Mother's Day traffic toll tops Texas violent deaths
Appalling weekend in Texas ends with 34 deaths from Friday to Sunday. Traffic wrecks account for 21 lives, drownings claim seven, shootings four, and other accidents raise the total. The tally includes Fort Worth teen Mike Boyer and Dallas shooting victim Jo Ann Washington among many others.
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Irving
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Corpus Christi
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Baytown
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Wichita Falls
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Dayton
Cambodia May Receive Some War Materials
U S officials say Washington is considering turning over some captured enemy war material to the Cambodian government. About 4 000 AK 47 rifles were handed to Phnom Penh in response to Lon Nol's plea for military aid before allied troops entered Cambodia.
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Morning Stocks: Fatal Collisions Reported Near Fort Worth and San Marcos
A front end loader overturned near Fort Worth killing Larry Adams 23 of Fort Worth while working near the Texas Christian University campus. Charles Richardson 54 of S 59 eight miles south of Corrigan died beside his disabled car. Herbert Brown 35 died when his car struck a bridge abutment after reportedly dozing at the wheel eleven miles west of Hughes Springs. A headon collision about one mile south of San Marcos on Texas 21 left Jose Delgado Rodriguez 22 and Valentine Gutierrez 22, both of San Marcos, dead.
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Cambodian River Drive escalates as U S forces clash in Cambodia
About 40 miles southwest of Neak Luong allied reports say at least four Americans and 13 South Vietnamese were killed with 2 Americans and 21 Vietnamese wounded in Mekong River operations. President Thieu said Cambodia imposes no time or geographic limits and South Vietnamese forces may advance further if asked.
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College campuses debate protests as guards depart
National Guardsmen withdrew from the University of South Carolina after 31 students and 11 others were arrested in a protest. Duke and other colleges consider fall campaign breaks while New York City’s City University contemplates a two week period off before elections. Idaho State University ends discussions on war while Utah students vote against striking and condemn violent demonstrations.
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University of Utah
Two Women Held In Death Of Girl
In Augusta Georgia two women Viola Bryant Moore 29 and Mary Ellen Meadows 31 were jailed on murder charges after the death of Moore's 7 year old daughter Kathy. Autopsy indicated long term abuse including burns and probable sexual abuse. The child was taken to a Martinez doctor before the autopsy and investigation began.
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Richmond County
Viola Bryant Moore
Mary Ellen Meadows
Larry M. Hendrix
Richmond County Sheriff's Office
Kathy Moore
Hendrix
Miss Meadows
Moore
Nathan F. Widener
Widener
Martinez
Columbia County
Market Drifts Lower in Tepid Trading
The Dow Jones average fell 2.51 points to 715.22 as declines led advances two to one. Volume at noon was 1.62 million, the lightest since August 1967, amid investor apathy and worry over Cambodian developments and student unrest. A Nixon official warned budget deficits likely for the current fiscal year.
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Massachusetts Declares Cranberry Juice Official State Drink
Gov Francis W Sargent signed a law making cranberry juice the official state drink. Industry representatives toasted the new status with supplies of the juice.
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Massachusetts
Francis W. Sargent
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