Black Day Reflections After Kennedy Assassination
A Texas civic voice laments the Kennedy assassination and Connally’s wounding. It urges national unity, tolerance, and responsibility across homes, schools, churches, and government, while noting Texas bears a heavy, painful burden. Lyndon Johnson’s ascension to the presidency is welcomed with hopes of steady leadership and divine guidance.
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Kennedy
Connally
United States of America
Sose
Texas
Dallas
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Bowden Connally
America
Mansfield Says Senate Criticism Hurts Inside
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield admits the criticism of his leadership hurts him personally. He defends his record after 21 years in Congress, notes the slow Senate pace, and says he has no more power than any other senator while defending his colleagues and the Senate’s functioning.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
House of Representatives
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White House
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Ashington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Congress
Thomas Dodd
Connecticut
Finance Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Mansfield
Sena
Tors
House
Harry F. Byrd
Foreign Relations Committee
Considerations on the Line and Campaign Talks
Gov Rockefeller hires California political handlers Spencer and Roberts to run his presidential bid. They cite past campaigns for Kuchel and Brown and discuss Nixon, Nixon's California prospects, and water politics. Kramer covers Moscow film festival voting tensions and a stray exit speech from an Italian critic.
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Bob Considine
York
Rockefeller
California
Stuart Spencer
Kiam E. Roberts
Messrs
Spencer and
Roberts
Tom Kuchel
Richard
Nixon
Mr. Roberts
Dick Nixon
Sen
Godswater
Roberts ii
Arizona
Colorado
Gov. Brown
Mr. Specer
Gov. Rockefeller
Soviet Union
Free World
Rome
Communist Party
Considine
Oil Grab and Latin Politics Under Illia
Opinion piece denounces Argentina President Illia for canceling foreign oil concessions amid financial crisis. It accuses Argentinian leaders of chasing foreign capital away with nationalist rhetoric, while elites avoid taxes and stunt reforms. Kennedy comments noted as sympathetic but critical of expropriation.
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Andrew Tully Ashington
Argentina
Arturo Illia
Tully
Illia
Arturo Frondizi
Buenos Aires
la Prensa
Presiden Kennedy
Kennedy
Regional 10 Rural Electrification Meeting At Lubbock Hotel
Representatives of 78 electric Cooperatives from Texas New Mexico Arizona and California attend the Region 10 meeting of the Rural Electrification Administration in the Lubbock Hotel. The event coincides with Texas Tech holiday plans. Senator Barbour of New Jersey dies as Congress mourns amid recess. Prewar fathers draft status moves forward while Christmas break at Texas Tech is kept to seven days.
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Texas
Rural Electrification Administration
Lubbock Hotel
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Washington
W. Warren Barbour
New Jersey
Congress
Capitol
George W. Calver
House
Henry B. Steagall
Alabama
J. William Ditter
Pennsylvania
Texas Technological College
H. L. Kent
Tech
Public Could Hold Answer For History Education
Henry J. Taylor argues two thirds of U S colleges do not require American history for entrance or graduation and warns this harms national loyalty. He urges alumni and educators to press deans to mandate American history to counter communist indoctrination and strengthen civic responsibility.
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Henry J. Taylor
Hile
Soviet Union
Taylor
Qqua Republic
United States
Dallas Opera Postpones Verdi A Masked Ball
The Dallas Civic Opera Association postponed its scheduled performance of A Masked Ball by Verdi. The note cites unspecified reasons for the delay, with the cast and venue remaining intact for a future date. The report also references South Col as the world’s highest junkyard due to discarded gear near Everest expeditions.
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UPI
Dallas Civic Opera Association
South Col
Mt. Everest
Lhotse
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