Wilson Ends Visit In Washington
Prime Minister Harold Wilson wraps up a two day US trip after meetings with President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey. He warns a failed peace in Egypt could trigger a wider war and backs a US British maritime declaration to secure free passage through the Gulf of Aqaba. He notes the Suez Canal remains open as an international waterway.
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Washington
Harold Wilson
Britain
Johnson
Middle East
Wilson
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S
New York
U Thant
United Nations
White House
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
Tinder Box
Israel
Red Sea
Strait of Tiran
Suez Canal
Judge halts La Casita Farms picketing by union
Dist. Judge Woodrow Laughlin in Alice ordered a new restraining order against picketing at La Casita Farms in Rio Grande City. The 79th District Court petition claims no bona fide labor dispute and that workers are not union members, alleging irreparable damages exceeding 1000 dollars daily. Union supporters planned a rally to protest actions by Texas Rangers.
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Rio Grande City
Tex
Woodrow Laughlin
Alice
la Casita Farms
Laughlin
79Th District Court
la Casita
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
AFL- Clc
Starr County
Domingo Arredondo
Texas Rangers
UN crisis stalls action on Middle East deadlock
At a U.N. Security Council session in New York, debates over a Middle East plan continued as Egypt and the United States push rival proposals. India and Ethiopia lead nonpermanent members seeking a compromise while a blockade threat against Israeli shipping near the Gulf of Aqaba looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Cil
Bribate
Middle East
Harold Wiltoday
Proson
Posals
Generther
U Thant
Council
Peared
Egypt
Bers
Gulf of Aqaba
Hans R. Tabor Ofing
India
Ethio
Denmark
Pia
Isra
Britain
Argentina
Israel
Bulgaria
Syria
Morocco
United States
U.S
Tel Aviv
Boston Riots Highlight Race Tensions In 1960s City
In Boston's Grove Hall area a night of looting and rock throwing followed a welfare demonstration. Mayor Collins called the violence the worst since race tensions began. Police formed lines. 24 officers and others injured. 33 men and 11 women arrested including three civil rights leaders.
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Boston
Grove Hall
John Collins
Collins
City Hall
Virgil Wood
Louise Day Hicks
Thomas Atkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Byron Rushing
Massachusetts Council of Churches Committee On
Archie R. Williams
Hearing Set On Jack Ruby Will
A hearing on the disposition of Jack Ruby's wills is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday before Probate Judge Ted Robertson. One will was entered by Jules Mayer of Dallas who said Ruby asked him to write it in 1950. A second will, Ruby purportedly written in jail, leaves Ruby's ring, watch and a suit of clothes to Norman Hooten, a former sheriff's deputy. Ruby died of cancer Jan. 3 awaiting a second trial for killing Lee Harvey Oswald, identified by the Warren Commission as Kennedy's assassin. The first trial verdict was overruled by the Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Ted Robertson
Jules ‘Mayer
Ruby
Norman Hooten
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
President Kennedy
Court of Criminal Appeals
Marines Assault Communist Fort In Quang Tin Province
Marine efforts near Da Nang and Hue drive a large Communist regiment from its fortified ridgeline. Air and artillery strikes report hundreds of enemy dead as Marines push along a three mile frontline while another force lands north of Hue to disrupt infiltration routes.
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George McArthur
Hue
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Navy
Dmilitarized Zone
Quang the
Levy is Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
Captain Howard B. Levy, Army doctor who refused to train Vietnam bound Green Beret medics, is dismissed from the Army and sentenced to three years hard labor for disloyalty and disobedience. Bail or appeal pending requests denied. custody with handcuffs observed.
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Columbia
S.C
Howard B. Levy
Levy
Brooklyn
N.Y
Charles Morgan Jr
American Civil Liberties Union
Earl V. Brown
Brown
Fort Jackson
Gines Perez
U.S
Vietnam
Army Guard reorganization shelves historic divisions
The Pentagon plans to scrap fifteen Army National Guard divisions over the next year to form eight combat divisions and fifteen brigades. Notable divisions facing elimination include Texas 36th Lone Star and Wisconsin Red Arrow, with leaders lamenting the loss of storied units from World Wars I and II.
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Marty Anderson
Indianapolis
Ind
Thunderbirds
Red Arrow
Lo Star
Empire
U. S. Army
National Guard
36Th Infantry
Texas
Lone Star
45Th Infantry
Oklahoma
32Nd Infantry
Wisconsin
New York
27Th Armor
Alamo
Inchon
Army National Guards
Pentagon
Washington
Texias
49Th Armor
36Th
Thomas S. Bishop
Ralph J. Olson
California
Adj
Glenn C. Ames
Moscow warns after Soviet ship attacked by U S planes
The Soviet Union demands punishment for the attack on the ship Turkestan near Cam Pha and warns of measures to protect Soviet vessels. Washington denies confirmation of the bombing while stressing Vietnam coast raids avoid foreign ships. Pravda publishes the protest note on its front page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Bradsher
Moscow
North Vietnam
Turkestan
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
John C. Guthrie
Washington
United States
Cam Pha
Haiphong
Pravda
Communist Party
Weather summary for Texas regions with warm weekend outlook
Snyder area records 7 am Saturday reading 6 degrees. North Central to Northeast Texas clear tonight then sunny Sunday with 85 to 94 high. Northwest Texas partly cloudy with late showers in west and north Sunday. highs near 94. Coast winds 8 to 18 knots. isolated coastal showers possible. South Central to West Texas mostly warm with isolated showers. East to southeast winds. Highs 82 to 102 across regions.
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Snyder
Texas
Northwest
Pecos
Denison Man Dies In Auto Accident
A Denison man 26 Joe Vasquez died when his car failed to make a curve and struck four trees at the Denison dam area in Oklahoma. Three others injured in the crash were in the vehicle.
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Denison
Denison, Tex
Joe Vasquez
Denison Dam
Oklahoma
Jone
Lake J. B. Thomas hit by rare hail and windstorm damage
A severe hail and windstorm Thursday night caused extensive damage around Lake J. B. Thomas with cabins, trailers, windows, and roofs damaged. The storm raised the lake elevation about 2.75 feet to above 2,240 feet as runoff from the Colorado River flowed into the lake.
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J. B. Thomas
Colorado River
Bull Creek
Volunteers to Expand Mental Health Aid in West Texas
A three year grant funds new volunteer services for the Big Spring State Hospital area including Howard Dawson Martin Mitchell and Scurry Counties. Offices will open in Snyder Colorado City and Lamesa with a coordinating center at the hospital. Training by Dr Preston Harrison and others will support a mental illness referral and information center.
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Snyder
Big Spring State Hospital
Lewis McKnight
Howard
Dawson
Martin
Mitchell
Scurry
Colorado City
Lamesa
Commissioners ‘Court
Preston Harrison
Mary Cochran
Desmon McCann
Walter Widger
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Port
Said
Cario
Jrack
Nooon
Army OF Texas Republic
40Th Armored
49Th Infantry
46Th Infantry
Clarence C. Schnipke
Michigan
Leo M. Boyle
Illlinois
33Rd Infantry
Korea
Sicily
Italy
France
Germany
Bishop
Army of the Republic of Texas
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