El Paso Braces as Floods Swamp Juarez and Stock Roads
Heavy rains drenched El Paso and Juarez, flooding streets and wiping out homes. Police and city engineers warn of continued waterlogged houses and blocked streets, with at least five dead in the two cities and dozens evacuated. Rio Grande flooding halted the El Paso Juarez streetcar line.
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Juarez
Texas Experimental Station
Rio Grande
Presidio
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Mexico
Charles Davis
Rafael Reyes
Canutillo
Ted Vogel
Ft. Bliss
Vietnam War updates report heavy clashes and casualties
In two clashes Sunday 67 North Vietnamese soldiers were killed with five Marine dead and 17 wounded. A Friday action near Gio Linh left 134 enemy dead while Marines suffered five dead and 64 wounded. Saigon front saw an infantry offensive 25 miles NW of the capital uncover a Viet Cong weapons cache near Khien Cuong containing a bazooka launcher, rockets, ammo and mines. Civilians wounded as Khien Cuong endured mortar fire. lull attributed to allied defenses. A major American officer cited 10,000 enemy killed since May 3 offensive. A senior adviser was executed by Viet Cong near Saigon, the body found after an ambush. Mekong Delta actions reported 40 Viet Cong killed 74 miles south of Saigon with 19 government casualties. Air missions totaled 133 with destruction of boats, trucks, warehouses and bridges. US Command disclosed evacuation of Khe Sanh, with a more mobile strike force continuing operations near the DMZ and the Laotian border.
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Saigon
Khien Cuong
Hau Nehia
U.S
Enery
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North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Toilas
Dmz
Fire Breaks Out In Field in Silver City Lot
The Silver City Fire Department was called to a vacant lot at Cheyanne and Market Streets at 4:35 pm Sunday to check a reported fire. Dry weeds and grass burning by the owner led to confusion with a lumber yard nearby. Chief John Toledo urged caution and noted a city lot clearance ordinance.
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Cheyanne
Market Streets
West Silver City
North Market Street
John Toledo
Richard Cunningham
Fire Season Near End On Gila National Forest
A Gila National Forest spokesman said 12 smokejumpers in Silver City will be released and returned to Missoula Smokejumping HQ. Slurry and spotter planes will depart for the Pacific Northwest and California as fire seasons wind down. Lookouts stay manned as rainfall continues. the last fire was July etc. Heavy rain Friday night helped suppress activity.
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Silver City
United States Forest Service
Missoula
Mont
Pacific Northwest
California
Wiletertine
Giin National Forest
Services Held in Albuquerque For Mrs Reed
Funeral services were held in Albuquerque for Patricia Reed 64 a longtime nurse in the Public Health Service and Veterans Administration She died Saturday after an illness at Albuquerque hospital Rosary was said Sunday at Fern Chapel Strong Thorne Mortuary The Mass was at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Survivors include five brothers and three sisters Her husband Charles Reed died in 1958
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Patricia Reed
Public
Veterans Administration
Old Veterans Administration Hospital
Ft. Bayard
Clarendon
Tex
New Mexico
Las Vegas
Highlands University
Reed
Charles Reed
Firemen Convene In Central Southwest New Mexico Association Meet
Firemen gathered at the Central Community Center for the Southwest New Mexico Firemen's Association convention. About 80 attended as demonstration on first aid was given and Bayard Chief Paul Martinez addressed the group. Louis Martinez received a donated fire extinguisher from George Busick of Thunderbird Sales.
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New Mexico
Two Roswell men die in Phoenix street plane crash
A Beechcraft Bonanza registered to Max W. Coll of Roswell crashed in a Phoenix street near downtown, slammed into a railroad boxcar after turbulence from a four engine jet. Witness Cloyce Clark and James Wright described the fatal impact and near-miss with a city bus. Officials said the plane was in the landing pattern with no reported trouble.
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Ariz
Roswell
N.M
Max W. Coll
Hich
Phoenix Sky Harbor
Cloyce Clark
Tempe
Clark
James Wright
Sky Harbor
Man Missing In Floodwaters Near Hagerman
In Hagerman AP report, Robert Dream, 24, of Kilmiscell Miss., a magazine salesman with heavy leg braces, remains missing after a flash flood swept him into a creek bed. State Police and Chaves County deputies searched by boat along the banks Sunday without locating the body. His wife Carol Bear, 19, seven months pregnant, crawled from their car window to higher ground.
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Carol Bear
El Paso Man Dies After Being Shot
A 21 year old Salvador Trevino died at Thomason General Hospital after a police shooting at a traffic crash scene. Police say Trevino attacked Patrolman Fernie Rodriguez as a passenger, Ramon Silva, 24, joined and the officer fired one shot from a .48 caliber revolver, hitting Trevino in the chest while pursuing the vehicle.
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Tex
Thomason General Hospital
Salvador Trevino
Fernie Rodriguez
Trevino
Rodriguez
Ramon Silva
Weather summary for Silver City area today and Tuesday
Partly cloudy today with possible night moon thunder showers. Silver City highs around 82 with 61 low. Silver City Gram County Airport reports 85 high and unspecified low. Expected high 90 and low 66 for Tuesday. forecast uncertain due to garbled text.
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Silver s~Gram County
Carl Rice Withdraws From Grant County Clerk Race
Carl Rice withdrew his name from the Grant County Clerk primary race on August 27 for personal reasons. His exit leaves two Democrats and one Republican competing for the clerk’s post, with Rice thanking supporters in Grant County.
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Cliff
Grant County
Rice
Grant Goung
Farmington Girl, 19, Killed in Pagosa Springs Crash
A Farmington girl, Marsha Jo Crenshaw, 19, died from head injuries when the car she was in careened off U.S. 34 seven miles south of Pagosa Springs. The driver, Palix Alonso Lujan, 25, was treated for a fractured right clavicle and bruised left shoulder.
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Colo
Farmington
Marsha Jo Crenshaw
U.S
Colorado
Palix Alonso Lujan
Fassamaquoddy Indians protest logging on treaty land
About 40 Fassamaquoddy Indians staged a sit-down demonstration at a logging site in Indian Township Maine. They contend Georgia Pacific Co is logging on land theirs under a 1794 treaty, a dispute over 19 000 acres claimed by both parties.
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Indian Township
Maine
Georgia Pacific Co
Britain raises 2 billion for Pound defense
London officials disclosed Britain has secured about 2 billion dollars in credit for roughly ten years from Western industrial nations to prevent a pound devaluation. Bank of England Governor Sir Leslie O Bri an said the country must show progress and remains confident the problem can be resolved. Central bankers from 12 nations agreed to join a new insurance scheme to shield Britain from speculative pressure on the pound.
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Britain
Leslie O’brian
Bank of England
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Switzerland
O’brien
France
McCarthy Rejects Fourth Party Bid Amid Vietnam Talks
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy rules out heading a fourth party ticket if not nominated by Democrats but leaves possibility open for backers to push a third party. He notes he might back such a drive under strict conditions while his own candidacy is not planned. Humphrey endorses McCarthy if he faces Nixon, while Nixon argues Democratic flaws could boost his November chances. Gallup notes Democratic strength in Congress despite fears of McCarthy support. Rockefeller blasts national transport policy as economy drag. Wallace aims for ballot access except Ohio.
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Ed Foreman
Gough Park
Walker
New Mexico
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Foreman
GOP
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Grant County
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Washington, D. C
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Silver City Daily Press
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Washington
San
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McCarthy
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
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ABC
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New York
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Johnson
George C. Wallace
Ohio
Associated Press
Democratic Party
Gallup
House
New Jersey
Richard J. Hughes
Connecticut
Sheriff reports quiet Grant County 4th of July weekend
Grant County Sheriff Steve Aguirre said 52 complaints were answered in Grant County over the long July fourth weekend. He noted all were minor, with no traffic fatalities reported, and praised drivers for cautious conduct during the period. The Grant County Sheriff's Department and New Mexico State Police collaborated on the calls.
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Grant County
Congress In Homestretch Faces Major Legislation
Washington AP reports the 90th Congress rushes to finish major bills including gun control housing foreign aid and Johnson Supreme Court nominees Fortas and Thurgood are to be examined this week as adjournment by Aug 3 looms amid potential Senate filibuster and political campaigns.
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Beecause Johnson
Earl Warren
Senate
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Tyue Warren
House
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