Houston Hail and Flooding Rages Across Texas
Severe storms drenched Houston and central Texas with heavy rain and hail. Streets flooded knee deep in McAllen and four blocks of main street blocked. Power outages surged as lightning caused outages unseen since 1961. Temperatures cooled to near 90s across regions with reports of up to seven inches of rain near Lampasas and five inches near Lake Travis.
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none-Journal News Service
Rio Grande Valley
Houston
Texas Lake
McAden
Mission
Pharr
Edinburg
Texas
Brownsville
Lampesas
Lake ‘Travis
Austin
Senate backing for nuclear test ban treaty grows
Sen Henry M Jackson announced he will vote for the limited nuclear test ban treaty, citing safeguards for US security. Sen John Stennis opposed, warning the pact could let the Soviet Union leap ahead in weaponry. Heavy Texas rains caused flooding and fatalities, while Sen Ralph Yarborough criticized the treaty as insufficient. Weather updates noted high humidity and a warm night in Lubbock. See SEN. JACKSON Page 10.
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Ashington
Henry M. Jackson
Washington Democrat
Senate
John Stennis
D-Miss
Soviet Union
Stennis
Risling
Houston
Texas
Ralph
Yarborough
D-Tex
Sen
Jackson
College Station
Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Lubbock and
Lee Houston
Femmes Flip Over Frauds In Fake Hair
In Washington the wig boom has turned into a crackdown with investigations pending against wig buyers and sellers. Forty four collection suits target defaulting wearers while counter suits target wig retailers. Reports describe subpar hair marketed as European while some customers received yak or coarser Oriental hair. Local officials note high demand and rapid growth of wig shops with sales resembling used cars, driven by quick turnover and easy terms.
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Associated Press
Washington
Forgiveness Sought After False Alarm Collision
A Dallas Times Herald letter from an anonymous writer appeals to drop charges against a young man who triggered a false alarm Aug. 29. Two firemen and a police officer died in the crash in Dallas' Air Cliffs area. Five investigators traced the postmark Grand Prairie to identify tips.
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Dallas
UPI
Dallas Times Herald
Air Cliff
Grand Prairie
Dallas Fire Department
Texas Republicans Show Cool Tone Toward Cox at Strategy Meet
At a two day Texas Republican conference in Corpus Christi Cox faced cool private reception from many veterans who recall his 1962 actions. C Douglas Forde of Dallas aims to gather 50000 signatures for Cox’s GOP Senate bid while George Bush has announced as a candidate. Tower and Foreman backed a strong GOP sweep next year and supported a Goldwater lead with a preferential primary to boost his chances.
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Caltech Press
Peter O'Donnell Jr
C. Douglas Forde
Dallas
Senate
Cox
Houston
George Bush
U.S
John Tower
Wichita Falls
U. S
Ed Foreman
Odessa
Bruce Alger
Huviiece
Tower
Foreman
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Prayer Quote On Tears Humility And Hope
A devotional line attributed to anonymous writers asks for tears to stay tender hurt to keep us humane failures to keep us humble success to keep faith and a hopeful note that heaven feels close through earthly faith in God.
Solon Says Display Inspired By Reds
Capitol Hill watchdogs faced two days of turmoil as students and youths clashed with police during a House Un American Activities Committee hearing. Five demonstrators and a larger crowd were carried out as a girl denounced the panel after her Cuba trip, marking a violent end to a tense session.
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Associated Pees Ashington
Capitol Hill
House Committee On UN American Activities
State Department
Howse
Video Star Sentenced and Fire Riot Overcrowded Hearing
Descriptions of a crowded hearing room as demonstrators clashed with police and a fire erupted in Chicago prompting swift action. Witnesses recount officers carrying a girl away and others forced to the floor as spectators and congressmen watched. In New York Jacques Angelvin, famed French TV star, received a three to six year sentence for smuggling heroin into the United States with a co defendant getting one to two years. The judge called Angelvin a money making courier for an international dope ring.
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Big House
Independence Avenue
Tessian
Mercy Hospital
Winz
Catherine Prensky
City College of New York
Frank
Socia
Thielman
Sto
Thomas Tate
Chicago
Capitol
York
Jacques Angelin
United States
Angelvin
Supreme Court
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Charlie
Jan
Leibowitz
Drunk Horse Enzyme Discovery Highlights Alcohol Dehydrogenase
The Associated Press reports Harvard researchers isolated alcohol dehydrogenase from horse and yeast. Yeast enzyme is most potent, but horse liver enzyme is larger and about ten times more effective than human. Findings suggest links to cirrhosis studies and liver enzyme presence in humans.
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York
Bert L. Vallee
Biophysics Research Laboratory
Harvard University
American Chemical Society
Six More Die In Brazil Forest Fire Toll Reaches 136
Curatiba Brazil AP reports a renewed flare of southern Brazil's worst forest fire as six more people die. The blaze has burned hundreds of square miles across Parana state, affecting cotter and lumber industries and leaving a mounting death toll at 136.
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Brazil
Curatiba
Parana
Cotter
The Ife Diet and Dlowings in Middle Age Life
A fragmented note from a page section describes women in Ife balancing traditional practices with modern concerns. The piece hints at social habits, health, and daily routines amid changing times.
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Ife
Children Responsible for Truck Fire in Convenient Night Incident
A group of youths ignited gasoline beneath two 24 ton refrigerated trucks, starting a blaze at a service station. Noblett and Privett reported the incident, and a fire extinguisher helped quell the flames as officers counseled the children. Fire units arrived and extinguished the fire.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche Journal
Noblett
Privetti
Scientia Endian
Syearold
Privett
Troy
Royce Noblett
Hillard Snow
Fire damages trucks at El Paso station corner
A blaze at the El Paso station damaged a 1962 International truck and a 167 International van owned by Kelly Milk Co. The largest loss was to the rubber and motor area of the truck and cab. A second truck suffered only minor damage to the van area. Police say three Latin American children started the trash fire that sparked gasoline splashes and a dangerous gasoline drip.
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Orly
Kenneth Privett
Sina
Suntmauia
Albuquerque
Houston
Roswell
Ata
We Falls
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