Outbreak Attributed To Mosquito In Dallas
A Dallas health official said a mysterious disease sending 19 people to hospitals in under a week may be carried by mosquitoes. Lab tests due Friday indicate meningoencephalitis. Five CDC specialists assist as officials monitor patient areas and mosquito exposure. One death initially linked to the illness was later found from another cause.
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Dallas
Hal Dewlett
City Health
U.S. Public Health Service
Communicable Disease Center
Atlanta
Beatles Leave For US Tour Amid Fan Frenzy
London AP reports the Beatles depart for the United States as fans chant against the band for controversial remarks about Jesus. The group begins their third American tour with a stop in Boston en route to Chicago and potential friction in Memphis where city officials consider cancelling shows after Lennon’s controversial quote.
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London
United States
Boston
John
Jesus
Chicago
Memphis
Tennessee
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
Mao Tze-tung Appears in Peking Amid Purge Claims
Peking Radio reported Mao Tze-tung, 72, made a personal appearance in Beijing on Wednesday night and asserted he is the principal author of the current nationwide purge. He had been absent from Peking since last fall amid health and leadership speculation.
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Tokyo
Peking Radio
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Peking
Chinese Communist Party
Leathernecks Repel Attacks By N. Viets
US Marines fought off a large North Vietnamese assault near Da Nang as about 750 Leathernecks held off roughly 6,000 attackers through the night. At least 121 enemy killed. American casualties modest.
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George McArthur
Saigon
da Nang
South Viet Nam
U.S
Coast Guard
Coast
Mekong Delta
Graham Plans Crusade in West Berlin
Evangelist Billy Graham has scheduled a crusade in West Berlin in October with dates listed as the 16th and 123. The announcement places Graham’s mission amid Cold War era religious outreach.
American Boat Strafed In Error
Three U S Air Force planes fired on the American Coast Guard cutter Point Welcome near Hue after mistaking it for a North Vietnamese trawler. Two Coast Guardmen and several others were wounded. the boat continued to Da Nang. An investigation was ordered.
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U.S
da Nang
Air Force
Pleiku
North Viet Nam
Haiphong Hanoi
Panhandle
U.S. Air Force
Marine
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Coast Guard
Coast
Point Welcome
Tim Page
Orpington
Kent
England
Viet Nam
Hue
Mekong River
Truong Thanh
Can Tho
Art Linkletter Released From Santa Monica Hospital
Television personality Art Linkletter leaves St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica after two days of tests for back pain show no serious issues. Hospital spokesman reports uneventful prognosis.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Art Linkletter
St. John's Hospital
Weather snapshot for Texas regions from Snyder forecast
Weather readings show Snyder high 97 degrees and low 48 with 0.31 inches precipitation. North Central and Northeast Texas expect cloudy conditions with scattered showers, cooler tonight and warmer Friday with highs in the 90s. Northwest Texas has partly cloudy skies, showers in the southeast, and Friday thunderstorms with highs around the upper 80s to mid 90s. Coast winds 10 to 20 knots, lows 72 to 82, highs 88 to 100. Southeast Texas remains warm with daytime showers and highs about 84 to 94. Southwest Texas sees showers mainly today and tonight with highs near 96.
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Snyder
Texas
Texas Western Receives $2.29 Million for Chamizal Acreage
The government pays Texas Western College 2.29 million dollars for 146 acres in the Chamizal border area. The land came from the 1937 Frank B. Cotton estate, with income set to educate women, funding a new arts and sciences department. The college, once mostly male, had leased much of the land to cotton farmers.
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EL Paso
Tex
Texas Western College
Chamizal Border Treaty Area
Frank B. Cotton
Cotton
Texas Western
East Texas Faces Major Flooding After Heavy Rains
Rains up to ten inches flood Southeast Texas causing widespread flooding and traffic snarls. Port Arthur residents urged to evacuate as Village Theater in Port Arthur is struck by lightning and damaged. Jefferson County records substantial losses and numerous underpasses flood alongside overflowing canals and motel water damage.
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Associated Press
Texas
Port Arthur
Village Theater
Jefferson Amusement Co
Tidelands Motor Inn
Nederland
U.S. 69
Jefferson County
Groves
Jefferso County
Weather Bureau
Lower Neches Valley Authority
City Hall
Abilene
View
Area Teased By Showers Last Night
Thundershowers teased the Snyder area again with a brilliant electrical display. Rain totals ranged, Dunn reporting 1.1 inches the highest in the Snyder region while Lake J B Thomas gauge at Snyder pump station read 0.65 and Big Spring Odessa station 0.2.
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Snyder
Dunn
Ira
Big Spring- Odessa
Lake Thomas
Bull Creek
Ottawa bridge collapse toll rises as search continues
Workers hacked through twisted steel and mud in an Ottawa park seeking two more bodies from the Heron Road bridge disaster over the Rideau River. Seven bodies had been recovered and 53 injured, 18 in critical condition, as rain and lack of heavy equipment slowed a 30‑man rescue team.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Park
Heron Road
Rideau River
Race Riot Toll Grows in Detroit and Brooklyn Violence
A Negro man was shot in Detroit while fire bombs and missiles shattered store windows and cars. Police arrested 32 Negroes and seven whites amid rioting in Detroit and Brooklyn with injuries from a shooting in Brooklyn and a separate assault case.
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Detroit
New York
Brooklyn
Grenada
Miss
Washington
House
Senate
Tyrone Powers
Theodore Watson
Jones Rites Here Friday
Mrs. Lottie Jones 38 of 412 Thirty-fifth Street died Wednesday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Born December 10 1927 in Rotan she married Willard Jones Jr December 7 1946. She lived in Snyder 12 years and was a Church of Christ member. Funeral Friday 230 p.m. East Side Church of Christ with Don Browning officiating. Burial Hillside Memorial Gardens. Bell-Seale Funeral in charge. Survived by husband a daughter Weno na Faye Jones and a son Jerry all at home. her parents Earl D. and (Mrs.) Burk of Snyder. a brother Earl Dee Burk of Lubbock.
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Lottie Jones
Thirty-fifth Street
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Jones
Rotan
Willard Jones Jr
Snyder
Church of Christ
East Side Church of Christ
Don Browning
Richard Williams
Mansfield Keyes Rights bill Action
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said he will call for action on the civil rights bill on September 6 the day after Labor Day. The House passed measure faces tougher Senate opposition led by Everett Dirksen over open housing provisions. Mansfield declined to commit on details noting he has not read the bill yet.
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Ate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
House
Gaines
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mansfield
Senate Judiciary Committee
James Q. Eastland
D-Miss
Dirksen
Congress
Lunar Orbiter Seeks Moon Sites For Future Camps
The Lunar Orbiter spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy aims to photograph potential landing sites and map radiation and micrometeorites on a 90 hour flight to lunar orbit. Its midcourse maneuvers to align with Canopus and a planned retrorocket burn could lead to the first US lunar photography mission.
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Pasadena
Calif
Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Earth
Russia
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Spain
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The
Mansfield Keyes Rights Bill Action
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