Heavy Rains Flood Texas Plains Drench the South
Severe storms drenched the South Plains causing high water on U S Highway 67 and 385 near McCamey with at least five deaths blamed on flooding. Municipalities reported varied rainfall totals from trace to over 2 inches while roads remained blocked and one family was rescued from a submerged car.
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McCamey
State Highway Department
South Plains
Lubbock
Plainview
Brownfield
Doug Lowe
Abernathy
Lockney
Petersburg
Hale Center
New Deal
Matador
Andrews
Seminole
Meadow
Levelland
Littlefield
Crosbyton
Tahoka
Floydada
Slaton
Post
Snyder
Trinity
Dallas
Fearjed
Lynn Lambert
Raymond Hale
Pettit couple welcome son at Methodist Hospital
Mr and Mrs Burle Pettit of 4315 60th Street announce the birth of a son weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces at 2 24 p.m. Wednesday at Methodist Hospital Father works as a sports writer for the Avalanche Journal.
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Burle Pettit
60Th St
Methodist Hospital
The
Avalanche-Journal
Baker couple welcome son at West Texas Hospital
Mr and Mrs Albert Leroy Baker of 3003 Grinnell announce the birth of a son weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces at 10 43 a m Wednesday in West Texas Hospital The father is employed by The Baker Co.
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Albert Leroy Baker
Grinnell
West Texas Hospital
The
Baker Co
Jackie D. Burge
Taylor Hospital
KLBK
Juan Sotelo
Cone
Laut
Silvester DeLeon
Idalou
Lauf Clinic
City of
Lubbock
Ray David Spradlin
Esiquio Martinez
Rt. 4
Floyd Jobe
47Th St
Methodist Hospital
Continental Airlines
Patricio Castillo
Boston
Consolidated Pipe Co
Large Fort Worth Dallas Area Birth Announcements Count Crowds
Barry and Mrs. Burge welcome a son at Taylor Hospital weighing 7 pounds 6% ounces. Dozens of families from Lubbock to Reese Air Force Base area announce newborns across multiple hospitals with weights between 4 and 8 pounds and mothers listed as Mrs. or first names alongside fathers’ occupations.
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Barry
Fort Worth
Dallas
Michael J. Galbreath
Toledo
Reese Air Force Base Hospital
Reese
J, C
Ronnie W. Harjder
Rt. 5
Lubbock
Heese Air Force Base
Goldwater Attacks TFX Contract and Draft Policy
Goldwater denounces the 6 billion TFX award as political favoritism overruling military advice. He cites Defense Department doubts and Boeing as preferred design, and urges an end to the draft. He cites a letter alleging IRS pressure on Texas men linked to Johnson. Crowd at Memorial Auditorium faced applause during the Dallas speech.
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TFX
Goldwater
Sterling Steves
Chhairman
Tarrant County
Johnson - Humphrey
Barry
Steves
Boeing
McClellan Committee
Defense Department
General Dynamics
Memorial Auditorium
LBJ
Dallas
Johnson
Senate
Boeing Co
Seattle
Wash
Rumors of Walkouts and Rising Violence Hit South Vietnam
Provincial rubber workers threaten strikes as plantations cover six million acres producing about 80 000 tons annually with most sold abroad. U S authorities report a surge in small scale Red terrorism following the Sept 13 coup attempt and record higher guerrilla activity through the week ending last Saturday. Government losses include 235 troops and 270 guerrillas slain, while voices from Communist and Saigon student circles criticize U S policy. Ho Thien Dong calls for Washington to stay out of Vietnam’s internal politics amid the Ban Me Thuot incident.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Saigon
Viet Cong
Radio Liberation
Hanoi
Ban Me Thuot
Washington
Viet Nam
Ho Thien Dong
National Student Steering Committee
Hostage situation near Ban Me Thout amid Vietnam unrest
Six Americans are reportedly held by Montagnard rebels inside a U S operated special forces camp 25 miles from Ban Me Thout. Premier Nguyen Khanh tours the central highlands as Col John Freund, deputy senior adviser to II Corps, is among captives. The camp commander and 40 Vietnamese special forces are restrained, with the commander tied to the camp flagpole.
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Ban ME Thout
South
Viet Nam
UPI
Nguyen Khanh
John Freund
II Corps
Red Ships Seek Safe Harbor From Storm Off Cape Cod
Russian vessels fishing near Cape Cod asked for safe harbor as Hurricane Gladys churned offshore. Washington had not granted entry, while Coast Guard cutters patrolled offshore. Twenty one ships anchored near Truro and Provincetown last week to dodge storm impact. two were allowed to stay for repairs before departing.
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Boston
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
U.S
Washington
Bat
Truro
Provincetown
Vitebsk Mare
Gordly
International
Satellite Launched Toward Polar Orbit from Vandenberg
A satellite was launched toward polar orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base using the Atlas Agena booster combo previously used for Samos observation satellites. Officials did not identify the satellite type or objective and made no mention of the sky spy program.
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Vandenberg Afb
Calif
No Chances for Art Objects in Rome Film Set
Twentieth Century Fox insures art objects used in the Rome production of The Agony and the Ecstasy for 1.5 million dollars. The studio is taking no chances with possible use of the items in filming.
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Hollywood
UPI
Twentieth Century Fox Studio
Rome
Congress Debate Winds Through Moral and Nuclear Threats
A Senate debate erupts over ethics and leadership as Mundt and McCormack challenge clergy and Goldwater cites dangerous ignorance and a 90 percent nuclear capability claim. Symington rebukes Goldwater stressing prudent restraint and clarity about Soviet responses.
Rescue at Me End Lights Up Rocky Rescue in Cave-In
Four men trapped in a 30 by 30 foot chamber beneath rock amid a massive 13 000 pound ij cable collapse. Rescuers hauled cable and cut through debris over 34 days of forced housekeeping before the elevator reached the men. Workers Cooper Luhnow Shaw and Roeder recounted the ordeal and relief at dawn.
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Art Luhnow
Las Vegas
Cooper
Luhnow
Lloyd Ll Shaw
Santa Barbara
Leland Roeder
Pioche
Nev
Roeder
Ploche
Indonesia Troop Plane May Have Fallen In Ocean
Malaysian officials said one of three Indonesian C-130 planes carrying paratroops for an air drop may have crashed into the South China Sea off the east coast of Malaya with about 48 aboard. A dinghy was found. no survivors known. Other planes dropped 100 men in the Labis region. 25 killed and 55 to 60 captured.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
UPI
Tengku Abdul Rahman
South China Sea
Malayan
Labis
Malaya
Jakarata
Girl Says Story Of Attack By Teens Was A Hoax
Margaret Mary Little, 15, claimed five teens slashed her at Torrance High, but Juvenile Court officers say she injured herself and fabricated the incident. She will transfer to a parochial school as her family moves her after questioning.
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Torrance
Calif
Margaret Mary Little
Torrance High School
Margaret
Sandra Little
Anniversary Gift From Goldwater Reflects Politics
Fort Worth dispatch reports Senator Barry Goldwater's 30th wedding anniversary gift to his wife, a diamond studded gold charm recalling his 1964 nomination. The front bears an elephant insignia and GOP letters with the inscription We want Barry. Inside lies the motif and dates. on the reverse, a personal message from Goldwater. Mrs. Goldwater returned with a bronze ash tray sculpted by Charles Russell showing a bear and cubs.
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Fort Worth
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Barry
GOP
Mrs. Lyndon Johnson makes private New York trip
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson arrived in New York unannounced on Wednesday and visited a hotel suite to view winter clothes. She reportedly bought some salts and traveled back to Washington on a commercial flight, with the White House confirming it was a private trip.
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New York
Lyndon .B. Johnson
White House
la Guardia
Washington
Brush Fires Driven by Suspected Arson Sparking In California
Non officer John Davis said the fire in the Santa Barbara Moniceesto area was likely man caused and under investigation for possible arson. Northern California blazes expanded to about 90,000 acres, destroying over 90 homes as heat rose to 95 degrees and containment broadened and faltered.
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Agua Caliente
Calif
California
John Davis
Santa Barbara-Moniceesto
Sonoma County
Johnson Defends Welfare State Against Faction Attacks
President Johnson urged Americans to stand up for democracy against a bid for power by diverse factions opposing welfare programs. He defended Social Security and labor rights while criticizing the ADA and urged support from union delegates nationwide. He spoke to about 1,500 at the International Union of Electrical Workers convention and via closed circuits to other unions.
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Burch
Johnson
ADA
Republican Party
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
International Union of Electrical Workers
Chicago
United Rubber Workers
New York
United Textile Workers
Miami Beach
Tobacco Workers
St. Paul
Minnesota Afl-Cio
Kansas City
Missouri Labor Council
United Steelworkers
Atlantic City
N.J
Tennessee Valley Authority
United Nations
Alliance For Progress
America
Plymouth Rock
Abraham ‘Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Engagement of 13 year old girl to American airman shocks town
In King’s Lynn England Rosalyn Montesanto 13 accepted a proposal from Airman Gerald Cunningham 21 after meeting two years ago and dating two months. Her parents consented to the engagement though Cunningham a police airman with a U S Air Force unit at Marsham near King’s Lynn remains silent.
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King's Lynn
England
UPI
Rosalyn Montesanto
Gerald
Cunningham
Philadelphia
Gerry
Marilyn
U.S. Air Force
Royal Air Force
Marsham
Air Force
Oswald Writings Supposedly Warn of U S Crisis and Marine Seizure
Dallas News reports from late 1962 to early 1963 that Lee Harvey Oswald wrote of a possible U S crisis to topple capitalism. He described a futurist movement and an independent course after any overthrow, and he expressed disenchantment with Communism.
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Dallas
UPI
Lee Harvey Oswald
United States
Dallas News
Hugh Aynesworth
Oswald
U.S
Warren Commission
American Communist Party
Mems 'Hera
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Odessa
Lubbock County
Lee McElroy
Rach Gia
Mcnamara
Agustine Salazar
Idalou Road
Ken Gibson
Dellaters Co
Tohoka
Augustine Lopez
Frederick A. Williams Jr
Texas
Internal Revenue Service
Arizona
Paul F. Wagner
American Legion
Mundt
Kk Viet Nam
Congress
Crook
Francis B. Sayre Jr
Sayre
John W. McCormack
Jihe
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Sen. Goldwater
Soviet Union
Indonesia
Ocean
Mrs. Johnson
U. S
Jody Lyn Cole
Jack Frost
Dick Cole
Lincoln, Neb
Hubert Humphrey
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