Flood Devastates Sanderson Texas Killing At Least 13
Heavy rains and a flash flood left Sanderson Texas in ruins with at least 13 dead and 16 missing as 75 homes and many businesses were destroyed. Emergency crews from 15 counties searched on horseback while hundreds were sheltered in a local grade school.
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Texas
Sanderson
Tex
Sanderson Canyon
San Antonio
el Paso
U.S. 90
Longfellot
Here
Space Heroes Receive Abacus Memorabilia at News Conference
Space Center Houston hosted astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White at a news conference where they were given a framed abacus, a nod to the counting device aboard Gemini 4. William Hines of the Washington Star presented the keepsake amid laughter.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
James McDivitt
Edward White
William Hines
The
Washington Star
Senate trims 200 million from Johnson aid bill
The Senate approved a 200 million across the board cut in Johnson's foreign aid authorization, lowering two year authorizations from 3 443 170 000 to 3 243 170 000 on a 40 to 35 vote. Senate leaders hoped to finish action on the bill with a Monday session as Morse charged the program continued.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Morse
Renewed Battle Near Dong Xoai At Saigon Front
In Vietnam, about 300 Viet Cong guerrillas clash with a Viet Namese airborne battalion near Dong Xoai, while a U S Air Force pilot is killed when his F100 jet is downed by ground fire. The Seventh Airborne Battalion of roughly 450 men is under heavy pressure and retreating toward Dong Xoai after heavy fighting earlier. The downed pilot parachuted but did not survive. a U S Army helicopter confirmed his death.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
API
Dong Xoai
U.S
Seventh Airborne
Chute
U. S
Slaying Suspect Gives Up
Duane Pope, 22, surrendered in Kansas City ending a nationwide search sparked by the June 4 robbery at Farmers State Bank of Big Springs Nebraska and the deaths of three bank employees. He was jailed in 100000 bond after appearing before U S Commissioner Lee Cisel. FBI took charge of the case and declined comment on what he said. Pope contacted McPherson College president Dr D W Bittinger to ask about his parents and the publicity before surrendering.
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Kansas. City
Duane Pope
Pope
Big Springs
Neb
FBI
U.S
Lee Cisel
Farmers State Bank of
D. W. Bittinger
McPherson
Kan
State Hotel
Kansas City
Dr. Bittinger
Auto Kills Boy on Bike in Oconto County Crash
An Oconto County accident claimed the life of 8 year old Patrick Krubsack of Spring when his bicycle was struck by a car Friday. The tragedy raised Wisconsin’s 1965 highway toll to 361, down from 413 on the same date last year. Patrick was the son of Mr and Mrs Donald Krubsack.
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Associated Press
Oconto County
Wisconsin
Patrick Krubsack
Spring
Donald Krubsack
Outagamie County Goes To Court Again Monday
Outagamie County plans to ask the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to block the Civil Aeronautics Board from allowing North Central Airlines to abandon service to Appleton. The CAB did not act Friday on North Central's request to skip Appleton during appeals. The county has postponed closing the Grand Chute airport again, selling the site with a new deadline of 48 hours after CAB or courts decide. AW Ponath said papers are to be filed Monday. the suit may not be a contempt action and aims to stop any order halting Appleton service.
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Outagamie County
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Hoard
North Central Airlines
Appleton
CAB
North Central
Qutagamie County
Grand Chute
AW. Ponath
Outagamie County Corporation
Washington
Ponath
Court of Appeals
Appeals Court
Wisconsin taxes top nation say Census Bureau report
Census Bureau claim that Wisconsin has the highest combined state and local tax burden per $1000 of personal income. State officials in Madison dispute the figure, noting $55 million overpayments and a timing shift that would lower Wisconsin to third place behind Minnesota and California. They may file a protest after reviewing the new data.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Wisconsin
Madison
Minnesota
California
Alaska
Bandits Take 164000 In Gold Bars From Station
Four armed masked men robbed a northern Ontario railway station Friday seizing five gold bars worth 164000. They fled by floatplane from Larder Lake, leaving two safes, a shotgun and a mask in the getaway car. Station agent Thomas Tomkin, 35, was bound and fed to a railway handcar during the heist.
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Larder Lake
Ont
Ontario
Ontario Northland
Canadian Mint
Ottawa
S.C. Yale
Kerr-Addison Mines Ltd
Virginiatown
Thomas Tomkin
Tomkin
Taylor Returns to Saigon After Parleys in Washington
Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor heads back to Saigon with U S determination to stay in Southeast Asia. After meetings with the President and advisers, he will relay counsel to the Vietnamese military who have taken power, while officials say the political shift will not halt the war effort.
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Washington
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
Southeast Asia
State
Defense Department
Taylor
Johnson
Phan Huy Quat
Pham Khae Suu
Quat
Suu
Eighth Change In 20 Months In South Vietnam
Mounting pressure and an internal feud toppled South Vietnam’s four-month old civilian government. Quat and Sun resigned to caretaker roles as the military prepared a new regime, eliminating the National Charter and Legislative Council and signaling a fresh start. Maj. Gen. Thieu acted as spokesman amid a tense political shakeup.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Phan Huy Quat
Phan Khac Sun
Legislative Council
Nguyen van Thieu
Thiet
Quat
Nguyen Cao K
Sun
National Legislative Council
State Without Leader: Lucey Pledges Wisconsin Gain
Democratic Lt Gov Patrick J Lucey pledged to oust Republican Gov Warren P Knowles and end divided government in Wisconsin. He told the Friday keynote at the Democratic state convention that Wisconsinites are tired of gridlock and urged the party to prove itself worthy of public confidence in 1966. The convention applauded his broader attack on Knowles as he targets the governor's office.
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Green Bay
Patrick J_ Lucey
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Lacey
Taunton mechanic finds nest under car fender
A mobile Taunton reporter notes a blackbird nest under a car fender. The mechanic quips the leadership is gone as he cites a mock Capitol scene and a parody aimed at the 1964 Republican campaign slogan Had Enough. Democratic chairman Louis Hanson reports party membership at 24,328, a 71 percent rise.
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Capitol
Lucey
Wisconsin
Louis Hanson
Space Twins Prepare For Hard Mission
Astronauts James A McDivitt and Edward J White II rest at homes near Houston as a week of parades and celebrations begins with a Chicago ticker tape parade and Michigan and Jackson homecomings. Presidents Johnson promotes them to lieutenant colonels and honors Cooper and Grissom as well.
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Houston
Tex
America
Space Twins
James A. McDivitt
Edward J. Write II
Manned Space Center
Chicago
University of Michigan
Jackson
Mich
McDivitt
San Antonio
White
Johnson
Air Force
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Michael Johnson
Duane Earl Pope
Boy
Taunton
England
GPI
U.S. Army
Philip Fink
Masheim, Tex
52Nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion
Space
Manned Spacecraft Center
LBJ
L. Gordon Cooper
Virgil J. Grissom
Grissom
Cooper
McDivit
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