Supreme Court okays federal prosecution in 1964 civil rights killings
The Supreme Court unanimously allowed federal charges against three law officers and 14 others in the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers near Philadelphia, Mississippi. The Penn case also revived federal charges over the killing of Lemuel Penn in Georgia, with Justice Stewart outlining required jury instructions on interstate travel rights and specific intent.
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Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Miss
Abe Fortas
Hugo L. Black
Fortas
Mississippi
High Tribunal
Lemuel Penn
D.C
Georgia
Potter Stewart
Penn
Stewart
Ku Klux Klan
John M. Harlan
William J. Brennan
Earl Warren
William O. Douglas
Brennan
Tom C Clark
Austin
Lynda Bird
Johnson
Black
University of Texas
LBJ Ranch
George Hamilton
Hamilton
Miss Johnson
John Connally
Governor's Mansion
Red Carpet Welcome for Indira Gandhi at White House
President Johnson greets India's prime minister Indira Gandhi in a two day Washington visit. A 21 gun salute marks the White House ceremony as Gandhi, with her two sons, begins talks aimed at deeper U S India understanding and peacemaking. Gandhi stresses closer understanding of nations and people.
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Spencer Davis
Washington
Johnson
India
Indira’ Gandhi
White House
Paris
Williamsburg
United States
Judd Urges Expanded Bombing of North Viet Nam
Former Rep. Walter H. Judd urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to intensify bombing of North Vietnam targeting war plants power plants and oil depots to curb Ho Chi Minh's capacity to kill South Vietnamese people He also pressed continued isolation and containment of Red China warning that recognizing Communist China would be a dangerous victory for free Asia
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Washington
Walter H. Judd
North Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Red China
Judd
China
United Nations
Free Asia
Poll Gives Labor Edge In Britain
London AP Polls in 40 key marginal districts show Labour holding a 13 percent lead over the Conservatives. Prime Minister Harold Wilson pushes for a mandate to continue reforms while Edward Heath argues Britain risks bankruptcy from inflation.
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Gallup
Britain
Labor
Harold Wilson
Daily Telegraph
House of Commons
Commons
Wilson
Edward J Heath
George Brown
Liberal Party
The
Guardian
Yardley
Birmingham
Heath
Bombers Hit Viet Cong Mine Factory as Saigon Vigil Flows
US Air Force B52s bombed a hidden jungle mine factory 18 miles southeast of Saigon, blasting 100000 pounds of explosives as Marines sweep river approaches. The strike, described as awesome, targeted Mangrove swamps and Tay Ninh, with other raids destroying sampans and huts. Civil unrest grows as Buddhist-led protests press for Ky’s ouster and civilian rule.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Air Force
Guam
Magia Pass
Tay Ninh
Laos
National Week Liberation Front
Mekong Delta
U.S. 1St
Snyder High School Band wins 13th sweepstakes
Snyder High School Black and Gold Band captures its 13th consecutive sweepstakes in Region 6 UIL contests at Midland. Directed by Melvin Montgomery the AAA band earned Division I in marching last fall and again in concert playing and sight-reading, joining a select group with top honors among Triple A bands.
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Snyder High School
Midland
Snyder Band
Melvin Montgomery
Snyder
Blacksand Gold Band
Andrews
Monahans
Sweetwater
Pecos
Kermit I
Brownfield
Fort Stockton
Odessa Ector
Clarence Sawhill
UCLA
Norville Howell
Clovis
N.M
L. M. Snavely
McAllen
Wayne Muller
Oklahoma State
John Green
West Texas State University
Joe Haddon
Midwestern University
Light Showers Dampened Snyder Area
Light showers swept the Snyder region with the best moisture production of the year. Total rainfall ranged from a quarter to three quarters of an inch, with .47 inches at the city water plant and .7 inches at Lake Thomas dam. lake level rose only .03 foot.
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Snyder
City
Lake Thomas
Orbiting Telescopes To Study The Stars
Cape Kennedy Fla AP The space agency launches an astronomical observatory today and follows it up Tuesday with an Atlas Centaur test. The OAO satellite weighs 3900 pounds and will study stellar objects above Earth's atmosphere. If successful it marks a major advance in astronomy and supports future Apollo lunar missions.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Space Agency
OAO
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
United States
Centaur
Surveyor
Mariner
Space
Moon
Apollo
Michigan UFO sightings extend into Ohio and Wisconsin
Reports of blinking aerial objects stretch from Michigan's thumb region to Green Bay Wisconsin and near Toledo and Dayton Ohio. Dr. J Allen Hynek cites swamp gas as a possible explanation though observers dispute it, and Wright Patterson AFB notes Blue Book continues normal sightings analysis.
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Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Thumb
Lake Michigan
Green Bay
Wis
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Dayton
Northwestern University
J. Allen Hynek
Air Force
Ohio Highway
R.D. Landversicht
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Wright Patterson
Project Blue Book
Hector Quintanilla
Blue Book Project
Sylvania Fire Department
Hynek
Evanston
Ill
Hillsdale
Dexter
Blaze Damages Firm In Lubbock
Fire in Lubbock caused about 50,000 in damage to the Case Implement Co. Sunday night. The blaze also damaged the nearby Western Trailer Co. Firemen said burglars likely started the fire while attempting to break into a safe that was partly opened.
Weather Summary for Texas and Nearby Regions
Weather outlook shows varying temperatures across Texas regions with cooler south and northwest today and Tuesday. Thunderstorms favored in the south and southeast with scattered showers tonight and Tuesday, while north and central areas expect partly cloudy skies and mild highs in the 60s to low 70s. Winds from the east to southeast at 10 to 20 knots offshore.
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Snyder
Texas
Soull High
Texas Rain Tamps State With Widespread Showers
Rain swept across Texas bringing needed moisture in many areas while missing the far northern Panhandle and parts of the South Plains. Heaviest falls were in North Central Texas with instances of hail and street flooding reported in several towns and a traffic pileup near Ferris.
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Associated Press
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Pecos River
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Big Spring
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Corpus Christi
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Killeen
College Station
Ferris
Gainesville
Waxahachie
Burleson
Decatur
Greenville
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Mrs. Gandhi
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Lars
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
Viet Nam
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Long Tao
SHS
Blaze Damages Firm
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