Hope Draws Reprimand From Mexico Over Jokes
Hollywood comic Bob Hope faced a formal rebuke from Mexico after a TV show mocked Mexicans as bandits and buffoons. Mexican consul Edmundo Gonzalez accused NBC of portraying Mexico unfavorably and cited the Sinatra ban that sparked tensions between Hollywood and Mexico.
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College Boys Are Draft Safe
Peru Illinois UPI reports Selective Service Director Lewis B Hershey said college students will be draft safe this summer. He said the army cannot take them and that once back on campus next fall a student cannot be drafted until the end of the school year next June under draft regulations.
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Viet War Dispatches From Ngai Province and Saigon Areas
Viet Nam reports from Ngai Province say seven American planes were shot down, marking the 1,000th loss over Communist territory. U.S. troops located and destroyed a major Viet Cong supply base 75 miles northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border. GI patrols recovered a new American refrigerator from a bunker by the Da Ha River. Two Americans were wounded in grenade attacks in Saigon, and seven Vietnamese civilians, including four children, were injured near the capital.
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Rivers Break Banks Across Texas Meantime Floods surge
Storms across Texas push rivers past flood stage with the Sulphur River at Napl es over 12 feet, the Sabine at Gladewater 38 feet, Trinity at Dallas 32 feet and rising, and Brazos lowland flooding forecast near East Columbia by Tuesday.
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Houston Weather Bureau
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Kansas Can't Carry Kin Curbed in Opera Premiere
The paper notes Miss Foerster, descendant of Carry Nation, attends the world premiere of an opera about her great great grandmother. KU admissions regretfully rejects her application until she finishes high school. Risa Foerster, age four, is escorted by her grandfather C. C. Foerster Sr. and his mother Mrs Floyd Elizacommes.
French Envoy Opens Talks in Sofia with Bulgarian Minister
French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville opened talks in Sofia with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivan Bashev as part of his east European tour.
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Maurice Couve de Murville
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Ignored Forgotten Castroville Eyes Highway 90 By Hart Stilwell
Castroville faces a by pass threat to Highway 90 as town leaders lament losses from the past and plan to seek $150,000 federal aid for a sewer system. Mayor Charles L Suehs warns against losing growth to nearby Hondo and Medina Valley district plans push toward riverfront development and riverfront homes.
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Hondo
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Suehs
Charlotte Laferty
Laredo
Castroville poised for growth as suburb push begins
The town presses to attract San Antonio residents with a stepped up development plan. Ellis Burges named residential committee chair of the chamber of commerce as talks of a new manager and secretary surface. Joe L. Schott of the San Antonio Light has long contributed town literature. Castroville, famed for Alsacian homes and annual events, draws 12 000 visitors, with Koenig Park hosting the big show and Life magazine recently photographing the historic houses. The author predicts rapid home building as Dallas area traffic and proximity to San Antonio spur movement.
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Leon Tschirhart
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Alsace
Europe
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Chamber of Commerce
Tay
Joe L. Schott
St. Louis Parish
St. Louis
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Dates With Alleged Spy Mistake In Ottawa and Montreal
Former Conservative minister George Hees testified at the Munsinger inquiry that he took Gerda Munsinger to lunch twice in Ottawa and dinner once in Montreal. He said the relationship was a mistake and denied indecency or impropriety, while admitting an indiscretion as a cabinet minister. A transcript of his April 18 closed session was released after the inquiry opened to the public. Hees said he learned about police files only a week before his testimony. Diana Hyland to star opposite Fess Parker in Smokey film.
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UPI
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Trade and Commerce
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Gerda Munsinger
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Supreme Court
Wishart F. Spence
Defense
Pierre Sevigny
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J. L. O'Brien
Wedding suspense swirls around Lynda Johnson and George Hamilton
Washington reports deny White House marriage plans for Lynda Johnson and George Hamilton. Friends note a romance with regular weekends since last fall and a hummingbird pin gift. Lynda to graduate June 4 then a European tour with Hamilton amid ongoing wedding rumors. In Hollywood Eddie Albert signs a three year singing contract with Columbia Records for nine albums.
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Lynda
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Patrick J. Nugent
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Eddie Albert
Green Acres
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Bruzzie) Reeves
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