Congressional Logjam Shapes Senate and House Actions
Congress faces a mid summer logjam with a June 30 deadline for many measures. Spending bills stalled by House Senate appropriations feud threaten agency funding while a travel tax cut and $4 billion tax extensions edge toward expiry. Also: Senate judiciary reviews Irving Ben Cooper nomination amid opposition from ABA and NY bar groups. Eisenhower to meet GOP leaders and speak at a $100 dinner guiding party fundraising.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
House
Senate Appropriations Committees
Senate
Irving Ben Cooper
Federal District Court
New York City
Cooper
American Bar Association
The
Bar Association of
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Frontier
Japanese student seeks Texan pen pals for English practice
Hisao Ogawa, a 17 year old from Kamagayamachi Higashi Chiba Japan, attends Waseda Univ. high school and hopes to exchange letters with boys and girls in Texas. He writes that he enjoys listening to music and playing instruments and says correspondence with Americans will help improve his English.
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Hisao Ogawa
Hatsutomi
Kamagayamachi
Katsushikagun
Higashi
Chiba
Japan
Texas
Hisso
Waseda Univ. High School
Pry
Bonham Family Survives Stormy Night Escape
After a fierce thunderstorm, the Bonham family hurriedly fled to a neighbor for shelter but faced a tense scramble for car keys and correct house keys. A mistaken turn near a friend’s house caused a minor misstep before they finally drove away as the moon shone.
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Bonham
Epee
Beeke Sale At Clark Memorial Methodist Saturday
The WSCS of Clark Memorial Methodist church hosts a big bake sale on the north side of the square Saturday morning. Drinks cookies and pastries will be available. Proceeds support church activities.
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WSCS
Clark Memorial Methodist Church
Savoy PTA Sale Aims to Raise Funds Saturday
Local Savoy PTA plans a Saturday sale to raise funds for community needs. Organizers invite residents to contribute items and attend at the Cedar street location to support the project.
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Savoy
PTA
Oranda
Bonham Hosts Third Annual Sidewalk Sale
Bonham merchants prepared for the third annual sidewalk sale scheduled for Saturday. The event will feature summer bargains across many lines of business as crowds from the trade area are expected to attend, with participating merchants offering special bargains.
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Bonham’s
Bonham Trade
Railroads Break Off Wage Talks
Chicago based report states five on train brotherhoods withdrew from mediation in the feather bedding dispute. J E Wolfe chief railroad negotiator said weeks of negotiation failed to yield progress and unions persist in delaying tactics against presidential commission recommendations. The Railway Mediation Board has overseen talks since late month.
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Chicago
UPI
J. E. Wolfe
Presidential Railroad Commission
Railway Mediation Board
Wolfe
Bonham Man Faces Charges in Knife Attack on Youth
Bonham 28 year old James W. Repp held in Fannin County jail on assault with intent to murder and aggravated assault charges for knifing 17 year old Frankie Holliday and attacking 18 year old Margaret Hill. Complaints signed by City Officer Marlin Thrasher filed in justice of peace and county court. Holliday stabbed shoulder chest and leg at East 13th and Pecan after a late midnight call.
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Bonham
Fannin County
Pat Beene
James W. Repp
Frankie Holliday
Margaret Hill
Repp
Marlin Thrasher
Beene
Court of Justice of Peace
Clark Benton
Thrasher
Fred Clark
Frank Wilson
Holliday
Mrs Edith Holmes Injured at Job Press Office
In Trenton Mrs Edith Holmes owner of the Tribune sustained painful injuries to her right hand while feeding a job press in the office. Alone in the shop she cut the power after several minutes and summoned daughter in law Mrs Mc Holmes for help. Treated by a Leonard doctor no bones were broken. Holmes noted this was her first accident in over 28 years with the Tribune.
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Trenton
Spl
Edith Holmes
Trenton Tribune
Mc Holmes
Leonard
Dirksen Attacks Officials Over FBI Search Tactics
Senator Dirksen blasted ag officials alleging improper surveillance tactics in a Senate investigation. He argued the department aimed to impeach credibility of witnesses while Mundt and Curtis pressed for full disclosure of correspondences kept hidden. He warned the episode need not derail the inquiry.
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Dirksen
Mundt
Curtis
Estes faces 29 count indictment and possible bankruptcy
Billie Sol Estes is charged by a federal grand jury with 18 counts of mail fraud 12 counts of illegally transporting securities in interstate commerce and one conspiracy count in a new 29 count indictment. The case, tied to an earlier April indictment, may force Estes toward bankruptcy as creditors decide on a plan to pay about 38 million dollars he owes.
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Sol Estes
Estes
Justice Department
Rufus McLean
Criminal Division
Washington
McLean
M. R. Irion
Dallas
el Paso
Plainview
R. Ewing Thomason
Reign of Terror Resumes as OAS Attacks Oran School
In Oran five plastic devices exploded, igniting a school and forcing fire crews to rescue two women from a burning balcony. The incidents follow a prior blast in Bone and a defiant OAS pirate broadcast rejecting a truce. One person was injured. damage extensive.
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Algiers
UPI
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Oran
Bone
Paul Gardy
Oran Academy
Seaport
Suits Seek 2.8 Million Over Slant-Hole Wells
Atty. Gen. Will Wilson filed six civil suits totaling 2.8 million dollars against County Judge Early Sharp of Longview and five East Texas residents over slant-hole drilling in Hawkins Field. The suits allege illegal deviating shafts and improper plugging, with penalties up to 1,000 dollars per day.
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Wilson
Judge Sharp
T & P, Coal and Oil
Sharp
Charles W. Lutes
Temple T. Pyle
Longview
Karen Coats
Alton Coats
Gladewater
J. W. Tyner
Tyler
East Texas
Hawkins Field
Railroad Commission
Texas Railroad Commission
William J. Murray Jr
Commission
Murtray
Captive Doctor Reported Alive From Viet Nam Kidnap
UPI reports Dr Eleanor Ardel Vietti a 34 year old Texas physician captured May 30 by Communist forces in Viet Nam has been seen alive. Also held are Rev Arche E Mitchell 44 of Ellenburg Washington and Daniel Gerber 32 of Dalton Georgia.
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New York
UPI
Texas
Viet Nam
Eleanor Arde! Vietti
Houston
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Vietti
Arche E. Mitchell
Ellenburg
Wash
Daniel Gerber
Dalton
Soil Testing Kickoff in Bonham July 31 at State Park
Two speakers invited for the Fannin county soil testing campaign kickoff on July 31 at Bonham State Park. John Well and John Box will be asked to speak, Box to demonstrate soil sampling. The Bonham Chamber Agri-Business committee will organize the event, including a barbecue, with local officials collecting samples from four precincts.
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Fannin County
Bonham State Park
John Well
The
Soil Conservation Service
John Box
Texas A&m College Agronomist
Box
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Burnett
J. D. Butler
J. T. Woodson
Central Station
Bonham
Aubrey McAlister
Dan Barnard
Bob Old
Wayne Cranfill
Texas Power and Light Co
Suspect Released In Double Slaying
An 18 year old ex Marine was questioned for six hours in the bludgeon killings of two high school cheerleaders. He was released with no charges after cooperating and taking a lie detector test at the State police barracks in Morristown, where many teens were questioned.
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Morris Plains
UPID
Morristown
Morris County
Frank Scerbo
Fane
President resigns from Sam Houston State teachers chapter
The president of the Sam Houston State Teachers College AAUP chapter and 10 other instructors resign in protest of Dr. Rupert Koeninger’s dismissal. Dr. William Painter, history professor and AAUP chapter head, also quits over the “arbitrary dismissal” of Dr. Koeninger's colleague.
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Huntsville, Tex
UPI
Sam Houston State Teachers College
American Association of University Professors
AAUP
Rupert Koeninger
The
Houston Chronicle
Chronicle Aad
William Painter
Loeninger
Kennedy and Republicans seek substitutes after farm bill defeat
President Kennedy and congressional Republicans pledged to craft substitute farm programs after the House vote that rejected the administration bill 215 to 206. Halleck suggested continuing the current feed grain program for a year while Democrats rethink guidelines from Eisenhower era.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Heck
Wickersham
House
Eisenhower Halleck
D. D. Eisenhower
Air France 707 Crashes on Approach in Guadeloupe
An Air France Boeing 707 en route from Paris to Santiago crashed into a 2,500 foot mountain slope near Le Raizet airport during a pre-dawn storm. All 113 aboard were killed, including 103 passengers and 10 crew. Rescue teams faced dense jungle as they searched the wreckage three miles east of Deshayes on Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe.
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Pointe-A-Pitre
Guadeloupe
UPI
Air France
Paris
Santiago
Chile
Caribbean
le Raizet
French Ministry of Overseas Territories
Deshayes
Basee-Terre
France
Alee
Basse - Terre
U.S. Coast Guard
Moutain
Andre Lonleut
Granade - Terre
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Harold Orr
Amarillo
Superior Manufacturing Co
Frank R. Murray
McSpadden
Murray
Texas Atty
Will Wilson
Pecos
F. H. Ryan
Secret Army
James A. Saave
Los Angeles
Saave
Halleck
Coast Guard
Lesieur
Air Frange
Ace
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