Storm Spawned Twisters Hit Louisiana Coastline
The storm system spawned multiple tornadoes along the coast southwest of New Orleans toward Baton Rouge. Morgan City area saw the first touches near Point Ruber Island. New Iberia reported outages and flooding in Bayou Teche. Vermilion Parish Erath area reported at least 50 injured from debris and damaged roofs and porches.
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Morgan City
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Bayou Teche
Associated, Press
James McLean
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Erath
UPI
Pete Fisher
Larose
Raceland
Eddie Ste. Marie Bull
Kenner
Lake Pontechartrain
Mississippi
Louisiana
Hilda
Johnson
John. J
McKeithen
St. Mary Parish
Chester Boudoin
Cajun
Mississippi River
Mobile Bay
Panama City
Fla
Lake Pontchartrain
Louisiana State
Florida
Duke Tulane
Crescent City
Texas
Carla
Gulf of Mexico
A. J. Laborde
Ocean ‘Drilling and Exploration Co
South Louisiana
Grand Isle
New Orlean
American Red Cross
Congress eyes election focus as adjournment nears
The piece notes the 88th Congress ending session with key bills passed and the President urging voters to back his plans. It highlights adjournment timing, party dynamics, and looming campaigns while detailing disaster coverage from Hilda and political maneuvers on health care and veterans programs.
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89Th
Senate
National Veterans Insurance
House
Kennedy
Johnson
Sen
Congress
Bobby G. Baker
Billie Sol Estes
Four Injured In Multiple Saturday Traffic Mishaps
A Saturday record from Lubbock officials lists four minor injuries across three incidents. James Lee McDaniel and his wife Patricia were treated after a vehicle overturn near Clovis Road. A four car collision at Colgate Avenue left one person hospitalized briefly. Juvenile pedestrians Kim Grubbs and William Ickes were treated after separate auto incidents. Officers questioned a suspect linked to a hit and run.
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Lubbock
Clovis Road
James Lee
McDaniel
Harvard
Patricia
Methodist Hospital
Colgate Ave
Kim Carrol Grubbs
William R. Grubbs
22Nd St
West Texas Hospital
College Ave
Joel. Dickson Smith
Midland
William John Ickes
43Rd St
36Th St
Knoxville
Frank George Lisemby
Burglars Loot Walk-In Vault and Homes in Lubbock
A break-in damaged the walk-in vault at a bottling company with tools left at the scene and about 250 dollars in silver missing. A money sack containing 650 dollars in cash and checks was reported missing from Carlisle Food Market. Nearby, rings, a diamond dinner ring, a clock radio and clothing were stolen from two residences. Police continue to investigate the thefts late Saturday.
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Weldon
Horace Fry
Carlisle
Levelland Highway
Sheriff’s Office
Fry
Vernon Lewallen
Brownfield Rd
Harvey Stotts
Ave
Stotts
Lubbock
Dr. Pepper-Seven-Up Bottling Co
N. Ave. Q
West Texas Twirling Festival honors Lubbock and Albuquerque
At the 11th annual West Texas Twirling Festival in Lubbock, Albuquerque performer Kay Evans won senior Miss Majorette and Linda King captured top junior honors. About 185 twirlers entered with a 40 entrant tumbling contest. winners span junior and senior dance teams, individual majorettes, and various age groups across several towns.
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Lubbock
Albuquerque
West Texas
Linda King
Kay. Evans
Panhandle South
Plains Fair
Hale Center
Lockney
Clovis
Midland Pink Panthers
Lubboth
Fort Worth
Patricia van Horn
el Paso
Miss
Majorette
Portales
Carol Ann Vines
Midland
Joyce Ford
A. Varnell
Aston
Cheryl
Steele
Sherri Badgett
Brownfield
Katina Lampkin
Amarillo
Redgie Beeson
Abernathy
Sandra Stuart
Fay
Renee Overman
Levelland
Norma Jo Venso
Sharon Pennington
Janis Moore
Floydada
Suzanne Collier
Floyd
Faye Overman
Sharon Pennnington
Jane Myatt
Kay Evans
Faye Renee Overman
Phillip Thompson
Federal indictments in Biloxi probe of Philadelphia killings
A Biloxi grand jury indicted 23 individuals on Friday in a high profile civil rights case tied to the Philadelphia dam killings. The bodies of Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney were found after their June 21 arrest in Philadelphia for a speeding violation. price and other defendants posted bonds, with some released on bonds ranging from $1,000 to $2,000. The panel, seated in secret sessions, is to reconvene in Jackson on October 21.
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Miss Carter
Rainey
Price
Biloxi
Miss
Sidney Mize
Jackson
Philadelphia
Justice Department
Washington
FBI
Johnson
Andrew Goodman
Michael Schwerner
Meridian
Friona School Bids Awarded for $1.25 Million Building Program
Friona Independent School District awarded bids Saturday for a $1.25 million building program. Knox Gailey and Meador of Lubbock will handle general contracting at $839,927 with plumbing to C A Gray Plumbing Co of Midland at $141,245 and Hodges Electric of Plainview at $87,564. The project includes a new high school plus remodeling of existing facilities with Brasher Goyette and Rapier of Lubbock as architects.
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Friona
Friona Independent School District
Knox Gailey and Meador
Lubbock
C. A. Gray Plumbing Co
Midland
Hodges Electric
Plainview
Cotton Crop Outlook Mixed Across Texas late 1964
The season showed early September drought hurting dryland cotton while irrigated fields fared better. Most of the crop was planted early and advancing toward maturity, with only 4,473 bales classed to date, far below last year’s pace. prices and harvest outlook varied by county and weather remains the key factor.
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Poteet
Bill Palmer
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Palmer
Lubbock
Hale County
Ollie Liner
Plainview
Lynn County
W. BB
Bill) Griffin
Tahoka
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Cotton Exchange
PCG
Dickens
Howard
Motley
Crosby
Terry
Garza
Floyd
Bailey, Borden,Cochran
Briscoe
Bailey Eee
Steve Ee
Borden
Seers
Deaf Smith
Dickens Agers
Johnson Denies Secret Pact Charge in Campaign News Conference
President Johnson rebutted Goldwater charges of a secret A-Pact and said no such treaty exists with Communist China. He defended Secret Service conduct in crowds, praised the FBI, noted budget progress, and announced payroll cuts and defense studies amid calls for Social Security health insurance.
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Goldwater
China
Johnson
Soviet Union
Secret Service
FBI
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Defense Department
Pentagon
James J. Rowley
Rowley
Kennedy
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
Feder
Goldwater blasts Johnson on social security and Medicare clash
Goldwater accuses the White House of killing Social Security improvements to push Johnson's Medicare plan. He denounces secrecy in nuclear talks, vows to restore local law enforcement powers, and criticizes the administration's crime policy as moral decay. He draws crowds across Illinois and Indiana during a cross‑state tour.
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House
Senate
White House
Johnson
Goldwater
Galesburg
United States
Britain
Red China
Moline
la Salle
Joliet
Wheaton
Bobby Baker
Matt McCloskey
Washington
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Philadelphia
California
Pacific
Northwest
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John J. Williams
Rdel
Appalachia
West Virginia
Randolph
Friona School
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