Middle East Crisis Erupts In Two Front War
Jerusalem reports war across Israel and neighbors Egypt Jordan Syria as fighting spreads to Sinai and Gaza Amman says Jordanian frontier battles escalate Cairo claims Israeli strikes on Sharm El Sheikh and three capitals UN warns of mounting casualties Thant appeals for restraint Brazil records a soldier death in the UN force.
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Jerusalem
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Sinai
Haifa
Cairo
Amman
Damascus
Hussein
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
Nasser
Sinai Desert
Khan Younes
Gaza Strip
Leathernecks Smash Reds In Da Nang Victory
U S Marines shattered a Communist regiment south west of Da Nang after two days of fierce fighting. About 3 000 enemy troops were driven off, with 73 Marines killed and 139 wounded. U S air forces claimed further success, downing several MIGs and destroying trucks in convoy raids.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nangi
da Nang
North Vietnam
Air Force
Dong Hoi
Vinh
Hanoi
China
Wild Winds Return To South Plains
Severe storms swept West Texas's Panhandle and Plainview area causing tornadoes 175 miles long, hail damage, and heavy rainfall. Widespread outages and structural damage followed as sheriff deputies reported twisters near Plainview and a funnel near the airport. Roads closed by flooding and utility lines were downed while a hangar and a grain bin suffered significant losses.
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Panhandle Plains
West Texas
Plainview
Weather Bureau
Painview
Lubbock
Bennett Grain Co
Plain
Power blackout hits East Coast areas including Newark
A massive power failure cut electricity from New Jersey to Delaware affecting Newark and Philadelphia and other densely populated cities. The Public Service Co. of New Jersey said the outage stemmed from an interconnecting line linking New Jersey Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Delaware
Philadelphia
New York City
The
Public Service Co
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Boston rioting leaves hundreds injured as deaths not reported
Three nights of violence in Roxbury damaged businesses and homes on Blue Hill Avenue. Police responded to rock throwing, looting, and arson with sniper fire reported but no deaths. Officials estimate millions in damage and call for disaster aid.
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Boston
City Hospital
Roxbury
John A. ‘Volpe
Royal Bolling
Michael E. Haynes
Franklin W. Holgate
Blue Hill Avenue
Willliam A. Bradley
Rites Set Today For Mrs. Ora Allen
Funeral service for Mrs. Ora Allen 85 was to be held at 4 p m at Bell Seale Chapel with Rev Don Laing and Rev Shelby Jones officiating. Burial followed in Dunn Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home direction. She had lived in Scurry County since 1934 and was a native of West Virginia. Surviving include a daughter Mary Lee Gray Fort Worth two sons L A Scott Dunn Clyde Scott Texarkana and several stepchildren grandchildren and great grandkids.
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Ora Allen
Allen
Thirty - First Street
Scurry County
West Virginia
Bell - Seale Chapel
Don Laing
Colorado City
Shelby Jones
Dunn Baptist Church
Dunn Cemetery
Bell - Seale Funeral Home
Mary Lee Gray
Fort Worth
L. A. Scott
Dunn
Clyde Scott
Texarkana
Joe Hairston
Floyd Merket
China Grove
Bob Bryant
Snyder
Roy
Leonard Allen
Bertie Reynolds
Lubbock
Becky Reynolds
Sulphur Springs
Charlie Kimberlin
Farmersville
Ollie Richardson
Dewey Denson
W. J. Fuller
Mark Holmes
Billy Ray Browning
Hack Billingsley
Solons To Study Valley Trouble
State Senator Oscar Mauzy and two colleagues will travel to the Lower Rio Grande Valley to gather facts on a farm labor dispute involving the Rangers. They will meet with Rangers, the district attorney, the sheriff, growers, pickets, and laborers to hear all sides. The strike seeks a minimum wage for farm workers and recent arrests prompted calls for a Rangers removal.
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Dallas
Oscar Mauzy
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Rangers
Mauzy
Don Kennard
Fort Worth
A. R. Schwarz
Galveston
Maury
Homer Garrison
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Weather Snyder and Texas regional forecast update
Snyder temperatures show a high of 76 Saturday and 90 Sunday with lows from 62 to 68 across the period. National districts forecast clear to partly cloudy conditions with warm days and some thunderstorms in the west and north regions through Tuesday. Coast winds stay 8 to 16 knots with widespread warm nights and highs from 80 to 98 in various zones.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
County Commissioners Approve Small Coliseum Changes
The board approved minor coliseum changes including restroom flooring and external drainage at a cost of about 215 dollars. They also authorized use of the Winston Park pool for Head Start swimming lessons and hired Deffebach Yorgeson and Blakey for the county audit.
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Winston Park
William J. Schiebel
Younsters
Deffebach, Yorgeson and Blakey
Thant appeals for cease fire as Jordan troops seize UN cordon
U Thant told a U.N. Security Council emergency session that Jordanian forces occupied the U.N. truce supervision HQ in Jerusalem and urged King Hussein to order withdrawal. He said Israeli planes strafed an Indian UN convoy, three Indian soldiers died, and fighting erupted near Government House as UNEF withdrawa l continues.
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Cairo
Sinai
Desert
Ismailia
Suez Canal
George Brown
London
Israel
Jerusalem
Middle East
U.N
U Thant
Security Council
New York
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
Hussein of
Jordan
Thant
War Ministry
Brasilia
United Nations, N.Y
Hussein
U.N. Security Council
U.N. Observer Organization
Government House
UNEF
Gaza
Egypt
Odd Bull
Truce Organization
Britain Reviews Air Safety Rules After Fatal Crashes
Britain revisits air safety standards after two chartered liner crashes killed 160 Britons. A DC4 bound for Perpignan and an Argonaut on return from Majorca collided with tragedy during landing. Both planes were private, propeller-driven older models, exposing gaps between private operators and state airlines BOAC BEA.
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Rodney Pinder
London
Britain
Perpignan
France
Pyrenees
Majorca
Stockport
British Airlines
BOAC
British Overseas Airways Corp
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Odessa
Ed Kerley
Abilene
Bob McLeod
Houston
Bill Moss
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Johnson
Kerley
Mrs. Allen
Sylvania
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