Stevenson Funeral Draws Lincoln Homecoming Crowd
Adlai E Stevenson, former governor and presidential hopeful, died in London at 65. President Johnson and dignitaries attended today’s funeral and burial at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery Bloomington after lying in state in Springfield. Crowds lined routes as his coffin traveled 62 miles to the Unitarian church where a brief service recalled his Illinois ties and public service.
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Storm Bathes Troy Area Drenching Buskirk Stricken by Lightning
A thunder and lightning storm drenched the drought-hit Troy area causing power failures, road closures, and fires. Buskirk in Rensselaer County suffered hardest as secondary roads were blocked, primary roads were barely passable, and about fifty trees four to six inches in diameter felled, leaving the community powerless and cut off from the outside world. Niagara Mohawk crews worked overnight to restore damaged wires.
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Rains Bring Northeast Some Relief From Drought
Heavy rains drenched the Northeast with up to 1.95 inches at Point Judith Rhode Island and 1.71 inches at Westhampton Beach New York while Maine and Massachusetts towns recorded significant totals. Florida saw heavy showers as distant heat baked the southern Great Plains with Wichita Falls Texas reaching 100 degrees for 13 straight days and Pine Bluff Arkansas hitting 100.
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Sinks After Mysterious Explosion Off City Island
A pleasure boat burned and sank in Long Island Sound after a sudden explosion off City Island. Two policemen were injured while searching for passengers as the owner Joseph Derrico of The Bronx jumped overboard. Derrico refused medical aid.
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Frei Continues European Tour in Munich Arrival
Chilean President Eduardo Frei arrived in Munich yesterday on the final leg of a European tour that included visits to London Rome Paris and other capitals. He traveled from London and earlier stopped in Italy and France.
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Sustained Fire Probes Bien Hoa Area By Viet Cong
Near Bien Hoa South Vietnam an element of the U S First Infantry Division came under sustained Viet Cong fire in a harassing attack by the newly arrived Second Brigade. Casualties were light per a U S spokesman, while helicopters strafed suspected Viet Cong positions. The strike did not involve the Bien Hoa air base or the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
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Scientists confident form of life on Mars
Soviet launch of Zond 3 precedes U S hopes of Martian life. NASA experts note Mars offers varied terrain with potential habitats. Jet Propulsion Laboratory biologist Gerald Soffen explains pictures support search for simple life forms as unmanned missions target Mars in the 1970s.
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New York City Water Reserve Shrinks Amid Rain
New York City’s water supply dipped to 230.9 billion gallons or 48.5 percent of capacity after Saturdays rain. The figure compares with 231.6 billion gallons and 48.6 percent the day before, against the normal 404 billion gallons or 84.8 percent.
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Greeks Rally in Crete Against Royalty in major anti monarchist protest
More than 20 000 demonstrators gathered in Iraklion demanding an end to the royal house as Athens and Salonika brace for clashes. King Constantine, premier Athanasiadis Novas, and Papandreou trade blame over the crisis with riots and police action across Greece.
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Girls Scout Senior Roundup camped in rugged Bitterroot digs
Nine thousand high school girls attend the 1965 Girl Scout Senior Roundup in northern Idaho facing dust and rocks. They improvise luxury with tents, wind chimes, canister sets, and improvised bedding while enduring heat and scarce water.
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Bitterroot
Janet Meyer
Wellington
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Bettendorf
Iowa
Nancy Chamber
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Grand Junction
Colo
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Willa Smith
Anaconda
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Cardinal McGuigan Near Death After Stroke
Cardinal James McGuigan of Toronto, 70, was reported past the danger point after a severe stroke that left him critically ill for 17 hours. By yesterday he was improving and his condition described as satisfactory.
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Edward Brooks
War Hurts Saigon Rice Crop
The article reports Vietnam’s first large rice imports as the war disrupts shipments in the Mekong delta. U.S. agrees to export 100000 metric tons this year while Viet Cong control freight routes, threatening a major rice-producing nation’s output and exports.
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Chicago Cab Strike Ends
Chicago ends a 23 day strike by 6 000 Yellow Cab and Checker Taxi workers after Local 777 and two firms ratified a tentative agreement. The vote was 1502 to 42 with the pact signed in the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service offices.
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