Debbie intensifies as Gulf storm triggers evacuations
Debbie, now a tropical storm, lashes the northern Gulf of Mexico with 35 to 50 mph winds. Evacuations spread across Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana as tides of three to six feet threaten coastal shores and offshore islands. Hurricane watch remains from the Mississippi River to Cedar Keys while small craft are told to stay in port.
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New Orleans
Debbie
Gulf of Mexico
West Florida Panhandle
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Cedar Keys, Fla
Lake Charles
Ft. Myers
Fla
Gulf Coast
Palm Beach
Savannah
Caribbean
Pensacola
Gulf
Volcano Violence Kills 21 on Island Near Manila
The Taal Volcano eruption on Luzon island near Manila killed 21 people as lava ash and steam covered much of the area. Rescue boats were barred by heat while 4 000 to 7 000 refugees fled to camps along Tagaytay Ridge.
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Luzon
Manila
Batangas
Taal
World Almanac
Diosdado Macapagal
Actress Elizabeth Taylor Ordered To Show Cause
Hollywood AP reports actress Elizabeth Taylor must appear in Los Angeles Superior Court on October 11 to answer her former husband’s suit over visitation of their 8 year old daughter.
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Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Miss Taylor
Los Angeles Superior Court
House hopes for Oct 15 adjournment as GOP grumbles
The Associated Press reports the House debates an October 15 adjournment amid Republican complaints over executive control. In California actor William Thomas Gray of Father Knows Best is treated after a freeway crash that killed two companions. Santo Domingo pledges a military reorganization for peace, Gemini 6 targets October 25, and New Mexico forecasts light turnout with eight constitutional amendments on the ballot.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
GOP
Capitol Hill
Santa Ana
Calif
William Thomas Gray
Bud Anderson
Roswell Parade Awards Highlight 1965 ENM Fair
The Eastern New Mexico State Fair Parade opened 1965 with Roswell Assistance League sweepstakes and Organization Float honors. Roswell High School won Class A marching band, with New Mexico Military Institute and Artesia High School following. Several injuries were reported among spectators and riders, while 101 entries including local and regional groups completed the march down Main Street led by Walker Air Force Base Color Guard.
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Jean Huff
Assistance League
Goddard High School
Roswell Senior High Choral Department
Assisteens Auxiliary
Chaves County
Wafb Fire Department
Security National Bank
Mountain States Telephone
Western Gas Company
Maxwell House Movers
Sheriff’s Posse
Andrews County
Texas
Eddy County
Lea County
Marge Mazie
Ray May
Roswell High School
New Mexico Military Institute
Artesia High School
Eunice High School
Hagerman High School
Ruidoso School
Gattis Junior High
Clovis
Portales Junior High
Yucca Junior High
Roswell
Walker Air Force Base
Main
Tenth Street
McGaffey
Kenneth Wilson
Artesia
Wilson
Ballard
ENM
James L. Eakins
Eakins
ENM Medical Center
Ballard Ambulance
David Cagle
Sixth St
New Mexico
Hagerman
Santa Rosa
Eunice
Ft. Sumner
Capitan
Ruidoso
Carrizozo
Melrose
Pojoaque
Portales
NMMI
Corps of Cadets
Color Guard
Roswell Fire Department
Roswell Community College
Roswell Optimist Club
Wool Growers
Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce
Villa Solano
Pecos Valley Coca Cola
Mt. States Telephone
Roswell Assistance League
Roswell Kiwanis Club
Roswell Post Office
Red Cross
Pythian Sunshine Girls
Roswell Cycle Shop
le Merrie Stones
Battery National Guard
Main Street
Port Counts Six Victims Of Storm
MAZATLAN Mexico AP at least six dead and thousands homeless after weekend tropical storm battered the Pacific coast port and Sinaloa and Nayarit. Damage tallied at about 10 million dollars for six hours of cyclone Hazel winds up to 68 mph. The shrimp fleet, Mazatlan’s economic base, suffered major losses as floodwaters isolation mounted. About 10 000 people fled Mazatlan’s low lying slums in the hardest hit area. Thousands of flimsy wooden and tin shacks washed away or submerged.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
Pacific Coast
Sinaloa
Nayarit
Hazel
Light early turnout at Chaves County voting on eight amendments
Chaves County reports very light morning turnout for the vote on eight state constitutional amendments and the indigent hospital claims act. County clerk staff hoped for more voters while attendees traveled to the Eastern New Mexico State Fair parade. Polls close at 7 p.m. with district consolidations guiding where residents vote.
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Chaves County
New Mexico
Goddard High School
Flora Vista School
Missouri Avenue School
Washington Avenue School
Eastern New Mexico State Fair Schedule
Tuesday events include 2 p.m. Flower Judging and 7 30 p.m. Championship Rodeo from 11 a.m. to midnight Carnival hours. Wednesday features 8 a.m. Fat Lamb judging and 10 a.m. Turkey judging as the state fair continues.
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New Mexico
One Million Cigars Stolen in Bristol Heist
The Consolidated Cigar Corp. said burglars sawed through a chain and drove a truck into the yard on Monday to steal one million cigars. Loss put at $127,000 as guards were bypassed and 496 cartons were taken, an operation officials said would take about two hours.
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Bristol, Pa
Consolidated Cigar Corp
Son Sentenced Triggers Woman’s Collapse in Court
Mrs. Ramona Acosta Gonzales, 36, of 111 S. Stanton, collapsed in district court chambers Monday after her 16 year old son was sentenced in juvenile court to confinement at the Boys' Correctional School at Springer. She was in satisfactory condition at Memorial Osteopathic Hospital.
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Ramona Acosta Gonzales
S. Stanton
Memorial Osteopathic Hospital
Boys
Springer
Brown University Health Service Director Discusses Birth Control Referrals
Providence Rhode Island AP report says Dr Roswell D Johnson of Brown University health service provided birth control pill prescriptions to two unmarried women after clergy referrals. He emphasized it was not university policy and that the women were mature and engaged.
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Providence
R.I
Brown University
Health Service
Roswell D. Johnson
No Man's Land Coeds Seize Fourth Floor Hotel in Portales
About 20 Eastern New Mexico University women moved into the Plains Motor Hotel fourth floor after enrollment overflow. Supervisor Mrs. Winona Roundtree 45 of Farmington set an elevator sign and curfews 11 p.m. on weeknights and 1 a.m. on weekend dates with a no-during-visit policy and an honor system.
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Portales
No Man’s Land
Eastern New Mexico University Coeds
Plains Motor Hotel
University
Pat Knieff
Imum
Winona Roundtree
Farmington
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Maria
UPI Telephoto
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Dave Ronneberg
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