Goldwater calls for easing civil rights tensions with stricter vote laws
In Chicago Goldwater said he would consider a White House meeting with Johnson to discuss keeping civil rights tensions in check and enforcing voting laws. He urged firmer enforcement of civil rights statutes, warned Harlem unrest could spread, and floated a Republican meeting with Eisenhower Nixon Scranton Rockefeller to bridge the party.
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Washington
Larry Goldwater
Johnson
White House
George Reed
Goldwater
Arizona
Chicago
Rockwell
George Lincoln
Washington National Aurport
Senate
Coldwater
New York
Harlem
Detroit
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Speedy Approval Seen For Military Pay Raise Bill
A $207 million yearly pay raise for more than 2.6 million military personnel moved toward speedy enactment in Congress, aiming for Aug 1 effective date if signed by the president. The measure, supported by Senate and House committees, would raise basic pay 2.5 percent for most officers and enlisted, with higher boosts for lower paid warrant and junior officers. In Harlem, police and community tensions rose as demonstrations and a fatal shooting drew national attention, with CORE coordinating aid and Mayor Wagner’s office reporting quieter conditions by Monday night.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
House
Rivers
Wwe
Serevane
Harlem
Ment
Jessi
Second Avenue
Robert F. Wagner
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Johnson
Core
Paul Screvane
Rioting in Brooklyn Spurs Police Action and Arrests
Riots erupted in Brooklyn with chants of justice and clashes near a supermarket and bar. Police fired into the air as crowds dispersed, five injured, one Negro arrested, and looting not reported. Officials met with community leaders seeking reforms, including an independent police-review board.
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Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
Farmer
Thomas R Gilligan
Michael J. Murphy
New County
Manhattan
Democratic Committee
Citizens’ Review Board
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Washington
Wagner
Harlem
Police Department
Gilligan
James Powell
Harvid
Hartsdale
Pattoman
Ambush on Plaine des Jarres Erupts as Neutralists Push East
In a dawn offensive the neutralists claim to have cleared 10 Communists from eastern hills near the Plaine des Jarres, with 30 neutralist wounded in the Phou Koutt assault. Phou Koutt has changed hands four times in two months as the neutralists seek to fend off a Communist push toward Muong Soui, 110 miles northeast of Vientiane.
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Jarres
Plaine Des Jarres
Phou Koutt
Pathet Lao
Tho Morths
Barler
Muong Soui
Vientiane
Noon Call Stock Quotes
An afternoon edition notes continued delays in obtaining the noon close stock quotes due to mechanical difficulties in Houston.
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Houston
Sun
Jury Selection Continuing In Sam Hoover Trial
In Houston the jury selection for the Sam Hoover robbery case continued in Criminal Dist. Judge Arnold Krichamer's court. Two prospective jurors were questioned and rejected as Hoover, a Pasadena attorney and former mayor, would go trial alone. A venire of 500 was reduced to about 150 potential jurors. The indictment accuses Hoover as principal and accomplice in the March 11 torture robbery of Mr. and Mrs. Schepps, with three co defendants to be tried later for allegedly robbing $3,960 and two diamond rings.
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Houston
Sam Hoover
Arnold Krichamer
Hoover
Pasadena
Krichamer
Mair Schepps
Schepps
John Oscar Young
Calvin Hy *Sellars
Gekas to head Fresno Kmart as Baytown family moves
Gekas names include his wife and two children, Mike and Susan. He has been manager of Baytown Kmart since 1962 and is a nine year veteran of Kresge. He will assume duties in Fresno October 1 as the second Kmart store there and eighth in California. The family plans to move August 3 from Baytown to Fresno.
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Tylers
John Jr
San Diego
Calif
Suzan Farris
Dallas
Till
Michael
Patrick
Gekas
Baytown
Kmart
Kresge
Wisconsin
Fresno
California
Mike
Susan
Belvedere
Second Baptist Church
Greater Baytown
Rough Riders Play Night at W L Jenkins Arena
Baytown Rough Riders Club plans a Play Night on Saturday at Cedar Baypit Crosby Road arena. Events include keyhole rating, pole bending, flag racing, barrel racing, rescue racing, and break-away calf races with small entry fees and ribbons for top six in each event.
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Baytown Rough Riders Club
W. L. Jenkins
Cedar Baypit- Crosby Road
Russians Asked About Sending Wheat To Cuba
The State Department sought a Soviet Embassy report on wheat delivery to Cuba. Captain Arthur H. Fertig, master of a tanker that brought wheat to a Soviet Black Sea port, observed grain loaded onto a Soviet ship and heard it was bound for Cuba. He also reported a Soviet patrol vessel fired three shots across his bow after leaving Novorossisk during a dispute with port authorities.
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State Department
Cuba
Arthur H. Fertig
Black Sea
Yoort
Robert “J. McCloskey
Fertig
Department
Novorossisk
Pasadena bond inquiry reveals fees paid to Merrill Lynch
In the Probe continuing from page 1 in the court house annex on La Porte Freeway the inquiry shows Merrill Lynch paid back half its fee for selling city bonds to Pasadena lawyers. Mayors and officials invoked their fifth amendment while two jailed men N. A. Smith and Varreece Berry refused to testify and were released on bond.
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N. A. Smith
Pasadena
Varreece Berry
Lynchburg Ferry Repairs Okayed
Lynchburg ferry landing pilings will be repaired immediately after Harris County Commissioners Court awarded Coastal Construction Co. a 20275 dollar contract. County Engineer Richard P. Doss said pilings guiding the two ferryboats the William P Hobby and the Tex Dreyfus to slips at new landings were damaged three times recently by ships and barges on the Ship Channel. The latest damage occurred in March when pilings were hit by two barges and the low bid was accepted despite running about 5000 over the estimate.
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Lynchburg
Harris County Commissioners Court
Coastal Construction Co
Richard P. Doss
Doss
William P. Hobby
Tex Dreyfus
CY Woman Dies Rites Held Today
Funeral services were held at 1 pm Tuesday at Earthman Funeral Chapel for Mrs. Helen Polley 62 of 1101 Redbud Channelview. She died Sunday at home. A Channelview resident for 17 years she was mother of Thomas A. Polley Baytown David C. Polley New Orleans and William C. Polley and Robert A. Polley Channelview. She had 15 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Rev James Brannen officiated. Burial Memory Gardens. Pallbearers included Harry Whitmore Claud Moss J B Moss Milton Patterson Reece Wilson and Seth Barnett.
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Earthman
Helen Polley
Redbud
Channelview
Thomas A. Polley
Baytown
David C. Polley
New Orleans
William C. Polley
Robert A. Polley
Channel‘view
James Brannen
Old River Terrace Methodist ‘Church
Harry Whitmore
Claud Moss
J. B. Moss
Milton Patterson
Reece Wilson
Seth Barnett
Dave Moore to Attend Industrial Institute
Dave Moore, manager of the Greater Baytown Chamber of Commerce, is among seven Texans accepted as students in an Industrial Development Institute program August 19 to 14 in Norman, Oklahoma. He will join the first year class alongside Carol Carlton Whitworth, George R. Jordon, Tom McKeown, L. Frank Jones, Patrick J. Ryan, and Sylvia R. Lange, with several other Texans approved by July 1.
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Dave Moore
Greater Baytown
Judge Hatton To Get Flag From Scouters
Cub Scout Pack 138 and Boy Scout Troop 135 of Houston will present Judge William Hatton of the Court of Domestic Relations with an American and a Texas flag. The ceremony is set for 1:30 am Thursday on the fifth floor at OL Caroline Houston. Hatton is described as a committee man of Troop 138. The scouts noted his courtroom program and observed no flags on display and arranged the gift.
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Cub Scout
Boy Scout
Houston
Texas
William MM. ‘Hatton
Court of Domestic Relations
Dane Coon
OL. Caroline
Hatten
Crosby School Budget Hearing Set for Aug 18
Crosby School Board scheduled a public budget hearing for 7 30 p m on Tuesday Aug 18 in the administration building board room with a possible move to the high school auditorium If needed. They awarded service contracts totaling 8 235 42 for furniture and approved transportation arrangements for select students to cooperative classes and a 45 foot flag pole to be erected by the American Legion on the football field area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosby School Board of Trustees
Allison Koonce
Ratan Oi and Refining Co
Truman Reed
Floyd Remkes
A. J. Shhmidt
Crosby
Drew School
Helen Tepera
Channelview
Sheldom
County Board of Education
American Legion
Harris County Filmbrary
Belli Files 5 Million Libel Suit Over Ruby Defense
Attorney Melvin Belli sues the American Bar Association and 20 defendants for 5 million dollars, contending Walter E. Craig called his defense of Jack Ruby unethical and damaged Belli's reputation and Rubin's appeal. Craig, a Phoenix attorney, leads until his term ends, and has been linked to Oswald inquiry work.
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San Francisco
Melvin
M. ] Belli
American Ar Association
Belli
Jack Ruby
Superior Court
Bar Associiation
Walter E. Craig
John Does
Craig
Phoenix
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Craigold
American’ Bar Association
Federal District Court
Oswald
Warren Commission
Freedom Democrats Plan Precinct Meetings in Mississippi
King and other leaders push for a mass “freedom registration roll” to mobilize Black voters as Mississippi Democrats prepare for county and state conventions. Ippis area reports about 26,000 registered Black voters from 450,000 voting age. the regular Democrats meet July 28 to select national delegates. Unpledged Barnett forces expected to dominate, as Barnett backed George Wallace who withdrew from the race.
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Tougaloo College
Jackson
Freedom Democrats
Ang
Hoss Barnett
Barnett
Alabama
George Wallace
Tax reduction projections for Harris County homeowners
County official Smith forecasts continued tax rate decline over the next two to three years as total taxable valuation in Harris County surpasses 2 billion dollars in 1964. He cited a typical $10 000 property assessed at 20 percent and paying 29 dollars in 1963, 28 40 dollars in 1964, with annual valuation gains of 75 to 100 million from new buildings and equalization of older properties.
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Smith
Harris County
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