Flooding Isolates A Million in South Texas
South Texas endures Beulah floodwaters as 40 000 square miles are drenched and nearly a million people are cut off. Gates of Corpus Christi seal shut while towns like Pettus Falfurrias and Cuero report rising waters and evacuations. Weather forecasts warn of continued deluge, with rivers possibly cresting at 17 feet. officials project damage near half a billion dollars. Local reports note hospital evacuations and stranded residents as authorities mobilize National Guard and rescue crews.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Beulah
Texas
Beullah
South
Indiana
Mexico
National Guard
Navy
Linton
Falfurrias
Pettus
Weather Bureau
Little Kenenedy
South Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Edna
Cuero
Dewitt County
John Connally
Rio Grande
Episcopal Bishops Back Abortion Liberalization With Limits
At the Seattle general convention Episcopal bishops endorsed liberalizing abortion laws with strict safeguards. They support termination where the mother's health is seriously at risk, or where the child would be badly deformed, or in cases of rape or incest. Archbishop Ramsey attended as a special guest.
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Seattle
Episcopal Church
Canterbury
Arthur Michael Ramsey
Pope
County Forecast: Warmth and Fair Skies Ahead
Generally fair and a little warmer tonight with light south winds. Saturday partly cloudy with a high around 80. Low tonight mid 50s. High Thursday 78. Low today 46. High a year ago 78, low 56. Record high 97 in 1937, record low 35 in 1953. Hourly temps ending at 8am today.
Soviet Union Accuses US of Camouflage Peace Plea at UN
At the United Nations General Assembly, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko charged the United States with feigning peace initiatives while continuing military actions in Vietnam. He urged condemnation of the US and called for North Vietnam support, asserting real peace requires withdrawal of the aggressors.
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United Nations, N.Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Vietnam
U.N. General Assembly
Gromyko
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Gromyto
Goldberg
U.N
Tag Day Stirs Ottawa For Cystic Fibrosis Cause
Princeton Jolly Workers and Acorn Rustlers 4 H clubs hold a 10 a m start in Ottawa as their health project. Canisters placed in Ottawa stores for National Cystic Fibrosis Research. Donations may be sent to Mrs. Melvin Stockard, Princeton.
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Ottawa
Princeton Jolly Workers
Acorn Rustelers
Ing
Franklin County
Melvin Stockard
Princeton
Motorist crashes after swerving for a bee near Ottawa
At 2 p.m. Thursday about four miles south of Ottawa on US 59, George R. Bowlus Jr., 52, of Iola drove a 1967 Lincoln into a ditch after avoiding a bumblebee. Right front damage about 200 dollars. Bowlus unhurt. The car crossed the highway and bounced between ditches and a hazard marker in wet mud. Bee injuries not reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
George R. Bowlus Jr
Iola
Bowlus
Wilhite Seeks Change Of Venue In Slaying Case
John B. Pierson attorney for Kenneth Wayne Wilhite asked the district court for a change of venue in the case charging him with manslaughter in a July slaying of a Council Grove youth. If granted, the trial would move outside Franklin and Anderson counties.
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Wilhite
John B. Pierson
Kenneth Wayne Wilhite
Council Grove
Franklin
Anderson
Central Heights bids opened for new school complex
The Central Heights Unified School District opened bids for a new district school complex after a two year legal dispute. Bids ranged from $570,000 to $718,000 for general construction with multiple calendar days, plus bids for mechanical electrical and kitchen work. Apparent low base totals with alternates come to about $968,333.16, plus architect fees, with district bond funds around $1.12 million and an estimated project cost near $1,086,266.
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Rosie Lister Richmond
Central Heights Unified
John Smutz
Shaver and Company
Salina
Cecil Vining
Smutz
B. J. Frick and Company
Saelina
B. A. Green Construction Co., Inc
Lawerence
Bowers Construction Co., Inc
Topeka
J. A. Lundgren
Carey Plumbing, and Heating Co
Ottawa
Jayhawk Services, Inc
Wichita
Western Plumbing and Heating
Norris Bros., Inc
Shrake Electric, Inc
O. K. Johnson Electric
Reed Electric, Inc
Lawrence
Lawsrence
A. C. Elec
June Betz
Rusk's Daughter Weds Negro In Stanford Chapel
Margaret Elizabeth Rusk, 18, wed Guy Gibson Smith, 22, in a secret Stanford University ceremony. The bride is the secretary of state's daughter. the groom is an Army Reserve lieutenant. Details note security concerns and a quiet, traditional service with about 16 relatives present.
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Stanford
Calif
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Margaret Elizabeth
Guy Gibson Smith
Stanford University
Jack Fossie
Bay Area
Fassie
Vietnam
Alfred Deavancens
Ames Space Agency Research Center
Sunnyvale
Army Reserve
Secretary of State
Neegro
Washington
New York Times
Young Stanford professor sparks education debate
Harvey M. Friedman, named assistant professor of mathematical logic at Stanford, will be 19 at his start. The 18 year old Stanford appointee earned his doctorate in 1969 and argues education should grant students more social control while maintaining academic standards. He and his family hail from Highland Park Illinois, and his salary is listed as 10000 dollars yearly.
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Stanford
Calif
Stanford University
Harvey M. Friedman
Friedman
Highsand Park
Ill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
America
Cern
Allan Friedman
Highland Park
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R. R. Tucker
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Charles E. Queen
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Rimski -Korsakov
Central Heights Project
Richmond High School
Smith Si. John Co
Kansas City
Pyramid Mfg., Inc
Servce Equipement Co
St. Louis
Stevenson Co., Inc
National Theeatre Supply Co
Westy
Whosit
William C. Westmoreland
Col
Sapan Yuttasaphrasit
Yuttasaphrasit
Royal Thai Army
Saigon
Thailand
Ole bin Cha Minstrakineti
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Washington, D.C
Army Correction Program
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Johnson Administration
the Times
Johnson
Rusks
Times
Smith
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Peoples National Bank
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