New Peace Corps Plan Unmatched by Russians
The article outlines President Kennedy's executive move to establish a Peace Corps as a subsistence-wage volunteer force for young Americans, aimed at teaching English, malaria eradication, and village development. It notes private groups and federal support, cost estimates, and the plan’s origin with Hubert Humphrey and Henry Reuss, with figures projecting about 500 volunteers ready to deploy.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Ceveiay Loring
Peace Corps
Congress
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Humphrey
Ess
University of Colorado
Research Foundation
Asia
Africa
South America
Bayshore Gun Club backs shrimping bill debate
Bayshore Red Reef and Gun Club backs House Bill 12 to bar eating shrimp during closed season while allowing up to 20 pounds a day for ball dealers. Club seeks amendment HB 437 to close loopholes by defining bait as shrimp kept alive. Legislative committee met with Bay and Gulf Shrimpers Association but little progress was made.
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Bayshore
Texas House of Repl
Jim Nelson
Bayshore Red, Reef and Gun Club
Bay and Gulf Shrimpers Association
El Paso Mayor Telles Named Costa Rica Ambassador
El Paso mayor Raymond Telles, 45, of Mexican descent, was appointed as ambassador to Costa Rica by President Kennedy. A former county clerk and two term mayor, Telles served in World War I and the Korean War era Air Force, earning multiple honors. He met Kennedy in 1956 and has long been a friend of Lyndon Johnson.
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el Paso
Costa Rica
EL Pasq
Tex
Raymond Telles
State Department
South
Central America
Costa
Ated
Telles
Kennedy
Ie Army
Mexico City
Air Force
Peru
Brazil
Mexico
Columbias
Delfina Navarra
Cynthia Ann
Patricia Eugenia
Arcarinane
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas Business Activity Is Up
Texas business activity rose one percent in January seasonally adjusted, with January activity 5 percent above January 1960. Freight carloadings climbed three percent after December’s drop, and crude oil production rose two percent amid unchanged allowable limits.
Baytown Sun European Tour Packaged for Baytown Residents
The Baytown Sun and Citizens National Bank travel staff arrange a 17 day deluxe guided tour of Europe. Highlights include London Paris Amsterdam Rome Copenhagen with first class hotels and all transfers covered. Prices are economy-priced and worry-free with baggage waiting at hotels and no airport to hotel charges.
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Baytown Sun
Europe
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
Baytown
KLM
Royal Dutch
London
Paris
Amsterdam
Rome
Copenhagen
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Blake
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John Saxton
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Jim Davis
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Port
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Texas
KLM Jet
Houston
House of Parliament
Holland
Switzerland
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers In
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Castle
Saint Angelo
Royal Dutch Airlines
Baytown, Texas
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