Water projects in 1964 set for record spending in Texas
The Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend 205 million dollars on southwestern water projects in 1964, including major Texas works such as Canyon Dam on the Guadalupe 85 percent complete at 18.9 million dollars with May 1963 completion target. Sam Rayburn Dam 61 million dollars 66 percent done near Jasper with water impoundment set for December 1964.
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Dallas
Tex
Army Corps of Engineers
Arkansas River
Southwest
Texas
Sam Rayburn
McGee Bend
Somerville
Stillhouse Hollow
Waco
Protter
Canyon
Bracewell
Guadalupe
New Brunfels
Angelina River
Jasper
Aes Navarro Mills
Trinitys River
Corsicana
Proctor
Leon
Dublin
Comanche
Bosque River
Yegula Creek
Brazos Basin
Lampasas
Bardwell
Trisilty River
Ennis
Fort Worth
Lake Worth
San Antonio
San Antonio River
Alazan Creek
Milion
Virginia Schools Drop Negro Designations
The Virginia Department of Education issues a directory that no longer marks schools by race. For a year protests prompted removal of the practice of listing Negro schools with an N in parentheses.
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Virginia
Richmond, Va
Virginia Department of Education
Mexican Art Exhibit Draws Huge LA Crowds
Hollywood AP by Bob Thomas reports the Mexican art exhibit at the County Museum drawing long lines with 4000 turned away on Sundays. The show, extended to Feb 23, features 3500 year old works from pre-Columbian statuary to Rivera and Orozco. Officials hope Presidents Johnson and Lopez Mateos visit during their Feb 22 LA meeting.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Rmnuseum
Johnson
Lopez Mateos
Los Angeles
Richard F. Brown
Brown
Mexico
Rivera
Orozco
Washington
Copenhagen
Kennedy writes intro on artist life for center book
President John F Kennedy describes the life of the artist as stern and lonely in an introduction to a forthcoming book for the National Cultural Center in Washington. He notes artists labor amid deprivation and that the lover of the arts sustains the artist through struggle. The book includes top figures and goes on sale February 3.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Ete
Creative America
National Cultural Center
Washington
Kennedy
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Robert Frost
Mark van Doren
James Baldwin
Louis Rhronenberger
John Ciardi
Joseph Krutch
the Ridge Press
Germans Demand Brandt Be There At Talks Open
Berlin reports say West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt is urged by East Germany to participate personally at the opening of new talks to reopen the Berlin wall. The demand follows a seven point West Berlin memorandum and comes as Korber and Wendt prepare to meet later this week.
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Texas City
LaMarque
Brandt
Berlin
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
West
Horst Koriber
Erich i Wendt
East Germany
Brandy
Korher
Wendt
Steph
Joan Crawford Stars in Strait-Jacket at Brunson Theatre
Joan Crawford leads the cast in Strait-Jacket a Columbia Picture suspense thriller directed by William Castle. The story follows a released murderess and a series of brutal killings as she navigates a town that is at once kind and fearful with a shocking denouement. Diane Baker Leif Erickson and Howard St John support the star in this tense drama.
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Joan Crawford
Hollywood
William Casue
Columbia
Brunson Theater
Castle
Robert Bloch
Miss Crawford
William Castle
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David Roberta
Chagrin Falls
Ohio
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Africa
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Sears
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Service
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Texas Ave
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Gloucester Regiment
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KOTEX
Scott's Towels
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Hicks
Rath's
Blackhawk Bacon
Blackhawk
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Peg
Blackhawk Summer Sausage
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