Oil spills from tanker fouling San Juan beaches
A Liberian registered tanker Ocean Eagle carrying 5.7 million gallons of crude oil split in the Atlantic near San Juan harbor. Crude patches washed ashore near luxury hotels including the Caribe Hilton, prompting Acting Governor Guillermo Irizarry to seek U.S. assistance to contain the spill and protect coastal areas. The Greek crew was rescued.
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Aralencnes Journal News Bervicen
San Juan
P.R
San Juan Harbor
U. S
Ocean Eagle
En Wance
el Morro
Caribe Hilton Hotel
Guillermo Irizarry
U.S
Verdict Provokes Scorn In Slaying Trial At Palo Pinto
Former highway patrolman Alfred P. White received a five year sentence for murder without malice after an all male jury deliberated 15 minutes. The panel rejected premeditation and insanity claims despite prosecutions of a calculated crime. Relatives and officials criticized the verdict as incongruent with the evidence.
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Mike Cochran
Palo Pinto
Alfred P. White
Testi
Ed Paynter
Abilene
White
A. L. Rhodes
Ray H. Millorn
Joyce White
WW. W. White
Hner
Space agency delays fourth radiation explorer launch
At Cape Kennedy the U S Space Agency again scheduled the Wallops Island radiation explorer launch after cancellations due to high winds. Officials aim to study solar radiation and warn astronauts of outbursts as a larger satellite near E.O. launch in Wallops Island, Va., was postponed for Tuesday amid ongoing delays.
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UPS
U.S. Space Agency
Wallops Island
Cape
Geophysical Observatory
Plains
Nacogdoches
Tex
Franklin Reagan
Tel Aviv
Israel
Kibbutz
Yad
Earth
St Reagan
Jordechal
Gazalis
Northwest Strip
Ogos
Texas
Gold Digger Wins World Gold Panning Title
Rosamond California. Chesmore wins world gold panning championship and sets a 33 second time while defending her national title. Her husband Robert finishes third after a 10 second penalty for losing a nugget. He previously held the world record at 345 seconds. The event is the Eighth Annual World Gold Panning Championship sponsored by Kern Antelope Historical Society and Rosamond Chamber of Commerce.
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Ay Moe
Rosmond
Calif
Barbara Chesmore
Robert
Kern- Antelope Historical Society
Rosamond Chamber of Commerce
Wiggins Complex at Tech Officially Dedicated
Lubbock area reports the official dedication of the new Wiggins complex of residence halls at Tech. A Dim mitt man’s 45 year record as a weather watcher shows one minor blemish.
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Lubbock
Area
NEW Wiggins
Tech
Dimmitt
Mayors back riot study plan but seek funding
Seven American city mayors endorsed the Johnson riot study commission recommendations on racial turmoil, urging Congress to act. They warned without outside funding, progress will stall as they call for jobs, housing, guaranteed income, and welfare reforms amid white racism scrutiny. Gov. Otto Kerner said costs are hard to estimate and funding sources unclear. See MAYORS Page 10
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Washington
Johnson
Hugh J. Addoniziol
Newark
N.J
John V. Lindsay
New York City
Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Congress
Lindsay
Commission
America
Boys Salon
Fred Harris
Otto Kerner
Ilinois
Jand
Snow Storm Brings Deaths in Big Bend Region
A surprise snow storm hit West Texas dropping up to five inches near Alpine and causing hazardous driving. Three people died in a two car crash on U S 90 east of Marathon including Mrs Cruz Silva and her infant grandson and Mrs Edith Zahlen. Snow extended to Van Horn Pecos and Odessa with depths two to four inches. Johnson watched a nuclear bomber alert at Ramey AFB before returning to Washington. Roads opened but drivers advised to use extreme care.
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Big Bend
West Texas
Alpine
U.S. 90
Marathon
Cruz Silva
Healdsburg
Calif
Edith Zahlen
Long Beach
Calif.Authorities Said the Car Carrying Mrs. Zahlen
van Horn
Pecos
Odessa
Ramey Afb
P.R
UPD
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Caribbean
Ramey Air Force
72Nd
White House
Washington
Women Move A Schoolhouse In Pioneer Days
Hale County history recalls 1893 when Hale Center settlers and Epworth residents rivaled in the South Plains. Women notably relocated a schoolhouse, a feat said to surpass what men could do, amid town rivalries and early community development.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Hale Couny
Hale Center
Epworth
Hale City
Horatio Graves
Hale County
Mr. Graves
Viet Cong hits Da Nang hospital and Saigon bases
Viet Cong mortars and rockets struck Da Nang hospital and several U.S. installations near Saigon in predawn attacks. The assault followed a deadly ambush 9 miles north of Saigon where 48 Americans were killed and 28 wounded.
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Saigon
United Press Ince
da Nang
U.S
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Marble Mountain
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Laura Payne Dies in White River Lake Scuba Accident
Laura Jane Bartlett Payne 19 of Lubbock died after a scuba diving incident at White River Lake while her husband Artis Nelson Payne 18 called for help. James Temple and Lyman Abell Jr. aided in reviving. she died at Crosbyton Hospital. Surviving include daughter April Dawn and her family, with services pending at Sanders Funeral Home.
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Lubbock Nother
Crosbyton Hospital
Clinfe
White River Lake
Laura Jane Bartlett Payne
Vernon
Dale R. Rhoades
Rhoades
Crosby
Fletcher Stark
Lubbock
James C. Temple
Lyman Abell Jr
Temple
Abell
Payne
Spur
April Dawn
Henry W. Bartlett
53Rd St
John Bartlett
U.S. Navy
H. W. Bartlett Jr
John R. McKinley
Laura Bartlett
Post
Sanders Funeral Home
Search for missing B52 bomber continues off Texas coast
The Coast Guard reported rough seas hampered divers as the missing B52 from Carswell Air Force Base is sought with eight crew members. An uncharted underwater object was reported near Port O’Connor and the area is searched fifty miles east southeast over Galveston Bay. Residents reported a ball of fire and loud noises when the bomber disappeared Wednesday night.
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Coast Guard
New Orleans
Port O'Connor
Georgia
Air Force
Matagorda
Galveston Bay Area
7Th
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
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