Special election on Sept 18 on police and firemen pay raise
Citizens vote on a single proposition to raise police and firemen pay by $50 a month, about 45 000 a year, with potential property tax increases to fund it. If only these two groups are raised, taxes may rise three cents. widening to all city employees could reach 145 000 yearly with fringe benefits. The council supports raising all city employees if police and firemen are raised, and civil service rules allow the election. The public weighs fairness and cost as they decide Saturday Sept 18.
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Ivill
Hme Bay
Houston
Beaumont
Global Turmoil and Nuclear Debate Greet New Year
AP reports Seoul orders thorough probe into terrorist attacks on government opponents. An explosion hits Yoo Ok Woo home. another blasts a Donga Ibo editor’s gate as four beat production chief at a radio station. Chile moves to empower nationalization of U S copper holdings with 51 percent stake in Kennecott Chile and 3 percent in Cerro and Anaconda subsidiaries. Greece plans interim elections collapse and possible coalition after crisis. Hungary employs pre shift breath tests as 13 workers test positive at early morning plant.
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Associated Press
Seoul
Korea
Chung He Park
Yoo -Ok-woo
Minjung Party
Donga Ibo
Santiago
Chile
Eduardo Frei
U.S
Frei
Kennecott Company
Cerro
Anaconda
Special Bandit Militia Formed By Castro
Fidel Castro's Socialist Revolution party announces a militia called the fighters against bandits. Cuban radio in Miami reports the group freed the Escambray Mountains from counter revolutionary gangs, the main hub of anti Castro activity in the region.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Socialist Revolution Party
Escambray
Local Names List from Historical Column
A compact roster of individuals including Fred Hartman James H Hale Preston Pendergrass Beulah Mae Jackson Robert K Gilmore and Bill Hartmen appears in the clipped column segment.
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Fred. Hartman
James H_ Hale
Preston” Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
Robert K Gilmore
Bill
Hartmen
Fulton Lewis Speaks Castros Men In LA Rioting
Journalist Fulton Lewis Jr reports evidence linking extremist Castro supporters to riots in Chicago and Los Angeles. Leaflets by pro Castro groups urged violence against police, with figures like John Robert Glenn and Robert Williams tied to Revolutionary Action Movement and Radio Havana broadcasts advocating armed revolt and street battles. The piece notes Senate concerns about foreign backed agitators fueling racial unrest in American cities.
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Fulton Lewis JR
Washington
Fidel Castro
Chicago
Los Angeles
Windy City
John Robert Glenn
Air Force
Glenn
Cuba
State Department
Morocco
Robert Franklin Williams
Revolutionary Action Movement
U.S
Williams
Connecticut
Thomas Dodd
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Castro
Radio Free Dixie
Radio Havana
Sen. Dodd
Baytown reader urges citywide pay raises for staff
W C Pond Sr argues in a Sun letter that the Sept 18 vote should raise wages for all city employees including fire and police. He favors higher pay even on a fixed income and urges tax support to fund comparable raises citywide.
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The
Sun Bear
Herbert A. Campbell
Baytown
W.C. Pond Sr
Johnson halts further arms to India and Pakistan
Washington column notes President Johnson stopped sending military aid to India and Pakistan amid rising tensions. It cites secrecy around aid totals, claims Pakistan received near two billion in military hardware since 1941, and India far less. The piece links U.S. policy to China, Pakistan relations, and regional instability. Coral Gables background follows.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Johnson
Wir
India
Pakistan
Ayub Khan
LBJ
United States
Chester Towles
Jack Anderson
Pentagon
State Department
John Foster Dulles
U.S
China
Bowles
Asia
Dulles
Tan
States Department
Red
Afria
Africa
Congress
Peking
Defense Department mum on gas use in Viet Nam
In Viet Nam a Marine unit used tear gas to drive people from tunnels said to hide Viet Cong. A battalion commander may not have known Westmoreland’s rule restricting nonlethal gas use to him alone. Spokesmen clarified tear gas is nonlethal and not toxic, though it caused tears in women and children in shelters.
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Defense Department
Viet Nam
Washington
William C
Westmoreland
Pentagon
U.S
Saigon
Westmore- Tend
Noth Vietnamese
Hanoi
International Control Commission
Today’s Grab Bag and Notable Births
A mixed column featuring trivia questions on zoos snakes and Michigan resorts, plus births of Walter Reed Claudette Colbert Leland Hayward and John B Priestley. It also notes future prospects and a Patrick Henry quote. A history snippet recalls US Congress in 1788 authorizing the first national election and references Constantine’s church, with the town’s destruction and later additions.
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Walter Reed
Claudette Colbert
Leland Hayward
John B. Priestly
Congress
Richard
Christendom
Constantine
Ancient church's surviving interior baffles modern view
Central Press recounts a church whose exterior is now barely recognizable yet retains its interior. In 614 Persian king Khosrau II visited Palestine and spared the church after noticing Magi in Persian garb on a mosaic, a fact tied to its famed exterior wall.
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Khosrau II
Palestine
Khosrau
Texas towns to receive airport aid from state funds
Seven Texas towns will get state funds under the airport aid program, the Texas Aeronautics Commission said today. Cameron 20000, Hearne 2000, Jacksboro 16000, Kountze 7500, Clarksville 12000, Floydada 1200, and Post 12000.
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Texas Aeronautics Commission
Cameron
Hearne
Jacksboro
Kountze
Clarksvitle
Floydada
Post
Know Your Bridge By B. Jay Decker
South dealer vulnerable North Q T F A M O unknown hands. Italy and United States faced bidding quirks in the 1960 First World Olympiad match. Avarelli Belladonna at six hearts doubled for a profit, while an American North-South bidding sequence showed heart length as the key.
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South West
Italy
United States
Avarelli
Belladonna
King
West
Castle
South
Reg Syndicate, Inc
Daily Crossword Puzzle King Feature
Crossword clues listed include across hints such as Devil and golf stroke shots with numbered positions and a row of down clues. The puzzle grid likely contains entries for 1911 era style word play with terms like Mimic, pollen ceases hay fever, cornered, and Indian mahogany tree among others. Answers align to classic crossword conventions.
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Agross i
Devil
Peter Or ‘Thomas
Abendage
North Viet Nam
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