Balloon show a triumph for Nixon nomination
At the Miami Beach convention the Nixon re nomination process unfolded as a carefully staged spectacle. Scriptwriter Russ Freeburg coordinated speeches and timing while balloon nets and a high tech stage crew created a dramatic backdrop. McCloskey’s lone delegate was ousted and Frank Martin oversaw 22 600 balloons in 11 nets shaping the festive scene.
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Lee Byrd
Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fla
John Wayne
Nixon
Russ Freeburg
Freeburg
Chicago
Frank Martin
Martin
Miami
Siffre to emerge from cave in Texas after six months
French scientist Michael Siffre will come out of a Del Rio area cave at 11 a m in September ending a 205 day isolation in a 180 square foot shelter 120 feet below ground. His wife Nathalie says readjustment to people will be challenging after six months alone.
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Houston
Michael Siffre
Texas
Nathalie Siffre
del Rio
Siffre
Severe storms roll across Texas causing damage and warnings
Storms with high winds and lightning hit parts of West Texas and the Panhandle. Power and telephone lines were toppled, a barn collapsed near Kerrville, and trees were uprooted as tornado warnings spread across multiple counties. Radio KIUN reported storm updates as rainfall totals climbed to around 1.5 inches in some areas. Weather fronts tied to a weak cold system produced showers from Beaumont to Lufkin and on the Hill Country west of Austin, with temperatures ranging from 59 to 83 degrees.
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West Texas Telephone Co
Southern Union Gas Co
Lindsay
Pecos
KIUN
Civil Defense
Wesley Phillips
Orla
Associated Press
Orange
Newton
Victor
Galveston
Port Bolivarrian
Texas
Highway Department
el Paso
Texas 54
San Antonio
Medina
Bandera
Ausin
Capitol
George McGovern
Austin
Kerrville
Brenham
Lockhart
San Marcos
Texarkana
Waco
Big Bend
Beaumont
Lufkin
Texas Panhandle
Midland
Hobby unhurt in Wichita Falls plane mishap
Texas hopeful Bill Hobby lieutenant governor nominee escaped injury after a propeller part failed on a twin engined Cessna 310 en route from Fort Worth to a Lubbock speaking engagement. FAA said the prop was thrown clear and the plane landed safely with Hobby and pilot Bill Cargill aboard. A chartered jet was dispatched from Dallas to continue the trip.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Bill Hobby
Texas
Federal Aviation Administration
Dallas
Lubbock
Hobby
The
Houston Post
McGovern says Texas is a must carry state
Senator George McGovern urged Texas voters to back the Democratic ticket in the upcoming election. After a three hour chat with Lyndon Johnson at LBJ Ranch he said Johnson offered solid, homey guidance which he would follow. Earlier in Austin he and running mate Sargent Shriver declared Texas a state the ticket must carry and urged Texans to register and vote.
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McGovern
Texas
Austin
Tex
George McGovern
Lyndon Johnson
Lbj Ranch
Johnson
Gent Shriver
Robbers at JFK staged 13 hour bank heist ending at airport
FBI shot one robber and captured his accomplice at Kennedy airport as they fled with seven hostages after robbing a Brooklyn Chase Manhattan branch of 29 000. The gunmen demanded a private jet and a car to reach the plane, revealing a dramatic late night stand off and a public scene as onlookers watched Wojtowicz and his male partner in the chaotic escape.
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New York
FBI
Kennedy Airport
Brooklyn
Chase Manhattan Bank
Hansa
John Wojtowicz
Wojtowicz
John F. Malone
Cost of living edged up as food prices rise
The cost of living increased by four tenths of 1 per cent in the last month driven by higher meat fish and poultry prices. Purchases power rose eight tenths of 1 per cent the biggest gain since 1964 with officials predicting inflation to ease later in the year.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Fire strikes Williams home on Morris Street
An early morning fire at 1500 Morris Street damaged the Sidney Williams residence. Fire Chief J. T. Prewit said a mattress was on fire when crews arrived and no one was home. The blaze’s cause was not determined, with most damage from heat and smoke. furniture suffered, and the bedroom was badly smoked.
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Tra Park
T. J. Prewit
Sidney Williams
Morris St
J. T. Prewit
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Nix
Mobile
Paris
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Pecos Area
Tony Urquidi
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Urquidi
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