Texas GOP Out To Fill Thornberry Vacancy
Central Texas Republicans plan a big push to fill the House seat left by Homer Thornberry who is set to resign to join the federal judiciary. Joan Foster Dulles Jr., a UT professor and son of John Foster Dulles, is urged as a surprise candidate. Democrats weigh their field with State Rep. Jack Ritter Jr. and more names linked to the race.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Homer Thornberry
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Lopez Mateos to deliver state of the union on Sunday
In Mexico City AP reports President Adolfo Lopez Mateos is finalizing 13 000 pages of agency material for his annual state of the union address set for Sunday before Congress and broadcast nationwide. The president also marked the National Farmers Federation silver anniversary by distributing 370 163 hectares of land across 17 states, aiding about 20 000 landless campesinos. US silver output surpasses Mexico, with Mexico falling from 47 956 348 to 41 249 399 ounces while the US rose to 45 167 000. Mexico now has 25 000 freight cars in good condition, up from 20 000 in 1956, with 70 percent of earlier cars needing repairs. A new National Agricultural & Livestock Insurance Co sponsored by the government will insure crops and livestock against drought floods and other disasters.
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Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Naional Farmers Federation
United States
Mexico
Excelsior
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Novedades
New National Agricultural & Livestock Insurance Co
Lemmon and MacLaine star in Irma La Douce at Brunson
Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine reprise The Apartment team in Irma La Douce at the Brunson Theater opening Thursday and running through November 4. Billy Wilder and A L Diamond, also behind The Apartment, produce and script this stage comedy turned musical, depicting a Paris policeman who falls for a nightclub girl amid street characters and playful Wilder humor.
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Jack Lemmon
Shirley MacLaine
London
Paris
New York
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Rice aging shortcut from USDA uses sealed 20 degree hold
J R Carroll Chambers County agent reports a new USDA process ages rice in sealed containers at about 20 degrees for six hours, condensing six to ten months of natural aging. The method costs no more than conventional aging and yields rice that cooks with more nutrients and less stickiness.
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Rite
Coin Flip decides Mississippi constable race
In Purvis Lamar County a tie in the constable race between incumbent Emmett Coker and R C Martin was broken by a coin toss. The heads tails result favored Martin, 401 to 399 in the unofficial tally, with an official recount later tied at 400 to 400.
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Baton Rouge REL Will Integrate Four High Schools
In Baton Rouge, Robert E. Lee High School will be among the first four to integrate in the Dixie city. Officials enrolled 29 Negro students in the fourth grade of four formerly all white schools. Girls and boys will start classes next Tuesday. In New Orleans, 309 Negroes registered to attend 27 desegregated public schools in grades one through four, including 107 from last year. A federal judge ordered Terrebonne Parish white high schools to admit Indian pupils to 11th and 12th grades next month after 52 parents objected to segregated classes.
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Robert B. Lee
Dixie City
New Orleans
Louisiana
Terrebonne Parish
Fiery editor vows to settle fire bombing in Midlothian
Midlothian Texas struggles with a defiant editor Penn Jones Jr who offers a $2000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the 1962 fire bombing of the Midlothian Mirror. The piece sketches Jones as a bold, controversial publisher who has clashed with Bircher members and local officials while earning national attention. The attack, described with noir details, spurred his publication and his crusade for transparency.
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Midlothian Mirror
Texas
Penn Jones Jr
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AFL-CIO Passes Strong Civil Rights Measure in Texas
Houston AP reports the strongest civil rights resolution yet adopted by the Texas AFL-CIO convention, urging desegregation of unions and urging Gov. Connally to call a special session for civil rights bills. Delegates also voted to tax members $120,000 for political purposes over 20 months. Two candidates ran for secretary treasurer as votes were held.
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Afl-Cio
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AFL- Cio
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el Paso Natural Gas Products Co
el Paso
Lexus
Coca-Cola Co
Big Spring
Brown
Roy Evans
Austin
Allan Maley
Dallas
Afl-Cio Council
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Washington
John Connally
Racial groups rally far less than expected
In Austin demonstrations by civil rights and segregationist groups drew far fewer participants than predicted. Speaker Booker T. Bonner, 34, Austin waiter, received an ovation as the civil rights march ended at a downtown park after about 600 marchers passed the Capitol. Gov. Connally avoided comment and left without meeting the groups. observers attributed the small turnout to cautious timing and limited support.
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Edwin Walker
Bob Joiner
Grand Prairie Grocer
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Capitol
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White Citizens Council
Francis Williams
Houston
Paris to install glass-walled jail cells in stations
Paris police will install shatterproof glass walls in jail cells at police stations. Police Chief Maurice Papon cited rising prisoner suicide attempts as the reason for the move. The glass cells will allow guards to maintain tighter surveillance.
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Paris
Maurice Papon
Veracruz builder found after false kidnapping claim
Saul de Leon Buffinio a Veracruz building contractor was reported kidnapped in Mexico City. He was later found and relatives said he had been held on erroneous charges that the police had dismissed.
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Saul de Leon Buffinio
Veracruz
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