Lubbock Man Is Mishap Victim
Warren W. Griffith 81 of Lubbock died after a Snyder collision with a truck at the traffic circle Sunday night. He had stopped for a stop sign and failed to see the eastbound tanker truck. Griffith previously ran hotels in several Texas towns and is survived by two daughters, two sons, nine grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
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Big Spring
Archie Harold Wyant
Snyder City
Griffith
Cogde Hospital
Bolger Ambulance Service
Lubbock
Mr. Griffith
Snyder
Manhattan
Lamesa
Crowell
Chilicothe
Turkey
Henderson- Wilson Funeral Home
Plane's Crew Still Missing in Vast Pacific Search
A massive fifth day search covers half a million miles of the Pacific for a downed Air Force C124 Globe Master and its nine aboard. Debris sightings are being investigated while distress signals were deemed insignificant, as the crew and Navy escort remain missing after the Wake Island to Honolulu flight.
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Pacific
Wake Island
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Hickam Air Force Base
Johnson resumes White House duties with State of the Union plan
President Johnson returns from a Texas ranch vacation to prepare a broad State of the Union message. He will seek Congress action on civil rights tax cuts and elderly health care and outline his budget aims around 100 billion dollars. He will meet with top aides to map national security and economic priorities.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Congress
Texas
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
McGeorge Bundy
John F. Kennedy
Calif. watchdog William Bartholomae slain in Newport Beach kitchen
Police investigate the murder of multimillionaire William W. Bartholomae at his bayfront Newport Beach home. His brother's wife Carmen Gallardo Bartholomae is jailed on suspicion. sister Minola Gallardo injured. coroner cites multiple stab wounds and possible fingernail scratches. Initial motive unclear.
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Police Today
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William W. Bartholomae
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Minola Gallardo
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Weather forecast for Texas regions with cooler trend
Readings show highs from 47 to 66 across Texas regions. Cooler today with overnight lows generally 22 to 45 degrees. Some areas expect increasing cloudiness Tuesday and a few showers near the coast in the south.
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Snyder
Texas
Northwest
First Auburn Negro Pupil Attends Classes at Auburn
Harold A. Franklin, 31, begins studies in Russian history at Auburn University amid heightened security. He registers without incident, tours Samford Hall, and reports the campus feels routine as four students are suspended for removing warning signs. Police monitor the campus as Franklin settles into housing ordered by a federal judge.
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Ala
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Harold A. Franklin
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Franklin
Associated Press
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Montgomery
Johnson
State University
East
Alabama
Court Hears Report on Towle Pool
Jay Ramsey superintendent of Scurry County parks asked the commissioners to include pool staff salaries in next week’s salary review. He proposed raising pool manager and assistant manager pay from 350 and 275 to 400 and 300 monthly, noting seven day work weeks and about nine hours daily. He cited 28 848 pool admissions last year and 5 415 25 in income from admissions and classes, with pool expenses at 5 910 47 and a minor 49 22 loss. The court chose to keep admissions low. They also voted to seek bids for a three quarter ton pickup for Precinct 2 and a two to two and one half ton truck for Precinct 4.
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Jay Ramsey
Scurry County
Commissioner's Court
Ramsey
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Precinct 4
Car-Truck Crash Claims Houston Man
John Leitch, 45, of Houston died in a collision between his car and a milk transport truck near the Trinity River bridge on U.S. 59 outside Livingston, Texas. He worked for Gulf Oil.
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John Leitch
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Texas
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Pills Kill Boy In Dallas Tragedy
AP reports two year old Larry Brooks died after swallowing about a third of a bottle of pills found in the family home in Dallas. The incident remains under investigation as authorities seek to determine how the child accessed the medicine.
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Dallas
Larry Brooks
Court Affirms Striking Of Segregation Law
The Supreme Court affirmed a district court ruling striking down Louisiana laws enforcing racial segregation at public entertainments and athletic events. The decision upheld a NAACP rights ruling and noted past high court precedents on desegregation. The Court also scheduled arguments for Prince Edward County school desegregation, indicating readiness to hear March 30 on reopening schools next fall.
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Supreme Court
Louisiana
U.S. District Court
New Orleans
NAACP
Victor H. Schiro
District Court
High Tribunal
Special Federal Court
Special Court
Schiro
Lou
Prince Edward County
Prince Edward
U.S. Circuit Court
Justice Department
Robert Y. Button
Virginia
Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court
Button
Wall Sealed End To Berlin Family Reunions
East German officials sealed the Berlin wall ending 17 days of reunions as a record crowd of West Berliners rushed into the Communist zone for visits. The Christmas agreement allowed limited crossings, but the expiry midnight ended the period amid tearful farewells and hopes for renewed talks.
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West
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Free City
Berlin
Johnsons civil rights agenda opens tense 1964 session
Washington AP reports Congress opens amid a charged year with Civil Rights proposals and Johnsons push for a broad civil rights bill, a large tax cut, elderly health care, and poverty programs. House hearings on civil rights begin with a discharge petition possible. Senate and House debate youth jobs, mass transit subsidy, and a domestic peace corps.
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Congress
Johnson
Kennedy
Senate
Mike Mansfield
House Rules Committee
House
Senate Finance Committee
Mansfield
NBC
Ways and Means
Relatives Return With Pres. Johnson
President Johnson was accompanied home to Washington by Texas relatives including his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Huffman Baines and a niece Miss Susan Taylor. Rep Jake Pickle and his wife joined the President on the return, with Pickle newly elected to Congress from Johnson's former district.
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Huffman
Baines
Susan Taylor
Jake Pickle
D-Tex
Pickle
Congress
Houston Man Dies As Home Burns
AP reports Arthur Holliday Jr. 52 died in a blaze that destroyed his single story brick dwelling. His wife Claire 4 escaped the fire unharmed.
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Houston
Arthur Holliday Jr
Claire
Escapee Arrested After Huntsville Break
TYLER AP Charles Arthur, 32, who walked away from the state penitentiary at Huntsville Sunday, was arrested here today. He is serving a life sentence from Houston for armed robbery. Grant Dupree, 30, another inmate serving 30 years for murder from Dallas, is still at large.
Pope Pleads for Christian Unity From Bethlehem
From the birthplace of Christ Pope Paul VI urged world leaders to seek peace and Catholics to revitalize their church while urging non Catholic Christians to join in unity. He spoke from Bethlehem after visiting Jerusalem and Amman on a three day Holy Land pilgrimage.
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Amman
Jordan
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Old City of
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