Women To Push Rights Plan After White House Plea
Leaders of about 80 million American women formed a National Women's Committee for Civil Rights in Washington to support the President's program. Mildred Horton, former Waves head, was named chair with a co-chair to be chosen, and Mrs. William B. Harris was named associate dean at Howard University to join the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Lewine Washington
Kennedy
Cvil Rights
White House
Capitol
Washington
America
Mildred McAfee Horton
the Waves
Neerd
William BB. Harris
YWCA
Harris
Howard University
Chicago Ywca
American Council Wo Dlarman Rights
Justice de
Partment
Women's Bureau
Department of Labor
Esther Peterson
Horton
Randolph
Peterson
Decisions Sought In Cases Against County Sheriff
An attorney for suspended Jefferson County Sheriff C H Meyer seeks court permission to file a petition to force a judgment in a civil removal case. Meyer, acquitted on 13 of 19 counts of incompetence and misconduct, faces six unresolved counts and a pending civil suit to remove him from office.
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Beaumont
Jefferson County
C. HL (Charley) Meyer
Dist
Wilmer B. Hunt
Meyer
Texas General House
Gilbert T. Adams
9Th Court of Civil Appeals
Mever
Fifth Circuit Overturns Bearden Hijacking Conviction
The 5th U S Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Leon Bearden 38 on counts of kidnaping and aircraft theft in the 1961 Continental Airlines hijacking case while upholding the obstruction charge. Bearden and his son Cody 16 were involved as agents of the crime near El Paso Arizona. A new trial was ordered for the two overturning the prior verdicts on the two counts due to improper jury instructions regarding interstate transportation.
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New Orleans
UPD
5Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Leon Bearden
Bearden
Continental Airlines
Phoenix
Ariz
el Paso
Cuba
U.S
Cody
Inglewood
Colo
U.S. ‘5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Missing Man Feared Victim Of Foul Play
Police, sheriff's deputies and private investigators report no new clues on the 46 year old Lub bock man missing since last Thursday. Mrs. A. J. Mize says he was last seen at a neighbor’s home and feared foul play. He may have taken a taxi to an address on Tahoka Hwy carrying $1,200 in $160 bills. He is described as 5 feet 10 inches, 180 pounds, brown receding hair, blue eyes, with a forehead scar.
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Lubbock
A. J. Mize
Clovis Rd
Mize
Chinese Delegation Faces Isolated Stand at Congress
Izvestia quotes Jeanette Vermeersh wife of Maurice Thorez accusing the Chinese delegates of isolation at the congress. Sources say Beijing seeks an early meeting of world Communist parties and proposes new voting rules to favor larger memberships. Talks paused after a Soviet invective burst as Chinese delegates led by Teng Hsiao-ping arrived. Khrushchev shows minimal engagement with the visitors, focusing on Suslov and events in Kiev and Moscow.
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Communist Party
Teng Hsiao-ping
Secret Service
Khrushchev
Presidium
Mikhail Suslov
Kiev
Kadar
Moscow
Nonalignment Pressure Hits Algeria as Soviet Bloc Delays
The Soviet bloc suffers setbacks in Algeria as Banned Communist party and Algeria's nonalignment policy constrain influence. Despite aid decline, bloc officers in training press efforts to sway the Algerian army amid a cautious wait-and-see stance.
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Algiers
Algeria
Communist Party
Dred
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Red
Tunisia
Morrocco
Cattle Bank Hosts July Fourth Tour and Mexican Visit
Cattle Bank members attended a July Fourth reception at Hotel Regis and joined a Teotihuacan pyramid tour guided by Isabel Pearl. They later joined the American colony celebration with Sidney High School Band and met Ambassador Thomas Mann. Other events included a visit to La Salud medical center and Aztec Folklore Ballet.
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Hotel Regis
Teotihuacan
Isabel Pearl
Mexican Association of Businessmen For Better Understanding
Good Neighbor Project
Sidney High School
Sidney
Neb
Lubbock
Cheryl Poteet
Baton
Clyde Fort
United States
Mexico
Thomas Mann
la Salud
National Presbyterian Church
Teen-Ager Tries Dallas Theater Holdup
A Dallas youth admitted attempting to rob the Texas Theater for funds to return to Mississippi. He showed a .22 pistol at the ticket office, triggered an alarm, and was detained by an usher before police arrived. The teen was placed in Dallas Juvenile Home.
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Dallas
USP
Mississippi
Dans
Houston
Texas
Civil rights bill gains support amid welfare testimony
Secretary Celebrezze urged approval of federal grants and loans to help desegregating school systems, as he testified after Cel ler's announcement. The outline emphasizes making a workable and just civil rights bill and House passage.
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House
Sec. of Welfare
Celebrezze
Celler
Commission Meeting Reviews Street Closure and Appointments
The commission will discuss a possible street closing linked to one plan and name new members for the Auditorium Coliseum Board and the Airport Board. Bids will be considered for a panel truck and pickup and for miscellaneous electric items. The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority director position may be filled. Irving Jones’s term expires July 31.
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Auditorium Coliseum
Airport Board
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Irving Jones
Tech Course Deliberates Swine Show And Lectures
Dr. Ralph M. Durham heads the Tech Animal Husbandry Department inviting swine producers to bring one market hog for a barrow show judged on foot with carcass data collected. Live evaluations will be compared to carcass data while Friday includes talks on Corn Belt swine problems rations and management for commercial High Plains hog operations breeder feeder relations and the grain sorghum industry. Speakers include Hudman Barton Larry Tackitt and Bill Nelson of the Grain Sorghum Producers Assn Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph M. Durham
Tech Animal Husbandry Department
High Plains
Hudman
Barton
Larry Tackitt
Happy
Bill Nelson
Texas Winter Wheat Forecast Drops From June Estimate
The USDA predicts Texas winter wheat will total about 36.2 million bushels, down 4.3 million from the June forecast and 7.4 million below last year’s harvest. Per acre yields in Texas average 16 bushels, the lowest among top southwestern states, as drought and heavy rains harmed planting and replanting.
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Washington
UPI
Texas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Charges Filed Against Couple
A man and a woman faced felony and misdemeanor charges after police, who were probing a motel disturbance, arrested them Tuesday afternoon. Aaron Everett Jones, 24, tied to destruction of city property over 50 dollars, remains jailed in lieu of 5000 dollars bond. Billie Bownds, 24, former Lubbock resident, was charged with illegal possession of barbiturates. bond set at 500 dollars.
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Aaron Everett Jones
Duke Sr
Lubbock
Justice of the Peace F. R. Land
Jones
Billie Bownds
Slaton
James A. Ellis
Bownds
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Fatherson
A. d. Mize
Brieleliey
Izvestia
Jeanette Vermeersh
Maurice Thore
Red Bloc
Cattle Bank
Chipancingo
Mexico City
D. F
City of
Contrasts
Aligeria
France
Yugoslavia
Red China
Rusk
Commission
Bartow
Littlefield Commercial
Lee Lawson
Barbara Vento
Life
American Theatre Wing
Mary MacArthur
Helen Hayes
Macaroni
College
Canton
Tan
White Crew Sox
Wedgefield
Caprock Center
Hershey
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