Rights Group Firefight Sparks Seige During King March
In Philadelphia Mississippi a civil rights group at the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party headquarters exchanged gunfire with unknown assailants in a siege described by Ralph Featherstone of the SNCC. A memorial march led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. later degenerated into stone throwing and fist fighting as confrontation swept through the city. Police reported shooting incidents with few details given and no satisfaction to civil rights workers.
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Indianola
Summer Arrives with Turbulence Over Panhandle
Turbulence returns to the Panhandle as funnel clouds, two-inch rains and hurricane winds struck areas south of Perryton and north of Grover. Severe thunderstorm watches stretched across the Panhandle and parts of the northwestern Plains as 2:33 p.m. signaled summer. Continuous showers and heavy downpours affected Dalhart, Perryton, Clovis, and nearby towns with radar indicated lingering activity into the night.
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McLean
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Clovis
Portales
Enochs
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State Highway Department
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Post
Morton
Littlefield
Denver
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Lubbock Firemen to Seek Salary Referendum Petition Today
Lubbock area firemen plan to file a petition today to seek a referendum on their salaries. The move appears in the local section of the newspaper alongside other regional items.
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Lubbock
Royal Navy Sails With First Women On Board HMS Fife
The Royal Navy will deploy HMS Fife with two women aboard for a nine month tour to program the ship’s computer system. This marks the first official female presence on a British warship at sea since 1045’s Trafalgar era. Captain Arthur R. H. Graham declined to name the two women.
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Food prices ease drop aids inflation relief
The Associated Press reports a six tenths of one percent decline in grocery prices last month offsetting other living costs, lifting the CPI to 112.6 for May. Officials say the trend is unclear if inflation has peaked, noting May prices rose in the past decade every year.
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Labor Department
Sioney Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Indies
D day Prayer for Courage and Focus
Anonymous note asks Jesus for courage to stand tall for personal aims and avoid wasting time finding flaws in others. Plainspoken appeal emphasizes self-discipline and inner resolve.
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Olters
Connally Calls for Sharp Speed Limit Cuts to Reduce Deaths
Gov. John Connally urged drastic reductions in speed limits to curb rising traffic deaths at the Texas Good Roads Association convention. He noted 70 mph on major highways since 1963 and pressed for a broad safety program with more highway patrols and higher trooper pay, warning voluntary compliance may fail.
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Associated Press
John Connally
Texas Good Roads Association
Connally
U S Troops Repel Three Viet Cong Assaults
U S units beat back three sneak attacks north of Saigon and in the Mekong Delta with heavy fighting. A large Communist food cache was captured. In Da Nang area Marine posts faced mortar and small arms fire as air support targeted the attackers. A third strike hit Soc Trang air base causing moderate damage and light casualties.
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Dodd Case Moves Toward Public Hearings on Ethics Charges
Senate Ethics Committee wraps two days of closed hearings into misconduct charges against Senator Thomas J Dodd and announces public sessions begin. James Boyd Jr former aide to Dodd will testify as first witness. Julius Klein subject of inquiry expected to appear later from Europe.
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Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
John Stennis
Dmiss
James P. Boyd Jr
Dodd
Boyd
Bipartisan Committee
Julius Klein
Chicago
Marjorie Carpenter
Klein
Stennis
Europe
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De Gaulle Pushes European Talks Over West Tensions
President de Gaulle met with Soviet leaders in Moscow to urge bilateral talks by European nations with the Kremlin while the USSR proposed a conference of European nations on mutual security. He signaled a European Europe concept distinct from U S leadership, with further discussions planned.
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Europe
Ceneral
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Moscow
Weather Map Page 5 B Forecast for Lubbock Area
Partly cloudy with a few afternoon and evening showers and thunder storms today and Thursday. High near 90 and a low in the mid 60s. Light to moderate southerly winds.
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Vicinty
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