Fulbright Hearings Highlight U S Vietnam War Policy
U S Senator Fulbright seeks open and closed hearings on the military buildup in Thailand to test the balance between Congress right to know and military secrecy. The issue risks military operations vital to Vietnam as Fulbright’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee pushes for congressional input on foreign policy. The piece also notes De Gaulle's Cambodia visit, calls for troop reductions in Europe facing GOP resistance, and reports a bridegroom held in a psych ward for involvement in a Dallas murder.
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William Fulbright
U. S
Thailand
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
Fulbright
Chaiirman
Serate Foreign Relations Committee
Representative of the People
Charles de Gaulle
Cambodia
Nordom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
South Viet Nam
Noumea
New Calendonia
Senate Democratic
Europe
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Dirksen
Wilson
Britain
NATO
War spreads beyond South Viet Nam to Laos and Cambodia
Saigon dispatch notes the Viet Nam conflict expanding geographically as North Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia become part of the war zone. U.S. bombing raids target the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos and Cambodia, with ongoing air strikes from bases in Thailand and South Viet Nam. Pathet Lao forces and Laotian government tensions rise in the Plain of Jars and surrounding areas.
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Saigon
Upi
Viet Nam
Indo China
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
U. S
Geneva
Taos
Pathet Lao
Thailand
7Th Fleet
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Plain of Jars
Commies Down 2 Planes Over North Viet Nam
UPI reports two U S planes shot down in raids targeting the Hanoi to Red China railway lines. The losses bring total air war planes lost to 466. In the Saigon area and Central Highlands ground fighting increased with at least 20 Communists killed and 22 captured as U S and South Vietnamese forces clash with Viet Cong units.
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Saigon
UPI
U. S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Red China
U.S
Central Highlands
Panhandle
Viet Nam
China
United States
HD Club Elects Officers With One Change
Officers of the Valley View Home Demonstration Club were re elected with Annie Speed replacing outgoing treasurer Mrs Lillie Gohlke. Returning officers are Mrs Fred Henneke president Mrs Ros Morgan vice president Mrs Claud Thigpen secretary Mrs Pattie Manion council delegate and Mrs J H Whitley alternate council delegate. A covered dish luncheon is planned at the Women's Club Building September 16 at 1130 AM with a workshop and games in the afternoon.
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Valley View Home Demonstration Club
Annie Speed
Lillie Gohlke
Fred Henneke
Ros Morgan
Claud Thigpen
Pattie Manion
J. H. Whitley
Women's Club
Stolen Red 1963 Dodge Tudor From Weber Motor Lot
A red 1963 Dodge Tudor Hardtop with license GYK 580 was reported stolen from Weber Motor Co. car lot on Thursday night, according to Police Set. A. A. Kenhe.
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Weber Motor Co
GYK
A. A. Kenhe
Catholic Priest Calls Baptist Pastor A Liar
Boerne dispute over nuns teaching in public schools escalates as Rt. Rev. Gus Staff calls Rev. George McWilliams a liar and threatens to sue over a statement. The feud involves Benedictine nuns Thekla and Henrietta Marie and questions of religious attire in classrooms amid constitutional arguments.
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Boerne
Gus
George McWilliams
Thekla
Henrietta Marie
McWilliams
Church of Christ
Marvin Perkins
Benedictine
Texas
U. S
Peace Is Kept By Guardsmen
Racial violence flared in Dayton Ohio and Battle Creek Michigan as 1000 combat equipped National Guardsmen patrolled the streets. President Johnson is to visit both cities over Labor Day weekend. In Dayton at least 30 injured and 140 arrested in 24 hours amid looting, window smashing and stoning of white motorists in the West Side area.
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United Press International
Dayton
Ohio
Battle Creek
Mich
Johnson
West Side
Doctors Direct Rector To Rest At Grace Episcopal Church
The Rev. Paul Abbott, Grace Episcopal Church rector, will take weeks of hospital rest after medical advice. No early communion services. 10:30 a.m. service led by visiting clergy or lay leaders. He will be treated at a Victoria hospital. Also, Doak Walker named to coach the Denver Broncos Pass offense in the AFL.
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Paul Abbott
Grace Tupiscopal Church
Victoria Hospital
Arkla Gas Kitchen Van Tour Planned on Sept 19
Arkla Gas Co will park a kitchen van outside its LOG N Gonzales Street office to demonstrate Arkla kitchen products. Jim Stone, manager of the lineal office, says staff will also give away free samples.
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Arkla Gas Co
Log N. Gonzales Street
Arkla
Jim Stone
Lineal
Pressure Grows To Bring Als In Europe Home
Pressure mounts as U S officials warn against new isolationist currents at home and abroad. Senate Democrats urge a substantial cut in Europe military strength amid frustration over NATO allies. Secretary Rusk voices anger at European double standards while backing U S action in Viet Nam.
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Europe
Senate
Democratic Policy Committee
U. S
Southeast Asia
NATO
Dean Rusk
United States
Viet Nam
Teachers Okayed By Board At Cuero Schools
Cuero School Board accepted the resignation of high school typing teacher Mrs Martha H W McMordie and approved new hires Mrs Ernestine McClung to teach high school social studies and Miss Decia Clement to teach high school physical education. Superintendent Marvin Kirkman was authorized to study buying a new scoreboard for Gobbler Stadium as the present one is out of order and repairs are not economical.
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Cuero
Martha HW. McMordie
Ernestine McClung
Decia Clement
Victoria
Marvin Kirkman
Gobbler Stadium
Bodies Found Of Airmen On Iceland Glacier
The Washington police report that the bodies of three airmen from the SALO Albatross crash were recovered from a glacier in Iceland at 5,200 feet altitude on May 20, 1952, four days after the wreck. The aircraft and one of the five aboard were located with remaining crew missing.
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Glacier
Iceland
Cuero and Texas Weather Shifts Across Heat and Rain
Cuero records 96 degrees with cooler 73F expected Friday as rain threats linger. Midland Odessa reports 4.5 inches of rain in hours flooding homes and roads. Texas highs mostly in the 90s while Laredo hits 100. The Weather Bureau notes August ran up to four degrees cooler than normal.
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Cuero
Midland - Odessa
Texas
Laredo
U.S
Texas schools face teacher shortage amid growth and integration
A Texas survey shows schools struggle to fill teaching posts as enrollment rises by about 30,000. Many districts start Tuesday short of qualified teachers, turning to substitute staff and portable buildings while smaller towns cope with closures of Negro schools as students move to integrated systems.
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Texas
Smaler
Cuero Youth Rodeo Seeks 5000 City Loan for New Arena
Cuero Youth Rodeo Assn asks the City Council for a $5,000 loan to build a larger arena at Municipal Park in a broad community project. Secretary Treasurer Paul Lucas presents plans and notes the current six year old arena is inadequate, with $1,000 in bank funds and two thirds funded by federal support. The council delays action pending city planning recommendations and further talks with rodeo officials and other city figures.
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Cuera Youth Rodeo Assn
Ain Municipal Park
H. F. Weatherly
Paul Lucas
Albert Ley
Taicas
Lexy
Cuero
Councilan Weatherly
Bill Nami
National American Legion
Gene Hobart
Lucas
Frazer
Weatherly
Redeo
Turkey
Wiliam Cusack
Cuero Cay
Jim Dui
Ball Park
Weather
Flag Bubba Steen
Willam Cusack
Agame
Counei
K. A. Waznscort
Corpus Christi
Machine Records Inc
IBM
Texas
Dil
Cty Hall
City seeks federal housing aid for Cuero projects
Cuero City Manager Jim Dil advised the City Council that Cuero formally applied to the Federal Housing Administration for two public housing complexes totaling more than 1 million dollars. The plan requests 200 units, including a senior housing project, with the Cuero Housing Authority leading the effort. Federal housing officials previously surveyed Cuero in July.
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Jim Dil
Federal Housing Administration
Cuero
City Council OKs Adjusting Downtown Collection Rates
Thursday night the city council authorized City Manager Jim Dill to begin rate adjustments for downtown trash collection. Dill noted residential areas pay $1.50 monthly while downtown rates are in several cases far too low.
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Custo
Jim Dill
Cuero Plans Special Meeting on Sept 7 for Survey Review
Timuesday night officials agreed to hold a 5 p.m. meeting on September 7 to hear a report from Don Frazer vu a San Antonio municipal planner. Frazer is preparing a survey of Cuero's needs and potentialities for future planning.
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Cry Couns
Don Frazer Vu
San Antonio
Cuero
Finances of LBJ Raised at Austin Hearing
In Austin a state hearing on a proposed People Savings and Loan Association touched on John son and A. W Moursund. Ashley of Llano said rumors claimed Moursund had control of a nearby savings institution. Testimony showed Moursund and associates once controlled Llano Bank. unclear if Moursund or Johnson held interests in Fredericksburg Community Savings and Loan.
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Austin
Johnson
A. W Mourxand
Savings and Loan Association
Carios Ashley , Sr
Liano
State Savings and Loan Commission
People Savings and Loan Association
Moursund
Toomas Ferguson
Johnson Cir
Ashley
LBJ
Moursind
Don Thomas
Johnson's
Llano’s Bank
Aloursind
Community Savings and Loan Association of
Fredericksburg
Moursand
Texas
Permit Granted Boosts City Hall Totals
A $87,300 permit was issued to Cuero Independent School District for a Vocational Education building on the high school campus with BFW Construction Co. as contractor. Other permits went to Adam Shows for $1,200 on roof repairs and Justo Hernandez for a $1,500 addition with Fetters Lumber Co. handling both jobs.
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Cuero Independent School
BFW Construction Co
Adam Shows
Justo Hernandez
Fetters Lumber Co
Wage Marchers Turn To Praying
In New Braunfels Texas marchers from the Rio Grande Valley, blocked 40 miles from Austin, pray after being rebuffed by Governor Connally. They had hoped to secure a special legislative session and a $1.25 minimum wage for farm workers. Connally refused to meet them.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Upp
Fio Grande Valley
Rio Grande City
Austin
John Connally
Connelly
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Dallas
Marilyn April Waite
Delilah
Omaha
Hamilton
Leonard Waite Jr
Douglas County Hospital
Hobbs High School
New Mexico
Virgil Welch
V.N
HD Club
Walker
Denver
Doak Walker
Southern Methodist University
Detroit Lions
Denver Broncos
By Stewart Hensley
Johnson Administration
The
United
Washington PD
Cuero Mercury
By Charles Richards
Texas Education Agency
Cuera Rodeo Assn
George Middaugh
Serah Street
Hillside
Valley Street
Cuera
Athens
Greece
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