Kennedy To Carry Fight For Wage Bill To Voters
Kennedy pressures lawmakers and faces Senate and House divisions over raising the minimum wage. The plan targets $1.15 to $1.25 per hour and expanded Social Security coverage, with Kennedy backing Prouty’s compromise but House conferees reject the proposal 4 2. The outcome hinges on a fall voter referendum and further congressional maneuvering.
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Kennedy
Sen
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Congress
House
Jers
Senate
Massachusetts
Graham A. Barden
Edgar Hiestand
Calif
Carroll D. Kearns
William H. Ayers
Ohio
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
John H. Dent
D-Pa
Prouty
Rep. Ayers
Capitol
Ohioan
Bill Kennedy
Ayers
Rep
Barden
Course On Communism Considered In High School
Washington AP report on the American Bar Association House of Delegates action. Delegates referred a proposal for international communism courses to the board for study, amid sympathy and concerns about school guidance. Powell urged universal secondary instruction on communism, while the ABA committee proposed qualified lawyers speak at assemblies annually. Inflation briefed by Under Secretary Scribner, noting easing inflation expectations since the President’s January address. Also reports on record Supreme Court admissions for practice, and House votes on wage coverage proposals with Kennedy opposing Ayers compromise.
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Washington
American Bar Assa
ABA
House of Delegates
Board of Governors
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Richmond
Powell
Secretary of the Treasury
Fred C. Scribner Jr
Eisenhower
Scribner
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Educator Dr Reed Dismissal Hearing Details Revealed
Board resolution grants Dr Reed right to attorney, cross examination, and witnesses for the Sept. 9 hearing. Hobbs attorney Neal plans to present five witnesses to prove the charge as if in court. Charge: Reed allegedly approved a master's paper prepared by another student at Eastern at his request in July 1959.
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Saty
Moyer
Golden
Reed
Dr. Reed
Tme
Board of President
Atorney
Is. Beall
Avalanche-Journal
Neal
Hobbs
Eastern
Red
Offenders Respond To Cool Man Tactics In Fountain Incident
A Lubbock man aged 43 involved in a fountain incident near First Methodist Church claimed he did nothing wrong after officers confronted him in Mexico. Harry Moore and James Ror defended the man, while Mrs Virginia McElhany urged adoption of a resolution on drunkenness and disturbance, describing the scene as police fished him from the fountain.
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Lubbock
New Chird
Mexico
Avalanche-Journal
Harry Moore
James Ror
First Methodist
Virginia McElhany
Roswell
H.C. Pannell
Rain Expected Across Texas with Heavy Gulf Coast Rainfall
Moist air drove widespread thundershowers across Texas on Tuesday, especially along the Gulf Coast and Central Texas, with temps under 100. The Weather Bureau forecast continued scattered afternoon showers into Wednesday. Rain totals varied from trace amounts in some cities to over 10 inches in parts of South Texas since Monday.
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United Press
Texas
Gulf Coast
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mercury
Laredo
Presidio
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
South Texas
College Station
Austin
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Lufkin
Victoria
Houston
Gulf Coast City
Bombing blamed on Arab forces in Jordan unrest
King Hussein accused the United Arab Republic of complicity in the assassination of Prime Minister Hazza al Majali. Minor defense ministry employees were said to be linked to suspects in Syria. Reportedly, some killers fled to Syria and Damascus was said to harbor them amid widespread Jordanian arrests.
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Amman
Jordan
UPI
Hussein
United Arab Republic
Hazza al-Majali
Ministry of Defense
UAR
Syria
Damascus
Gami Abdel -Nasser
Birth notices from West Texas hospitals detailed weights and guardians
Multiple birth announcements list newborns delivered at West Texas hospitals including St Hospital and East Texas facilities. Details cover birth weights from a few pounds to over seven pounds, times such as 2:30 PM and 3:00 PM, dates like Monday and Tuesday, and mentions of fathers employed by local firms. Names include Shannon, Strand, Cantrell, Armsten, and Moore, with references to families and guardians.
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Strand
Kenneth Cantrell
Stethod
St Hospital
Richard
West
Texas
Kage Wlenbors
Kennedy Dictates Hope For Action At AFL CIO Kingston
Sen John F Kennedy told the New York AFL CIO convention by telephone that no major Congressional action is likely in the current session aside from possibly a new minimum wage law. He blamed determined Republican opposition for blocking measures favored by Democrats as he sought the AFL CIO endorsement with Lyndon B Johnson atop the ticket. He spoke as 2500 delegates heard Wagner and Rockefeller advocate for his presidential campaign.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Aflcio
Congress
Kennedy
Washington
House
Afl-Cio
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert F. Wagner
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New Trial Denied For Man Sentenced To Die
U S claims Howard Stickney, condemned for the 1961 murder of Shirley Barnes, lost a habeas corpus bid for a new trial. Federal Judge Allen B. Hannay ruled no suppression affected the trial. Lawyers sought a 1 day stay of execution to pursue an appeal, but Hannay scheduled a Wednesday meeting to issue the ruling.
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Hannay
Stickney
Safety Step Training For School Crossing Patrols
The Citizens Traffic Council in Lubbock approved a uniform training program for all student crossing patrols and distributed training booklets. The group also moved to secure standard uniforms with Civic clubs assistance and outlined a bicycle safety program with a first year class in grades one to three. Materials come from the National Safety Council, and principals will receive copies for the crossing program. Attendees included Mrs. Pearl Smith and several city officials.
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Citizens Traffic Council
Lubbock
National Safety Council
Pearl Smith
Herschel Avinger
R. W Kheilis
W. E. Medlock
HE Butts
Collin Dunnham
W. Ter Goodgson
Khrushchev Plans Helsinki Visit After Moscow Departure
Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev plans to leave Moscow by special train Thursday night for Helsinki. He is expected to arrive early Saturday and depart Sunday, according to learned reports.
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Nikita
Moscow
UPL
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Helsinki
Khrushhev
Khrushchev Sees Nixon Kennedy Equally Undesirable
In Moscow Khrushchev called Nixon and Kennedy equally undesirable as U.S. presidential candidates. He compared them to interchangeable boots and said the best period in U.S. relations was under Franklin D. Roosevelt. He warned future generations may live under communism and criticized both men as lackeys of monopoly capital. He noted he knows less about Kennedy after a brief Washington meeting.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Khrushchev
Nixon
Nisoe
Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kennedy Lesa
Kennedy
Washington
Roswell cadets return to New Mexico Military Institute
Among students in New Mexico Military Institute Roswell who will open the term next week are John C Sanders son of Mr and Mrs S L Sanders and Larry Rudin son of Mrs Sidney Rudin Both will return to Roswell Monday to complete high school in the institute next May Also former Foard County resident invited to L L Bell family reunion Sunday in Mackenzie Park noting three Bells surviving natives of Foard County Candace Lee Baker will give a piano recital at 8 p.m. today in the studio at 1811 9th St Second piano by Linda Anderson Injury reports include Paul E Collette Jr 20 of 3501 38th St with good condition after motorcycle accident and Mrs Edward Kitts 25 of 2407 13th St in satisfactory condition after knee injury in 1300 block of Avenue Lubbock open house for Western Union Co offices at 1224 Texas Ave today 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m led by C J Bo Sexton longtime local manager
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New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
John C. Sanders
SL. Sanders
40Th St
Larry Rudin
Sidney Rudin
45Th St
Foard County
L. L. Bell
Mackenzie Park
Candace Lee Baker
Beulah Dunn Turner
Paul E. Collette Jr
38Th St
Methodist Hospital
19Th St
Ave. W
Edward Kitts
13Th St
West Texas Hospital
Lubbock
Western Union Company
Texas Ave
Bo) Sexton
Two Killed In Lake Area Intersection Crash
Jon, in his twenties, was notified by a friend and taken to the accident site minutes after it occurred. He sobbingly identified his father. Charlie Tipton was found against a telephone pole with a possible skull fracture. The Latin American victim in the other car reportedly died of internal injuries. Both cars were flung into the northwest corner of the intersection built up in a lake area.
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Jon
Rix Funeral Home
Methodist Hospital
Charlie Tipton
Henderson Ambulance Service
Plainview
Nixon in hospital continues strong campaign work
Vice President Richard M. Nixon stayed in Walter Reed Army Medical Center for a second day while steering his presidential bid. He dictated speech drafts from bed, spoke by telephone with aides, and received a visit from Mrs. Nixon as Eisenhower visited later. Henry Cabot Lodge to substitute for Nixon at several events during the two-week hospital stay.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Rosemary Woods
Nixon
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Congress
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Weeee
Klein
Vincent P. O'Brien
GOP
Jackson
Miss
Charleston
W. Va
Upsurge in Traffic Deaths Reported in July
CHICAGO AP says two hundred more people died on the highways in July this year than in July last year. The 3,450 traffic deaths mark the second highest July toll on record, exceeded only by 3,555 in July 1956, with 3,250 deaths in July of the previous year.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Missile Tested, Retrieve Fails
Cape Canaveral Florida reports Titan intercontinental missile achieved all flight objectives on a 5000 mile test in the south Atlantic. The 98 foot rocket reached speeds near 15000 mph and landed in the pre selected impact area in about two minutes. Recovery planes and ships failed to seize the data capsule after it ejected and parachuted into the sea.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
South Atlantic
Radioactive Ruthenium Found in Jewelry Rings
Washington reports small amounts of ruthenium 106, a man-made radioactive metal, found in alloys used for rings, ring settings, and mountings. The Atomic Energy Commission says wearers face no health risk, but authorities will not recover existing rings and have ordered jewelry makers to stop production of any more rings containing the material.
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Washington
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
Manhattan Losses Power Across West Side
The lower West Side of Manhattan suffered a 25 minute blackout due to a substation failure. Telephone and telegraph services were restored after emergency power sources were deployed, with roughly Spring Street to the Battery and Broadway to the Hudson River affected. In New Delhi India said it will not push Red China's admission at the UN General Assembly this fall.
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New York
Lower West Side
Manhattan
Irom Spring Street
Battery
Broadway
Hudson River
New Delhi
India
U. N. General Assembly
China
Gunfight Continues After Taxi Holdup in City Bank Lobby
Police traced the raid to three robbers who grabbed about $10,000, mostly foreign currency, from Lionel Perera’s currency firm after threatening staff. In the ensuing pursuit a patrolman was wounded and a suspect killed. two assailants fled toward Sixth Avenue while a fourth remained at large.
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Peter Gallagher
Donald Baeszler
RCA
Lionel Perera
John Brookes
Brookes
20Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Johnsons wife predicts large Democratic vote in Texas
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson labeled the Dallas reception for the Democratic women’s flying tour as marvelous and said Texas could deliver a record Democratic vote in November. The event drew 3,000 to 4,000 supporters in the grand ballroom as Kennedy family members voiced optimism over religious issues and labor questions in the campaign.
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Wichita Falls
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
John Kennedy
Sargent Shriver Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Dallas
Johnson
Coffer
Kennedy
Washington
Escaped Airmen Nabbed in Nevada After Robbery
Two of three airmen who escaped from Sheppard AFB stockade Aug 9 were captured in Nevada. Nevada troopers shot James J. Brena in both legs as he tried to block officers. Brena shoved Joel Thompson, the other captured, during the arrest. The men reportedly robbed a filling station in Flagstaff before fleeing toward Truckee and Reno where they were apprehended.
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Wichita Falls
UPD
Sheppard Air Force Base
Reno
New
Nevada Highway Patrol
James J. Brena
Brena
Joel Thompson
Addison
Rap
Flagstaff
Ariz
UPI
AyTruckee
Calif
Superior Court
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Plainsman Hotel
R. C. Goodwin
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W. C. McGee
Dr. Rudder
Jack Hinchey
Texas Tech
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E. E. McQuillen
J. B
Jones Ramsey
G. W
Bud) Ramsey
Lubbock A. & M. Club
Dr. Rudder, McQuillen
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Ramsey
Dr. Goodwin
Wayne James
Techdents
Hillcrest Country Club
UD the Tatherina Later
Tanarer
Sie Sybie Anderson
No Gaugher
Saecen
Shannon
Bob
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S Garmer
Sean Niet
Tsim West Texas Hospital
Plains Cotton Co-op
Ana Sant Bull
Tunis
Bidam
Em Bioyea Ty
Nelson’ Bleetrie
Apt
el Mopar
Uh Yoonsbirn
Joe Moore
Bagn
Aden Ok
McKissack
Kennedy Holding
Congress Action
United States
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Tipton
Espinoza
Tiptonsmen
Caldwell
Crosby
Barbara Stuart
Flamingo Hotel
Las Vegas
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Sally Ann Schniederjan
Davenport
Pla
Southeast Elementary
Judy Ecklund
Bremerton
Wash
Monterey High School
Jiry E. Waller
Nampa
Idaho
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