Prairie View School and 3-P district history note
Miss Lula Barrett of Austin recalls the naming of the 3-P district after Prairie View, Portland, and Preston. She describes a one room Prairie View school near Philadelphia church, with her family moving to the farm in 1883. Barrett attended 1893 to 1898, with teachers Pir tle Felix Sikes and her brothers as instructors.
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Tom Fowler
Prairie View
Portland
Preston
Lula Barrett
Austin
Emmet Thompson
Bonham
Miss Barrett
University of Texas, Austin
Philadelphia
Prairie View School
Goin
Texas
Tennessee
Dogs Deserve Shelter From Cold Bonham Yard
The writer laments two dogs in Bonham kept outdoors in rain and cold with no shelter. One is a puppy confined in a yard without any dog house or shrub cover. They receive food but endure misery sleeping on wet ground, hoping their owner will provide a dry place to sleep.
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Bonham
Master
Lions Club Set to Welcome Tailtwister Bo Williams
Bo Williams plans a return to action at Thursday’s Lions Club meeting as the master of ceremonies and tailtwister. The event centers on club activities and upcoming community projects.
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Tailtwister
Bo Williams
Lions Club
Mothers' March Volunteers Rally for Local Fund Drive
VFW Auxiliary members and other mothers plan a Sunday Mothers March to raise funds. They request donations in specified amounts and seek volunteers to canvass the city for the solicitation effort.
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VFW
Johnson vows to keep bombing in Vietnam despite talks
President Johnson rejects halting the bombing of North Vietnam citing lack of enemy reciprocity. He cautions against trusting Hanoi’s offers, stresses readiness for a big push around Khe Sanh, and notes Washington’s stance in a Meany COPE interview recorded January 15.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Vietnam
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Committee On Political Education
COPE
White House
New Orleans
Police Seek Two Gunmen After Hostage Flight
Denver police set up road blocks as patrols comb mountain terrain for two armed men who tried a holdup and seized five hostages, triggering a 300 mile flight.
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Denver
UPI
America
Vail
Colorado
Charles E. Hardin
Earl Wayne Sanders
Fort Worth
Tex
Hardin
Manor Vail Lodge
Magnuson unveils consumer protection legislative package
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Warren Magnuson announced a new set of bills to shield consumers in auto insurance power reliability radiation hazards fish inspection home improvements and cigarette smoking among other areas. Separate action saw the House pass a stiffer version of the truth in lending bill returning to the Senate.
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Washington
UPI
Warren G. Magnuson
Dwash
Senate Commerce Committee
Magnuson
Senate
House
Johnson
Mansfield urges reassessment of U S Vietnam policy
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield pressed for a comprehensive reexamination of U S involvement in Vietnam after McNamara's critical Pentagon report. He cited Viet Cong raids, Pueblo crisis, and potential extended enlistments as factors shaping a harder look at the war effort. He warned Korea could alter troop decisions and cautioned against assuming peace.
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Washington
Montana
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
U.S
South Vietnam
White House
Mansfield
Korea
Pueblo
South Korea
Vietnam
Asia
Barnard Stands By Transplant Methods Despite Criticism
Dr. Christiaan Barnard said he is undeterred by a London Clinic opinion calling his tissue rejection control methods crude hazardous and inadequate. He leaves for Paris and plans another transplant in six to eight weeks.
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London
UPI
Christiaan Barnard
Invasion Fails but Saigon, Hue Remain Under Siege
Allied leaders report the five day Viet Cong offensive failed to take Saigon and Hue, with heavy VC losses. U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese forces pressed in cities along a 600 mile front, while civilians and refugees suffer amid bombardment and fires at Saigon’s An Quang pagoda area.
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Saigon
UPS
Hue
U.S
V.C
William C. Westmoreland
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
Mekong Delta
Nye
van Thieu
UPI
Richard V. Oliver
Imperial
Perfume River
Acress
I Corps
da Nang
Oliver Sard
Westmoreland
An Quang
Cholon
Thieu
Hanoi
Ang
Viet Cong
FDA Moves to Ban Dangerous Thyroid Digitalis Diet Drug
FDA Commissioner James L. Goddard announced plans to ban the thyroid and digitalis combination diet drug used with amphetamines in the rainbow regimen. He testified before Congress that after more than a decade of concern and a death linked to digitalis poisoning, the agency will pursue seizures to stop manufacture and distribution of the pills.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
James L. Goddard
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Goddard
US Destroyer Collides With Russian Merchant Vessel in Sea of Japan
A U S destroyer the USS Rowan suffered a minor collision with the Soviet merchant ship Vislobokov in the Sea of Japan about 95 miles off Pohang South Korea at 1 53 p m EST on Wednesday no injuries were reported. The Rowan reported a three foot hole above the water line while the Vislobokov showed stern damage two meters long. The Rowan commanded by Cmdr Loren I Moore is 359 feet long with a 250 crew. the Vislobokov is 511 feet and 10 000 tons displacement.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Sea of Japan
Defense Department
Ihe Pentagon
Rowan
Vislohbokuy
Pohang
South Korea
Cmdr
Loren I. Moore
Wheat Ridge
Colo
U S and Russia may steer clear of costly arms race says McNamara
Defense Secretary McNamara told Congress the intelligence outlook suggests the Soviet Abm programs may not thwart all missiles. He cited Tallinn and Galosh systems, noting Tallinn spans northwest areas while Galosh around Moscow shows limited defensive use and vulnerability to penetration aids.
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Washington
UPI
Robert 4. McNamara
United States
Russia
Congress
McNamara
U.S
Soviet Union
Tallinn
Moscow
Soviet
Estonia
McNameary
Radiation is New TV Danger
UPI reports House health subcommittee members urged federal action after PHS and Pinellas County Florida surveys showed several color television sets from various makers leaking radiation above safe levels. The hearings focus on an industrywide problem with potential consumer exposure.
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Washington
UPI
House Health Subcommittee
U.S. Public Health Service
Pinellas Cunty Health Department
Florida
Groundhog Day Sees Shadow in Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney Pennsylvania observed Groundhog Day as the groundhog emerged at 7:29 a.m. and saw its shadow, signaling six more weeks of winter. The event occurred near the lair on a stump, with residents warned to keep winter attire ready.
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Gobbler’s Knob
Punxsutawney
UPI
Pennsylvania
Alegueny Mountains
Groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter ahead
Weather notes across towns report sun and cold with a 32 degree low. Forecasts call for partly cloudy skies and slight warming Saturday with mid thirties highs. A Pacific front may bring moisture next week while a tornado damages Groves and injures residents.
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Groundhog
Bonham
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dalhart
McAllen
Weather Bureau
Groves
Groves Country Club
U S Hopes to Hold Talks on Freeing Ship Pueblo
Washington reports the United States may begin talks with North Korea to free the 83 crewmen of the hijacked USS Pueblo. State Department officials say discussions could occur within the military armistice framework at Panmunjom or another agreed site. Sources expect the talks aim to secure crew release while preserving the ship for intelligence purposes.
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Washington
UPS
United States
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Kim Kwang Hyap
Pueblo
Military Armistice Commission
Punmunjom
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Pearl
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Thiej Tri Quang
South Viet Nam
Khe Sanh Areea
Kine Sanh
Dean Rusk
Clark M. Clifford
Kamhine
San Antonio
Meany
George Christian
Christian
Rusk
Clifford
U. 5
Sea of
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U. S
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