Mississippi FBI Office Opens In Jackson
President Johnson announces 50 FBI agents permanently assigned to a new Mississippi office in Jackson. The White House previously noted additional agents were sent after three civil rights workers disappeared. Johnson also discussed vice presidential choices and Wallace electoral implications. Manuel Cohen to chair the SEC. Frank Wheat to join the SEC as Cary resigns.
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White House
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Robert F. Kennedy
George C. Wallace
Alabama
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Goldwater
American Bankers Association
Henry Ford ‘II
Manuel Cohen
Securities and Exchange Commission
William L. Cary
Los Angeles
Frank Wheat
American Bar Association Committee On
Federal Regulation of
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Weather snapshot for Texas regions with hot weekend forecasts
Snyder temperature reads show 7 am at 77 degrees with a high Thursday of 10 degrees and a 6 degree low. North Central Texas expects sunny to hot conditions with lows 78 to 82 and Saturday highs 100 to 106. Northeast Texas remains hot with possible thunder showers at night. Northwest Texas anticipates wide scattered thundershowers and highs 95 to 105. Coast winds 2 to 18 knots. South Central Texas warms with isolated showers possible and highs 94 to 102. Southeast Texas stays clear to partly cloudy with highs around 88 to 102 along the coast. Southwest Texas remains hot with late thundershowers possible and highs 98 to 105.
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Snyder banks report mid year deposits and loans rise
Snyder National Bank and West Texas State Bank released mid year statements showing total deposits of 25,479,019.72 and loans of 12,955,597.22 at June 30. Snyder National Bank reported 17,815,702.58 in deposits and 8,634,871.08 in loans while West Texas State Bank had 7,663,317.20 in deposits and 4,320,726.14 in loans.
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Senate Adjourns For Convention
The Senate met for 12 seconds and adjourned until July 20 for the Republican National Convention. Sen. Lee Metcalf of Montana earned the nickname "the fastest gavel in the Senate" as the session closed.
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Senate
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Barry Goldwater Urges Unity in Platform Drafting
Barry Goldwater urged GOP unity and refused to dictate specific platform planks as he addressed the platform committee in San Francisco. He urged a document that unites the party on principles and welcomed vigorous dissent as the document is drafted.
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Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
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Scranton
Hugh Scott
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Malcolm X Warns of Blood Bath Over Racial Violence
Malcolm X traveling from New York to a Cairo conference warned that violence against Negroes in the southern United States has reached a point where his race will react and America will see a blood bath. He spoke while en route to the African states meeting.
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Malcolm X
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America
New York
Conference of African States
Cairo
Plane crash near Newport kills all 39 aboard
Grim evidence at the crash site shows death and destruction as United Air Lines flight Viscount ends in a hill hollow near Newport Tennessee. National Guard help and a special morgue handle 70 bags of fragments including 23 bodies. Federal investigators probe the nation’s worst airline disaster since 1962 with limited wreckage recovered.
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Knoxville
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Dallas Texas Redistricting Talks Focus on Four District Plan
The Texas Legislative Council in Dallas hears proposals for redrawing congressional maps. Key figures include Sen. Parkhouse and Rep. Kennard proposing a four district Fort Worth Dallas metro plan while Teague and others argue for district realignments to meet Supreme Court population rules.
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Texas Legislative Council
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Don Kennard
Fort Worth
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Kennard
Congress
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U.S. Supreme Court
Tarrant
Bruce Alger
Dallas County
Jim Wright
Jerry Brownlow
Grand Prairie
Mid-Cities
George Mollett
Chillicothe
Heat Wave Grips Region With Record Heat Across Texas
Across Texas and nearby states a lengthy heat wave persisted with temperatures above 100 degrees in many cities including Wichita Falls and San Angelo. Rain was unlikely as water officials urged conservation and a Dallas death blamed on the heat highlighted the danger. City crews in Dallas and Wichita Falls monitored supplies while officials sought ballots and signature lines for a local petition in a separate list.
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Seymour
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Galveston
Catherine Fay Newton
Dallas
Texarkana
Oklahoma
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Presidio
Childress
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San Angelo
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Junction
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Waco
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Lutkin
Henry Greaser
Kicka_poo
Martin
Ajand
Jon
Independent Filing Rejected for Texas Ballots
J Ray Martin seeks Scurry and Borden County District Attorney and George W Svanas seeks 161st district judge but both applications were rejected by Texas Secretary of State Crawford Martin for failing to file an affidavit of intention by the first Monday in February The Martin filing had 133 signatures but Wayland Holt district attorney of Scurry and Borden Counties submitted an affidavit asserting 36 signers were invalid The Martin filing awaiting return to Snyder after the Austin convention
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Austin
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Odessa
Scurry
Borden County
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Wayland G. Holt
Borden Counties
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