Rebels Break Back of Venezuelan revolt in central city
Loyal government troops crushed a communist inspired revolt in the city center after fierce block by block fighting. Rebels retreated toward the mountains as loyalists faced mainly sniper fire. Civilian and military losses cited, with two rebel leaders captured.
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United Press
Mobil Oil Co
Natalio D. Rivera
Venezuela
Interior Ministry
Caracas
Romulo Betancourt
Navy
Manuel Ponte Rodriguez
Pedro Medina Silva
Will on Wall Muleshoe Man Found Hanged in Jail Cell
A Muleshoe man, Clarence Peak, 26, was found hanged in Deaf Smith County Jail after scratching his will on a cell wall with a spoon. Justice of the Peace ruled death by his own action. Peak, arrested May 9 on forgery charges, fashioned a rope from a mattress cover and died during a routine check. Funeral arrangements were made for burial in Wellsville.
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Associated Press
Hereford
Deaf Smith County
Justice of the Peace
C. Miles
Clarence Peak
Muleshoe
Miles
Peak
Wallace Cox
Cox
Grace Johnston
Wellsville
Andrews
Gilliland Funeral Home
Rains Drive Wide Damage Across Regions
Heavy rains drenched parts of the Midwest and South, causing at least five traffic deaths in Texas from a northern Paris collision. Nashville received nearly 2 inches in six hours, Omaha logged over 1.12 inches, and a small plane crash near Raddle, Illinois killed three. Tornado funnels sighted near Fredericksburg Winnie and Houston, with hail and flooding in multiple cities.
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Avalanche-Journal
Midwest
South
Texas
Paris
Tex
Nashville
Tenn
Omaha
Neb
Raddle
U.S. Weather Bureau
Missouri
Fredericksburg
Austin
Richard van Dibber
Winnie
Houston
Weather Bureau
Anahuac
Vandals Hit Autos Again
Vandalism along Texas Avenue hits Fertsch Motor Co and other auto firms with pellet damage to 24 vehicles. Loss may reach 1500 dollars. three Latin American men, 19, 21 and 25, arrested after smashing a car window. Items stolen include a pistol from Gloria Newsom's car and two tool boxes from Gordon Hastings's.
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Texas Avenue
Fertsch Motor Co
Texas Ave
Ernest Roberts
E. Parkway
Charles N. Leger
Cornell St
Gordon Hastings
37Th St
Gloria Newsom
San Jose
Don Exum Texaco
34Th St
Ave. Q
Prominent Atlanta Residents On Craft Prominent Atlanta Residents On Craft
A chartered Air France Boeing 707 carrying Atlanta civic and cultural leaders failed on takeoff at Paris Orly, exploded off the runway, and killed at least 121 Americans. The tail section detached, allowing two stewardesses to escape before flames engulfed the craft. Identification of the dead was hampered by intense heat. One steward survived but died later. eight crew members also perished. See TOURING Page 8.
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Strews Field
Villeneuve le Roi
Paris
Orly Field
United States
Air France
Joseph W. Grigg
UPI
Atlanta
Aslawetn Tate
Marcel Lugon
Six Hurt In Tulia Two Car Crash Near Farm Intersection
A two vehicle collision near Tulia at about 10 40 Sunday sent six people to treat or hospital with three in hospital and three released. Among the injured in good condition were Lucille Brasher 45 Tulia and Mabel Saunders 47 Meridian and Saunders son Robert Melvin 22 Meridian. Treated and released were Kenneth Boyd 27 Rt 1 Tulia and her children Gary 4 and Donna 2. The wreck occurred about two miles southeast of Tulia. State patrolman Don Black reported considerable damage to both cars.
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Tulia
Here
Lucille Brasher
Mabel Saunders
Meridian
Saunders
Robert Melvin
Kenneth Boyd
Gary
Donna
Don Black
Bomb hurled into Polish Embassy garden in Paris
A plastic device was thrown into the Polish Embassy garden in Paris on Saturday night. There was little damage and no injuries were reported.
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Paris
Nuclear test blast planned for Johnston Island Sunday night
In Honolulu UPI reports the Johnston Island nuclear test is scheduled for Sunday night with a 2 a.m. Monday CST timing if weather allows. The detonation has been postponed three times and may be visible from Hawaii.
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Honolulu
UPI
Johnston Island
Hawaii
Almanac of Readers Notes and Program Listings
Brief listing of newspaper sections including editorials and women's news. It notes pages for scores in sports and radio TV programs. A humorous comic dictionary defines Alcoholic as a man who keeps on drinking until he has nothing left.
Eight States Ballot Nixon Spotlighted In California Race
The Associated Press reports Nixon seeks the California Republican gubernatorial nomination amid a strong conservative challenge from Assemblyman Shell as eight states host primaries and conventions. In Massachusetts, Kennedy and McCormack vie for the Democratic endorse ment for U S senator with the Sept 18 primary on the horizon. A Republican state convention in Connecticut and an Iowa primary begin a busy voting week.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Edward J. McCormack Jr
California
Massachusetts
Ane
Ing Inursaay
Nixon
Joseph C. Shell
Bay State
Young Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
McCormack
John W. McCormack
House
U.S
Kennedy
Connecticut
Iowa
Idaho
Mississippi
McClellan Calls Estes Cotton Transactions Invalid Scheme
Senate Investigations subcommittee will probe Billie Sol Estes cotton allotment transfers amid claims of illegality and a broader scheme to circumvent the law. McClellan said hearings may start by late June and will seek testimony from Agriculture Secretary Freeman and possibly Congress members immune while in session.
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Ashington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Billie Sol Estes
McClellan
Senate
West Texas
Estes
Congress
Voyages curbed Berlin by restricting cruise calls
Informants report East German vacationers are now taken on cruises that call only at Communist ports to limit defections. Earlier this year some East Germans jumped ship at Tunis and Casablanca.
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Berlin
Tunis
Casablanca
Prayer for Guidance and Truth
A brief devotional prayer asks Heavenly Father to guide believers by truth toward a meaningful life. It requests deeper understanding of divine love, faithful adherence to commandments, and complete trust through prayer. An anonymous supplicant signs.
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Heavenly Father
Seminary study set family affair for Megahans
Rev. Donald M Megahan and four family members plus a son in law plan to attend school this fall as he returns to Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin. He will commute from Lubbock until July 1 while preaching at First Presbyterian Church. Their children Gwynneth David Michael Don J and two smaller children will enter school with the family.
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Opal Dixon Avalanche-Journal
Donald M. Megahan
Megahan
48Th St
First Presbyterian Church
Lubbock
Assn
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Austin
Gwynneth
David
Michael
Don J
Texas Tech
Papa
Lonnie Pollard
Dallas
Baylor Dental School
St ! Lee School
Plane crash devastates Atlanta art tour victims
Atlanta reels after an Air France jetliner crash in Paris claims more than 100 residents tied to the Atlanta Art Association tour. Del Paige and wife Mrs Paige, along with other board members, are among the dead. Mayor Allen travels to Paris. a citywide memorial is urged as Gov. Vandiver offers support.
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Tlanta
Atlanta
Paris
Atlanta Journal
Air France
Atlanta Art Assn
Atlanta Art Assa
del Paige
Paige
Association
Ivan Allen
Allen
Ernest Vandiver
Weather map tease for Lubbock area clear and warm
The forecast shows clear to partly cloudy skies in Lubbock and vicinity with warmer temperatures. A few widely scattered late after noon thundershowers are possible as southerly winds reach 20 to 30 mph. low 58 and high 88.
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Lubbock
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Nellie
Fort Worth
Don Yarborough
Will
Tallas
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Yarborough
Wellington Abbey
Joe Pool
Woodrow Bean
Preston Smith
James Turman
Waggoner Carr
Tom Beavley
Texas Election Bureau
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lee Connally
Fertsch
Alidiid Ciltizens
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
American Air Lines 707
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Villeneuve le Rio
Mure
Women’s News
Comic Dictionary
The
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