Rains Spread Through Panhandle and Plains with T storms
Showers cooled parts of Texas as a line of rainy weather moved across the Panhandle and plains. Total rainfall readings ranged from roughly 1 to over 4 inches in scattered towns. gusty winds toppled a revival tent during a Tyler thunderstorm and a 23 year old sky diver died at Caddo Mills when a chute released late.
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Lufkin
Texas
Texarkana
Rice
Dallas
Beaumont
Longview
Mount Pleaisant
Honey Grove
Paris
Presidio
Galveston
Mini Wells
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Tyler
Jack Jordan
Southern Methodist
Chris Scott
Caddo Mills
Delay Ruling On Prison Start For Estes Associates
U S District Judge RoE Thomason set a Tuesday hearing on a motion by Amarillo lawyer George McCarthy seeking a second delay in starting prison terms for Harold Orr Ruel Alexander and Coleman McSpadden. The men linked to the Estes farm scandal had been ordered to report previously but received stays. McCarthy argues they are needed as witnesses in ongoing proceedings.
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Pecos Farm
Estes
Orr
McSpadden
Superior Manfacturing Co
Thomason
McCarthy
Pond
U. S
Barefoot Sanders
Dallas
Tear Gas Canisters Wash Ashore East of Galveston
Tear gas canisters washed up Saturday night about 48 miles east of Galveston near High Island in Jefferson County. Jeffers on County Sheriff and coast guard inspected with 12 canisters delivered by P C Higgins of Houston, with more believed present along the Gulf shore. Coast Guard labeled them as Army ordnance possibly lost at sea and an investigation was planned for Monday.
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Galveston
UPC
High Island
Jeffersson
P. CC. Higgins
Houston
U Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Igh Island
Coast Guard
Jefferson
Beaumont
Childress
Noco Wal
Jack Dow
East
West
Dow
Walters
Okla
Steve Cain
Rare Artery Surgery Reported In Houston
A Houston team of surgeons repaired tiny heart arteries for the first time in a notable operation. The procedure partially restored heart health in Jack B. Ebert Join, 51, of Bishop, California, who survived a January heart attack and is now recovering at Methodist Hospital.
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Houston
UPI
Jack B. Ebert Join
Bishop
Calif
Methodist Hospital
Airliner Missing Over Arabian Sea Near Bombay
A United Arab Airlines Comet with 52 passengers and crew is overdue after losing radar contact nine miles west of Bombay while en route from Tokyo to Cairo. The jet was due to land at 2 a.m. local time. Rescue teams were dispatched. no Americans were listed as aboard by Tokyo officials.
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India
Tokyo
Cairo
Arabian Sea
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Air Force
Are
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Thailand
Waltz Song Wins Delaware Handicap in Distaff Turf Race
Waltz Song, a long shot, fights off a late challenge to win the $172,000 Delaware Handicap at Delaware Park by a half length. Cicada and Table Mate finish second and third as Sherdan Mellon piloted Waltz Song carrying 16 pounds to victory. Officials disallowed an objection after review.
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Sheridan Mellon
Table Mate
Pete Moreno
Waltz Song
Damaged Rail Beds Cause Train Wreck Near San Luis Potosi
A mineral freight train overturned near San Luis Potosi after rains damaged rail beds. No fatalities reported though losses were high due to track damage on the Mexico City Laredo route.
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San Luis Potosi
Mex
Mexico City-Laredo
West Wins Greenbelt Complex Sale Report
A fragmentary 20th century notice describes property transactions and family names including Bernards Rows and Lattatt raves. The text references a storage sale and payments or rents linked to a Laine family and a Morbi Laut thine. Details are partial and cryptic.
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Bernards
Laine
Crete
Burglary and theft report with multiple car break-ins
Police logged several vehicle thefts and break-ins in the city. A purse and credit cards were taken from a car near 15th Street and Avenue W. A transmission was stolen from a car on 218 St. Damaged windows and slashed seats were reported on other vehicles, with pellet shots breaking multiple windows and a damaged roof skylight noted in a separate incident. A Green Belt Bowl score upset highlighted by Dow’s interception.
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Charles Milam
Polies
Jim Wingo
1Th St
15Th St
Ave
W. A. White
Ave. J
Yugoslav Quake Toll and Aid Airlift Under Way
United Press reports after a massive Yugoslav earthquake officials tally 12 dead as a four story hotel collapses. US and allied relief arrives including a Ramstein airlift with medical supplies and a field hospital to aid survivors in a city scarred by destruction and evacuation.
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Macedonia
Jone
Aisa
Greece
Austria
Switzerland
Sweden
Kennedy
Tito
Ramstein
Air Force Base
Air Force European Headquarters
Weisbaden Stud
Army
Landstuhl
West Germany
Air Force
Belgrade
Lawman Group Elects Officers in Texas Association
FORT WORTH AP Wichita County Sheriff Ham Vance was elected president of the Law Enforcement Officers Assn of Texas Hardday. He succeeds T J Carr Houston detective. Other officers include Wayne Jor Midland first vice president and Bill Dunham Corpus Christi second vice president.
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Fort Worth
Wichita County
Ham Vance
Lawforcement Officers Assn. of
Texas
T. J. Carr
Houston
Thhough
Arkansas Pa Police
Sediet
Wayne Jor
Midland
Bill Dunham
Corpus Christi
Ail Maughmer
Dwight Johnston
Nuclear Test Ban Talks Move In Arctic Tension
Washington reports outline Harriman saying the Moscow pact does not block nuclear weapon use in war and notes no detailed talks with Khrushchev on Berlin or a nonaggression pact. Kennedy hails the treaty as a first peace step while Mansfield calls it a defense brake and Hailsham sees Khrushchev wanting to unwind the cold war.
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Red China
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Hailsham
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Warsaw Pact
Romania
China
Amarillo Woman Wins Car in Furr Food Contest Draw
Mrs. Smith was drawn as the winner of a Lincoln Continental in a Furr Food Stores sweepstakes and plans to hand the car keys to her husband Fred Smith. The event, linked to a U S delegation visit from Lima Peru, included other prizes and drew national figures such as Wayne Morse.
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Amarillo
Fred Smith
Belaunde Terry
Sen
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Furr
West Texas
New Mexico
Parent Responsibility Measure Under Study
State Rep. Bob Hughes is drafting a bill to make parents liable for their juvenile offenders fines. He says the measure targets parents who let a child accumulate many offenses and fail to curb misbehavior. The idea followed a Dallas Citizens Traffic Commission request after a July meeting with Sen. George Parkhouse and local officials.
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UPS
Bob Hughes
Hughes
Dallas Citizens ‘Traffic Commission
Sen
George Parkhouse
Elizabeth Blessing
Mystery Of Medicine Hole Linked To 19th Century Conflict
The article recalls Alfred Sully’s 1860s expedition against Sioux groups in the Badlands near Killdeer North Dakota detailing the legendary Medicine Hole site and a punitive campaign to subdue hostilities amid 19th century battles and mass casualties.
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Medicine Hole
Fred W. Moore
Bad- Killdeer
N.D
Kildeer Mountains
North Dakota
Sully
Alfred Sully
Dakota
Iesinnann
Bridge Collapse During Tournament Gorge Sends Crowd Into River
Spectators on a bridge near a tournament watched as hooks failed and an electric caddy cart toppled causing a bridge to crash into the river. Sheriff and rescue crews led a rapid evacuation with 30 hospitalized at St Joseph and 14 at Mount Clemens General.
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Althea Gibson
Charles Park
WBRB
Mount Clemens
Park
Nick Kerbawy
Detroit Lions
Detroit Pistons
Kerhawy
Lester Almstadt
Lester Almstadt and Police and Firemen. ‘the Sheriff's Office
St. Joseph Hospital
Mount Clemens General Hospital
Pontiac General Hospital
Hillery Club
49th Armored Division Heads for Fort Hood
The 49th Armored Division of the National Guard moves from 79 Texas cities to Fort Hood for two weeks of training. It marks the unit’s first field training since deactivation last year at Fort Polk, Louisiana, with prior Berlin crisis active duty.
Six Flags Regional Shopping Center Planned in Dallas
Great Southwest Corp announces a $14 million project named Six Flags Regional Shopping Center to be built on 100 acres at the intersection of U S 80 and Tess 360. The enclosed 500000 square foot air conditioned mall will anchor the development.
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Dallas
Six Flags
Great Southwest Corp
Angus Wynne Jr
Sweden Rockets Successful Space Launch
Sweden successfully launched a U S built Nike Cajun rocket into space on Saturday. The test aimed to measure temperatures and winds at altitudes between 45 and 95 kilometers. Sweden plans three more rocket launches during the summer.
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Stockholm
UPS
Sweden
Eric Johnston in Critical Condition at Hospital
AP reports Eric Johnston 66, longtime Motion Picture Association of America president, is very critical and progressively worse after a stroke he suffered six weeks ago at George Washington University Hospital in Washington. MINUTEMAN launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base a strategic ICBM in a routine training exercise conducted by a Strategic Air Command crew from Montana.
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Motion: Pictures
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
George Washington University Hospital
Minuteman
Vandenberg Air Force
Bas Calif
Strategic Air Command
Montana
Air Force
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