Red China urges ban after atomic test blast
The piece notes Red China pressing for a global ban on nuclear weapons after its test, citing U.S. and Soviet dynamics, Khrushchev’s fall, and Beijing claims of Western threats. It reports Rusk dismissing China’s call as a smokescreen and comments on China’s nuclear stance and past aid.
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Rusk
Peking
China
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Mao
U.S. Sec
Dean Rusk
Controversy over Texas textbooks targets civics and science volumes
Gov. Connally and the Texas Education Agency faced protests since July over new high school textbooks. The hearings featured El Paso lawyer Vernon L. Decker predicting court action if adopted, citing a Texas constitutional ban on state interference in religion. The committee approved 96 other books, including four civics titles that drew opposition from critics like R. A. Kilpatrick of Cleburne and Mrs. Joan Slay of Fort Worth, while Magruder’s Government and related texts passed without formal protest.
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John Connally
Texas Education Agency
Lemons
el Paso
Vernon L. Decker
Texas
Ginn and Co
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
National Science Foundation
Cleburne Man
R. A. Kilpatrick
Cleburne
Joan Slay
Fort Worth
Pasadena Grand Jury Recommends Reform After City Probe
Harris County grand jury reports Pasadena finances are poorly guarded with secretive governance. It notes 17 indictments against Mayor James L. Brammer and others for perjury or taking city funds, recommends hiring a municipal administrator and raises for officials to curb problems. It also finds two tax department employees accepted gifts but no indictments were needed.
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Houston
UPS
Pasadena
Harris County Grand Jury
James L. Brammer
Mother's Big Boy Miami Sperm Whale Growth
A newborn male sperm whale grows rapidly feeding on its mother's milk. An adult reaches about 60 feet in length, roughly twice the size of a typical cow.
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Miami
Japan protests atom test by Red China
Tokyo protests China’s first atomic bomb blast in the western mainland. Prime official Zenko Suzuki says Japan deeply regrets Communist China ignoring global wishes against nuclear tests and fears atmospheric radiation contamination, urging an end to further tests.
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Tokyo
China
Zenko Suzuki
Birth Announcements Highlight Local Families at Lauf Clinic
Mr and Mrs Sidney Robinson celebrate a daughter born at 8 11 pm weighing 6 13 at Lauf Clinic father works for Workman Construction Co. Additional births list a series of families in Lauf Clinic and Methodist Hospital with newborns and parent occupations including cement contractor render ing company salesman and store owner.
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Aspen Ave
Lauf Clinic
Workman Construction Co
Paul Cassas
Jualou, On
Ben Ramirez
Amherst St
Marvin Benedict
Medford Sheetrockers
Porfirio Santos
Tahoka
Joe Zavala
E. Mainet
Latif Clinic
Jerry Meers
Methodist Hospital
Benton Ql Co
James Lester
Jim Lesters Pharmacy
Barney Louie Stagner
West Texas Hospital
Farr
James Williams
Julia
Taylor Evang Farm
Richard Jordan
Encyclopedia Americana
Goldwater rally highlights youth morality and future predictions
Barry Goldwater press remarks focused on a perceived moral deficit in U S government affecting American youth. He urged renewed Cuba South Vietnam and Panama policy and pledged his family agricultural values. A Texas Tech rally drew about 750 attendees before Goldwater's Austin trip.
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White House
Cuba
Viet Nam
Panama
Goldwater
Tech
Earl Warren
Ralph) Yarborough
Texas
Johnson
Austin
Barry Jr
William Miller
Ziker Park
Amarillo
Canyon
Tulsa
Plainview
Bill Dennis
The
Tech Young Republicans
Lack Delivery Capacity Early Red Chinese A-Bomb Threat Doubted
Johnson announced detection of a low-yield detonation suggesting a basic fission device. Experts weigh China’s potential 10 years to 30 fission warheads, with obstacles to producing usable weapons and thermo nuclear arms. Limited Soviet support, few bomber planes, and rising U S Navy Polaris coverage shape a contested threat assessment.
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Johnson
Peking
China
Soviet Union
Moscow
U.S. Strategic Air Command
Navy
U.S
Pacific
Mao Tse-tung and China’s atomic milestone debate
Mao Tse tung holds a stance against nuclear fear while guiding China after its first atomic test. The report recalls his past remarks on war and power and notes Beijing’s pledge that China will never be the first to use nuclear weapons. The article contrasts Mao’s guerrilla experience with Soviet peaceful coexistence.
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Alamogordo
N.M
China
Pacific
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Mao
Peking
France
Britain
Soviet Union
Moscow
Tokyo
UPI
Mao Tse-tung
Plane Crash Kills Two Houston Men
UPI reports a Beechcraft single engine plane crashed near Columbus Texas killing two Houston men, 30 year old Tom Currie and 19 year old pilot Grady Reynolds. A third rider, 23 year old Ted Blaine, is in critical condition at Hermann Hospital in Houston.
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Houston
UPI
Columbus
Tex
Tom Currie
Grady Reynolds
Hermann Hospital
Ted Blaine
Telephone factory to ship sets to Mexico
Brussels reports a Belgian telephone factory will manufacture sets destined for Mexico, expanding international shipping of telecom equipment. The move underscores cross border trade and production for Mexican markets.
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Brussels
Belgium
Mexico
Red China Overture Seeks Moscow Unity on Terms
The New China News Agency reported four top Chinese leaders, including Mao, sent greetings for unity with the Soviet Union but stated terms must come from Peking. Beijing ties Marxism Leninism to opposition to Khrushchev’s peaceful co existence, signaling conditional rapprochement.
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Foreign Ministry
London
China
Khrushchev
Red China
Moscow-Peking
United States
U.S
Tokyo
UPI
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New China
Mao Tze-lung
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Red Envoy AUS Frames Future With Soviet Accord Hope
The article contrasts President Johnson's policy of seeking accommodation with the Soviet Union through international agreement with Red China's nuclear test. It notes a blast in western China with unspecified yield and describes the mood as China joins the nuclear powers.
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Soviet Union
Dobrynin
Red China
U.S
China
Johnson Meets Dobrynin Amid Global Shifts After Soviet Test
As Khrushchev’s unseating rattles headlines, Johnson prepares for a Dobrynin meeting and a Rusk McNamara briefing. A Chinese test looms, prompting Johnson to shorten campaign plans. Dobrynin states Soviet policy remains tied to the party congress doctrine, hinting at a closer U.S.-Soviet-relationship and a deepened Soviet Chinese rift.
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Johnson
Sec. of State
Dean Rusk
Sec. of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Khrushchev
Ohio
Texas
Dobrynin
Goldwater and Humphrey Share Mock Meeting at Sioux Falls
In Sioux Falls both senators met by chance at the airport between speeches for the National Corn Picking Contest. They exchanged light barbs and jokes, with Humphrey asking about Goldwater’s wife Peggy and Goldwater replying about visiting the coin-picking contest.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Barry Goldwater
Hubert H. Humphrey
Goldwater
Humphrey
Hubert
Hurricane
Sioux City
Iowa
Chicago
Peggy
It's Hard To Tell Some People Anything
Tampa AP report describes patrolman Jim Yates at the police headquarters information desk who struggles to convey directions to a woman seeking where to pay a parking ticket. He directs her to walk straight down the hall, last door on the right, but she asks how to reach it.
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Tampa, Fla
Jim Yates
Tampa
Yates
Coverage Rise for Surgical Insurance Across America
In 1963 ten million Americans held surgical expense coverage, rising to about 135 million by 1963, according to the Health Insurance Institute. The substantial expansion highlights growing access to medical expense protection over two decades.
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New York
Health Insurance Institute
Jenkins Affair Reveals FBI Juggle of Morals Case Facts
A 1961 FBI check on Jenkins connected to a Johnson aide shows a noted “investigation suspicions” tag, not the morals charge. The Secret Service documented the lapse, while officials sought a full inquiry into the communication breakdown and whether prior findings affected security clearances.
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Johnson
Jenkins
FBI
Washington
Secret Service
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Air Force
Ance
Pentagon
Air Force Reserve
9999Th
Air Reserve Squadron
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Houston
Air Force Reserve Squadron
District of Columbia
Ely
Walter N. Tobriner
Washington, D.C
Thorugh
Population control theory from Scottish scientist challenges growth instinct
University of Aberdeen professor W C Wynne-Edwards argues animals including crickets frogs and Howler monkeys regulate numbers to match resources. He says territorial behavior and competitive song serve population control, not courtship, and that humans reproduce without regard to future limits.
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Washington
UPI
Natural History
W. C. Wynne-Edwards
University of Aberdeen
Scientific American
Wynne-Edwards
Navy builds 1280 foot tower at Guardamar Spain
NAVY CONSTRUCTION AT GUARDAMAR Spain creates a fleet communications radio facility with a towering 1280 foot antenna. The structure dwarfs the Eiffel Tower in height, signaling a major upgrade in naval communications capabilities.
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Guardamar
Spain
United States Navy
Fleet Communications Radio
Eiffel
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