Triumph And Trauma Texas During The Sixties
Texas moved toward a two party state as Republicans gained ground in the sixties while Democrats won three presidential elections. Connally ousted Price Daniel, then Smith followed. Texas fought taxes and liquor debates, redistricting chaos, and mourned Sam Rayburn and John Nance Garner. Cowboys, film, and music highlighted a decade of influential figures.
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Texas
John Connally
Price Daniel
Preston Smith
Spiro Agnew
Ben Barnes
Sam Rayburn
Sam
John Nance Garner
Washington
Ike
Kansas
Denison
Sanderson
Fort Worth
Soviet Gunboats Reach South Med Near Israel
Mystery craft refuel at sea, 270 ton 147 foot gunboats may reach Haifa today. Soviet Mediterranean fleet ships near Malta monitor Israeli movements while 15 Russian warships operate in Egyptian waters. Israel silent on the incident. US 6th Fleet and NATO spokesmen declined to comment. European diplomats weigh potential impact as arrival looms.
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Haifa
Malta
Sicily
Israel
U.S
Boundaries and gunboat affair fill tangled front page
A political confrontation over gunboats frames the day as France presses a full inquiry into the Cherbourg incident. Claims swirl about who bought the vessels and whether they carried weapons. Norwegian firm Starboat Oil cites ownership but stays tight lipped on arms details.
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France
Israel
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
French Defense Ministry
Cherbourg
Ole Martin Siem
Starboat Oil Co
Panama
Gulf coast songs and fairs cited in mixed updates
The piece mixes music events from Texas with fairs in Dallas Plainview and San Antonio, noting HemisFair losses and the New York World’s Fair Texas Pavilion failure. It also covers Middle East air raids, a Norwegian license dispute, and heavy weekend power and telephone outages across regions.
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James Ling
van Cliburn
Mary Martin
Texas
John Wayne
Houston
Red Adair
Alamo
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Dallas
Jim Lehrer
Larry McMurty
Claude
Paul Newman
Hud
Harper
Hombre
Hollywood
Big Spring
New York
Marty Robbins
el Paso
George Hamilton IV
Glen Campbell
Galveston
Dean Martin
Gulf Coast
Plainview
Jimmy Dean
Lewisville
San Antonio
Viet Cong Attacks Suoi Ca. US Uses Bombers Near Saigon
Field reports describe a Suoi Ca assault 22 miles east of Saigon with machine guns and rifles. Nine of 60 defenders killed, two wounded, one missing, plus two civilian deaths. In separate actions near the Cambodian border U.S. forces claim 46 North Vietnamese killed with no American casualties. Kampf near Saigon includes a 24 mile NW strike with 7 Americans killed in a night bivouac.
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Suoi Ca
Saigon
U. S
United States
U. S. Command
The Dignity of Man in Action in Vietnam War Era
A long editorial argues that human dignity and personal sacrifice matter more than death in war. It cites hamlet chiefs in Vietnam facing death, compares courage across Russia and China, and recounts a Manila visit by Agnew praising US Philippines ties amid Vietnam aid debates.
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Washington
Nea
Vietnam
Russia
China
Nazi Germany
Free Philippine Youth Union
Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation
U. S
Agnew
Manila
United States
Philippines
Nixon
Judy
Eugene A. Cernan
Ferdinand Marcos
Asia
Salvador H. Laurel
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
You
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Texas Democratic Party
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U.S. 59
Atlanta
Tex
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Charlotte
Atascosa
Texas 97
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Jeffrey Lynn Draper
Harris County
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Henderson
Arthur Conway
Conway
Michael Lee Muller
Nacogdoches
Donetta Plett
Newton
Kan
Tulsa
Steve Galicia
la Marque
Texas 3
LaMarque
Jim C. Coggins
Arcadia
Coggins
Patricia Segret
Tyler
Robert Navarro Jr
Corpus Christi
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Timpson
High Island
Terry Kirkpatrick
John Mays
Denton
Alexander II
Aaron
Ray Cromley
Badger State
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Seattle
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Vergleid
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Crosbyton
Lubbock
Panhandle
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Alaska
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the Born Loser
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