Freestone County Honors Blues Icon Lemon Jefferson Grave
A state historical plaque unveiled near Wortham Texas marks 38 years since Lemon Jefferson asked in song Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean. Jefferson born 1897 in Wortham rose to Chicago blues fame, died 1929. crowd of 200 heard Lomax and Nance Lip-scombe recount his life as his voice from a tape urged the plea.
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Freestone County
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Wortham
Tex
Jefferson
East Texas
Dallas
Chicago
Freestone
John A. Lomax Jr
Lomax
Nance Lipscombe
Vagabonds comedian Dics Aulo Risso dies at 54
Dics Aulo Risso known as the mute of the Vagabonds died Saturday from liver disease contracted while entertaining troops in Vietnam. Risso, 54, helped establish the Vagabonds in films during the 1930s and 40s. The group, regulars on Arthur Godfrey in the 1950s, recently appeared on the Dean Martin Show and had been in Vietnam six weeks ago.
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Vagabonds
Vietnam
Risso
Arthur Godfrey
Dean Martin
Burtons Premiere of Doctor Faustus Dazzles Oxford Crowd
Critics hail Richard Burton in Faustus as Elizabeth Taylor glides as Helen of Troy in a star studded Oxford premiere. Taylor wore a $700000 velvet gown while Burton financed the $900000 production benefiting the Oxford Dramatic Society, drawing 2000 fans in rain from Sardinia.
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Miss Taylor
Richard Burton
Doctor Faustus
Oxford Cinema
Burton
Oxford Dramatic Society
Faustus
Taylor
Helen of Troy
Burtons
Sardinia
London Daily Mirror
Donald Zee
Oxford
Dr. Faustus
Rey
Hell
Elizebeth Jaylar
Romney's Son Undergoes Emergency Surgery at Mt Auburn
Scott Romney, 26, son of Michigan Governor George Romney, had a gangrenous appendix removed at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge Mass. He was stable after several hours of surgery and is expected to stay in the hospital at least five days. He is a second year Harvard Law School student and resides in Watertown.
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Scott Romney
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Mt. Auburn Hospital
Cambridge
Mass
Romnn
Harvard Law School
Watertown
Boston
Prince Charles declines first college party invite
Prince Charles arrived at Trinity College last week as a freshman and received a party invitation from Cambridge nurse Vivien Morgan and friends to celebrate nursing exams. The 18 year old heir to the throne declined with regret, thanking Vivien Sue Anne and Diana and noting he would be unable to attend. Vivien, 21, expressed disappointment noting she hoped the line about bringing their own drinks did not deter him.
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Prince Charles
Trinity College
England
Vivien Morgan
Cambridge
Prince
Prince of Wales
Vivien
Sue
Anne
Diana
Winning War Inch by Inch Says Considine
Pulitzer prize winning journalist Bob Considine told a Lola Siena College audience that two trips to South Vietnam convinced him the war is being won inch by inch. He warned about brainwashing and questioned North Vietnamese support while noting heavy bombing targets and high casualties on the North Vietnamese side.
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Bob Considine
South Vietnam
Considine
Lola Siena College
Albany, N.Y
Ho Chi Minh
George Rommey
North
Navy Wife Dumps Babes at English Base Gate
Shirley Denman left her 16 month old twins a boy and a girl, a basinet, and a week’s food at the Crosham Navy base gate in England claiming her husband John is a stranger after 18 months in Singapore. The base chaplain returned the twins and officers suspended his travel orders pending study of the case.
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Shirley Denman
Navy
John
Crosham
England
Frances
Five Ridgefield firemen die in New Jersey blaze
In Cliffside Park a sudden wall collapse during a Sunday fire at Cardinal Lanes bowling alley left five Ridgefield volunteer firemen dead and 10 others injured. One civilian was hurt. 14 children under 21 were left fatherless. The Bergen County investigation considers arson. Surviving firemen and a fund for families were noted.
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Ridgefield
Fire Department
Hudson Dispatch
Bergen County
Cardinal Lanes
Hudson River
New York City
Joseph Licata
Palisades Park
Henry Dengler Dr
Fire levels nine homes in Pittsburg California
A fire sparked by children roared through a congested Pittsburg block, destroying nine frame houses along with an apartment, a grocery store, five cars and a pickup. Three firefighters were injured, 20 people were left homeless, and Red Cross aid centers opened at the Elks Club as Pittsburg and Antioch crews battled the blaze for six hours.
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Calif
UPI
Horace Enea
Red Cross
Elks Club
Antioch
Fleet Boss Wants All North Targets Turned Loose
Vice-Admiral John J. Hyland of the 7th Fleet said military men want all North Vietnamese targets on the Pentagon list turned loose to bombers. He noted Haiphong bridges are down from bombardment and said the Navy will press on if repaired, while insisting air strikes alone cannot isolate Haiphong. He discussed mining as a potential but unauthorized tactic due to political risks, and emphasized the desire for high priority targets and maximum flexibility regardless of weather.
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John J. Hyland SI
U.S. Navy
7Th Fleet
Pentagon
Hyland
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Eight Inch Rain Stirs Texas Flood Peril
Rural areas near Refugio and Goliad saw up to eight inches of rain causing flash flood warnings along the Nueces Frio Aransas and Mission river systems. Refugio reported 3.5 inches in an hour while Brownsville measured 1.06 inches. A thunderstorm struck a plane carrying Senator Ralph Yarborough with no injuries.
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Refugio
Goliad
Weather Bureau
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Brownsville
Rio Grande
Mercedes
Raymondville
Sen
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Dallas
Baytown
Miracle chemical helps carrier fires off Vietnam
Vice Admiral Hyland announces Purple K, a water mixed chemical that blankets fires to snuff them out faster aboard U.S. Navy carriers off Vietnam. Three Purple K firefighting teams are deployed in the Tonkin Gulf following the Forrestal disaster last July that killed 132 and wounded 4.
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Vietnam
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John J. Hyland
Hawaii
Hyland
Navy
Bari
Tonkin Gulf
Five Children Die in Maine Fire At Whitefield Home
In North Whitefield Maine Ralph Ferguson woke to a blaze that killed his wife Marie 32 and his children Debra 8 Michael 7 Randy 4 Angela 4 Robert 14 and left him and son Ralph Jr 3 dazed outside The bodies were found in the basement as the house collapsed Investigators traced the fire to an exploding oil pot burner Fire Chief Roger Glidden said only one wall remained by arrival A bulldozer moved debris to clear the cellar
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Maine
Ralph D. Ferguson
Ferguson
Ralph Sr
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Debra
Michael
Randy
Angela
Robert
Lawrence Vigne
Roger Glidden
German Soviet Spy Ring Leader Hangs Self in Prison
In Bonn Cologne prison authorities reported Soviet agent Leonore Suetterlin 39 hanged herself before dawn. She and husband Heinz 44 faced charges after being arrested with three other alleged spies in a far reaching ring that delivered sensitive NATO and ministry documents to the Soviets. The case follows a defector’s revelations and prompted renewed inquiries into the French Embassy spy cell in Bonn.
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Germany
UPI
Foreign Ministry
Leonore Suetterlin
Heinz
Bonn
Cologne
Ludwig Martin
Suetterlin
Federal Republic
Martin
Suetterling
U.S
Svetterlin
Leopold Pieschel
Pieschel
Klara
Martin Marggraf
NATO
French Armed Forces Liaison Office
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