Ex-Con Speck Held For Slaying Of Eight Nurses
Richard Speck, 25, an ex convict, is jailed on murder charges after the massacre of eight nursing students. He was hospitalized after a self harm attempt. police believe he killed Gloria Jean Davy among the victims. Authorities plan grand jury hearings this week as the case unfolds.
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Joe Dill
Chicago
Richard Speck
Speck
Atty
Daniel Ward
Gloria Jean Davy
Ward
Cook County Hospital
Gloria Jean Davey
Dallas Remembers 'Kind Of Wild Kid'
In Dallas Richard Franklin Speck is remembered as a restless mischievous youth. Neighbors and a local minister recount his troubled history and the family's shock after Speck's arrest in Chicago for murder. Witnesses note his drinking problem and lack of sports or dating ties.
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Dallas
Richard Franklin Speck
Chicago
Speck
Jerry Henry
Lindberg
Henry
Funeral Homes Plan Ambulance Service Termination
Bolger Funeral Home and Bell Seale Funeral Home will end all ambulance services on Oct. 1 following wage hour interpretations. County officials heard a joint statement explaining drivers would be paid while asleep and profits would be hard with two operators. They consider single independent operator or government/franchised options to maintain service.
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Snyder
Edward Bolger
Bolger Funeral Home
Bill Seale
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Bolger
Seale
Browning Rites Pend for Scurry County Resident
Funeral services are pending at Bell Seale Funeral Home for Harvey Lee Browning 62 of Scurry County a ranch worker who died Sunday morning in Fort Worth after a sudden illness He is survived by two sisters Miss N E Browning of Flu variance and Mrs Emma Hennessey of Fort Worth and four brothers Foch Browning Jimmy Browning Monty Browning and Boliver Browning.
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Bell Seale
Harvey Lee Browning
Scurry County
Browning
Fluvanna
Fort Worth
N. E. Browning
Emma Hennessey
Foch Browning
Jimmy Browning
Dermott
Monty Browning
Boliver Browning
Springville
Ariz
Texas Sees Heavy Rains in North and Northeast Regions
The Associated Press reports heavy rain across parts of North and Northeast Texas with Mineola at 3.51 inches the state’s heaviest. Canton 2.43 inches Kaufman 2.42 and Farmersville 2.11 in 24 hours ending 7 am. Dallas area rain totaled about 0.54 inch. Fort Worth 0.51 inch. Prelude temps featured 105 at Presidio 102 at Childress and 100 at Wink. Alpine was the coolest at 91. Forecasters expect more showers in North Texas with others mostly clear or partly cloudy. Morning temps ranged 84 in Waco to 74 in Midland.
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Associated Press
Texas
Mineola
Canton
Kaufman
Farmersville
Dallas
Fort Worth
Presidio
Childress
Wink
Lubbock
Waco
Midland
Weather summary for Texas regions this weekend
North Central and Northeast Texas remain clear to partly cloudy with scattered showers possible mainly in the south. Lows 72 to 82, highs 94 to 102, with 7 am readings around 76. Southeast winds 8 to 18 knots along the coast.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
Senate Debates Aid Bill Link to Viet Nam War
Senate debate centers on whether foreign aid ties to U S involvement in South Vietnam with Sen J W Fulbright accusing Secretary Rusk of citing aid as a factor. Fulbright says aid is a broader concern influencing renewal of the five year authorization versus one year. Rusk defends aid as not binding for US force commitments.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Aid
U.S. Com
South Viet Nam
Fulbright
Rusk
United States
Viet Nam
No Early Strike End Predicted
Negotiators in Washington predicted the nationwide strike against five major airlines will last at least another week. On day 11, the walkout has halted most airline operations and strained summer travel as travelers seek other transportation. Union chief Ramsey blamed the airlines for slow talks, noting layoffs and ticket-office closures.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Joseph Ramsey
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Ramsey
William Curtin
James .J. Reynolds
Reynolds
Curtin
Band Classes Are Launched At High School
Summer band classes for senior high students began at the high school band hall. The free program serves 10th to 12th graders in two sessions. First session runs through July 29, second from Aug. 8 to Aug. 19. Each class lasts 50 minutes with scheduled times for percussion, bassoon, French horn, flute, cornet, saxophones, trombone, clarinets, stage band and oboes.
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Melvin Montgomery
Gemini 10 crew ready for bold space rendezvous and walk
Cape Kennedy reports Navy Cmdr John W. Young and Air Force Maj Michael Collins preparing for a three day Gemini 10 mission. Their Titan 2 launch is set for 6:21 p.m. EDT with an Atlas to launch Agena 10 as chase target earlier. The pair plan a space walk and on orbit docking with the Agena, testing do it yourself navigation for a future lunar mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Earth
Navy
John W. Young
Air Force
Michael Collins
Agena Space
Young
Collins
Atlantic
Space
Puter
Guardsmen pull back as Chicago riot near normalcy returns
National Guard troops withdraw to armories after three nights on riot duty in Chicago’s West Side. A basement drugstore fire at 1259 W Roosevelt Rd drew 500 spectators as 2,700 guardsmen were stood down to standby duty. Governor Kerner said law and order appears restored.
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Chicago
National Guard
West Side
W. Roosevelt Rd
Francis P. Kane
33Rd Infantry Division
Illinois National Guard
Kane
Otto Kerner
Planes Hit Baden Depot as Marines Drive Near DMZ
Fifteen waves of American bombers hit the Baden fuel depot near Dong Hoi as U.S. Air Force jets attacked another storage area east of Baden. In South Vietnam, Marine and South Vietnamese forces pressed a drive south of the DMZ against about 2,000 North Vietnamese troops, with 167 Reds reported killed and 13 Marines killed in the operation. Maj. Gen. Wood B. Kyle said the pursuit could take days or weeks.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Baden
Dong Hoi
Wood B. Kyle
3Rd Marine Division
Snyder Schools Face Federal Funds Notice and Lincoln School Closure
Snyder Consolidated ISD officials reported no formal notice of noncompliance with federal faculty integration rules though wires suggested possible loss of funds for Snyder Abilene and Coleman. Lincoln School for Negro students has been closed with teachers reassigned and one remaining contract offered locally.
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Snyder
Snyder Consolidated Independent School
Abilene
Coleman
Kenneth Wilson
Snyder School Board
Pat Falls
Cials
San Francisco
Washington
Lincoln School
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