New Syrian Government Expected to Gain U S Recognition
The new Damascus leadership, seized by a Friday coup, appears set for U S recognition after preliminaries. Nasser thanked by Syrians, Iraq and Jordan quick to recognize, while Algeria extended good wishes. Curfew eased, ports opened, and traffic resumed as normal life returns.
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Associated Press
Eucae
Egypt
Eapesent Gamal Abdel Nasser
Washington
Damascus
United Arab Republic
U.S
Iraq
Revolutionary Command
Syria
Nasser
Khaled el Azem
Jordan
Algeria
National Council of the Revolutionary Command
Ba’ath
Salah Bitar
Beirut
Texas lawmakers brace for 60 day push after intro surge
In Austin Texas legislators enter a 60 day session phase shifting to votes required to introduce bills. Senate and House have scattered 418 and 970 proposed laws with major items including higher education study committee, loan shark regulation, omnibus election code, and a 3.1 billion appropriations bill. The poll tax repeal and four year colleges rise as top Senate goals. A Padre Island seashore bill awaits conference talks after cross chamber differences.
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Austin
Texas
House
John Connally
Senate
Connally
Subcommittee
House Appropriations Committee
Abraham Karen
Padre Island
Scots Guardsmen vanish from barracks protest fatigue duty
Twenty five Scots Guardsmen fled Pirbright barracks in Surrey claiming army life was too demanding. They were arrested on return and placed under fatigue duties with open arrest, after regimental interviews. An army spokesman warned such absence would not be treated lightly.
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London
Pirbright
Surrey
Army
Briton Urges Justice For Birds Of Prey
I F Ferguson Lees executive editor of British Birds urged Cambridge bird society to curb poisonous insecticides on farms. He warned widespread chemicals reduce peregrine numbers by contaminating prey and harming breeding, calling for expert guidance to protect hawks and balance ecosystems.
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London
Britain
Little Feathered
Birds of Prey
I. F. Ferguson-Lees
British Birds
Cambridge Bird Societies
Ferguson-Lees
Fire Flares At Wildlife Area Near Paducah
Area fires at the Wats dor Wildlife Management Area about 11 miles northwest of Paducah burned about 2 000 acres and damaged roughly six miles of fencing on a 28 000 acre tract. Foreman Scotty Greear estimated 600 acres destroyed on Bird ranch property. Fire crews and ranchers battled flames for hours with gusts up to 40 mph rekindling the blaze.
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Dor
Paducah
Sandlin
Scotty Greear
Bird Ranch
Frank Ordener
Ordener
Matador
Freddie Welling
Reading Trick Got From a Daughter Teaches Memory
Des Moines housewife Mrs. Mark Ravreby studies at Drake University while managing home duties. Her daughter Marti advised reading material again as if gossip to remember it, a simple technique the mother found helpful for exam prep.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mark Ravreby
Drake University
Ravreby
Marti
Marines Strike Back In Hit And Run Raids
Marines conduct repeated hit and run attacks against guerrilla forces armed with automatic rifles and carbines. Two Hospital Corpsmen manned the aid station at the command post while sleep and meals were sacrificed. If all ten guerrillas are not captured or killed, the operation is deemed a failure but lessons in war tactics will be learned by the local Marines.
City Commissioners set hearings on ambulance harassment and Ave Q widening
Lubbock officials schedule 10 a.m. hearing on ambulance service harassment claims and 2 p.m. session to discuss State Highway widening of Ave Q from 3rd to 22nd Street. Plan includes 16‑ft concrete medians, left turns, curb and gutter, and ground-level signals to ease downtown traffic.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Lubbock Ambulance Service
State Highway Department
Ave. Q
3Rd St
22Nd St
Senter
Oscar Crain
Highway Department
Haan Alln
Lubbock Utility Talks Plan Electric Rate Cut
Representatives from Southwestern Public Service and Lubbock Municipal Power and Light will meet at 10 30 a m Monday at City Hall to discuss a proposed rate decrease for residential customers. City commissioners earlier approved preliminary plans and will draft an ordinance before second reading. SWPS has already cut rates for heating and residential usage is expected to average about one dollar less per month per home.
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Southwestern Public Service Co
Lubbock Municipal Power and Light Co
Lubbock
SWPS
Utilities Board
City Hall
Shotgun booby trap kills Bronx housewife
Gloria Dellerose, 19, was killed when a shotgun rigged under the car seat bounced a blast as her husband Pasquale, 27, lifted a hidden rubber mat to look for a bulge. The couple had parked near their Bronx home for Easter shopping. the weapon’s owner and trigger mechanism remain unidentified.
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New York
Bronx
Gloria Dellerose
Bronx Park South
Pasquale
Dellerose
Belmont
Automation and penalties reshape cotton processing era
Vic Herring of the association presents a resolution to penalize foreign matter once. Bush forecasts growing automation in ginning with automatic presses lint cleaners and moisture controls. Classing may disappear as fiber analysis moves to automated systems ready for shipping. Future aims include fully automated packaging and predictive spinning quality indexing. The Pulidos announce birth of daughter Peete.
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Bush
Fint Flow Process
Federal Controls Seen For Broadcast Raters Hearings
Congressional subcommittee hearings on broadcast rating services signal possible federal control if charges of market dominance and inaccuracy persist. Lawmakers consider licensing or stricter enforcement as they prepare to hear rating firms this week.
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United Press International
Washington
UPI
House
Commerce ‘Subcommittee
William L. Springer
R-Ii
Ss Jere Mementim Oy
Federal Communications
Saturn Commission
Ion Clinic
Leroy Collins
National Assn. of Broadcasters
FCC
Arkansas judge deploys plastic owls to deter pigeons
In Helena, Judge C S Fielder orders 36.50 plastic owls to guard county courthouses. The fake predators perch or hang to frighten pigeons, reducing droppings while awaiting courthouse repainting. Gum drops for pipes approach noted in Milton, Mass not connected. the judge’s owls aim to protect pipes and buildings.
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Milton
Mass
Milton Water Department
Harold Sumner
Fielder
Gum drops used to clear pipes trigger Sumner’s dislike
Sumner refuses to eat the gum drops used to clear the main and says he cannot stand them. The large gum drops fit the one inch pipes but disintegrate after being forced through the system.
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Sumner
Father Believed Slayer Of Wife Young Son Self
Calvin Whary 36 shot and killed his wife Hilda 42 and their two year old son Calvin Jr then died by suicide with a shotgun in Trevorton Pennsylvania. Deputy coroner termed it double murder and death by own action. Police found the bodies after a call from a daughter. The mother was holding the child when shot.
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Trevorton
Calvin Whary
Northumberland County
Ernest Korton
Hilda Wharry
Calvin Jr
Whary
Kathy
Louella
Bonnie
Burglary spree nets arrests and loot in Shallowater area
Suspect tied to county jail holds as three drills and an impact wrench gone from Higginbotham Bartlett Lumber Co were found buried near Shal lawater. Deputies recover a watch $12 in change and other burglary targets Caprock Insurance Carlisle Sinclair Service Station Bobs Superette Shallowater Cleaners. Police arrest two men after a Guthrie residence burglary with one found hiding in a station wagon and the other inside the house with frozen meat and 28 frozen packages in the wagon. Bonds set for Larry Oliver at $3000 for burglary charge.
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Higginbotham-Bartlett Lumber Co
Shallawater
Caprock Insurance Co
Carlisle
Sinclair
Bob's Superette
Shallowater Cleaners
Charles H. Guthrie
E. Tulane
C. W. Fair
Aivie Garrett
A. B. Hall
Guthrie
W. J. [Sandrige Jr
47Th St
Larry Oliver
35Th St
Fire damages Lamesa lumber firm with two thirds insured
A Lamesa fire damaged the Day-Porter Lumber Co. building, estimated at $60,000 in lost equipment and $25,000 in building damage. Insurance would cover about two thirds. The fire disrupted about 1400 phones nearby on Gansta Telepiane, Bilicals. The company, established in 196, faced significant disruption as firefighters contained the blaze.
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Paeed
Day-Porter Lumber Co. A
Porter
Gansta
London
Princess Anne
Miami
Donald D. Pom
Elizabethjerleau
Westminster
Wishbone
Abbey
Paul Brinegar
Alexandra
Kent
Angus Ogilvy
Pomerleau
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2Nd St
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Cedar Ave
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