Sterling City Girl Wins Miss Wool of Texas Crown
Lynda Rhea Allen a 20 year old from Sterling City won Miss Wool of Texas at Ector High School Auditorium Odessa after a four day event among 13 contestants. First runner up was Cheryl Clayton second runner up Cecilia Young. Miss Allen attends Stephens College and will globe wool fashion appearances statewide during her one year reign.
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Texas
Lynda Rhea Allen
Wool
Ector High School
Cecilia
Cissy) L. Young
Texas Christian Unit
Miss Wool of America
Atversity
Sonora
San Angelo
Penny Ann Owen
Cheryl
Old Southwest
Texas State
Col Clayton
Southern/lege
Methodist University
Allen Owen
Ozona
Fort Stockton
Winston Barclay
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Peggy Ann McNair
New York
Odessa
Miss Allen
Stephens College
Columbia
Worth E. Allen
West Texas
Miss Clayton
Joe L. Clayton Sr
SMU
Miss Young
Wesley Young
TCU
Lee Phillips
Battle On The Beach Violence In St Augustine
In St Augustine Florida a white crowd attacked integrationists on the beach injuring three. A white integrationist was badly mauled a Negro girl suffered a broken nose and a Negro woman a head wound during the melee. State police intervened to restore order as Governor Bry...
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ST. Augustine, Fla
UPI
St. Augustine
Gov
Farris Bry
Rights Bill Faces Dixie Bottleneck
Southern opponents of the civil rights bill aimed to delay final House action until after the July 3 recess for the Republican National Convention. House leaders from both parties, confident, expect a final vote in eight to ten days. Senate passage of a differing bill stirred comment from Rep. Howard W. Smith, D-Va., House Judiciary Committee chairman.
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Washington
House
Senate
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
House Rules Committee
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
John Tower
R-Tex
San Francisco
Smith
Rules Committee
Lynda Johnson Under Tight Security After Honolulu Flight
Lynda Bird Johnson arrived in Los Angeles with a Secret Service escort after a flight from Honolulu. Officials reported heavy security including jet escorts and a large police presence amid the president’s trip.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Lynda Bird Johnson
Honolulu
International Airport
Secret Service
Miss Johnson
Pacific
Florida
Inside Today's Odessa American Health and Society Highlights
The Odessa American features health tips and society notes with a peek at local wellness trends. Sports and TV listings provide brief updates while oil industry news anchors regional business context.
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News Society Sports TV Log Your Stars
Scranton Signals Support for Goldwater Candidacy
Pennsylvania Governor William W Scranton indicated he would back Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, even as he campaigned for New England National Convention delegate votes, highlighting party unity amid the nominating contest.
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Boston
UPI
Pennsyllvania
William W. Scranton
Sen
Barry
Goldwater
New England
Goldwater booed at state convention amid chants for Barry
About 100 people including delegates and alternates to the GOP national conclave met with New Hampshire and Rhode Island delegation members. At the state convention Goldwater supporters booed his question about standing with one foot in the 20th Century and the other in the 9th. A later interruption featured the chant We want Barry, silenced by Senator Leverett Saltonstall who served as honorary convention chairman.
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New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Goldwater
Barry
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Johnson calls for end to rancor and unity in Democratic fund-raiser
President Johnson urged an end to rancor and a solid national front to meet American goals during a Democratic fundraising dinner in Los Angeles. He avoided naming Barry Goldwater or the GOP while stressing unity and addressing poverty and racial injustice. Johnson also delivered partisan remarks to about 2,500 attendees at the Hollywood Palladium.
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Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Hollywood Palladium
Kennedy injury from plane crash prompts optimistic recovery outlook
Senator Edward M. Kennedy who broke his back in a fatal plane crash is expected to fully recover. Doctors at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton said he is not paralyzed and has full use of his limbs, with complete recovery estimated between six and ten months. Two others died in the fogbound twin engine crash as Kennedy was en route to the Massachusetts Democratic State Convention.
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al Lingo
Summit
N.J
Lingo
Bryant
Tallahassee
Southampton
Mass
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Paul Russell
Massachusetts
Gea
Rplane
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northhampton
Kennedy
Thomas F. Corriden
Cooley-Dickinson
Eral Hospital
Boston
Mara Vella
Port
Taipei
Civil Air Transport
CAT
Taichung
Hong Kong
Acor
William Holden
Formosa Airliner Crashes with 53 Dead
A Nationalist Chinese airliner carrying 53 people including 21 Americans crashed into a rice paddy near Taichung after a mid air explosion. There were no survivors. The crash occurred about five minutes after takeoff from Taichung Airport.
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Taipei
Formosa
UPI
U.S
Spenencaan
Taichung Air
Founder of Fathers Day Remembered and Honored
Mrs. John Bruce Dodd, lifelong advocate for fathers, is linked to the creation of Father's Day in Spokane in 1910. She recalls her son John B. Dodd, assistant superintendent at Glacier National Park, and notes her own health challenges while reflecting on her father William Jackson Smart. Wilson later urged national observance in 1916.
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Spokane
Wash
Montana
Glacier National Park
John B. Dodd
Glacier
John Bruce Dodd
William Jackson Smart
Washington
Dodd
Eva Cummings Estes
Woodrow Wilson
U S Strengthens Thai Stockpiles for Southeast Asia Showdown
The United States is beefing up military stockpiles in Thailand to deter Communist incursions in Southeast Asia. Five shiploads of equipment including tanks and personnel carriers head to Thailand, with 100 Hawaii based maintenance personnel and 5,000 troops previously there in 1962.
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Bangkok
Thailand
United States
Southeast Asia
Laos
Washington
Defense Department
U. S
U. S. Adm
Harry D. Felt
Taipei
Red China
Peking
Felt
U.S. Pacific
Chiang Kai-shek
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
U S Will Risk All Out War Over Southeast Asia
Adm. Harry D. Felt warned in Taipei that the United States is willing to risk all-out war to check Communist aggression in Southeast Asia. He spoke before leaving for Honolulu after a news conference and framed policy as ready to take strong action in Laos, South Vietnam, and nearby nations.
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API
Harry D. Felt
United States
Southeast Asia
Felt
U. S
Pacific
Honolulu
Peking
China
Laos
South Viet Nam
Washington
Red China
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