Jails Too Crowded Houston Told and Crystal City Growth
Harris County grand jury urged jail expansion and tighter controls on taverns and the prison farm as overcrowding and reform needs were flagged. In Crystal City, city manager George Ozuna and Sam Anderson led an active urban renewal program, planning a new city hall courthouse jail and a 4.5 million redevelopment with GNRP areas and a Mexico Chico district project.
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Clarence LA Roche
Crystal City
Zavala
East Zavala Street
George Ozuna Jr
West Zavala Street
Sam Anderson
Houston
UPD
Harris County Grand Jury
Carrizo
Malcolm
Ozuna
Board of Equalization
Cit
Social Security Game Rules and Winnings Procedures
Rules require a postcard submission with name, duress and telephone number for Social Security winnings. Winnings may be collected in person from the Social Security Editor or by telephone if outside Bexar County. Unclaimed prizes after the deadline are forfeited and Light employees and relatives are ineligible.
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Agen
Social Security
Bexar County
Lucky Buck Rules Published by The Light
The San Antonio Light announces Lucky Bucks: daily serial numbers on one dollar bills redeemable before expiration. Call CAG-2441 to record numbers or mail bills via registered mail to Box 141 San Antonio Texas. Winners must present Bucks before expiry. guidelines cover timing, telephoning costs, and eligibility.
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Lucky Buck
The
Light
San Antoni
Texas
Zena
San Antonio
Trinity River Project Gets Approval
The Texas Water Commission endorsed the Trinity River basin master plan and sent it to Gov. Connally. He called the proposal feasible and will forward it to the U S Corps of Engineers for Congress review. The panel urged another cost benefit study before funding a 7 mile barge canal and studied alternatives for a water pipeline project near Benbrook Reservoir.
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Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Coips
Ternessee Colony Reserveiry
Anderson
Freestone
Ben
Trinity Improvement Association
Trinity River Authority
Corps of Engineers
Airline unions pledge to support Central strike action
An ALEA spokesman said five other union locals pledged to back a contemplated strike against Central Airlines within a few days. Represented groups include pilots, stewardesses, mechanics, dispatchers, and the air transport unions, agreeing to honor picket lines if ALEA calls a strike. Negotiations over a first contract broke on Tuesday, centered on a union shop clause.
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Fort Worth
UPS
Air Line Employes Association
Central Airlines
Steve Kozak
ALEA
Air Lines
International Mechanics Association
The
Dispatchers Association
Council of Air Transport Unions
Central
New York Editor Named Director of Editorial Enterprises
John J. OConnell is appointed director of editorial enterprises for the New York Journal American, effective Sept 1. OConnell has edited the American Weekly since March 1959 and will report to Publisher Kingsbury Smith on new editorial techniques and articles to strengthen reader services and entertainment.
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New York
John J. O'Connell
New York Journal-American
Kingsbury Smith
O'Connell
American Weekly
Smith
Journal-American
Corpus Christi Crash Kills Baby
A collision between two cars west of Corpus Christi resulted in the death of Norma Gene Mata, infant daughter of Adolfo Mata, who died in the fiery wreck. In another notice, Lubbock plans a $15,600,000 bond issue for city capital improvements.
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Corpus Christy
UPR
Corpus Christi
Norma Gene Mata
Banoni
Adolfo Mata
Lubbock
UPI
Brother of LBJ Granted Divorce
Sam Houston Johnson, brother of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, was granted a divorce by Travis County District Judge Herman Jones in Austin. He works in Washington, D C while his wife travels in Europe. They married in Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1953 and separated in 1960. they had no children.
Discipline Major Need In State Schools Says Victoria Educator
Victoria educator O. Chandler president of the Texas State Teachers association says modern parents are lax and children need more discipline in schools. He cites coaches as effective disciplinarians and urges teachers to update training as they prepare students for tomorrow's world during a Dallas leadership conference.
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Dallas
UPI
Victoria
Tex
Childdren
O. Chandler
Texas State Teachers Association
Chandler
Victoria Schools
TSTA
Britain to investigate 12 percent rise in drunken arrests
Home Secretary Henry Brooke told the House of Commons that the government will investigate a 12 per cent increase in drunkenness arrests in Finland and Wales during the current year. He outlined steps to determine causes and possible remedies affecting public order and safety.
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London
Henry Brooke
Britain
House of Commons
Finland
Wales
Dutch Plan Drug Regulation Enacted by Netherlands
The Hague reports a new Dutch law regulating pharmaceutical drug distribution will take effect October 1. Triggered by thalidomide related deformities, the measure creates a state committee to supervise the manufacture of new patent drugs.
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the Hague
UPL
Houston Armored Car Robbery Reported in Suburban Houston
Three armed men robbed a grocery store on the outskirts of Houston during a Brink's cash delivery Friday morning. Police found an abandoned car later near the scene, believed used in the crime, and issued an area-wide alert.
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Houston
UPS
Houston J
Brink's
U S Soldier Shot By Reds Near Berlin
West German police reported an American soldier was shot and wounded after he ran away following an attack on a woman. The victim was not seriously hurt and was placed in U S military custody.
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Berlin
UPS
West
U.S
Ajary Polee
Texan With 7 Turncoats
Lowell Skinner said seven American turncoats remain in Red China after repatriation delays. He identified Howard G. Adams of Corsicana as a chemist at a paper mill in Tsinan who married a Chinese woman and has an adopted child.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Howard G. Adams
Corsicana
Red China
Lowell D. Skinnner
Skinner
Akron
Ohio
Haine
Adams
al Paper
Tsinan
America
Skincher
Trieste to Resume Search for Thresher Submarine
The bathyscaph Trieste will be towed from Boston Naval Shipyard around August 12 to renew efforts to locate the Thresher lost April 10 with 129 aboard. The sub sank 220 miles east of Cape Cod in 8,400 feet of water after five dives since late June found debris possibly from the Thresher.
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Washington
UPS
Navy
Fred Korth
Boston Naval Shipyard
Trieste
Kennedy names envoy to Burma and trade aide
President Kennedy on Friday nominated Henry A. Byroade a career Foreign Service officer to be U S ambassador to Burma. Byroade age 50 chairs Arms Control and Disarmament Agency advisory staff and has served in the State Department since 1949. He has been ambassador to Egypt South Africa and Afghanistan. The president also named William Matson Roth of California as deputy special representative for trade negotiations.
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Washington
Kennedy Friday
Henry A. Byroade
Foreign Service
U. S
Burma
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Byroade
State Department
Par Mast
Egypt
South Africa
Afghanistan
Senate
William Matson Roth
California
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J. T. Pryor
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San Antonio, Tex
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San Antonio Light
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England
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KAPE
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