Miss 1964 Born Here in Scurry County
Leisa Michell Rayburn weighing 5 pounds 12 ounces arrived Thursday at Cogdell Hospital as Scurry County’s first baby of the new year. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rayburn of Hermleigh with maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Davis of Hermleigh. Doctor John Raines recorded birth time at 1 36 PM and Snyder merchants offered prizes for the first 1964 infant including blankets dinners diapers gifts and theater passes.
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Scurry County
Leisa Michell Rayburn
Cogdell Hospital
Bill Rayburn
Route 12
Hermleigh
John Davis
John Raines
Leisa
Snyder
Three Men Charged in Sinatra Kidnapping Case
A federal grand jury indicted John William Irwin Barry Worthington Keenan and Clyde Joseph Amsler on six counts each including kidnapping conspiracy and ransom payments. Irwin arrested December 13 near San Diego and the trio await arraignment Monday after a swift, formal proceeding.
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Los Angeles
Frank Sinatra Jr
John William Irwin
FBI
Irwin
Barry Worthington Keenan
Clyde Joseph Amsler
Johnsons Budget Aims For One Hundred Billion In 1965
President Johnson proposes a 1965 budget near 100 billion dollars with a target to reduce red ink from current levels. He cites unavoidable congressional increases and forecasts revenues over 90 billion, aiming for a deficit under 10 billion. Postmaster Gronouski and Robert Weaver discuss savings and a broad housing bill.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
White House
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
John A.gronouski
LBJ
Gronouski
Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Federal Housing Administration
Gibson Girl radio raises hope for downed plane crew
In Honolulu AP reports a hand cranked Gibson Girl transmitter shaped like an hour glass gave renewed hope to searchers scouring the Pacific. The signals pinpointed a roughly 750 nautical mile west of Hawaii area where the C124 Globemaster crew eight Air Force men and a sailor are believed adrift.
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Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
Air Force
Pacific
Hawaii
Rail Mishap Kills Arizona Crewmen
Four members of a railroad maintenance crew were killed when a Santa Fe freight train struck two handcars near Seligman Arizona. A third handcar was unharmed as the train rounded a curve in a mountain cut about 100 yards from the impact point.
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Seligman, Ariz
Santa Fe
Seligman
Arizona
Yavapai County
Lee Inscoe
Distressed Boat Towed To Safety Near Sabine Pass
A fishing vessel towed a sinking craft to safety 27 miles south southwest of Sabine Pass near the Louisiana Texas border. The event occurred off Saline Pass as the Three G's secured the distressed boat in tow.
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Saline Pass
Tex
Sabine Pass
Louisiana-Texas
Soviets Propose World Pact to Renounce Use of Force
In London talks, Greek and Turkish Cypriots agreed to join Britain Greece and Turkey for a late month conference to end fighting on Cyprus. Archbishop Makarios and Fazil Kutchuk agreed to send representatives as Duncan Sandys notes possible problems and a peace committee will draft constitutional revisions.
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Alex Efty
Nicosia
Cyprus
Britain
Greece
Turkey
London
Island
Makarios
Fazil Kutchuk
Commonwealth
Duncan Sandys Sandys
Prime Minster
Alec Douglas-Homel
Sandys
Mediterranean
Air Force officer who aided yellow fever relief dies in Denver
Former Maj. John R. Peacock 42 died of heart attack in Denver. Peacock earned Costa Rica 1951 gold medal for ferrying doctors and serum by helicopter to fight disease, and aided survivors in Belem 1952. A Wisconsin native and Missouri alumnus, he served at Albrook Panama Keesler March and Lowry before retiring November 30. Requiem high mass set for Tuesday. burial Ft. Logan National Cemetery.
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Denver
Air Force
Costa Rica
Panama
Nicaragua
John R. Peacock
Peacock
Belem
Wisconsin
University of Missouri
Lowry Air Force Base
Albrook Afb
Keesler Afb
Miss
March Afb
Calif
Ft. Logan National Cemetery
Exiled Cuban Group Files Grim Allegations With OAS
The Cuban Judicial Association in exile says it sent the Organization of American States a list of 278 alleged acts of aggression or subversion by Fidel Castro's Cuban government against Latin American nations.
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Miami, Fla
Cuban Judicial Association
Lx Life
Organization of American States
Fidel Castro
US studies Khrushchev world peace pact proposal
Top US officials began a careful study of Khrushchev's reported plan for a worldwide pact to peacefully settle territorial disputes. The proposal was sent in messages Thursday to President Johnson and other world leaders as Secretary of State Dean Rusk commented.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Washington
Johnson
Dean Rusk
U.S
Rusk
Texas
United States
West Germany
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Continent Grain Wins U S Export Subsidy for Durum Wheat
The Agriculture Department approves Continental Grain Co subsidy for 12 862 500 bushels of Durum wheat from surplus stocks to be sold to the Soviet Union at 2 50 a bushel fob on the East Coast with a total subsidy around 9 314 000 dollars. Subsidy rates are higher than other wheat classes and shipments will occur January through April.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Continental Grain Co
Soviet Union
High Department
Continental
East Coast
John F. Kennedy
New York Faces Large Junked Auto Problem
The city records 13 600 abandoned cars last year and explores dumping derelicts into the Atlantic near Long Island to create artificial wrecks for fish. Commissioner Frank J. Lula of the Department of Sanitation said the idea may be studied if scrap prices rise and the plan could bring leach and C O D concerns.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island
Frank J. Lula
Department of Sanitation
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Partly cloudy conditions across North Central, Northeast, Northwest, South Central, Southeast and Southwest Texas. Cooler tonight and Saturday with lows generally in the 20s to 40s and highs from the upper 40s to mid 60s. Light rain possible in parts of the south tonight and Saturday. winds 10 to 20 knots along the coast shifting to north late.
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Snyder
Texas
Formight
GOP Nomination Hopefuls Set for Debate and Decision
In Phoenix an opening clash looms as Nelson Rockefeller returns to New Hampshire to confront Barry Goldwater who plans to announce his candidacy. Goldwater could enter the March 10 New Hampshire primary while Rockefeller eyes a renewed bid and possible debates with opponents.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
New Hampshire
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Hugh Gregg
Rockefeler
Gregg
Sen. Goldwater
Portsmouth
Young Republican Club
Concord
Senate
San Francisco
Len Barry Goldwater
America
Senar Goldwater
Robert
Pickre
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Lisa
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Thompson's Cleaners
Johnson & Johnson
Stinson Drug
Lad and
Lassie
Snyder Daily News
Leisa Michelle Rayburn
Sinatra
Pepe
United Nations
Tass
Formosa
Taiwan
People’s Republic of
OAS
US Studies
By John M. Hightower
A.P
OVIDA
Martin AP
Russia
Department
GOP
New York City
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