Violent Weather Lashes Nation's Coastal Areas
A severe weather outbreak sweeps coastal regions with heavy rain, hail, and high winds. Reports cite two inches of rain in 22 minutes near a ranch northeast of the city, flying glass injuring children in Victoria, and a broken foot from a wind overturned trailer home.
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Elred
J.B. Price
Flying Glass
Virginia
Lynn Gossett
Charlie
Victoria
Archie Ramsey
Houston Weather Bureau
Huntsville
East
Texas
Red River
Dalhart
Panhandle
Alabama
Hartselle
Ala
Hendersonville
N.C
Columbus
Tallahassee
Mla
Texas Gulf Coast
Judy Brewer
Bridge City
Port Arthur
Orange
Tornado Rips Pensacola Beach Area Causes Boats to Capsize
A tornado spawned in a lagoon swept along a mile of Gulf coast near Gulf Beach and Pleasant Grove, injuring none reported but wrecking boats and several buildings. Deputy Gardner said fire crews pulled seven people from the water as 50 responders fought choppy seas. earlier missing persons were accounted for. Rescued crews said waterspouts formed as the storm moved inland.
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Pensacola
Fla
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Savannah River
Gardner
Gulf Beach
Pleasant Grove
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Cotton Bill Sparks Debate Over Subsidy and Non-Discrimination
A proposal to aid cotton farmers with payment in kind certificates faces opposition from textile mills and Southern voters. The bill ties subsidy to export levels, seeks relief for small growers, and allows excess planting with world prices, while an amendment reduces the 1964 support price from 32.45 to 30 cents per pound. ARA grant rules also require nondiscrimination and equal opportunity in employment.
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Federal Register
ARA
Agriculture Department
U.S
Rules Committee
House
House Agriculture Committee
Clifford G. McIntire
Maine
Beckwith to be moved to state mental hospital today
Byron De La Beckwith, accused killer of Medgar Evers, would be transferred from jail to the state mental hospital today. A judge had ordered a mental examination for Beck, 42, but no bed was available in the crowded facility.
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Jackson, Miss
UPJ
J. R. Gilroy
Byron de la Beckwith
Medgar Evers
Beckwith
Four Officers Indicted In Brutality Case
Harris County grand jury indicts two resigned officers and two suspended officers on three counts each for beating two youths with nightsticks in a patrol car and near a building. Complainants Benjamin Davis and Edward Simon, ages 20 and 17, testify of injuries. Griffin and others deny. One unnamed rookie officer returned to duty after investigation.
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Benjamin Earl Davis
Edward Simon
Archie Lee Johnson
Tiffin
Gulf Freeway
Griffin
Strike May Hinder NASA Apollo Plan
A 24 day old electricians strike threat jeopardizes NASA plans to place Apollo into Earth orbit and prep lunar landings. NASA officials at Michoud Plant Louisiana asked contractors and the union to seek a special agreement on the work.
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New Orleans
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Michoud
NASA
Births Recorded at West Texas Hospital in Texas City
A series of birth notices from West Texas Hospital lists parents and weights for newborns. Entries name the infant’s weight and time, parental occupations including teachers, students, and workers at Wood Chemical Co, Tejas Employers Insurance, Texaco, Avinger Lumber Co, and other local firms, with addresses in Lubbock and nearby areas.
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Billy Jasper “Brown
Lorenzo
Son Wriaking
West Texas Hospital
Wood Chemical Co
Mroo
Eddie D. Sparkman
Faith St
West ‘Teans Hospital
Tejas Employers Insurance Lassn
Ward's Exhibit May Be Closed
London AP report says an art gallery showing Dr Stephen Ward portraits will be closed on a building code technicality. Ward, an osteopath and artist linked to royal subjects, faces vice charges as 15 paintings have sold for 2700 pounds. A closure notice with 48 hours is to be served, arguing the building was converted to a gallery without proper authority. The gallery plans to challenge the notice.
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London
Stephen Ward
Ward
Britain
Museum Street
Missing wallet and ring reported in Lubbock
A Lubbock woman reported her billfold containing 600 dollars and personal papers missing from either her home on 39th Street or her shop Helen's Beauty Salon on 34th Street. Albert Miller reported a separate loss of a 160 dollar ring set from 33rd Street.
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Lubbock
Helen Earles
39Th St
Helen
34Th St
Albert Miller
33Rd St
Heat Drives Record Water Use Across West Texas Towns
Lubbock residents used 54.2 million gallons of water, a record, as heat persisted. Cities including Crosbyton, Plainview, Brownfield, Levelland, Tahoka and others rely on White River Dam water sources. officials urge conservation amid near capacity pumps and planned new wells. Weather outlook shows a stationary high pressure system in the region.
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Lubbock
Lubbock's Wells
White River
Crosbyton
Sam Davis
Ray
Brownfield
E. R. Hutson
Canadian River
Panhandle
Levelland
Tahoka
Pat Hines
Ipur
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Senator's Daughter To Marry Ferrari Salesman
Mamie Reynolds daughter of the late Senator Robert Reynolds revealed plans to marry Luigi Chinetti Jr the salesman who sold her a Ferrari at Luigi Chinetti Motors Inc in Manhattan The 20 year old said the purchase led to a marriage prospect and joked about it.
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New York
UPD
Robert Reynolds
North Carolina
Mamie Reynolds
Luigi Chinetti Motors Inc
Manhattan
11Th Avenue
Ferrari
Luigi Chinetti
Dt. 20
High Cost Cited For Protecting James Meredith
The Pentagon said protecting James Meredith at the University of Mississippi cost about 4.364 million dollars through June 30. Troops peaked at 23,000, including 8,000 National Guardsmen, with 12,000 in Oxford. the last troops departed Wednesday. The Justice Department put marshal costs at Oxford at 559,000 dollars by end of June.
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Oxford
Justice Department
Tshombe Seeks Eye Surgery in Barcelona Clinic
Former Katanga President Moise Tshombe arrived at a Barcelona clinic on Tuesday for a delicate eye operation. Dr. Ignacio Barraque, head of the clinic, said an examination showed Tshombe's chronic eye trouble could be treated with adequate care.
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Tshombe
Barcelona
Spain
Katanga
Moise ‘Tshombe
Ignacio Barraque
Test Ban Treaty Edge Reaches Final Draft in Geneva
Negotiators report progress on a nuclear test ban pact that would bar explosions in air water and space by signatories and restrict on site inspections. Soviet objections over inspection access persist while the West offers equal Soviet inspector access. A next session is set for July 25 as talks continue.
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U.S
Geneva
Khrushchev
Moscow
Washington
Sec
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Senate
High Seas
Phillips sells Union stock under 1961 court order
Phillips Petroleum disclosed the sale of 1,340,517 shares of Union common stock for 100,539,000 with after tax profit of 33,440,000 or 98 cents a share. The firm had faced a 1961 court order after a Justice Department anti trust suit seeking to bar Phillips from gaining control or influence in Union and its management.
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Phillips
Bartlesville
Okla
Union Common
Justice Department
Club Raids Continue as Police Detain Known Regulars
Six Negro men were picked up as vagrancy suspects at three cafes here, four on 17th Street and Ave C, one in the 200 block of 18th Street, and another at 23rd Street and Fir Avenue. A detective said the men were regulars of joints in Lubbock and raids would continue as preventive action. Griffin cited fights, killings and muggings stemming from such places.
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17Th St
Ave. C
18Th Street
23Rd St
Fir Ave
Lubbock
Griffin
Dawson Sheriff Named Head of State Group
Henry Mayfield of Lamesa was elected president of the Texas Sheriff's Association. Ray Thagan Perryton Earl Franklin Marshall and H R Mac Flournoy Hardin were elected vice presidents. The 86th annual meeting will be in Corpus Christi. The group urged Gov Connally to investigate tampering with the criminal code bill and commended Lewis E Berry and A C Howerton for alerting him.
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San Antonio
Henry Mayfield
Lamesa
Dawson County
Texas
Ray Thagan
Perryton
Earl Franklin
Marshall
H. R
Mac) Flournoy
Hardin
Corpus Christi
John Connally
Connally
Senate
The
Association
Lewis E.berry
Austin
A. C. Howerton
Fort Worth
Leatherback Turtle Reaches Great Size in Ocean
The leatherback, world's largest turtle, can measure up to eight feet long and weigh more than a half ton, showcasing astonishing oceanic proportions.
Kennedy Work Rules Clash With Rail Unions
Loomis says authority lacking to approve changes and warns of continued unneeded job payments. Harris urges ICC to study train crew work rules amid fear of a rail strike by five unions and industry disruption. Union leaders oppose a formal plan, citing risk of ICC acting as a labor court. Wirtz expects eventual agreement.
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Congress
Loomis
Oren Harris
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cnitrain
Th. E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
St. Louis
Sec. of Labor
W. Willard “Wirtz
House Committee
Civil rights leaders press for swift legislation
A Senate hearing scrutinized Kennedy voting rights while Civil Rights advocates urged fast action. Zagri urged Kennedy to resign to enable bipartisanship. Griswold called anti segregation measures vital, tying them to the 13th and 14th Amendments and commerce power. Blake urged action, noting racism as moral blasphemy. Union leaders touted integration across locals with 209,000 Black members.
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Washington
Emanuel Celler
DNY
Zagri
Teamsters Union
Robert Kenney
Robert
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Kennedy
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-Nc
Senate Commerce Committee
Erwin N. Griswold
Harvard Law School
Congress
Griswold
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Celler
Eugene Carson Blake
Blake
United Presbyterian Church
GwynniOak
Baltimore
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Racial tensions flare across cities as protests spread
Demonstrators at a New York construction site facing arrest resume picketing near Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. In Manhattan a judge jailed three activists for 60 days for blocking housing trucks. Truce talks stall in Cambridge and Washington debates civil rights funding and policing tactics. NAACP calls for Justice Department review of a Marion Arkansas shooting. Negro marches and desegregation efforts continue in Charleston and Pittsburgh with shopkeepers pressured to desegregate. House subcommittee advances a bill to cut federal funds from racially segregated educational programs.
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New York
Antibias
Downsstate Medical Center
Brooklyn
Kennedy
Zagri
House
Robert F. Kennedy
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Little Rock
Ark
Justice Department
Marion
Andrew Lee Anderson
Charleston
S.C
Pittsburgh
Washington
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Sallie Johnson
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el Paso
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Texvarkana
Brownsville
Tifister
Evers Slayer
Sandhills
Tom Stokes
City of
James Weaver Nelson
Ket Ave
Verinus
Lis
Texas Tech
Joe Rodriguez Ramos
Navier Ave
el Fewis Paperte
Verlon Ordell
Weahimg
West ‘Pexas Hospital
Willie Anderson
Wille Brightman
Avinger Lumber Ca
Ernest Silvas
Ao San
Adan Ait Panf
Nativadad Patz
Supreme Beef Co
Theodore Cook
Methodist Hospital
A-1 Glass Co
Denny Marsalis
Auburn
Aoson
Texas Tech Studens
Jmr
Mes
Haries Neetey
Ond St
Tins & Ponds
Soham
Methedit
HeiHa
Mercury
Plainview
White River Dam
M. L. Ray
Plainview City Park
James Meredith
Twin Ranch Drive-In
South
Dawson
Eugene Edmonds
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Teamsters
Harris
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