Harris Liberal Democrats Form Independent Unit
Harris County liberal Democrats form an independent unit with Edmond Cogburn as temporary chair and R D Randolph as honorary chair. A four member bylaws committee from districts 6 7 11 and 17 will draft bylaws and memberships target liberal Democrats not represented by other groups. The group aims to express liberal views within the Democratic Party and welcome unrepresented members. The note ends with a historical aside about the Rock of Gibraltar first besieged in 711 AD by Moors.
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Houston
Harris County
Civ Court
Edmond EL. Cogbure
Birs
R. D. Randolph
National Democratic
Democratic Party
Littlefields At Bank Groundbreaking Rites
Baytonians attended the groundbreaking for the Cushing National Bank building. Baxter Littlefield Sr. and Mrs. Littlefield and Baxter Littlefield Jr. and Mrs. Littlefield appeared with Morris and Iris Littlefield of Houston. Baxter Sr. and Jr. sit on the bank board and major stockholders. The Littlefields have run a Baytown grocery since 1920. local officials and Nacogdoches bankers also attended.
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Baytonians
Cushing National Bank
Baxter Littlefield Sr
S. Pruett
Baxter Littlefield
Howie
Morris Littlefield
Houston
Baxter Little Bela Sr
Mor Iris Littlefield
Baxter Littefield ‘Jr
Four Baytown men join new General Telephone crew
Four Baytown men William Holley Jerry Hanson Billy Pounds and Rennie Perkins are hired to a new General Telephone Co construction crew in Baytown due to increased Project 67 expansion activity. Donald N Young, formerly of Robstown, is foreman for the new construction Loraw and will reside at 1207 Fayle Street with his wife and five children.
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Baytown
General Telephone Co
William Holley
Jerry Hanson
Billy Pounds
Rennie Perkins
Donald N. Young
Robstown
Loraw
General
E. ©. Cambern
Army PFC Ernest Del Toro To Leave For Germany
PFC Ernest Del Toro, 17, son of Mr and Mrs Justino Del Toro of 121 Fortenberry Baytown will depart August 21 for Germany. He recently completed mechanics school at Aberdeen Maryland after attending Robert E Lee High School.
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Ernest del Toro
D Justino del Toro
Fortenberry
Baytown
Germany
del Toro
Mechanics
Aberdeen
Robert E. Lee High School
U.S. Army
PFC
Austino del Toro Jr
Ft Dix
Austinely
Ais
Austing del Toro
Fortenberry, Baytown
Adams City
Colo
Sniper Victims Drive Totals Revealed at UT Anniversary
Alumni drive for University of Texas sniper victims raised 10.50, with nearly 2,000 in aid grants due today on the tower attack anniversary. Tower Sniper Victims Fund has 3,200 unspent. 5,840 disbursed for hospital bills scholarships. Charles J. Whitman killed 16, wounded 31, then was shot by police after firing from the Tower.
Post Office and Railroad Distant Marriage Ends
AP reports growing strain between railroads and the Post Office as the agency plans to cut back on railway post offices. Rail lines like New York Central protest lost revenue, predicting more disconnections of passenger service as mail routing evolves with zip codes and shifting transport competition from airlines and trucks.
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Jon Cunniff
NEW York
Railroads
Postal Service
Post Office Department
New York Central
Central
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Interstate Commerce. Commission
Post Office
Is Lester Maddox Ten Months In Georgia
Surprising is the word for Gov. Lester Maddox of Georgia after ten months in office. A segregationist, he has surprised friends and foes by taking steps that pleased the Negro community while insisting he must govern for all people. Authorities note his inquiry into prison work camps and his stance on private property and free enterprise amid ongoing race relations questions.
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Lester Maddox
Georgia
All
Relman G. Morin
Atlanta
Lester G Maddox
Pickrick
State of Georgia
Maddox
Avlanta
Maddox Tackles Prison Conditions and Cites Waste
Georgia Governor Maddox heard pleas from four convicted fugitives at a mansion reception and ordered an investigation into work camp conditions. He also corrected misuse of state patrol cars and criticized waste in the Department of Education, describing his actions as unpopular with politicians but popular with the public.
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Shouse
Haroun al-Rashid
Maddox
Willie James Dirthey
Wilkinson County
Sfaddox
Public Safety Department
Department of Public Fun
Georgis Department of Education
Madddox
Ys Astanta
Mega $1.5 Million Mail Robbery Trio Arrested in Boston
Federal grand jury indicts Thomas Richards John Kelley and Patricia Diaferga for 1962 Plymouth Cape Cod mail truck heist. Cash valued at $1.55 million recovered after a nationwide pursuit. Richards arrested at home, Kelley and Diaferga surrendered. Bail set at $25,000 each. potential minimum 25 year sentence.
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Boston
Francis J Farrell
Dibreak
Grost
Plymouth
Joseph Bailfire
Hhage
U.S
Srand
Thomas Kim Richards
Weymouth
New England Power Co
Ohn Ij
Richards
F. Lee Bailey
U.S. Commission
Post Office
Kelley
Diaferta
Federal Reserve Bank
Cape Cod
France backs Quebec separatists as Canada stays wary
In Ottawa and Montreal reactions split. De Gaulle’s Paris issued pledge to aid French Canadians’ liberation drew praise from Quebec separatists and sharp rebuke from Canada’s government. Pearson and aides offered no comment as the French leader canceled his Ottawa visit and France denied any sovereignty aim.
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Ottawa
Canada
Charles de Gaulle
France
Lester B. Pearson
Paris
de Gaulle
Morday
Montreal
Pierre Bourgault
Rassemblement Pour Findependence Nationale
Quebec
Daniel Johnson
Quebec City
Pearson
Stowaway Boy Returns From BOAC Flight
London. Stephen Wilkins a 14 year old British student who stowed away on a BOAC freight plane to New York is back home. He was spotted leaving the plane in New York with four suitcases and returned on the first return flight to London. The incident echoes the name Shan Igrida from James Hilton's Lost Horizon.
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London
Stephen Wilkins
New York
Stephen
Caracas Toll Rising After Venezuela Earthquake
A severe quake in Caracas and northwest Venezuela left 12 dead with thousands injured and up to 300 missing. U.S. citizens among the dead include Ronald Regis Jediak and Bonnie Spiller. relief planes delivered supplies, the airport reopened, and Expo 57 in Montreal was closed in respect.
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Caracas
Venezuela
U.S
Ronald Regis Jediak
McKeesport
U.S. National Catholic Welfare Conference
Bonnie Spiller
Montreal
FAA bans dangerous training procedures nationwide
The Fedora Aviation Administration banned two training procedures used by a DC jet airliner during its March 30 crash near New Orleans that killed 19. The agency eliminated the requirement to simulate two engine failures on approach and banned hazardous flight training over congested areas to improve safety.
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Washington
Fedora Aviation Administration
News Orleans
FAA
Hall Raps Smith For Not Naming Interim Panels
AUSTIN AP Rockwall Sen Ralph Hall criticized Lt Gov Preston Smith for delaying appointments to the two key interim committees on economy in state government and on law enforcement and administration of justice. Hall said the appointees were still outstanding as of Monday, while budgets for several interim committees were approved.
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Senate
Rockwall
Smith
Hightower
Martin
Lufkin
Charles Wilson
Big Thicket Association
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Supreme Court
William Douglas
Joe Christite
el Paso
the Alamo
Nelson Reunion Set In Anahuac
ANAHUAC The Nelson family reunion will be held at the American Legion Hall here Sunday beginning at 8 20 am J O Nelson of Anahuac said reunions have been annual since 1945 Members from Chambers Harris and surrounding counties are invited A barbecued lunch will be served at noon.
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Anahuac
Nelson
American Legion Hall
J. O. Nelson
Chambers, Harris
Gross To Preach At Mont Belvieu First Baptist Church
Rev. doe Gross will lead services at Mont Belvieu First Baptist Church on Ave 6 in the absence of interim pastor Tom Cale. Gross, a Clinical Pastoral Education student, is from Georgia and recently earned a Doctor of Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. Sunday School starts at 9:43 am with morning worship at 11 am. Training Union follows at 6:20 pm and night worship at 7:04 pm. Midweek prayer service is Wednesday at 7:00 pm.
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Ave
Belvieu First Baptist Church
Doe Gross
Tom Cale
Gross
Cale
Memorial Baptist Hospital
Houston
Georgia
Fort Worth
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Yam
Did You Know Soybean Origin Claimed in Ancient China
A claim notes China as the native home of the soybean with a first written record said to appear in a list of Chinese plants dated 28538 B C, asserting an ancient origin for the crop.
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China
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