Booksellers Preview Sexier Novels At Meeting
United Press International reports the American Booksellers Association meets in Washington to preview fall releases. Highlights include Patrick Dennis upcoming memoir lampoon, a milestone anti memoir objective, and novelty items like automatic bookmarks and fake jackets with cheeky titles such as A Condensed History of Fingernail Biting by Venus del Milo and How to Knit a Sweater for your Turtle.
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Dick West
United Press International Washington
UPI
American Booksellers Association
You
Cotton Brokers
Patrick Dennis
Dennis
Venus del Milo
Lincoln
Kennedy Faces 1969 End as World Leaders Age
AP analysis notes Kennedy would be 53 at the end of a second term in 1969 while rivals like Khrushchev Macmillan and Mao would be in their seventies. It lists aging leaders Chiang Kai-shek Salazar Nehru de Gaulle Tito and Franco and warns eight years could reshuffle power amid China’s likely nuclear rise and Angola unrest.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Russia
Khrushchev
Britain
Macmillan
Red China
Mao Tze-tung
West Germany
Adenauer
Chiang Kai-shek
Nace
China
Formosa
Antonio Salazar
Portugal
India
Nehru
France
de Gaulle
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Francisco Franco
Spain
United States
Chiang
Asia
Salazar
Angola
Auperia
Tito
Franco
Berlin
Texas law students form group to aid traffic case fights
Three University of Texas law students founded the Texas Association of Qualified Drivers to provide legal insurance for drivers with traffic tickets. Members pay 8 dollars to join and receive attorney-paid defense for moving violations. Founders Thomas Higgins Bennett Spelce and Don Gelino cite rising premiums as motivation.
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Austin
UPI
University of Texas Law
Texas Association of Qualified Drivers
Thomas Higgins
McAlien
Bennett Spelce
Don Gelino
Higgins
Gelino
Texas
Association
Speke
Rayburn Begins Third Long Run as House Leader
Speaker Sam Rayburn marks 16 years and 237 days as speaker, twice Henry Clay’s tenure, as colleagues praise him and President Kennedy lauds his devotion. Rayburn, 79, reflects on a life in Congress and signals gratitude to the people of the House.
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Washington
UPI
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Henry Clay
House
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Clay
Kennedy
Tam
Raybum
Congress
Tower Takes Senate Oath On Thursday
Washington UPI reports John G. Tower will be sworn in as Senator from Texas on Thursday with a Texas delegation of more than three hundred attending. Texans from Dallas Houston San Antonio El Paso Fort Worth and Wichita Falls plan arrival starting Wednesday including a breakfast at the executive house before the noon swearing in led by Senator Ralph Yarborough with Vice President Lyndon B Johnson present. A special gallery section will host Texas visitors wearing Tower badges and Houston's Albert Fay will host a reception at the Old Senate Office Building following the ceremony.
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Washington
UPI
John G. Tower
Sen. Tower
Texas
Thurson
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
el Paso
Tort Worth
Wichita Falls
Tower
Senate
Ralph Yarborough
Lyndon B. Johnson
Abert Fay
COP
G Tower
UPI Telephoto
Reporter Tests Castro Landing Off Fort Lauderdale
Mexican born Fort Lauderdale News reporter Hector Morales tested shore landing by Cuba style disguise. He rented a boat swam ashore but was stopped by two police officers who detained him briefly before confirming his identity and releasing him.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
South Florida
Hector Morales
Morales
Missing NSA clerk found at Delaware Park race track
William H. Covington a 28 year old NSA clerk who vanished last week was found at Delaware Park near Wilmington by NSA colleagues. His wife reported him missing and officials stressed he was not under arrest. Covington had access to limited classified material in a $6600 a year job. Earlier two NSA code clerks fled to the Soviet Union. Covington had worked five years for the NSA and had left briefly for medical reasons in late May.
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Washington
National Security Agency
Pentagon
William H. Covington
Delaware Park
Wilmington
NSA
Covington
Charles Town
W.va
Arlington
Bernon F. Mitchell
William H. Martin
Soviet Union
Moscow
Youths Nabbed In Phone Case in Dallas
Up to ten teens, mostly girls from a wealthy Dallas district, were arrested after a seven month prank campaign targeting a local housewife with hundreds of crank and sometimes vulgar calls. Police expect more arrests as juvenile officers continue investigations.
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Dallas
Tex
UPI
Jan Adairs
Dorothy Jones
Joe Fields
Juvenile Bureau
Cecil's Liquor Store seeks Texas permit in Odessa
Cecil's Inc led by Hubert Odom as President Kenneth Odom as Vice President and Margaret Odom as Secretary applies to the Texas Liquor Control Board in Austin for a Package Store Permit to operate at North Grant Avenue and 18th Street in Odessa, Ector County under the name Cecil's Liquor Store.
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Cecil's Inc
Hubert Odom
Kenneth Odom
Margaret Odom
Texas Liquor Control Board of
Austin
Texas
Grant Avenue
18Th Street
Odessa
Ector County
Cecil's Liquor Store
CIL
Classified Advertising Rates and Terms in Odessa American
Word ads run at 6c per word per day with a 90c minimum. Three consecutive days earn a free fourth day. Capitalized words cost 12c per word per day with a $1.80 minimum. Card of Thanks and In Memoriam cost 3c per word per day. Cancellations before printing incur a 90c service charge.
Open Classified Display Rates and Lodge Notices
The Odessa American lists rates for classified display ads and lodge notices. General out of town ads cost 2.80 per column inch, local display 2.50 per inch with graduated earned rates, annual and 90 day contracts offered, and advertiser liability limited to the first insertion. Publication schedules detail acceptance times and deadlines.
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LODGE
City of Odessa Seeks Bids for 1961 Assessment Paying Program
Sealed proposals for 1961 Assessment Paying Program Job 61-022.12 in Odessa, Texas, are due by 9:00 a.m. June 27, 1961. Bidders must submit cashier’s or certified checks at least 5 percent of the largest bid, plus 100 percent performance bond from a licensed surety. The city reserves the right to reject any bid or waive irregularities. inspections and wage-rate compliance are required. Jewel Saunders, Secretary to the Council.
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Odessa
State of
Texas
Public Hearing On Zoning Variances in Odessa Texas
Odessa residents face a June 38 1961 hearing by the Zoning Board of Adjustments at City Hall to review requests for a conditional use of a beauty shop in a single family residential zone and a auto repair shop in a different residential area on Keystone Drive and adjacent lots. Minutes list Secretary Jever W Johnson.
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Odessa American
Texas
Ector
Odessa
Zoome Board of
Cry Hall
Brentwood Addition
Keystone Drive
Onehalf
Lot
Rick 9
Sth
Prarem Ad
Suth le Arcaor
Jever W. Johnson
The
Zoning Board
Ao Adjustmens
Quick Hair Refresh and Fast Classified Goal
A brief item offers a ten minute shampoo tip using talcum powder or corn meal to absorb oil then brush out. It then pivots to a fast money tip advising readers to sell unused items via a classified ad and provides a contact number.
Notices Do-It-Yourself and Service Ads Serve Local Needs
Announcements list lamp repairs lamps shades and accessories from Treasure Trove 2613 N Golder FE 32 0271 plus special sale pricing and extended hours by appointment. Other items include pool services fleet rentals moving and storage offerings with multiple contact numbers and local shop names like Dolphine Pool and Western Manor Beauty Salon.
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Golder
Odessa Texas listings and job notices in 1940s ad page
Reads as a jumble of classified lines: a hardware shop in Reider New Mexico seeks workers with an offer of S250 yearly. Cemury Brick Co advertises cement brick rides. various notices for a bed person, quarry, a service station, lunch room and small job ads in Odessa Texas. Contains contact names and PO boxes. overall classified notices with several local business promos and employment opportunities.
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