Noise study finds pets and aircraft outrank freeway din
UC Santa Barbara environmental pollution expert Dr. Norman K. Sanders released results from 300 responses to 1,000 mail surveys about neighborhood noise. He found barking dogs light aircraft and a street motorcycle annoy more people than the constant freeway roar rated at 90 to 100 decibels, especially among residents within three blocks.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
University of California
Norman K. Sanders
Sanders
Hospital shelled as combat flare subsides in Vietnam
U S and South Vietnamese forces report light, scattered fighting and 20 overnight shellings, down from 59, after a five day upsurge. An indiscriminate attack on a U S Army evacuation hospital near Da Nang killed a Vietnamese child and wounded 34, with further casualties among civilians and troops.
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Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
U.S. Command
U.S. Army
Mekong
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
U. S
da Nang
Vast Region Stage For Turbulence
A tornado rain and hail storm raged across the western South Plains for a second night. A funnel cloud sighting near Morton was reported but not confirmed by Morton police. Radar indicated a possible tornado near the Cochran-Hockley line with an official warning issued for northern Hockley and southern Lamb counties. Rains up to 1.5 inches and hail near an inch accompanied the system as power outages occurred in Brownfield and scattered areas.
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South Plains
Littlefield
Morton
Cochran-Hockley
Charlie Ellis
Lubbock
U. S
Lamb
Terry
Lynn
Brownfield
Welch
Lamesa
West Point
Tahoka
Daily Prayer Reflection On Justification By Faith
A Reader quotes a reverent plea to realize humanity stands before Thee with nothing to commend. Justification comes only by faith and even that faith is said to originate from Thee.
Tragic Parkersburg fire claims ten Bailey children
A fast moving blaze in Parkersburg West Virginia killed Mr and Mrs Charles Bailey and ten of their 13 children. Three family members survived while two other relatives helped locate help and others fled to a nearby restaurant. Fire officials called it the worst tragedy in the city’s history with the house a total loss and no clear cause yet found.
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Parkersburg
W. VA
Charles Bailey
Dale Pringle
Ohio River
Bailey
Susan Bailey
Roger
Fire Department
Bill George
George
Wood County
Nixon Thieu Agree to Withdraw 25,000 U S Troops
President Nixon and South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu announced Sunday that 25 000 American troops would be withdrawn from Vietnam. They ended their eight hour summit pledging to press for peace in the Paris talks.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Nixon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Paris
Midway Island
Film idol Robert Taylor dies of cancer at 57
Santa Monica California Robert Taylor a major film star of the 1930s to 1950s died at St Johns Hospital at 10:30 a.m. after battling terminal cancer. He had part of a lung removed in October and gave up smoking before the operation. Taylor known for his rugged looks and romantic roles leaves wife Ursula Thiess and children Terence and Tessa. He once eloped with Barbara Stanwyck and starred in TV series The Detective and Death Valley Days.
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Avalanche-Journal
Santa Monica
Calif
Robert Taylor
Taylor
St. John's Hospital
Ursula Thiess
St. John's
Miss Theiss
Star System
Clark Gable
Tyrone Power
Gary Cooper
James Stewart
Death Valley Days
Barbara Stanwyck
Terence
Tessa
Los Angeles
Spangler
Arlington Brugh
Filley
Neb
MGM_ Studio
A&M Official Safety Expert Killed in Collision
Dr. Thomas G. Edwards 33 a Texas A&M research engineer at the Texas Transportation Institute died in a car pickup crash near College Station on Texas 6 at about 2 45 am. Edwards helped develop break away signs and light standards and studied vehicle loss of control. He is survived by his wife and two children plus his parents and siblings.
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Associated Preas
College Station
Texas A&m University
Thomas G. Edwards
A&m
Texas Transportation Institute
Edwards
Texas 6
Carl Weathers
Texas Highway Patrol
Fred Lee Herrington
Texas A&m
Baytown
Herrington
Bryan
Weathers
Department of Public Safety
Galveston
Kathryn Susanne Ewards
David
Donna All
F. H. Edwards
Frank H. Edwards
Hahnville
Judy Connor
Houston
College chiefs blamed for campus unrest in hearings
Rep. Richard H. Schoed said U S college administrators have been needlessly permissive and condone disorder by not using suspension or expulsion as disciplinary tools as hearings begin into the SDS role in campus unrest.
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United Press International
Washington
House
U. S
Richard H. Schord
D-Mo
House Committee On Internal Security
Students For A Democratic Society
Rennie
Tropical low forms in Caribbean as 1969 hurricane season begins
Forecasters monitor a developing tropical low in the Caribbean, producing 2 to 3 inches of rain in Cuba. The system, moving north at 12 mph, could bring squalls to southern Florida and the Bahamas with small craft warnings issued along the Florida coast.
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Miami
National Hurricane Center
Caribbean
Cuba
Radio Havana
Paul Hebert
Florida
Bahamas
Trade Centered In Area Era Of Hated Comancheros
Historians note Comanchero trading in this area along the Caprock for nearly a century. Mexican descent traders dealt weapons whisky and cattle with Indians and sometimes traded captive whites. Major rendezvous at Los Lingos Creek southwest of Quitaque. ransom amid Ransom Canyon near Yellowhouse.
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Caprock
Texas
Los Lingos Creek
Quitaque
Ransom Canyon
Yellowhouse
Lubbock
Floods Threat in California Near Pine Flat Dam
In Hanford California AP reports rising water on the Kings River and San Joaquin Valley residents bracing for flooding. Spillway gates at Pine Flat Dam were raised to increase storage to 1,025,000 acre feet with engineers warning water may spill out by Tuesday or Wednesday if inflow remains high.
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Hanford
Calif
Kings River
San Joaquin Valley
Pine Flat Dam
Nixon Thieu Pause in Paris Talks Signals Small Vietnam Move
Nixon and Thieu sought to quell talk of rifts as they left for Honolulu and Saigon. The final communique avoided specifics and pledged to respect the people’s free election will. A 25 000 troop withdrawal was proposed, drawing critics as a token gesture. The move could push Hanoi toward concessions before the Paris negotiations.
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Pacific Island
Nixon
Air Force 1
Honolulu
Thieu
Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Paris
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Viet Cong
United States
Vietnam
North Korea raiders foiled as boat sunk near Bukpyong
South Korea says a North Korean armed boat trying to land infiltrators was sunk after a 10 minute gun battle near Bukpyong. A shell hit a home killing five from one family while another extremist was recovered at sea. No South Koreans were harmed. This was the second North Korean land attempt this year.
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Seoul
UPS
Defense Ministry
Sothers
South Korea
Bukpyong
Weather Map: Cooler Tonight With Thunderstorms Possible
Cloudy and cooler tonight with a chance of late afternoon and night thundershowers. High around 80, low in the upper 50s. Citywide temps show a peak near 92 and low near 67, with humidity around 63 percent at max.
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Lubbock
Jsouay
Beaver
Paso
Amarillo An
Houston
Clovis
Okim
Tata Ate
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Robert Page
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