Campus mass shooting shocks Texas capital
Retired Marine Charles Whitman killed multiple people from the Texas University tower before being shot by officers. Victims include a Dallas coed and Iraqi scholar Abdul Khashab. Condolences and investigations unfold as officials plan grand jury hearings and assess evidence from the scene.
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Connally
Homer Garrison
Texas Department of Public Safety
Austin
Robert A. Miles
Lester Palmer
Lana Phillips
Dallas
Whitman
Harry Ransom
Travis County Grand Jury
Dist. Atty
Tom Blackwell
Miles
Grand Jury
Idaho Governor Smylie Defeated In Party Primary By Samuelson
Idaho Governor Robert E. Smylie loses the Republican renomination to state Sen. Don Samuelson by 52 832 to 33 619 in an unofficial tally. Samuelson carried most of the 44 counties, aided by opposition to a sales tax andSmylies anti Goldwater stance.
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Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Don Samuelson
Smylie
James B. Pearson
Kansas
Robert Ellsworth
J. Floyd Breeding
Congress
Senate
House
Missouri
Samuelson
Panhandle
Barry Goldwater
National Party
Lucci's Mass Will Have One Layman
Washington AP reports that Luci Johnson and Patrick Nugent's Nuptial Mass Saturday will include one layman participant Rep Hale Boggs a Roman Catholic and family friend. He will read from Ephesians outlining wives submission and husbands headship with Loving guidance.
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Washington
Luci Johnson
Patrick Nugent
Hale Boggs
D-La
House
Johnson
Boggs
Paul the Apostle
Mathias Amendment Sparks House Open Housing Debate
The Mathias amendment aimed to shield homeowners from real estate transactions drawn opposition. Northern liberals pressed for a broader open housing provision while Southern Democrats and conservative Republicans resisted. The amendment failed 150 to 138 with a bloc of liberals siding with opponents and a quick option for another vote.
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Mathias
William F. Ryan
D-N.y
Upstate Support Tightens in Democratic Gubernatorial Race
Howard Samuels states he has 264 publicly committed delegates with Steuben County backing adding five more. Frank D. OConnor reports 215 delegates on his count but claims over 600 committed, as telegrams from Upstate county chairs arrive. Both men position as front runners against Nickerson and Roosevelt Jr. for the nomination.
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New York
Howard Samuels
Frank D. O’connor
New Upstate
Samuels
Canandaigua
Steuben County
Joseph Cullen
Steuben
Upstate
Frank D. O'Connor
O'Connor
Paul B. Kelly
Cattaraugus
John J. Purcell
Rensselaer
Charles McCormick
Franklin
Nassau County
Eugene H. Nickerson
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Clothes Art Censors Target New Delhi Film Posters
Self-appointed billboard censors in New Delhi paint clothes on scantily clad actresses on film posters. Police or municipal workers join the effort citing concerns over corruption of the young.
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New Delhi
India
Bombers Hit Demilitarized Zone and Haiphong in Vietnamese War
American forces reinforce the central highlands near Pleiku to about 10 000 with B26 helicopters and air mobile units. Eight enemy killed in three days of fighting. Haiphong raid reports flame engulfing the oil depot hindering damage assessment. Marine Hastings ends with about 500 casualties. B52s strike near the DMZ as the operation wraps.
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Saigon
25Th
U.S
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Hanoi Radio
Red
Thai Binh
Pleiku
North
South
Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Swarthmore Student Gifted for Luci Johnson Wedding
Robert Bartkus, a 19-year-old Swarthmore junior who once dated the bride to be, searched New York stores for a gift. He bought a straw jicnie basket with utensils and plates addressed to Luci Baines Johnson at the White House. Bartkus, one of 700 guests, recalled meeting Luci at a 1962 Hawaii party and dating in 1963.
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White House
Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Raul Leoni
Venezuela
U.S
Kearny
N.J
Robert Barthus
Swarthmore College
New York City
Bartkus
Luci Baines Johnson
Washington, D.C
Patrick John Nugent
Luci
Tokyo to raise funds for A dome repair drive
The Hiroshi ma municipal government will begin a drive Saturday to raise 11000 dollars to repair the A bomb dome, the roofless ruin left after the August 6 1945 atomic blast.
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Tokyo
Hiroshima
U.S
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