First U S Case Of Screwworms In A Human
Officials at the Southwest Screwworm Eradication Laboratory confirmed the first documented U S human case. A 41 year old Mission woman was treated in a San Antonio hospital with larvae infestation in the nose throat and mouth. 8393 animal cases in Texas reported this year though declining in recent weeks.
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Textapi
Southwest
United States
San Antonio
Mission Laboratory
Youth barbers escape court over charity haircuts in Houston
Three amateur barbers and one charity worker fed up with delinquency by giving free haircuts to underprivileged youths while charging donations for charity. State Barbers Board inspector charged them with unlicensed practice and lack of shop permits but the judge dismissed the charges, praising charitable effort.
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State Barbers Examining Board
Justice of ‘the Peace
Jack Treadway
Velasquez
McKusker
Iwe
Against Pair New Burglar Charges Filed
Two men in Crosbyton face added burglary counts tied to a Oct 29 break in at Leon Buxkemper’s Woodrow home nine miles south of Lubbock. Stolen items included a television set mixer waffle iron and deep freeze. Buxkemper says officers recovered the property at a Petersburg residence. The suspects are Alvin C Springfield 18 of Lubbock and Jack Mahon 46 of Petersburg. Also named in a Thursday felony charge is Levone Maden 17 a Negro of 2401 Ash accused of theft over 50 with bond set at 1000 by Justice Wayne LeCroy.
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Leon Buxkemper
Woodrow
Lubbock
Buxkemper
Petersburg
Alvin C. Springfield
Jack Mahon
Levone Maden
Ash
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Lung cancer death rate rises 1967 Canada 10 percent
Health Minister John Munro reported a ten percent rise in Canada's lung cancer death rate in 1967 compared with 1966. He blamed cigarette smoking and said the Health Department would take all possible steps to discourage it.
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Ottawa
John Munro
Canada
Health Department
Ballot Reporting Error Corrected in County Results
An election correction fixes a typo that misstated governor candidate Preston Smith’s Terry County vote total. The corrected figure shows Smith with 3045 votes and opponent Paul IEgers with 1258, resolved in later boxed tabulations after missing in county-by-county reports.
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Preston Smith
Terry
Paul Iegers
Smith
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