Robbers Strike Dallas Banks In Back-To-Back Heists
Three long haired men robbed the White Rock National Bank in Northeast Dallas trapping 26 customers and staff and fleeing with an estimated 10 000 to 30 000. Police say no mask used and no gloves worn, with no evident link to a Northwest National bank raid two days earlier.
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Associated Press
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White Rock National Bank
Dales
Nortines National Bank
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Wermesd Yy Laut Button
Vmonie Bock Bank
White Rock Lake
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Button
Northwest National
Walnut Hoh Village
White Rock National
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Senkel
Northwest National Bandits
Pay Boosts Nullified By Inflation
The August jobless rate rose to 5.1 percent with 4.2 million unemployed as inflation erodes workers buying power. Labor data show declines in total employment and factory work metrics amid a period of economic uncertainty highlighted by government officials and labor leaders.
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Labor Department
Nixon
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Aft-Ctio Presistr Gorge Meany
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Meany
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Council of Economic Advisers
McCracken
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Army Eyes Outdated Reveille Ritual Move
An Army study group recommends replacing the current wake up routine with a standardized head count at reveille to streamline wake procedures. Army Chief of Staff Westmoreland will decide on adopting the reform nationwide as part of barracks discipline changes.
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Washington
Sowell
Samieone
William C. Westmoreland
Prayer for city’s lonely lives and friendship
A reader offers a prayer asking for comfort and companionship for those living unseen in the city. The plea invokes Our Father and Jesus Christ and closes with Amen.
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Jesus
Playground Rock Moves To Family’s New Home
Six Wenner children from Portage Michigan watch as a 4500 pound boulder they played on is packed and moved with the family to Swanton Ohio. The stone now sits in their front yard becoming a local neighborhood focal point for the children.
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Eugene Wenner
Thei Wid
Portage
Mach
Ohio
Dennis
John
Julia
Gene
Debra
Barbie
Rock
Swanton
Obig
Wenner
Mich
Boy testifies on gun handling in Tate murder trial
An 11 year old boy testified that a policeman handled a revolver found near his Sherman Oaks home with two live rounds in the chamber and seven empties nearby. The gun was linked to the Tate murder case after investigators sought such weapons. Charles Manson and three female followers are on trial for murder and conspiracy in the killings.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Steven Weiss
van Nuys
Charles M. Manson
Miss Tate
Weiss
Sherman Oaks
Beverly Glen Canyon
Tate
Michael Watson
Weigs
Record heat hits 98 degrees with storm in Friona
The Mercury record-tying 98 degrees in Lubbock Friday as a thunderstorm dumped .40 inch on Friona in 20 minutes. Nearby towns saw only sprinkles. Hereford Roevina and Clovis had light amounts while Fammitt had none. Norma on move brings better chances for scattered rain today and Sunday per Weather Bureau.
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the Mercury
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South Plains
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Hereford
Roevina
Clovis
N. M
Fammitt
Norma
Weather Bureau
Teenager Attacks Judge In Courtroom
In Oakland a 19 year old Berkeley man Christian Winther attacked Judge Redmond Staats during sentencing for rioting. The judge and Winther grappled until two bailiffs restrained the prisoner who fled the table then slugged the judge on the head. Staats finished the sentence for 90 days at Vacaville medical prison for observation.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Christian Winther
Berkeley
Redmond Staats
Staats
Winther
Vacaville Medical Prison
Superior Court
Hippies Invited to Colonize Jungles of Colombia
Colombia released 60 hippies after 72 hour detentions on assault charges. A hippie spokesman said they would seek land and tools in the interior to colonize, while Territorial Director Tascon Villa praised the idea as excellent. Some prisoners remained jailed for marijuana found in their possession.
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Bogota
UPI
Colombia
Guillermo Tascon Villa
Maize Days Underway In Friona South Plains
Friona hosts Maize Days third day of the 14th annual grain tribute. The event transforms the town of 3,000 into a nostalgic celebration with a mock bank robbery staged as part of the festival highlights. Spectators line the streets near the Public Library, once the Friona State Bank.
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Yesteryear
Butch Cassidy
Sundance Kid
Friona State Bank
Jas
Friona
Size May Rival Tet Thrusts
Reports from Phnom Penh cite large Communist force massing for a monsoon offensive against South Vietnam. Up to 10 enemy divisions, 60 000 to 80 000 men, may move through Cambodia and Laos as U S bombing intensifies. Some units likely aimed at border base camps, with possible aim to rival Tet.
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Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
Phnom Penh
John T. Wheeler
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Parrott
Kompong Rau
Wheeler
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Udall Denounces Hickel Over Conflicts Probe
Former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall says the Justice Department cleared him of conflicts of interest but accuses Walter Hickel of initiating the probe to ruin his reputation. Udall also accuses Hickel of leaking a letter to press urging Nixon to curb Spiro Agnew. He notes the inquiry found no wrongdoing. UDALL Page 10.
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Sec. Ior the
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Justice Department of Conflict of Interest
Walter J. Hickel
Udall
Hickel
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Lawrence [Halprin Associates
San Francisco
Virgin Islands
Halprin
Henry Kimmelman
Justice Department
Sev Udall
Leather Weather Map Page 5-A Lubbock vicinity forecast
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance for thunderstorms tonight. High today in the mid-90s, low tonight in the mid-60s, high Sunday in the low 90s. Southeasterly winds today mainly under 20 mph.
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Hurmidi
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