Worst Is Over In Texas Storm Toll Nears One Billion
South Texas rivers crested high as Beulah floodwaters moved to the gulf with 38 dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. The Rio Grande and Nueces set record highs while relief efforts focused on Brownsville Corpus Christi and the Texas Rio Grande Valley.
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Robert Carey
Corpus Christi
Tex
UPI
South Texas
Beulah
Gulf of Mexico
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Matamoros
Mexico
Texas Rio Grande Valley
Nueces
Navidad
Guadalupe
San Antonio
Aransas
Lavaca
Texas
Caribbean
Weather Bureau
Arsonists Sought Over McNamara Chalet Fire
A nationwide bulletin seeks unknown arsonists who boasted of burning Defense Secretary Robert McNamara’s mountain chalet near Aspen Colorado. They used lantern fuel candle and twine in a failed Sept. 7 attempt that caused only slight damage before workers intervened. The letter claiming the act was sent to UPI from Leadville Colorado.
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Aspen
Colo
McNamara
UPI
Denver
U.S
Vietnam
Leadville
Michigan Squall Strikes North Lake Michigan Drowning Five
A sudden squall off northern Lake Michigan drowned at least five boaters and fishermen on a crowded weekend scene. Two people remained missing as the Coast Guard searched. Victims identified include William Meekoff 39 of Wyoming Bernard Van Koevering 23 Grand Rapids Arthur de Hare 77 Elgin Earl Smith 72 Onaway and Donald Farr 49 Jenison.
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Frankfort
Mich
Lake Michigan
U.S. Coast Guard
Michigan
William Meekoff
Wyoming
Bernard van Koevering
Grand Rapids
Arthur de Hare
Elgin
Earl Smith
Onaway
Donald Farr
Jenison
Fortunate Fool and Money Parted Say Grit
A quote from Grit magazine warns that a fool and his money part quickly, noting their dangerous mix and the risk of losses. The sharp line emphasizes the perils of imprudent spending and ill advised bets.
ABC Faced Football Broadcast Dustup Over Picket Lines
ABC suffered live coverage disruption as NABET picket lines halted technicians at Annapolis and other sites. AFTRA members refused to cross, leaving Navy versus Penn State with limited audio. Howard improvised on a sideline mic while wires were repaired.
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New York
UPI
American Broadcasting Co
ABC
Chris Schenkel
Bud Wilkinson
National Association of Broadcast Employes and Technicians
NABET
Annapolis
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
AFTRA
Penn State Navy
Charles Howard
Howard
George Hoover
Miami
Northwestern
V.M.I
West Virginia
Colorado
Oregon
Keith McBee
WVU Edges VMI for First TV Grid Win
West Virginia defeated Virginia Military Institute 21 to 9 in a regional TV game crowd of 28 500 at the Stadium. The Mountaineers finally won a televised contest but faced a stubbornKeydets effort.
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WVU
Susie Barnes
William Barnes
Rices Landing
Patti
Mickey Forfars
West Virginia
Virginia Military Institute
Mountaineers
VMI
Four Americans Repel NVA Attack At DMZ
Four U.S. Marines repelled a 100 insurgent assault near the DMZ after mortar and infantry attacks. The unit, aided by helicopters and heavy weapons, left all four Marines unhurt while the enemy left about 20 dead. 59 Marines were wounded in other Friday-Saturday bombardments.
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Saigon
Aps
Demilitarized Zone
III Marine Amphibious Force
Marine Says DMZ Efforts Are in Vain in Vietnam Conflict
UPI reports Brig. Gen. John Metzger stating American firepower cannot eradicate North Vietnamese guns shelling Leatherneck outposts near the DMZ. He warned of a possible North Vietnamese invasion aimed at Con Thien and suggested a ground push into the DMZ as likely needed. B52 strikes were used, with heavy bombardment intensifying as Marines faced mounting casualties and shortages.
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Dong HA
South Vietnam
UPI
U.S
Leatherneck
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
John Metzger
Con Thien
Metzger
OAS Hears Plan to Isolate Cuba Across Hemisphere
Hemisphere foreign ministers draft measures to curb Cuba subversion with economic and limited military steps. The document, shaped by the US and allies, faces a Sunday vote as 2000 Cuban exiles protest near the OAS headquarters. Secretary Rusk urges allies to cut trade with Cuba to isolate Castro.
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Washington
UPI
Cuba
Latin America
Organization of American States
OAS
United States
Venezuela
Brazil
Chile
Bolivia
Ecuador
Costa Rica
Colombia
Trinidad-Tobago
Simon Bolivar
Dean Rusk
France
Britain
Japan
Spain
Rusk
Society of Free Men
Fidel Castro
Milwaukee Marching Continues Open Housing Crusade
In Milwaukee a 27th day march for open housing drew about 600 civil rights demonstrators from S. T. Boniface Church on Milwaukee's south side. Led by Rev. James Groppi and Bishop Ralph Alton, clergy from multiple faiths joined the effort as Nazi counter protesters appeared.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Father Groppi
Youth Council
Milwaukee
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Soviets Agree to Aid Hanoi With Military and Economic Aid
The Soviet Union finalized agreements with North Vietnam to continue military and economic deliveries in 1968. The communique lists aircraft, antiaircraft and rocket equipment, artillery, small arms, ammunition, and related materials, plus oil, metals, foodstuffs, chemicals, and medicines.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Best Comics and Family Weekly Highlights
Page 16-C offers contact lens developments while eight pages cover the Best Comics in a sixteen page spread. Family Weekly provides twenty pages of content with entertainment notes and features.
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Family Weekly
British and Soviet Discuss Vietnam Peace Efforts
British Foreign Secretary George Brown and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko met in New York to discuss Vietnam. Gromyko refused to use the Geneva Conference machinery for peace talks, despite Britain’s request to reconvene the 1954 Geneva Conference.
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United Nations
UPD
George Brown
Andrei Gromyko
Vietnam
Gromyko-Brown
Brown
New York
U.N
Gromyko
Britain
Soviet Union
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