Free Soviet Crew as Svirsk Leaves Dairen After Protest
The Soviet merchant ship Svirsk limped from Dairen with seven tugboats and Red Guards aboard, after China freed its captain Viktor Korzhov and three crewmen amid a clash over a Mao badge. The ship headed to Vladivostok, with Chinese authorities claiming provocations by crew and a forced badge insult.
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Anthony C. Collings
Moscow
Dairen
Soviet Union
Yellow Sea
Svirsk
Vladivostok
Alexei N. Kosygin
Chou En-lai
Peking
Tokyo
Kosygin
China
Pravda
Stanislav V. Ivanov
Mao Tse-tung
Ivanov
Viktor A. Korzhov
Mao
New China News Agency
Chou
Red Guards
Coal Miner Killed In Mine Blast Near Mieres Spain
An explosion at a coal mine near Mieres Spain killed one miner and critically injured another. Fifteen miners were trapped, with one body recovered midmorning and the critically injured worker rescued about two hours later.
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Mieres
Spain
Graveside Rites for Miss Enderly
Graveside rites were held at Hillside Memorial Gardens for Victoria Enderly 64 a longtime area resident who died Sunday in a Colorado City hospital The Rev Harlan Birdwell officiated and Bell Sease Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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Hillside Memorial Gardens
Victoria Enderly
Colorado City
Harlan Birdwell
Bell Sease Funeral Home
Planes Strike Rail Lines Near Red China Border
U S bombing within 10 miles of Red China draws sharp attacks on Vietnam policy. Fulbright calls it dangerous while Stennis supports broader targets. Reports note raids on Lang Son bypass bridge near Hanoi and continued restrictions with some expansions.
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Washington
Red
China
Capitol Hill
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
John Stennis
D-Miss
North Vietnam
Senate
Johnson
Vietnam
White House
Stennis’ Subcommittee
Adm
Ulysses S. G. Sharp
Pacific
Subcommittee
Red China
Hanoi
Doumer
Pentagon
Fulbright
Saigon
U.S
Navy
Constellation
Tonkin Gulf
Lang Son Railroad
Haiphong
Lang Son
South Vietnam
1St Corps
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
French Town Tumbles In Earthquake
Quakes hit southwest France and northern Spain causing a village death and injuries. In Arette an 8 year old woman died when her house collapsed. four injured in the same quake. Montory reported wall collapses as residents sought shelter. North Spain saw frightened crowds and cracked plaster from Bilbao to Valencia.
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Bordeaux
France
Spain
Arette
Pyrenees
Montory
Santander
San Sebastian
Bilbao
Valencia
Mediterranean
Local Youth Wounded in Accidental Shooting
Douglas Morris a 17 year old Scurry County youth suffered serious gunshot wounds to the head in an accidental shooting at the residence of Mrs Gladys Bennett on North Avenue 6 about 4 pm Sunday. He was transported to Hendrick Memorial Hospital Abilene via Snyder Ambulance after first aid at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Billy Bennett 16 held a .410 gauge shotgun which discharged about 10 feet from Morris. His condition remained serious and authorities feared possible loss of sight in the left eye.
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Douglas Morris
Morris
Douglas
Tommy Morris
Route 3
Snyder
Negroes Hold In Shooting Scrape In Louisiana Barricade
In Hammond Louisiana a clash as a group shouting for beer fired on white bystanders wounding five. Police raided Covington bars and arrested twelve Negroes while marchers from a Boga lusa civil rights procession camped near Greenville Park High School awaiting departure.
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Hammond
Covington
Thomas D. Burbank
Baton Rouge
Tom Sanders
Tangipahoa Parish
A. Z. Young
Col. Ray
State Crime Laboratory
Fowler warns Congress on tax plan and potential deficits
Secretary Fowler presents a stark choice to Congress: reject the Johnson tax hike risking a 29 billion deficit or enact it and face 14 to 18 billion in red ink. He argues a moderate temporary surcharge plus spending cuts can keep borrowing in check and prevent inflation while Budget Director Schultze says more than 1.5 billion in cuts are planned.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Congress
Johnson
Fowler
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Charles L. Schultze
Schultze
Defense
Palace Calls Pigeon Squad
A London fire engine with a turntable ladder moved to Buckingham Palace as pest control experts Denis Parsons and Ray Ash deployed a soft plastic scarecrow strip on ledges and protuberances. The ten day treatment aims to drive pigeons away by making perches unstable and uncomfortable around the queen's house.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Queen's House
Denis Parsons
Ray Ash
Big Ston Palace
Record Heat Tops Nation as Death Valley Hits 120
The high Sunday in the United States reached 120 degrees at Death Valley California, while the morning low dropped to 39 degrees at Pellston Michigan.
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New York
Death Valley
Calif
Pellston
Mich
Tito Seeks Realistic Peace Formula Across Arab Lands
Yugoslav President Tito begins talks with Arab leaders in Cairo and planned stops in Damascus and Baghdad aimed at shaping a realistic peace framework with Israel. Observers expect no quick results but see value if Arabs revisit terms and avoid perceived capitulation.
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Boris Boscovic
Cairo
Tito
Israel
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Syria
Iraq
Johnson
Nasser
Damascus
Baghdad
Houston Gunman Kills Former Convict
Houston police say Charles August Mikeska 32 a former convict was shot to death early today in what capped one of the city s bloodiest weekends with eight slayings. Witnesses reported two gunmen lined three men against a house and one fired with a rifle killing Mikeska. Police noted Mikeska had served two burglary theft sentences, released March 18 after six years on a Victoria burglary conviction.
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Houston
Charles August Mikeska
Mikeska
Victoria
Weather overview for Texas regions this week
The forecast shows clear to partly cloudy skies and warm conditions across North Central, Northeast, Northwest, and Coast regions through Tuesday with thundershowers possible in the north. Temperatures vary by area with highs generally in the 80s to 90s and lows ranging from the upper 50s to mid 70s.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
68 Indictments Listed by Scurry County Grand Jury
A Scurry County grand jury returned 68 indictments against 17 individuals. Burglary accounted for 58 cases, with 4 DWI second offense and 3 DWI first offense, plus one child desertion and one theft over $50. Notable defendants include James M. Crosson Jr and Roy Cannon Bur ditt. The panel urged legislation to mandate blood sampling for DWI testing with consent and sought legal protections for staff involved.
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Scurry County
James M. Crosson, Jr
Roy Cannon Burditt
Leon Franks
Tommy McKinley
Gary Rains
Rains
Burditt
Crosson
William Hudson Arnold
Tarrant County
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
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William Stender
Scott County
Don Phillips
Rock Island
Ill
Miss Enderly
China China
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George Esper
Tam Ky
Robert McLemore
Columbia
S.C
John
Burbank
Greenville Park High School
Bogalusa
Young
Palace
Jerry Evans
Rosalie Villareal
Aaron Heartsfield
William Dale Rains
L. M. Kruse
Murry Elby Boyd
Chester Lawrence Bilbo
DWI
Abraham Espinoza
Ted Baxter Lambert
Evert Lee Emery
Preston Smith
Ben Barnes
David Ratliff
Renal B. Rose
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