Fox testimony proper panel charts course
The House investigators on the Sherman Adams case unanimously ruled their public hearing of Adams associate John Fox was proper. Chairman Oren Harris said the panel will next probe Bernard Goldfine as hearings plan slow and contentious. Fox threatened libel suits and predicted Goldfine will resist subpoenaed books and records Wednesday.
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Washington
Sherman Adams
Adams
Boston
John Fox
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Harris
Bernard Goldfine
Fox
Goldfine
Fedal
Eisenhower
Pittsburgh
Harris Committee
Alaska Nearing Statehood After Fight For 42 Years
The Senate approved a bill to admit Alaska as the 49th state by a 64 to 20 vote, ending a 42 year fight. Presidential approval and acceptance by Alaska remain, with statehood granting voting representation, a governor, and the right to elect a president, plus potential tax base from mineral lands.
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Senate
Alaska
United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Monumental Task Still Lies Ahead for Alaska Statehood
Alaska celebrated the Senate passage of statehood with street dances and cheers in Juneau and Sitka. While joy filled the streets, residents faced the challenging work ahead to admit Alaska to the Union, as Fairbanks and Skagway marked the moment with symbolically gold laden scenes and Klondike era nostalgia.
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Senate
Sitka
Alaska
Eisenhower
Fairbanks
Chena
Skagway
Alaska Statehood Vote Sparks Nationwide Celebration
In Anchorage and Fairbanks revelers lit bonfires as Alaska celebrated statehood, though debates persisted on a short term senator and defense withdrawal provisions. Juneau saw protests over constitutional terms while the Senate rejected several amendments to the statehood bill, leaving final votes on immediate statehood, boundaries, and defense powers to come.
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Alaska
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Strom Thurmond
D-Sc
Thurmond
Texas State Song Changes After Alaska Statehood Debate
Fort Worth composer William Marsh says Alaska's statehood challenges the line largest and grandest in the Texas state song Texas Our Texas. He proposes replacing largest with brightest while keeping the chorus and final verses unchanged.
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Fort Worth
William Marsh
Texas
Liverpool
Alaska
Marsh
Gladys Yoakum Wright
Alamo
San Jacinto
Borger Man Dies In SUV Off U S 60 Near Borger
Edward Salver 35 of Borger died when his car failed to negotiate a curve on U S 60 five miles north of Canadian. The vehicle left the road, rolled into a ditch and into a shallow creek bed. Salver was alone and found about two hours later, his Borger address listed as 509 Delaware Street.
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Tex
Edward Salver
Borger
U.S. 60
Panhandle
Salver
Delaware St
Contract Let On Road Job In Snyder Texas
The Texas Highway Department let a contract to Page Bros of San Antonio for widening the Big Spring highway in Snyder to four lanes. The bid was 146 659 dollars, with 100 working days to complete the project from the start date. Work includes grading, structures, and surfacing from Deep Creek bridge south 1.8 miles to the curve near Cogdell Memorial Hospital. The intersection with the hospital road will be reworked. Homer Bay, resident highway engineer, said equipment move to the site will occur in a few days.
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Texas Highway Department
Page Bros
San Antonio
Big Spring
Snyder
Deep Creek Bridge
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Homer Bay
Ray
Lebanon Jet Fighters Renew Attack On Rebel Stronghold
Government jet fighters attacked Druze led rebels near Beirut International Airport as ground forces and irregulars pressed up hills southeast of the capital. Rebels retreated from ranges near Kayfoun while Tripoli saw renewed skirmishes and the American Presbyterian Hospital remained cut off.
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Lebanon
Beirut
Camille Chamoun
Kamal
Jumblatt
Saeb Salam
Basra
Jumblait
Rashid Karami
Tripoli
U.N
Middle East Center For Arab Studies
Kayfoun
American Presbyterian Hospital
Dulles Denounces Blackmail Tactics Over Captives
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States will not pay political blackmail for Americans held in East Germany and Cuban rebel areas. He outlined possible military action only as a last resort and urged UN mediation in Lebanon. He cited over 40 Americans kidnapped by Cuban rebels and noted four Americans held in Red China remain a focus for U.S. diplomacy.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
East Germany
U.S
Lebanon
U.N
Syria
Guantanamo
Sergei Striganov
Moscow
Kremlin
Red China
Big Boom Predicted By Mueller
Frederick H. Mueller asserts the United States faces the greatest period of economic activity ever, with postwar peaks to seem like mole hills compared to forthcoming demand. He spoke at the Milwaukee Rotary Club citing Commerce Department projections and cautioning against economic tailspin talk.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frederick H. Mueller
United States
Mole Hills
More Planes Needed To Spray Hoppers
Agriculture Commissioner John White says more planes are needed to spray grasshoppers in the Panhandle. Aerial and ground spraying may continue two more weeks if weather stays favorable and more equipment is obtained. About 263000 acres of highway and railroad right of way have been approved for spraying in Armstrong Carson Deaf Smith Donley Lipscomb Oldham Potter counties.
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Austin
Panhandle
Agriculture
John White
White
Armstrong
Carson
Deaf Smith
Donley
Lipscomb
Oldham
Potiter
Technical Talks On Nuclear Tests Open In Geneva
East West technical talks on guarding a test ban open in Geneva amid thawed Soviet boycott fears. US insists talks stay technical while politics follow later. Soviet delegation confirms participation after talks between Fisk and Fedorov. Western scientists from Canada France and Britain join. Soviets bring experts from Romania Czechoslovakia and Poland.
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Switzerland
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
International Organizations
Soviet Foreign Office
Geneva
Yevgeni K. Fedorov
A. Sadovsk
Tsarapkin
Berne
United States
U. S
James B. Fisk
Fisk
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Canada
France
Great Britain
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Negro Group To Support Sen Gonzalez
The statewide Negro group’s political action committee endorsed state Senator Henry Gonzalez for governor while giving only token support to U S Senator Ralph Yarborough. The body did not endorse Yarborough or his opponent William Blakley. Members from Houston, Brownsville, Amarillo, and Texarkana attended along with other endorsements for state and local officials.
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Houston
Henry Gonzalez
U.S
Ralph Yarborough
Texas State Assn. of
Texas Assn. of
Yarborough
William Blakley
Dallas
Brownsville
Amarillo
Texarkan
George Nokes
Waco
John White
Edwin Smith
State Supreme Court
Sarah Hughes
Eleven Pacts Signed With Structural Workers
Eleven new contracts were signed by late yesterday as structural steel workers struck across West Texas and parts of Oklahoma New Mexico and Kansas. Two contracts were signed at Borger with no details announced.
Weather Outlook for Texas Through Wednesday
Partly cloudy and warm in East South Central and North Central Texas with scattered mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms. West Texas remains partly cloudy with widespread thunderstorms possible through Wednesday. Readings around 74 to 99 degrees with 72 degree low and 7:30 am report.
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Snyder
Texas
McKinzie Denied New Trial in Lubbock Swindle Case
Judge Sterling Williams denied J. E. McKinzie a new trial in the swindle and theft by false pretext case in 132nd District Court. McKinzie’s bond was set at 5,000 for the appeal, with existing bonds of 10,000 in two other indictments. A jury convicted him last week, sentencing him to four years in the penitentiary.
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J. E. McKinzie
Lubbock
Sterling Williams
132Nd District Court
Pat Beene
McKinzie
Court of Criminal Appeals
Williams
Cuban Rebels Take 4 Americans in Eastern Cuba Raid
Rebels abducted four more Americans at Guaro near Pres ton in Oriente province while 41 other Americans and 3 Canadians remained missing from prior raids. U.S. diplomats sought their release as Raul Castro’s forces held the captives.
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Havana
Cuba
U.S
United Fruit Co
Guaro
Preston
Oriente
Alfred F. Smith
Laconia
N. H
James P. Stephens Jr
Edmond
Okla
Harley F. Sparks
Frankfurt
Ind
Jesse J. Ford
Lakeview
S. C
Moa
Fidel Castro
Park Wellam
Santiago
Castro
Navy
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