Taylor Gets JCS Okay
Gen Maxwell D Taylor was confirmed as new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff amid assurances he will not return to the Pentagon as a crusader. Gen Earle G Wheeler was confirmed to succeed Gen George H Decker as Army chief of staff, with Decker retiring September 30. Senate action was by unanimous voice vote.
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Ashington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Senate
Earle G. Wheeler
George H. Decker
Army
Decker
Committee Sends Bill To Senate
The Foreign Relations Committee approved the administration's communications satellite bill 13-4 to move it to the Senate for resumed debate. Senators Morse Gore and others failed in nearly a dozen amendments aimed at limiting presidential control over the system. Former President Truman condemned the measure as a gigantic giveaway while Fulbright warned of a forthcoming minority report.
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Associated Press
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Truman
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
U.S
Morse, Gore and Sons
Russell B. Long
D-La
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Harry S. Truman
Kennedy
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Gore
Train Crash Kills Seven Area Teens Heading To Sunday Picnic
A Sunday School outing near Shallowater ends in a deadly train automobile collision. Eight youths were in the car. seven died and one, 18 year old Jimmy Lawson of Olton, survived with shock. The victims include Bill Shirey 18 James Loveless 17 Everett Baldwin 20 Barbara Fancher 16 Diane Smith 16 Sharon Miller 16 Carolyn Carson 16. Lawson was taken to hospital for shock and later to Olton hospital. The group was en route to Mackenzie State Park for the Olton First Baptist Church intermediate department picnic when the crash occurred two miles west of Shallowater. The engineer Thomas Norman Bickers described the car stopping on the tracks then the car being pulled along by the train. The cause remains unknown.
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Olton-Springlake
Shallowater
South Plains
Jimmy Lawson
Olton
Bill Shirey
J. E. Shirey
Sunnyside
James Loveless
Everett Loveless
Everett Baldwin
M. B. Baldwin
First Baptist Church
Springlake
Barbara Fancher
Cloma Fancher
Diane Smith
Cleo Smith
Sharon Miller
Ancil Miller
Carolyn Carson
J. L. Carson
Lawson
Drewall Lawson
Methodist Hospital
Mackenzie State Park
Thomas Norman Bickers
Santa Fe
Clovis
N.M
Houston
Fancher
Loveless
Shirey
Miller
Smith
Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Stting
Orton
Youth Survivor Recalls Car Train Collision Tragedy
An 18-year-old survivor, Jim Lee Lawson, sits dazed after a mid‑night train plowed into the car he rode, dragging it a mile. Neighbors and strangers offer comfort as the teen relives the terrifying crash that left him injured and shaken.
Prayer Verse for Night and Day
A brief religious couplet asks for divine protection through the night and day. The author invokes Jesus and pleads for purity and strength, expressing a quiet personal devotion.
City approves shopping center zoning and files 12.4 million budget
City Commissioners approved a 50th Street shopping center project and tabled a separate zoning request while posting a record 12 447 556 dollars budget for the next fiscal year. Hearing set for September 13 the budget shows a 248 309 dollar surplus.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock
50Th St
Slide Rd
Kennedy mulls tax cut as advisers meet today
President Kennedy called a White House meeting with top advisers to weigh an immediate tax cut. Treasury Secretary Dillon and Commerce Secretary Hodges join Labor Secretary Goldberg and budget chief Bell to review July economic indicators, with a decision possibly delayed to next week or next year.
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Avalanche-Journal
Ashington
Kennedy
White House
Sec. of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Sec. of Commerce
Luther Hodges
Sec. of Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
David E. Bell
President
Here Tonight All Star Time At Huge Texas High School
Coaches bring star players to Texas high school for the annual All-Star basketball game with a near ten thousand attendance expected. Saturday night the big show continues with the All-Star football game in Jones Stadium. Details on pages 1-2, Sec. C.
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Texas High School
Coaches School
Jones Stadium
Estes Affair Prompted Rutherford Senate Hearing Claim
Senate investigators heard that Rep. J. T. Rutherford accused the Agriculture Department of crucifying Billie Sol Estes and his associates, as part of testimony regarding the Estes appeal.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Senate
Rep. J. T. Rutherford
Dtex
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Banking Board delays Wolfforth and Bowie charter actions
The State Banking Board granted a charter for Webster State Bank near Houston and postponed decisions on Wolfforth State Bank near Lubbock and Bowie Bank & Trust Co. The next review for Wolfforth and Bowie is set for Sept. 6. The Estes cotton allotment scandal and related Senate investigations are referenced in the broader political context.
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Associated Press
Austin
State Banking Board
Webster State Bank
Houston
J. M. Balkner
Wolfforth State Bank
Lubbock
Bowie Bank & Trust Co
Wichita Falls
Gainesville
Wolfforth
Bagwell
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Estes
Comic Dictionary Husband a man who keeps learning from mistakes
An editorial item notes a humorous dictionary entry defining husband as a man who has made one mistake and keeps learning from it. It reflects a lighthearted view on marriage and growth. The piece is part of a broader section mix including news, columns, and market reports.
Tragic Car Train Crash Kills Seven Friends Near Shallowater
A student survivor, Jimmy, awaits parents at Methodist Hospital after a deadly crash involving a church outing from Orton Springlake. A front-seat passenger leapt from a last car stalled on tracks two miles west of Shallowater as a Santa Fe diesel approached, killing seven friends.
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Jimmy
Methodist Hospital
Orton- Springlake
Mackenzie Park
Shallowater
Santa Fe
Weather Map Page Brief Abilene Amarillo Dallas Denver
Fragmentary weather map notes show temperatures or values for Abilene Amarillo Dallas and Denver. Specific figures are unclear due to damaged text.
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Armed Services Committee
Richard R. Russell
D-Ga
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Bill
Thomas Bickers
Slaton
Leroy Melton
Sheet
Is Olton Ray
Jerry McCarty
Jim- Lee
Jesus
Commission
G. P. Kuykendall
Zoning Commission
John J. Jones
Planning and Zoning Commission
Zenith Avenue
East
Cornell
Jones
Jek
Rutherford
Wolfforth Bank
John C. Bagwell
Undersec. of Agriculture
Charles S. Murphy
Estes Group
Comic Dictionary
Es Abilene
Amatillo
Dallas
Denver
Wip Lam
Feeney
Viaaeaes
Ewan
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