Texas Weather Brings Tornadoes Floods Across East Texas
Severe storms battered Texas with at least five tornadoes near Houston injuring a construction worker and damaging homes. Beaumont measured over 8 inches of rain as floods closed streets and sparked early closures. Hail pummeled San Marcos airport while temperatures peaked at 95 in Alice and fell to 21 in Marfa at dawn.
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Nixon in Texas stumps for Eggers and Bush
President Nixon arrives at Gregg County Airport in East Texas for a day of campaign stops backing Governor candidate Paul Eggers and U.S. Senator hopeful George Bush. A Newark Reuters- Washington Post inspired buzz links Bush to a possible 1976 bid with Nixon present alongside Sen. John Tower and Texas GOP leaders.
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Lennon Sought as Tate Trial Witness
AP reports John Lennon of the Beatles is sought as a witness in the Sharon Tate murder trial. The defense hopes Lennon can explain whether Beatles lyrics inspired violence, as prosecutors say Charles Manson ordered killings to spark a race war linked to Helter Skelter.
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Donahue Ensey and Clark Deaths Reported in AP Dispatches
John B. Donahue 69 editor of Columbia magazine for 35 years died Monday after retiring in 1965. Vice Adm Lot Ensey 62 died of a heart attack while golfing, recently retired as director of logistics for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Homer Pierce Clark 102 former Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis director died at home. headed the team that codified U S laws and published them in 1925.
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Meir Visits Los Angeles Quietly Before Departure
Prime Minister Golda Meir, 72, spent a day in private visits with friends and relatives in Los Angeles. She arrived before dawn aboard an El Al jetliner and was escorted by Israeli and U.S. Secret Service agents after it taxied to a remote apron away from the terminal.
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Soviet claim on U2 crash aloft in Turkey airspace
The Pravda report repeated Moscow’s charges that Maj. Gen Edward C D Scherrer Brig Gen Claude M McQuarrie Jr and Maj James P Russell hijacked the plane as part of a security threat to the Soviet Union. Consuls Swiers and Combs Jr visited at Leninakan and described the captives as healthy and comfortable. The U S Embassy pressed for release arguing the airspace violation was accidental due to weather.
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Bush Outspends Lloyd Bentsen in Senate Race
Republican George Bush reports spending 969,008 with 665,708 in contributions for the U S Senate bid. He notes nearly 63,000 from the Republican Senate Finance Committee and 35,000 borrowed. Democrat Lloyd Bentsen lists 424,563 in contributions and 419,332 in expenditures. Governor Preston Smith reports 652,860 spent and 534,651 raised.
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Open murder probe continues with unsolved leads
Investigators cannot identify hair from Mrs. MacDonald or a young girl Eisman said was seen near the apartment after the deaths. Eisman noted a police reported girl claiming drug influence at the time could not recall her whereabouts. Wilson said the case is ongoing and will resume.
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Cambodian and Vietnamese clashes widen near Kompong Thom
U S bombers wage operations southwest of the DMZ into Laos and around Khe Sanh as Cambodian troops near Kompong Thom clash with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. A Cambodian spokesman reports recapture of Khrivong while South Vietnamese forces reduce their Cambodian strength in the Parrot's Beak region.
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Col Morris Schwartz Dies at 72 Former SSS Director
SAN ANTONIO AP Col Morris Schwartz director of the state selective service system died Tuesday night at Brooke General Hospital. He was 72 and had led the agency since 1955 after serving as deputy state director. Survivors include his wife two brothers and four sisters.
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