JC Penney birthday tribute and political ties in aging career
A front page tribute to James Cash Penney marks his 93rd birthday while recounting his rise from clerk to founder of a nationwide chain. The piece links Penney’s business success to his interest in politics and his belief that “Politics is people.” News notes include court rulings on welfare, divorce notices, and a Wytheville commentary criticizing taxpayer support for unwed mothers and divorcees.
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Mr. Penney
Penney
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Merchant Prince
Supreme Court
Oro
Amarillo area gains three major construction completions
The Civic Center and Medical Center led recent Amarillo progress with a classroom administration complex opening at West Texas State University. Rotary editor Graham notes speed in shopping and city life, while editorials poke light fun at locals and foreign drivers as Olsen Park Pete warns against speeding.
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Amarillo
West Texas State
Fortas Paid for Teaching at American University
Justice Abe Fortas was paid fifteen thousand dollars for a nine week summer course at a Washington law school. Funds came from five men of means totaling thirty thousand dollars with Paul A. Porter soliciting gifts. The hearings into Fortas nomination to chief justice resumed as Porter and Tennery described the arrangement. Fortas declined further testimony citing lack of precedent and the committee prepared to question him again later.
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Abe Fortas
Senate Judiciary Committee
B. J. Tennery
American University
Paul A. Porter
Tennery
Fortas
The
United States
Porter
Thurman Arnold
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
Arnold & Porter
Tri State Fair Opens Judging With 45000 Dollar Purse
The Tri State Fair begins judging with an unprecedented 45000 dollar premium purse. Eight agricultural events are slated for today and Sunday at the Tri State Fair Park. Wheat and Sears Swine shows start at 9 a.m. today, textile at 10, culinary and rabbit at noon, and 4-H and FFA steer weighing at 2 p.m. Sunday features include a second rabbit round and 9 a.m. judging for county exhibits and art.
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Orville Howard Surm
Tri-State Fair Park
Farmer of America Club
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Denials Mount Over Pueblo Intrusion Claims
The United States disputes North Korea’s charge that the Pueblo violated Korea’s 12 mile limit. A State Department spokesman says there was no order for intrusion and the vessel operated in international waters when captured.
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U.S
Korea
State Department
United States
North Korea
Pyongyang
Cmdr
Pueblo crew in North Korea camp visit described by Kyodo
Foreign newsmen toured a Pyongyang camp housing 82 Pueblo crew members after an interview event. Report notes well being and hopes for return, describes living quarters, uniforms, meals, and medical facilities, with Cmdr Lloyd M. Bucher’s room detailed.
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Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
U.S
Pueblo
Kyodo
Pyongyang
U.S. Naval
Surveyor swivels his transit on New Mexico folks
Page 7 highlights surveyor activity and local people in New Mexico as they engage in field work and daily tasks captured in brief items. The notes spot several residents and the methods used in land measurement, reflecting everyday community life.
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New Mexico
Navy to Free 50000 Reservists Under Two by Six Plan
The Pentagon announced early release of about 30000 Navy personnel on two-year active-duty enlistments to cut costs, saving an estimated 48 million dollars this year. Exclusions apply to Vietnam-era reservists, Southeast Asia and Mediterranean fleet personnel, hospital corpsmen, and others with specialized skills.
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Navy
Pentagon
Defense Department
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Southeast Asian
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Allied troops sweep northwest of Saigon amid heavy tolls
Allied forces drove through rice paddies and plantations along the northwestern invasion corridor toward Saigon. The U S Command said 277 enemy killed after more than a day of fighting near Tay Ninh and Loc Ninh, both near the Cambodian border. The Loc Ninh battle centered at a rubber plantation on the outskirts.
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Saigon
U.S
Tay Ninh
Loc Ninh
Laos
Loc Ninh Thurs
Judge Orders End to Digitalis in Diet Pills Labeling Thyroid Drugs
U S District Judge Sarah Hughes issued an injunction against Lanpar Co. banning any combination of thyroid and digitalis in interstate commerce for obesity treatment and imposing strict labeling rules. The ruling signals likely broad effects on the diet pill industry amid FDA seizure actions of unapproved thyroid and digitalis preparations.
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Dallas
U. S. Dist
Sarah Hughes
Lanpar Co
Digitalis
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Jet Crash Near Burbank Kills Three
A private executive Aero Commander jet struck power lines and crashed near Hollywood Burbank Airport in fog. Both pilots died and a 60 year old woman in a car was burned to death. A 9 year old girl was struck by debris as wreckage damaged a supply plant roof.
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Burbank
Calif
UPI
Hollywood Burbank
Texans consider harsh gun crime penalties in legislative package
Houston lawmaker Rep Russell Cummings unveiled proposals to curb gun crimes in Texas. The plan includes a mandatory 10 year sentence for first offenses and 25 years for second offenses when a firearm is used in violent felonies such as assault rape murder kidnapping robbery and burglary. Rep Gus Mutcher backed the measure and promised a favorable committee vote.
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