West Texas rains bring long awaited soaking
Widespread thundershowers drenched West and West Central Texas with over 2 inches in spots. Tornado funnels and golf ball hail hit Farm areas near Brownfield and Reese Air Base. Flooding and heavy rain spread to Panhandle and South Plains with 1 to 2 inch totals in many towns.
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Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
Menard
Gonzales
Bowie
Brady
Lometa
Floydada
Littlefield
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
Orton
South Plains
West Texas
Brownfield
Reese Air Base
Lubbock
Terry County
Texas Panhandle
Fort Stockton
Plainview
Reds Recall Leaders In Hong Kong
Peking orders top Hong Kong Communist leaders to return to China to explain the failure of anti British demonstrations. Reports say New China News Agency and Bank of China officials were blamed for not mobilizing mass support amid rioting. Red Guards in Canton demand accountability for Hong Kong leaders.
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Hong Kong
Peking
China
Communist New China News Agency
Bank of China
Mao Tsetung
Canton
Red Guards
South China
SHS Seniors Get Diplomas Here Tonight
Snyder High School celebrates the Class of 1967 with diplomas in an 8 p.m. commencement at the SHS auditorium. Dr. A B Lightfoot delivered the baccalaureate, Glenna Kay England gives the valedictory, Joyce Ann Greenway the salutatory, with Kenneth Wilson issuing diplomas.
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Snyder High School
SHS
A. B. Lightfoot
First Baptist Church
Glenna Kay England
Joyce Ann Greenway
Kenneth Wilson
Schoool Board
Ben Brock
Horrace Bostick
Robert Clinton
Red Gunners Stage Surprise Barrage Near Hue
Communist gunners attacked U S forces near Duc Pho on the central coast at 2 30 a m. Mortars struck Hue injuring four people and wounding 17 at the International Control Commission hotel. The Hue assault left the Huang Giang Hotel 60 percent destroyed and 10 commission members escaped unharmed.
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George McArthur
Saigon
U.S
Hue
International Control Commission
Commission
Voice of America
Vietnam
Huang Giang
Weather snapshot for Texas regions with warm highs and storms
Snyder area forecasts show a 90 degree high with overnight 65 and Sunday 68 in the morning. North Central to Northeast Texas expect cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms through Tuesday and cooler air.
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Dalhart
Upper
Panhandle
Amarillo
Chilldress
Wichita Falls
Abilene
San Angelo
Comanche
Waco
Brownwood
Childress
Lubbock
New Mexico
Texas
Presidio
Big Bend
Snyder
Southeast
Southwest
Special Session Pondered By Adjourning Lawmakers
Texas legislators end their 60th regular session with talks of a 1969 taxing and spending special session. Speaker Ben Barnes hopes Gov. Connally waits to call it until after the 1968 May primaries. Senate selects Ralph Hall as president pro tempore with coin flip deciding. Major legislation cleared, setting an easy adjournment and fueling speculation on the timing of a special session.
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Garth Jones
Austin
Texas
Ben Barnes
John Connally
Ralph Hall
Rockwall
Hall
Sen
Jim Bates
Edinburg
Bates
Senate
Connally
Ten Die In Army Huey Helicopter Crash at Fort Knox
The Army reports ten soldiers killed and two in serious condition after two UH1B Huey helicopters crashed during a training mission at Fort Knox near Louisville. The victims were members of the 3rd Squadron 17th Cavalry. Identities withheld pending notification of relatives.
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FT. Knoxn Ky
Army
Louisville
Ireland Army Hospital
17Th Air Cavalry Regiment
John Caithness
Memorial Day Service for Sgt Deere Honors Vietnam Service
Memorial Day funeral with full military honors for Sgt Donald Thorpe Deere 22 of Roscoe follows interdenominational rites at Bell Seale Chapel. Green Beret unit from Lubbock and detachments from Brooke Army Medical Center San Antonio and Fort Hood attend. Sgt Maj Jerry M. Pierce to speak and unveil a bronze memorial marker. Deere declared dead May 18 after missing in action near the Cambodian border Lac Ninh Vietnam. Born Sept 6 1944 in Roscoe he served from July 1963 and is survived by parents siblings and grandparents. A church fund at West Texas State Bank supports non denominational offerings in lieu of flowers.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Gaza Strip
Tel Aviv
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba
Israel
Levi Eshko
Gaza
Palestine Liberation Army
U.N
Egypt
Syrian Front
Syria
Nureddine Atassi
Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexi N. Kosygin
Nasser
Suez Canal
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Britain
Gulf
Strait of Tiran
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Bell- Seale Chapel
Jerry Speer
Green Hill Baptist Church
Otis Archie, Sr
New Hope Baptist Church
Allan Forbis
Fluvanna Methodist Church
Samuel Delgado
Templo Bautista Mission
Bell Seale Funeral Home
West Texas State Bank
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Special Forces
Lubbock
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
Fort Hood
Jerry M. Pierce
R.O.T.C
Hardin - Simmons University
Abilene
Hillside Field
Deere
Department of Defense
Lac Ninh
Roscoe
Ranger Junior College
Army
National Guard
Herman Deere
Snyder
Charles Deere
U.S. Army
D. Leon Deere
Arlington
Roy D. Sanderford l
Delphia Deere
Lamesa
Leonard E. Thorpe
Dallas
V.F.W
Green Hill
Baptist Church
George Mahon
Set Deere
Herman
Valladares
Our Lady
Guadalupe Church
Pope Names 27 New Cardinals
Pope Paul VI named 27 new cardinals including four Americans raising U S membership to nine and the Sacred College to a record 120. New Americans include Archbishops Krol O’Boyle Cody and Bishop Brennan who heads the Vatican’s Sacred Rota.
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Bennet M. Bolton
Vatican City
Paul VI
Sacred College of Cardinals
United States
Jon Joseph Krol
Philadelphia
Patrick Louis O’boyle
Washington
D.C
John Patrick Cody
Chicago
Francis J. Brennan
Shenandoaha Pa
Vatican
Pope Paul
Sacred College
Albert Cardinal Meyer
Memorial Day Holiday Toll Forecast By Safety Experts
Safety officials warn the four day Memorial Day period could set a new high for highway deaths. By Monday 394 deaths reported. total four day toll may reach 650 to 750. Boating drownings totaled 53 with 25 boating fatalities, underscoring safety needs.
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Chicago
Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Pyle
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Red Gunners
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Duc Pho
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