East Germans Impose Travel Curbs From West
East German leaders announced tighter travel controls for West Germans amid rising Cold War tensions. Berlin officials voiced alarm calling the move a black day and a blow to German unity, while East German media cited official speeches on passport and freight regulation details.
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Berlin
Brandt
Austria
Germany
West
Klaus Schuetz
Free Berlin
U.S
West Berlin
Rence Goris
People’ S Chamber
East Berlin
Friedrich Dickel
Horst Kaminsky
ADN
West Germany
Bécking
Schuetz
Dickel
Kaminsky
Prison Hostage Crisis In Atlanta Ends In Convicts Talk
Prison officials reported a guard held by inmates in Atlanta was freed after assurances from authorities. The inmates reportedly held two pistols, several hostages were aided by radio updates, and prison spokesman William C. King confirmed concessions to ensure hostages’ safety while discussions continued.
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Atlanta
Williams
William C. King
Blackwell
Fredrick Freeman
Leister
Ralph
Michael Lepiscopo
Ivan’ Daniel Neighbors
Robert William Gorman
J. W. Land
LiberaIs push for uninstructional delegates at Texas Dem convention
The Texas Democratic Party factions debated the unit rule with Connally seen as favored by some and Humprey allies by others. A rump meeting elected Ed Cochran as chair and planned senatorial district caucuses to choose delegates to Chicago. Officials say 104 delegates will attend the national convention on August 26 with area names sharing the slate.
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Connally
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Denton
el Paso
Jefferson
Harris County
Ed Cochran
Houston
Committee On
Texas Democratic Party
Carr
Chicago
Rand
National Committee
Cochran
Ralph Brock
Lubbock
Joe W. Anderson
Seminole
Joe. Yarborough
Malcolm McGregor
EL. Paso
Rhea
Howard
Wichita
Falls
Jim Ray
Plainview
Jerome W. Johnson
Claudia Brummett
Amarillo
Tower Wins Concession at GOP Meeting in Texas
Reagan supporters in Harris County and the Panhandle backed Tower but sought limits on his endorsement. Tower praised Reagan yet said he would support the minority report and urged delegates to unite for a strong 1968 Republican year. Delegates elected national committeeman Albert Fay and committeewoman Tobin Armstrong.
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Reagan
Harris County
Panhandle
Tower
Gov
Senate
Texas
Jack Cochrane
Austin
Iselves
America
Albert Fay
Houston
Tobin Armstrong
Armstrong
Vietnam
Paris
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Injuries Prove Fatal in Odessa Crash
Hal Durwood Stevens aged 53 of Odessa died Tuesday from injuries after a car truck collision. Police said it took an hour to free his body from the wreckage.
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Odessa
Former CORE Director May Succeed Kennedy
NBC reported unofficially that James Farmer, former national director of the Congress of Racial Equality, would be appointed to succeed Robert F. Kennedy in the U.S. Senate. Farmer denied contact from Governor Nelson Rockefeller and said he remains focused on his Brooklyn 12th District congressional race.
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New York
National Broadcasting Company
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
U.S. Senate
Farmer
Nelson A. Rockefeller
David Brinkley
NBC
Rockefeller
Washington
Senaor
Maylor
John V. Lindsay
Birth announcements list multiple regional families
A string of birth notices records several families in Lubbock area hospitals. Details include parents names and occupations, baby genders, weights from 6 pounds 1 ounce to 7 pounds 6 ounces, and times of birth at University Hospital Methodist West Texas Hospital and Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital.
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Glynn Raymon
Price
Morton, RE
University Hospital
M. We Miller
Methodist
Hospital
Gary Bugman
Cantor Ave
Methodist Hospital
Charles Ray Askins
West ‘Texas Hospital
Five Five Five Co
Refugio
Enriques
Ave
West Texas
Rafael Velasquez
Wilson
Laut
Rodolfo Perez
1St St
Mit Laur
Chinie
Mrvc
Delfino. Ramirez
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Rutledge Store
Mrc
Jimnmiy Lee
Lowry, Slaton
Trio Alive Rescuers Reach Trapped Miners
In Helena Montana rescuers freed three miners trapped for five hours after mud slides sealed a shaft 500 feet underground. Rain worsened conditions causing further slides as Wayne Evans age 24 freed his father Louie Evans 57 and fellow miner Joe Merritt 57. All three were brought to the surface by nightfall with one seriously injured and two with minor injuries.
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Louie Evans
Joe Merritt
Wayne
Merritt
Security detail surrounds Lt. Gov Preston Smith in Dallas
Lt. Gov Preston Smith says security guards were assigned without his request after Kennedy's assassination. He notes the protection is deemed imperative, though he has not received threats, and says other officers guard the governor's family while he travels with two guards at all times.
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Dallas
Preston Smith
Smith
Democratic Party
Robert F.) Kennedy
James Earl Ray moved to maximum security cell in London
Ray was placed in a fortress like maximum security cell at Wandsworth Prison as Scotland Yard detectives review his London contacts. Legal moves proceed to extradite him to the United States for the April 4 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Authorities trace Ray's travels to Canada Britain and Portugal before his arrest at London airport while attempting to fly to Belgium.
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London
James Earl
Ray
Wandsworth
Scotland Yard
Britain
United States
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlantic
Canada
Portugal
Belgium
Saigon Under Fire as Rockets Strike U S Base
Tension rises as Viet Cong shell Saigon and a U S base near the city in Ky aut Vietnam. A C130 transport plane was destroyed and a building burned. Allied forces respond with artillery helicopters and planes while helicopters broadcast against shelling. Civilian casualties rise.
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Vietnam
Gener- Staff
Saigon
Cholon
Paris
U.S
John H
House Votes On War Funding And Spending Priorities
The House Appropriations Committee debated extra war funding and a coming fiscal year cut. Mrs Mink's amendment passed 296 to 133 as a substitute for a larger school funding proposal. Dow proposed eliminating extra Vietnam money by standing vote 128 to 4, arguing for spending priorities.
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D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Mahon
House
R-N
John D. Dow
D-N.y
Vietnam
Dow
Congress
Ex-Dope King Brown Promotes Rethinking Youth Crime
Four years after his California release Brown has lectured over a million students across the United States and Europe about his drug past. He recounts joining Green Dragon and getting jailed, then facing solitary confinement, and now promotes anti drug messages while planning a book. He criticizes dope culture and defends police, urging youths to avoid drugs and crime.
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Brown
California
Europe
United States
Trinity Church
38Th Street
Quaker Avenue
Lampasas
Bonnie
Clyde
Buck Barrow
Texas
Kelly
Leavenworth, Brown
Leavenworth
Atlanta
Alcatraz
McAlester
San Quentin
Avalanches Journal
Brown County’s Noted Black Sheep Speaks on Ancestry and Tricks
A man recalls his claimed ancestors in Brown County and reflects on his life as a fourth grade dropout who joined a carnival. He says he learned to make a dishonest dollar and married a beauty queen from East Texas before returning to old schemes.
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Iran
Brown
Brown County
East Texas
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