Flood Death Toll Rises Across Colorado and Southwest
Colorado and neighboring states reel from flood damage as seventeen deaths are confirmed and Colorado reports about a dozen missing. In Lamar five Manuel Guajardo family members were swept away. Guajardo survives, a beet worker. La Junta has 1500 residents evacuated as the Arkansas River floods. Las Animas braces as Arkansas and Purgatoire converge, the rivers moving at 50 70 000 second feet toward the junction.
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Colorado Deaths Rise in Flood and Storm Toll
Eight people confirmed dead across Colorado from four days of floods tornadoes and storms with ten more reported swept away. Victims include Richard Carton Andrus Adam Haffmetter J E Osnowitz Linda Rae Rain Clarence White Tuttle Pearl Gray Mrs Jim Blondell and an unidentified boy. Governor Love urged Arkansas Valley evacuations as floodwaters strain Lamar Sterling and Garden City.
Nine Plotters Sentenced in Bulgarian Coup Attempt
In Sofia the supreme military tribunal jailed nine former army officers and government officials for plotting against Premier Todor Zhivkov. Among the defendants was Maj. Gen. Tsvyatko Stoitsev Kostev, former Sofia garrison commander, with sentences from 3 to 15 years.
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Woman Flies Through Barbed Wire to West Berlin
A 22 year old woman escaped East Germany by swimming a canal to West Berlin, unseen by border guards. A Polish or Berlin peace spokesman confirmed the incident, noting that guards had killed a West German man and seriously injured his girlfriend the previous Tuesday.
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Flooding Delays Santa Fe Trains Then Reopens Service
Three Santa Fe Railway Passenger trains westbound into Arizona arrived after an 18 to 20 hour delay caused by flooding in Colorado and Kansas. The Superchief El Capitan and the Grand Canyon were rerouted via Amarillo and Belen. Service was back to normal today.
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Summer to Debut Monday in Arizona
The longest day of the year marks the official start of summer in Arizona with summer-like weather statewide. The U S Weather Bureau predicts near 100 degrees today and tomorrow, with lows around 61 to 62. Fair conditions are forecast with possible thundershowers on the eastern edge, and summer begins at 7 56 a m Monday.
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U S Seeks Signs Raid Hit Target
The Pentagon evaluated the B52 raid on a Viet Cong concentration 25 miles north of Saigon for signs of success. The jungle obscured evidence, with only a few smoke plumes visible, while officials said the raid proved communists had no sanctuary from air attacks during the monsoon.
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Johnsons Head to Camp David Weekend Retreat
President and Mrs. Johnson spend the weekend at Camp David in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains. They flew by helicopter last night and were joined by other unnamed companions, according to the White House.
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Rodeo Clown Fires Sawed-Off Shotgun Wounding 22
In Gladewater Texas a rodeo clown riding a donkey fired a sawed-off shotgun into a crowd of about 8000 spectators. 22 were wounded, eight hospitalized. Police say birdshot loaded by mistake. clown Ken Arthur Boen of Fort Smith Arkansas faces assault with a prohibited weapon charges.
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Ky Named South Viet Nam Premier Amid Military Rule
Brig. Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky, 34, becomes South Viet Nam’s youngest premier as the Armed Forces assume power. Ky heads the Executive Committee within a Military Directory led by Maj. Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu. He faces mixed reactions from Vietnamese factions and U.S. officials while Britain seeks unity for a Viet Nam peace mission with Commonwealth states.
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Ben Bella Overthrown in Algiers Coup by Boumedienne
In a predawn coup Radio Algiers announced a revolutionary council led by Col. Houari Boumedienne seized power, accusing Ben Bella of treason and personal power. Boumedienne, 40, vows Algeria will honor existing commitments as troops guard key sites and Ben Bella is reportedly arrested.
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Paris Air Crash At Le Bourget Kills At Least Seven
An Italian G91 two seater crashed into parked cars near the Le Bourget exit causing multiple fatalities. Pilot Italo Donati among those killed with rescuers recovering victims as fire crews, helicopters, and spotters worked the wreckage. A second air show disaster involved a U.S. Air Force B58 Hustler with one fatality.
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Mississippi Arrests Reach 850
Civil rights demonstrators in Jackson Mississippi were reported by United Press International to number 850 arrests as federal judge Harold Cox prepared to hear a bid for a temporary restraining order. Police detained 95 demonstrators as march tactics shifted to picketing the Capitol and governor’s mansion amid a confrontation over a special legislative session and voting law changes.
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Mississippi
Paul Johnson
Five Dead After Le Mans Race Crowd Crash
A pickup truck delivering food to a concession stand at the 24hour Le Mans race crashed into spectators. Initial reports said five people were killed as the vehicle left the road and struck the crowd.
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UPI
Ben Bella a Farmer’s Son Rising to Algerian Power
Ahmed Ben Bella, born Christmas 1916 in Marina, Oran Province, rose from a French prison rebel to Algeria’s strong man. He allied with nonaligned nations and Eastern bloc interests while facing unemployment, Berber revolt, and harsher rule at home. his imprisonment bolstered rebel ranks and made him a revolutionary hero.
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Algerian Policy Unchanged After Ben Bella Ouster
Algerian delegation at the United Nations stated the foreign policy remains unchanged after President Ahmed Ben Bella’s ouster. The government will proceed with the Afro Asian conference in Algiers as planned, with the charge d’affaires meeting Secretary General Thant to assure no policy shifts. Thant is slated to attend the June 29 Afro Asian meeting.
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Sunny Skies With Late East Border Showers Forecast
United States Weather Bureau predicts sunny conditions at Sky Harbor Airport with a chance of late afternoon showers along the eastern border areas.
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