Rio Grande Flood Drenches Harlingen as Beulah Rages
Rio Grande floodwaters surged into Harlingen Texas flooding downtown areas and encroaching on roofs as Beulah rain runoff rushed toward the Gulf. More than 5,000 evacuated and damage surpassing 1 billion dollars with many housed in shelters. The death toll stood at 44 across the storm’s wake, while authorities and volunteers worked through the night to sandbag levees and hold back rising waters.
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Rio Grande
Beulah
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Texas-Mexican
Red Cross
Nueces
Calliham
Arroyo Colorado
Arroyo
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
U.S
Camargo
Matamoros
Madero
International Boundary and Water Commission
National Guard
Texas Tuberculosis Hospi
Poison Outbreak Kills Ten Children in Tijuana
In a severe poisoning incident in Tijuana near the U S border authorities detained about 20 dairy and retail workers amid hospital admissions of dozens of children. Milk is suspected. officials cautioned pasteurization and pending chemical analyses. Deaths range from months to 10 years old with many more ill.
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Tijuana
Mexico
San Diego
Calif
Dep. Dist. Atty
Hector Valdivia
Valdivia
Weather Topeka Forecast Coldest Weather Yet On Way
The Weather Bureau issued frost and freeze warnings for tonight in north central and northwestern Kansas as a cold front approaches. Lows range from about 45 in the southeast to the upper 20s in the northwest with partial clearing and diminishing winds. Wednesday brings fair, cooler conditions with highs in the 60s and a morning 40s to 45.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
North Central
Republicans Charge Johnson With Truth Deficit On Vietnam War
Washington AP Republican critics accuse President Johnson of misleading the public about Vietnam. Sen. Clifford Case says air strikes after McNamara doubts will not halt supply flow, while Sen. Percy warns bombing near Red China could draw China into the war. Both urge credibility and caution on escalation, with Case noting a crisis of confidence.
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Johnson
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara
South
Charles H. Percy
R-N
Red
China
Case
Senate
Percy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Han
Congress
Romney to formally enter 1968 race after U S tour
Michigan Governor George Romney plans a formal announcement next month that he will seek the 1968 Republican presidential nomination. He will headline a 15 day European tour including Poland and the Soviet Union before a nationwide television report.
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Detroit
Michigan
George Romney
Associated Press
Romney
America
Europe
Poland
Soviet Union
European
U.S
New Church Trends Seen
SEATTLE AP reports leaders at the Episcopal Church general convention discuss reforms and new worship trends. Rev Ian Mitchell of White Plains N Y composed and played a folk Mass on guitar and preached to about 75 priests nuns Catholics and Episcopalians including hippies. He urged peace love of Christ and neighbor, using hippie slang to connect with the audience. He described miracles in the New Testament and urged embracing the whole message.
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Ian Mitchell
White Plains
N.Y
Father Mitchell
Christ
Portrait misstates Roosevelt holding Atlantic Charter document
Washington report notes a Johnson office portrait shows Franklin D. Roosevelt with a rolled Atlantic Charter, labeling it a historic document. Hyde Park librarians confirm no signed charter exists, citing a August 14, 1941 press release as the nearest related item.
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Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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FDR
Hyde Park
N.Y
Britain
Winston Churchill
Elizabeth Drewry
Arthritis Drive Tonight in Ottawa Seeks $800 Grant
A house to house fund drive for the Kansas Arthritis Foundation chapter is set for tonight in Ottawa with a goal of 800 dollars. Chairwoman Mrs. Gerald Sellers of 609 Maple states 111 volunteers will conduct the drive, the chapter’s first Ottawa solicitation. The nationwide campaign supports arthritis research for more than 13 million Americans.
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Kansas
Arthritis Foundation
Otetawa
Gerald Sellers
Maple
Ottawa
British Assail Hanoi In UN Call For Negotiations
United Nations. N.Y. AP. British Foreign Secretary George Brown urged immediate peace talks on Vietnam and accused Hanoi of not seizing opportunities to negotiate. He proposed a Geneva基based settlement, citing support from the United States and North Vietnam, while Gromyko maintained opposition. Brown warned of abortive efforts overshadowed by death and destruction, reflecting private talks with Rusk. Prime Minister Wilson reiterated calls for talks amid domestic criticism of Johnson policy.
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United Nations, N.Y
George Brown
Vietnam
Hanoi
General Assembly
Brown
Indochina
United States
North Vietnam
Cochairmen
Soviet Union
Britain
Andrei A. Gromyko
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Gromyko
Harold Wilson
Long-Time Ottawa Woman Dies Here At Age 95
Mary Alice Stiles, 95, of 801 S Cedar, died Monday at Ransom Memorial Hospital after illness begun Aug. 8. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Friday Lamb Funeral Home, burial Highland Cemetery. Born Sept. 1, 1872 in Michigan, she moved to Ottawa in 1879 and lived at 801 St. Cedar for 87 years. Oldest Baptist Church member since 1884. OU 1893 graduate, retired teacher with 26 years in Ottawa schools. Survived by sister Leila E. Stiles and niece Eleanor B. Ross.
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Mary Alice Stiles
S. Cedar
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Lamb Funeral
James W. McCrossen
Highland Cemetery
Ceresco
Mich
David R. Stiles
Ellen E. (Kemp) Stiles
Otetawa
St. Cedar
First Baptist Church
Miss Stiles
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
Mount Hope
Ottawa
Leila E. Stiles
Eleanor B. Ross
Reuther and Ford still at the table in Detroit talks
Walter Reuther led the UAW delegation back to bargaining with Ford amid a long strike that began after the contract expired. Chrysler and GM also hold meetings as the industry braces for a protracted dispute. Ford chairman Henry Ford II called the strike likely to be lengthy while rejecting calls to concede on economics.
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Walter P. Reuther
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Ford
Chrysler
UAW
Reuther
Malcolm L. Denise
General Motors
Henry Ford II
Thas
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