House Demo Fight Over Rule Change Looms
Liberal House Democrats threaten to push changes to the conservative Rules Committee to aid the Kennedy administration's program. A three member study group will present views to Speaker Rayburn as Capitol Hill maneuvers mount ahead of the new session.
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Eisenhower Advocates Private Industry Space Relay Push
President Eisenhower urges NASA to back research and demos for space radio and TV relay networks. Policy calls private firms to fund resources and profit from satellite communications with at-cost rocket launches, signaling a clash over private versus public roles. AT&T and Hughes plan experimental satellites within a year as others eye similar launches.
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American Telephone and Telegraph
Hughes Aircraft
Court Bars Anti Ballot Evictions In Tennessee
Federal courts in Cincinnati and Memphis blocked landowners in Fayette and Haywood counties from evicting Negro sharecroppers to suppress voting drives. The rulings require proof voting rights influenced evictions and set hearings for January 5. Displaced tenants reacted with jubilation at the news.
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Tenn
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Cincinnati
West Tennessee
Justice Department
Fayette and
Haywood
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Haywood County
Dist
Marion S. Boyd Late Sruiday
Memphis
Fayette County
Boyd
Fayette
Nnt
Somerville
Police Fire On Mob in Guerrero Kiling Fifteen
In Chilpancingo Guerrero Province soldiers fired on a protesting crowd killing at least fifteen and wounding about thirty. Demonstrators demanded Governor Raul Caballero Aburto resign amid corruption accusations and fiscal mismanagement. Nearby federal police previously clashed with students injuring two.
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Chilpancingo
Mexico
Raul Caballero Aburto
Guerrero
Mexico City
Acapulco
Caballero Aburto
UMW Cuts Soft Coal Pension Benefits At $100 To $75
The United Mine Workers board of trustees reduced pensions from 100 dollars to 75 dollars a month for soft coal miners citing strained welfare fund finances. They warned the cut may last a long time unless fund income improves and noted the pension was established in 1949 funded by a 40 cent per ton royalty on bituminous coal.
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United Press
Tntermattoniads
Ashington
United Mine Workers of America
Board of Trustees
Welfare and Retirement Fund
Man Charged In Midland Motel Robbery
Gerrard Marini, 35, charged with the Sands Motel robbery in Midland after admitting to police he pulled the $825 holdup. Marini, who recently moved from New York to Pasadena, was arrested in Houston following a similar hold up there. Midland officials filed charges after he confessed orally.
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Gerrard TV
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Houston
Pasadena
New York
Jeweler’s Quip Sparks Light Banter About Women Shoppers
A brief, witty remark from a jeweler in the society section of the paper jokes about women spending on fashionable items like food and drink. The line appears in the section titled Comic Dictionary within the newspaper’s women’s news pages.
Dimmitt Boy Slain In Playful Cowboy Indoors
A 9-year-old Dimmitt boy died after a loaded pistol discharged while two boys played Cowboys and Indians at a Martinez home. Louis Rodriquez died en route to Dimmitt Medical and Surgical Clinic. Manuel Martinez, 9, another player, witnesses present. inquest pending. funeral arrangements set at Dennis Funeral Home.
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Immitt
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Dimmitt Medical and Surgical Clinic
Louis Rodriquez
Augustine Rodriquez
Castro County
Jack Cartwright
Justice of the Peace
Bruce Wooddell
Cartwright
Louis
Manuel Martinez
Lucio Martinez
Martinez
Manuel
Dennis Funeral Home
Etna erupts again after three day lull in Sicily
Mount Etna erupts anew in Sicily on Saturday sparking ash and lava activity but officials say there is no threat to villages on the lower slopes. The eruption marks a return after a three day lull and draws observers to the mountain.
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Sicily
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Snow Spread Across South Plains With Light Falls
Snow began falling in Lubbock and across the South Plains late Friday night with traces to two inches possible before noon today. Snowfall casts a light blanket over roads and field surfaces as officials monitor conditions.
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Avalanche Journal
Lubbock
South Plains
Weather forecast shows unusual southern snow hit
A weather report notes a rare cold front sweeping the region with rain and snowline dipping south to Meadow Cand Dong. The Weather Bureau posted a late Friday update indicating snowfall extended as far south as Meadow Cand Dong, with a broad line from Latc tlefield to Floodida.
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Latc Tlefield
Floodida
Laos Reports Red Invasion In Laos At UN Meeting
Laotian UN representative Sisouk Na Champasik told Dag Hammarskjold that four to seven battalions of North Vietnamese troops had crossed into northeast Laos and fighting was ongoing. The claim, based on a telegraph from Prime Minister Prince Boun Oum’s government, indicated a serious regional crisis with unclear location details.
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United Nations
Viet Nam
Sisouk Na Champasik
Dag Hammarskjold
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Hammarskjold
Laotiin Eaniti Vieogiage
Prince Boun Qum
Laos
Diplomat to Handle Roving Assignment
President elect Kennedy names diplomat W. Averell Harriman ambassador at large for special missions. A random agricultural conference in New York will discuss farm crisis actions with nine national organizations. Harriman to work with White House and State Department advisers, flexible duties, not routine channels.
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Kennedy
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A fragmented Sunday Journal page offers a partial account of events and themes. The visible items reference market moves, a speculative oped, and a planned analysis of past trends. The text is garbled with many missing words but centers on stocks, surveying, and future forecasts.
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New Year Holiday Travel Rush Prompts Cautious Patrols
National Safety Council estimates 74 million cars on the road and about 400 fatalities expected as the New Year period nears its end. Cities enforce sobriety, with Pittsburgh arresting drunken walkers and Des Moines police patrolling taverns. Hotels report heavy bookings and high rates in major cities as revelers plan celebrations and New York and Los Angeles top the costly destinations.
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National Safety Council
Pittsburgh
Des Moines
New Year’s Eve Religious Services Planned Across South Plains
New Year weekend offerings include night services and Holy Communion at several churches. Local churches announce worship for New Year’s Eve and Day with prayer, meditation, and youth group events, inviting the community to begin 1941 with reverence and reflection.
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