Texas editors pick 10 top news stories of 1961
Texas editors rank the year by poll of headlines. Hurricane Carla dominates, evacuation and wreckage drive the tally while Rayburn illness, car hijacking, tax passage, and Lyndon Johnson’s vice presidency rank highly. Tower election and 49th Division call-up also noted.
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Texas
Robert E. Ford
Associated Press
Carla
Rayburn
Leon
Cody Bearden
el Paso
Beardens
Lynden
John
John Tower
Johnson
Senate
49Th Armored Division
Jefferson County
Perrin Air Force Base
North
Dallas
Dom Rider
Fort Worth
Sam Rayburn
Tribeswoman Waits Daily For Husband At Lao Airport
In Vientiane a Meo wife waits at the military airport foot of the control tower for three weeks. She watches every arriving twin engine plane, bundles ready, hoping her husband fighting for the government will fetch her back to the mountains. Local pilot notes the daily vigil as 2,000 Meo dependents are evacuated.
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Vientiane
Laos
Vientane
Pathet Lao
Pony Express Revival Sought by Missouri Chamber
CC Reed Spring MO AP reports Darrell Presnell, president of the Heart of Table Rock Lake Chamber of Commerce, urged the Post Office to start a Pony Express style mail delivery. He notes homeowners away from highways must trek long distances for mail. A door-to-door service could serve residents.
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Reed Spring
Chamber of Commerce
Darrell Presnell
Teble Rock Lake
Type B Flu Bug Triggers Missouri Epidemic
A influenza outbreak in Potosi Missouri is linked to type B influenza according to the U S Public Health Service in St Louis laboratory tests show seven of nine cases were type B. The epidemic began about December 13 and spread across Wash ington County in 10 days affecting roughly half to seven tenths of local families. Similar outbreaks have appeared in St Louis and Jefferson City as the B strain recurs in a four to six year cycle. Asian flu is type A and tends to strike every two to three years.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Potosi
U.S. Public Health Service
St. Louis
George 8. Cresswell
Washington County
Art
Jefferson City
PHS
Trelles Resigns From Mexico World Cup Entry
Ignacio Frelles, coach of Mexico's World Cup team, resigns in anger over interference and criticism from newspapers and officials, reported by La Aficion. The resignation comes as Mexico prepares for World Cup matches in Chile next year.
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Trelles
Mexico City
Ignacio Frelles
Mexico
Chile
la Aficion
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Beth Williams
Dallas News
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Kennedy
Texas News
John Milton Addison
Tony Davis
Lyndon Johnson
Florence Hussey
Ernest Smith
BE. Sterling
Baytown Quarterly Singing Convention
Roseland Park
Baytown
J. 0. Reavis
G. C. Fleming
Happy Walker
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Melton
Raglan Dolman
West Texas
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