Planes Sink Two Boats and Press Red Supply Lines
U.S. intelligence reports 6,000 monthly North Vietnamese infiltrators and 178 enemy battalions totaling about 112,500 main force troops in South Vietnam. Jets flew 121 missions over the north, destroying barges trucks and bridges. one F105 Thunderchief was downed with the pilot missing. Marines report 742 North Vietnamese killed since Aug 2 in Operation Prairie near Quang Ngai as South Korea’s Tiger Division records 321 killed and 112 captured in five days of fighting.
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South
Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Ngai
South Viet Nam
South Korea
Tiger Division
Jury Frees Klansman in Liuzzo Killing Acquittal
An eight Negro and four white jury acquitted Ku Klux Klansman Eugene Thomas of murder in the slaying of Viola Liuzzo, the Detroit housewife killed after the Selma to Montgomery march. The verdict followed 1 hour 25 minutes of deliberation.
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Associated Press
Ayneville
Ala
Eugenee Thomas
Thomas
Bessemer
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Mich
Joe H. Guthrie
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Brighton
Liuzzo
FBI
Richmond Flowers
Flowers
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Manila meeting eyed to discuss Vietnam war among chiefs
President aU eS agrees to attend a gathering of state leaders in the Philippines on or after Oct 18 as a growing coalition forms with 707,000 Viet Nam troops and allies including Japan India and others urged by Fulbright. The plan aims to review military, political, and diplomatic aspects amid U.S. proposals at the UN to ease the conflict.
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Philippines
South Viet Nam
South Korea
Australia
New Zealand
Thailand
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Honolulu
Johnson
Hawaii
Fulbright
Arkansan
U.S
Viet Nam
Manila
Japan
India
Pakistan
Marcos
Pope Paul VI
United Nations
United States
Arthur J. Goldberg
North Viet Nam
Lewiston Seeks Funds To Pay LBJ Light Bill
Lewiston Maine city leaders debate paying a 784.77 light bill for President Johnson s August 20 visit. The finance board suggested using mayoral traveling funds or sending the bill to the White House after officials noted no budgeted funds. extra lights and power hookups at Kennedy Park served TV and radio crews during the New England tour.
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Lewiston
Lewiston, Maine
Johnson
Robert L.couturier
Couturier
New England
Tom
LBJ
Kennedy Park
Transportation Strike Shuts Italian Cities
Unions called a 48 hour strike by about 150000 bus and streetcar workers disrupts Rome Milan Naples Turin and other cities. Military vehicles were pressed into service to run the busiest routes and move people to and from central zones as four major unions press for contract improvements.
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Rome
Italy
Milan
Naples
Turin
Second Front Brings Lashing Winds and Rain into Central Texas
Strong winds and heavy rain moved through central Texas on Tuesday as a cold front pushed southward from the Panhandle. Dallas Fort Worth area traffic jammed as temperatures plunged about 15 degrees, with Lubbock expected to drop to the 50s tonight and farmers worried about possible cotton damage on the South Plains.
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Avalanche Journal News Services
Texas
Panhandle
Dallas-Fort Worth
South Plains
Lubbock
Weather Bureau
Breckenridge
Paris
Waco
North Central
West
Tex
Hillsboro
West Suia
Central Christian Church
Travis
Williamson
Austin
Granger
Hutto
Abilene
Childress
Dalhart
Dallas
Fort Worth
Junction
Wichita Falls
Wink
Corsicana
Laredo
Mce- Allen
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Southern Plains
Alexandria
Missouri
Kentucky
Colorado
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
North Carolina
Virginia
Middle Atlantic States
Demonstrators clash with police near Humphrey hotel in Portland
About 150 youths gathered at the Sheraton Motor Inn parking lot blocking access and prompting police to remove around 40 demonstrators in cars and vans. Humphrey’s car entered via a different entrance as hotel workers tried to hold back the crowd amid chants of Nazi, war end and troops home. one injured youth received ambulance aid.
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Portland
Ore
Hubert H. Humphrey
Sheraton Motor Inn
Humphrey
Robert Duncan
D-Ore
U.S. Senate
Robert Straub
University of Oregon
Eugene
Bellingham
Wash
Local Parents Welcome Dozens of Newborns at West Texas and University Hospitals
A string of birth announcements lists families and newborns at West Texas Hospital Laut Clinic University Hospital and Methodist Hospital. Parents include C Lewis Wright Ben Ray Wilson Jimmie Lee Owen Lynn Doyle Bryant Goldie Davis Billey Clarence Percy Daniel Alvarez Manuel Duran Larry Moller Don Barker and Douglas H Dreisinger. Each entry notes gender weight time and parental occupations.
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C. Lewis Wright
31St St
West Texas Hospital
Theather
Cooks Point J and Varnish Co
Ben Ray Wilson
M. B. McKee Co
Jimmie Lee Owen
E. Bates St
West ‘Texas Hospital
Lynn Doyle Bryant
44Th St
University Hospital
Pat Millis Plumbing Co
Goldie Davis Billey
Boston
Eddie
Clarence Percy
Apt. A
Sherman St
Ilnois- California Express Co
Daniel Alvarez
Rt. 1
Lubbock
Laut Clinic
Texas A&m Agricultural Experiment Station
Douglas
H. Dreisinger
Tech
Big Texas State Fair opens with hogs and geneaology buzz
Barrow judging crowned Wilson Entry in Poland China hogs while Wright & Mitchell showed the all breed reserve grand champion. Jersey show drew 66 of 110 entries with Brook Acres Beauty named grand champion bull and Wilming ton Wonder Minnie grand cow. Genealogy booth draws students as classic autos, Liveries and Viet Nam war films lure crowds at the two day fair.
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Barrow
Downstate
Wilson
Poland
China Hogs
H. D. Tucker & Sons
Wright & Mitchell
Wolfforth
Ernest Harris
Ralls
Brook Acres
M. B. Nichols
St. Charles
Lubbock Power & Light Co
Lubbock
Tennessee Ernie Ford
South Plains Genealogical Society of
Green Berets
American Airlines Faces TWU Strike At Sunrise
American Airlines, the nation’s second largest carrier, confronts a sunrise 12 000 non operating employees walkout after a deadlocked contract with the AFL CIO Transport Workers Union. TWU demanded a 30 percent raise while American cited a 3 cent per hour increase over three years and better fringe benefits.
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Associated Press
York
American Airlines
Afl—Cio Transport Workers Union
Mike Quill
New York City
American
Eastern
National
Trans World
United
Northwest Airlines
Mansfield aims for Oct 15 adjournment amid long odds
Washington AP Major Senate leader Mike Mansfield said he still targets adjournment by October 15 but warned it looks like a long shot If not in sight by then he would propose a recess until after the November 8 elections He suggested the House reconvene November 18 and noted administration measures and appropriations bills remain to be acted on including transportation department energy and anti poverty education bills and tax provisions Also Wyoming bulletin board sign warns notices over 15 inches wide
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
Montanan
House
John W. McCormack
Congress
Department of Transportation
District of Columbia
State and Justice Departments
Inez Sweeps Guadaloupe In Powerful Caribbean Storm
Hurricane Inez, a top storm of the season with 120 mph winds, hit the Guadeloupe islands Tuesday afternoon and moves toward the Caribbean Sea. Gale force winds extend about 255 miles from the center. AP wirephoto.
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Inez
Guadaloupe
Guadeloupe Islands
Caribbean Sea
Convicted killer and two escape jail via AC shaft
Convicted killer Billy Wayne Sinclair and two companions escaped from the parish jail in Baton Rouge by crawling through the air conditioning system early Tuesday. Sheriff Bryan Clemmons doubted the escape route and said he believed the men had likely headed out of town.
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Baton Rouge, la
UPI
Billy Wayne Sinclair
Bryan Clemmons
Plane Plant To Double Force In Grand Prairie
Ling-Temco Vought will nearly double its 9,600 worker force at Grand Prairie over 28 months due to a Navy A74 contract and F8 modernization. A major building program adds 300,000 square feet as Hal Hawes announced at the Chamber of Commerce. Bell Helicopter also plans growth doubling its Grand Prairie plant to about 1,200 workers by year end.
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Dallas
Ling-Temco Vought
Grand Prairie
Navy
Hal Hawes
Aeronautical and Astronautics
LTV
Robin's Wing Singed On Batman Set
Burt Ward known as Robin on Batman suffered burns from a movie set explosion. After emergency treatment he returned to work on the television series with his cape singed.
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Robin
Hollywood
Burt Ward
Batman
Surviving a Flight Nightmare Hidden in Wheels and Doors
A young adventurer describes surviving a Panamanian flight by squeezing near the landing gear as doors opened and closed. He endured extreme fear and ear pain from the noise, shifting positions to avoid being crushed. He later endured leg injury and a tense descent to Mexico City, aided by strangers.
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Panama
Mexico City
GE’s Light Bulb Pricing Probe Ties to Antitrust Case
Katzenbach says earlier rulings were wrong and newer decisions shift the law. He argues GE agency terms fix prices and terms for light bulbs in violation of the Sherman Act. GE defends legality and public service while cooperating with the Justice Department to resolve the matter. GE has over 240,000 distributors and retailers in the U.S. The case recalls a 1960 price fixing scandal affecting turbines and generators.
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Katzenbach
New York
Robert M. Estes
General Electric
Justice Department
United States
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Connally
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Melvin C. Warren
Texas State Library
White House
Laurier E. Roy
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Central
Teri Kaye Blakley
Todd Hatchett
Todd
Ation
Teri
Gary Blakely
41St St
Earl Hatchett
Levelland
Jim Coker
Manuel Duran
Ave. G
Laut
Woody ‘Lire Company
Larry Moller
Lauf Punt
Bob
Don Barker
60Th St
Methodist Hospital
X UK
Marine Corps
TWU
Federal Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill
Canada
Mexico
United Air Lines
TWA
Laramie, Wyo
University of Wyoming Student Union
Cape Kennedy
Jamaica
Caribbe
Dominican Republic
Atlantic
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Aco
Miles
Virgin
Guadeloupe
Colombia
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