Johnson to Tour Flooded Harlingen Area
President Johnson prepared to fly to the Rio Grande Valley to inspect flood damage as the Arroyo Colorado rose and Beulah related flooding worsened. Officials ordered more dikes built and 900 National Guard personnel deployed to aid evacuations while airlift teams stood by for refugees.
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Harlingen
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Johnson
Arroyo Colorado
Rio Grande
Air Force
Dyess Air Force Base
Abilene
Tactical Air Command
Langley Field
Forbes
Lockbourne
Pope
Edwards
Dyess
John B. Connally
Austin
Red Cross
Salvation Army
4Th Army
Texas Department of Public Safety
Episcopal Convention Opens Reform and Renewal Path
After 11 days the Episcopal Church announced broader reforms and outreach. President Bishop John E. Hines called the triennial meeting constructive. The church expands theological inquiry, funds crisis slum projects, enlists Negro leadership, and allows women in its governing body. It moves toward interdenominational unity and wider communion across parishes. A new Communion service and revised Book of Common Prayer are prepared for trial in 7500 churches.
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John E. Hines
Teens Picket Sunday School At Brookdale Baptist
About 150 Brookdale Baptist Church youths dropped out of Sunday school to protest what they call Parent delinquency in adult classes. They plan another picket with signs urging families to attend church as church leaders back the action saying affluence and leisure pull youth from Bible study while urging parents to participate.
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Brookdale Baptist Church
Ground War Slows as MIG Battles Continue Over North Vietnam
American air forces fought nine dogfights with MIGs over North Vietnam while ground fighting slackened. The Con Thien Marine post endured a light artillery siege as weekly U.S. casualties fell and Communist losses were below average. Airstrikes targeted rail lines and supply routes from Hanoi to the coast, with carrier planes pounding barges and ports.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Con Thien
U.S. Command
United States
US. Command
Dmz
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Tonkin Gulf
Hanoi
Red China
Hon Gai
Constellation
Coral Sea
Intrepid
Black Extremist Plot Sparks Philadelphia Police Case
Philadelphia police charged four members of the Revolutionary Action Movement with a plan to spark civil unrest and disperse cyanide tainted food to police and civilians. Informant Hilton Louis Jones aided the investigation, delivering a cyanide sample and a 34 page sworn statement. The suspects include Anthony B. Monteiro and others named Rashied Lyles Reginald Grantham and Sakeeb.
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Philadelphia
Revolutionary Action Movement
Anthony B. Monteiro
Chicago
Specter
George Fencl
Police
James H. J. Tate
Frank L. Rizzo
Hilton Louis Jones
Jones
FBI
Edward Cole
William James Lyles
Rashied
Reginald Grantham
Yusef
Sakeeb
Plane Crash Kills Crew Near Bradfield Elementary
A two-engine plane from Ling-Temco-Vought Electrosystems crashed near Bradfield Elementary School in Dallas after a routine shuttle. Five military pilots and two aerospace workers died as the craft struck a car and the band hall area during dismissal.
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Dallas
Tex
Aerospace
Bradfield
Ling-Temco-Vought Electrosystems
Ted Heimberger
LTV
Aerospace and Electronics
LTV Electrosystems
Greenville
Love Field
Werner Denman Jr
N. E. Chappell
Fort Worth
Dover
Del
Air Force Base
Poison Found In Tijuana Mass Poisoning Traced
In Tijuana an insecticide named parathion was traced to a warehouse serving bakeries. Fifty bakeries were padlocked, 35 people connected to suppliers questioned, and many residents crossed to San Ysidro for bread. Authorities report 16 dead, mostly children under 10, with dozens hospitalized.
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Tijuana
Mexico
San Ysidro
Calif
Hector Valdivia
Valdivia
Sacramento
California
Ment
Southwest Ohio Weather Forecast Sees Clouds and Showers
The Southwest Ohio forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight with a chance of thundershowers or drizzle. Temperatures dip to 38 to 43 degrees. yesterday’s high reached 72 and low 43. Area rainfall totals 0.67 inch, the heaviest since July 30 this year.
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Southwest
Ohio
Chuckle Detour A Road With Left Turns Never Unstoned
A quirky travel note describes a winding route nicknamed Chuckle Detour where drivers encounter steady stony humor elements and unexpected road quirks during a local drive.
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LBJ
George Young
Seattle
Episcopal Church
Eiders
Albert Hornstra
Hornstra
Saigon
Dist. Atty
Arlen Specter
Moder
Jack H. Culp Sr
Donald Cook
Anthony G Lucey
Kenneth P. Kennedy
Julius B. Lee
Ann Landers Bridge
Crane Ste
Heloise
Valley News
Women’s
Los Angeles Marineland of the Pacific
Bonanza Air Lines
Linda Ray
Tempe
Ariz
Stewardess
Oceanarium
Patricia Scremin
Chandler, Ariz
Pamela Geith
Phoenix
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