Backers Split as Civil Rights Package Sees GOP Hesitation
Senate maneuvers to enact Kennedy civil rights proposals stall amid Republican wariness over desegregation of private businesses. Javits predicts a GOP majority may emerge, Humphrey stays hopeful, while Goldwater signals limited backing but rejects cloture. Page 6.
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Senate
Kennedy
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Javits
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
GOP
Los Angeles
Smiley the basset hound to headline Long Beach dog show
Mrs Rosemary Black of Cucamonga California sends Smiley a happy send off as Har bor Cities Kennel Club hosts an all breed dog show and obedience trials in Long Beach with 3003 entries. Smiley competes against 126 other basset hounds in the event.
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Smiley
Rosemary Black
Cucamonga
Calif
Harbor Cities Kennel Club
Long Beach
U.S
Protestants Laud Pope Paul VI for Unity Call
Protestant leaders cheer the election of Giovanni Battista Montini as Pope Paul VI, praising him as a continuation of Pope John XXIII’s ecumenical work. Catholic and Jewish figures also express optimism for better Catholic Protestant relations and joint efforts toward Christian unity.
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Associated Press
Paul VI
John XXIII
Giovanni Battista Montini
John Wesley Lord
Washington
Ben M. Herbster
United Church of Christ
Christ's Church
Pope John
Eugene Carson Blake
United Presbyterian Church
Silas G. Kessler
California woman dies in Tahoka auto crash
Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Benson, 59, of Fullerton California, died at Tahoka Hospital after her car overturned about five miles west of Tahoka on U S 380. Her son Larry Bob, 16, escaped injury. Investigators said she lost control while moving east, the car overturned several times, and she was thrown from the vehicle. She was the South Plains’ 56th traffic fatality this year and second in June. Officers sought her Abilene brother’s contact.
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Tahoka
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Tahoka Hospital
Here
U.S. Hwy
Anna Elizabeth Benson
Fullerton
Calif
Abilene
New Steel Pact Spurs Talk Of Price Boosts
Settlement of the steel labor contract prompts talk of higher costs and potential price hikes. fringe benefits may add about 15 cents an hour in employment costs over 21 months, with possible reduced orders by users who stocked inventories. Presidential opposition to broad hikes remains a check on any general rise.
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Hicicane Prsces
Kennedy
Senate House Economics Committee
King arrives as Alabama desegregation drive faces arrests
In Gadsden Alabama Martin Luther King Jr urged calm as police used cattle prods on protesters including about 50 Negro demonstrators who were arrested for violating a ban on mass demonstrations at a downtown store. King spoke to 600 at Gallilee Baptist Church and urged continued nonviolent action. In Seoul South Korea tropical storm Shirley killed 49, left 11 missing and 91 injured as it struck the southern provinces.
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Gadsden
Ala
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Gallilee Baptist Church
Seoul
South Korea
Shirley
Korea
Bus Sales Suit Settled for 100000 in Georgetown
A Texas school bus antitrust case settled out of court with a 100000 penalty against 16 firms and individuals. The suit, filed two years earlier, claimed bidders rigged bus sales to raise prices, and involved about 5100 sales totaling 23 million dollars. The defendants agreed to an injunction prohibiting collusion in bus sales.
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Borgetown
Atty
Will Wilson
D.B. Wood
Georgetown
Dallas
Frank G. Newman
Wood
Austin
Ray Cowan
Jack G. Fisk
Austtin
Austin Sales Co
Gordon K. Allen
Gordon K. Allen Co
Harold Grist
San Antonio
Commercial Body Corp
S. Gordon Shaffler
Fred Stroud
Texas Coach I Co
R. H. Wentley
Transportation Equipment Sales Co
J. K. Hurst
Hurst Bus Sales Co
Phil Hudson
Hudson Body Co
Bride Of 21 Days Dies In Clifton Car Crash
A 16 year old newlywed Dorothy Booth of Whitney died while returning from a home economics class at Clifton High School. Her car left the road, hit a culvert and overturned in a ditch on State Highway 219 one mile east of Clifton.
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Clifton
Tex
UPI
Dorothy Cran‘fill Booth
Whitney
Clifton High School
Exiles trade barbs over Cuba commando broadcast
A dispute erupts among exile groups over a Cuban Revolutionary Council commando broadcast inside Cuba. The State Department labeled the operation minor and harmful while the MUR called it a publicity stunt and said it betrayed the underground’s true load. The council later disputed the broadcast and defended its commandos as a propaganda effort.
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Cuban Revolutionary Council
Cuba
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All We Mrimevuluuulary Uniy Movement
Miami Land
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MUR
MRR
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Cil
Revolutionary Recovery Movement
Liberation Army of Cuba
Solon Denies Cuts to Handicap Services
Washington The House Appropriations Committee approved a defense package totaling 47.1 billion dollars amid backing for the Kennedy administration. Secretary McNamara warned the bill would require large manpower cuts and harm aircraft programs, while Rep. Mahon defended the panel’s stance and noted funding aligns with the president’s goals.
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United Press International
Ashington
House Appropriations Committee
U.S
Kennedy
United Front
Sec. of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
MMS App
McNamara
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Matrimony: The only state of conflict after the war won
A wry note on marriage as a continuing battle after victory. The line suggests domestic frictions persist beyond wartime triumphs, using a paradox to describe marital skirmishes.
Prayer Reflection By Mrs. Harold Grissom In Lubbock
A family oriented reflection from Mrs. Harold Grissom in Lubbock thanks God for loved ones and speaks on how actions affect others. The note asks forgiveness not for fear but for arrogance when storms pass and skies clear.
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Father
Storm
Harold Grissom
Lubbock
Marine pilot survives 15000 foot jet fall into sea
1st Lt. Cliff J. Judkins II describes his parachute failure and 15,000 foot plunge from a damaged Crusader jet near San Diego. He landed feet first in the ocean, suffered a compressed back fracture, pelvis fracture, and two broken ankles, and spent 24 hours in the water before rescue.
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United Press Internations
Ong Beach
Calif
Cliff J. Judkins II
Atlanta
Judkins
Bill
Bill Waters
Deluges Hit Coast Area
Texas coastal region faced heavy rain hail and wind with at least one tornado. Galveston logged 6.27 inches and Houston 3.24 as storms flooded causeways and isolated the island for hours. In Helotes a trailer was destroyed injuring a resident, and golfball sized hail accompanied severe winds from Hondo to Uvalde.
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South Plains
Lubbock
New Mexico
Galveston
Houston
Texas
Bexar County
Helotes
Evelyn Gass
San Antonio
Department of Public Safety
Weather Bureau
Hondo
Uvalde
Weather map for Lubbock and vicinity forecast
Clear to partly cloudy with highs in the upper 80s and southerly winds 10 to 25 mph. Scattered thunderstorms expected in late afternoon and early night.
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Lubbock
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