Solons Adjourn 59th Legislature
The Texas Legislature adjourned after a productive regular session praised by Gov. Connally. The Senate backed a constitutional amendment to increase the size to 39 members, with a Sept 7 vote date, while a later plan would set it at 44. Redistricting changes affected districts served by Pickle, Young, and Fisher, keeping Brooks and Thompson in a split district and pairing Beckworth with Roberts. Adjournment followed the Senate naming Schwartz interim president pro tempore.
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Solons
Big City
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Connally
Jake Pickle
Austin
John Young
Corpus Christi
O . Fisher
San Angelo
Gus Mutscher
Brenham
Jack Brooks
Beatmont
Clark Thompson
Galveston
Lindley Beckworth
Gladewater
Ray Roberts
McKinney
Senate
tBaher Schwartz
Explorer Delirious After Cave Rescue
James Dowling a 22 year old UC graduate student from Indiana was rescued after eight hours dangling in a shoulder harness in Nege's Cave 1170 feet deep near Salt Lake City The three hour operation left him with shock over exertion and bruises and he was hospitalized in critical condition Dowling entered the cave Sunday morning with Joan Wood and Paul Gerhard both UC grads from Bladensburg Md Wood Gerhard attempted to ascend to Dowling who hung near the top of the Great Pit rescuers from University of Utah aided and brought him to a ledge then to safety where he was loaded into a waiting vehicle
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James Dowling
University of California
Connersville
Ind
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Wasatch Mountains
Dowling
Joan Wood
Paul Gerhard
Bladensburg
Jim
Wood
Gerhard
University of Utah
Donald Sims
Eddie Anderson
LaVell Burnham
Utah
Bill Asherwood
Sheriff's Office
Sims
Anderson
Burnham
Astronaut White To Take 3 600 Mile Space Walk
Reported space walk of astronaut White for a 3 600 mile journey. Mission details remain unverified as officials confirm preparations and safety checks for the planned long duration EVA.
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Astronaut White
Nation's Drivers Set New Traffic Death Record
United Press International reports a Memorial Day weekend toll of 487 traffic deaths across the United States from Friday 4 pm local time to Monday midnight. California had 59 fatalities, Texas 24, Ohio and Florida 28 each, New York 24, Michigan unspecified. The Safety Council cites incompetent driving as a key cause, noting a head-on crash near Flomoxassa Springs, Florida that killed seven. The prior three-day record was 431, with a four-day peak of 525.
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Michigan
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Fla
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Weather Update for Pampa and Vicinity
Partly cloudy Wednesday with thunder showers tonight. High Wednesday in the upper 80s. Low tonight in the 60s. Winds southerly at 15 to 25 mph.
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Pampa
Commissioners Approve Street Paving and Land Deals
City commissioners approve paving two N Zimmers blocks after a hearing. One bid of 647.78 cash from Ray Boswell. Total project cost 12,100.58 with property owners paying 7,748.34 and city share 3,224.24. Also awarding farm land leases, sewer plant land bid, and road fuel supplies. Deed signed for Lot 8 to 12 North Addition for a funeral home site. Dr MacField McDaniel acts as mayor in Jim Nation’s absence.
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N. Zimmers
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Pampa
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Gray Comms
Ste 1632
Clyde Orpan
Sewace
Quill OW Co
Carmichael Whatley
Ward and Wobart Sts
MacField McDaniel
Jim Nation
Texas Memorial Day Highway Toll Rises
Africa Press International reports at least 42 deaths in Texas during Memorial Day weekend with 24 traffic fatalities. A fatal head on crash near San Angelo claimed four victims, including Bernard Kasberg 29 and his wife Rosa 27 and their children Richard 2 and Roseanne 15 months.
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Texas
Memorial Caye
United Press International
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Odessa
Bernard J. Kasberg
Rosa
Richard
Rose_anne
Mora Seeks Exit as Dominican Mediation Controversy Grows
SANTO DOMINGO reports Jose A. Mora of the OAS hopes to be relieved from mediating the Dominican crisis. Washington officials say a new committee may replace him as Mora faces accusations of partiality amid fighting between junta forces and rebels over the White House and media control.
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OAS Foreign Ministers’ Conference
Washington
Dean Rusk
OAS
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Radio Santo Domingo
Dominican
White House
Junta
Trujillo Built
Francisco Caamano Deno
Spaceman to Leave Ship for 12-Minute Space Walk
A medical OK allows astronaut Edward H. White to attempt a 12 minute space walk across northern Mexico and the United States during Gemini 4. James A. McDivitt will pilot the two seater craft as preparations include a possible two air dumps from the cabin and a controlled separation from the Titan-2 booster. The mission aims to orbit the Earth 62 times in about 97 hours with the carrier USS Wasp awaiting recovery 400 miles south of Bermuda.
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South China Sea
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U.S
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White
James A. McDivitt
Charles Berry
McDivitt and White
U. S. S. Wasp
Boston Harbor
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
MacDivitt
Oswald's Widow to Wed Porter in Dallas Today
Dallas radio station KRLD reports Marina Oswald widow of Lee Harvey Oswald will marry Kenneth Jess Porter a Texas Instruments technician this afternoon Porter 27 from Richardson Texas and Mrs Oswald 24 with two children live near Richardson Marriage time 4 pm CST reported with location undisclosed.
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UPI
Marina Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kenneth Jess Porter
Texas Instruments
Station
KRLD
Oswald
Porter
Richardson
Tex
Supreme Court rules FPC can regulate natural gas sales
The Supreme Court 8 1 upheld federal authority over interstate gas sales located in the ground, aligning with Phillips doctrine. The ruling reversed a lower court decision, holding that leasehold sales to a pipeline are part of interstate commerce and subject to FPC regulation, affecting producers Continental Oil Sun Oi General Crude and M H Marr.
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Department
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