Two Die In Tahoka Highway Crash Near Lubbock
A three car wreck 1.9 miles east of Tahoka on US 380 before 1 am killed Ernest Cawthorn and Olin Poer, both 60s–27, with Poer’s wife Jeanne serious and his infant son Jeffrey injured. Poer, an electrical worker, died at Methodist Hospital Lubbock. Cawthorn pinned after rear end collision and vehicle damage.
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Avalanche Journal
Tahoka
Here
U.S. Hwy 380
Lubbock
Justice of the Peace
Horace Brunneette
O'Donnell
Ernest Taylor Cawthorn
Rt. 1
Tohoka
Olin Connelly Poer
47Th St
Southwestern Public Service Co
Methodist Hospital
Poer
Jeanne Gandy Poer
Jeffery
John Robbins
Post
Cawthorn
Peer
Robbins
James Timothy Tippet
Tippet
Poer Auto
One Killed Seven Hurt In Amarillo Dragway Crash
A light plane attempting a takeoff from Amarillo Dragway veered through a fence and struck a car, killing 21 year old Julia Archuleta and injuring seven others. Owner M L Brown blamed a cross wind as the separable cause. Ambulances carried the injured to Northwest Texas Hospital as the racing program continued.
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Joamnah
Amarillo
Ernest Walker
Northwest Texas Hospital
Julia Archuleta
Miss Archuleta
Steve Brown
M. L. Brown
Billy Ross Proctor
Friona
Kenneth Lee Lawry
Teresa Chambers
Jerry Marple
Amarillo Afb
Blames Cross Wind Lawry
Fred Ganske
Lubbock
Storm Candy Slams Texas Coast With Flooding And Tornado Warnings
Tropical storm Candy struck the Texas coast with 72 mph winds and heavy rain prompting evacuations and road closures. Tornado warnings covered more than 30 counties as floods threatened coastal communities from Austwell to Victoria and Corpus Christi.
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Kress Tropical
Candy
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Austwell
San Patricio Bay
Victoria
Weather Bureau
Corpus Christi
Palacios
Houston
D Fert
Mustang Island
Po- Hee
Padre Island
Galveston
Winnie
Dagston
EL Carmypes
Texas Department of Public Safety
State Disaster Council
Kingsville
Beaumont
Rio Grande Valley
Louisiana
Sprawl at Prof Feet Turns Classroom into Casual Lab
Pasadena California Institute of Technology professor John Weir promotes an informal carpeted room as a daytime classroom. Since last fall the room runs every available period and three weeknights, up from six weekly hours, with gold carpet colorful chairs and draperies. Students from biology, English, mathematics, and psychology gather around the professor or sit on the carpet, and faculty reports show increased participation in these informal sessions.
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Associated Press
Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
John Weir
Weir
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Concludes State Convention in Hub City
The sorority wraps up its annual state convention in Hub City with coverage on page 11 section B. Other front page notes include a West Texas family reporting their son killed in Vietnam on page 8, and trade and political items throughout the paper such as United Steel Workers contract talks on page 4 and a firearms control debate on page 3.
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Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Hub City
West
Tex
Vietnam
Poor People's Leader Defies City Deadline at Resurrection City
National Park Service ends permit at 8 p m Sunday and orders Resurrection City vacated but Rev Ralph Abernathy vows followers will stay until Congress and the administration act. About 1000 residents live in plywood shanties near the Lincoln Memorial as SCLC officials urge patience while no evacuation occurs.
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United Press Internationals
Washington
Resurrection City
National Park Service
Ralph David Abernathy
Poor People’s Campaign
Congress
Lincoln Memorial
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Park Service
al Simpson
Travelers Aid Society
Cattlemen's Craft Adapts With Modern Tools And Methods
The aging cowboy era gave way to a modern cattle industry where tech like squeeze chutes corrals jeeps and helicopters aid roundups. Cattle producers now blend veterinary science nutrition chemistry and agronomy to manage stock by season and need, reflecting rapid industry changes.
Prayer excerpt inviting readers to share devotions
A section titled Today's Prayer asks readers to submit favorite prayers within a 60 word limit. The note thanks God for Christ's coming as foretold by prophets and invites reader submissions for future publication.
De Gaulle Wins French Parliament Landslide Victory
Paris reports show Charles de Gaulle and Gaullist candidates sweeping a large majority in the first week of national elections. 141 seats secured with 108 contests still in play, signaling a strong personal triumph for De Gaulle amid a national referendum backdrop and warnings about a second round from Premier Pompidou.
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United Press International
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Communist Party
de Gaule
Miami Actress Denies Shoplifting At Downtown Store
French actress Denise Darcel was arrested in Miami on a shoplifting charge for $38.04 worth of women's undergarments from Jefferson's department store. Booked as Mrs Denise Atkinson of Miami Beach, she posted $500 bond and claimed she planned to pay for items after finding no sales staff.
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Miami
APS
Denise Darcel
Denise Atkinson
Miami Beach
Paul Oboz
Jefferson’s
Firefighters Gain Ground on California Blazes
Foresters said an army of smoke-darkened men was making headway against three spreading fires in California. One blaze is contained, another burns 35,000 acres with 1,300 men on the lines, a third is 50 percent controlled after 3,000 acres burned. No communities are threatened.
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Associated. Pressy
LOS Angeles Foresters
California
Los Angeles
Liebre Mountain
Angeles National Forest
Bouquet Canyon
U.S. Forest Service
King City
Bill Derr
Forest Service
Los Padres National Forest
Tragedy at River Plate Stadium Leaves 73 Dead
In Buenos Aires during Argentina's biggest soccer match, a stampede followed burning paper thrown by fans. Between 150 and 200 injured, 65 seriously, as authorities ferried bodies to a police station for identification amid emergency floodlights and grieving colleagues.
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Buenos Aires
Updsoccer
Argentina
Saill
River Platte Stadium
Anibal Breera
Tax bill estimates shrinked by clerical error in Texas
New tax measure in Texas drops from 144 million to about 100.2 million for eight months due to delayed effective date. Comptroller Calvert suggests moving date to Oct 1 to reach 162.3 million, with liquor provisions adding up to 10-14 million more per year. Gov Connally had pegged need at 127.7 million.
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Texas Senate
House
Rep
R. H. Cory
Victoria
Robert S$. Calvert
Senate
Calvert
John Connally
Shallowater Man Injured In Crop-Dusting Crash
In Elkhart Kansas a crop-dusting plane piloted by Bud Tegue of Shallowater Texas struck an irrigation standpipe and crashed. Tegue suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to Morton County Hospital.
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Shallowater
Elkhart
Kan
Morton County
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