Storms lash Texas Panhandle to Lubbock with tornado sightings
Five funnel clouds reported overnight with no injuries. Torrential rain up to 4 inches and 80 mph winds hit the area between Littlefield and Tulia and north of Edmondson, with high water closing roads and underpasses. Tornadoes were reported near Edmondson and Goodnight with no damage. Edmonson saw a prior May tornado causing over 1 million in losses.
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Littlefield
Tulsa
Tulia
Olton
Plainview
Edmondson
Edmonson
Hall
Goodnight
Stanton
Lubbock
Morton
Brownfield
Floydada
Spur
Abernathy
Plains
Hale Center
Levelland
Lockney
Tahoka
South Plains
Lamesa
Lwo P
Four Killed In Florida Tombstone Maker Rampage
In Lakeland Florida Roy Lee Waldon 53 beat his girlfriend accusing her of infidelity then shot his mother brother a child and himself The spree lasted about half an hour in three quiet homes on the city edge The gunfire also struck a pregnant woman leaving her unborn child dead and a 9 year old in critical condition possibly paralyzed Waldon killed his mother Viola Dixon 72 his brother Ralph Waldon 57 and Patricia Ann McFarlane 7 after accusing his girlfriend Mary McFarlane of cheating He ended the rampage with a gunshot to his left temple.
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Lakeland
Fla
UPI
Roy Lee Waldon
Waldon
Walden
Mary McFarlane
William Creamer
Aunt Hank Smith Keeps Fort Worth Mail Route Alive
A Fort Worth to Estacado mail run features Aunt Hank Smith postmaster at Mount Blanco for 40 years. She fed hungry travelers after delivering the pouch and defied the postal inspector with a kitchen full of coffee ham jelly and biscuits. The inspector relented and ate, avoiding a formal report.
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Estaczrin
Fort Worth
Colorado City
Mount Blanco
U.S
Hank" Smith
Hank
Estacado
Aunt Hank’s Advice to Bride Sparks Quiet Laughter
A winking aunt counsels the young bride passenger with a playful line about winning a husband through his stomach. The remark echoes in the car as the group shares a light moment amid their journey.
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Hank
Testimony Resumes in Death Play Trial of RAM Leaders
In Queens Supreme Court two RAM members Herman Ferguson and Arthur Harris face charges of plotting to assassinate civil rights leaders Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young. A defense bid for mistrial over Kennedy death atmosphere was denied. Detective Edward Lee Howlette testified he infiltrated Ferguson’s Black Brotherhood, recounting plots involving CORE director James Farmer and Young.
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New York
UPI
Queens Supreme Court
Robert F
Kennedy
Paul Balsam
Herman B. Ferguson
P.S. 40
Jamacca
Queens
Arthur Harris
Jamaica
Roy Wilkins
Whitney Young
Ferguson
U.S. Senate
Freedom & Peace Party
Harris
Revolutionary Action Movement
RAM
Edward Lee
Howlette
Black Brotherhood Improvement Association
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
James Farmer
Young
Urban League
Farmer
Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Johnson
Three Arab Saboteurs Killed In River Clash
In the West Bank north of the Damya Bridge on the Jordan River an Israeli patrol killed three Arab saboteurs after a clash. No Israeli casualties were reported. Earlier, two Israeli soldiers were wounded when their command car struck a mine in the Jordanian Heights area.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
West Banks
Jordan
Damya
Jordan River
Godan Heights
Republicans Clash Over Tower Support at State Convention
Texas Republicans argued over backing John Tower as a favorite son and how the Harris County delegation would vote at the national convention. The temporary committee delayed a decision amid disputes over one or two ballot support and resolutions honoring Sen. Kennedy. Tower planned to keynote the convention as Texas members weighed potential shifts to Reagan for the August Miami Beach vote.
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Jack Keever
Corpus Christi
Texas
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Harris County
John ‘Tower
Tex
George Willeford
Harlingen
Tower
Miami Beach
Fla
California
Ronald Reagan
Otto J. Miller
Miller
Don Forse
Stalin Solon
Jack Cox
GOP
Temporary. Resolutions Committee
Sen
Robert
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Lyndon Johnson
Cox
Johnson
John Tower
Unidentified man interrupts service at Ardmore Church
A dark haired young man in his early 20s entered Ardmore United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem during the second service, demanded postlude music stop, and criticized the pastor for not mentioning Senator Robert F. Kennedy's death. He left with a woman and did not leave a name.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Ardmore United Methodist Church
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward Bernaseck
Elizabeth Enright Dies At Age 58
Elizabeth Enright author of short stories and children’s books died early Saturday at her home in Wainscott New York. She was 58. Enright appeared in The New Yorker Harpers McCall’s and Ladies Home Journal and her work was collected in Doublefields The Moment Before the Rain and The Riddle of the Fly. Her Melendy series and Thimble Summer earned the Newbery Award in 1938.
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Wainscott
N.Y
UPI
Elizabeth
Enright
Long Island
Miss Enright
New Yorker
Harpers
McCall's
The
Ladies Home Journal
United States
Maryan Mannes
Soviet missiles to Egypt need Moscow consent officials say
In Beirut sources report Soviet ground to ground missiles sent to Egypt require Moscow approval before use. Egyptian officers fear the consent clause could hinder action and recall the June 1967 debacle if fighting resumes.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Soviet Union
Egypt
Moscow
Middle East
Kennedy Burial Site Update Describes Family Prayer at Hilltop Graves
The Kennedy family visits the new grave area near the slain president and Robert Kennedy, with Ethel Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy among mourners. Former Defense Secretary McNamara helped choose the site, while plans for a permanent memorial remain undecided and the casket rests in a temporary vault.
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Osmanthus
Sec. of Defense
Robert $8
McNamara
Kennedy
Kennedy Family
Kennnedy
Williams
Ethel Kennedy
New York
Washington
Ethel
Joseph Kennedy
Andy Williams
Roosevelt Grier
Los Angeles Rams
Rafer Johnson
Grier
Johnson
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Young
Joseph
Jacqueline Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
John Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy
Robert E. Lee
Local Births Reported At West Texas Hospital
A series of birth notices from West Texas Hospital record new arrivals. Parents include Crutcher, Henderson, Beatle, Long, Garza, James Anthony Sidmon, Allen, Payne, with infants weighing from 6 pounds 12 ounces to 8 pounds 5 ounces. Times range from early morning to afternoon on Sunday and Saturday, with fathers employed as sales manager, clerk, carpenter, grocer, tech student, broker, farmer, and factory worker.
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Joe KE. Crutcher
49Th St
West Texas. Hospital
MultisAdd
Joe W. Henderson
Jou
Suidisa
West Texas
Matt
Joe. R. Beatle
Ron
West
Texas. Hospital
al Carpenter
Cand
Sth St. On
Taim
West Texas Hospital
Jesse Garza
Carsille
Methodist Hospital
Johnson Manufacturing © Co
James Anthony. Sidmonson
Robert Allen
9Th St
Doug Payne
Seagraves
Oan
Aca
Ralphighing
Platen
Cain Castle-Co
Kennedy funeral train tragedy near Elizabeth injures several
At Elizabeth New Jersey a Penn Central train striking spectators near the Kennedy funeral procession left two dead and five injured with a three year old girl hospitalized. Debra Ann Kwiatek of Linden survived but suffered back injuries and cuts. Officials said the engine slowed to about 30 miles an hour as it approached the scene and sounded its horn while attempting to stop.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Elizabeth
Robert F. Kennedy
Penn Central
Debra Ann. Kwiatek
Linden
Elizabeth General Hospital
Antoinette ‘Sevirini
John Curia
Chicago
New York
Admiral
Kennedy
Washington
David EB. Smucker
Smucker
Edward Bores
Bores
Doris
Kwiateck
Debra
Adam Kwiatek
Tourist Demands Return of Pistol After Canadian Arrest
Arizona tourist Alex Bienkowski 53 says he and his wife stopped two suspected car thieves in a Hamilton hotel parking area by drawing a loaded pistol from his glove box. Police seized the weapon and he hopes to get it back at the border.
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Hamilton
Ont
Arizona
Alex Bienkowski
Phoenix
Mary
Bienkowski
Canada
America
Wallace Readies Campaign Tour For Funds
Former Governor George C. Wallace begins an eight state Southern fundraising tour for his third party bid. The schedule includes rallies and $25 dinners starting in Memphis on June 11 and ending in Pensacola June 22. He travels with Secret Service protection after JFK assassination concerns.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Wallace
Lurleen Wallace
Memphis
Tenn
Penscaola
Fla
New England
Robert F. Kennedy
Secret Service
Johnson
Police Accept Lancaster Man Gun Destruction Offer
Alan E. Schoening handed two guns to Lancaster police saying he wants them destroyed to prevent more deaths. He owned a .22 rifle and a 16 gauge shotgun for 20 years and cited hunting as use. he no longer wishes to kill.
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Lancaster
al Lancaster
Alan E. Schoening
Schoening
Saigon Under Fire Across Night of Red Attacks
Civilian casualties rise as Saigon endures fresh shelling and air raids. A U S rescue helicopter evacuated Lt. Light after a 21 hour flight from the DMZ area. Other strikes hit Bien Hoa and a Vietnamese training center. US and Vietnamese forces report multiple engagements with enemy casualties.
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da Nang
Saigon
U.S
Khe Sanh
Mekong
Hanoi Pushes Military Drive as Paris Talks Continue
Captured documents shown in Washington indicate Hanoi intends to back Paris negotiations with strong military action. An enemy directive urges major victories to back diplomatic efforts and to defeat the South Vietnamese side, while North Vietnam and the United States spar over meeting sites. Intelligence links renewed offensives from the DMZ to Saigon with Hanoi pressuring its troops to press the fight.
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Washington
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Paris
North Vietnam
United States
Demilitarized Zone
Saigon
Johnson
Ky Thien Split Seen In Saigon
Reports from Saigon say Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky may break with President Nguyen Van Thieu. Ky canceled meetings with Westmoreland and Australian Prime Minister Gorton and has not participated in government activities for over a week. Huong allegedly targets Ky’s close allies.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
John G. Gorton
Australia
Huong
Brown Trial at Lubbock Panel Moves to Court
Prospective jurors were tested in Lubbock last September with six seated after five days. The case moved to Judge Ellis 137th District Court after venue change. Pretrial, jury selection three weeks in progress. testimony possible as early as Tuesday. Defense motions and state evidence suppression debated. prosecutors Griffin and Purdom to press. The suspect, Shallowater salutatorian and only child, pleaded innocent after arrest for double homicide. held without bond until August with $25,000 bail set.
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Lubbock
Lubbock County
James A. Ellis
137Th District Court
Ward
Alton R. Griffin
Tom Purdom
Mackenzie State Park
Brown
Ellis
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Fred Vinson
London
James Earl Ray
Dmz
Bien Hoa
Delta
Sagon
Ninth Infantry Division
Ky-Thien
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Shallowater
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