Rural Electrification Bank Plan Faces Senate Hurdles
President Johnson pushes for a new federal bank to fund rural electric cooperatives with supplemental financing, but Capitol Hill opposition and limited loan funds threaten passage this session. REA head Clapp warned progress hinges on funding and Congress may adjourn early.
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Johnson
Congress
Norman Clapp
Rural Electrification Administration
Clapp
Capitol Hill
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
W. G. Newton
Lubbock
Newton
South Plains Electric Co- Operative, Inc
REA
U.S
Bob. Poage
Waco
Poage
Immunity Reported In Allergy Treatment Breakthrough
Miami reports a nasal spray therapy for bronchial asthma hay fever and skin allergy shows relief in 15000 cases. The home use treatment without prescription claims long symptom relief, no toxic side effects or antihistamines, from The Brunson Corporation in Florida.
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Miami
Fla
United States
The
Brunson Corporation
P.O
Florida
Brownfield Minister Sets Africa Mission Tour
Brownfield minister Tom Wallace of Crescent Hill Church of Christ leaves Brownfield for a journey ending in Johannesburg. He will visit Dallas Chicago New York Frankfurt and Johannesburg to join missionaries in meetings then return via Rome Paris Zurich and London coming back in September.
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Brownfield
Tom Wallace
Crescent Hill Church of Christ
Johannesburg
Africa
Wallace
Dallas
Chicago
New York
Frankfurt
Germany
Rome
Paris
Zurich
London
Hale Vineyard Thrives on Irrigated Plains Plot
Plainview special report on A. E. Gibson’s 2.5 acre vineyard near Hale Centers. He planted 920 second year cuttings in 12 foot rows with three wire supports, including 250 Concords 500 Fredonas and 170 Hicks varieties. Irrigated from an 8 inch well and lake water, the crop aims for first year payments under federal programs. Gibson, a former Sears Roebuck employee, foresees grapes as a money crop for Plains farmers.
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Plainview
A. E. Gibson
Hale
Gibson
Sears Roebuck & Co
Lubbock
J. H. Dunn
Dunn
Pea Processing Plant Planned Near Lamesa
Plains Pea Producers Inc. builds a five acre plant six miles west of Lamesa to shell wash and chill green peas with anticipated weekly output of five million pounds for national delivery. L. C. Martin heads the group with W. R. McEachen as manager employing 25 to 30 people. The facility may process other vegetables and dried peas later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamesa
Plains Pea Producers, Inc
L. C. Martin
Martin Produce
Devine
W. R. McEachen
Weslaco
Martin
Howard County Names Paul Gross New Agricultural Agent
Paul Gross, longtime Gaines County assistant county agricultural agent, is named Howard County agricultural agent and will start Aug. 15. He replaces Herb Helbig, who resigned July 14 to join the U.S. Agency for International Development. Helbig will work with AID in the Dominican Republic after training, while Gross, a Crosby County native and 1952 Texas Tech graduate, is prominent in livestock.
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Big Spring
Paul Gross
Gaines County
Howard County
Gross
Lee Porter
Billy C. Gunter
Lubbock
Herb
Helbig
U.S. Agency For International Development
AID
Gunter
Texas, A&m University System
Dominican Republic
Crosby County
Texas Tech
Ile
Melvyn Douglas Undergoes Foot Cancer Surgery
Actress Helen Gahagan Douglas said Melvyn Douglas was treated for a malignancy in his foot after a birthmark turned cancerous. He had surgery during a hospital stay for heart palpitations and a second operation on July 12. He is improving and plans a Carmel trip before returning to New York.
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Hollywood
UPI
Melvyn Douglas
California
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Douglas
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Carmel
New York
Warner Bros. J
Vexas Soldier Reported Killed in Vietnam
The Defense Department listed Marine Staff Sgt. Paul G. Hendrix, husband of Mrs. Emma P. Hendrix of 6028 McCullar Rd., Fort Worth, as killed in action in Vietnam on Tuesday.
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VEXAS
Washington
Defense Department
Marine
Paul G. Hendrix
Emma PD. Hendrix
McCullar Rd
Fort Worth
Viet Nam
Senate Rejects Two Year Foreign Aid Trial Vote
The Senate defeated a two year trial for long term foreign aid authorization by 48 to 35. The move followed House approval and GOP calls to cut funding. Critics warned aid loans became grants and urged restraint while supporters argued longer authorization aids planning and encourages other nations to contribute.
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Jack Bell Washington
Senate
House
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Policy Committee
United States
Agency For International Development
Congress
Frank J. Lausche
Dohio
Alliance For Progress
jEncourage
Jacob K. Javits
R-N
Gale W. McGee
D-Wye
U.S
Viet Nam
J. W. Fulbright
Asia
Beauty Contest Entry Deadline Set Wednesday
Entries for Miss Mae Simmons Beauty Contest close at 7 p.m. today with Friday night coronation at Mae Simmons Pool. Pageant begins with a swimming meet and ends with a dance and swimming party. Contestants must be in high school or college and active in civic groups.
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Mae Simmons
E. 24Th Street
Weber Street
James Price
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Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
House Agriculture Committee
Schnittker
Sec, of Agriculture
John A. Schnittker
Plains Cooperative Oil Mill
Farmers Cooperative Compress
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
Growers Seeds Association
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Roy B. Davis
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Texas Water Plan
Joe B. Pate Jr
Joe D. Anfred
New Home
Homer Garrison
Ray Joe Riley
Dimmitt
Texas Water Development Board
J. D. Smith
Littlefield
PCG
Smith
Water For the Future
West Texas Water Institute
Senator Tower
John Tower
Coronado High School
34Th Street
Vicksburg
Ade
Eve
Sun
N.A.C.A
Pontiac
Bob Milner
Pontiac, Inc
Sears
Sears and
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