Tornadoes Strike South Texas Killing Student at Campuses
Severe storms raced through south Texas with tornadoes touching down near Little Bay Ridge Christian College killing Isaac Colvin 21 of Burton. Destructive winds up to 80 mph damaged a dormitory and disrupted Houston Post publishing.
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Houston
South Texas
Houston Post
Houston Chronicle
Post
Little Bay Ridge Christian College
Isaac Colvin
Burton
Tex
el Campo
Guadalupe
Texas
Miranda City
Laredo
Beeville
Corpus Christi
Yoakum
Curo
Bay Ridge College
East Bernard
UPI
Fire Danger Adds Flood Worries In La Crosse
A tilting storage tank holding 107000 gallons of gasoline increases fire risk amid record Mississippi flood crest threatening La Crosse. A 75 foot rupture in a dike flooded the site with eight feet of water while debris and an oil slick raise danger to 15 million gallons stored nearby. Deputy flood conditions and evacuations continue in Winona as the river tops flood stage.
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Harvey Breuscher
LA Crosse
Wis
Mississippi River
Crest
Fred Genz Sr
Winona
Minn
Clarence Tischer
Roger Almos
Tischer
UPI
Italy Chief Gets Warm Reception
Washington AP Italy's Prime Minister Aldo Moro met for an hour and a half with President Johnson then attended a U S Cabinet meeting, a rare honor for a visiting foreign leader. Moro's White House welcome included a personal escort by Johnson through the lobby and a luncheon after their talks. Flood reports dominated Midwest coverage with Mississippi River crest forecasts at Winona and La Crosse, extensive damage in Wisconsin and Minnesota, thousands displaced, and several states planning flood defenses as workers mule through the flood season.
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Washington
Italy
Aldo Moro
Johnson
U.S
White House
Moro
Winona
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Red Cross
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Marquette
Otto Kerner
Warren E. Hearnes
Quincy
Ill
Dale Reynolds
Green footprints mar Detroit statue pair display
Early risers found 25 painted footprints linking the Manzu sculpture Passo di Danza to the Spirit of Detroit statue across the street. Pranksters painted the footprints overnight across the flower bed, sidewalk, and pool near downtown Detroit.
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Detroit
China Calls for Full Troop Preparations Over Vietnam War
A Peking broadcast said China's National People’s Congress approved a resolution urging full preparations to send Chinese troops to fight alongside Vietnam if the United States escalates the war. The measure asserts U.S. aggression threatens China and vows unconditional support for the Vietnamese people in a broader anti imperialist struggle. It recalls 1950s Korean War volunteers and calls for a global mass movement to force U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam and Indochina.
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Tokyo
Red
China
United States
Peking
National Peoples Congress
National Peoples Congress of China
U.S
Repub
Lic
Viet Nam
Red China
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
National Assembly of the
Democratic Republic of
North
Indochina
Four Hamby children found murdered in burning home
In South Bend Indiana four children of accountant Edward Hamby were found strangled in a Riverside Manor home as flames burned a bedroom mattress. Their mother Mrs Ed ward Hamby, 28, survived with slash wounds to her neck wrists and ankles. Police identified victims as Mark seven Marsha six Kelly and Craig two.
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South Bend, Ind
South Bend
South Bend Memorial Hospital
Edward Hamby
Floyd Zellers
Mark Hamby
Marsha
Kelly
Craig
Riverside Manor Addition
Peace talks stall as North Viet Nam and U S refuse terms
In Tokyo North Viet Nam and the United States clash over Viet Nam peace terms. Hanoi demands withdrawal of foreign forces from the south while US secretary of state Rusk calls for Hanoi to halt arms and manpower across the border before broader talks. UN mediation is rejected and Geneva 1954 rules cited.
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Tokyo
North Viet Nam
United States
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
Rusk
United Nations
Washington
Hanoi
Johnson
Belgrade
U.S
George W. Ball
Four Are Killed In Head on Crash
A two-vehicle collision on New Mexico 56 north of Thoreau killed four people and injured nine. Names of the dead from Smith Lake include Martin Nelson and Sammie Yazzie along with Alfred and Marie Wilson. The pickup driver Paul Frank and others from Thoreau and nearby towns were among the injured. Officials noted no skid marks and charges are pending.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Thoreau
Espanola
Farmington
John DeLong
Martin Nelson
Sammie Yazzie
Alfred Wilson
Marie Wilson
Smith Lake
N.M
Nelson
Keith Jim Mariano
Tikie Enditto
Sam Yazzie
Julia Yazzie
Carrie Willie
Paul Frank
Alice Frank
Willie H. Begay
John Hoskie
Mariano Lake
Gallup Public Health Service
Crownpoint Hospital
DeLong
Kosygin orders emphasis on housing and wages in five year plan
Moscow premier Kosygin told planners the next five year plan must provide more housing and consumer goods and higher wages. In Havana Fidel Castro warned the United States could retaliate if defeated in Vietnam and said Cuba is strengthening defense for any surprise American attack.
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Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Viet Nam
CID water rights questioned in Roswell Basin adjudication
PVACD attorney John Russell told the board that Carlsbad Irrigation Company has no direct water rights in the Roswell Artesian Basin but holds a government contract to maintain and distribute water. He postponed a hearing on CID’s inclusion in the Adjudication Suit to April 30, with final hearings set May 18, and explained CID's protest rights and possible need to adjudicate federal government rights. The meeting also noted bids for a two ton truck and a hoist purchase.
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Carlsbad Irrigation Company
Roswell-Artesian Basin
Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District
PVACD
John Russell
Russell
CID
Carlsbad
United States
Hagerman Canal Company
Valley Chevrolet
Dodge
International Harvester
Artesia Ford Company
Desmond Ford
Guy
Rev Davies Leads Opening Evensong at Santa Fe Convention
The Rev. Charles R. Davies of St. Andrews Episcopal Church Roswell will open special Evensong at the 13th annual Episcopal Diocesan Convention in Santa Fe on May 4. The service at St. Francis Auditorium precedes five more days of sessions through May 6 with about 500 clergy and lay delegates. The Rt. Rev. Charles James Kinsolving III will deliver the annual address on The Church's Responsibility to Speak in the World. Visitors include England's Very Rev. Harold C. N. Williams who will address delegates on The Challenge to the Church in the 20th Century at a May 5 convention banquet.
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Charles R. Davies
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Roswell
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Texas
St. Francis Auditorium
Charles James Kinsolving, III
New Mexico — Southwest Texas
England
Harold C. N. Williams
Conventry
Provost Williams
Man Injured In Crackup At Portales Airport
PORTALES AP Floyd New Mexico man Fay Jones 60 was hospitalized with back injuries after a light plane crashed on landing at Portales airport Monday Three others in the plane escaped injury including Jones wife and pilot Eddie Widener 22 and Carol Ray 21 both of Portales
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