Kennedy Backing for Peace Corps Report Geralds draft stance
President elect John F Kennedy won support for his proposed Peace Corps to aid underdeveloped nations, but the Millikan report opposes exempting corps volunteers from the draft. It recommends a test basis enrollment of a few hundred youths and notes it would not waive military duty. Kennedy also released a housing and urban development plan and a proposal for a Cabinet level department.
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Washington
John F Kennedy
Max Millikan
Center For International Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Millikan
Kennedy
Henry M. Jackson
Georgetown
New York
William Willard Wirtz
Chicago
Adlai FE. Stevenson
Labor Department
Arthur J. Goldberg
Labor
Jackson
Democratic National Committee
White House
Peace Corps
San Francisco
Cary Rites Pending for Jim Bob Cary
Funeral arrangements are pending for 24 year old Jim Bob Cary who died Saturday at 1 30 p m in a Littlefield hospital. He was the son of Earl Cary of Anton with ties to Borden County. Surviving are two sisters Otis Glasscock of Snyder and Jack Reed of Fort Worth and a brother Don Cary of Fort Worth. Bell Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Jim Bob Cary
Littlefield
Earl Cary
Anton
Borden County
Otis Glasscock
Snyder
Jack Reed
Fort Worth
Don Cary
Bell Funeral Home
Civil War Centennial Observance Begins Across Nation
Hundreds gather at Grant's Tomb on the West Side for a four year Civil War centennial commemoration. In Virginia a quiet ceremony marks Gen. Lee's tomb as bells toll nationwide. President Eisenhower urges participation, recalling the war began April 12, 1861 at Fort Sumter.
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Upper West
Manhattan
Grant
Riverside Drive
Columbia University
Virginia
Lexington
Robert E. Lee
Eisenhower
America
P.G.T. Beauregard
Fort Sumter
Charleston
Cubans Seize U S Airdrops Aiding Insurgents
Havana reports two separate drops of weapons from the United States for Cuban insurgents were seized by Castro's militia. The seizures come as Cuba tightens security after the U S break in relations and Swiss protection for U S interests. The sugar harvest looms and mobilization spreads through towns as experts debate the impact on production and trade.
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Havana
U.S
United States
Fidel Castro
Caribbean
Castro
Pinar del Rio
Escambray
Las Villas
Cuba
Eisenhower
Revolucion
Borden County approves no change in alcohol laws
Gail precinct No 1 voted 125 to 62 against legalizing off premises alcohol sales in Borden County. Plains voting box also stayed dry by 79 to 31. One absentee vote favored the dry side.
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GAIL
Borden County
Lamesa
Plains
Parents Of Adopted Boys Slain In Maryland Home
Police say Wayne Dresbach 15, a Southern High School freshman, confessed his role in the double murder of his adoptive parents in their Chesapeake Bay area home near Annapolis. The .22 caliber rifle used was found under a car seat two hours after the shootings.
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Annapolis
H Malone Dreschbach
Washington
Shirley
Chesapeake Bay
Here
Elmer F. Hagner
Dresbach
Hagner
Wayne Dresbach
Southern High School
Lothian
Weather Snyder Temperatures Forecast Across Panhandle
Forecast for Northwest Texas shows Friday high 51 and low 29 with 7 am Saturday reading 4 degrees and 0.08 inch precipitation. Sunday clears then colder with lows near 15 to 24 and highs near 4 to 58 in the north to south regions.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Iorth
Texas Legislature Opens Under Tax Rise Pressure
The 1960s Texas Legislature begins Tuesday amid a $63 million to $91 million deficit and a push for $200 to $300 million in new revenue. Leaders face tax and spending decisions, redistricting, and a tense speakership fight between James Turman and Wade Spilman. The session aims for growth with a moderate Democratic stance and focuses on education, crime, insurance, and state finances.
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Dave Cheavens
Austin
Texas
Price Daniel
Ben Ramsey
House
Associated Press
Hale Aikin
James Turman
Gober
North
Wade Spilman
Me. Allen
Rio Grande Valley
West Plan to Propose International Laos Control Mission
Western powers plan to propose to the Soviet Union a formula for international action to halt the Laotian civil war. Britain will lead the approach to Moscow to revive an international control commission for Laos and work with Premier Prince Boun Oum’s pro American government. The United States released a white paper outlining three ways it can help resolve the crisis and signal willingness to seek Laos neutrality. Britain spearheads reviving the 1954 Geneva commission formed by India Poland and Canada.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Laos
Southeast Asia
Britain
Moscow
International Control Commission
Prince Boun Oum
United States
Boun Oum
U. S
U.S
India
Poland
Canada
Damp Spell Ends as Dry Air Moves In Across Texas
Damp Saturday brought mist drizzle sleet and light snow in the morning. Temperatures stayed in the thirties while roads remained slippery statewide except for El Paso as cooler dry air moved in from the west signaling an end to the moisture.
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Snyder
Texas
Weather Bureau
el Paso
Top Envoy Leaves Cuba
U S Charge d affaires Daniel M Braddock left Havana by air for Miami on Saturday ending almost 60 years of U S Cuban relations The Swiss ambassador Walter Bossi now oversees U S affairs as Braddock and six aides depart Aboard the flight were six American newsmen expelled by the Castro government after overnight detainment without stated reasons
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Havana
U. S
Daniel M. Braddock
Miami
Fla
Switzerland
Msgr
Luis Center
Braddock
Walter Bossi
Kennedy Denies Plan For Kremlin Mission
President elect John F. Kennedy denied plans to send a special emissary to meet Soviet Premier Khrushchev. He said such foreign matters will not be discussed before January 20 and dismissed rumors from weekend conferences with Dean Rusk.
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John M. Bailey
Connecticut
Bailey
Robert F. Kennedy
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Kennedy
David L Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Matthew M. McCloskey
Democratic National Committee
Lawrence
Congress
McCloskey
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Khrushchev
Dean Rusk
Four Mishaps Reported In Two Hour Span In Snyder
Four accidents occurred in a two hour period around noon as misting rain and slick roads challenged drivers. James Green Randle and Santos de la Rosa collided at Avenue F and East Highway. June Garrett and Keith Collier crashed at Forty third Street and Avenue S. Bill Newton reported a jackknife at the traffic circle east of Snyder with no damage. Darrell Tramel and Ophelia Trevey collided at Thirty seventh Street and Avenue S with damages. Police investigated each wreck.
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Snyder
James Green Randle
Route 3
Santos de la Rosa
South Texas
Avenue F
June Garrett
Thirty-seventh Street
Avenue S
Studebaker
Darrell Tramel
Forty-third Street
Ophelia Trevey
Tramel
Trevey
Texas Highway
Will Cleveland
Parade by Ku Klux Klan in Jacksonville
Ku Klux Klansmen in robes and hoods paraded through downtown Jacksonville in a demonstration against a federal court order for integration of recreational facilities. A Klan leader named C. L. Craig of Atlanta said the participants were in town for a meeting, with few Negroes visible and signs touting KKK affiliations on vehicles.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ku Klux
Georgia
North Florida
KKK
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