Baytown Gas Station Introduces Vending Gas Pump
A Baytown service station at 1612 Alexander now offers a vending machine gas pump. Customers insert 25 cents, 50 cents or a dollar, select regular or premium, and pump gasoline into their tanks. The vending pump costs two cents less per gallon than attended pumps and has drawn quick activity since its debut. A startled customer once shouted that there was a man in the package after his bill was pulled in by the conveyor.
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Alexander
Terry Simons
Simons
Moon's Surface May Be Covered in Basalt Rock
Washington AP report says preliminary findings from Surveyor 5 suggest the moon's surface is largely basaltic rock similar to earth. Analysts note oxygen around 45 percent, silicon about 18 percent, and iron tracing from magnetized samples. Dr. Donald Gault of Ames Research Center called the results one of the first major lunar chemical analyses.
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Xatt
Donald Gauit
Ames Research: ‘Center
Moffet Field
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IKC Membership Drive Plans Announced by Grand Knight
Grand Knight Patrick O Sullivan of San Jacinto Council 2788 Knights of Columbus announced a membership drive titled Design for 759 aiming to boost Catholic male membership across councils. Campaign chair Fred J. Kana estimates a 206,000 plus rise as the drive ends at the 1969 Supreme Convention in New Haven Connecticut.
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Texas
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TV season shows mix of old films and new series
TV critics note a season heavy with decent older movies and mediocre new series. Some shows face early danger as NBC and CBS prepare replacements while hits like The Carol Burnett Show and Gunsmoke defy expectations. Schedule placement appears crucial to success, with Our Endangered Wildlife hampered by Friday night viewing. Interview with Svetlana Alliluyeva noted for educational TV stations joining networks.
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New York
NBC
CBS
ABC
Big Valley
Maany Aduts
Svetlana Alliuyeva
Jo Ned
Fairbanks Rebuilding After Summer Floods
Fairbanks Alaska recovers from the Chena River flood that inundated the city six weeks earlier. A swift, joint effort by federal, state, and local agencies with $4 million in public works funds, Red Cross aid, and Army Corps of Engineers projects has restored facilities, roads, and schools.
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Alaska
H. A. Boucher
Fairbanks
Ray Willman
Willman
Creath Tooley
Federal Office of Emergency Planning
Mina Junior High
Army Corps of Engineers
Nenana
Abe
Tooley
OEP
Red Cross
Mao Victory Birthday Seen As Mourning Not Glory
AP dispatch notes China marks Mao Zedong birthday amid a sweeping cultural revolution purge. The Politburo, central committee, regional secretaries, and military leaders face purges. Lin Shao-chi labeled foe to Mao. Premier Chou En-lai reduced in ranks. power struggle continues with violence likely to grow, despite reports of two-year upheaval.
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Red China
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Folitburo
Lin Shao-chi
China
Khrushchev
Chon -En-lai
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Liu Shao Chi
Chung Nan Hai
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