Mystery Burial Finds Stir South Texas Archaeology
University of Texas anthropology students uncovered 17 graves in Harlingen near Brownsville. They found a documented bundle burial with charred bones suggesting cannibalism, plus marine shell ornaments and primitive artifacts. Remains were shipped to Austin for study as police state no interest in the mystery.
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Walter Gray
Harlingen
University of Texas Anthropology
A.c. Harlingen
Brownsville
Texas
Collins
Yorick
Ophelia
University of Texas At Austin
W. . Collins
Midland
Wier
Alfred Wier
McAllen
Steele
Jr. S. Steele
Beeville
Air Battle Over Haiphong Area Involving MiG Encounters
A fighter pilot recounts a dogfight about 30 miles northwest of Haiphong with MiGs at 2,000 feet and speeds near 600 to 700 mph. The encounter included Sidewinder shots that failed due to weather glare, a second shot hitting one MiG, and a subsequent chase as other MiGs circled the area.
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Haiphong
Marr
U.S
Vampatella
Kosygin Attends Finnish Visit and Calls for Neutral Cooperation
Kosygin and a Soviet delegation meet Finnish officials at the presidential palace. President Kekkonen reaffirms Finland's neutrality while stressing engagement with peaceful cooperation and friendly ties with all states. A crowd greets the leaders as Finnish flags wave during the visit.
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Kekkonen
Finland
van Meman
Voy Nuznets
City Nurses Attend Workshop In Tyler
City nurses gathered in Tyler for a workshop on disaster response and aid registration. Morfee urged urgent applications at the Red Cross headquarters 8109 Broadway to help storm victims with grants for repairs furniture and clothing.
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Ped Cross
Broadway
Jusastey Sietimes Real
Murfee
Perl Crees
Ashraeft
Tyler
Communists Narrow Lead in Rome Elections
Fractured vote totals show Communist push in Rome area failing to unseat government backed Christian Democrats. Early provincial returns indicate CD gains with Christian Democrats securing a majority in many provincial councils while Communists trail in key districts.
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Aldo Moros
Christian Democrats
Rome
Rearke
Balloon flight ends early after battery failure over Texas
A Rice University high altitude balloon mission studying the Crab Nebula ended prematurely when a transmitter in the 900 pound payload failed due to a dead battery. Instruments including a gamma ray telescope survived and will be studied in two more summer flights under a 166500 dollar Air Force grant led by Dr. Robert C. Haymes. Harold Ware Jr. found the payload north of San Angelo and the balloon was spotted near Robert Lee.
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Palestine, Tex
Cap
Rice University
Palestine Scientific
Harold Ware Jr
San Angelo
Tex
East
Texas
Robert Lee
Rice
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Robert C. Haymes
Civil suits begin in Lubbock County courts
Two civil actions start in the district courts with jury selection in the $52,000 case brought by guardian Marjorie Eastman against First National Bank of Lubbock. The second suit, a workmen compensation claim by Giles Turner, seeks 35 weekly disability payments for 401 weeks plus $823.09 medical expenses.
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Lubbock County
Robert H. Bean
140Th District Court
Guardian
Marjorie Cone Eastman
S. F F. Cone
First National Bank of
Turner
Electrolux Corp
B. J. Lea
Kid G. Moore
Rex MccFadden
Tf. W. Boswell
J. W. Burk
J. J. Hancock
Korea President Urges Anti Red Arc Cooperation
President Chung Hee Park urged 12 non Communist nations forming an arc off Red China to build a great Asian and Pacific community through broad cooperation. He spoke at the opening of a 10 nation Asian and Pacific ministerial conference in Seoul, drawing applause.
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Seoul, Korea
South Korea
Red
China
Chung Hee Park
Salvage Dealers Must Surrender Vehicle Titles
Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr ruled that salvage dealers must surrender license plates and titles for wrecked cars to the State Highway Department on demand. The ruling applies to those buying vehicles for scrap, reselling parts, or any salvage activity, whether the vehicle is purchased or given to the dealer.
Bell stolen from 400 year old St Ethelreda’s church
Workmen repairing the 400 year old bronze bell of St Ethelreda’s church in Norwich discovered the bell was stolen. Detectives called the mystery of how the 1000 pound weight was moved.
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Norwich
England
St. Ethelreda's
402 Expected For Texas Girls State
AUSTIN AP Bluebonnet Girls State opens its 22nd general session Wednesday sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. A total of 402 girls are expected for the 10 day session devoted to learning about government. Speakers include Sen. John Tower. Two girls will be chosen to attend Girls Nation in Washington.
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Austin
Bluebonnet Girls State
American Legion Auxiliary
John Tower
R-Tex
Girls Nation
Washington
Talks on French Troops in Germany Open at Foreign Ministry
Talks begin in Bonn over the future status of French armed forces in West Germany. French Mirage jets based at Lahr and Freiburg could carry nuclear bombs and would lose NATO access if moved to entirely French command.
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Germany
Foreign Ministry
Lahr
Freiburg
Upper Rhine Valley
Black Forest
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
NATO
Alliance
France
U.S
Washington
West Germany
Bonn
Tey
NATO Council
San Angelo Figure Homer Nickel Dies at 55
San Angelo resident Homer G. Nickel, 55, a known local figure for 25 years and former Fresno, California resident, died Sunday night. He moved to San Angelo in 1943 and gained notoriety for salvage deals, notably in 1964 when he acquired a large salvage lot from the St. Angeles hotel, including a 500 pound penny scale and hundreds of fixtures. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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San Angelo
Homer G. Nickel
California
Fresno
Calif
Nickel
St. Angeles
Mirage SF prototype makes successful 40 minute flight
The Mirage SF fighter plane prototype completed a 40 minute test flight, announced by Marcel Dassault Aviation. The aircraft reportedly travels 242 times the speed of sound and uses a Pratt & Whitney engine.
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Paris
Marcel Dassault Aviation
Pratt & Whitney
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