July 4 Art Show Opens In Towle Park
Artists may enter up to four paintings per division at Scurry County Barn Towle Park from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday July 3. Divisions include landscapes still lifes portraits and contemporary with senior and junior classes. Entry is 1 for adults 50c for juniors 25c to exhibit only. Judging starts 8:30 a.m. Monday with public voting and paintings remain on display until 4 p.m. July 4.
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Towle Park
Scurry County
Joy McGlain
Melvin Lee
Britons Divide Over Debates on Viet Nam War Policy
In London the Labour government refuses an emergency Viet Nam debate as rifts widen within Prime Minister Harold Wilson's party. More than 100 Labour and Liberal MPs press for a full debate next week on U S policy in Southeast Asia while government leaders resist.
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London
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Wilson
Viet Nam
U.S
Laborite
Herbert Bowden
House of Commons
Baird Loan Approved for 12 Low Rent Homes
The Housing and Urban Development Department approved a $173,659 loan for Baird Texas to build 12 low rent homes, including 10 for the elderly.
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Washington
Housing and Urban Development Department
Baird, Tex
Raids Expand to New Fuel Targets Across North Vietnam
U S pilots attacked the Dong Nham fuel depot near Hai Phong containing about 14 000 metric tons as part of a wider air campaign aimed at starving the Viet Cong of fuel. Ground forces reported heavy fighting near Saigon and An Loc with nearly 300 enemy killed. Three U S jets accidentally dropped anti personnel bombs on a village, killing five civilians and wounding 41. A pilot from an F 105 was rescued after ejecting northwest of Dong Hoi in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Andrew Borowiec
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Dong Nham
Haiphong
An Loc
Bien Hoa
Viet Nam
Hanoi
United States
Constellation
North Vietnamese Panhandle
17Th Parallel
Gulf of Tonkin
Dong Hoi
North Viet Nam
Weather snapshot for Texas regions with temps and showers
Snyder reports a 7 am reading of 75 degrees with high 90 and low 67. North Central Texas stays warm with scattered storms tonight and Saturday, while Northeast Texas enjoys partial cloudiness and late showers. Northwest Texas stays warm with isolated storms, Coast sees variable winds, and South Central to Southeast Texas expect warm, showerier conditions.
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Snyder
Texas
Northwest
France Withdraws From NATO Military Commands
Paris AP France pulls out of NATO military commands with 2000 plus officers and enlisted personnel leaving integrated posts. France says its 72000 troops in West Germany no longer under NATO command while remaining in the alliance. Evacuations begin as bases move off French soil by next April affecting about 28009 U.S. troops with advance units already departing Evreux.
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Joseph E. Dynan
PARIS
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Charles de Gaulle
West Germany
NATO
Europe
de Gaulle
U.S
Evreux
England
Dominican Elects Balaguer as President in tense inauguration
In Santo Domingo Joaquin Balaguer, 59, is sworn in as president in a ceremony attended by diplomats amid tightened security after leftist disturbances. US Vice President Hubert Humphrey pledged cooperation as troops withdraw after the 1965 crisis and the reintegration of rebel units is ordered.
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Robert Berrellez
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
National Congress
Fye
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S
Humphrey
Balaguer
Rafael Trujillo
Trujillo
Johnson Warns on Viet Nam War Aims and Talks
President Johnson declares the U S will stay in Viet Nam until an honorable peace is negotiated and warns that air raids will continue in North Viet Nam as long as Communist leaders refuse to talk. He offers to meet with North Vietnamese leaders with no agenda or commitments to end the fighting. The U N Security Council is told of bombings near Hanoi Haiphong to slow infiltrations and Geneva talks are urged to reconvene.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Johnson
Hanoi
United States
Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
South
U.N. Security Council
Haiphong
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
Baghdad Quiet Returns After Brief Coup Attempt
Reports from Beirut say Baghdad is quiet again as rebels failed to topple President Abdel Rahman Aref. Rebel MIG jets bombed the presidential palace and tanks advanced on the radio station, with heavy fighting and arrests including former premier Aref Abdel Razzak and former interior minister Sobhi Abdel Hamid.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Baghdad
Abdel Rabhman Aref
Aref Abdel Razzak
Sobhi Abdel Hamid
Arab Nationalist Movement
Baghdad Radio
Hope Fades For Surveyor 1 On Moon Mission
Pasadena California AP experts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory report Surveyor 1 has not replied to two command signals. The 629 pound craft stopped transmitting during the two week lunar night when temperatures dropped to 260 degrees below zero. Despite hope fading, scientists will continue attempts to revive the camera on the moon showing over 10 000 pictures taken after the first successful soft landing.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyor
United States
Moon
Lunar Explorer Aims for First Moon Orbit
Lunar Explorer lifted off from Cape Kennedy at 12 02 pm EDT toward a 246 000 mile 74 hour flight to reach lunar orbit. The three stage Delta rocket tested solar wind impact and shielding by magnetic tail, aiming 800 to 4 000 mile high oval orbit around the moon with a 10 hour period.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Cape Knnedy
Lunar Explorer
America
Russia
Moon
Lunar
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Application Filed For Victor Bank
An application to organize the First National Bank of Victor in Orange County has been filed with Norman R. Dunn regional administrator of national banks. Patrick Talmadge Peyton Jr. of Beaumont named as agent. proposed capital 250000 dollars, surplus 150000 dollars and undivided profits 100000 dollars.
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Dallas
First National Bank of
Victor
Orange County
Norman R. Dunn
National Banks
Patrick Talmadge Peyton Jr
Beaumont
Slim Willett Dies in Abilene Radio Owner Was Songwriter
Winston Moore age 47 died of a heart attack. He wrote the hit song Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes under the stage name Slim Willett. Moore owned Radio KCAD in Abilene.
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Abilene
Winston Moore
Slim Willett
Moore
KCAD
Florida Tornado Watch Issued Amid Tropical Low Drift
A large tropical low with torrential rains prompted a tornado watch across parts of north and central Florida and southeast Georgia. Severe storms with large hail and damaging winds were forecast as the system moved north at 5 to 10 mph. Jacksonville recorded heavy rainfall up to 7 inches overnight and 9.86 inches in 24 hours, with flooding in several areas.
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Miami AP
Florida
Georgia
Jacksonville
Vero Beach
Weather Bureau
U. 5
Apalachicola
Fla
Savannah
Florida Keys
Tampa Bay Area
Massive Medicare Plan Begins Today Across Nation
The Medicare hospital insurance for 19 million seniors starts at 12:01 a.m. with 17.3 million opting for optional doctor-bill coverage at $3 monthly. About 6,714 hospitals open to insured patients, 91 percent of general hospitals nationwide, though participation is lower in the South. Federal hospitals may treat critically ill Medicare patients in emergencies as gaps persist. Desegregation pressure is cited as a factor in improving Southern participation.
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Washington
Johnson
Public Health Service
South
Medicare
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Baird
Robert McNamara
Pentagon
Kinh Khe
Defense Department
Organization of American States
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Luis Carlos Tejada Gonzales
LBJ
Nebraska
Tokyo
Nakano
Howard Benedict
Victor Bank
Mississippi
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