Formative years shaped the campus editor and debater
The tall lanky student, known for long strides and a tireless mind, rose from selling socks door to door to through college politics. He impressed as the brightest debater, guiding his school to a convention win with bold, relentless effort and a signature on press credentials.
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Another Trial Set In Torch Slaying
Houston AP report notes Leslie Douglas Ashley and Carolyn Ann Lima face a new murder trial date for the 1961 gun torch slaying of a Houston real estate man. Judge Miron Love fixes Jan 20. appeals court set aside prior death sentences. Ashley seeks injunctions against Sheriff Kern and the Houston Chronicle over reporters access and photo use.
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Soviets Plea for Quiet Talks with Red China
Moscow reports say Pravda urges private meeting to settle Soviet Chinese disputes. Editorial warns quarrel has gone too far but differences are not irreparable and progress toward resumed bilateral talks is sought despite expected protracted cooling.
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Nurse Inspires Return of Sight Through Donor Eyes
Miss Lione a nurse dedicated to helping others regain vision describes her journey from near blindness to recovery after two corneal transplants. Esterina Esterling recalls how her sight was restored thanks to eye donors and the Wills Eye Hospital team in Philadelphia.
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Wills Eye Hospital
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Christmas gifts from Japanese girls to Kennedy children
AP dispatch reports Caroline and John F Kennedy Jr will receive Christmas gifts from 380 Japanese girls at a Wakayama knitting school. Caroline, 6, gets a cream cardigan and cap. John Jr., 3, a brown cream and black sweater with cap. Letter to Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy accompanies the package.
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Douglas-Home Plans Visit With Pearson
London reports Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home will confer with Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson during a London Ottawa visit February 10 to 12. The talks precede Douglas-Home’s Washington trip to meet President Johnson on February 12.
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Laos Intelligence Chief Assassinated in Laos
Laos Premier Prince Souvanne Phopman announced the assassination of the intelligence chief Col. Leuang as he arrived home on the outskirts of Vientiane. Gunfire from multiple automatic weapons struck his car about 100 yards from the residence in a secluded rice field area. Security forces investigated the daytime ambush amid a coalition government power struggle.
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Outer Space Use Blueprinted in UN
United Nations New York AP reports the fifth space and disarmament resolution approved by acclamation in the 111 nation committee, backing peaceful uses of outer space and guiding legal guidelines for space activity. A US Soviet accord led to a pledge for cooperation and a proposal to outlaw nuclear armed space vehicles and underground tests.
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Martha Raye Treated After Sleeping Pills Overdose
HOLLYWOOD AP Police said comedienne Martha Raye was treated at a Santa Monica hospital for an accidental sleeping pills overdose. She told her doctor she had taken eight tablets, officials said.
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Estimation of Earth’s total mass by stamaticians
Stamaticians estimate earth contains 6 586 quintillion tons of matter. This figure reflects a broad mass assessment used in historical scientific discourse.
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Congress Extends Bracero Program for One Year
Washington AP The 12 year old Bracero law allowing Mexican workers on U S farms gets a one year extension until December 31 1964 The Senate backed the House version 50 to 36 sending the measure to President Johnson The Agriculture Committee chairman Senator Ellender of Louisiana said the program will be allowed to expire at the end of the year
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United States Navy event and cancer drug allegation reported
The article fragment notes Japan and the United States at Tokyo related to Pearl Harbor Day ceremonies and a commissioning ceremony for a vessel honoring John England of Alhambra, California. It also mentions Sen Paul Douglas seeking a Senate probe into two government reports discrediting Krebiozen as an anti cancer drug and an independent study proposal.
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Conservatives hold in London amid fall in nationwide poll
Colin Frost reports a sharp Conservative dip in national polls with Labour gaining ground. In London and Manchester areas Conservative shares slipped about 10 percent since 1959, while Labour kept seats in Manchester Openshaw and London Marylebone remained. Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home moves to ready a March election as rumours swirl about a likely general vote by November 5.
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Del Rio Lions Club Hears Poetry Read
Del Rio Lions Club met at McFarlane's Cafe for a luncheon program of student poetry readings directed by Richmond Campbell and Mrs Hussie Galloway. Harriet Lucas and Herman Ward introduced the readers, who performed selections by Lindsay Teasdale Masters Hay and Sandburg among others.
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Robert Baize
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Michael Deaton
Abel Gonzalez
Gregory Gulick
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Oswald Early Life Recalled In Fort Worth Report
Fort Worth AP piece recalls Lee Harvey Oswald as a disruptive yet gifted child at Lily B. Clayton Arlington Heights Ridglea West schools living in a white shingle house. Neighbors recount his antisocial mood fits and explosive bursts over chalked losses in chess and sports practice.
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