Nevada H-bomb type device detonated at Yucca Flat
CAMP MERCURY Nev AP A 100 kiloton underground blast dubbed Project Sedan marked the first disclosed nuclear composition at the Nevada test site 65 miles north of Las Vegas. It aimed to study peaceful earth moving uses while signaling resumed underground testing after 1958 moratorium with aerial tests planned.
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Camp Mercury
Nev
United States
Yucca Flat
Nevada
Las Vegas
Oklahoma Officials Admit Payments Tied to Estes Cotton Deals
Two McIntosh County Agriculture Department employees admitted accepting 1640.80 dollars from an Estes agent to steer cotton allotments from Oklahoma to Texas. They resigned, testified they passed money to an Estes associate, and faced questions from Senator McClellan amid a broader Estes inquiry.
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Washington
McIntosh, Okla
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Oklahoma
Texas
Louis M. Dumas
Arthur Foster
Estes
George Norris Jr
Eufala
Dumas
Estes Land
Parnell E. Biggerstaff
McClellan
Stone
Biggerstaff
Alphonse Calabrese
Subcommittee
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Calabrese
McIntosh County
Boothe Rites Set Today for James Madison Boothe Sr
Funeral services for James Madison Boothe Sr. 70, of Snyder were planned at 2:30 p.m. at the Fast Side Church of Christ with Richard Williams and Ray Bailey officiating. Burial followed in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Funeral Home direction. Surviving are his wife Ella Parks, two sons J. M. Jr. of Hereford and Vestal M. of Snyder, a sister in Lubbock, and four grandsons.
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James Madison Boothe
Boothe
Forty-second Street
Tioga
Tex
Ella Parks
Scurry County
Boothes
San Angelo
Snyder
Fast Side Church
Willie Toombs
Lubbock
F. J. Ficke
Jesse Mize
Gearld Ramage
J. B. Hollerg
John Floyd
Wallace Floyd
Snyder banks post higher deposits and loans
Federal Comptroller of Currency and State Banking Commission release shows Snyder banks with deposits totaling 21,904,265.43 and loans 10,519,349.47 as of June 30, up from a year earlier. Snyder National Bank reports 14,082,572.46 in deposits and 7,031,499.36 in loans while West Texas State Bank shows 7,821,672.97 deposits and 3,487,850.11 loans.
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Federal Comptroller of Currency
State Banking Commission
Snyder
Snyder National Bank
West Texas State Bank
Oran Violent Shootings Forge Civil Tension Amid Algeria Crisis
In Oran shooting erupts again causing panic in the European quarter and a curfew as factions clash. Reports say a Moslem extremist group fired while Europeans sought cover. a flag dispute sparked the latest violence. Mediation efforts by Arab League envoy Tewfick El Medani and Cairo talks aim to ease a power split between Ben Khedda and Ben Bella.
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Andrew Borowiec
Algiers
Oran
Algeria
Arab League
Cairo
Mohammed Yazid
Secret Army
Paris
Tewfick el Medani
Youssef Ben Khedda
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Ben Khedda
Medani
Nasser
United Arab Republic
New Auto Insurance Rates Set by Texas Board
The Insurance Board announced tentative rates for liability auto insurance in Texas. The safe driving plan ends August 1, raising costs for ticketless drivers by about 6.4 percent while those with accidents or tickets save money. example Class 1A may drop from 128 to 50 dollars annually.
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Austin
Joe Eddins
Eddins
Texas mutual group calls merit plan abandonment in public interest
The Texas Association of Mutual Insurance Agents announced that the Insurance Board acted in the public interest by dropping the merit rating plan. It urged rates to be paid less and cited a survey showing strong opposition to the safe driving plan.
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Austin
Texas Association of Mutual Insurance Agents
Insurance Board
Sugar Lobby Probe Slated By Senate Panel
A Senate subcommittee will probe foreign influence on sugar legislation lobbying. Kennedy calls the lobby unfriendly. figures show lobbyists were paid over 500000 by foreign governments. Dodd will head the inquiry, with Eastland approving.
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Washington
A_ Senate
Kennedy
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
James ©. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Com
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Senate
Dominican Republic
Weather sketch shows warm, clearing Texas weekend forecast
The Associated Press reports warm temperatures and clear to partly cloudy skies across Texas with a weak cool front dipping across Northwest Texas bringing light rain to the western South Plains. A tornado funnel was sighted near Shamrock but did not touch ground. By Friday morning clouds lingered in the northwest while Lubbock recorded a light shower and temperatures ranged from 66 at Darhart to 61 at Galveston.
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Associated Press
Texas
South Plains
U.S. Weather Bureau
Shamrock
Panhandle
Lubbock
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Palacios
Darhart
Galveston
Degueldre Executed at Dawn Near Paris
Roger Degueldre 37 former Foreign Legion lieutenant and head of the Secret Army Organization was executed by firing squad at a Paris fort. He clutched a French flag and cried Vive la France before singing the Marseillaise as rifles fired.
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Paris
API
Roger Degueldre
Secret Army
Algiers
Degueldre
Foreign Legion
France
Prospects Dim for Law Curbing Imports
Washington AP reports backers of a trade bill amendment to curb oil imports face dim odds after House rejection. White House action and executive measures are favored by officials, with promoters vowing to push the issue to the White House and Senate hearings. The proposal would cap imports at 14 percent of domestic production over a base period.
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Gentina
Peru
Dominican Republic
Argentina
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Cuba
Washington
House
Senate
Kennedy
White House
Arch Moore Jr
R-W. Va
Ways and Means
House Rules Committee
Minor Jameson Jr
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Association
Housa
Canada
Jamesons
Kennedy Says Regime Will Contine Tax Cut Deliberations
President Kennedy signals serious consideration of urgent calls for an immediate income tax cut while stressing that any decision will follow the economy’s health. He endorses early tax relief but backs keeping to a 63 plan pending indicators, and urges action on modernization credits and anti-depression measures. He also outlines interdependence with Europe and possible deeper U S European ties.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
U.S
Europe
Weather forecast across Texas by region
Weather notes show warm today with highs around 73 in North Central and Northeast Texas while South Central and Southeast Texas stay clear to partly cloudy with highs near 72 and 88. Tonight lows range 67 to 76, and Saturday heats climb with highs from 88 to 94 across regions. Thunderstorms possible late in parts of the state.
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Tewas
Teses
Texas
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