Settlement Reached Over Spanking of 13-Year-Old Choir Boy
A 13-year-old choir boy actor received a 6500 settlement for being spanked 65 times, one for each minute late for Mitchell Boys choir practice. Superior court approved the agreement for John Tommy Smith. Defendants include the Mitchell Boys Choir head Robert Mitchell and former associate director Vincent Morton. James Smith, the boy’s father, sought damages in Garden Grove, California.
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OS Angeles
UPD
Mitchell Boys Choir
John
Tommy) Smith
James Smith
Garden Grove
Robert Mitchell
Vincent George Morton
Marines clash with Viet Cong in Da Nang area battles
US Marines suffer two dead and 19 wounded as heavy fighting unfolds around Da Nang Air Base and Phu Bai. About 1000 Marines countered Viet Cong forces, with jets and a turncoat guide aiding strikes that reportedly killed 60 guerrillas. Additional firefights occur at a Marine outpost near Da Nang.
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Associated Press
AIGON
U. S
Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Phu Bai
Guerrila
Manhunt Under Way After Nebraskan Bank Slaying
A bank president and two cashiers were shot dead in Big Springs Nebraska during a bank holdup. A fourth victim was wounded as the gunman escaped after exchanging greetings with a nearby farmer. Hundreds of lawmen, including FBI agents, searched the region across Nebraska Colorado and Wyoming with roadblocks and house to house inquiries. The town of 550 saw a large-scale chase as authorities pursued the armed suspect.
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Timothy C. Gartner
IG Springs
Neb
UPI
Nebraska Panhandle
Farmers State Bank
Iwestern
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Poice
Weldon Fuller
Ogailala
High Plains
John ‘Dillinger
Baby Face Nelson
Midwest
Big Springs
Sam Bass
Union Pacific
Andy Kjelgaard
Glen Hendrickson
Lois Ann Hothan
Frank Kjeldgaard
Wind-damage hits eastern Poland towns in minutes
Violent winds in eastern Poland damaged 50 buildings and destroyed 150 within two minutes, per the Polish Press Agency report carried by AP.
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Poland
Agencey
AT A GLANCE TODAY IN THE A J
The Lubbock area daily lists page 1 items including city school board tax rate issues and criticism of the city council action. It also previews sections featuring veteran tech educators ending teaching careers at Texas Tech and other national and world items across pages 3 4 5 7 8.
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Lubbock, Area City
Gemini 4 breaks U S space endurance and altitude records
Pilot James McDivitt and spacewalker Edward White extended the Gemini 4 mission to surpass U S endurance and altitude marks. The day included a satellite sighting with extended arms and White’s first use of a self propulsion unit to move away from the capsule.
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Edward White
James McDavitt
Mission Control Center
Manned Space
United Press Iniegnational
Pace Center
Houston
James McDivitt
White
United States
Space Agency
Ino
Atlantic Ocean
McDivitt
U.S
Mercury
L. Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Alexei Leonov
Alan Shepard
White Thursday
Jin Space
Fulbright Pushes OAS Oversee U S Military Aid
Senate debate on a 3.3 billion dollar foreign aid bill opens with Senator Fulbright proposing that the Organization of American States control U S military aid to Latin America to protect regional security. He argues the change would curb arms build up and require plans approved by the OAS, potentially limiting Johnson's executive role.
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Associated Preas
Ashington
Senate
Sen
J .W. Fulbright
Arkansas Democrat
Organization of American States
U.S
Johnson
Macchinery
Fulbright
Cuba
Dominican Republic
OAS
Jenson
Fulbright Urges Regional Help Over US Intervention
In a speech to a sparse Senate chamber Fulbright asks if an outside crisis response should come from the OAS rather than the United States. He references a security problem so serious it needs outside assistance and signals a preference for regional action.
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OAS
United States
Fulbright
Sena
Seminole Driver Killed in One Car Crash
Seminole mechanic Harold Buran Cowger, 54, died Friday night when his car left State Highway to overturn five times and throw him from the vehicle. The body was found 50 feet from the wreck. death blamed on head injury. Survived by wife Opal. Services pending at Singleton Funeral Home. It was Gaines County’s third fatality of the year and South Plains’ 29th.
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Harold Buran Cowger
Here
Charles Mueller
Cowger
Justice of the Peace
Jim Vining
Conger
Opal
Seminole
Singleton Funeral Home
South Plains
Gaines County
Deluges lash Panhandle with tornado and floods
Turbulent storms blamed for a deadly tornado near Shamrock three miles northeast of Shamrock at about 9 p.m. W.H. Dees died at Shamrock General Hospital. His wife injured as deluges, hail and high winds toppled trees and damaged farms in Memphis Clarendon McLean Wellington and nearby areas. Rain up to 4.5 inches. Stinnett Road washed out. Texas Panhandle and South Plains faced heavy downpours and a forthcoming cool front.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Panhandle
Memphis
Clarendon
W.H
Bill) Dees
Shamrock General Hospital
Shamrock
Gasoline
Turkey
McLean
South Plains
Texas
Lubbock
Stinnett
Vista Point
Sanford Dam
Wellington
Amarillo
Silverton
Florada
Hale Center cleanup continues after destructive tornado
Federal and state officials toured Hale Center as residents and volunteers labored to clear damage from Wednesday night’s tornado. George Hastings of Denton pledged rapid action toward disaster designation if requested by Gov. Connally, while Bob West announced Hale Center’s official disaster declaration and SBA office setup to aid business rebuilding.
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Tale Center
Hale Center
South Plains
George Hastings
Denton
U. S
Cal
Homer Garrison
Connally
Johnson
Hastings
Fedrice Aan
Bob West
Dallas
The
Small Business Administration
Frank Cox
Austin
Humphrey denies Kennedy 1972 presidential plot rumors
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey rejects talk that Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy are maneuvering to form an antiadministration Democratic faction. He says he favors their Senate leadership roles and cautions against liberal critics of the administration. He also discusses Viet Nam strategy and the need for South Vietnamese gains on the ground.
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Jack Bell Ashington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Diny
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Humphrey
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
United States
South
Viet Nam
Asso,ar Press
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Tularosa
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Avalanche Journal
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