Just How Big Is Texas Editorial
The piece details Texas size and agrarian wealth with figures: land area 263,513 square miles 168,648,320 acres inland water area 3,826 square miles total 171,096,950 acres and population 9,579,677 in 1960. It contrasts Texas with Alaska California farm values and income about 214 billion dollars. It ends urging locals to boast a Texas brag when traveling outside the state.
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Texas
Alaska
United States
California
Slow Driver Should Beware New Texas Speed Law
Col. Hamer Garrison Jr of the Texas Department of Public Safety warns the Aug 23 speed law makes driving slower than normal traffic a violation. He notes minimum speeds may be set on highways and that drivers must operate reasonably regardless of posted limits to reduce congestion and enhance safety.
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Col. Hamer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Garrison
DPS
Bulgaria Becomes Tourist Promoter Under Communist Regime
Drew Pearson notes Bulgaria’s opening from the Iron Curtain as it files into tourism and industry. He contrasts past isolation with new pride, modernization, and a push for U.S. trade and cultural exchange, amid Khrushchev coexistence policies yet private discontent with Soviet economic lines. The piece highlights women’s rising roles and a shift from peasant life to urban work, framed by Kennedy’s outreach.
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Varna
Bulgaria
U.S
Europe
Black Sea
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Balkans
Querman Empire
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Nile
Balkan
Orville Freeman
Nikita Khrushevie
Dhu
Russia
United States
American diplomat Eugenie Anderson in Bulgaria provokes mix of admiration and complaint
Washington reports Eugenie Anderson, famed as a bold American diplomat in Sofia, spoke Bulgarian on radio and dedicated the American plastics exhibition drawing crowds. locals call her Eugenie. The trip notes passport delays and Bulgarian bureaucratic charges, with a stern view on travel regulations and currency issues.
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Studebaker
Chevrolet
Andersen
Sofia
Eugenie
Bulgaria
Did You Know Penn State honors four-letter football players
Did You Know shows that 98 players have won four football letters at Penn State. NCAA rules no longer permit freshmen to take part in varsity sports.
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Penn State
NCAA
Know Your Bridge By B J Becker
B J Becker discusses bridge bidding and play with a cautionary tale about overreliance on general rules. A five diamond contract shows a misled lead choice costing East West 950 against experts. West should lead the king to keep the lead and enable a profitable later play, illustrating practical judgment over book rules.
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King Feet
South
West
East
Inca Syodicata, Inc
Texans In Washington. By Tex Easley
In Washington the Texas senators show no formal reelection announcements with Yarborough traveling weekly for speeches to chambers, unions and gatherings while Tower hints at reelection amid debate. Williams, floor manager, probes expand limits of a two year national service corps, amid election timing challenges and mutual, cautious plans. The piece captures campaign activity and political maneuvering around 1960s elections.
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Texas
Ralph Yarborough
Chamber of Commerce
Yarborough
John Tower
Senate
National Service Corps
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Tower
Williams
New Jersey
Willams
Letters To Editor Criticizes Tommy Murray Column
Barry Smith objects to Tommy Murray's Baytown Sun piece about the University of Arkansas and Texas football. He accuses the writer of bias against SWC teams, defends UT, and suggests Murray move to India where Longhorns are deified. He signs Barry Smith.
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Baytown Sun
Mr. Murray
University of Arkansas
Pig Pen U
Longhorn
Tom Murray
University of Texas
Murray
SWC
U. of Texas
Texas Aggie
India
Longhorns
Barry Smith
What famous place endowments by Mrs Helen Gould Shepard
A reader quiz asks about the endowment of a famous place by Mrs Helen Gould Shepard, plus trivia on the International Peace Garden in North Dakota, Skyline Drive location, Felkland islands count, and Mason-Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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Helen Gould Shepard
Hall of Fame For
North Dakota
U.S
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Democrats, GOP clash over Radical Left campaign issue
Fulton Lewis Jr reports Republicans charge Democrats back a Radical Left shift after Young Democratic resolutions call for Castro talks and troop withdrawal. Rep Ralph Harding denounces extremism, while ADA figures and NSA leadership drawn into debate amid campus withdrawals and political tensions.
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Bill Miller
GOP
Jefferson
Jackson
John Bailey
Berkeley
Calif
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Europe
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Bailey
Ralph Harding
Idaho
Harding
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Kennedy
Miller
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ADA
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Schiesinger
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Harriman
Williams
Bowles
Rowan
Ivan Nestingen
Health, Education and Welfare
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Charles Murphy
Henry Fowler
the Treasury
George Weaver
Editors Speak Warn of Zip Code Confusion
We feared it would happen and it has. People are mistaking our Zip Code number for our telephone number leading to wrong digits. We propose Uncle Sam assign every new arrival a single number to build a life around from then on.
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Social Security
Ve'erans Administration
Uncle Sam
United States
The
Mascon
Cotton crop to be smallest in seven years in Lower Valley
In Weslaco AP reports a Valley Farm Bureau survey shows the Lower Rio Grande Valley will produce the smallest cotton crop in seven years. Ginnings total 336,915 bales and harvest is now 90 percent complete.
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Valley Farm Bureau
Rio Grande Valley
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across Clues and Answers
A compact listing of crossword clues covering beverage obtain Scotch family group God of war difficult towing rope naut seedleaf legislative body radium symbol sloths mongrel dog additional ones Rub off Otten poet feline foot author of Pilevm s Progress broad sash kimono insect Greek letter treadles valise auction nothot potato buds poker stake His Fr Confederate general, presented as a compact clue set for the daily puzzle.
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Editorial staff and personnel listing at Corre Laughlin
A brief newspaper notice names editors and managers including James H. Hale Preston Pendergrass Beulah Mae Jackson Robert KL Gilmore John Wadley and Pami Putman with Corre Laughlin as editor and publisher listing roles such as general manager managing editor office manager and circulation director.
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James H. Hale
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
Robert KL Gilmore
John Wadley
Pami Putman
Corre Laughlin
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