Haitian Ship Of State Could Well Be Sinking
Haitian President Francois Duvalier faces multiple threats at home and abroad as Haiti sinks deeper financially. The regime endures U S pressure and Dominican border tension while revenue from coffee, tourism, and exports falters. tourists vanish and foreign exchange dries up, signaling potential bankruptcy by mid decade.
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Robert Berrellez
Associated Press
Papa Doe
Francois Duvalier
Haiti
US. Navy
US. State Department
Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
Coffer
Sunar
Farei
Local Society Notes Span Visits and Relatives
Teague residents Donte and Mrs Turner host Bess Turner and friends while Utah visitors call on George Fulton family. Waco and Sundown guests stop by. several Texans travel between Fairfield and Freeport. Funeral held for Elbert Huffman at Union Chapel with interment at Union Cemetery after service in Plains.
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Ray Turner
Teague
Bess Turner
Doyle Newsom
Plains
Chandler
Bountiful
Utah
George Fulton
Jack Sprusell
Waco
Lisha Spruisell
Alvis Oakes
Sundown
J. G. Ellis
Tom Ferguson
Sheila
Freeport
Wes Oakes
H. A. Patterson
Fort Worth
E. N. Stephenson
Fay Thompson
Fairoaks
William Frank Beene
Freestone
Clifford Thompson
Union Chapel
James Bozeman
Barron Harris
Union Cemetery
Fairfield Hospital
Ray Spruiell
Glenice
Everett Skelton
South Texas
J. L. R. Whitaker
Allen Savage
Kyle Savage
Houston
Pearl Savage
Mickey Jolly
Lufkin
Fulton
Keith Huffman
Dallas
Ida Bell Gilliam
Sallie Huffman
Doyle Hall
Randy
Ray Hall
Lee Miller
Donic
R. H. Bond Jr
Falfurrias
R. H. Bond, Sr
Fairfield ministers host a weekend of visitors
Farrar Rev. Woodrow Ivy of Fairfield conducted services all day and night as a large gathering welcomed guests from Dallas Bellaire and Houston. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Herman Chandler and family, Mrs. R. J. Mitchell and daughter Lara Lauterdale, plus many locals and relatives visiting in the area.
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Woodrow Ivy
Fairfield
Herman Chandler
Tiger Prairie
W. M. Chandler
Dallas
R. J. Mitchell
Lara Lauterdale
Bellaire
Bro
Ivy
Fate Bishop
H. M. Thompson
H. L. Reed
Mattie Reese
W. S. Gibson
Kenneth Reed
LaPorte
Perors
Hollie Reed
Speedster Breedlove Aims Higher After 407 MPH World Record
Craig Breedlove said he could go faster than the 407.45 mph world record set with his Spirit of America on Utah’s salt flats. His jet powered car reached 428.37 mph on the first run and averaged 407.45 mph, beating Sir John Cobb’s 1947 mark of 394.196 mph.
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Utah
Craig Breedlove
Spirit of America
Utah Salt Flats
Sir John Cobb
England
Breedlove
Los Angeles
Cobb
Breediove
Suspicions Confirmed About Chinese Unrest and Shakeups
The AP reports US State Department documents showing unrest in the Red Army in 1960 61 and confirming Chinese hints of major trouble. It notes Mao Zedong’s 1958 drive to mass rural communes, Peng Teh-huai’s opposition, his dismissal in 1959, and the 1962 purge of Huang Ko cheng and Tan Cheng as Soviet aid ended after Khrushchev attacked Chinese leaders in 1960.
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Tokyo
US State Department
Red China
Red Army
Tze-tung
Mao
Khrushchev
Peng Teh-huai
Peng
Huang Ko-cheng
Communist Party Central Committee
Tan Cheng
China
Phone Official Moves to Fairfield as Assistant Treasurer
Fairfield report states Wilfred T. Brandon has been named assistant treasurer of the Texas Telephone and Telegraph Company and will relocate to the Fairfield headquarters. He will oversee revenue requirements and rate studies, with a career background including Baylor University and Rutgers University. He and Mrs Brandon have two sons, Samuel and Donald.
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Fairfield
Wilfred T. Brandon
Texas Telephone and Telegraph Company
Brandon
Telephone and Telegraph ‘Company
Ballinger
Weslaco
Bay‘lor University
Northwest University
Rutgers University
Samuel Brandon
Texas A & M College
Donald Brandon
Baylor
Federal Program To Help Needy Needs Changing
Senator Byrd calls for drastic overhaul of the federal aid to families with dependent children program after a national survey shows defects and abuses including overpayments and ineligible cases. He notes West Virginia had 17.3 percent ineligibles and cites better welfare worker training there.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
D-W
Byrd
West
Health, Education Ad Welfare Department
Fragmentary Quote Points to West Virginia Program Gaps
Fragmentary OCR text quotes a speaker discussing the taff in West Virginia gaining know-how to improve selection and reduce ineligibles in a program. The context and full claims are unclear due to incomplete text.
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West Virginia
Missing Texas woman found after river search
Margaret Wright, 49, wife of Lionel Wright, was found drowned near a pier in Clear Lake after her husband reported her missing when she failed to return home from town. Wright, 46, told officers he last saw her around 5 pm. The body was recovered during the ensuing search.
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Webster
Houston
Margaret Wright
Lional B. Wright
Wright
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Speedster
the Mexia Baily Newspaper
Clear Loke
Penney
Mexia
Penney’s
Odd & End
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Feu Sd Ut
Penney's
Cate Ton
Ate
Renan
Tara
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