Texas Voters Reinforce Party Lines In Key Primaries
Texas results show Dolph Briscoe and Dolph Briscoe led as governor with strong Democratic turnout. Ben Barnes won the lieutenant governor nomination to face Doug DeCruitt. Voters renominated most U.S. House members, while several face general election contests amid shifts in party support.
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Texas
John Connally
Alabama
George Wallace
Houston
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Dolph Briscoe
Waggoner Carr
Johnnie Mae Hackworthe
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Eugene Locke
Pat O'Daniel
Preston Smith
al Veloz
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Don Yarborough
Tom Beavley
Paul Eggers
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Dallas
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Pakistan
South Vietnam
Associated Press
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Hubert Humphrey
U. S. House
John Dowdy
John Young
JO. C. Fisher
Joe Pool
Bob Casey
Election recounts and historic tales from Guthrie area
District races dominated the scene in Dickens County with M L Jones and G L Barber in a heated sheriff bid while H A C Brummett secured renomination. G W Rash consistently won Precinct 1 weighers, and Nannie Cobb long served as treasurer. An 1924 Guthrie presidential tale recalls Calvin Coolidge winning the presidency but not King County.
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Dry Lake
Red Mud
Steel Hill
Croton
Dumont
Dickens County
M. L
Luther) Jones
G. L. Barber
H.A.C
Hack) Brummett
G. W. Rash
Nannie Cobb
Texas Election Bureau
Bell
Guthrie
King County
New England
Calvin Coolidge
Cal
John W. Davis
Progressives
Robert
Bob) la Follette
Tom Milan
Lubbock
Coolidge
Milam
Ralls Band Wins Sweepstakes at Corpus Christi Buccaneer Festival
At the Buccaneer Musical Festival in Corpus Christi the Ralls High School Band claimed the sweepstakes title. The band entered 11 entries across seven divisions. Division 1 solo winners included Joe Jones Juba Jerri Mays on flute and Van Stansell on alto sax. Ensemble prizes covered best flute trio best clarinet chorus and best brass sextet. Division 2 awards went to Gayle Ellison for best flute solo plus best French horn quartet and best flute trio.
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Corpus Christi
Ralls
Joe Jones
Jerri’ Mays
van Stansell
Gayle Ellison
SDS speaker to address Tech demonstration Wednesday
Larry Caroline of the University of Texas will headline a demonstration organized by SOUL SDS and Student Action Organization at the Tech Union Building at 3 p.m. A pyrrhic victory is defined as a win costly to both sides.
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SDS
Larry Caroline
University of Texas
Student Democratic Society
SOUL
Tech
Union Building
Kidney drive yields big support for Marianne
More than 300 San Fernando Valley teens collected 28000 dollars in a door to door campaign. An auction on Sunday boosted the fund. Marianne will receive the kidney from her mother Mrs. Joseph D Baratta who praised the effort and expressed thanks.
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Marianne
San Fernando Valley
Joseph D. Baratta
Thieves Busy as Burglars Hit Multiple Lubbock Sites
Lubbock police report a 27 year old man was nabbed after an attempted burglary at the Dining Room on 210 Avec. Officers found a brick hammer gloves and he was walking away from a near torn window. Burglars hit three offices on University Avenue with no apparent losses and also a Red Raider Drive In United Supermarket Curry Furniture Co and several residences reported break ins. A separate attack near Thrifty Automatic Laundry involved a candy machine theft valued 240. A garage break in at 1914 Ave M was reported with two youths seen. Several items including clothing a record changer and bank bags were stolen from various homes and businesses.
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Avec. H
Jana
University
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Wayland Burks
Brown
Varsity
Guava
Lundry
Gerald Wilson
1914
Ave. M
Wilson
Lever
Red Raider
United
4Th Street
Quirt Avenue
Curry Furniture Co
Ave. E
Johnny Champion
Paris Ave
Wayne White
28Th St
Erskine Rd
Toni Lugo
Irwin Fincher
16Th St
New Offensive Flares in Saigon Skirmishes
Brig Gen Nguyen Ngoc Loan wounded in left thigh as Hanoi agency reports Viet Cong mounted a surprise weekend attack on a U S base wiping out an American company. U S Command notes shells on outposts near Khe Sanh with no ground assault. Continuous fighting reported on Saigon outskirts near Bien Hoa bridge and near the race track.
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Radio
Viet Cong clash near Tan Son Nhut amid Tet fighting
Veteran correspondent Palmos describes a street ambush as Viet Cong troops opened fire with AK47 and burp guns. He fake died then escaped with refugees while Cantwell also fled, amid rocket and air attacks on Tan Son Nhut base and surrounding area. Authorities report casualties and ongoing shelling across multiple airfields.
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Primary upsets reshape Texas Legislature races
Democrats toppled two prominent conservatives in state senate contests in West Texas and Dallas, with W. E. Snelson and Mike McKool defeating hardline incumbents. In Corpus Christi and surrounding districts, several runoff battles emerged as Republicans and liberals split the vote. Official results from AP show tight races across 21 counties.
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Associated Press
Seney Hardeman
San Angelo
Preston Smith
W. E
Pete’ Snelson
Midland
Hardeman
Odessa
Igiant
Texas
Dallas
Jim Wade
Senate
Mike McKool
Wade
Henry Wade
John Connally
Bruce Reagan
Corpus Christi
Finance and State Affairs Committee
Will Bridges
Bridges
Margarito Garza
As- Assa
Reagan
Nate
Jon Moody
Bob White
Aes Erring
Auads
Reison Reman
Aus
Corpus Carat
Recard Beages
Corpus
Casey Hardeman
Lomne
Ed Howard
Texarkana
Bob Bass
Dekalb
James Slider
Naples
House Parks and Wildiffe Committee
James Mike Scroggin
Daingerfield
Steve Burgess
Nacogdoches
John Hoyt
San Augustine
Bob Dale Sr
Winnie
J. E. Miller
Burkeville
Don Adams
Jasper
George Hinson
Mineola
Education Committee
Clifton L. Holmes
Gilmer
Bill Bass
Ben Wheeler
Joe Bam Kem
Bill_ Presmel
Boh
J. T. Cross
Madisonville
Royce Stephenan
Bryan
Paul Floyd Juston
George J. Polk
George Gordon
Houston
Jim Dunne
Maurice Elsberry
R. C. Nichols
Clyde Miller
Curtis Graves
Bob Norwood
Channelview
Tom Bass
Ody Jerden
Ra Lemmon
Morgan Maxfield
J. W. Stroud
Ben Henry Zollner
Joe Haawn
Sam Murphy
Rockwall
Phil Willis
Fred Orr
DeSoto
Herbert Green Jr
Bill Stehr
John R. Bigham
Temple
Glenn Johnson
Jim Lindley
Killeen
Charles Patterson
Taylor
Maurice Ollan
Harold Davis
Austin
Ivan Williams
Mary Jane Bode
Gerhardt Schulle
San Marcos
Se A. Miller
Gonzales
H. Cory
Victoria
Jamie Byrne
J. T. Newman
Cuero
Claude Mullins
Hallettsville
Leroy Wieting
Portland
Tom Walker
Tilden
Frances Farenthold
Abel Chapa
Jack K. Pedigo
Carlos Truan
Bill Ismith
Joe Salem
A. Coke Williamson
Williamson McKenney
Felix McDonald
Edinburg
Gregory Montoya
Elsa
Texas Democrats sweep primary gains in Texas House races
Ten Democratic incumbents win in primaries while one Republican faces a challenger. Notable outcomes include John Dowdy and John Young running unopposed and George Bush and Bob Price each facing rivals. Previously unopposed Democrats draw GOP challengers in November as Republicans field candidates in multiple districts.
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Houston
U.S
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John Young
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Liberty
Dempsie Henley
East Texas
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Joe Pool
Bob Casey
Fisher
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Gordjon F. Johnson
Jack Alexander
Ector County
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Dallas
David Ivy
Pool
Jim Collins
Casey
Pasadena
Clyde Doyal
Walter Blaney
Henry Pressler
O. C. Galloway
Jack Brooks
Beaumont
Earle Cabell
Bob Eckhardt
J. J. Pickle
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Richard C. White
Henry B. Gonzalez
Price
Dallas C
Gordon Johnson
Harris C
D. C. Galloway
Nationwide phone strike ends on wage deal with Bell units
Union president Joseph A. Bierne says the three year contract raises wages and fringe benefits by about 20 percent for nonsupervisory workers at Bell companies, with total package costs exceeding 2 billion dollars. AT&T president Ben S. Gilmer warns rate increases may follow FCC or state approvals. Wages rise by 34 dollars weekly for skilled installers and by 24 for top scale craftsmen, 16 for switchboard operators.
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Bell Companies
Ben S. Gilmer
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
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Topscale
House Probers Warn of Race Based Guerrilla Plans
The House Committee on Un American Activities warned that Communist backed groups aim to widen riots into guerrilla warfare based on racism. The report cites RAM led by Robert Williams and cites a Crusader publication from Red China urging urban lightning campaigns.
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UPI
House Committee On UN- American Activities
United States
America
Phillip Abbott Luce
The
Progressive
Labor Party
Luce
Edwin Willis
Red China
RAM
Williams
Crusader
Europlant: European organ transplant info center proposed
A computer based Europlant information center for organ transplants is proposed for Dublin at the European Dialysis and Transport Assn conference June 23 25. If adopted, Leyden Netherlands would host the center with data on blood groups tissue types of patients awaiting kidney transplants and potential donors.
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UPI
European Dialysis and Transport Assn
Leyden
Netherlands
Names list nine more victims in Braniff crash
Dallas UPI Braniff officials raised the death toll to 85 after identifying nine additional victims of the Beletra airliner crash near Dawson Texas. The list includes Pvt Ronald D. Brewer Ft Polk La and Pvt Patrick H Browne Lamar Colo among others with homes in Dallas Tulsa Lamar Cleveland Md and Gilmer.
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UPI
Braniff International
Dawson
Tex
Ronald D. Brewer
U.S. Army
Ft. Polk
Hanson Ave
Tulsa
Patrick H. Browne
E. Elm St
Lamar
Colo
W. B. Campbell
Sammy Joe Dobbs
U.S. Marine Corps
Myles J. Glover
District Heights
George H. Harris
Cleveland
Manuel J. Medina
J. N. Shepperd
Gilmer
Norman Vagneur
Woody Creek
Births of Campbell and Ramsey twins in Methodist Hospital
Mr and Mrs Tharon Campbell of Levelland announce a daughter born weighing 6 pounds 4 ounces at 3 35 p.m. Saturday in Methodist Hospital. The father works for the Highway Department. Dr and Mrs Jerry D Ramsey of 5312 30th report a son weighing 5 pounds 14 ounces at 3 38 p.m. Saturday in Methodist Hospital. The father is a professor at Texas Tech.
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Rt. 6
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Cagle Brothers Furniture Co
Robert Wells
Second Baptist Church
Tharon Campbell
Levelland
Highway Department
Jerry D. Ramsey
Texas Tech
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