City Moves Forward with Power Plant Expansion Plans
City commissioners approved plans for an expanded power plant and discussed possible charter changes including run off elections. They heard updates on water treatment, drainage issues, and bids for road and park projects while naming a new Interracial Committee and reviewing city contracts.
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Toope
Testar
Pace
Board of City
Muncopal
Commission
Am Disupsaterca
Wo Obr Medlock
Rosa Simpson
RCC
McLarty
O'' Mara
Blair House Longstanding Landmark With Notable History
Blair House on Pennsylvania Avenue is a historic landmark built in 1824 by Dr. Joseph Lovell the nation’s first Surgeon General. Francis Preston Blair who bought it in 1836 for 6500 dollars kept a cow on the property and delivered fresh milk to the White House for the President’s family.
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Washington
UPI
Blair
Pennsylvania Avenue
Joseph Lovell
Francis Preston Blair
Jackson
White House
Fifth Grade View of Farr Sees Animals at Panhandle Barn
A fifth grade reader describes barnyard life at the Panhandle Farr site with children noting a colt, a calf, and a cow’s reactions. The narrator, while imaginative, records how a calf noses a fence, a mother cow snorts, and notions of romance enter the account with cited stories like Romeo and Juliet.
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Crader
Mai Moo
Romeo
Ofullet
Birth notices from West Texas Hospital and others listed
A collection of birth announcements from West Texas Hospital and various facilities. Messages record newborns, weights, times, and parental occupations, naming fathers as farmers, laborers, sales managers, and professionals, with locations including Methodist Hospital, Taylor Hospital, and Santa Fe Railway areas.
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Jackie Wayne Maire
Slater
Weishing T Ponds
Wednnesday
Taylor Hospital
Santa Fe Railway Co
Kennedy rebukes isolationists in foreign policy tour speech
President Kennedy urged against fortress America and warned critics of retreat as he defended foreign aid and warned that many nations could fall to communism. He contrasted his stance with Goldwater’s hardline approach during a four state tour including Great Falls and Hanford where a nuclear plant groundbreaking was held.
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Kennedys
Indiana
Great Falls
Mont
Kennedy
Uri F
Losme
Cuba
White House
Fortress America
Goldwater
United Nations
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Douglas McKay
Hanford
Wash
New Frontier
Congress
America
Hells Canyon
Snake River
Federal Power Commission
Rural Electrification Administration
Hurricane Strikes Caribbean and Aims at Windward Islands
Heavy winds and six to eight foot swells accompany the hurricane as authorities evacuate residents on the south coast. Forecasters warn of heavy rains, potential landslides, and rising flood risk near rivers, with a northward shift toward the Windward Passage. No deaths reported yet, but many are homeless after Martinique's six hour hit.
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Kind
Citl Defense
Puerto Rico
Damascn
Haan
Cobi
Ain
Niles
Atlantic
Windward
Caribbean
Martinique
Fort de France
Florida
NASA: Gemini crew not chosen until near flight
NASA officials say the first Gemini mission might launch late next year and crew selection will occur only shortly before the flight. CBS reports that John H. Glenn Jr. was chosen are denied as premature, with Alan Shepard as the leading candidate for pilot amidst uncertainty about the second crewman.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
CBS’ News
Charles von Freud
John H. Glenn Jr
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Traffic Victims Rites Pending
Funeral arrangements were pending for Cherry Drake two and Jimmy Jay Drake four months old who died in a two car crash fifteen miles west of Andrews. Their parents and the other driver were hospitalized with serious injuries and other relatives survive.
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C. R. Mallow
Kermit
Drake
Fair records mark busy day at fair arena
RAFA personnel and Reese Air Force Base troops helped boost attendance while Ice Capades drew 1 991 on Thursday for a total of 15 919. Admission ranges from 2 to 3 50 with a twirling festival to close out Saturday.
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RAFA
Armed Forces
Reese Air Force Base
RAFB
Scientists Plan Posts To Detect Surprise Attack
Scientists at the Pugwash conference in Dubrovnik proposed observation posts on both sides of the Iron Curtain to detect surprise attacks. The communique called for Western and Communist officers to be stationed with each other in Europe, with control posts at central transportation hubs to monitor troop movements. It urged denuclearized zones in central Europe, atom free zones in the Balans Africa and Latin America, sanctions on nations building or testing weapons, and IAEA oversight of reactors to prevent weapon use.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Europe
United States
Soviet Union
Dubrovnik
Pugwash
Nova Scotia
U.S
Cyrus Eaton
Balans
Africa
Latin America
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna
Clovis Pilot Killed in Black Mountain Crash
A Cannon Air Force Base jet fighter crashed during Operation Left Hook near Black Mountain, killing pilot Capt. Stephen J. Wood of Clovis and passenger Capt. James Oakley of Fort Hood. The aircraft belonged to the 1st Armored Division maneuver support.
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Ft, Hood
API
FIDF
Cannon Air Force Base
Clovis
1St Armored Division
Cannon Afb
Stephen J. Wood
James Oakley
Ft. Hood
Black Mountain
Reese Airman Hurt In Panel Truck Mishap
Reese AFB airman Ralph Cartner twenty was injured when a panel truck overturned near 29th Street and Nashville Avenue. Cartner suffered a crushed left hand and arm and remained in surgery at Reese Hospital. five other passengers escaped injury. The 7:28 p.m. crash involved the 3500 Supply Squadron member.
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Reese Afb
29Th St
Nashville Ave
Ralph Cartner
3500 Supply Squadron
Reese Hospital
Carrner
Rusk and Home Press Berlin Guarantees in Nonaggression Pact
UPI reports that the United States and Britain urged any Soviet bloc nonaggression pact to include clear guarantees for West Berlin. Rusk and Home, after a two hour and forty minute discussion with Gromyko, also criticized Sukarno's vow to destroy Malaysia and commented on De Gaulle's proposals for a European nuclear force and Viet Nam neutrality. They remained divided on a NATO multilateral nuclear force and Britain’s observer status in talks set to begin in Washington in about ten days. Home said another talk would follow after London issues guidance.
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New York
UPI
United States
Britain
West Berlin
Dean Rusk
Lord. Home
Andrei A. Gromyko
Rusk
Home
Sukarno
Malaysia
Charles de Gaulle
France
Viet Nam
Homer
de Gaulle
U.S
NATO
Washington
U. S
London
Woman Dies As Sharks Take Body After Gulf Rescue
Coast Guard rescued two men from a makeshift raft in the Gulf of Mexico. One man, James Dumas, 27, and Kenneth Crosby, 32, were rushed to St Petersburg’s Mound Hospital with exposure and shock. Dumas’s wife Ann, seven months pregnant, died the day after their boat sank after being struck by an object. The raft was spotted about 10 miles west of St Petersburg by searching aircraft.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
UPI
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Kenneth Crosby
James Dumas
Mound Hospital
Dumas
Ann
Texas Judges Hear Slap At Loan Shark Bill
At the Texas Judges Association convention in Brownsville lawyers criticize the 18th Legislature loan law as ineffective for borrowers. Edward C. Fritz of Dallas argues the regulation endangers freedom and fails to curb high interest rates. Connally addressed the gathering as Fred Erisman outlines Bar code revisions and Bweer notes changes to the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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Brownsville Gap
Texas
Dallas
Edward C. Fritz
Texas Judges Association
Bar Manver
Connally
Longview
Fred Erisman
State Bar Association
Jim Bweer
State Bar Committee
Senate
Gunman Arrested Soon After South Carolina Bank Heist
Howard Close, listed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list, robbed a First National Bank branch in Anderson, South Carolina, of 28262 dollars at about 11 a.m. He fled in a Cadillac, then surrendered after detectives intervened four minutes later.
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Roanoke
FBI
Close
North Main Street
First National Bank
Julian Jones
Allen Martin
Jones
Lillian Roth Wins Divorce From Fifth Husband
Phoenix AP reports singer Lillian Roth and her husband Thomas Burt McGuire Jr. were granted a joint divorce after cross-claims, with the judge citing shared blame. McGuire faced accusations of cruelty and intemperance while Roth was awarded 2500 dollars for legal fees. Roth, 52, has had five marriages and plans no future marriages.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
New York Ciy
Roth
McGuire
Miss Roth
Five Die Amid Havana Weather Ailments
Weather blamed for sudden respiratory outbreak in Havana Wednesday night as Health Ministry orders probe. Radio Havana reports five deaths and more than 200 hospitalizations with humidity at 95 percent and possible fog.
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Havana
API
Radio
Health Ministry
Miami Weather Bureau
I Havana
London
Los Angeles
Macmillan Describes Delay In Scandal Response
London AP report says Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told the public he delayed action in the Profumo affair after being deceived by former war minister’s lies. He also predicted the scandal would not topple his Conservative government and spoke on the Denning inquiry findings.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Lord Denning
John Protuma
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Veotro
Mtv Development
Marvin Mebaarty Jr
Board of City Development
BCD
Werth Coyty Lan
Chaning
Cis Couney
Cowd
Theserty
Erty
Oo Thar Ofime
Wlc O'Mara
Chamber of Commerce
Simpson
Bill Pitstick
St. Louis
Lubbock
Senter
Thursady
Kimmel
34Th St
J. B. Wheelock
35Th St
Ave. A
Sam Allred
Fordham
Ave
Q. John Wilkinson
TLGQ
Wilkins
Wilkinson
B. R. Gilmore
Charles Redwine
Heaton
Maser Strong
50Th Steel
College Avenue
Avenue
Quirt Avene
Sth Street
19Th Street
Austin
David Crockett
al J. Davis
McT. Reed
Robert Lago
Lionel Galindo
Augustin Estrada
David Casey
Everett Ginsburg
A. B. Watkins
George McCloskey
James Ellis
Roy Riedle
Strong
Stantey
Stanley
Western Industrial Supply Co
M. B. McKee Co
Badtee
Valve Co
Graybar Electric Co
Amarillo
Nelson Electric Supply
Stauffer Chemical Co
International Harvester Co
McLarty, O'Mara
Alderson
Stiff
Blair House
the Farr
Panhandle South Plains
Mreoo
Mye
Juan Vargas
Bea
Avery
Bishi
Baithesk
Barth
Tileam
West Texas Hospital
Ox Emydevedt
Ta United Supermacket
Wey
Metteaket
Father Teem
Us Post
Daikie
Mioo
Thomas Haupten
Southwestern
Internataanl Haryeste
Mtr Aad
Mig Dravid
Deleon
Ae Farms Lhoter
Edwarde
Hartes Marais
Firth
Andrew
Gaul
Meo
Deese Olguin
Reiy
Methodist Hospital
Mia
Mais
Weishing
Sides Stainless Cookware
Mistain Burns
Pan Elevaiwian
Tarver Electric Co
Wel Juarez
Petersburg
Porter Chinte Hospital
Ae Farny
David Shevard
Darn
Porter Clinic Hospital
JFK
Starte Crane
Dwight D. Eisenhower
McKay
NASA
Reese
RED Bloc
Gulf
Here
National Education Association
Newton C. Dougherty
E. Oram Lyte
William B. Owen
Nathan C. Schaffer
George D. Strayer
Mabel Studebaker
James P. Wickersham
Lillian Roth
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