Farm Workers Picket Three Farms in Texas Drive
Farm workers organized by a man from California picket three large Rio Grande Valley farms in Texas seeking higher pay. They demand at least a $1.25 minimum wage while current offers hover around 50 cents an hour. Nelson, jailed after forcing a train to stop, leads the effort.
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Rio Grande City,y Tex
UPI
California
Eugene Nelson
Rio Grande City
Nelson
Modesto
Calif
Delano
National Farm Workers Association
Mexico
Santex
la Casita
Los Puertos
One Juror Sought In Ashley Murder Trial
Gatesville Texas UPI reports only one juror remained to be selected before testimony in the second murder trial of Leslie Douglas Ashley 28. The state seeks the death penalty for Ashley for the 1961 sex party slaying of Fred A Tones. Carolyn Lima who also escaped the electric chair received a five year sentence.
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Gatesville
Tex
UPI
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Wth
Joe B. Rauschenberger
Civil Service
Ft. Hood
Ashley
Houston
Fred A. Tones
Wharton
Carolyn Ann Lima
Hospital News Medical-Surgical Admissions and Dismissals
New patient entries list Mrs Earl Smith and several others across Bonham Windom Ravenna Honey Grove Seguin and Dallas. Dismissals include O C Edwards and a roster of named patients with multiple towns represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Smith
Bonham
Hardie Butler
M. E. Luttrell
Windom
M. L. Little
Raymond Garrison
Ravenna
W. L. Skinner
Honey Grove
Cassie Smith
Rosa Lee Donahoo
Mark Gilbreath
E. W. Thompson
Kenneth Baker
Bob Dunn
Seguin
W. C. Glaspy
George Wolf
George Bailey
Ector
Loretta Ryals
Sherry Ryals
O. C. Edwards
Dallas
Stella van Kirk
E. C. Parker
Local Names Listed in Bonham and Nearby Areas
A roster of residents including Mrs. Phebe Sanders, Mrs. John Gleeson, Mrs. Willie Keene, and others from Bonham Ravenna Ivanhoe and surrounding towns appears. Dismissed individuals include Dan Kennedy and Miss Eura Miller among several named in the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phebe Sanders
Bonham
John Gleeson
Willie Keene
Ivanhoe
Don Flair
Ravenna
Oliver Rowe
Becca Merworth
Ector
Huie Tolbert
Bert Casteel
Ray Walker
Alva Simpson
A. A. Hardin
Joseph Pinkston
William Smith
Dan Kennedy
Marion Binion
Thunderstorms Hit Panhandle and Texas Panhandle Weather
A thunderstorm dropped 2.06 inches of rain on Amarillo with showers across the South Plains. Light rain fell between Wichita Falls and Brownwood and more showers were expected over West Texas and the upper North Central region. Overnight lows ranged 56 to 73, with Presidio at 101 and Lubbock at 77 as the day stayed warm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Amarillo
South Plains
Texas
Wichita Falls
Brownwood
West Texas
Lufkin
Corpus Christi
Panhandle
Kansas
Oklahoma
Garden City
Kan
Presidio
Four ex Ministers Executed in Congo Twilight Justice
Four former cabinet ministers convicted of plotting to overthrow the Congo government were hanged one by one before a crowd of about 80 000 in Leopoldville. The victims included former Prime Minister Evaristo Kimba and ex Defense Minister Jerome Anahi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Evaristo Kimba
Joseph Mobutu
Jerome Anahi
Manuel Bamba
Alexander Mbamba
Congo
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Huelga
Cantaloupes
Rio Grande Valley
Margit Sanchez
Gulf of Mexico
Hospital News
Eldsdotiwenu Eng Niol Etieregio
Laredo
Scott
Borden
Gal. Crn
Mons
OKRA
Florida
Lipton U. L. Tea
Baver
McCreight
Wilson
Lady Betty Prune Juice
Ivory
Maxwell House
Maryland
Folger
Hormel
CAMAY
Lenolin
Hermel's
Franks
Lae
Ecner MR. Clean
Eaner
Cascade
Enh
Armour’s
Hermel
Reg
Bowless
Saas Nex Ea
Benham, Texas
Broan
Lubbock
Oreign
McKnight Drug
Bonham, Tex
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