Beulah Hammers Texas Gulf Coast. Brownsville Hit Hard
Hurricane Beulah roared up the Texas coast causing heavy damage in Brownsville and Palacios, with tornadoes killing four and leaving more than 30,000 homeless. Gov. Connally mobilized 1,280 National Guardsmen as the storm moved toward Corpus Christi. The system, blamed for at least 34 deaths, cut power and obliterated homes while citrus crops suffered.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
UPI
Beulah
Texas
Brownsville
Mexican
John Connally
Weather Bureau
Caribbean
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Palacios
Texas Gulf Coast
Highway Department
Port Lavaca
Hungerford
Chan Dewitt
Charles Wylie
Billy Martin
C. J. Wengler
Gulf
Rio Grande
Weather: Showers continue in south and east. temperatures fall
United Press International reports showers and thunderstorms persist tonight in the south and east, turning cooler in the northwest. Lows reach the 50s to 60s with southeast reaching the 60s to 70s, and Thursday brings variable clouds with slightly cooler highs reaching the 60s to 70s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
IGWA
Convention here Saturday Washington County ASC elects committee
County voters chose three regular committeemen and two alternates from each of fifteen townships in Washington County. The convention, set for 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Washington County ASCS Office, will elect a three year county committeeman and two one year alternates, with current leaders not up for re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Raymond L. Bonar
Washington
Edward Wolfe
Marion D. Miller
Lloyd Courtney
Eugene P. Reed
Washington U.S
Howard Lins
Henry Berger
Robert Pearson
ASCS
W. Jefferson St
Bombers strike as MIG jets clash near Hanoi
In North Vietnam U S Air Force jets repelled an 18 minute assault by eight communist MIG17s on Tuesday and bombed a military barracks 17 miles from Hanoi. B52s hit Red artillery along the border four times but could not stop the bombardment.
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Saigon
Saigor
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Four Boys Killed by Live Shells On Porch
In Lincoln Nebraska a family tragedy unfolds as four neighborhood boys ages 8 to 11 die after a live artillery shell explodes on the Kellogg home porch. The shells were collected by Air Force Sgt. Lee J. Kenney as mementos and were later found to be live. A second shell was recovered blocks away and a Fort Riley team handled the danger. The victims were Jonathan Kellogg 11 Timothy Kellogg 9 Donald Brown 9 and David Hansen 8. The incident reignites debates on handling explosive remnants from military service.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Air Force
Lee J. Kenney
Kenney
Salina
Kan
Jonathan Kellogs
Timothy
Calvin Kellogg
Donald Brown
Earl O. Brown
David Hansen
Richard E. Hansen
Lancaster County
Donald Lahners
Kellogg
Brown
Hansen
Lahners
Fort Riley
Post
Giant electrical facility ready for Hills substation dedication
Governor Hughes closed the switch noon Tuesday to inaugurate Iowa’s first extra high voltage substation and transmission line six miles south of Iowa City. The Hills facility, part of a $35 million line linking St. Louis, Iowa City and Minneapolis, will interconnect 345,000 and 161,000 volt systems, adding power from major Midwest generators and improving reliability. Leaders from Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric and partners praised the project as a landmark for regional industry and growth.
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Hills
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
Journal
Charles Morris
Iowa City
Iowa - Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Missouri
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa - Illinois
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Interstate Power Company
Middle West
Hughes
The
Des Moines
Missouri River
Davenport
Cordova
Ilinois
Commonweath Edison
Chicago
St. Louisiana City - Mineapolis
the Hills
Barrett M. Carothers
Union Electric Company
Robert H. Engels
Northern States Power Company
A.W. Benkusky
Mid-Continent Area Power Planners
MAPP
Howard R. Bowen
University of Iowa
Charles H. Whitmore
Renkusky
Manitoba
Canada
Carothers
Union Electric
Engels
States
Adams
Minneapolis - St. Paul
Iowa Southern Utilities
Iowa Southern
Viele
Fort Madison
Mediapolis
Washington
Warning to Congress on Vietnam Air War Continuation
UPI reports Admiral Ulysses S. Sharp warned Congress that halting bombing of North Vietnam would be a disaster extend the war indefinitely. He argued the DMZ barrier cannot replace bombing and stopping would boost enemy morale and prompt rapid Communist resupply and American ground buildup.
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Washington
UPI
Ulysses S.G. Sharp
U.S
Pacific
Congress
North Vietnam
United States
Sharp
Dmz
Senate
Subcommittee
Haiphong
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Maas
Tse Amma Agp
U.S. Weather Bureau
San Benito
County
ASC
Brighton
Carl Corpman
Dale W. Jones
Kenneth Guy
Carl Jarvis
Dwight E. Robison
Cedar John L. Johnson
Kenneth Patterson
Wayne Witthoft
John Duvall
West Chester
Keith A. Huber
Clay Ray J. Moorer
Richland
Benjamin Leeper
Brighton Lane
Morgan Brighton
Roy W. Rogers
Harvey Hoskins
Pleasant Plain
Crawford Silas Finke Jr
Crawfordsville
Charles W. Twinam
Richard Dare
Russell Williams
Alvin Jones
Dutch Creek
Charles Brinning
Leland Sheetz
Keota
Roger Wright
David L. Brinning
Jerry Foriash
English River
Linus Patterson
Richmond
Clifford A. Small
Kalona
Lloyd Plecker
Richard Scott
Wellman
Robert Scott
Franklin
Wilbur Wright
Robert L. Stout
Kenneth Cuddeback
Harold Klopfenstein
Bruce M. Campbell
Merle Colton
Ainsworth
Dean Sandburg
Paul W. Beard
Lamont Dann
Riverside
Donald Swailes
Charles Skubal
Larry Gerot
William L. Schneider
Elmer Schneider
Fred J. Kucera
Jackson Robert Marek
Lloyd Duensing
Ralph C. Witthoft
Dean W. Luers
Leroy W. Yeggy
Lime Creek
Charles R. Johnson
Leo C. Gislain
Oral Norman
Carl R. Oldfield
Harold Leitsinger
Marion
Edward Kauffman
Stephen Wolfer
Galen Widmer
Robert W. Redlinger
Elmer Graber
Mt. Pleasant
Oregon
Robert L. Duncan
Pat Tobin
Glen Lord
George Stout Jr
Henry Wagenknecht
Lawrence Romine
Dennis A. Stoutner
Victor J. Tines
Carol L. Richardson
Robert M. Flynn
Vietnam
Con Thien
Gia Linh
West
Romney
George Romney
Michigan
Memorial Union
Mary J. Swenka
Edith A. Richards
Waco
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