Political upheaval in Crystal City reshapes leadership
Mexican American voters agency PASO and Teamsters influence the April upset at Crystal City. Ozuna details water department issues, 800 privies, 960 sewer connections, and warnings of rising costs. Bonded debt stands at 922000 while building permits fall 40 percent. optimism for a small three month building boom. Attorney Jackson cautions business still deteriorating as Anglo residents grow anger over reforms.
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Georg Ottinag
Guttis Jackson
Zaval County
Political Association of Spanish Speaking Peoples
PASO
Teamsters Union
H Pio
Ozuna
Shapiro
Crystal City
Jackson
Pope Paul VI plans historic pilgrimage to Holy Land
Pope Paul VI announced a pilgrimage that would be the first papal voyage outside Italy in 1500 years and the first papal plane ride. The trip signals potential policy shifts on Catholic Orthodox relations, Jewish and Arab ties, and the church’s role in the modern world, with talks of a possible meeting with Orthodox leaders but no formal summit expected.
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Eugene Levin
Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Holy Land
Italy
Algo
Athena
Goras
Istanbul
Palestine
Patriareh
Maximos
Saigh
Antioch
Feaders
Athenagoras
Paul
Israel
Jordan
Cairo
Cooler Weather Due Here Sunday
Weather Bureau predicts a clear and cooler Sunday with highs in the 60s. Saturday saw a low of 40 and a high of 76, while Friday reached 60. A 50 mph north wind and a cold front swept Central Texas, with near freezing temps expected in Northwest and North Central Texas by dawn Sunday. Dust stirred in the Panhandle. Amarillo visibility fell to 1.4 miles, Lubbock to six miles, and Midland to 2.5 miles. Light rain occurred at Texarkana Beaumont and Houston before dawn. eastern and southern Texas remained partly cloudy.
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Weather Bureau
Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Lubbock
Texarkana
Beaumont
Houston
Fourth death by own action by fire in Saigon week
A 20 year old youth named That Thuan a Saigon telephone operator burned himself to death in a park Friday night. Police said he left a note saying he killed himself because of rejection by his father. The week saw three other self immolations including a girl and two men all linked to war protest illness or family issues.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Sheep and Goat Raisers Convention Opens Sunday
The 48th annual Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association convention opens Sunday in Houston and continues through Wednesday with speakers including U S Senator John Tower and Col John Powers of NASA. About 7,000 members and 22,000 producers attend, supplying large shares of wool and mohair.
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Houston
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers' Association
John Tower
R-Tex
Col
John Powers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mercury
Hugh Baker
Chico
Calif
National Wood Growers Association
John Hickman
American ‘Sheep Producers Council
Chester Lauck
Lum and
Abner
Harold Lundgren
United’ States’ Department of Agriculture
George Beto
Convenyvallernoon
al Sasarong
James L. Powell
Fort McKavett
Powers and Baker
Hadfield
Lauck
Beto
Lundgren
Alvie. Cole
Sterting City
Women’s Auxiliary
Peggy Nan McNair
Wichita Falls
Misa Wool
Texas
Texas Association
Powell
Vestel Askew
Sonorg
Gaylord Handkins
Rock Springs
Injured Driver And Passenger Face Charges
Injured driver Jeans de los Santos Rocha and his brother Manuel Rocha face charges after a one car crash on Hudson Drive. The 1955 Chevrolet left the road at midnight, struck palm trees near Border Patrol HQ, and flipped across the highway. Jeans Rocha was taken to Val Verde Memorial Hospital with injuries.
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Hudson Drive
Jeans de Los Santos Rocha
Chapoy Street
Grady Sessums
Clay Oltersdorf
Border Patrol
Rocha
Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Manuel Rocha
Council opens seven day Philadelphia meeting on discrimination
The 31 church constituents representing about 40.8 million members began a week in Philadelphia aimed at fostering interfaith dialogue and meaningful talks with Protestant bodies outside the national group. The council launched a broad campaign against racial, religious, and economic discrimination as its key action.
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Philadelphia
Itual
Dallas suspends teacher over Kennedy letter controversy
Dallas School Supt W 7 White suspended Eleanor Cowan a Dallas Public Schools faculty member after her December Time Magazine letter alleging Dallas paved the way for President Kennedy's assassination. The probe will determine her actions as a teacher identified in the letter, with White stating no timeline for results. School Board President Gilmore noted the letter’s impact on public perception and linked it to recent campus controversy surrounding a minister's remarks about students' reactions to Kennedy's shooting.
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Ational Magazine
E.gaid
Dallas
Kennedy
W. 7. White
Eleanor Cowan
Robert L. ‘Thornton
White
R. B. Gilmore
Gilmore
Cowan
William A. Holmes
House Advances Civil Rights Step In Washington Debate
The House, in a brief Saturday session, moved toward civil rights action by bypassing the rules committee. A discharge petition could trigger a House vote as early as December, with adjournment looming and Johnson signaling focus on unemployment relief and a major tax cut.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington AP
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
William K. Vanpelt
R-Wis
John E. Moss
California
McCormack
Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee
Howard W. Smith
D.va
Smith
Congress
Pickle Gains Broad Backing In 30th District
J. J. Pickle the Democrat vying for Lyndon Johnsons old U S House seat has endorsements from nearly all 30th District officials. Austin Mayor Lester Palmer backed Pickle while Travis County Texas House members and district Democratic committeemen also endorsed him as he faces Republican Jim Dobbs in a December 17 runoff to fill the Thornberry vacancy.
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Austin
J. J
Jake)Pickle
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
House of Representatives
Lester Palmer l
Pickle
Travis County
Texas House
Jim ‘Dobbs
Dee
Homer Thornberry
D-Tex
el Paso
Indicted Forger Wounded in Try to Kidnap Police
Midland AP report: an indicted forger, 18-year-old Kenneth Earl Hicks, who had escaped police custody, was shot and critically wounded Friday as he attempted to kidnap four officers at Bellview Baptist Church. Hicks forced officers at gunpoint, two more pistols, shotguns, and a .22 were found in the church. he had not yet been tried on the forgery indictment.
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Midland
Fri
Jouth
Kenneth Earl Hicks
Pao Eiegath
Bellview Baptist Church
Tommy White
Jim Lanagan
Hicks
T. Point
Harolld Wallace
Wallace
Midland County
Vince Conklin
Conklin
Vane
Hopes Fade for Berlin Wall Breach at Christmas
In Berlin West Berliners hopes for a holiday breach fade as East Germany rejects a West German offer to issue passes for East visitations. East Germany insists talks only occur with West Berlin, maintaining the wall's neutrality and independence of West Berlin. Brandt says no hope remains but vows to mitigate the wall's inhuman consequences.
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Berlin
Hanns Neverbourg
West Berlin
Willy
Brandt
Bonn
East Germany
Dawson
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