Rain Dampens Permian Basin With Light Showers
Light rain spread across an 80 percent ten mile band from south of McCamey to Lamesa with additional showers in Midland and Odessa areas. Temperatures dipped to 24 degrees in Odessa while forecasts call for clouds and warmer readings tonight.
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McCamey
Lamesa
Odessa
U.S. Weather Bureau
Texas Electric Service Co
TESCO
Andrews
South Odessa
Crane
Midland
Permian
Kermit
Alpine
Wink
Terminal
Mercury
Odessa Man Gunned Down at South Odessa Tavern
A 26-year-old man, Clark Hill Jr., died after being shot five times outside Stix Lounge at 800 East Murphy. A 21-year-old laborer surrendered to police and was jailed. Willie Dean Banks was named as the alleged shooter.
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Medical Center Hospital
South Odessa
Clark Hill, Jr
East Pearl
Stix Lounge
East Murphy
Hill
Willie Dean Banks
Wabash
Ector County Sheriff's Office
Supreme Court Affirms Alabama School Desegregation Order
The Supreme Court affirms a March 22 three judge ruling ordering Alabama to desegregate all public schools. Justices reject Alabama appeal and endorse the state actions to end enforced segregation and remedy past discrimination. Believed officials resisted efforts to implement the 14th Amendment for Black pupils.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
Montgomery
Justice Department
Lurleen B. Wallace
Richard T. Rives
H. H. Grooms
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Fiery San Francisco Cable Car Crash Injures 43
A rainy night ride ended in a spectacular crash as a cable car lost its grip and toppled down a steep hill. Forty three people were injured including six children. a family car was hit and set ablaze with four children and three other victims in critical condition.
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San Francisco
Hyde Street Hill
UPI
Derek Stewart
Stewart
Hyde and
Bay Street
U.S. Coast Guard
Robert Taylor
Taylors
Supreme Court Rejects Texas Oil Land Claims in Gulf
The Supreme Court ruled 6 1 that Texas owns submerged Gulf lands only to nine miles from the 1845 coastline. The decision blocks private drilling beyond that belt, limiting potential royalties Texas could have earned for schools. Justice Black delivered the opinion with a dissent by Justice Harlan proposing a 1836 boundary.
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Texas
Washington
Gulf of Mexico
the Union
Sabine Pass
Port Arthur
Galveston Harbor
Gulf States
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Congress
Earl Warren
Thurgood Marshall
Hugo Black
Union
John Harlan
Harlan
Mexico
Republic
Pigwidgen Claus and the crooked elf tale headline
A quirky local note features Pigwidgen Claus aided by a crooked‑legged elf claiming to help locate the Pigwidgen. The playful item hints at holiday whimsy and regional storytelling in the Odessa American.
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Claus
Saigon Food Line Halt Blunted By U S Forces In Delta Fight
U S troops repelled a Viet Cong attempt to cut Saigon's main food line and hunted hundreds of guerrillas in a dawn battle that expanded into the night. At Long Binh guerrillas set fires and damaged material, while a plane loss killed 26. Near the DMZ the destroyer USS Ozborn took a direct shore battery hit.
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UPS
Mekong Delta
U.S
America
Long Binh
Demilitarized Zone
7Th Fleet
Ozborn
Ozbourn
Steel Firms In Quandary Over Prices
Pittsburgh UPI report notes steel producers weigh raising sheet prices versus government clash after U S Steel Corp posted a five dollar per ton rise. Gardner Ackley of the CAC warns inflation risk and calls for cost reductions through efficiency rather than protection or price hikes.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Gardner Ackley
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Ackley
South African Receives World First Heart Transplant
Louis Washkansky, 55, spoke 33 hours after the landmark operation at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Doctors described the transplant of Denise Darvall's heart as a critical, ongoing case with potential future rejection risks and global medical interest.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Groote Schuur Hospital
Washkansky
Denise Ann Darvall
Jacobus G. Burger
Jan. H. Louw
Chris Barnard
Miss Darvall
Wasikansky
Louw
United States
Norman E. Shumway
Stanford Medical Center
Stanford
Shumway
Michael DeBakey
Houston
Kenneth Sell
U.S. Naval Medical Research Institute
University of Mississippi
Hart
Calf Lives Two Months With Transplanted Heart
The University of Louvain reported that Rebecca, a 314 month old calf, died after two months with a transplanted heart. Doctors cited intestinal trouble and severe diarrhea from drugs given to aid the graft, while noting the heart functioned normally.
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Louvain
Cyprus Leader Accepts General U Thant Peace Proposals
President Makarios of Cyprus indicated general acceptance of U Thant's peace plan with reservations on two dropped provisions. Greece and Turkey also accepted the proposals as U.S. envoy Vance reported narrowed tensions but no full agreement. The plan allows a broader UN peace force role and rights for Turkish Cypriots, while issues remain over disbanding the Greek Cypriot National Guard.
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United Nations
Makarios
Cyprus
U Thant
Thant
Greece
Turkey
U.N
Kant
U.S
Cyrus Lee
Nicosia
Johnson
Vance
Labor Head Urges Backing For Johnson
AFL-CIO President George Meany urged union support for Lyndon Johnson in the 1968 race. He defended Johnson's Vietnam policy as protecting American interests while backing domestic programs. Meany spoke to union editors during the AFL CIO convention as Humphrey pressed labor support as vital for Democrats.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Labor Movement
Lyndon Johnson
Vietnam
Meany
Labor Federation
Johnson
U.S
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Aflcio
He Admits He Was a Fool Over Money Party
A man confesses folly in wasting wealth amid a social scene. He acknowledges imprudent spending and its consequences as he reflects on his financial choices.
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