Suit Charges Bids Fixed On School Buses
Atty Gen Will Wilson filed an anti trust suit in 26th District Court accusing 16 Texas firms and individuals of rigging bids for about 5100 school buses worth 23 million dollars. The filing seeks up to 3.6 million dollars in penalties and covers 1955 to 1961.
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Austin
Will Wilson
Texas
Wilson
26Th District Court
D. B. Wood
Georgetown
State Board of Control
Dallas
Ray Cowan
Gordon K. Allen Co
Austin Sales Co. Inc
Commercial Body Corporation
Superior Coach Sales of Texas, Inc
the Texacoach Co
Transportation Equipment Sales Co. Inc
Hurst Bus Sales Co
Phil Hudson and
Cowan
Transportation Equipment Sales Co
Oneida
Bentley
Austin Sales Co
Blue Bird
Fisk
Stroud
Texacoach Co
Fisk and Stroud
Sale Of Water To Rotan Discussed
Snyder city councilmen and Rotan Water Authority directors met at Snyder City Hall to discuss tentative contracts for selling water to Rotan. No firm commitments were made as work remains. Rotan seeks a permanent supply and a 12 inch line from Snyder to Camp Springs with possible tie-in costs and shared line construction.
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Rotan
Snyder
Rotan Water Authority
Camp Springs
Rotan Group
Homer A. Hunter
Dallas
H. T Fillingim
Bill Hardy W. J. Branch
Joe Burk
John Gray
Emergency Landing At Love Field For AA 707 Jet
An American Airlines Boeing 707 lost hydraulic pressure in the nose wheels and made an emergency landing at Love Field. Five tires blew, the jet skidded off the runway but no injuries were reported. Flight 8 from San Francisco to Dallas was piloted by Capt. W. H. Fleming of Dallas.
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Dallas
American Airlines
Love Field
San Francisco
W. H. Fleming
Cuba Politburo Plea Fails At Punta del Este Conference
At Punta del Este Cuba's Ernesto Guevara failed to sway delegates as the Inter-American Economic Conference approved a 1000 word declaration backing the Alliance for Progress. Cuba abstained waiting for a clear U.S. stance on its membership while amendments to invite Soviet and Red Chinese experts died for lack of support.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
Ernesto Guevara
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Guevara
Cuba
United States
Alliance
U.S
Red
Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon
Weather snapshot for Texas regional temperatures and showers
Readings show 68 degrees at 7 am with 72 in North Central Texas. Northwest and Central areas expect clear to partly cloudy conditions through Thursday with isolated thundershowers. South and Southwest Texas anticipate scattered showers and warm highs reaching the 90s to mid 90s with varied overnight lows.
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Snyder
Texas
Southwest
Berlin travel curbs widen as border blocks mount
East German authorities extend travel restrictions beyond Berlin as West German guards report halted arrival of East Germans at crossings. East Germans on westbound trains are expelled at the border, while freight trains and Western travelers proceed with proper papers. The Soviet commander in Berlin dismisses Western protests as irrelevant.
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Berlin
Western Germany
Germanys
East Germany
Helmstedt
West Germany
Andrei I. Solovyev
East Berlin
West Berlin
German Democratic Republic
Gdr
Republic
Watson
East Ber
Blakely Rites Set Thursday
Wayne Blakely 31 native of Scurry County died Tuesday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Big Spring Funeral services set for 2 p m tomorrow at First Presbyterian Church with Rev R Charles Spivey officiating Burial in Hillside Memorial Gardens Bolger Funeral Home in charge Blakely raised Ira community graduate of Ira High School served in the U S Air Force 10 years retired in 1960 now residing Odessa Survivors include wife Nora daughter Kathy his mother Mrs Herman Blakely Odessa and four brothers R L Blakely Odessa Dale Blakely Pharr Chalmer Delbert Blakely Bakersfield Calif
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Wayne Blakely
Scurry County
Blakely
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
First Presbyterian Church
R. Charles Spivey
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bolger Funeral Home
Ira
Ira High School
U.S. Air Force
Odessa
Nora Blakely
Kathy
Herman Blakely
R. L. Blakely
Dale Blakely
Pharr
Chalmer
Delbert Blakely
Bakersfield
Calif
Windmill Satellite Sends Data From Far Space
Explorer XII, a windmill shaped satellite with four paddle wheels and a magnetometer, began transmitting signals after a Thor Delta launch from Cape Canaveral. NASA tracks its orbit potential to extend to 54,000 miles with passes every 31 hours as scientists study solar radiation effects and space travel hazards.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
Missile Test Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Johannesburg
South Africa
Ascension Island
Santiago
Antofagasta
Chile
Lima
Peru
Woomera
Australia
John W. Townsend
Goddard Space Flight Center
Townsend
Robert Gray
Space Agency
Field Projects
Gray
Brandt Urges Western Action on Berlin Crisis
West Berlin mayor Willy Brandt told a rally of 200000 that Berlin demands action from the West, not words, and urged Western officials to witness the tense border situation at Brandenburg Gate, warning that Communist pressure risks splitting the Allies.
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Brandt
Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
Rhine
West Berlin
Thunderstorms Hit Texas Panhandle and Statewide Showers
Thunderheads formed along the upper coast with scattered showers in the Panhandle overnight as parts of Texas faced more wet weather Wednesday. Tuesday saw widespread storms across the state, some heavy, that diminished by night. A Gra ham area thundershower caused a fire damaging a lumber yard saddle shop and auto body shop for about 100000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Panhandle
Texas
Graham
Somber Berlin under Communist barrier across city
East Berlin police and troops sealed off 80 000 workers from jobs across the line as concrete barriers block Friedrichstrasse. West Berlin crews film the ruins and the Brandenburg Gate. power failures and stalled transport mark a city split by a state border.
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Berlin
NO Man’s Land
Brandenburg Gate
East Berlin
Lynn Heinzerling
People's Army
People's Police
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Board of Control
East
Marienfelde
Snyder City Hall
Cuban
Latin America
By Carl Hartman
Albert Watson II
Solovyev
Lin
West Berin
Konrad Adenauer
West
Africa
Friedrichstrasse
People's
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelmstrasse
Unter den Linden
State Opera
Hitle
Alexanderplatz
Stalinallee
Bern
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