Prison fugitives seize train in Arizona escape attempt
Two escapees led a hostage ride along a Southern Pacific train near Florence Arizona. They forced a pickup drive and boarded the caboose with a shotgun. After hours of standoff they surrendered as lawmen closed in. The incident involved conductor Mel Hardy crew members and a sheriff’s posse.
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Coy de Arman
Southern Pacific
McCallister
Schiffauer
Charles R. McGow
McGowan
Hardy
M. A. Ward
Butterfield
Bobby Teddy
K.E. Allew
Arizona
Kelvin
Hayden
Rusk Denies CIA Runs U S Policy
Secretary of State Dean Rusk testified before the Senate preparedness subcommittee that the CIA has not directed foreign policy. He said he has not known of an instance where the agency tried to usurp policy since he became secretary of state.
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Washington (Ap
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Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Senate
Rusk
National Security Council
ICIA
Viet Cong attack on Saigon river boat foiled and dormitory bombed
Viet Cong squads shelled and booby trapped a dormitory for defectors near Tri Tam, injuring several. They failed to blow up a Vietnamese Navy patrol boat in the Saigon River. The incidents occurred amid election tensions and U S air strikes in North Vietnam.
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UPS
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Chieu Hoi
Ar Tri Tam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Rusk
Truc
CIA
Margaret Smith
R-Maine
Navy
Senate Foreign
South China Relations Committee
Vietnamese mine blast and ship grounding near Saigon
A Vietnamese patrol boat engaged Viet Cong guerrillas after discovering a booby trap mine on a sampan. The sampan exploded, debris flew, a crewman was unharmed, and the boat fled while gunfire echoed from the riverbank. Elsewhere, the Baton Rouge Victory drifted aground near Long Tao River closing the Saigon shipping channel for the day. In Le Havre a sack containing $13,800 was found but unclaimed.
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Baton Rouge Victory
Long Tao
Baton Rouge
Educational Park Plans Tied to HemisFair Finances in 1968
The HemisFair Office of Education secured a 303000 grant Tuesday to plan a 5 acre educational park in downtown San Antonio. Dr Dwain Estes of the Inter American Educational Center said the project aims to form an experimental school to be housed in a future supplemental center for the city’s school system.
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HemisFair Office of Education
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Estes
University of the Community, Alabama
Ce Eneancesaae We Pauimogus Seu
School of Tomorrow
IAEC
Institute of Texas Cultures
Texas Education Agency
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Bexar County
Tenn
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
U.S. Office of Education
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Washington
Heming River
William R. Sinkin
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Senate
Congress
Texas Fine Arts Commission
National Foundation On the Arts and Humanities
Roger L. Stevens
National Foundation
Fon the Arts
Johnson Urges Resolve as Legion Honors Viet Nam Hero
LBJ warns that a U.S. loss in Viet Nam would signal to the world what North Vietnam can do. He praises American troops and calls for imagination compassion and courage at home. Army Capt. Roger H. C. Donlon receives the Medal of Honor as 6 000 Legion delegates consider 600 resolutions including Viet Nam veteran eligibility.
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Viet Nam
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U.S
Man gets life for shooting Australian opposition leader
A 19 year old factory worker in Sydney, Peter Raymond Kocan, pleaded guilty to wounding Arthur Calwell with intent to murder him and was sentenced to life imprisonment after stating he wanted to emulate Lee Harvey Oswald. The case highlighted a violent political motive amid a broader report on education and cultural projects in Texas and Australia.
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Australia
Lee Harvey Oswald
Labor Party
Peter Raymond Kocan
Arthur Calwell
Psychiatrist Explains How to Lose Weight and Stay Thin
A psychiatrist outlines dieting by shaping mental attitudes. The September Reader’s Digest article covers setting goals starting date and monitoring side effects for successful weight loss.
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Reader's Digest
Pleasant little game yields a daily message key
The text describes a playful puzzle that outputs a daily message. It outlines counting letters in the first name Jess, adding three to get a key number, and a method involving checking figures in a rectangle to read messages under checked positions. The language is garbled but centers on a fortune reading via a numeric puzzle.
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Faith Shifts Direction as Seeding Plan Abandoned
Hurricane Faith veered toward the Bahamas, halting a $ multimillion seeding effort after 17 planes were readied to drop river iodide crystals. Forecasters reported 120 mile per hour winds with gale force winds extending 80 miles, while Grand Turk recorded 40 mph gusts and advisories urged caution for small craft along the Atlantic coast and northern Bahamas.
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Miami
Faith
Gordon Dunn
National Hurricane Center
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Bahamas
Palm Beach
Fla
Grand Turk
Flood Waters Block Flights in Vientiane
Flooded Mekong River forced cancellation of all commercial flights from Vientiane airport. U S Embassy raised sandbag dikes for protection as mud levees kept water from most downtown areas.
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Vientiane
Laos
Mekong
U.S
Flood advisories in Ojinaga area spill into Texas
The report notes water in the Ojinaga vicinity and potential street flooding near homes while no evacuations are planned. Mexican officials confirm Rio Concho reservoirs are full, forcing floodgates open to release water downstream. Border residents expect a crest reaching Santa Elena Canyon near the Big Bend region.
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Rio Concho
Santa Elena Canyon
Rio Grande
Big Bend
Natinanl
Aele Leurs
Salt cedars blamed as river floods over roads near Candelaria
Mrs. Howard describes record flooding as water pours over roads below Candelaria and the Rio Grande splits into twin channels toward the Mexican side. She blames salt cedars washed from Elephant Butte Lake for widening the river bed and flooding multiple areas, saying removal is needed to restore the river’s course.
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Howard
Elephant Butte Lake
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Canada Rail Strike Endgame Moves to Parliament
Prime Minister Lester Pearson introduced a bill to end the rail strike with a proposed 8 to 10 percent pay hike and binding arbitration if talks fail. The measure would return workers to service and press for a fast parliamentary vote amid a four day strike by Canadian Pacific and other lines.
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