National Guard units to train at Fort Hood after Amarillo leave
About 800 men from the 36th Infantry Division based in Amarillo and Panhandle depart by convoy for Fort Hood for two weeks of active duty training. The Amarillo United Fund targets 585000, six percent above 1963 to serve the growing city. Five Amarillo high school students are named delegates to the Attorney General's Youth Conference to push crime prevention programs. Roughly 350 Air Force and Army reserve officers begin the 13th Joint National Censorship School at Amarillo Air Force Base this Saturday. Dumas Independent School District calls for a July 25 election to secure a firm district financial foundation.
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Dumas Independent School District
Green belt reservoir project faces district vote defeat
County Water Control District No 1 voted not to contest construction of the Green belt reservoir on the Salt Fork of the Red River. The information appears in a compilation covering regional news and events from Page 1 to Page 30.
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Goldwater's path to the 1964 Republican nomination
Four years after Chicago and the party split, Barry Goldwater remains a pivotal conservative voice. He predicts four more years of door‑to‑door work to win back the GOP and notes the era’s battle lines between Goldwater conservatives and Rockefeller liberals. The Chicago Journal remarks on his rising influence and the party’s evolving balance.
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Tip Logie says Bayh victory shows power of TV image
Dr George W Crane recalls Birch Bayh's narrow Indiana win over Homer Capehart. A voter explains she switched after seeing Bayh nibbling versus Capehart dining. Crane also suggests nominating John A Roosevelt as vice president for brand appeal.
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Homer Capehart
Indiana
Capehart
Bayh
Scranton Forces in San Francisco Spending Big for Nomination
The Philadelphia Bulletin reports Scranton forces in San Francisco are spending nearly $250,000 to secure the Republican presidential nomination. A contrasting travel tip suggests packing half as many clothes and twice the money for trips.
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San Francisco
Wes Izzard
Goldwater Optimistic On Ballot Victory At GOP Convention
Sen. Barry Goldwater declared confidence in securing the Republican presidential nomination on the first ballot at the San Francisco convention. Ohio Gov. James Rhodes backed free voting by Ohio delegates, signaling a Scranton challenge setback as delegates could be released to vote their choice on the first ballot.
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Barry Goldwater
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Ohio
James 4. Rhodes
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Radioactive Cone Found Near Estancia In New Mexico
A health department in Santa Fe appeals for public help after a child found a four inch yellow cone with a powdery core near Estancia. The cone, cast from concrete and not an ice cream utensil, emits radioactivity. Texas health officials had circulated a brochure promoting the object as a health device to be submerged in water.
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Two West Texans Named to Board of Inquiry
Two West Texans join a 15 member panel investigating the food price gap. Judge Marvin Jones and Rep. Graham Purcell will serve terms on the board, with Jones retiring as chief judge of the U S Court of Claims and Purcell among five House members on the panel.
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U.N
Cyprus
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Graham Purcell
Wichita
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Johnson
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House Agriculture Committee
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Mississippi
Mississippi River
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Scranton Platform Debate Highlights GOP Divisions
Scranton denounces the John Birch Society while Sen Burke Hickenlooper and Rep Leslie Ahrends back a 1962 GOP platform draft. Gov Scranton urges use of 1960 guidelines for 1964 while Goldwater ideas echo through the room, only 16 of 32 Scranton supporters rise in a test vote.
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Iowa
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Leslie Ahrends
Illinois
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GOP
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Viscount Explodes in Light Plane Crash Near Newport
A United Airlines Viscount passenger plane crashed in the Great Smoky Mountains near Newport Tennessee after an apparent mid air explosion. Forty people were killed when the flight 823 from Philadelphia to Huntsville Alabama went down northeast of town. Rescue workers found the wreckage burning and mangled bodies scattered over about half a square mile.
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United Air Lines
Newport
United Airlines
Cotton program blamed for closing New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman said he was warned the cotton wheat program could close the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, which shut after 93 years. He defended the program, touted its benefits, and noted openness to a Democratic vice presidential bid while criticizing critics.
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Orville L. Freeman
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
President Johnson
Congress
Freeman
Kennedy
Johnson
Senators Thurmond and Yarborough wrestle in Senate building
In a 10 minute friendly bout both 61 year old senators shed coats and rolled on the marble floor. Strom Thurmond won two falls over my fellow Democrat L. Berry Yarborough despite a weight disparity of 200 pounds to 170 pounds. They ended with a joint news conference posing with raised hands.
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United States
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