Stand or fall of the nuclear test ban amid alleged deals
The piece warns that partial nuclear test ban ratification may be a first step toward a broader American Russian pact. It cites potential non aggression accords with Warsaw Pact nations and trade liberalization as future concessions, arguing such moves would threaten Senate approval and Eastern European freedom.
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Los Angeles Times
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Benjamin Franklin First Postmaster General
Washington UPI reports Benjamin Franklin served as the first postmaster general from July 26 1775 to Navy 7 1776. The Continental Congress set his salary at 1000 dollars yearly. He boosted mail routes between New York and Philadelphia and details rates for 30 to 400 mile distances with surcharges for heavy letters.
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UPI
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Navy
Continental Congress
Franklin
New York
Philadelphia
Weather highs and lows across Reno Ney to Presidio Texas
Today's lowest temperature reported to the U S Weather Bureau was 39 degrees in Reno Ney and Butte Mont. The high reached 107 degrees at Presidio Tex.
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United Press International Today
U.S. Weather Bureau
Reno
Ney
Butte
Mont
Presidio
Tex
Nursing home dedication honors long serving staff
Mrs. Garvin a local nurse for 20 years and her partners Mr and Mrs Coleman run Zoe's Rest Haven, a 20 bed facility that has stayed full since six months after opening. The new building will be dedicated to George Lutz, a patient for two years.
Local talents perform songs with stage band accompaniment
Judy Kee and Barbara Cox lead a program featuring Vickie Mullins Paula Parr Kathryn Dodgen Robbie Henderson Lewene Mullins Karen Griffin Joan Cheatham Donnalene Bearden and Carolyn Henderson. Rebecca Cheatheam sang with Sandra Dement at the piano while Norman Hemphill's high school Stage Band performed on the program.
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Kee
Barbara Cox
Vickie Mullins
Paula Parr
Kathryn Dodgen
Robbie Henderson
Lewene Mullins
Karen Griffin
Joan Cheatheam
Donnalene Bearden
Carolyn Henderson
Rebecca Cheatheam
Sandra Dement
Norman Hemphill
Henderson linked to slanted well in Sperry-Sun case
Testimony shows a well on Pauline Crossman lease slanted 2 328 feet with W L Berwick saying Sheppard shared in a drilling permit. Sheppard denies improper action and cites Railroad Commission reports. 1962 inspection found rods and steel balls. well depth 5590 feet. bottom reported at 4812 feet. Judge Looney Lindsey presiding.
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Henderson
Atty
John Ben Sheppard
W. L. Berwick
Longview
Sheppard
Pauline Crossman
Odessa
Railroad Commission
Pan American Oil Co
H. D. Nettles
Texas Legislature Addresses Growth Control and Seashore Move
The session advanced annexation limits for border towns and approved an act enabling Padre Island land to pass to the U.S. government. It also set a 25 cent annual voter registration fee contingent on poll tax repeal, revised election code rules, merged Game and Fish with Parks into a three member commission, raised auto liability limits to 10 000 and 20 000 for bodily injuries, kept 5 000 property damage, and enacted a 33 million tax package effective July 1 removing certain sales tax exemptions and extending the corporate tax for one year.
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State School
Game and Fish Commission
State Parks Board
Park, and Wildlife Commission
House Honors Halleck Washington on 63rd Birthday
UPI report says House Republican Leader Charles A Halleck of Indiana received bipartisan plaudits Thursday on his 63rd birthday as members from both parties paid tribute.
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Washington
UPI
House
Charles A Halleck
Ind
Water Board loan tied to regional water project in East Texas
State Senator Andy Rogers says the Texas Water Development Board could join a loan to retire debt via water revenue, marking a first for cities in the area. Voter turnout and strong support are seen as key, as some cities face rejections on prior loan attempts and seek immediate water solutions. The plan hinges on board participation and public backing.
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Childress
Texas Water Development Board
Andy Rogers
Austin
Water Development Board
Rea
Lize
Sen. Rogers
Tyler
East Texas
Rogers
State
Escape by five inmates at cricket match in England
Five prison inmates escaped during a cricket game in Nottingham by slipping through the outfield fence as guards watched the batter. The scene included John Snedegar at a meeting and a call for broad civic attendance to clarify election outcomes for the Greenbelt area.
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Nottingham
England
UPI
John Snedegar
Monrovia Council Cuts Tax Rate For Tenth Straight Year
Monrovia officials approved a tax rate of $1.64 per $100 of assessed value, down two cents. The rate has been reduced annually for the past decade. In Cisco Grove two construction workers mishandled a dynamite blast for a highway project, sending rock on eight drills valued over $100,000. the workers were dismissed.
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Monrovia, Calif
Monrovia
Cisco Grove
Calif
Upid
Hearing on County Budget for Childress County Texas
The Commissioners Court of Childress County Texas will hold a public hearing on the county budget on August 31 1963 at 9:00 A M at the County Courthouse in Childress Texas. All taxpayers are invited to attend and participate in the hearing. Leonard King County Judge signs and seals the notice.
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State OF Texas
Childress
Commissioner's Court
Childress County
Texas
County Commissioner’s Court
Commissioners’ Court
Leonard King
Dow Jones Averages Mixed As Trading Closes Higher
Dow Jones averages edged up with 30 industrials at 724.00 up 5.53 points and 65 total stocks at 261.31 up 1.39. WOSPREN rose to 175.94 up 0.50. Overall volume reached 620,900 by 2 p.m. with further sales at 3,640,000.
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United Press International
Indus
Wospren
Ieee
Oa Es Sas
Kennedy's aid request trimmed by Senate aides
Foreignbillion in the program, but later said that this was mislead ing. He said the actual cut was $585 million and that the bill, as sent to the Senate, would authorize $3,502,075,000. This was about $1 billion below Kennedy's request. Adair wrapped up a cut of $160 million in deveopment loans, $150 million in funds for the al liance for progress, $25 million in military assistance, and $50 million in the program's contin gency fund.
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Senate
Kennedy
Adair
Alliance For Progress
Gems and Money Move Safety Through Mails
The U S mail system carries millions of dollars in jewels monthly and is preferred by jewel merchants over private guard transport. Postal inspectors number 1 500 and achieve a 99 percent conviction rate. swindlers and obscenity cases abound with varying penalties, while Communist propaganda impounded under the new law adds a heavy burden to the Post Office.
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U.S
New York
Smithsonian Institution
Post Office Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Central Intelligence Agency
Charles J. Nalewak
Shamokin
Iran
Pony Express Riders Faces Peril and Tough Life
In 1860 61 Pony Express riders carried mail between St Joseph Missouri and Sacramento California. They averaged 75 miles daily with horse changes every 15 miles. Bob Haslam survived a 10 mile running fight after delivering Lincoln’s inaugural address, losing teeth and suffering wounds but finishing the ride on Old Buck.
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Bob Haslam
Smith’s Creek
Fort Churchill
Nev
Lincoln
Wall Street Chatter on Rally Faith and Near-Term Trends
UPI reports analysts offer mixed views on the current stock rally. Eliot Janeway predicts a pullback to resistance before a new rally past old records. Bache & Co notes limited profit taking while Thomson & McKinnon endorses selective purchases in cyclical issues. Martin Gilbert sees a bullish climate with a potential recovery in price structure after further gains.
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New York
UPI
Eliot Janeway
Janeway
Thomson & McKinnon
Martin Gilbert
van Alstyne, Noel & Co
Inga
Greenbelt water project eyed for September vote
The writer notes a September 7 to 21 window for a potential Greenbelt water project vote and questions public risk/interest. He remarks on bottled water origins from Lubbock and cites a grocery man as the source.
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Greenbelt
Australia unique continent status per National Geographic Atlas
The article notes Australia is the only nation to occupy an entire continent, according to the National Geographic Atlas of the World. It emphasizes the geography claim and cites the atlas as the source.
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United Press International
Australia
National Geographic Atlas
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