Middle East Crisis Fears General War if Gulf Clash Looms
United Nations Secretary-General U Thant warned the Security Council a renewed Egyptian Israeli dispute over Gulf of Aqaba shipping rights could trigger a broader Middle East war. He described the risk as serious and escalating, urging restraint and negotiation to avert a wider conflict.
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U Thant
U.N. Security Council
Gulf of Aqaba
Middle East
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Security Council
United States
Thant
Egypt
Thhe
Suez Canal
Kennedy Christens Carrier In Newport News Ceremony
President Johnson and the Kennedys gathered aboard the John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier as Caroline Kennedy christened the ship with a champagne bottle. Jacqueline Kennedy and John Jr. assisted, while bells and a band accompanied the launch. The 61,500-ton carrier cost 188.5 million dollars and will undergo outfitting before joining the fleet.
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John F. Kennedy
Newport News, Va
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Shipbuilding Company
Donald A. Holden
Newport News
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Jacqueline Kennedy
John
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Johnson
Congress
Legislature Adopts Budget and Teacher Pay Rise
The 60th Texas legislature solved its final major issues by approving a conference budget 142 to 4 in the House and 27 to 4 in the Senate and preparing to adjourn Monday without a special session. The budget includes a $48 million teacher pay raise after trimming from 55.5 million, with a vote of 147 to 0 in the House amid a failed move to redirect funds to administrators.
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UPI
House
Senate
A. C. Atwood
Edinburg
House Votes Court Here
A Texas House action sent an amendment to a Senate bill back for concurrence. The measure would create five new district courts including the 149th in Amarillo and a court for Randall County. Knapp announced he would not push the bill further.
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Senate
Amarillo
House
Knapp
203Rd District Court
Randall County
Zapata
Jim Hogg
Duvall
Asj
Starr
Jurisdic
Potter
Randall
Walter Knapp
Ranalone
Texas lawmakers settle county swap in redistricting
Two Panhandle legislators praised a Senate amendment that restored Wheeler County to Abraham's 80th District and Carson County to Simpson's 75th District. Simpson will represent Carson Randall Armstrong Briscoe Donley and Collingsworth. Abraham will represent Hansford Ochiltree Lipscomb Roberts Hemphill Gray Wheeler. The House concurred and the bill heads to the governor.
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Wheeler County
Marouf Abraham
J. M
Red
Abraham
Hansford
Ochiltree
Lipscomb
Roberts
Hemphill
Gray
Wheeler
Simpson
Senate
Carmen in Caracas Features Real Bullfight Stage Collision
Opera contralto Jean Madeira shares top billing with a Venezuelan bullfighter and a 1,000 pound bull in a Caracas performance of Carmen. The stage sits beside the bull ring grandstands as a fighting bull is released in the final act. Curro Giron, Escamillo, fears a shaky night but jokes he can fall back on bullfighting if needed. Franco Iglesias sings on stage.
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UPI
Carmen
Opera
Jean Madeira
Venezuelan Association of Concerts
Georges Bizet
Giron
Spain
Escamillo
Franco Iglesias
Plainview Floods and Hail Strike Panhandle Towns
Severe storms drenched Plainview with golf ball hail and a 3.03 inch downpour halting traffic and flooding streets. A tornado near Ashtela caused no damage while a building roof collapsed under water pressure. Crops suffered 15 percent losses 15 miles west of town. No injuries reported.
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Panhandle
Ashtela
Plainview
The
Plainview Optimist Club
Amorite 493 Weather Update Briefs Daylight Sky
The report notes Amorite 493 across the last 50 days with a cloudy morning. By afternoon the skies turn partly cloudy and temperatures rise toward the mid fifties.
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Facer
Texas Priest Wedd Months After Marriage
The Rev. James A. Nelson, a 53 year old Roman Catholic priest of St. Augustine's in Houston, reveals eight months of marriage to Tlazalteotizin Gibler Ramos, mother of five. Bishop Markovsky relieved him of duties after he disclosed the union, raising excommunication questions over clerical celibacy and compatibility with priestly vows. Ramos was previously married to an Air Force major until September 1964.
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Nelson
John Morkovsky
Galveston-Houston
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