21 Aug 1963
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Newspaper
Richardson Daily News
Location
Richardson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1963
Page
1
A husband narrates a domestic belt line battle with his wife who accuses him of weight gain since marriage. She riffs on calorie charts, a cookbook of leftovers, and a can diet while he defends hard work and old habits. He ends with a longing for a jelly doughnut as the diet war rages on.
Texas will raise daytime passenger car and bus limits to 70 mph and 60 mph for trucks, with night limits set at 65 for cars and 55 for trucks. The move, underpinned by prima facie provisions since 1952, relies on conditions like weather and traffic, and includes new minimum speeds and patrol authority to curb slow driving.
Hazleton Pa UPI reports rescue workers resumed drilling to reach three miners trapped nine days in a cave in. A 12 inch probe neared two men but pressure cracks in the ceiling forced abandonment of the path. Louis Bova is separated by debris.
A 17 year old Richardson youth admitted theft to police and named three local teens as accomplices. He said he took a 32 caliber pistol from a car glove compartment on Purple Sage Road in mid July. Police also arrested two men at Sun Rexall Drug Store for forging insurance checks and investigated a crash on Japier and Arapaho Roads injuring a passenger in a 1959 Oldsmobile driven by John Howard Pittman of Garland with about 300 dollars in damage.
Billie Sol Estes lost his Abilene office when Joe Reed of the Petroleum Building removed a sign bearing Estes name. Estes, serving combined state and federal sentences totaling 23 years, planned to sublease from Jameson Drilling Co. Reed said the sublease was unauthorized. Jack Bryant, leaseholder and Abilene lawyer, declined comment.
Pandora the Persian cat, a one year old house pet of Dr William Gee in Richardson, vanished after being taken outside for fresh air. The family fears she may be seeking an air conditioned home, noting she dislikes outdoors. Pandora has previously traveled to Canada via a moving van, but was eventually found. Neighbors and readers are urged to contact the Gee family if they spot a dust colored Persian with a white chin and a black tail tip answering to Pandora.
Washington sources say about 2000 Soviet military personnel, mostly combat troops, may have departed Cuba in the last three months. President Kennedy noted a decline over two and a half months but withheld exact figures and cautioned remaining forces focus on training the Cuban military. Estimates of total numbers in Cuba varied from 21000 to 22000 at the October peak, with about 10000-14000 remaining after recent departures.
The Richardson Chamber of Commerce and civic groups host a noon luncheon for over 150 new teachers next Tuesday. Mayor Pro-tem Bill Strange serves as emcee with welcome by Mayor Herb Ryan. Marvin Youngblood and J. J. Pearce participate as speakers. The event, coordinated by the Educational Committee and Civic Improvement Committee, is at the First Baptist Church basement.
Richardson kids show vitality that thrills park official Frank Coneff, playground instructor at Lake Highlands Park, who praises their energy and leadership, noting the impact on park programs and daily activities.
Delma B Reno leads midget division actors in Dallas summer parks program. Coneff, Detroit grad, coaches children to top three each year and wins both midget and junior divisions this year with Wayward Witch. Cast builds sets costumes and auditions expand for next season. Continuea On Page 9.
Soldiers and police storm Xa Loi pagoda in Saigon arresting more than 100 monks while three other pagodas are raided. Martial law declared in South Viet Nam as airport traffic is halted and U S Embassy warns Americans to seek cover amid a crisis that weakens the Diem government.
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