Vocational School Plans Rated Tops in 1963 Texas Session
West Texas lawmakers review the 58th Legislature with praise for the vocational school district plan and other key measures. Sen. H J Blanchard led on annexation and water bills. Rep. J Collier Adams highlighted resisting right to work changes and raising the minimum wage. Rep. George Cook steered oil and mining issues and praised freshman efforts like Bill Parsley and Randy Pendleton.
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Sue Flanagan
Avalanche-Journal
Austin Bureau
Austin
Texas
Lubbock
H. J. Blanchard
West Texas
Senate
Blanchard
Senate Labor Committee
Andy Rogers
Childress
Connnally
Rogers
North Fork
Red River
J. Collier Adams
Lub Jibock
Adams
House
State Parks Board
Game and Fish Commission
George Cook
Odessa
House, Oil, Gas and Mining Committee
Byron Tunnell
Clayton
69Th Judicial District
154Th
William S. Davis
Midland
Davis
Little Hoover Commission
Parsley
Bill Parsley
Commissioners Court
Congress
Randy Pendleton
Andrews
Pendleton
Olen Petty
Bank and Banking Committee
Petty
Quilliam
Renal Rosson
Snyder
Appropriations Committee
San Angelo College
Oil Chief Sees Jersey’s Wide Global Oil Footprint
M. J. Rathbone, chairman of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, outlined broad geographic diversification and rising foreign demand at a stockholders meeting in Houston. He noted 1962 domestic sales up 4 percent, Latin America up 6 percent, and Europe Asia Africa up 13 percent, with U.S. and Canada supplying 44 percent of sales.
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Max B. Skelton Houston
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
M. J. Rathbone
Latin America
Europe
Africa
Middle East
Asia
Jersey
Rathbone
United States
East Africa
North America
U.S
Canada
North Africa
Far East
Middle
Venezuela
Everest Climbers Plant Flag on Summit in History Making Run
The first double U.S. ascent of Mount Everest reached the top on May 1. James W. Whittaker and Nawang Gombu planted the Stars and Stripes at 29,028 feet as radio reports from the expedition described the climb.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mt. Everest
James W. Whittaker
Redmond
Wash
Nawang Go
Hornbein
U.S
Everest West Ridge Climb Reaches Summit Amid Difficult Conditions
Alpine record notes Hornbein and Unsoeld summited Everest via the west ridge after dawn delays and a late start. The party descended in fading light, spending a cold night at high altitude with frostbite risk. In Katmandu, support teams prepared for helicopter evacuation as needed.
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South Ridge
Dyhrenfurth
West Rdge
Hornbein
Unsoeld
West Ridge
Nine Nurses Receive Diplomas At South Plains College
At South Plains College graduation ceremonies nine nurses received diplomas in the fifth annual exercises while twelve student nurses were capped during candlelight ceremonies in the library auditorium. Graduates included Flisa Acevedo Frances Alfred Maude aha Willie Davis Fermina Cauna Jessie Jordan Maxine Reed Ruby Tiller Florence Timimins Shirley Kennedy and Corini Balbdov ina Joyce Cash Madeline Davis Peggy Rogers.
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South Plains College
Flisa Acevedo
Frances Alfred
Maude Aha Willie Davis
Fermina Cauna
Jessie Jordan
Maxine Reed
Ruby Tiller
Florence Timimins
Shirley Kennedy
Across the South tense race climate noted with sporadic protests
Reports describe isolated demonstrations and policy shifts as racial tensions flare in cities like Greensboro Charlotteville and Birmingham while others slowly ease. Incidents include intimidation charges in Anniston and a planned but dropped city trial due to jurisdiction.
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Winamoo Boyd Jr
Anniston
Birmingham
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Jackson
Miss
Greensboro
N.C
Charlottesville
Arkansas Plane Crash Kills Two In Wooded Arkansas Area
A Bonanza B-35 crashed in woods about 15 miles southeast of Murfreesboro killing Mr and Mrs William J Dean of Dallas. They left Garland Field at 7 30 p m Friday without a flight plan and were found 200 feet apart amid scattered wreckage near Antoine and Delight Arkansas.
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Murfreesboro
Ark
Henry Tony
William J. Dean
Dallas
Federal Aviation Agency
Texarkana
Deans
Garland Field
Tong
Antoine and
Delight
Rock-Hurling Vandals Damage Mac's 7 11 Grocery Store
Reported to Lubbock police on Saturday a rock was thrown through a six foot plate glass window at Mac's 7 11 Grocery Store at 1411 7th St. Damage to the interior merchandise was about 80 dollars.
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Lubbock
Mac Glenn
7Th St
Mac
Moro Named Italy's Premier Designate by President
In Rome, Christian Democrat Aldo Moro was formally designated Italy's next prime minister. He pledged a center-left government aligned with the Atlantic Alliance, forming a coalition of Christian Democrats, Republicans, and Democratic Socialists with indirect support from the Marxist Socialist Party. Moro, 46, aims to lead a minority-backed cabinet rooted in the same political bloc.
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Rome
Christian Democrat
Aldo Moro
Italy
Atlantic Alliance
Moro
Christian Democrats
Amintore Fanfani
Fanfani
Antonio Segni
Bari
Christian Democrat Party
Republican
Democratic Socialist
Marxist Socialist Party
Pietro Nenni
Segni
Dawson Pioneer Reunion Honors County Settlers
Dawson County residents gathered at Forrest Park for the Pioneer Reunion to honor early settlers. Gifts went to the oldest man and woman who settled in 1907, while Mr. and Mrs. Grady Scott were noted as longest residents at 55 years. Ina Wasson, an 1892 settler, was recognized as earliest. The farthest attendee was Mrs. Jewell D. Rogers from Santa Barbara.
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Dawson County
Forrest Park
R. ©. Anderson
Lubbock
T. A. Weeks
Welch
Grady
Scott
Lamesa
Ina Wasson
Big Spring
Jewell D. Rogers
Santa, Barbara
Calif
Castro and Khrushchev Align Against China in Cuba Pact
Fidel Castro signs with the Soviet bloc pledging unity on major ideological issues and backing peaceful coexistence against Maoist China. The pact follows Khrushchev's Cuba visit and settles on economic and strategic cooperation amid Cold War tensions.
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Fidel
Moscow
America
Khrushchev
Castro
Cuba
Inva
Ideologi- m Unique
Fidel Castro
Amur
China
Russia
Red China
Mao Tze-tung
Carbbean
Tornado scars linger as Haskell marks first anniversary
Haskell Texas recalls the May 26, 1962 tornado that damaged 90 percent of structures and left many demolished while no fatalities were recorded. The town braces for memory of the storm that swept through a 19 mile area and toppled a $200,000 elementary school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell
Tex
Othe Sherif
Volunteer Fire Department
Haskell County
Texas
Kennedy revives 12 member Taft Hartley labor panel
President Kennedy announced a 12 member Taft Hartley panel evenly split between labor and management to aid federal efforts to prevent clashes between unions and industry. The White House said no such panel existed since 1950. Simkin urged using the panel’s expert advice to intensify mediation and tranquilize collective bargaining tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Spivak
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
White House
Simkin
William TE Simkin
Federal Mediation and Concilation Service
Episcopal Leader Urges Clergy Action for Civil Rights
Presiding Bishop Arthur Lichtenberger urged Episcopal Church leaders to actively support the civil rights movement. He cited racial tensions in Birmingham, Chicago, Nashville, New York, and Raleigh and urged bishops to engage in housing, employment, and education issues, donate to help Negroes, and end church discrimination to avoid a scandal.
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New York
Arthur Lichtenberger
Birmingham
Chicago
Nashville
Raleigh
N.C
Lichtenberger
Episcopal General Convention
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Dawson Pioneer
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van Shaw
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Ralph Wyatt
John Malone
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