TSU riot leaves dormitory in shambles and police under scrutiny
Police traced clues to a sniper amid a campus riot at Texas Southern University. Witnesses described two gunmen firing from a second floor dorm room while officers, aided by hundreds, secured the area. One patrolman, Lewis Kuba, was fatally shot. Several students faced felony rioting charges as professors aided cleanup and the acting university president announced resignation.
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Texas Southern University
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Charles Freeman
TSU
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Hadley Hartshorn
Arts and Sciences
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Louie Welch
Carol Vance
Joseph Pierce
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Wedn Lay
Yi Yi
Five injured in Lubbock traffic crashes Thursday
Five people were injured in separate traffic incidents around Lubbock on Thursday. An 8 year old bicyclist Glen Robertson was treated for minor injuries after a collision on 70th Street. Mary Ann Wilson Royce Dale Barnam and Chloe McVey McClure were treated after car pickup and two car crashes at various intersections. Norman Castro was treated and released after a rear end collision on U S 87 near Purdue Street.
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Ave. T
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49Th St
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Chloe McVey McClure
52Nd St
50Th St
Ave. Q
Norman Castro
Regus
Methodist Hospital
U.S. 87
E. Purdue
Youth Charged In $1 Robbery
Robbery by assault charges filed Thursday against Haney Blaylock Jr. at 2004 Quirt Ave. stem from a $1 knife point robbery of a 9 year old girl Wednesday morning. Blaylock was arrested about 2 p.m. at his home and held in county jail.
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Quirt Ave
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Vivian Robinson
Josephine Robinson
Weber Dr
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Deferment Bill Advances Amid Debate Over Conscriptions
A bill to continue college graduate deferments faces passage next week amid contention from minority members Otis G. Fendel Rivers D SiC and allies. They argue deferments should be revisited as eligible draftees may still face service after graduation. The committee approved the measure alongside a Senate version allowing presidential aid to revise policy.
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Otis G. Fendel Rivers
Ministers to Meet CENTO Council in London
CENTO Council of Ministers will meet in London on July 11 and 12. Member nations include Turkey Iran Pakistan and Britain with the United States represented as an associate.
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Turkey
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London
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Britain
United States
Three Lafayette pals join Army Nurse Corps
Teresa O'Connor Patricia Bender and Sue Lazar three 20 year old friends from Lafayette Indiana sign into the Army student nurses program in Indianapolis Their lifelong bond and shared schooling led them to enlist to support American GIs in this wartime effort.
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Patricia Bender
Sue Lazar
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Lafayette
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St. Vincent's Hospital
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