Sylvester defends news policy amid management charges
Assistant secretary of defense Arthur Sylvester calls the charges hogwash and defends the Pentagon stance on news management as a case by case issue. He argues information access and factual reporting are the proper aims while editors control what appears. The hearing ends with calls to list specific complaints and review directives on reporting conversations with newsmen.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Asst
Sec. of Defense
Arthur Sylvester
Kennedy
Sylvester
House
George Meader
R. Mich
Pentagon
Defense Department
News Management
Defense
Meader
Ogden Reid
New York Herald Tribune
Brazil Looms Large in New U.S. Aid Deal
The United States approves a 622.5 million dollar aid package to Brazil conditioned on President Joao Goulart implementing financial reforms. Most funds are released gradually through 1964, with 84 million already approved and 398.5 million tied to quarterly success. The move comes as Brazil faces controversy over anti-American solidarity meetings and Congressional debate over future aid.
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United Press International
Ashington
United States
Brazil
Joao Goulart
California, Brooklyn coed rescued after six weeks in Yukon crash
Helen Klaben 21 and Ralph Flores 42 from San Bruno, Calif., survived seven weeks beside their crashed plane in the Canadian North after exhausting food for six weeks. They were flown to Watson Lake and Whitehorse for treatment. Flores rigged a shelter and endured a fractured rib as they fought exposure. Flores lost 40 pounds and Klaben 30, both malnourished but alive.
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Helen Klaben
Brooklyn
Ralph Flores
San Bruno
Calif
Watson Lake
Yukon Territory
Associated Press
Flores
Miss Klaben i
Edmonton
Klaben
Miss Klaben
Boiler Floods Lubbock Coliseum Basement After Overheat
A boiler overheated at the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium Coliseum basement causing two blasts and triggering sprinklers. Steam poured out and water knee deep slowed damage assessment as firefighters inspected the area between the Coliseum and Auditorium.
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Lubbock Municipal Auditorium Coliseum
W. C. Jones
Coliseum
Auditorium
Fire evacuates 23 patients and 11 newborns from hospital
A three alarm blaze on the seventh floor under construction at Santa Rosa Medical Center in San Antonio prompted the safe evacuation of 23 patients and 11 newborns. No injuries were reported.
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San Antonio
Santa Rosa Medical Center
Texas Senators Wrangle Over Loan Shark Regulation
Texas senators spent over five hours debating an anti loan shark bill before adjourning with work unfinished. Supporters repelled major amendments and a move to end debate failed 24 to 17, as opponents attacked loan caps and a provision allowing higher rates on small loans. House actions included annexation powers bill for cities and a drilling measure.
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Garth Jones Astin
Texas Senators
House
Senate
Texas
Bruce Reagan
Corpus Christi
Frank Owen
el Paso
Welfare Pay Plan Okayed By County and City Officials
County commissioners approved broadened welfare department policies for medically indigent persons. City approval required before changes take effect. Hospital costs revised with new daily room rates up to 15 dollars and emergency room cap at 5 dollars.
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Kenneth Irish
Avalanche-Journal
County Commissioners
County Commissioners Court
City Commission
New Plant Slated For Plainview Chemical Complex
A multi million dollar chemical plant by Best Fertilizers Co to be built on the Dimmitt highway three miles NW of Plainview will create 100 to 150 jobs. The plant with 200000 tons annual capacity will manufacture anhydrous ammonia ammonium phosphate and other chemicals including a 250 ton daily sulfuric acid line. Equipment has been ordered and operations are expected by year end.
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Avalanche-Journal
Lainview
South Plains
Plainview Chamber of Commerce
Best Fertilizers Co
Lowell W. Berry
Manufactee
Today’s Lent Story and Horoscope Listings
The page outlines sections for Lent stories on Page 3 Section A and horoscopes on Page 9 Section C. It mentions editorials and TV listings on Page 4 Section A and a comic dictionary item about perfume with a cheeky definition.
Lawyers in Summations Estes Case Judge Deliberation
Final arguments concluded in the Billie Sol Estes fraud trial with defense lawyers urging innocence and the prosecution contending guilt. U S District Judge Thomason prepared to instruct jurors as deliberations begin, while McLean argued the case rested on established facts.
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Associated Press
PASO
Billie Sol Estes
U.S
R. Ewing Thomason
Estes
Jas
County Vocational Bill Gains Approval in Texas House
Dill authorizing a County Vocational Training School District in Lubbock County moves toward passage. The plan, backed by Rep. J Collier Adams and Sen. H J Blanchard, would be financed by local taxes and run by an elected board to provide specialized training in auto mechanics welding and related fields.
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Avalanche Journal
AUSTIN + A_ Dill
Lubbock County
House
State Affairs Committee
J. Collier Adams Land
Senate
H. J
Doc) Blanchard
Lubbock
Bill Parsley
Reed Quil Ham
Today's Prayer for Child Salvation
A short anonymous prayer asks God to make caregivers instruments of a child’s salvation. It calls for protecting innocence, sustaining trust, and offering steady preserving love despite a child's unformed wishes.
Ex Marine Balks at State Relief Bill for War Stranded Family
Noble Frank Smith a survivor of Bataan and Japanese camps refuses to pay a 1421.92 bill to the State Department for relief aid to his Shanghai stranded wife Viola and son Carl. Rep. Arends urges forgiveness. community editor Marvin M. Craig mobilizes local support.
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United Press International
Narga
Iji
Bataan
U.S
Noble Frank Smith
State Department
Shanghai
Smith
Viola
Marvin M. Craig
Onarga Leader Review
Craig
Congress
Philippines
San Francisco
Chief Lacerda bars Communist solidarity meeting in Brazil
Guanabara Governor Carlos Lacerda defied the central government and ordered cancellation of a Communist solidarity with Cuba congress in Rio de Janeiro. He said the event was organized with foreign help to incite revolt, as anti-American pamphlets circulated widely. The Rio ban followed a Sao Paulo rally that drew about 500 attendees from a state of 13 million.
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San Tiago Dantas
U.S
David E. Bell
Dantas
Kennedy
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Congress
Guanabara
Carlos Lacerda
Lacerda
Sin Sao
United Press International
10 DE Janeiro
Cuba
America
Rio
Goulart
Labor Party
Social Democratic Party
Juscelino Kubitschek
Communist Congress
International
Hemisphere Red
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McLean
Rascal
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Hume Cofer
Mr. Estes
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