Kennedy presses budget cuts and space policy clash with Ike
Kennedy denounced Eisenhower era deficits citing a large peacetime deficit under Maurice Stans and questioned the space program costs. He defended a continued bold space push while urging Congress to cut waste, warned against nine to ten billion cuts, and discussed Cuba troop withdrawals and punitive limits on free lance raids. He touched on Korea, Guatemala, securities laws, and Israel, stressing cautious diplomacy and training diplomats.
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Eisenhower
Kennedy
Maurice Stans
United States
Congress
Ike
Soviet Union
Cuba
U.S
Fidel
Castro
Army
Guatemala
Venezuela
Birth notices from Lubbock area report multiple newborns
Mr and Mrs Calvin Gardner welcome a son at 12 36 pm weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces at Methodist Hospital. Other families listed include Robert Lloyd with a daughter 8 pounds 3 ounces at West Texas Hospital, Rudolph Diaz a son 8 pounds 14 ounces at Latif Clinic, Alberto Ramos a son 6 pounds 10 ounces at City of Lubbock clinic, Billy R Vasek a daughter 6 pounds 12 ounces at West Texas Hospital, John Tabor a son 5 pounds 15 ounces at Methodist Hospital, Thomas J Baynham Jr a daughter 7 pounds 3 ounces at Methodist Hospital, and Wayne Teal a daughter 8 pounds 13 ounces at St Marys Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Gardner
Mrh St
Methodist
Robert Lloyd
Nesday
West
Texas Hospital
Taylor
Cattle, Co
Rudolph. Diaz
Broadway
Wed-nesday
Latif Clinic
Apbm Steel. Co
Alberto Ramos
Lubbock
Billy.r. Vasek
10Th St
West ,Texas Hospital
Hemphill Wells & Co
Monterey Shopping Center
John
Tabor
59Th St
Methodist Hospital
Thomas J. Baynham Jr
A Ave. K
Wayne Teal
Rt. 3
St. Mary's Hospital
Boyd Gilbert Miller
40Th St
Taylor Hospital
Chapman Real Estate
Redistricting battles shift Midland in Texas House
The House debated district realignments moving Midland from the 16th to the 19th amid a larger redraw affecting 11 other counties including Dickens and Comanche. Proposals to move Midland to the 21st failed, with lawmakers arguing about gerry mandering and district sizes.
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Dickens, King
Knox
Baylor
Kent
Stonewall
Haskell
Throckmorton
Scurry
Fisher, Jones, Shaklford
Stephens
Mitchell, Nolan
Taylor, Callahan
Eastland
Comanche
Crockett
Zavalla
Midland
H. G. Wells
Tulsa
Sam Rayburn
San Antonio
Dudley Mann
el Paso
James Nurgent
Kerrville
Renal Rosson
Snyder
Wilbarger
Foard
Hardeman
Palo Pinto
Erath
Max Carriker
Roby
Mitchell County
Ray McNutt
William Davis
Bill Parsley
Teachers Threaten Court Over Monkey Law Teachings
Two young women teachers from Memphis area schools said they would be willing to go to court to challenge Tennessee's 1925 Scopes monkey law which bans teaching human evolution in classrooms. They planned a future debate on evolution after being ordered to stop discussing the theory in a 10th grade class.
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Memphis
UPI
Tennessee
Doris Doss
Newbern, Tenn
Messick High School
Miss Doss
Martha Powell
Miss Powell
Scopes
John Thomas Scopes
East
Dayton
Clar
Memphis State University
SEC report endorses self regulation with enforcement stance
The SEC concludes self regulation combined with laws enforcement keeps markets healthy and serves the public. The first of two installments spans six volumes and calls for more legislation. Senate hearings will begin soon under Sen. Harrison Williams. The study notes limited abuses since 1934 but highlights price manipulation and boiler room like tactics. The second installment is due in about six weeks.
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SEC
Senate Securities Subcommittee
Harrison A. Williams Jr
Chicago
Milton H. Cohen
Senate
Cohen
William L. Cary
House Commerce
House
Boeing Boeing TFX Contract Sparks McNamara Probe
The McNamara administration backed General Dynamics for the TFX contract despite a four to one board recommendation for Boeing. Testimony from generals and Rear Adm. Ashworth cited cost and design failures, while a Pentagon leakage probe drew questions about whistleblower sources and lie detector tests.
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House
Robert F. Kennedy
General Dynamics of
Fort Worth
Boeing Co
Seattle
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Pentagon
Frederick L. Ashworth
Selection Board
Boeing
McNamara
General Dynamics
Air Force
Navy
Subcommittee
Sylvester
McClellan
Senate
Tony
Maj. Igen
R. G. Ruegg
Source Evaluation Board
Rebels and Leaders Begin Truce Talks in Argentina
In Buenos Aires Rear Adm Eladio Vazquez arrives to negotiate a possible truce as rebels and loyalist forces claim gains. Retired Adm Isaac Rojas aboard a fleet ship rejects government terms while a rebel radio broadcasts a move toward a new national government in Bahia Blanca.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eladio Vazquez
Puerto Belgrano
Here
Vazquez
Adm
Isaac Rojas
Montevideo
Uruguay
Rojas
Jose Maria Guido
Benjamin Menendez
Federico Toranzo Montero
Bahia Blanca
Lincoln Williston Speaks on Texas Medical Progress
C Lincoln Williston executive secretary of the Texas Medical Assn addressed the Downtown Lubbock Rotary Club at noon Wednesday. He discussed medical progress in Texas touching on doctors hospital care legislation and future health care needs and plans.
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C. Lincoln Williston
The
Texas Medical Assn
Lubbock
Zoning Board Considers Broad Commercial and Residential Revisions
The zoning agenda includes requests for C-2 and C-3 commercial zoning along 50th Street and Indiana Avenue with proposed apartments and single family homes. Other cases seek R-3 zoning for south 50th Street west of Orlando Avenue and revisions to a site plan at 2345 50th Street.
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Mission
City Commission
50Th Street
Gordon Treadaway
Rob Caraway
Indiana Avenue
List Street
Ray Chapman
H. C. Lewis
Orlando Avenue
A. L. Lott Jr
Ross FE. Mitchell
66Th Street
Indiana Ave
Charles L. Cobb
Dale Bellamah Land Co., Inc
Planning Commission
66Th St
34Th St
Hartford Ave
Plainview Highway
Municipal Drive
Avenue U
Avenue W
Slide Road
Akron Avenue
Quarker Avenue
Lubbock
College Avenue
Yellowhouse Canyon
Heart Pacemaker restores 60 beat rate in Peek case
Peek underwent a three hour surgery to implant a pacemaker that senses when his heart drops below a regulated rate and electrically stimulates it. The device increased his heart to 60 per minute, doubles his prior rate, with four surgeons and four nurses in the operation.
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Peek
Peek Seed & Grain Co
Plane Crash Leaves Byrd Missing After Flight Plan Omitted
Byrd indicated he planned to fly to Dallas but did not file a flight plan. The search stretched across West Texas into New Mexico and Oklahoma, with the Denton center coordinating. Byrd, a World War II veteran born in Tennessee, resided in Lubbock with his wife and three sons, and he was linked to Spur earlier in life. Pallbearers named for the services include Harold Fowler and Jimmy Joiner.
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Byrd
Dallas
Denton
West Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Lubbock
Spur
Carlos
Billy
Terry
C. E. Byrd
O. E. Jr
Kenneth
Bob
Charles
Slaton
Bill Mills
Harold Fowler
Jimmy Joiner
Bill Dement
Bill Holmes
J. C. Kirkland
Elbert Garner
Explorer Orbit Almost Perfect
CAPE CANAVERAL AP Associated Press describes Explorer-17 satellite achieving a near perfect Earth orbit with a 410 pound stainless steel sphere housing eight instruments. Scientists anticipate usable atmospheric data within weeks. A Wallops Island suborbital launch is planned within two weeks as follow up.
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Cape Canaveral
APC
America
Earth
Federal Space Agency
Wallops Island
Delaware Supreme Court upholds public whipping rule
The Delaware Supreme Court ruled public whipping remains legal under state and federal constitutions and that any change must come from the legislature. The decision came on Franklin W. Cannon’s appeal after a 20 lashes sentence for probation violation.
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Delaware
Cannon
Stewart Lynch
Supreme Court
Lynch
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Reed Quilliam
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Houston
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William Jennings Bryan
Monterey High School
Cynthia Niell
E. L. Niell
27Th St
Johnny Simmon
J. C. Rusk
Mary Ann Elliott
R. L. Elliott
Bill Byrd
W. L. Byrd Jr
46Th St
Lee Hext
Marl Hext
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S. C. Galanos
51St St
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O. D. Lewis
Gary Porter
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26Th St
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