U S and Mexico settle century old boundary dispute
President Johnson and President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz detonated a dynamite charge on a Rio Grande bridge to redraw the border, restoring about 400 acres of land. The leaders praised friendship as the river’s course was altered, with Lady Bird Johnson accompanying the Mexican president’s entourage. The event followed by remarks on borders as lines of cooperation.
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EL Paso
Tex
Johnson
Mexico
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Rio Grande
United States
Chicago police impersonator held with weapons and gear
READY CHICAGO UP I Police say Robert Schindler 26 was charged with impersonating a policeman. In his car were two .38 revolvers an M 1 carbine a 12 gauge shotgun a 7.26 caliber rifle about 1000 rounds of ammunition two police caps a riot helmet a can of mace a police club a first aid kit tickets and several hypodermic syringes.
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Chicago
UPI
Sud
Robert Schindler
Land Grant Group Leader Acquitted
Reies Lopez Tijerina, leader of the land grant claims group, was acquitted of kidnapping and assault charges tied to the Tierra Amarilla courthouse violence. Prosecutors weighed seven additional charges but no decision had been announced. The trial spanned five weeks with a six man six woman jury in New Mexico.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Reies Lopez Tijerina
Tijerina
Alfonso Sanchez
Tierra Amarilla
Sanchez
State
New Mexico
Texas
Alliance of Free City States
Alliance
New Interstate Spur Approved to Connect Evansville and I-64
The Transportation Department authorized a 14 mile interstate spur linking Evansville Indiana with I 64 at a cost of 26 million dollars. The action is part of 1 472 miles of added interstate highways funded mostly by the federal government with 90 percent covered federally and 10 percent by states.
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Washington
UPI
Transportation Department
Evansville
Ind
Quilts Catalog Offers Rare and Living Style Pieces
Book No 1 features 16 superb quilts priced 50c Book No 2 highlights 12 rare outstanding museum quilts also 50c Book No 3 showcases 15 unique quilts for today’s living cataloging each title and price in brief announcement
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Laura Wheeler
Terre Haute Tribune Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
Lynda Robb and Chuck Robb Attend Bangkok Social
President Johnsons elder daughter Lynda Robb and her Marine major husband Charles joined Bangkoks social scene Friday night. About 200 guests attended with two rock bands and champagne flowing as the couple danced a restrained foxtrot and briefly tasted the shake before returning to their chairs. The band paid tribute with Deep in the Heart of Texas, a nod to Lydnas home state.
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Bangkok
Johnson
Texas
Lynda Robb
Charles
Lynda
Seismographs to be Dunked Across Sagami Bay Observed
Japan plans to place three seismographs near Tokyo in 1969 to study undersea tremors and quake signs. A Japanese science agency budgeted 24723 dollars for Sagami Bay research and aims to deploy additional devices around Japan if results prove promising.
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Honshu
Sagami Bay
Japan
Tokyo
Science and Technology Agency
Nigeria
Sagami Bays
California
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