Council To Seek Cease Fire In Middle East War
UN diplomats report progress toward a Security Council resolution calling for a cease fire and troop withdrawal in the Middle East. Soviet Ambassador Fedorenko and U.S. Ambassador Goldberg pledged to seek fresh government instructions to resolve where troops should withdraw. The main dispute centers on whether Egyptians should leave the Strait of Tiran.
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United Nations, N.Y
Soviet Union
United States
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
Nicolai T. Fedorenko
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Strait of
Tiran
Sharm el Sheikh
U.N
Egypt
Hans R. Taborn
Tabor
Fedorenko
Goldberg
Solons Inspect Starr County Farm Labor Dispute
Three state senators arrived in Rio Grande City to probe the Starr County melon labor dispute. They pressed for trials for the more than 60 arrested and questioned the Rangers presence, while picketing began at Torphy Farm with eight UFWOC members at the gate.
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Rio Grande City
Tex
Starr County
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Oscar Mauzy
Dallas
Don Kennard
Fort Worth
Austin
Rangers
Homer Garrison
Department of Public Safety
Schwartz
A. Y. Allee
Garrison
Mission
Harlingen
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
AFL — Cio
Torphy Farm
Robbery convict James Oliver gets 10 year term in Snyder
James Oliver, a Colorado City youth, was sentenced in district court here for a $106 robbery at gunpoint at the Made-0-Day Shop in Snyder after pleading guilty May 19. He also drew a 5-year term for escaping from prison. Andres Alvaroa Sosa faced revocation of a two year probation after a DWI conviction. Ernest Garcia received a five year term after pleading guilty to forgery.
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James Oliver
Colorado City
Snyder
Andres Alvaroa Sosa
Ernest Garcia
Roby
Guard Joins N. M. Chase in manhunt for Tijerina group
National Guardsmen with tanks and machine guns joined state police in Canjilon New Mexico to pursue Reies Lopez Tijerina and up to 40 followers who seized the Rio Arriba courthouse in Tierra Amarilla. Two officers were wounded, about 20 people held hostage, and a judge sheltered in place as guards searched surrounding hills. Tijerina’s wife was jailed in Santa Fe for conspiracy to commit a felony and Balta zar Apodaca was arrested on kidnapping and assault charges connected to the siege.
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Bud Jorgensen
Canjilon
N.M
New Mexico
Joe Black
Reies Lopez Tijerina
Black
Tijerina
Rio Arriba
Tierra Amarilla
John P. Jolly
Canjilon Areea
Santa Fe
Baltazar Apodaca
Texas May Get Airborne Brigade
Texas will receive an airborne infantry brigade under a National Guard reorganization. Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Bishop said Texas swapped a combat engineer unit for the airborne brigade with expected state and federal approval. The plan also creates a mechanized infantry brigade and maintains three high-readiness Texas brigades in Austin Dallas and San Antonio. Texans are described as eager volunteers for parachute service.
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Austin
Texas
National Guard
Thomas S. Bishop
Bishop
Alabama
U.S. National Guards Bureau
State
Airborne
Dallas
36Th
Garrison Labels Ruby Conspirator in Kennedy Killing
New Orleans AP report says District Attorney Jim Garrison formally terms Jack Ruby a conspirator in the Kennedy assassination. Ruby, 55, Dallas strip club owner, died of cancer January 3 after denying knowledge of the Dallas murder on November 22, 1963.
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New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Ruby
Dallas
Israeli forces close on Suez Canal as oil embargo grows
Israeli troops push within 90 miles of the Suez Canal amid a widening war front. Arab oil nations halt shipments to the United States and Britain while Lebanon cuts pipeline oil. Israel reports massive air superiority with hundreds of Arab planes claimed destroyed and advances toward Gaza and El Arish, threatening Port Said.
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Suez Canal
United States
Israel
Kuwait
Iraq
Algeria
Britain
Lebanon
Washington
London
Soviet Union
Moscow
Jordan
Syria
Egypt
Tel Aviv
Sinai
Abu Aweigila
el Arish
Sinai Desert
Sinai Peninsula
Bir Lachpan
Port Said
Mediterranean
New Police Chief To Begin Duties July
Stephen Clark a 35 year old police training instructor at Texas A M University has been named Snyder Police Chief effective July 1 filling the vacancy created June 1. Clark brings extensive law enforcement experience including work with Harris County Constable s Dept Austin Police and the Texas Engineering Extension Service. He and his wife plan to move to Snyder for the new post.
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Stephen Clark
Texas A&m University
Snyder
George Patterson
Clark
Chester Simons
Coffeyville
Kan
Houston
Texas Engineering Extension Service
Southern Methodist University
St. Mary’s
St. Thomas
Notre Dame
St. Mary's
Harris County
Austin Police Department
Mellissa 4
Stephen Allen
Lutheran Church
Patterson
Cllrk
Raiders Down Three MIG Interceptors In North Vietnam Raid
American jets probed deep into North Vietnam targeting rail lines into Hanoi and drew in MIG interceptors. Three MIGs were reported shot down as U S planes logged 113 strike missions and five B52 raids in South Vietnam. A Navy Crusader jet was shot down with the pilot missing. Communist forces countered with multiple MIG27 and MIG17 aircraft in the Hanoi Thai Nguyen corridor.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Thai Nguyen
Weather Outlook Across Texas and Coast Winds
Regional forecast covers multiple zones from Coast to Northwest Texas. Temperatures reach high 90s in several areas with nightly lows mainly mid to upper 60s. Winds 5 to 20 knots shifting southeast by midweek. Thunderstorms possible in West and North zones Wednesday.
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Snyder
Texas
Southwest
Pecos
Northwest
Snyder City Council weighs Spanish speaking police staffing
At the June meeting the council heard a call for a Spanish speaking officer and for study of a housing authority to use FHA vacant houses for elderly and disabled. Joe Carrasco led concerns on police relations with Spanish Americans and noted disparity in stops and fines. The city manager said extended police activities would end and the police budget cut.
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Snyder
Snyder Board of Realtors
Joe Carrasco
Carrasco
Iare
VFW
Country Club
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