Schedule Of Events Set For Independence Day Celebration
Independence Day events unfold at Towle Park with a junior fishing rodeo a tennis tournament and Astro-Splashdown. A parade opening ceremonies featuring Felix Jones Omar Burleson and M L Broman precede fireworks and awards with hundreds expected to attend.
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Jaycee
Towle Park Lake
Snyder
Ed Dickerson
Armory
Felix Jones
Chamber of Commerce
M. L. Broman
Omar Burleson
U.S
Fini
Towle Park
Compromise Reached On Cigarette Warning
A congressional compromise mandates warning labels on all cigarette packs stating Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous To Your Health. The FTC is barred from requiring ads warnings before July 1, 1969, with potential future review. Senate and House committees approve but ratification required.
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Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Senate
House
Continental 707 crashes after skid at municipal airport
A Continental Airlines 707 splitting into three sections after skidding off a rain slick runway near Kansas City. Forty injured from a 60 passenger 6 crew nonstop Los Angeles flight. pilots cite water on runway. Military personnel among passengers. no fire reported.
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Kansas City
Continental Airlines
Municipal
Missouri River
Los Angeles
Lee Zerba
Air Force
Jack Moses
Lubbock
Tex
John Naughter
Moses
Bud Jones
McConnell Air Force Base
Kan
Saigon
Jones
Viet Cong ambush at Da Nang leaves Americans dead and planes damaged
In a Da Nang air base hit and run, four Americans and about 50 Vietnamese died as Viet Cong guerrillas attacked while many U.S. personnel slept. U.S. air strikes against North Vietnam followed. Bridges barracks radar sites and propaganda drops were reported. Additional Marines arrived at Qui Nhon as barbed security surrounded the base.
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da Nang
Cheo Reo
Red
Viet Nam
da ‘Nang
U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
Republic of South Viet Nam
New York
Chu Lai
Nang
Oil Firms Plan Merger Ends Pure Oil and Union Oil Battle
A 600 million merger would combine Pure Oil Co into Union Oil Co of California pending stockholder approval in Columbus and Los Angeles. Directors signed the agreement but Pure stockholder J R Parten of Houston opposes terms. Union offers 4 new cumulative convertible preferred stock per Pure share, convertible to 1 3 10 shares of Union common stock.
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Columbus, Ohio
Los Angeles
Pure Oil Co
Union Oil Co
California
Pure Pure
Union
J. R. Parten
Houston
Supersonic Transport Order Issued By LBJ
President Johnson announces a new phase of the U S supersonic transport program with a planned 18 month design and test period. The FAA will contract four manufacturers Boeing Lockheed General Electric and Pratt and Whitney to pursue a commercially viable SST. Johnson praises outgoing FAA administrator Halaby and seeks a 140 million dollar appropriation for the next phase.
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Vern Haugland
Federal Aviation Agency
Washington
William McKee
Johnson
U.S
Great Britain
France
FAA
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Boeing Co
Seattle
Lockheed Co
Burbank
Calif
General Electric Co
Cincinnati
Pratt and Whitney
United Aircraft Corp
East Hartford
Senate Moves to Create Permanent Ethics Panel
In a Baker investigation sequel, the Senate plans a permanent ethics panel with three senators from each party selected. Democrats push delay until Baker probe ends. Republicans accuse cover up and cite McCloskey stadium payments as irregular.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Bobby Baker
Senate
Committee On Standards and Conduct
Mike Mansfield
Baker
Rules Committee
Matthew H. McCloskey
Ireland
Kennedy-Johnson
District of Columbia
McCloskey
Philadelphia
Democratic
Don B. Reynolds
GOP
College proposal count dispute touched off in Scurry County
A state education issue centered on the scholastic count for Scurry County to form a junior college district. Board plans moved after Musgraves noted Browning’s figure and the requirement of 4,500 scholastics for TEA approval.
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Tk Ren
Scurry County
Robert Clinton
Supervn Riet
Echoals
Musgraves
Texas Education Agency
Baker
B. W. Musgraves
Browning
Senate
Cincinnati
Ohio
Austin
Pickens
S.C
California
Lee Arthur Henley
Hobbs
Henley
Katherine Ryan
Chamber of Commerce
Imurder
Girl Receives New Kidney in Major transplant
In New Orleans a team of Tulane University surgeons planned to transplant one of 13 year old Johnnie Gail Honeycutt's kidneys. Her father John Henry Honeycutt and mother awaited in a hospital room as the operation began.
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Denise Winter
el Rosario
Mexico
Murrieta
Calif
New Orleans
Johnnie Gail Honeycutt
Niston
Ala
John Henry Honeycutt
Tulane University
Pace Slowed By Market
New York stocks paused after a two day surge that recovered a quarter of six weeks of losses. By noon the Dow fell 3.52 to 864.51 as trading slowed and fewer issues moved, following a record-pace rally earlier in the week.
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New York
Weather snapshot for Snyder and Texas regions
Readings show Snyder highs near 92 with 68 overnight and 74 at 7 am. North Central and West Northeast Texas stay fair and warm with lows 62 to 76 and highs 90 to 97. Coast sees southeast winds 10 to 20 knots with partly cloudy warm conditions across South Central and Southeast Texas. lows 70 to 80 highs 86 to 100.
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Snyder
Texas
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Rotary Club
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Smetalon
Buford Browning
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