Bids Sought Oct 6 for Lake Reservoir near Robert Lee
Colorado River Municipal Water District set October 6 to receive bids for a 488000 acre foot reservoir near Robert Lee. It approved selling 30 million dollars in revenue bonds and awarded contracts for rip rap rock and power line relocation. A lease of 30 acres to Coke County for an air landing strip was also approved.
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Big Spring
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Robert Lee
Standard and Poore
CRMWD
New York
Fred McCabe
West Texas Utilities
Coke County
Mrs. Bertie Smith 91 Dies in Arlington Home
Mrs. Bertie Smith, 91, died at 2 30 a.m. in the Eastern Star Home Arlington widow of Ben F. Smith founder of Scurry County Times She helped edit several publications and operated papers in Wallis Stinnett Snyder and other towns Services set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Bell Seale Funeral Home with Rev Leo K Gee officiating Burial in Snyder Cemetery Survivors include sister Mrs W T Brown Wallis son Albert Smith Big Spring two grandchildren and five great grandchildren
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Bertie Smith
Eastern Star
Arlington
W. T. Brown
Wallis
Albert Smith
Big Spring
Red Guards in China Issue Ultimatum to Minor Parties
A Tokyo dispatch reports teenagers calling themselves Red Guards roamed Chinese cities in a campaign against opposition to Mao Zedong. The group allegedly gave eight allied minor parties 72 hours to dissolve or face action, as per a Japanese correspondent.
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Tokyo
Red
China
Mao Tze- Tung
Weather forecast by region across Texas
The report outlines temperatures and precipitation across Texas regions. It notes highs ranging from the 60s to 90s, lows from the 40s to 70s, and periods of considerable cloudiness with scattered showers or thundershowers today and Thursday, varying by region.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
Johnson urges restraint on wage and price rises
President Johnson appealed to capital and labor to keep wage and price increases within reasonable bounds. He noted 1960 figures of prices up 10 percent, wages 17 percent, and profits 83 percent, and ordered an inquiry into rising medical costs. He warned about transportation costs and said more on inflation would come after Congress acts on appropriations.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Labor Department
Congress
Helicopters Aid Flood-Stricken West Texas and New Mexico
Army and Air Force helicopters delivered food water and medicine to Dell City Texas and Carlsbad New Mexico while 24 residents were rescued from rooftops. Deluges of 8 to 11 inches caused crops losses and 1 death was reported as floodwaters receded. Authorities evacuated hundreds from Dell City Salt Flat and Lakewood areas as highways reopened east of El Paso and a stranded convoy faced washouts.
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Army
Air Force
West Texas
New Mexico
el Paso
Carlsbad
N.M
Ft. Bliss
Dell City
Tex
Reese Air Force Base
Lubbock
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Weather Bureau
Pecos
Carls
Joe Little
National Guard
KPBM
U.S
New Mexico Line
Guadalupe
Hueco
Salt Flat
Generals Quit Crisis in West German Rift
A third general asked to be retired as a dispute between West German military leaders and the Defense Ministry deepens. Maj. Gen. Guenther Paper opposed a union access decision, and Gen. Heinz Trettner joined in protest while Lt. Gen. Werner Panitzki was suspended for criticizing the government. The affair raises tensions between the armed forces and Chancellor Ludwig Erhard's cabinet.
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Bonn
Germany
Defense Ministry
Guenther
Defense
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Ludwig Erhard
Heinz Trettner
Sayng
von Hassel
Public Services and Transport Workers Union
Trettner
Air Force
Werner Panitzki
Panitzki
Encephalitis Spreads Across Texas
AP reports confirmed encephalitis cases from the Panhandle to the Gulf Coast. Dallas receives massive aerial spraying as five cases erupt near Amarillo and three in Plainview. A death occurs near Amarillo and another in Dallas as 89 cases are counted.
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Dallas
Texas
Panhandle
Gulf of Mexico
Amarillo
Plainview
Tulsa
Air Force
Panel Approves Harsh Penalties on Anti War Activities
The House Un American Activities Committee unanimously approved a bill to impose stiff criminal penalties on anti Viet Nam war groups. The measure, amended by the subcommittee, now moves to the House for swift passage though Senate fate is uncertain. Rep. Joe Pool, sponsor, said he will remain to push the bill.
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Oks
Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
United States
Viet Nam
Edwin E. Willis
House
Senate
Charles L. Weltner
D-Ga
George F. Senner Jr
D-Ariz
U.S
Ramsey Clark
Joe R. Pool
Texas
Pool
Rainy Spell Brings Rain to Snyder Area
Unseasonably cool conditions spread across the Southwest as a rainy spell moved into Snyder with localized showers. Heaviest totals were near Helmleigh at one inch, while Ira reported .85 inches and Dunn .80. Snyder and Fluganna measured .60 each as temps dipped to mid fifties.
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Southwest
Snyder
West Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Helmleigh
Ira
Dunn
Fluganna
Thousands Join Parade In Fifth Avenue March
In New York thousands joined the Veterans of Foreign War parade along Fifth Avenue as night fell. About 15 000 VFW members and 2 000 armed forces participated, with six hours of marching and complaints about drums and bugles from police stations and City Hall. An 11 p.m. curfew was in question according to a VFW spokesman.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Cty Hall
City Hall
VFW
Encephalitis Death Toll Rises Across Japan This Year
Tokyo reports 384 deaths from encephalitis this year out of 1616 recorded cases across Japan, highlighting a severe health toll and ongoing outbreak concerns.
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Tokyo
Japan
Leathernecks Attack Red Camp Near Da Nang
U S Marines assault a Communist training camp 20 miles southwest of Da Nang engaging guerrillas and North Vietnamese regulars. Reports say 211 enemy killed, 44 Communist dead found, and 100 buildings plus rice stores burned. Additional clashes occur along infiltration routes near the DMZ with 17 enemy killed and 150+ casualties claimed. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is airlifted into Phuoc Tuy Province to pursue Viet Cong. Air and naval strikes in North Vietnam target coastal facilities after 86 missions.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Victor Ohanesian
New York City
North
173Rd Airborne
Phuoc Tuy
Viet Nam
Air Force
Navy
Tonkin Gulf
Military Expects New Offensive In South Viet Nam
U S commanders assess that North Vietnamese forces suffered setbacks but regroup for a central highlands drive before the monsoon ends. Hanoi routes troops via Laos and the DMZ as Washington counts on a potential September surge to disrupt South Viet Nam’s elections. Five regiments operate in the Chu Pong Mountains near the border.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Laos
Demilitar
South
Viet Nam
U.S
Chu Pong
Cambodia
Central Plateau
Hawthorne
Paul Revere
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Mrs. Smith
Varto
Turkey
Istanbul
LBJ
West
THE
Associated Press
Ble
Lakewood
Dan River
Guadalupe Mountains
26Th Marines
Seventh Fleet
al Poll
By Carl P. Leabsdorf
Snyder Area
Peter Arnett
Ted
4Th Marine Regiment
Cam Lo River
Dong Ha
Demilitarized Zone
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