Portales Field Trip Showcases Clovis Elephant Skeleton
West Texas Museum archaeology class of 20 led by W. C. Watts visits Portales New Mexico to view the Clovis Elephant skeleton near 12,000 years old. The site also yields Clovis artifacts and multiple elephant remains to be moved for museum study.
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Jack Sheridan
Avalanche-Journal
West Texas Museum
W. C. Watts
Monterey High School
Portales
N.M
Clovis
Lubbock
Bene
Lubbock Lake
Earl Green
Gene McDougle
Columbia University
Wisconsin
Baylor University
George Agonini
Baylor
Eastern New Mexico University
Washington State
Plainview Point
Museum At
Tech
Portraits of Four Local Students
Left to right Susan Gum and Charlotte Hinch daughters of local residents, Robert Mann son of Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Mann, and Lanny Field son of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Field, with staff photos by Jack Sheridan.
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Susan Gum
Don A. Gum
Charlotte Hinch
C. L. Hinch
Robert Mann
R. E. Mann
Lanny Field
Charles Field
27Th St
Jack Sheridan
Republicans pick San Francisco for 1964 National Convention
The Republican National Committee chose San Francisco as the 1964 convention site and set July 13 as opening day. National Chairman William E. Miller was named to lead arrangements as Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller backers competed for the presidential nomination, with debates noting Rockefeller’s possible entry and growing Goldwater support. The Cow Palace in San Francisco will host the event, after approval of a site with financial incentives and guaranteed hotel rooms.
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Denver
San Francisco
William E. Miller
GOP
National Committee
Barry M. Goldwater
Arizona
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
George L. Hinman
Rockefeller
Barry
Hinman
New Yorker
Goldwater
Cow Palace
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Miller
Jean K. Tool
Colorado
Tool
Thor M. Smith
Convention and Visitors ‘Bureau
George Christopher
Don London
St. Francis Hotel
Atlantic City
N.J
Chicago
Dallas
Detroit
Miami Beach
Philadelphia
Kennedy Orders Equal Employment Rule for Federally Financed Construction
President Kennedy issued an executive order extending the authority of the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee to federally assisted construction contracts. Contractors on buildings and highways must provide equal job opportunities to Negro workers and notify labor unions. The measure expands the committee’s reach beyond direct federal jobs.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Equal Employment Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Hancock Scraper Demonstrates Massive Load at Power Plant
The Hancock 4H elevating scraper loaded 72 tons in two minutes at Four Corners Power Plant near Farmington in an open pit coal mine. Claimed as Lubbock’s largest machine, it carries 90 cubic yards at up to 50 mph, shown Friday and Saturday under Utah Mining and Construction Co. experimentation.
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Lubbock
Four Corners
Navajo Reservation
Farmington
New Mexico
Utah Mining and Const. Co
Salt Lake City
PLAN QUICKLY STIRS FIRE New Mexico roads fund crackdown
Roswell officials clash with the Bureau of Public Roads over funding for state highways. The BPR warns no more federal money until New Mexico clears an anti bypass clause, delaying bids and drawing sharp rebukes from highway leaders.
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New Mexico Roads Bureau
Roswell
Bureau of Public Roads
New Mexico
John Sudderth
Highway Commission
Sudderth
Harold Adkison
Santa Fe
Highway Department
State Highway Department
Robert de la Rue
BPR
New Mexco
Birthplaces Of John, Paul Not Far Apart
In northern Italy Concesio near Brescia and Sotto il Monte near Bergamo lie 35 miles apart. Pope Paul VI was born in Concesio in a two story 15th century house. the Montini family later moved to Brescia for Giorgio Montini’s legal and publishing work.
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Brescia
Italy
Lhitge
Concesio
Pope Paul VI
Sotto ‘Il Monte
Pope John Xahi
Sotto Il Monte
Pope Paul
Montini
Alzano Maru
Concesso
Pope
Giorgio Montini
Desegregation Bill Clears Northern Rhodesia Council
The API-A bill to end racial discrimination in barrooms wins approval in the Legislative Council. The law previously barred Africans from drinking where spirits are displayed, keeping bars whites only.
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Lusaka
Northern Rhodesia
API
Northern
Devil girl rumor unsettles John Sealy Hospital
Galveston officials deny a patient called the devil girl hoax spreads through the island. Calls describe horns and a tail after alleged acts with a Bible and witchcraft. Rumor reportedly originated from Rosenberg and reached Louisiana and Texas. Hospital director Daniel Bobbitt dismisses the myth as nonsense. Madrid note mentions a Spanish rabbit raiser planning exports to the United States.
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Galveston
UPI
John Sealy Hospital
Rosenberg
Louisiana
Texas
Daniel Bobbitt
Madrid
United States
Negro leaders plan peaceful picket of Los Angeles Board of Education
Negro leaders announce a Monday protest at the Los Angeles Board of Education building to press for integration. The group claims inadequate response to their 10 day deadline and vows continued peaceful demonstrations and selective buying to push de facto school desegregation.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Board of Education
Board of Education
Christopher L. Taylor
Negro Leaders Committee
Dr. Taylor
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
County Board of Supervisors
County Commission On Human Relations
Frank F. Chuman
Human Relations Commission
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West Texas
Oasis State Park
Watts
Terrell Bachman
David Bass
Charles Brasher
Tommy Joe Brewer
Jacky Brown
Truett Diegel
James Elkin
Lanny Fiel
Susan Gunn
Roger Dixon Hays
Graig Litton
Robert Meinecke
Jimmy Pfluger
Byron Price
Oscar Primm
James Lee Richardson
Paul Richard
Wayne Stenis
JKF
JFK
Tunis
Tunisia
Ieport
John
Paul
Devil Girl
LA Education Board
Vathus
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