Texas tourism surged in 1965 record attendance
A Texas Tourism Development Agency report credits Gov. John Connally’s expanded promotion with a 13 percent rise in overall attendance and 30,403,000 total admissions. Six Flags Over Texas led with 1,713,000 visitors, while Big Bend National Park and local attractions like San Marcos Aquarena and Padre Island saw strong gains, including notable increases from out-of-state and Mexican tourists.
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John Connally
Texas
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Frank Hildebrand
Baytown Sun
Frank
Tourist Development Agency
Executive Department
Bishop’s Palace
Galveston Island
Big Bend National Park
Dallas- Fort Worth
San Antonio
Alamo
San Marcos
Aquarena
Six Flags Over
Mexico
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Padre Island
Lake Texhoma
Caverns of
Sonora
el Paso Aerial Tramway
Wonder Cave
Fort Bliss
Panhandle Plains Museum
Lake O’ the Pines
Witte Museum
Amon Carter Museum
Abel Spy Brag Sparks FBI Counter tale in Moscow Press
In Washington FBI officials dismiss Rudolph Abel's claim that he destroyed espionage items before arrest. They cite evidence including microfilm, cipher pads, and a hollow nickel found by a Brooklyn newsboy that helped link Abel to the case. Abel was convicted in 1957 and later exchanged in 1962 for Francis Powers.
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Fulton Lewis JR
Washington
FBI
Rudolph Abel
Moskovsky Komsomolets
Abel
FBE
Moscow
Brooklyn
FBI Laboratory
United States
Free World
New York
Soviet State Security Service
KGB
Reino Hayhanen
Paris
Hayhanen
Mark
Emil R. Goldfus
Goldfus
Latham
Immigration and Naturalization Service
New York City
Supreme Court
Francis Gary Powers
Daily Crossword KING FEATURE Clues and Answers
Crossword puzzle from King Feature with across and down clues listing parts of speech and definitions. Entries include Teil's target NTL book 36 Entice 11 Units of illumination 13 Mountain formation 14 Bucolic 15 Pose 16 External world philosophically 17 Annoying 20 Fallows train don assign 21 Character in Macbeth 22 Fight term for short 24 Follow 25 Whirring sounds 28 Every abbr 29 Room 30 Word of disgust 32 Promises 34 Billfota 36 Polish 35 Korean for one 39 Ablaze 41 Disburse 42 Thrust 43 Woos 44 Wrath and Old time exclamation cross list.
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Thrust
Woos
Wrath
Look Unto Me for Salvation Across the Earth
A biblical verse from Isaiah 45 22 urging all ends of the earth to look to God for salvation. It proclaims there is none else and fijes the divine supremacy of the Lord. The line emphasizes universal call to repentance and trust in the singular God.
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God
Navy Uniform Dilemma Faces Aging Sailors in Text
A historical column argues the U S Navy struggles to design a single uniform for all ages. Younger sailors favor bell-bottoms while older officers seek practicality and dignity. The piece jokes that rubber stretch suits may emerge as a solution, preserving admirals’ pride.
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Navy
Calder
Uniiform
Diasports
Lake Champlain
Queen Elizabeth Visits Barbados Aide to Empire Bond
Drew Pearson reports on Queen Elizabeth II's Barbados visit with vivid scene descriptions of hundreds of scrubbed children and mothers, the royal yacht Britannia, and a ceremonial welcome in Bridgetown. The piece notes the Queen's fatigue, the youthful Prince Charles, and hints at future royal goodwill trips as Britain steers its remaining colonies toward independence.
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Drew Pearson
Bridgetown
Barbados
Queen
West Indies
England
Britannia
Ernest Mottley
Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Prince Edward
Prince Andrew
Ethiopia
Sudan
Germany
Canada
British Guiana
Baytown Sun masthead and staff credits fragment
Fragmentary Baytown Sun masthead listing editors managers and staff including Beulah Mae Jackson, Bill Hartman, Aan B. Pritchett, and John Watley. Includes publishing address, subscription rates, and note on Associated Press relationship.
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Fred Hartman
James H. Hale
Preston Pendergrass
Texas Newspaper Representatives, Inc
Associated Press
Beulah Mae Jackson
Bill Hartman
From Wealth To Welfare A New Hampshire Tale
NASHUA NH AP Charles Kranefuss 72 recalls wealth to welfare after spending his last money on the Irish Sweepstakes in 1935. He sold half their ticket for 10000 then paid taxes and later bought cabins in North Conway. Bankruptcy followed during wartime travel slowdowns and health failed, ending on welfare in 1960.
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Nashua
Charles Kranefuss
Kranefuss
Son
Quincy
Mass
Frank
Dan Bulger
Hkranefuss
Kranefuss Brothers
Kranefusses
Te Taes
North Conway
Fryeburg
Maine
Portland
Students Pay Off Snowball Debt at San Marcos College
Students at Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos repaid a snowball debt to Michigan Tech University of Houghton. For two years MTU had sent snowballs for campus snowball fights. A 4 inch snowfall allowed Southwest Texas students to ship two boxes of large snowballs to Michigan Tech.
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San Marcos
Tex
Southwest Texas State College
Johnson
Michigan Tech University
Houghton
Mich
Southwest Texas State
Michigan Tech
Locomotives For Sale Dallas
Santa Fe Railway has ordered 60 diesel locomotives costing 16 million dollars as part of its 145 million dollar program for this year.
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Dallas
Santa Fe Railway
Know Your Bridge. Declarer plays two hands to ensure contract.
In Three Notrump with West, play reads from dummy and diamonds to establish two diamond tricks. If king of hearts is led, avoid winning it to spade or diamond. instead win heart lead in dummy, play king of diamonds and respond to opponents’ possible returns. When Four Hearts, win club ace, draw trumps, then cash king queen of clubs and lead ace queen of diamonds to force defender to give up spades or ruffs. If trumps split 4-0, adjust strategy to diamonds. otherwise the diamond finesse is avoided to prevent three spade losses. The plan aims to guarantee at least nine tricks by careful reading of diamonds and controlled trumps.
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South
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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