Kennedy predicts Senate ratification of nuclear test ban treaty
President Kennedy forecasts Senate approval of the limited nuclear test ban as necessary to curb the arms race before Communist China can act. He cites Berlin security and notes underground tests will continue after the treaty is signed. He also designates France a major nuclear power and offers weapons aid to France to secure NATO cooperation.
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Alvin Spivak
United Press Washington
UPC
Kennedy
Senate
China
Kremlin
Charles de Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
U.S
Couple marries in Curry County Jail reception
Oklahoma City couple Roland Lloyd Gilbert and Nee Thelma Hughes married in a jail reception after pleading guilty to breaking and entering. They face 1 to 5 years in Santa Fe state prison and will be separated by bars during confinement. Deputy Ernest Garcia served as best man and guard.
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Clovis
N.M
UPD
Roland Lloyd Gilbert
Curry County
Gilberts
Oklahoma City
Dist
E. T. Hensley
Santa Fe
Nelson Worley
Justice of the Peace
John S. Weber
Gilbert
Thelma Claudine Hughes
R. E. Nieves
Ernest Garcia
Anderson Sees Hope In Nuclear Contract
Washington Senator Clinton P. Anderson a former Joint Committee on Atomic Energy chair says halting major powers tests may slow nuclear weapons growth by others though certainty is uncertain. He notes the treaty excludes disarmament and allows peaceful atomic explosions and tests in certain environments and foresees ratification despite ifs and maybes.
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Washington
UPC
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Anderson
Red China
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
New Mexico
Geneva
Soviet Union
Carlsbad
Lea County Junior Rodeo Expresses Gratitude for Support
The Lea County Junior Rodeo Association thanks the Lea County Sheriff's Posse merchants who donated saddles buckles and prizes and advertisers in the official program. They also praise the Lovington Lion's Club Lovington Band parents Lovington Leader KLEA rodeo judges and all others who helped make the second annual Junior Rodeo a success.
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Lea County Junior Rodeo Association
Lea County Sheriff's Posse
Lovington
Urban Renewal Fight Grows Over Edinburg Project
Edinburg residents oppose a 4 million urban renewal project in the northeast area, alleging discrimination due to no Negro on the renewal board. Mrs. Bernice Mahalia warns her cafe would close, while another group led by Manuel Ruiz seeks federal review. City says delays past August 8 threaten credit and project viability.
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Edinburg
Tex
Bernice Mahalia
Fort Worth
Washington
Ward Near Death Ward Near Death
Dr Stephen Ward lies in a coma near death as a London court awaits verdict on serious vice charges He faces possible 14 years in prison and is connected to a sex and security scandal Singer Julia Gulliver threatens to name powerful figures if he dies and Ward’s condition worsens after an overdose Ward was hospitalized after a suicide attempt and pneumonia develops following tracheotomy and lung support.
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Charles Ridley
United Press International
London
UPI
Stephen Ward
Ward
Julia Gulliver
Scott Free
London Daily Express
Stephen
Britain
St. Stephen’s Hospital
Old Bailey Court
Bulletin
W. Mayne Butcher
Turncoat GI Heads Home From Communist China
Former American soldier Lowell D. Skinner from Akron Ohio crossed the Sino Hong Kong border and said more turncoats may follow as he returns from 10 years in Communist China. Skinner among 21 former POWs repatriated after the 1953 armistice. He traveled over 8 000 miles since last May 1 and plans to go home under U.S. Army travel documents dating to 1954. Other defectors still in China include Adams Tennessee Adams Texas Dunn Maryland Veeneris California Webb Florida White Arkansas Willis New York.
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Arthur J. Dommen
United Press International
Hong Kong
UPD
China
United States
Lowell D. Skinner
Akron
Ohio
Skinner
Wuhan
Rush
Lo Wu
Sino-Hong Kong
Tsiwan
Red Cross
Lin
Calif
Harold H. Webb
Ft. Pierce
Fia
Willliam C. White
Ark
Morris R. Willis
F Ann
N.Y
Floor Action On Labor Next Week
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 11 to 5 to report the Mexican farm labor extension bill for floor action next week. Proxmire's bid to postpone failed 9 to 7 while Ellender led the measure. An agriculture department report will be included, with potential amendments to require equal conditions for domestic workers and braceros.
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Washington
UPD
Senate Agriculture Committee
William Proximite
D-Wise
Allen J. Ellender
D-Law
Proxmire
Wisconsin
Spessard L. Holland
Fla
Agriculture Department
USDA
United States
Temperatures Yesterday Report Highlights Heat Peak
Yesterday saw a low of 67 degrees at 3 a.m. and a high of 92 degrees by 2 p.m. The day reflected typical warm conditions with notable afternoon warmth.
Kennedy open to narrow civil rights exemptions
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said he would accept a narrow exemption for barbershops beauty parlors and swimming pools from the public accommodations provision. He urged a local clarification while cautioning against broader changes. Other lawmakers criticized or supported the bill noting varied regional impacts and enforcement concerns.
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Steven Gerstel
United Press International
Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kennedy
Ervin
Khrushchev Delays Vacation for Nuclear Test Ban Signing
Premier Nikita Khrushchev will remain in Moscow to sign the Big Three nuclear test ban treaty and to directed talks with the United States and Britain. He had planned a Black Sea retreat before Yugoslavia trip on Aug 20. Rusk Home and Gromyko will sign the treaty and extend talks after the ceremony.
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Henry Shapiro
United Press International Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Moscow
United States
Britain
Black Sea
Yugoslavia
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Andrei A. Gromyko
Rusk
Gromyko
Home
Khrushchev
W. Averell
Won't You Come Home Bill Bridges Faces New Hope in Dallas
In Chattanooga Bill Bridges smiles for the first time since jail while awaiting results of a state supreme court appeal. In Dallas Robbery suspect Richard Rees, 28, confessed to waving a toy pistol for a downtown store heist, prompting Judge Campbell Carden to order a new investigation and police to verify the signed statement for possible charges.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Bill Bridges
Hamilton County
Frank Newell
Bridges
State Supreme Court
Dallas
Richard Rees
Campbell Carden
Leroy Kingston
Plan for State Buildings OK for New Structures
The New Mexico capitol improvement commission directed W C Kruger and associates to draft detailed plans for a circular executive legislative building and an oval state library. Estimated cost 5 million dollars, target completion January 1965. The executive legislative building about 4 million, resembling a zia when viewed from the air. The library sits south of the present supreme court. Next, bids on 6 million dollars in bonds will be opened with the state finance board, funded by severance taxes, to pay for both projects.
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Santa FE
UPI
Capitol Building Improvement Commission
W. C. Kruger and
Executive-Legislative
Jack M. Campbell
Executive- Legislative
New Mexico
Zia
State Library
Supreme Court
State Finance Board
Full Honors For Maj. Gen. Pat Hurley
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley of New Mexico will be buried Friday at Santa Fe National Cemetery with full military honors. He died at age 80 of a heart attack in his Santa Fe home. The funeral mass is at 10 a.m. Rev. Pax Shicker will officiate. Burial follows with a rifle salute and taps by a bugler. Hurley, a veteran public figure, faced two major controversies in his life including his 1945 China ambassadorship exit over the Yalta clause and a 1952 Senate race dispute against Dennis Chavez that ended with Chavez seated by the Senate after Hurley charged fraud.
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Santa FE
UPID
Patrick J. Hurley
New Mexico
Santa Fe National Cemetery
Hurley
Pax Shicker
St. Francis Cathedral
China
Yalta
Russia
Japan
Cost to Revise Revenue Bureau Records Near 70 000
Revenue Commissioner Charles Brunacini reports the revision of the State Revenue Bureau records has cost 61314 dollars so far. The project employed 161 temporary workers over the summer and 32 more remain on the payroll.
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Santa FE
UPD
State Revenue Bureau
Charles Brunacini
Tourists See Couple Die At East West Border Shooting
Hundreds of foreign visitors watched in shock as East German border guards fatally shot a man and wounded a woman trying to flee to the West near the Hohegis resort in the Harz Mountains. The man crawled through a wire fence before being killed at close range. The woman was wounded in the legs and led away as soldiers arrived.
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Berlin
UPI
Pointblank
Accord
Hohegis
Harz Mountains
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