Army Recruiting Station Opens at 400 Harrison
Brigadier General L G Cavalas of the Army Recruiting Command at Ft Monroe and Major F V Wallace led ribbon cutting for the new U S Army Recruiting Main Station and Armed Forces Examining Center at 400 Harrison. The opening marked a four day Will Rogers Range Riders Rodeo near the Veterans Hospital with daily sessions 8 15 p m and an afternoon round at 2 p m on Saturday.
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L. G. Cavalas
Army Recruiting Command
Ft. Monroe
F. V. Wallace
Army
Armed Forces
Harrison
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Veterans Hospital
Plains campus dedication marks vision for panhandle
On The Plains campus a dedication Wednesday honored the vision and progress of the Texas Panhandle with Clayton Heare of the WTSU board of regents turning the first spade. The event signals regional development and higher education focus for the area.
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Texas Panhandle
Clayton Heare
Wtsu Board of Regents
Conchas Dam
Tucumcari
N.M
Our Lives Our Sacred Honor Fourth of July Reflections
A column recalls Lt Richard Steinke defied a Viet Nam order and faced court martial on Okinawa. It contrasts his stance with Berkeley draft card protests and honors the Declaration signers who risked everything for liberty. The piece questions patriotic education and values.
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Richard Steinke
Lt. Steinke
West Pointer
Viet Nam
U. S
Okinawa
Vy Ou
Berkeley
Selective Service
Steinke
Ono
Chicagoan Charged In Plot To Kill Kin
Silas Jayne 56 stable owner of Idle Hour Stable was named in a true bill by the Cook County Grand Jury for soliciting two men to murder his brother George Jayne. Prosecution says Grod and Moran were hired for 15000 but intended fraud. $1000 down paid then $13000 balance pursued.
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Chicago
Silas Jayne
Jayne
George
Cook County
Grand Jury
Idle Hour
George Jayne
Stephen Grod
del Mar
Calif
Edward Moran
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Bomt
Cherie Rude
Grod
Moran
William Witsman
Silas
Milwaukee
Witsman
Detroit
Sheriff's Police
Bindweed Infields And Buildings Prompt Local Notes
A reader lampoons the spread of bindweed along roadsides and fields, notes a call for government action to curb it, mentions a city building code update banning composition shingles over old wood shingles, and recalls a birthday card anecdote to a 90 year old Amarillo salesman.
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E.R.C
New City
Harry Gardner
Amarillo
Herry Gardner
Oak Ridge, N. C
Liouse Passes Housing Bill In Legislature Split
WASHINGTON UPI reports Democrats in the House backed a six billion housing bill after President Johnson agreed to a compromise on a contentious rent subsidy plan for those unable to afford homes. The measure targets four years of housing support with a companion bill pending in the Senate.
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Washington
UPI
Democrats House
John
Coinson
Senate
VACATION PACK offers for returning readers
A local paper advertises a VACATION PACK service via the circulation department DR6-4488 to have papers ready on return. The article reports a three day House debate over a federal rent subsidy plan intended to aid families paying high housing costs, with a $200 million total cost. A compromise narrowed eligibility to public housing recipients only, excluding other hopefuls.
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Andy
Florrie
Hanoi talks hint at British recognition of North Viet Nam
Informants report Hanoi asked Britain to recognize North Viet Nam, with Labour MP William Warhey saying any commonwealth prime minister would be welcomed if diplomatic ties are extended. Myles Ponsonby, Britain's Hanoi consul general, met a North Vietnamese official in Saigon, report says.
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Hanoi
William Warhey
Commonwealth
Viet Nam
Harold Wilson
Britain
Myles Ponsonby
North Vietnamese Foreign Affairs Bureau
Saigon
Ponsonby
London
Wilson
Robert Ruark Dies in London
American newspaper columnist Robert Ruark died in Middlesex Hospital London after an undisclosed ailment. He was 49 and a Wilmington North Carolina native who began journalism after graduating from the University of North Carolina in 1935.
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London
UPI
Robert Ruark
Middlesex Hospital
Richard J. Gregory
Ruark
Wilmington
N.C
Univer ‘Sity
North Carolina
Da Nang Base Hit By Mortar Attack Kills Yank
Communist guerrillas shelled Da Nang air base injuring five Americans and destroying or damaging several aircraft. An American was killed as mortars fired around 1 a.m. on the three largest South Vietnamese bases, including two F102 jets and two C130 transports damaged or destroyed.
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DA Nang
Viet Nam
U.S
South
Ice bootleggers swarm Amarillo in summer heat
Amarillo health unit reports several small operations bootlegging and selling ice without health permits or tax compliance. Dr Mason Kahn warns further action as he vows to pursue the bootleggers if found.
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Amarillo
Bi-City County Health Unit
Mason Kahn
Spies hoax draws attention in London TV spoof
A spoof of espionage claiming to find gullible diplomats from foreign embassies aired in London may still screen on British television. The organizer refused to name embassies, while ATV said no government ban was known. Hidden cameras recorded meetings at a rendezvous with diplomats who fell for the gag.
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London
Association Television
ATV
Bernard Branden
A_hid
Budget Deficit Reduced in Latest Government Revision
Washington Treasury announces a $300 million improvement cutting the fiscal year deficit to $3.5 billion. The revision reflects higher tax payments and lower spending, with expenditures at $96.4 billion and revenues at $92.9 billion for fiscal 1965. Deficit outlook for fiscal 1966 is $4.2 billion.
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Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Washington
The
Johnson
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Fowler
Convention Opens Bar Association Talks on Judge Elections
Fort Worth reports the Texas State Bar opened its annual convention with debate over how to select district and appellate judges. About 2,200 delegates attend as support grows for a nonpartisan commission plan replacing direct voter elections, opposing by the Lubbock Bar Association. Speakers include Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr and senators Yarborough and Tower.
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Civil Judicial Council Advisory Board
Lubbock Bar Association
Judicial Council Advisory Board
Supreme Court
St. John Garwood
Judicial Council
Atty
Waggoner
Ralph Yarborough
John Tower
Indictment Considered in Baker Scandal Report
The Senate Rules Committee accuses Bobby Baker of abusing his patronage post to enrich himself. It suggests possible indictment for statutes, while rejecting claims of a McCloskey payoff linked to the District stadium project for the Kennedy Johnson campaign. Republican dissent cites illegal aspects in the stadium transaction.
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Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Bobby Baker
Missouri - Kansas- Texas Railroad
Washington
Pickens
D.C
Matthew McCloskey
District of Columbia
Committee
Baker
Johnson
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