Storms Crimp Texas Heat With Severe Winds and Rain
Storms cut through the state fortune of heat with 40 foot garage damage and a cow injured by a flying tin sheet. Rain totals reached near 1.90 inches near Kenedy as cooler air and leftover Abby activity foretell thunderstorms in the south and scattered showers in the north across Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnolds
Kenedy
Weather Bureau
Texas
Dalhart
Northwest
Pan
Wichita Falls
Wink
Junction
Midland
Presidio
San Angelo
iWaco
Dallas
Abby
Hanes views Lubbock as textile growth site
Hanes, visiting Lubbock, says area could supply longer staple cotton and support a finished garment operation. He notes water availability and strong local economy, with potential for new plants in New Mexico and a 10 year development plan for West Coast services. He praises Tech facilities and urges knitting research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanes
Lubbock
Texas Tech
New Mexico
A. C
Charles) Verner
First National Bank
Lubbock Country Club
Southwest
George Pfeiffenberger
The
Plains Cotton Growers
Arizona
Antipoverty Bill Advances Amid House Debate and Texas Casts Votes
The House, after a heated party line vote, moved toward final debate on Johnson’s antipoverty bill amid fears of racial integration. Three main programs would aid youth and low income families with job corps centers, public service work, and college student employment, totaling about 412.5 million dollars with governor veto power. Texas Democrats split, with fourteen voting to defeat the motion and eight voting for it. several Republicans also backed or opposed the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xans
House
Johnson
GOP
Phil Landrum
Georgia
John F. Kennedy
Texas
Brooks
Gonzalez
Kilgore
Mashon
Patman
Pickle
Poage
Purcell
Roberts
Teague Thomas
Thompson
Wright
Young
Beckworth
Burlseon
Casey
Dowdy
Fisher
Pool
Rogers
Jeeps
Alger
Foreman
Storm Hits Texas Coast Near Matagorda And Sargent
A storm moving 45 mph crossed Bay City and then struck Sargent by 1 p m with winds into the sixties and heavy rain. Residents of Matagorda boarded windows and evacuated as the system pushed from the Texas coast toward Matagorda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Matagorda
Abby
Texas
Mollie Bullard
Sargent
Funds To Fight Weevil Pushed In New Money Bill
A Senate Appropriations Subcommittee approved 1 million dollars for the Agriculture Department to eradicate boll weevil in the caprock High Plains. The federal funds must be matched by cotton farmers in West Texas. Rep George H Mahon announced the action and aims to secure House approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capital Hill
West Texas
Senate Appropriations
Agriculture Department
Caprock
High Plains
New Mexco
Arizona
George H. Mahon
Lubbock
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Mahon
House
Mayor Dies in Apparent Car Carbon Monoxide Fatality
The Rollingwood mayor Robert Lee Robinson was found dead in his car with a hose from the exhaust to a rear window. Justice of the Peace Frank McBee ruled death a carbon monoxide poisoning. Egypt reports higher umbrella sales in Cairo as weather notes persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPI
Rollingwood
Robert Lee Robinson
Justice of the Peace
Farnk
McBee
Soviets accuse U S ships buzzing in international waters
Moscow says U S Air Force planes buzzed Soviet ships globally and that a U S warship lingered for over three hours July 12 around the Gruzia near Cuba. The Kremlin protest warned of serious consequences and demanded U S halt the alleged actions as Washington investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPD
Soviet Union
Kremlin
U. S
Cuba
Washington
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
United States
McNamara Defends Timing Of Viet Nam Raid Message
Defense Secretary McNamara released a statement clarifying Johnson’s August raid timing on North Viet Nam. He said the announcement came after radar detected the attack and that the first strike occurred about 1 15 a m EDT. Rep Foreman criticized the delay in warning Hanoi prior to the planes reaching targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Defense
Sec
Robert S. McNamara
Johnson
Navy
North
Viet Nam
U.S
McNamara
Ed Foreman
R-Tex
Pentagon
Foreman
United States
U.S. Navy
Hanoi
Tarent
Ed ‘Foreman
Stevenson
North Viet Nam
Defense Department
Department
Tass
Peking
Pacific
Honolulu
Western Pacific
Hickam Air Force Base
Continental
Pacific Air Forces
Hickam
Teen-Ager Dies In Fall From Moving Truck
Crosbyton reports the death of 14 year old Jesus Billarreal Jr. when a mattress blown from a moving truck struck him on U.S. Highway 82 ten miles east of Crosbyton. The boy, sleeping alone on the mattress in the back, sustained a broken neck and was declared dead at the scene. His father drove the truck. The family was en route from Las Cruces New Mexico to Sherman when the accident occurred Friday afternoon. The body was taken to King Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosbyton
Jesus Billarreal Jr
Justice of the Peace
C. C. Ingram
Frank Hash
Sherman
Las Cruces
N.M
U.S. Hwy. 82
Billarreal
Hash
King Funeral Home
Greek Cyprus crisis escalates as captives fix tensions
In Nicosia, Greek Cypriots threaten attack unless two Greek army men and a Greek Cypriot are released after entering Turkish quarters. U S Ambassador Hare participates in Ankara cabinet talks amid efforts to avert Greek Turkish clash. Vienna notes Austria importing pastries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crete
Rhodes
Nicosia
Greece
Turkey
Parriors
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ankara
U.S
Raymond Hare
Satir
Hare
Cyprus
Post Stampede Concludes With Awards Tonight
Final events of the Post Stampede Rodeo close tonight with awards for top competitor in each event and a grand saddle prize for the overall boy and girl with most points. Friday scores list leaders in bareback bronc calf roping girls barrel racing and more across multiple towns and ranches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Richardson
Abilene
Jim Brock
Lubbock
Steve Mitchell
Buddy Swinney
Sammy Whatley
Pampa
Mike Stephens
Gail
Billy Max Gordon
Post
Larry New Jan
Hereford
Jeff Everett
Snyder
James Taylor
Clyde Kennedy
Robert, Ragan
Big Spring
Gladys Pinkert
Ropesville
Deborah Whitehead
Lorenzo
Jo Mears
Donna Platt
Pat Murphy
Connie Springer
Linda Hopkins
Lovington
N.M
Nick Burnham
Ralls
Joe Beaver
Mike Davis
Richard Hart
L. Kenney
Plains
N. A. Pitcock
Aspermont
J.-L. Sawyer
Garden City
U S and Hanoi trade claims over August Viet Nam clashes
Washington and Hanoi traded accusations over U S naval strikes on North Viet Nam in August with Tokyo monitored broadcasts charging intrusions and North Viet Nam officials pledging to defend the coast. Soviet and Western officials urged adherence to Geneva accords while denying any wide scale military escalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gromyko
Soviet Union
North Viet Nam
United States
Kremlin
Southeast Assian
Andrei A. Gromyko
Indochina
UN Security Council
U.S
Ee Chi Minh
U.S.A
Democratic Republic of
Hanoi
Tokyo
South Viet Nam
U. S
South Viet Nam Premier declares emergency state amid Communist threat
South Viet Nam's Premier Khanh warns of possible Communist infiltration and attack, proclaims a state of emergency. He imposes curfew and martial law measures, ordering closure of airbases as U S buildup and cross border tensions escalate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Viet Nam
Saigon
UPS
Nguyen Khanh
Sng
Apt
Viet Nam
North
Khanh
Lai
U.S
U. S
Washington
United States
Robbery spree hits Royal Crown and Conoco stations
A noon robbery at the Royal Crown plant on 34th St and Ave H ended with suspect Byrd in custody after a police chase. Earlier a witness identified the stolen car driver near United Super Market on 50th St and Ave Q. A second robbery at a Conoco station on 9th Ave and Ave A yielded about $48. The assailants wore gloves and one carried a pistol, threatening clerk Larry Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrester
United Super
50Th St
Ave. Q
Horace Roberts
Royal Crown Plant
Roberts
Joyce Holland
E. Amherst
63Rd St
Byrd
Royal Crown
Family Park
34Th St
Ave. H
Asst
L. D. Blakney
J. A. Thomas
Corporation Court Warrent
Anthony Carnevale
Woman treated for knife wound at Methodist Hospital
Celia Martinez, a year old, was under emergency care at Methodist Hospital at midnight for a back knife wound as police investigated. A Bryant Cab Co driver, W M Hill of 1108 Main, reported a Black man grabbed him at 14th Street and Ave demanding money. Hill escaped through the passenger door as the man fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Martinez
Methodist Hospital
Bryant Cab Co
Main St
14Th St
Ave
Hill
Lightning Kills 17 Year Old Paper Carrier in San Antonio
A 17 year old, Gerome David Panzer, was struck and killed by lightning while delivering papers in San Antonio during a heavy Saturday afternoon storm. The bolt split the tree he stood beneath as it struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
UPI
Gerome David Panzer
Panzer
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Laredo
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Slaton
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Farwell
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Egypt
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Ricky
L. A. Davis
Savannah
LBJ
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Austria
Hatck
Hajek
Avenue A
Conoco
Larry Smith
Rice
Smith
John Edward Lively
West Texas Hospital
Pepsi Colarling Co
D'Wayne
William Burt
Mest Hospital
Brashear, Goyette and
Apter
Richard Glimore
Sundown
Methodial Hospital
Sundown High School
James Earles
Jat Methodist Hospital
Anderson Bit Metal Co
Robert M. Lawrence
Texan Tech
J. Art
Mra
Antonio Piseno
N. Ave. M
Bob Bryant Thomas
Star Rt
Luciano Salazar
Fordham
Hughes Cleaning Service
Billy Wayne Ansley
Rt. 1
Rlaton
Finn Birnic
Joe
Pablo Vasquez
Rt. 4
Laut Clinic
Juan Rios
Watthing
Laut
S. G. Moore
Notnt
Moss
West Texas Warehouse
Scranton
Allentown, Pa
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
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