Peace Talks Grow Quiet as Algerian Rebellion Stirs
Paris reports say underground peace talks are underway between French officials and Algerian rebel leaders in Tunis exile. Mohammed Ben Bella may be moved from a French jail to a guarded residence near Paris for political talks amid cautious steps from both sides. In Oran clashes between Europeans and Moslems followed the deaths of two French women in a burning car, with injuries and property damage.
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Godfrey Anderson
PARIS
High Command
Clamies de Gaulle
France
Tunis
Louis Joxe
Mohammed Ben Bella
Algeria
de Gaulle
Oran
Mediterranean
Thompson To Get Psychiatric Test
Fred J. Thompson, accused of first degree murder, was ordered to undergo psychiatric tests to determine sanity for trial. The evaluations will be at Bellevue Hospital in New York. His plea was postponed to April 5 as a court-appointed attorney requested the examination.
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NEW York
Fred J. Thompson
Bellevue Hospital
General Sessions Court
Thomas Dickens
Panel Urges Missile Czar Over Budget Chaos
The House Appropriations Committee urged creation of a missile program czar to cut costs and end divided responsibility. It cited delays and rising costs from split authority between the Air Force and Army Corps of Engineers, and highlighted a Poorly estimated plan change at Lowry Air Force Base with final costs far exceeding initial figures.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Air Force
Army
Corps of Engineers
Lowry Air Force Missile Base
Colorado
Opinions Divided On Simmons Appeal in Mexico
MONTERREY Mexico AP reports mixed views on the appeal by Dykes Askew Simmons a former Fort Worth mechanic who insists on his innocence in the 1959 killing of three Mexican youths. Nuevo Leon penal code allows capital punishment though it is widely frowned upon.
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Monterrey
Mex
Simmons
Fort Worth
Mexico
Nuevo Leon
Pacifist blockade at Holy Loch delays U S Navy tender Proteus
At Holy Loch Scotland the 18500 ton Proteus moored for nuclear submarine support after a canoes blockade by pacifists. Six demonstrators were swamped and arrested while Prime Minister Macmillan anticipated the Patrick Henry arrival. Photographer Eugene Meece greeted by locals as the voyage from New London ended in 10 days.
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Holy Loch
Scotland
Proteus
Clyde
Patrick Henry
New London
Conn
Rain Returns as Texas FACES Next Storm Outlook
Rain reappeared in Texas after a dry spell with light showers in Beaumont Waco San Antonio Tyler Longview and Dallas Fort Worth area. Thunderstorms were forecast to spread across the state Saturday with cooler pre dawn temps ranging from 41 in Amarillo to 69 in Brownsville and Alice.
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Associated Press
Texas
Laredo
Junction
Mineral Wells
Ardmore
Oklo
Beaumont
Waco
San Antonio
Tyler
Longview
Fort Worth
Dallas
Amarillo
Brownsville
Alice
22 Miners Die In Deep Coal Shaft Explosion
In Terre Haute Indiana twenty two miners die in a flash explosion at the Viking Coal Corp shaft eight miles southwest of the city. Rescue teams remove bodies over ten hours as officials probe cause and prevent further blasts. Roughly two hundred people gather outside the shaft under police rope barriers as families await word.
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Robert D. Lewis
Peter von Stein
Terre Haute
Ind
Viking
Birch Brooks
Viking Coal Corp
Wabash
Public Service Company of
Indiana
Charles A. Purcell
Wabash River
Blood Needed to Treat Young Leukemia Victim in Lubbock
Friends plan blood donations for Chet David Ford, 7 months old, diagnosed with leukemia and hospitalized at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. Any blood type accepted and should be directed to the Southwest Blood Bank at 415 Avenue R. Contact Rev. Walter A. Mitchell or Roy Sallee for arrangements.
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Lubbock
Chet David Ford
Roy Lee Ford Jr
Methodist Hospital
Southwest Blood Bank
Avenue R
Ford
Walter A. Mitchell
Roy Sallee
Sallee
Ira
52 Candidates In Senate Campaign Expands To 52
The Texas U S Senate race gains steam as 52 candidates file on to the ballot. Television appeals and endorsements from notable figures mark the campaign's brisk start in the final month. Senator Blakley introduces a education tax relief bill while Wright promotes a college tax deduction.
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U. S. Senate
Texas
Senate
Maury Maverick Jr
Jim Sewell
Corsicana
Maverick
Sewell
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
New Waverly
Dill Crain
St. Mary's University
R. D
Frankie) Randolph
Democratic National
Jud Collier
Democratic Women's Committee
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
el Paso
Port Arthur
San Angelo
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Wright
Carl Lechrade
Runge
Harold Franklin
Jacksonville
Jim W. Amos
Dallas
Will Wilson
Washington
William A. Blakley
Ex Bank Examiner Pleads Guilty in Bank Embezzlement
Gerald Wayne Edwards a former vice president and bank examiner pleaded guilty in U S District Court to three counts of embezzling 552 dollars from National City Bank in Waco Texas The bank’s total shortage was 59817 Edwards native of Albany West Texas and Hardin-Simmons University graduate faces sentencing next Thursday
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Waco (Ap
U.S. District Court
National City Bank
Waco
Gerald Wayne Edwards
Edwards
Albany
West Texas
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Nab Suspects In Shooting
Two men sought in the Elgin night watchman shooting were captured in Austin after a wide manhunt across northeast and east areas. One suspect was taken after a stolen car exchange of gunfire with police. the vehicle was abandoned with a punctured gas tank near an excavation site. Charles King of Austin was arrested in mid morning.
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Austin
Elgin
Charles King
Weather Snyder Texas temperatures and rain chances
Readings show high Thursday around 7 degrees with a low near 27 and a 7 am readout of SO degrees. Central and Northeast regions expect cloudiness with southerly winds and scattered thunderstorms late tonight into Saturday, with drizzle Saturday morning and warmer tonight.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Pechandie
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