Oldest living ex-slave recalls auction block in Florida
The 129 year old Charlie Smith, listed by Social Security, recounts a life from slavery to present in a one room shack near Barton Florida. He remembers being sold on a Texas ranch after being shanghaied from New Orleans and describes early hardships and memories of ships and the auction block.
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Charlie
Texas
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Galveston
Rogerr M. Ball
Social Security
Charlie Jets
Minsels
Chartle
Charle
Africa
Sorial Secuity Office
New Orleans
New Officers Named for San Antonio American Heart Association
Dr Bernard H Blau retired internist becomes board chairman of the San Antonio Chapter with De Robert A LePere as chapter president. New officers include Tack M Quinvera Watt Rall as president elect and Dr Barry M Bell as vice president.
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Julies
San Ananio
American Heart Association
de. Robert A. LePere
University of Texas Medical School
Tack P
M Qhever Nea Watt Rall
Barry M. l . Beller
Byran Dt Fabuln Gomez
LeFlore
Herbert Will Ray Ware Wii Segin
John R. Me
Sween
Lay Memman
Jackbers Rashi David Jacobson
A Adelman
Hugh Hallity
al Spear
Teachers Attend Science School at Trinity University
Fourteen teachers from San Antonio and 29 including high school science instructors graduated from Trinity University summer conference on chemistry and introductory physical science. Dr Jobe Warke chaired with Trinity staff. Natl Science Foundation support aided up to date chemistry teaching methods.
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Trinity Uiversity
Trinity
Marts McLean Science Center
Nalinaall Science Foundation
Jobe Warke
Fun-tier Night Promises a Kiwanis Fundraiser
A Wednesday 8 p.m. season opener at Vil- Wa Assembly Hall kicks off the ninth annual Fun-tier Night. Jim Cotlum's Happy Jazz Hand and the Chordsen Clarus headline a two hour revue Summer Sounds with additional performances. Food and drinks will be served on the Villita Assembly Hall patio from 6:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit Boysville and Kiwanis Club charities. tickets are 2 for adults and 1 for children.
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San Antonio
Vil- Wa
Decal Kiwanis Elib
Jim Cotlum
Happy Jazz Hand
Chords-en Clarus
Dabong Riversi
Villita Assembly Hall
Boysville
Cati Nes
Vickers
Avait Vile
Hhe Kiwanis Club
Gunter Hotel Oy
Villdicn Assembly jHad
Acquit Author In Death Charge
Humboldt Texas Novelist Jesse Hill Ford was acquitted of second degree murder in the slaying of a young black Humboldt man, Ariny Py, last November. The jury deliberated about 74 hours before delivering its verdict.
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Humboldt
Tent
Jesse Hill Ford
Ford
Ariny Py
George Henry Twaks. Jr
Grand Classic Auto Show Opens With Restored Early Cars
The Second Annual Grand Classic Auto Show features unrestored and fully restored classics from 1925 to 1940. Models include 13 Rolls-Royces, five Cadillacs, six Lincolns, and cars from Mercedes Benz, Horch, BMW, and more. Private ownership and painstaking authentic restoration are highlighted as exhibits from Texas cities and beyond arrive.
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Leluce
Bergs
Hide
Stucz
Gony American Cays
Horch
BMW
Holston
Corpus Christi
Dallas
San Angelo
Midland Wato
Amarillo
Texas
Pentagon Papers Deepen Johnson War Dilemma
The New York Times and Boston Globe report Johnson faced pressure for a broader Vietnam mobilization and reconsidered policy after the Tet period. Ellsberg’s disclosures sparked questions about risks, while Kissinger and Nixon aides debated potential moves and public exposure.
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MIT
the Globe
Ellsberg
Nis
Singer
Kissinie Nixon
Vietnam
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Globe
Ellsbers
Washington
Mike Gravel
Lasha
Pentagon
Pengle
Marty Wolf
Gravel
Thief in Danger: Baylor Urges Turn In On Venomous Culture
Police issued an emergency warning after a thief broke into a dye lab and stole a vial containing a potentially deadly spinal meningitis culture. Inspector Bailey described the culprit as a hairlike creature weighing about a grain, white in color, urging the thief to surrender for medical treatment. Arvada is a suburb of Denver.
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Arvada
Cal
UPI
Gary Bailey
Salif
Kalley
Denver
Flippant Woman Drives Cart Over Cliff In Seaside Incident
Roseanna Hamer, age 6, drove a cart through a wire fence and flipped down a 50 foot cliff near Bowmemouth. She landed on the wheels and crawled free asking for her purse. In Dallas a teen, Everett Duane Regland, 15, died when his motorcycle struck a telephone pole on Elam Road after midnight Saturday.
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Roseanna Hamer
Bowmemouth
Dallas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Everett Duane Regland
Elam
Antistate Crime Declines in Hungary Under Alcohol Influence
Budapest official Lekacs reports antistate crimes fell from 181 in 1967 to 45 last year. He cites most prosecutions as intimidation cases and says only 0.5 percent of those charged faced antistate activity. The trend follows a broad decline in political crimes amid a shifting national climate.
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Budapest
Hungary
Titor Lekacs
Lekacs
Buedapest
Banana Mountaineer Fails in World Banana Eating Championship
Encino resident Ellis Robitt attempted the world banana eating title at Sepulverla Dam Sports Center eating 13 bananas in a noon start. He broke down after the feat and was taken to a hospital for stomach pumping. the record set by Anthony Figg remained intact.
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Encino
Calif
Ells Robitt
Raturday
Evdent
Ungland
Anthony Figg
Ellis
Sepulverla Dam
Figa
Robin
United Press International
Whitney Toler
ABA Vietnam Ruling Widened By New York Leaders
Lis Clark and a group of New York City lawyers plan to push a Monday proposal aimed at pressuring the American Bar Association to withdraw U.S. forces from Vietnam and curb sanctions, shaping controversy at the ABA’s 150000-member annual meeting in New York. The effort involves Wall Street lawyers and associates as the six visiting officers preside over the congress.
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Lis Clark
U.S
New York City
ABA
Laon
Jaworski
Qveya Associates
Wall Street
Mees l
Vesahinan Rons
Raanseytor
Santa Rosa Names New Director for Birth Defects Center
Dr. Jose M. Loar, formerly of Hrooke Army Medical Center, named medical director of the Birth Defects Evaluation Center at Santa Rosa Children's Hospital. He succeeds Dr. Virginia Welsh and will oversee patient evaluation and genetic counseling. center funded by the National Foundation. Loar earned his medical degree at New York State College of Medicine and served at Walter Reed and Rodriguies Hospital.
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Jose M. Loar
Hrooke Army Medical Center
Scala Rosa
Mospstat
Lourd
University of Texas ‘Medical
Santo
Bamg
Virgina
National Foundation of the March
Gintes
Locta
New York State College
Syraciea
Sereen
Walter Reed Hospital
Rodriguies Hospital
Peres Rico
Hig
Free Immunization Clinic Schedule In San Antonio
A five day free shot program will run Tuesday through Friday at multiple San Antonio sites for measles rubella polio smallpox diphtheria tetanus and whooping cough vaccinations. The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District reports clinic hours and locations with openings in the morning and early afternoon at sites including Holy Family Saint Augustine and Wesley House.
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San Antonio
W. RB. Ross
San Antonio Metropolitan
Augustine
Duena Vista
Amy
John Rosca
Commerce
Holy Family
Flavequia
Harkoe
Cuadalupe Howse
Wesley House
Anny Villar Crazenda
Rildosa Road
Atty and Wheatley Courts
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