Editorials- Tax Bill Might Be Shelved
The Senate delays the $1 billion tax cut while civil rights bills face House action and possible filibuster. President Kennedy backs both civil rights and tax relief, yet many senators warn time may run out this year. Some favor delaying the tax measure until January 1964 with retroactive effect.
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United States Senate
Kennedy
Congress
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Birmingham
Ala
Adam Clayton Powell
I.N.Y
Barry Goldwater
R.ariz
Thurson B. Morton
R-K
Ennedy
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
John of
Wiliams
R.-Del
Williams
Texas Teachers Train For New Mathematics Rollout
An estimated 25 000 of Texas 40 000 elementary teachers will participate in a statewide fall training program to learn modern math, as the state prepares to adopt new 1964 textbooks for use in 1965 66. Between 600 000 and 900 000 students are involved in what may be the largest in service training ever held. Texas aims to emphasize meaning and principles while introducing advanced concepts early, but faces a shortage of qualified math instructors to train teachers.
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Texas
Studet
Vaults of the Cosa Nostra Informers and Trials
Report from Washington details mob informers breaking silence after the Apalachin conference collapse and the ensuing federal efforts to extract information. Valachi’s testimony is tied to underworld figures like Di Palermo, the “Joe Beck” alias, and hidden executions while officials confront pressure from criminal networks and internal political debates.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Joseph Valachy
Cosa Nostre Crime
Syndicate
Ther
Cosa Nostra
Valashi
Valachi
New York
Sider
Joseph di Palermo
Aiias
Joe Beck
Underworld
Testifi
Ben
di Palermo
Vala
Vidachi
Joe Saupp
Dg Sti
New York City
di Palemno
Quizzical Grub Bag of Historical Snippets
A collage of trivia prompts and column blurbs including questions about building types for stools, fruits from Cuthbert, Carlist royalists, Lammas in Catholicism, first map divisions of the Americas, and a birthday shoutout list. Also features museum finds at Portici, ancient Pompeii theater notes, and a note on the muse Calliope.
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Portici
Italy
Naples
Gus Jones and the Austin Ledger of Crime and Legend
Sporadic notes recount Gus Jones a San Antonio connection who influenced police memory and the Villa era. The piece recalls a famed gunman, a bank robbery that never happened, and Jones’s rise and retirement amid headlines and a buried fate. The obituary notes a paperback release last month.
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Gus Dones
Austin
Tetter
Gus Jones
San Antonio
Earlien
Park
John Dillinger
Machine Gus Kelly
Kelly
Gus
Lic
J. Edpa
United States
Mexico
Jénecho Vila
Robin Hood
Jed
Alcartraz
Austin Newsaper
Relis
Fane
Congress Avenue
Gus'Jones
Letters Endorse Baytown Police Chief Forche
In Baytown Texas readers submit letters praising Police Chief Bob Forche, commending his enforcement of law without bias. Church leaders from Eastside Baptist and Passside Baptist voice strong support, expressing confidence in his courage and integrity to improve local conditions including the movie situation.
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Robert L. Forche
Maun Baytown
Tex
Forche
Eastside Baptist Church
Passside Baptist Church
Ralph Huey
Bears of Deacons
Dave Parish Coureh Clark
the Sun
Bob Forcheu
Ben Thomas
How Do You Stand, Sir by Barry Coldwater
Washington writer laments U S policy toward Communists, arguing the faction seeks world conquest and exposes the administration's doubts about containment The piece ties nuclear tests and Cuba to a broader strategy and cites Gus Hall and the Communist Party as evidence of perceived treacherous diplomacy The essay shadows Cold War tension and criticizes coexistence as dangerous illusion
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Barry Coldwater
Washington
U.S
Red Feader
Marx and
Engels
Khrushchev
Map
Gus Hall
Frotfier
Presied
West
Ste
Kremlin
Whdle
Khrushches
Ater
Free World
Russia
Communist Party
The
Worker
ULE Communist Party
Bible Verse Shown Publicly Jesus Christ Confirmed
A passage states that he powerfully convinced the Jews in public by using the scriptures to demonstrate that Jesus was Christ, referencing Acts 1 28.
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Jesus
Christ
Nine of Hearts Decision Cost Bridge Defender a Trick
In a Minneapolis championship hand West defended with a risky nine of hearts. The misread forced a ruff and eventually cost the contract of four hearts as West discarded a crucial card. The article notes a superior defense would have preserved the queen of diamonds and defeated the contract.
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West
Amondh
Minneapolis
Declarer
Appade
Gederer
Clohy
South
Sid
Ram
Bouinos
Wrest
Dellares
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Gosh’ New Y
Justice Department
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Jack Rosenthal
Justice Department Public Information Office
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Tito
Jlonn Mel Greetuenahan
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Majoricker
McCormack
Repibhe
King
Scotland
Prophet
Orpheus
Sactornes
Cuthbert
Lammas
North
South America
Sir Alerander Todd
William £. Woodward
Thor
Groucho Aare
Kellope
Nan Jones
Centre
Oscar Firkins
Andre
Old Church
Charles x
Peter
Gerardus
Inara
Alm Elinghr
Wes
Sears
Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Co
George H. Struthers
Struthers
Uakeover
Quemny
Matsu
Cuba
Khrushcheyong -So
Monroe
Jay. Becker
Worth
AETZ
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Earlos
Herb Soutie
Che Baytown Sun
Fred Hartman
James H. Hale
Prenton Pendergrass
Beulah Mee-Jackson
Robert IC Gilmore
Publsher
John Watling
Paul Putman
Corre Laughlin
Baytown
Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashtel
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Texas, Newspaper Representatives, Inc
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