Successor Named Noel Leaves ILCB Post
Gov. John Connally named Tom Gordor of Abilene Monday to chair the Texas Liquor Control Board, replacing W. D. Noel of Odessa. Noel, who served since 1952, asked not to be reappointed and will stay on until a successor is chosen. Gordor, 54, a prominent West Texas lawyer and oilman, joins QO. R. Crawford and Alfred Negley on the board as it continues amid past corruption investigations and a board reorganization.
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Odessa
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
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Jasper
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San Antonio
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Department of Public Safety
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Attorney General’s Department
Watts riot anniversary erupts in gun battles near police station
In the Watts district police and Negro residents clashed as the third anniversary of the 1965 riots sparked heavy gunfire. Three people died and 35 were wounded or injured as a park siege and a police substation came under fire. Police reported about 2,000 officers were on duty and 1,000 shots were fired in the night and early morning.
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Lap Best City
Will Rogers ‘Park
Lew Ritter
Thomas Reddin
David McGill
Ritter
Showers Cool Odessa Area and surrounding Permian Basin
Scattered showers dampened the Permian Basin early today with more rain forecast through Tuesday. Rain totals varied from 0.10 to 0.60 inch in Odessa, Midland, Seminole, Andrews, and Spraberry areas while a heavy pre-dawn shower drenched Odessa. No major damage reported as thunder and lightning accompanied the morning storms.
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Oklahoma City
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St. Louis
Eisenhower Convalescence Reported Prolonged
Army doctors said former President Dwight D. Eisenhower has passed the immediate critical period after last week’s heart attack but convalescence will likely be lengthy due to recent attacks. They did not specify hospitalization duration.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter’ Reed Army Hospital
North Viet Namese blasts Nixon platform in Paris clash
In Paris, North Vietnamese spokesmen blasted both US parties over Vietnam policy and targeted Nixon. They criticized the Republican platform for not calling for an unconditional bombing halt or troop withdrawal, and signaled further critique of the Democratic candidate after their convention. The report notes continued medical updates on a Vietnam talks participant and a weather brief from Odessa.
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U.S
Southport 1
Rach Kien
Saigon
Kai
U S
Demilitarized Zone
Marine
Con Thien
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Miami Beach
Peoples Democratic Republic of
North
California
Nguyen Thanh le
Paris
United States
Ihe
Bulletin
Nixon
President Johnson’s X rays sent to Bethesda for study
President Johnson received intestinal X rays at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio for diverticulosis. The radiographs will be flown to Bethesda Naval Medical Center for review by his physician and Mayo Clinic internist to assess prior films and consider possible surgery. The White House says he is feeling fine and active, but surgery remains possible.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Army Hospital
Bethesda
Navy
Mayo Clinic
Brooke Army Medical Center
Texas White House
Naval Medical Center
George G. Barkley
James Cain
White House
Syrian MIGs Land In Israel in Forced Landing
A Syrian military spokesman said two MIG aircraft forced landed at an Israeli airport while on a training mission. Bad weather and fuel exhaustion were cited as factors, with Damascus Radio noting the pilots were new and misjudged conditions.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Damascus
The Quipster Bureaucrat Confession Timing
The bureaucrat finally admitted a mistake. When asked when it happened he replied I thought I was wrong when I wasn t.
Gas Claims Five Lives
Five dock workers aboard the North Port Charlotte trawler died after a fast-acting toxin or chemical gas swept through an open hold during unloading at Fort Myers. Clyde Parrish, a crew member, is noted as a hero for attempting resuscitation as crew and dock workers collapsed one by one. James Loeffler, an investigator, described rapid incapacitation with several men succumbing before help could arrive.
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Parrish
iFive
Roy McNeely
Loeffler
Lawrence Finhold
Port Charlotte
Francis L. Winter
Punta Gorda
Joseph
Nicklaus Wins Playoff for Second Tour Victory
The golf feature notes Jack Nicklaus clinching a playoff win to secure his second consecutive TOUR victory, highlighting his performance on the outing described in the Odessa American. The front page also reports Humphrey predicting an early ballot win and Governor Maddox outlining interracial plans.
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Odessa American
Jack Nicklaus
Humphrey
Lester Maddox
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