Western Big Four seek NATO backing over Berlin crisis
The United States Britain France and West Germany pressed NATO to boost defenses in West Berlin amid Soviet threats. They discussed lifting NATO divisions to 30 and adding up to 80 000 troops plus equipment to deter pressure on Berlin while avoiding concessions to Khrushchev.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Paris
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
West Berlin
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Maurice Couve de Murville
Heinrich von Brentano
NATO
Khrushchev Plans Radio Reply to Kennedy Berlin Speech
Khrushchev, angered by Kennedy's Berlin speech, will address the nation on Monday night by radio and TV from Moscow. He reportedly told Italian Premier Fanfani he plans a reply and questioned Kennedy's firmness, saying the loudest shouter often wins.
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Preston Grover
Moscow
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Berlin
Amintore Fanfani
Fanfani
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Ulbricht
East
West Berlin
Saturn rocket begins 2200 mile barge voyage to Cape Canaveral
The Saturn first stage weighs over 100 tons and measures 82 by 22 feet. It starts a three week water journey from Redstone Arsenal via Wheeler Dam to Cape Canaveral, following a route through the Tennessee Ohio Mississippi rivers and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Huntsville
Ala
Redstone Arsenal
Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wheeler Dam
Florence
Tennessee, Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Straits
Atlantic Ocean
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Weather notes show highs of 97 degrees on Friday with a low of 64 at 7 am. North Central Texas expects 70 degrees with clear to partly cloudy skies and thundershowers. Northeast Texas remains warm with highs 92 to 102 and chance of thunder showers. Northwest Texas reports fair warm conditions with Sunday highs around 92 to 96.
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Snyder
Texas
Northwest
Right Wing Algerians Broadcast Brazen Algiers Attack
In Algiers a 28 minute broadcast on Radio Algiers claimed by European settlers' secret army urged Frenchmen to stay in Algeria. Police reinforced as tanks and troops moved toward key sites while officials disclosed cables were cut and the transmitter used a secret channel.
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Algiers
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Algerie Francaise
Palais d’Ete
Admiralty
Radio
Clouds Build Up Again In South Texas
The Associated Press reports thunderheads forming across South Texas with showers developing as evening neared. Tornadoes touched down in Austin Harwood Caldwell County San Antonio and Livingston causing damage. a lightning fire damaged a Houston home. Heavy rains varied by location and temperatures rose into the 90s with widespread power outages and minor flood effects.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
Alice
San Angelo
Houston
San Antonio
Beaumont
Laredo
Austin
Harwood
Caldwell County
Livingston
Joseph Wynne
Lake Austin
Henry
San Jacinto Dam
Kopper
Cleburne
Cheapside
Dallas
Tilden
Hondo
Dilley
Lytle
Pettus George West
Ray Points
Simmons
Richmond
Riverside
Smithville
Columbus
Wharton
Taylor
New Braunfels
Palestine
Dublin
Kerrville
Luling
Paris
Santa Fe Aids Cleburne With Water Supply
Galveston AP report notes Santa Fe Railroad provided water from its private wells to Cleburne after a long dry spell lowered the city water table. City Met official Pete Steiner said one pump was lost. Vice President C. H. Osborn approved the request for Santa Fe water from the railroad’s central Texas shops.
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Galveston
Santa Fe Railroad
Cleburne
Pete Steiner
C. H. Osborn
Railroad
Santa Fe
Texas
Labor Day Poll Schedules Open Retail Merchants Vote
Chamber of Commerce asks West Texas retailers to reaffirm open status for Labor Day after last year’s vote. A telephone survey found Lamesa and Lubbock open this year. Colorado City Sweetwater Big Spring Abilene may close. Ballots target hard and soft line stores with prompt returns for publicity.
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Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
Snyder
Lamesa
Lubbock
Colorado City
Sweetwater
Big Spring
Abilene
Red Bloc backs German peace treaty amid Berlin talks
Moscow reports the Communist Warsaw Pact agreed in a secret Kremlin meeting to sign a German peace treaty with East Germany if needed by year end. The eight nation bloc warned the West delaying any German treaty could worsen the threat of war and would push negotiations with East Germany to secure sovereign rights on land water and air.
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U.S
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Heinrich von Brentano
West Berlin
Germany
Khrushchev
East Germany
Berlin
West
Moscow
Kremlin
Tass
Europe
Kennedy
U. S
Paris
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Albania
Walter Ulbricht
Ulbricht
Cuba Issues New Warning Over Hijacked Planes
Cuba warned it will treat American planes like Cuban aircraft in the United States and urged mutual measures for the return of hijacked vessels. Havana radio cited a note to the Swiss Embassy, with the SV8 patrol boat incident and asylum request at Key West cited as context.
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Key West
Cuba
SV8
Key West Coast Guard
United States
Washington
Havana
Semifinalists Are Selected in Miss Texas Pageant
Ten semi finalists were chosen by judges at a Beaumont pageant. The winner will advance to Miss America in Atlantic City. The list includes Sharon Kayin yard Amarillo, France Annette Cochran Lubbock, Nancy McCelvey Temple, Linda Jacklyn Loftis Fort Worth, Barbara Jane McDaniel El Paso, Mary Louise Irwin Texas City, Barbara Janice Henry Waco, Sally Jo Cathy Beaumont, Beverly Joan Lopez Austin, and Jacqueline Key Kent Houston. Five finalists will be picked from these ten semi finalists.
Weathering a Cool July in Snyder Delays Water Demand
A damp July kept Snyder's temperatures below typical summer levels with rainfall of 3.63 inches and low readings. Officials at the city water treatment plant note unusually light demand for water this summer, though August begins with a dry spell and renewed usage. California?
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Snyder
City
Travis Junior High
Tax negotiators end in draw as talks extend
Texas tax talks between Senate and House experts wrap after two meetings with little progress. Key dispute centers on a proposed gas pipeline tax and an equalization of utility gross receipts tax. House and Senate clash over bills on election runoffs and creating a public fishing pier, plus a new hospital for emotionally disturbed children.
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Joint Conference Committee
Senate
James Turman
Representatives
House
Game and Fish Commission
Port Comfort
Port Lavaca
Texas
State Hospitals Board
Theygim
Princeton Receives 35 Million Anonymous Gift for Wilson School
Princeton University announced an anonymous gift of 35 million dollars to establish a foundation for the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. President Robert F. Goheen said the gift ranks among the largest to a U.S. university and surpasses most endowments.
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Princeton
Princeton University
Robert F. Goheen
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Goheen
Cuba to exchange old money for new commemorative bills
Cuba orders all old currency exchanged by Monday for new Hero of Cuba notes and bans travel from the United States into Cuba Sunday and Monday. The measure aims to curb illicit pesos taken abroad by refugees after Castro's rise to power. Families may exchange up to $200 per period. excess is deposited.
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Havana
Cuba
Naval
Guatanamo Bay
Fidel Castro
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