All out search for two youths after road crash in Dallas
Police and civilians sifted the Kimball High School area for two youths whose station wagon struck two girls biking. Witnesses said the injured 10 year old Cheryl Howard and 14 year old Jane Bowers were left at the scene as the vehicle fled. Cheryl showed some improvement after receiving fractures to arms and legs.
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Dallas
Kimball High School
Cheryl Howard
Howard
Jane Bowers
Demos See Humphrey as Johnsons Likely Running Mate
Atlantic City AP reports Democrats move from convention clashes to the nomination intro and final word on running mate. All signs point to Hubert H. Humphrey with Sen Eugene McCarthy endorsing him. McCarthy’s telegram urged Johnson to consider Humphrey, while White House comment remained unavailable. Delegates prepared for the formal convention program amid a party platform aimed at cross cutting factions and Mississippi seating tensions.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Johnson
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party
Strike Ends Pan Am Walkout On New Labor Pact
Transport workers returned to duty after a 24 hour strike at Pan American Airways ended with a labor contract. The union called the deal the best yet in the industry, covering 12000 maintenance and ground crew, flight stewards and pursers. Details pending ratification as operations resumed and extra planes were planned for backlog.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
Pan American Airways
Cial
Afl-Cio Transport Workers
New York
Miami
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Houston
Tex
Pan American
Juan Trippe
James J. Horst
Rhodesia declares state of emergency in Salisbury township
Southern Rhodesia's government in Salisbury declares a three month state of emergency in African Highfield Township. A battalion of white troops is mobilized to enforce order after persistent lawlessness and violence. The ban targets two major African nationalist parties as authorities seal off the township.
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Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
Dallas Lads Take Loot Head South
Two 14 year old safecrackers vanished with four suitcases containing $1,000 in cash and 100 watches. Police believe they planned to reach South America via Mexico, with the border on alert from Texas to California. Detectives said the boys bought tickets for El Paso and left Dallas at 1 am Sunday, concealing loot in encyclopedias.
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Dallas
South America
Mexico
Texas
California
el Paso
Longo Named Successor to Italian Communist Leader
ROME AP Luigi Longo 64, veteran Communist, formally succeeds the late Palmiro Togliatti as secretary general of the Italian Communist party. Elected at a closed meeting the morning after Togliatti’s funeral, Longo had been Togliatti’s deputy since World War II and helped organize the West’s largest Communist party. Togliatti died Friday.
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Rome
Luigi Longo
Palmiro Togliatti
Communist Party
Longo
Togliatti
West
Shoes Not Custom Made Display Shoe Found On Boy
PARK FOREST Ill AP A policeman identified a 14 year old boy as wearing a stolen display shoe from a local department store. The model size 250 weighed three pounds was 20 inches long and had a thick sole. The youth said another boy gave it to him.
Military Council Won’t Quit Post Crisis
In Saigon Maj. Gen Nguyen Khanh faced opposition as fellow junta members refused to quit politics to avert more riots. The five hour meeting preceded renewed student and Buddhist demonstrations in Da Nang Hue and Saigon, with 11 dead and 61 wounded, including soldiers.
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Roy Essoyan
Saigon
Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Revolutionary Military Council
Tran Thien Khiem
Khanh
Junta Sa
da Nang
Hue
South Viet Nam
General Staff
Duong van Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Minh
South
Cleo Turns Toward Southeast Florida Coast
Hurricane Cleo veered north toward southeast Florida as gale warnings spread from Sombrero Light to Fort Lauderdale. Forecasters warned of rising winds and urged small craft to seek harbor, noting Cleo’s winds weakened over Cuba but likely to re intensify over the Straits. The storm’s center was reported near 22.3 N 79.6 W, about 210 miles southeast of Key West.
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Miami Fla
Cleo
Florida
Weather Bureau
Bahamas
Sombrero Light
Key West
Fort Lauderdale
Mi‘ami
Cuba
Florida Straits
Straits
Lower Keys
Gordon Dunn
Bimini
Bahamas Island
Miami
Florida Strait
Haiti
Laatitude
Kew West
Integrators Given Judicial Setback in Dallas Schools
In Dallas, U.S. District Judge T Whitfield Davidson refused immediate desegregation relief for 10 Negro children and their parents, upholding the grade a year desegregation plan begun in 1960. The judge found the current progression better for all races and urged patience while stressing no imminent disruption to education.
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Dallas
U.S
T. Whitfield Davidson
Davidson
Fred Finch
Jor Dallas
Finch
W. J. Durham
Norman Amaker
Maker
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Weather map summary for Texas regions
Snyder reports hot conditions with highs near 95 and lows around 72. North Central and Northeast Texas remain partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon thundershowers. Northwest and Southeast Texas see highs in the 90s to low 100s with variable winds, while South Central and Southwest Texas expect warm weather and scattered daytime storms through Thursday.
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Snyder
Texas
Northwest Texas
Pamnandie
Hoy
Nowere
Airport Use Discussed in Scurry County Meeting
Scurry County commissioners court and county officials held a special meeting with Col A F Taute and Capt Joel Blackwell of Webb Air Force Base to discuss using Winston Field for training pilots. They cited increased class loads, upcoming runway repairs, and the need for an additional runway while the county airport board reaffirmed its support for a long term contract with Webb Air Force Base. The board noted advantages including maintenance by the Air Force and storage space for vehicles enabling a county hangar project at low cost. The matter was referred to the County Airport Board for action.
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Scurry County Commissioners Court
Air Force
Winston Field
A. F. Taute
Webb Air Force Base
Taute
Joel Blackwell
Webb
Snyder
Scurry County
Commissioners Court
County Airport Board
Airport Board
U.S
Commissioners’ Court
Texas Servicemen Win Texas Voting Rights Ruling
A three judge federal court ruled that servicemen stationed in Texas may vote in state elections regardless of where they entered service. The decision struck down a Texas Constitution provision restricting military voters to the country of their entry. The suit, filed in San Antonio, alleged the law discriminates solely by occupation.
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SAM Antonio
Texas
San Antonio
Atty
Waggoner Cari
Bexar County
Charles Davis
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Janet Wesson
Frank Miller
North
Demos
Humphrey
McCarthy
White House
George Reedy
Pan-Am
S. Rhodesia
Diem
Military Council
Cuban
Island
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