Soaking Rains Hit West Texas Scarce Flood Return
Heavy rainfall across Scurry and West Texas caused renewed flooding in Snyder and surrounding areas two weeks after the major flood of 1939. Reports show up to 5 inches in places north and west, 3 inches in Snyder, and 11 a.m. lake levels rising to 2242.43 with Bull Creek feeding Lake J. B. Thomas.
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West
Texas
Snyder
Twenty - Sixth Street
Deep Creek
Standard of Texas
Randall’ Corner
Dermott
Fluvanna
Lake
J. B. Thomas
Boyd's Lodge
Scurry
Scurry-Kent
Ira
Helmleigh
Dunn
Camp Springs
Gail
Littlefield
Lubbock
Far West
Panhandle
Scurry County
Twenty-sixth
China Puppet Expected To Rap Soviet For Talks
United Nations dispatch notes Albania, China's UN voice, prepared to press Kosygin over his U S summit with Johnson. Kosygin's New York visit highlighted 10 hours of talks, with no shift in stand on the Arab Israeli conflict while Israel withdrawal and arms questions remain central.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y
Alexei N. Kosygin
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
Albania
China
Kosygin
Johnson
New York
New York City
Niagara Falls
Glassboro
N.J
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Mrs. Griffith Dies Today In Snyder Texas
Mrs. Mabel Josephine Griffith age 57 of 911 Thirtieth Street died at 12 15 a m in Cogdell Memorial Hospital Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at First Baptist Church with Dr A B Lightfoot and Rev G M Cole officiating Burial in Hillside Memorial Garden under Bolger Funeral Home direction She is survived by husband W E Griffith a daughter Wanda Jo Rhodes two sons Edward Eugene Griffith Roy Kenneth Griffith two sisters Ed Wade Ruth Donner nine grandchildren and several brothers from New Mexico and Texas including Roy E Davis J R Davis and C B Davis
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Mabel Josephine Griffith
Thirtieth Street
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
First Baptist Church
Griffith
Snyder Schools
W. E. Griffith
Wanda Jo Rhodes
Fort Rucker
Ala
Edward Eugene Griffith
Fort Worth
Roy Kenneth Griffith
Tyler
Ed Wade
Snyder
Ruth Donner
Garden Grove
Calif
Roy E. Davis
Hobbs
N. M
J. R. Davis
Sweet
Experts Divided Over Yield of Air War in North Vietnam
Washington AP reports a split view among officials and military experts on the impact of U S air operations against North Vietnam. Some argue increased targets at industrial sites could blunt supply flows, while others fear slowing strikes will raise weapon shipments to the south and prolong the war.
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N. Vietnam
Fred S. Hoffman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington (Ap
U. S
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
South Vietnam
Air Force
Navy
Meredith's Mississippi Walk Slowed By Ailing Feet
Civil rights figure James H. Meredith struggled through Mississippi as his 200 mile walk against fear slowed. With 37 miles completed he changed to toe slit shoes and warned fans his pace may drop. In Sardis he marked his 34th birthday and hinted at stopping near Canton 25 miles from Jackson.
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Batesville
Miss
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
Meredith
Sardis
U.S. 51
Canton
Capitol
Jackson
President Johnson's Uncle Huffman Baines Dies at 83
Huffman Baines 83, uncle of President Johnson, died at 8 55 am in Morningside Manor rest home after long illness. He had been on oxygen since Friday. Known as Uncle Huff to the President, he was once visited by Johnson in 1966 after a hip fracture and received a presidential medallion and gallery pass.
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San Antonio
Johnson
Huffman Baines
Morningside Manor Rest Home
Huff
Nix Hospital
U.S. Senate
Weather Update for Snyder and Regions Texas
Temperatures ranged from 49 to 95 degrees with 7 am readings of 64 in Snyder. Partly cloudy, warm conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms in North Central and Northeast Texas, and similar patterns across Northwest and Southwest Texas. Tuesday brings mostly clear to partly cloudy skies with higher temperatures across the state.
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Snyder
Texas
Southwest
No Differences Resolved In Talks At Glassboro Summit
Johnson and Kosygin failed to settle major issues including Vietnam and the Middle East but agreed to keep direct contact. The two leaders spent nearly 10 hours over two days at Glassboro New Jersey and projected future talks as Secretary Rusk and Foreign Minister Gromyko pursue concrete accords.
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John Hightower
New York
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Vietnam
Middle East
Glassboro
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Kosygin
United Nations
Israal
United States
Washington
Middle Eastern
Hollybush
Moscow
Kremlin
Dean Rusk
Andrei A.gromyko
U. S
Viet Nam Battles See Paratroopers Hold Ground In Heavy Fighting
South Vietnamese paratroopers and South Korean marines led Sunday combat as U S units ran 21 ground sweeps with light contact. Vietnamese forces reported 105 killed in a search and destroy operation below the 17th Parallel and captured 19 weapons. Korean troops killed 43 in Phu Yen Province with no own casualties. A Chinook helicopter rescued wounded soldiers after a mine blew up an armored vehicle near Dinh Tuong Province. The 173rd Airborne Brigade reported scattered contact in the central highlands with limited fighting overnight.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U. S
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
1St Corps
Phu Yen
U.S
Dinh Tuong
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Highlands
173Rd
Kosygin Heads to Cuba After New York Departure
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin leaves New York after a nine day stay and plans to fly to Cuba from Kennedy Airport at 11 50 a m EDT. He acknowledged questions with a nod and said Da in response through an interpreter.
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New York
Alexei N. Kosygin
United States
Cuba
Kosygin
United Nations
Kennedy Airport
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