Kennedy proposes 36 point plan for senior citizens
President Kennedy asks Congress for sweeping aging legislation costing about 10 billion dollars over five years. The plan expands medical care for 17.5 million seniors, funds hospital insurance by raising Social Security tax and earnings base, with implementation starting January 1 1965.
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UPI
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Administration
House
Senate
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Clinton P Anderson
D-N.m
Cecil King
Dcalif
Mike Mansfield
Ho Bo Day aims to aid Downers Hori zon club
Cantrell area readers learn of Ho Bo Day on Saturday with freshman girls offering minor chores for pay to raise club funds and points toward rank. A CYF hamburger supper starts at 5 PM at First Christian church. Firemen host a Friday domino tourney with trophies. Weather hopes rise for better conditions in Telephone area.
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Downers Horizon Club
Humphrey urges April deadline for nuclear test ban talks
Sen. Hubert Humphrey said an April deadline should be set for a Soviet nuclear test ban treaty. He warned progress by April is needed or the effort could fail beyond our time, while noting the Russians expect concessions. He stressed the Senate will not ratify a weak agreement and discussed broader elder care and medicare proposals in Kennedy’s message.
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Geneva
UPI
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Soviet Union
Senate
Humphrey
Vassili V. Kuznetsov
U.S. Senate
Park Merger Bill Blasted By Senator
UPI report features Rep James Lattimore attacking a bill to merge Texas Game and Fish with Parks Board. House approves 93 49. plan creates Parks and Wildlife Department and a three member board. Lattimore defends Game and Fish officials and opposes consolidation citing risk of executive control.
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UPI
James Lattimore
Game and Fish Commission
Parks Board
John Connally
Texas
Washington
Corpus Christi
House
State Parks Board
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Lattimore
James Cotten
Harlingen
Ben Vaughan
North Texas Braces For Deep Freeze After Fast Cold Front
A brisk cold front swept across North Texas overnight bringing high winds and sleet in Bonham where temperatures fell from 68 to 27 degrees by 730 am. Panhandle reported light snow flurries while Rio Grande Valley may dip near 40s. Warnings from the Weather Bureau said subfreezing lows and daytime temps in the 30s Friday with North Central Texas colder tonight and not as cold in the northwest.
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Texas
Panhandle
Corpus Christi
Rio Grande Valley
South Plains
S Wrather Bureau
North
Frontier Days Wolfe City Plans 3 Day Program
Wolfe City plans a three day Frontier Days observance May 9 to 11 to mark its 75th anniversary. Highlights include a rodeo May 10 and 11, a beard growing contest, a fashion show, and community events aimed at showcasing 75 years of local progress. Spokesman invites residents to mark May 3 for a kickoff in Wolfe City, Texas.
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Wolfe. City
Wolfe City
Ceit Bration
Latte Town
Texas
Pirates Transferred to Brazilian Warship for Asylum
Nine PALN hijackers who seized the Venezuelan freighter Anzontega were moved to a Brazilian corvette Solemnes at Belem en route to political asylum. Venezuelan officials said the transfer occurred at 6 am after the ship sailed from Las Guaira to Belem and that the men were promised asylum while guards were posted for protection.
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Brazil
UPI
Jase Duard
Venezuelan Armed Force of National Liberation
PALN
Las Guaira
Venezguela
Houston
Jex
Solemnes
Amazon
Belem
U S Jets Chase Cuban Planes Off Florida Straits
President Kennedy ordered all necessary action to respond to a Cuban MIG attack on an unarmed American shrimp boat in the Florida Straits. The Defense Department reported two Cuban based MIGs were shot down near the boat by U S fighters. A strong diplomatic protest was dispatched to Havana seeking a full explanation.
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Kennedy
Florida Straits
State Department
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Roo
Protantre
Chrimp Boat Shop
White House
Chan Min Orstor
United States
Garwood Senate session sought after rejection
State Senator Schwarte calls for an executive session over Garwood rejection. He hints at pressuring the Senate to reconsider to keep Garwood from becoming a nominee, amid campus protests and calls for unity on integration.
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AR Schwarte
Eculi
Senate
Chamber
Roe
St John Tias Wand
University of Paaus
Eg Schwarte
Galveston
Garwood
Awetta
Bia
Peery
Selyvarts
Uni We Oa
District Court Criminal Set For Trial On February Dates
District Court schedules seven criminal cases for trial the week of February 26 led by Judge A M Harrison and Assistant Pat Beene. Four more cases are set for the week of March. February 2 hearings include Tommy Live ly theft and misappropriation charges, with Arthur Audition, J. Judges, Eddie Lous McNeal and Allen Garth facing fines over $1.
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Aturney
Pat Beene
Tommy L
Arthur E Audisioun
J. Jusges
Eddie Lous McNeal
Allen Garth
Four Trial Cases Involving Theft and Robbery Charged
The report details several trial cases for theft and robbery linked to mortgaged property and a state road incident. Defendants include James Smith and others connected to a December Premine operation. One automobile death case accompanies the proceedings in a January incident on State Highway 78 north of Bonham.
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Molan
Dwayne Shust
Bonham
Shrimper Incident In International Waters Near Key West
Two crewmen aboard the shrimp boat Ala report rockets near their vessel as MIG fighters fire near the boat in international waters. U S interceptors dispatched from Key West did not engage the MiGs and the two MiGs retreated after radar contact with US aircraft. The Pentagon confirmed no engagement and said the boat was drifting after engine failure while the crew were picked up by a U S destroyer escort.
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Air Defense Command
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Iit
Ala
Port Myers
Fla
the Seafood Packing Co
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Paris Jackson
Benjamin Washing
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Key West
UA Deifting Department
Air Defense
Fionda
Miami
UPI
Coast Guard
Tom Troutman
Knoxville
$40 000 Grant for Pecan Gap Sanitary Sewer Project
A $40 000 grant from the Community Facilities Administration was announced in Washington to help Pecan Gap build a sanitary sewer system. The city will match with $11 300 in funds, creating an estimated 120 man months of work.
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Pecan Gap
Community Facilities Administration
Washington
Economist Speaks To Lions Club In Bonham
Economist Tom McMillan of Texas Power and Light told Bonham Lions Club that tax reductions would not stimulate business and that tax cuts would not cause an economic recession. He projected GNP around 572 billion this year with higher consumer spending government purchases and construction.
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Tom McMillan
Texas Power and Light Co
Bonham Lions Club
McMillan
Three Presidents Occupy White House in 380 Days
Three consecutive presidents held the office within 380 days: Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler. Harrison died shortly after taking office, leading to Tyler's succession. the trio marks a rapid turnover in the early republic.
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White House
Mario van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Scientists Plan Balloon Launch From Arizona Army Site
Scientists prepare a polyethylene balloon 128 feet in diameter for a Friday launch near Yuma Arizona to measure infrared absorption by the atmosphere up to 22 miles. General Dynamics Astronautics and Dr Fred G Cusel plan data for astronomy meteorology and potential space detection systems with a cost lower than satellite flights.
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San Diego
UPS
General Dynamics-Astronautics
Fred G Cusel
Asronautics
Case
Yuma
Ariz
Tucoun
Huurs
Fire hydrant parking fight in Glendale Wisconsin
Joseph Braunreiter seeks legal parking in front of his home but two city ordinances block it. One requires cars to park 10 feet from fire hydrants, another forces a 40 foot clearance from driveways. The dispute highlights limits on legally parking near his 6 foot front plot.
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UPI
Joseph Braunreiter
cMy
Grass Fire Trouble For Firemen Near Plant Site
Firemen battled a grass fire at Jones Friday near the Bonham Manufacturing plant with a high north wind driving flames toward barracks. A second truck aided the effort and three runs were recorded, including a Wednesday call to Jones Field and East Rayburn Drive and a large blaze west of Yuba toward Bryan County, Oklahoma.
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Bonham Manuffacturing Company
Waus
Jones Field
Rayburn Drive
Yuba
Bryan County
Oklakuma
Man robbed at knife point by man with dog in Hollywood
James Underwood, 47, told police he was accosted by a man who brandished a large white dog, aimed at him, then grabbed $59 from his wallet before fleeing. The incident occurred in Hollywood.
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