187th Independence Day Celebrations Across the Nation
The United States marks its 187th Independence Day with fireworks parades and family outings. Kennedy endorses bells tolling at 1 pm for four minutes. events span Washington Monument grounds Mount Vernon and Philadelphia Liberty Bell. NAACP rally in Chicago and naval displays in New York highlight the day.
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Kennedy to seek action to avert railroad strike
Labor Secretary Wirtz tells Kennedy a nationwide rail walkout may force emergency congressional action. Negotiations with five unions collapse as July 11 work rules loom. Kennedy warned final deadline July 10 could trigger new legislation to protect the public.
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Johnson urges action over talk on civil rights at Independence Hall
In Philadelphia Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson calls for immediate progress to implement the Declaration and Constitution for all Americans. He rejects prolonged debates on equality and urges responsible leadership to advance the nation’s ideals.
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Soviets Charge China Meddling Ahead of Moscow Talks
Moscow accuses Chinese Communists of slander and meddling as talks in Moscow approach. The Soviet central committee denounces a June letter attacking Khrushchev and distributing it in Moscow, expelling Chinese diplomats and civilians. Khrushchev calls for global worker unity but warns against foreign interference.
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Traffic Toll Near Normal During Independence Holiday
Early in the four day Fourth of July period traffic deaths ran near normal with a projected toll of 550 to 650 by midnight Sunday. The National Safety Council noted 25 deaths by 6 p.m. Wednesday including a Butler Pennsylvania family of six killed in a head on crash on Pennsylvania 38 north of Pittsburgh.
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Rites Today For Infant Miller Jr at Snyder Cemetery
Graveside rites for Jerry Dwain Miller Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs Miller of Rotan will be conducted at 2 p.m. at Snyder Cemetery under Bell Funeral Home. Dr Jimmie Nelson of Colonial Hills Baptist Church will officiate. The infant died shortly after birth at Cog dell Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his parents and grandparents Virgil James Kerrville E F Miller Guthrie.
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Surprise Stork Delivers Baby After Nine Months
Fort Lauderdale woman unknowingly carried a baby for nine months. Mrs. John Connor, 30, went to the hospital with stomach pains mistaken for appendicitis and was wheeled into the emergency room where a seven–pound boy was born on Tuesday. The couple, married seven years with no children, says they had no idea this would happen.
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Kennedy weighs Khrushchev offer on test ban and pact
President Kennedy weighs a Soviet proposal for a partial atom test ban and a NATO nonaggression pact. Officials say the two items may not be a package but the exact link remains unclear. Harriman will probe Moscow July 15 as US and Britain push a comprehensive ban with underground exemptions.
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Weather notes for Snyder and nearby areas
Temperatures reach 66 degrees high with a low around 05 reading at 7 am. Today predicts 72 in Texas with clear to partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers.
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De Gaulle Begins Two Day Visit to Bonn Germany
President Charles de Gaulle arrives in Bonn for a two day visit to discuss West German policy alignment with the United States amid Kennedy’s recent triumphal trip. Adenauer and Erhard greet de Gaulle as officials emphasize business over spectacle at Wahn Airport. The three leaders issue a communique backing a unified Europe with Britain tied to the United States and NATO as Western defense’s core.
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Prisoner Kills Three in Hospital Escape Bid
In Marianna Florida the armed prisoner Melvin Allen Weaver 23 serving life for armed robbery killed Deputies J J McCrary and Alan Finch and bystander Hubert Mayo during a hospital escape. Weaver overpowered deputy Alan Creel, seized a firearm, and shot Finch. Weaver fled with three other prisoners toward Georgia after the breakout at Memorial Hospital.
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Iraq Crushes Communist Revolt at Rachid Camp
Damascus AP dispatch says Iraq reports only one soldier killed and two officers wounded in a bid to seize the Rachid army camp Iraqs largest arsenal The camp also hosts a prison for Communists detained after the Baath Socialist overthrow of Kassem last February
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