Second Night Of Rodeo Attracts Two Thousand Fans
About 2,000 attended the second night of the Twenty Seventh Annual Scurry Into Rodeo. Winners across calf roping, barrel racing, bull riding and more earned prize money. Key victors included Hadley Wardrow of Lubbock and Payton Whitaker of Abilene with top ride times and cash awards. The third performance will begin at p.m. tonight.
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Khrushchev Rules Out World War For Communism
Premier Khrushchev told 6,000 at a Kremlin rally that a world war is not necessary to build socialism or speed revolution. He warned China’s split risks imperialism and pledged the Soviet Union will never be first to use thermonuclear arms.
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Freeman Speculation Grips Capital Over Farm Secretary
Washington speculation swirls that Orville Freeman may be replaced as secretary of agriculture this year though no high official sources confirm the plan. Critics of his farm policies spark talk as Freeman tours farms in Russia and other Communist countries.
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Orville Freeman
Freeman
Congress
Russia
New Water Record Set in Texas Heat
In Snyder a 98 degree high sparked a state record as the city water plant delivered 5 530 000 gallons in a single day. No rain fell statewide and forecasts expect above normal heat with little moisture through next Wednesday. Temperatures Thursday reached 101 in several cities including Childress and Mineral Wells.
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Laredo
San Angelo
Wichita Falls
Texas Woman Flees Jail With Man In Idaho Escape
Mrs Millie Jones a 37 year old from Fastrland Texas held on armed robbery charges struck jailer Lloyd Stewart 62 then used his keys to free William Splawn 40. They slipped from an upper window down a fire escape in Lewiston Idaho and fled in a stolen car authorities said. The jailer was struck with a soap bar weapon concealed in a shirt sleeve.
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McNamara says no leaks in security cases
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara states he knows of no leaks or compromises of U S military plans or current weapons systems amid recent Swedish and British security cases disclosed at a Pentagon briefing.
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Kennedy Rail Work Rules Report Delivers Facts to Congress
A six member fact finding panel sent its railway work rules report to President Kennedy and Congress. The panel’s draft, praised as factually accurate by unions, urges possible arbitration and sets July 20 as a pause for action while Kennedy prepares legislation to avert a nationwide rail strike.
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Hyannis Port
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Wirtz
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Pardons Board Commutes Death Sentence to Life for Oscar O'Brien
The Texas Pardons Board commuted Oscar O'Brien's death sentence to life in prison for the Sept 5 1961 pocket knife killing of James Johnson in Houston. O'Brien, brother-in-law of the victim, was scheduled to die Sunday.
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Pardons Board
Oscar O'Brien
Houston
O'Brien
James Johnson
Weather in York and Texas Regions Forecast
Patchy and inconsistent readings describe a hot stretch across North Central Texas with highs near 68 to 78 and lows around 67 to 79. Expect partly cloudy skies today and Saturday with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly in western and southern parts.
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Coe
Eclipse Of Sun Is Due Saturday
Washington AP reports the first US solar eclipse since 1952 arrives Saturday with only a brief total phase in a narrow strip across Alaska Canada and Maine. Safe viewing urged via television or a pinhole projection while scientists study mosquitoes birds and wildlife during the event.
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Malcolm Scott Carpenter
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Earth
University of Maine
Texans Watch Solar Eclipse Safely Across Regions
Observers flock to view a long eclipse with warnings from astronomers and eye doctors to use proper equipment. The event travels across the United States with Denver to New Orleans alignment, partial coverage in Texas, and times around 2:05 to 2:52 p.m. CST, including Dallas Fort Worth and El Paso.
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