Panel Evaluates New Cigarette Filter Claims
Senate consumer affairs head urges creation of a federal panel to pre scrutinize health claims for new cigarette filters and devices. The plan aims to avert hype like the Strickman filter episode at Columbia University and would involve the surgeon general.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Senate Committee On Consumer Affairs
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce
Columbia University
Robert L. Strickman
Columbia
Magnuson
Surgeon General
Strickman
Grayson Kirk
Kirk
Senate
Columba
Planned assassination tactic shift feared in Hong Kong killings
Hong Kong police report Reds changing methods from random bombings to planned assassinations. A fake bomb injured two officers and three bystanders. two real bombs wounded a police team. Comedian Lam Bun was killed by arson as Red terrorists boasted of punishment for ridiculing the Communists.
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Hong Kong
Hong
Lowu
Red China
Lam Bun
Lam
Lam Kong-hoi
Two Long Beach Police Officers Killed in Gun Battle
In Long Beach California two officers aged 25 and 24 died after responding to a domestic call. The suspect Norman Baker 26 was wounded eight times and charged with murder after exchanging gunfire with officers William Isham and Donald V Knott. The wife Linda Winters 20 was wounded earlier as she entered the apartment.
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Long Beach
Calif
William Isham
Donald V. Knott
Norman Leslie Baker
Baker
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Los Angeles County Hospital
Robert Hill
Linda Winters
Isham
Knott
One Car Accident Kills Dallas Youths
Dallas youths Charles McNabb Kremer and Douglas M. Weenick both 19 died in a 12:30 a.m. one car crash. The vehicle veered off the left side, hit three guard posts, rode a drainage ditch, struck a mailbox and two more posts before overturning at the scene.
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Dallas
Charles McNabb Kremer
Douglas M. Weenick
J. C. Davis
Mrs. Allen's Rites Held for Thurman Allen at All-Scale Chapel
Funeral service for Thurman Allen, 53, of 311 East Highway, was held at 10 a.m. Saturday at All-Scale Chapel. A Scurry County resident for 42 years, she died Thursday after a long illness. Richard Williams of Big Spring officiated. Burial followed at Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Directors. Survived by husband, her parents J. W. and Mrs. Morrow, a sister Mrs. Z T Riley of Clovis NM, and two brothers Charlie Morrow Snyder and Willie Morrow Houston.
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Thurman Allen
East Highway
J. W. Morrow
Bus blast wounds 22 in South Vietnam near My Tho rally
Communist saboteurs blew up a bus 12 miles from a campaign rally near My Tho injuring six more. The attack follows other recent Viet Cong acts amid heavy air raids and fighting reports from North and South Vietnam.
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George McArthur
Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
My Tho
Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
da Nang
Delta
U.S. Navy
Tonkin Gulf
Port Walnut
Red China
Panhandle
U.S. Command
Snyder Public Schools opening week set with teacher orientation
The Snyder system schedules teacher orientation for Monday at the high school auditorium with Dr. Dwight Kirk of Texas Tech as guest speaker. New teachers will be officially welcomed at a Sunday dinner by the Snyder Classroom Teachers Association before classwork begins Thursday October 31. Labor Day holiday is Sept 4 with classes resuming Sept 5.
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Snyder
Snyder Public
Dwight Kirk
Texas Tech
Snyder Classroom Teachers Association
Soldier John Fields Green Beret Volunteers Return to Vietnam
Hobbs New Mexico native John Fields a 20 year old Green Beret recently extended his Vietnam tour by six months after ten months of service. He works with the Fifth Special Forces Group near the coast training and leading mountain tribes against the Vietcong. Although his work is secret he praises the open arms policy and U.S. resolve to fight communism in Southeast Asia.
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Fields
Hobbs
N.M
Vietnam
Snyder
Colonial Hill Baptist Church
J. W. Fields
Cactus Motel
John
Fifth Special Forces Group
Donald T. Deere
United States
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
John Fields
Green Beret
Most Court Fees Going Up Monday
County clerk Beverly Ainsworth announced recording fees across civil, probate, criminal, and real property records will rise effective Monday August 28 under Articles 3930 and 3930B amended by House Bill 80. New civil case fees, probate costs, deposits in criminal cases, and other recording charges are detailed, with copies of the law mailed to attorneys and interested parties.
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Beverly Ainsworth
Funeral Service For Mrs Merritt Held At 3 P M
Funeral services were held at 3 p m for Mrs Harley Merritt 25 of Friona who died Friday in Methodist Hospital Lubbock The former Sher ron Tipton born Levelland attended Snyder High School class of 1960 married Oct 14 1960 in Snyder Burial followed at Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home supervision Surviving are her husband a daughter Joanna 5 a son Thomas 14 months and her parents Mr and Mrs Vernon Tipton
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Harley Merritt
Friona
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Weather snapshot for Texas regions with varying thundershowers
A detailed forecast across North Central Texas and neighboring areas shows clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday. Thunder showers are possible in several zones with cooler air arriving Sunday, highs ranging from the mid 70s to mid 90s depending on location, and lows from the mid 50s to mid 70s.
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Snyder
Texas
Northwest
Pecos
Auto Industry Showdown Near
Negotiators for General Motors Ford and Chrysler prepare counteroffers as the contract deadline nears and a strike possibility looms. UAW leaders meet with local unions to brief on strike support while a major decision on which company to extend awaits Thursday night Detroit council meetings.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers Union
International Union
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
International
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Louis G. Seaton
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Isidore Dollinger
Burton Roberts
Reds
Jimmy G. Stewart
Stewart
Columbus
Oregon
Phu Yen
Kontum
Olive Wheeler
Jack Dav
Red Cross
North
Quang Tri
South
Nguyen Cao Ky
Mrs. Merritt
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