Kennedy shifts to voluntary farm controls in new plan
President Kennedy proposed voluntary farm production controls to replace mandatory limits for feed grains and milk, while keeping some existing laws. He forecast annual federal costs cut by 300 to 500 million dollars, with no price tag attached to the plan. The move aims to balance surplus output with demand, though critics warn of insufficient relief.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
U.S
American Farm Bureau Federation
Texas Senate weighs three loan shark bills in bid to curb abuses
The Senate Banking Committee reviewed three bills by Sens. Kennard Reagan and Cole to regulate high interest lending in Texas. The measures set sliding rates up to $3,000 with caps at $800, $200, or $100 and include default and insurance charges. Cole touts tighter rules than Reagan, Spears noting stricter provisions than Reagan’s proposal.
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Austin
Senate Banking Committee
Texas
Don Kennard
Fort Worth
Bruce Reagan
Corpus Christi
Criss Cole
Houston
Cole
Reagan
Kennard
House
Senate
Galloway Calhoun
Tyler
W. T. Moore
Bryan
Franklin Spears
San Antonio
U S Urges Nuclear Defense For Canada
The United States urged Canada to equip defense forces with nuclear weapons to counter the Soviet bomber threat. Washington said NORAD and NATO defenses must rely on nuclear capable systems, while Ottawa faced domestic debate and political reaction.
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Washington
United States
John G. Diefenbaker
Canada
Soviet Union
State Department
Ottawa
U.S
NORAD
Diefenbaker
Social Credit Party
Robert Thompson
Lester B. Pearson
Liberals
Douglas Harkness
American Mission To Congo Arrives in Leopoldville
A six member U S mission led by Harlan Cleveland arrives in Leopoldville to discuss stanching an economic hemorrhage and a cutback in U N military strength after Katanga Province session. The group faces runaway inflation shortages uneven growth and smuggling that drain central finances.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
U.S
Congo
Harlan Cleveland
U.N
Katanga
World Organization
United States
Deadline Approaches for Poll Tax Payments
The tax assessor's office braces for a late rush as the poll tax deadline arrives. The office remains open while people stay, with 3136 poll taxes paid by noon and 977 exemptions issued.
College panel reviews district figures on junior college plan
Six school districts submitted data at a work session for a proposed junior college district. The chairman said figures on scholastic population senior class enrollment tax valuations and bonded indebtedness will be compiled for Snyder Fluvanna Ira Hermleigh Roscoe and Roby districts with two others declined for now. The committee will use the data to better assess the proposal and plan another session.
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Badger Robertson
Snyder
Fluvanna
Ira
Hermleigh
Roscoe
Roby
Borden County
Hobbs
Robertson
Weather wrap for Texas Wednesday to Friday
Fragmented forecast notes for multiple Texas regions. Temperatures range from the mid 20s to mid 60s with varying cloud cover. Winds light to moderate, with drizzle and fog in southeast areas and partly cloudy conditions elsewhere.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Drigge
Foser
North
South
Tesas Lear
Jim South
Britain Moves To Strengthen Trade Ties With EFTA
London reports Britain's first step toward expanding world trade after Brussels talks fell through. Prime Minister Macmillan planned a meeting with Denmark's Jens Otto Krag in London to discuss boosting EFTA and possible changes in trade policy.
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London
Britain
Brussels
Harold Macmillan
Jens Otto Krag
Denmark
European Free Trade Association
EFTA
Krag
Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
Times of London
United States
GATT
Geneva
Commonwealth
Meredith Registers for Second Semester at Ole Miss
At Ole Miss in Oxford Mississippi James H Meredith began registering for his second semester amid tight security. Military police patrolled the campus while Meredith checked in at his dormitory and moved to the registration area escorted by federal marshals and campus police. A second possible entrant Dewey Roosevelt Greene was reported to arrive with an attorney.
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Oxford
Miss
James H. Meredith
University of
Meredith
University
Barnes ‘Tatum
John D. Williams
Dewey Roosevelt Greene
Greenwood
Mississippi Vocational College
Greene
W All and
Jackson
J. H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Mothers March Slated Tonight in Snyder
The annual Mothers' March for the March of Dimes will be conducted in Snyder this evening from 6 to 9. Residents are asked to leave porch lights on to guide contributors while march workers call. Headquarters are at the Snyder National Bank community room.
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Snyder
Snyder National Bank
Travis Band Director I Named From Sudan
Jerry L. Pickens of Sudan is named band director at Travis Junior High School replacing Bill Green who left for Andrews High School. Pickens directed Sudan High School Band, studied at Texas Tech and served three years in the Army Band at San Antonio. He and wife Carol will reside at 305 Twenty-seventh Street and attend the Baptist Church.
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Jerry L. Pickens
Sudan
Travis
T. E. McCollum
Pickens
Bill Green
Andrews High School
Levelland
Texas Tech
Tech
Fourth Army Band
San Antonio
Carol
Twenty - Seventh Street
The
Baptist Church
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Sam Sheppard
Columbus
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U. S
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Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Zsa Zsa
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