Lighter Side lampoons emergency drink bill era
Dick West mocks Congress and a proposed emergency bill to legalize stand up drinking at the Neal Press Club bar. He notes the DC ruling on sit down drinking and argues banning standing would shrink the world’s problem solving supply, urging swift action.
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Dick West
United Press International
Ashington
UPI
Congress
Con
Neal Press Club
Press Club
L. David Leroy
Washington
District of Columbia
U.S
Record Heat Tops U.S. Weather Readings in Texas and California
The high Monday reached 105 degrees in Cotulla Texas and Needles and Blythe California. Lows dropped to 42 degrees at Bradford, marking wide temperature swings reported by UPI for the continental United States excluding Hawaii.
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New York
UPI
U.S
Hawaii
Cotulla
Tex
Needles and
Blythe
Bradford
Indexing by Morris Higley reflects on news coverage
The writer complains about wire service overkill including Luci Nugent birth stories and debt limit voting. He argues editors waste space and that Congress members who approved a $22 billion debt increase lack responsibility, urging readers not to vote for them.
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Luci Nugent
Luci
United States
Final Rites Held for Juan Venites at First Baptist Church
Final rites for Juan Venites 67 were held at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church with Ramiro Rivera officiating. Interment followed in Childress Cemetery. Born in Mexico he became a U.S. citizen in 1924 and lived in Childress 15 years. Survivors include two sons Pvt Christine Venites serving in Vietnam and Ernest Venites of Childress.
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Juan Venites
First Baptist Church
Ramiro Rivera
Childress Cemetery
Mexico
Mr. Venites
United States
Childress
Pvt
Christine Venites
Vietnam
Ernest Venites
Kosygin Visit Reflects Strained Moscow Cuba Ties
The article ties Alexei Kosygin's voyage to Cuba amid rising U S Mideast tensions and Havana's push for Latin American solidarity. It notes Castro's open criticism of Soviet delays in Vietnam, Cuba’s economic squeeze, and reliance on Moscow while distancing from Beijing.
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America
Moscow
Cuba
Kremlin
Kosygin
Havana
Latin-American Solidarity Organization
LASO
Castro
Russia
Vietnam
Red China
Treasury Yearly Report Summary Through June
Treasury accounts for the fiscal year through June 22 show withdrawals of 162.713 billion dollars and deposits of 158.302 trillion dollars with a cash balance of 5.965 billion. Public debt is 326.968 billion and gold reserves total 13.109 billion.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
Jordan King Hussein to visit Washington for talks
President Johnson will meet with King Hussein of Jordan on Wednesday June 28 at 1 30 PM to discuss Jordan’s refugee crisis and the Mideast aid program. Hussein warned at the United Nations that the war could resume if Israel is not condemned and Arab lands are returned.
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Jordan
West Bank
U.S
Mideast
Israel
White House
Hussein
Washington
Jordan River
United Nations
World Organization
Kosygin
Johnson
George Christian
U.N
Christian
Johnson and
Light Flood Damage in Snyder Texas
United Press International reports drizzling mist and three to four inches of rain caused street and yard flooding in Snyder and surrounding counties. Water over Farm Road 1610 eased after three hours while rainfall totals across the region ranged up to nearly eight inches for the weekend.
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United Press International
Snyder
Texas South Plains
Gayle
U.S. 180
Borden
Scurry
Texas Highway Department
Post
Alpine
Rotan
Henriett
Wichita Falls
Spur
Munday
Presidio
Scotland
Abernathy
Brownfield Cragbyton
Lamera Levell
Lockerville
Muleshoe
Plains
Tahoka
Big Spring
Abilene
Childress
Fort Worth Midland
Texarkana
Amarillo
Palacios
Galveston
Dallas
Lawn help story involving Martha Wilson and Mike Arms
Martha Wilson of Palo Alto and her friend Mike Arms began with a strong idea to assist Martha’s father with lawn work. They pitched in with rakes and enthusiasm, but other attractions soon appeared and shifted focus from the original plan.
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Martha Wilson
Palo Alto
Calif
Mike Arms
Martha
Cleaning Air And Water Will Be Expensive
Gov. John B. Connally said cleaning air and water will cost a lot of money while touring with federal and state officials on a Texas conservation inspection. The group, led by James M. Quigley, visited Dallas Fort Worth sewer plants and major reservoirs as they travel across central and eastern Texas toward Galveston Bay.
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San Antonio
UPI
John B. Connally
Connally
Texas
Falcon Lake
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Gulf Coast
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas and
Fort Worth
Dallas
Possum Kingdom Lake
Mineral Wells
Waco Area
Highlands Lakes
Austin
New Canyon Lake
James M. Quigley
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Joe G. Moore Jr
Texas Water Pollution Control Board
Galveston Bay
Houston
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Federal Agency
Curtain Call Ends First Session With Applause
The king finished his notes and received a standing ovation as the room in the gold and blue hall erupted in cheers. He bowed to delegations, marking the first curtain call of the session after years of hard work.
Numerous local visitors and deaths noted in Duncan OK
The High Point News reports the sister of Mrs. Richard Holeman and Jess Mullins died in a Duncan Oklahoma hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral attendance included Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mullins and others. various neighbors visited local homes including Mrs. Kur Rothwell in Childress and Mrs. Minnie Woodley south of Paducah. Several families received guests from Houston, Guymon, California, and San Diego, while J.T. Morris and Lon Ray Mullins visited. Vietnam leave bring reflections on Thailand.
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F. E. Biddy
Richard Holeman
Jess Mullins
Duncan
Okla
J. M. Mullins
W. E. Blair
Holeman
Clyde Holeman
Arthur Rothwells
Lewis Mullins
Delmer Jones
Ys. J
Carl Miller
Messrs
Mmes
Bud Smith
Brenda
Sharon
Lakeview
Shorty Smith
Orton
Bill Guffy
San Diego
Calif
Donald Miller
Tammy
J. T. Morris
Lon Ray
Childress
Lynn Donnis
Vietnam
Thailand
Clyde Hackler
Millard Thomas
Whitesboro
Monroe Hacklers
Community Center
M. Hacklers
James Ray Hacklers
Floyd Biddys
Homer Jones
Terri Lee
Houston
Charlotte Carter
Guymon
Bill Prather
California
Newcomer Barbara Moore to star in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Barbara Moore, a newcomer and winner of 18 beauty contests in Southern California, will have a continuing role next fall in the television series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The UPI report notes her rise in Hollywood as she joins the show's cast for new episodes next season.
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Makes Good Hollywood
UPI
Barbara Moore
California
The
U.N.C.L.E
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