Crucial House Battle Set to Start Tuesday in Voting Rights Fight
Southerners appear roughly a dozen votes short of derailing President Johnsons voting rights bill in the House this week. The GOP substitute would broaden impact, while the White House bill would end literacy tests and use federal examiners to register Black voters in several southern states.
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Hearings Begin July 19 on McNamara Reserve Merger Plan
Washington AP Tufts McNamara faces new test as House Armed Services subcommittee opens hearings July 19 on merging Army reserve units into the National Guard. Chairman Hebert pledges open debate allowing supporters and opponents to present evidence and arguments.
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Swiss Boy Scouts Finish Rio Grande Safari After Harrowing Journey
A 14 member Swiss scout group from Montreux completed a 2100 mile Rio Grande water safari ending in Brownsville on July 1. They escaped a flood surge near Sanderson Texas and had two boats collide in Big Bend. one boat capsized at Falcon Lake costing about 2000 dollars in gear.
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Calm Independence Day Observed in Algeria After Overthrow
Algeria marked its third independence anniversary with non political celebrations and a calm mood following Ben Bella's overthrow. The revolutionary council banned marches and rallies while Col. Houari Boumedienne prepared a major radio television address postponed from the eve.
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Ancient ritual women plow drought fields in Bihar
In Hazari Bagh India four women tied to a wooden plow and pulled a drought stricken field hoping for rain. The ancient rain prayer failed as no rainfall occurred.
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Oxygen Prevents Arm Amputation at Sea Treatment
Lance Cpl. Stephen L. Kramer, 23, of Bloomdale Missouri, bitten by a rattlesnake developed gangrene and spent 40 hours in an oxygen decompression chamber aboard a submarine tender in San Diego Bay. At Camp Pendleton he returned to the base hospital much improved with doctors saying the high oxygen concentration fought the infection and prevented amputation.
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Chilean President Frei Ends Italy Visit, Heads to Private Hotel
Chilean President Eduardo Frei ends a state visit in Rome moving from the Quirinal Palace to a downtown hotel for a private stay. He will be received by Pope Paul VI in audience on Tuesday.
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Accident Kills Youth on Waggoner Ranch
A 16 year old high school student working on the Waggoner ranch was struck by a loaded hay truck near Lake Kemp and died. Tommy Lee Shores was pronounced dead on arrival at a Vernon hospital. The accident occurred on the half million acre Waggoner estate where the victim’s parents live and work.
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