Area Road Fund Gets State Okay
The Texas Highway Commissioner approved spending 5 672 000 for highway work in the Panhandle district for 1965 and 1966. About 1 031 000 covers projects already under contract, the rest funds new work including a 1 565 000 four lane highway from St Francis to north of Farm Market Road 2176 on U S 87 and 287. Additional improves include interchanges at U S 60 and 66 east of Amarillo and at 66 and Western, plus resurfacing and reconstructions in Randall Carson Gray Hemphill Sherman and other counties as part of a 166 million biennial program spanning 2067 miles.
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Texas
Rovavillo
Charles W. Smith
U.S. 87
St. Francis
Amarillo
Panhandle
Randall County
Deaf Smith
U. S. 87
Carson County
White Deer
City Deer Smith County
Gray County
Lefors
Sherman County
Moore County
Panhandle to Dedicate Garretson Home Sunday
Dedication ceremonies for the Garretson Senior Citizens Home will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday on the courthouse lawn. R G Le Tourneau will speak and the Amarillo Air Force Base Band will perform. The $150 000 home was completed April 15 and serves three residents with plans for expansion. It is funded by contributions, with Maurice Garner as manager and J N Garretson and family contributors.
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Panhandle
Garretson Senior Citizens Home
R. G. LeTourneau
Longiven
Amarillo Air Force Base
George L. Sims
T. B. Ramey
Nell Park
Lane
Maurice Garner
J. N. Garretson
J. E. Veteto
Japanese Diplomat Plunges to Death in Berlin
In West Berlin a 25-year-old Japanese diplomat, Shunsaku Hogen, committed suicide by twice cutting his throat with a razor before leaping from a fourth floor window. He was an attache at the Japanese Embassy in Bonn and staying in Berlin on a temporary assignment.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Shunsaku Hogen
Tokyo
Bonn
Hagen
Are Tache
Garretson
Izen
Johnson Links Tax Cut to Job Gains in May
President Johnson credited the tax cut for a drop in unemployment to 5.6 percent with May total jobs rising by about 1.2 million since April and over 2 million since a year ago. The Labor Department reported 3.6 million unemployed, nearly stable from prior months, amid questions about youth entering June markets.
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Washington
Labor Department
Johnson
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Harold Goldstein
Rainfall in southeastern Japan averages heavy yearly total
Rainfall across the southeastern region of Japan averages between 90 and 100 inches annually, indicating a consistently high precipitation pattern for the area. This rainfall level highlights the climate characteristics influencing agriculture and local weather.
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Japan
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Jack Cox
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