitalized. The building housed a restaurant jewelry store and clothing shop with losses estimated over 1 million dollars. Fire officials reported a gas odor and suspected gas as the cause.
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Chicago
Loop
van Buren Street
Dearborn
Federal Streets
Mancini Mendes Show Dazzles Lubbock Audiences
Henry Mancini and Sergio Mendes with Brasil 66 headlined two Municipal Auditorium performances to a near capacity crowd. The 40 piece ensemble wowed with Brazilian flavors, classical motifs, and hits like Moon River and The Pink Panther, while Mendes and his troupe provided a vibrant opening set.
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Lubbock
Henry Mancini
Municipal Auditorium
Sergio Mendes
Jack Sheridan
Avalanche-Journal
Brasil ’66
KSEL
Mendes
Burt Bacarach
Henry
Milwaukees Show Tent Collapses Injuring 45
A large show tent at Summerfest '68 in Milwaukee collapsed during a youth program, injuring about 45 people mostly teens. Winds lifted the 80 by 320 foot structure and toppled support poles, with spectators fleeing and some trapped in ropes and canvas. The New Colony Six was to perform when the disaster struck.
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Milwaukee
Steven Thorpe
Chicago
Thorpe
Lake Michigan
Sparks Rain
New Colony Six
Spot
The Eyes of Texas and the campus minstrel tale
A reminiscence of the UT campus performance of The Eyes of Texas during the Roaring Twenties. John Lang Sinclair, later a playwright, led a male quartet to improvise verses. the song spread across campuses, sparked mail requests for public appearances, and inspired a 1930s copyright lawsuit resolved when a yearbook copy proved university authorship.
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John Lang Sinclair
San Antonio
New York
Texas
Bill McGraw
Cannon
McGraw
Lubbock Police Probe Wide Range Of Thefts And Burglary
Police investigate burglaries and thefts across Lubbock including mink store pilferage valued at 1300 dollars with a wounded suspect. home breakins at 5104 19th St and 106 E Kemper St. stolen boat worth 2000 found near South Quaker Ave. numerous items reported missing from residences and a pried door incident. Suspect wounded after window entry and other thefts span two days.
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Tommy Bleeker
J. T. Davis
19Th St
Burgar
Davis
H. A. Pennington
South Quaker Avenue
Ross Collins
Kemper St
Manuel Albarado
E. Colgate St
Richard George Allery
13Th St
Tom Noble
47Th St
Arno D. Boyd Jr
30Th St
Local Births Reported From West Texas Hospitals
Congratulations to families in Brownfield Idalou and nearby towns on multiple births at West Texas and Methodist Hospitals. Newborn weights range from five pounds to seven pounds two ounces with several fathers identified as professionals including a shoe store owner a orthodontist a bookkeeper a Chevrolet shop worker and a water department superintendent. One family notes the father serving with the Army in Vietnam.
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Phillip Stephenson Porter
Brownfield
West Texas Hospital
Phil
Donald Allyn Cave
Idalou
R. C. Young
Jesse Leon Dailey
Auburn
Methodist Hospital
Modern Chevrolet Body Shop
Tommy Modistre
O Donald
O'Donald
Herb Wilson
Ave. Roon
Vietnam
Private Wedding Ceremony Sparked by Mockery of Marriage
Ed Pace a 28 year old radio news director and his bride Mary Wofford 24 were married in a private desert city ceremony. They sat vows on a bench with Pace kneeling before his bride at a wall niche with a crucifix to mark their altar. They plan to obtain a license this week and then move to El Paso where Pace will lead a local station. The couple says they are not rebels or hippies and have already had a church ceremony no later details provided.
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San Antonio
UPI
Ed Pace
Mary Wofford
Pace
Miss Wofford
el Paso
Pole To Become Shade Of Beige
Dallas will install the city’s first beige utility pole after interior decorator Mrs. Ed Crump protested a black pole in front of Crump Business Forms at 9239 Premier Road. A DP&L crew delayed until a custom paint job could be arranged, prompted by her concern for the building’s appearance.
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Dallas
UPI
Ed Crump
Dallas Power & Light Co
Crump Business Forms
Premier Road
Crump
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