Texas Supreme Court Denies Ruby Juror Hearing
Texas high court denies a request to hear arguments on disqualifying jurors who witnessed the TV broadcast of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. The ruling upholds prior denials and sets a precedent in a case marking Texas’ first televised killing.
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Austin
Texas’ Supreme Court
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ruby
Dallas
Oswald
Kennedy
Texas Supreme Court
Texas
Storms and heat miss Texas as blizzard stalls and tornado warning ends
A storm spread thunderstorms and snow flurries across North Central and Northeast Texas while record heat toppled to 95 in Laredo and 37 in Dalhart. A tornado watch expired with no twisters reported as the Rocky Mountain blizzard weakened. forecasts called for a warming trend and more showers into the weekend.
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Central
Texas
Upper Panhandle
Rocky Mountains
Texas Line
South Texas
Laredo
McAllen
Cotulla
Dalhart
Upper
Panhandle
Longview
Tyler
Gainesville
Valley View
Texarkana
Mineral Wells
Fort Worth
Dallas
Lufkin
Austin
Beaumont
Alice
Waco
Colorado
Kansas
Horror Of Red Viet Attack Told
In Saigon Brig. Gen. Ca Van Vien recalls the dawn ambush near the Cambodian border where Capt Thomas W McCarthy of Fayetteville North Carolina was killed and Vien wounded. Viet Cong guerrillas fired as two paratroop battalions moved in, killing 14 Americans and wounding 85. McCarthy rallied his men before a machine gun strike killed him. An American adviser to a Vietnamese Ranger unit was also killed in the same ambush.
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McCarthy
Ca van Vien
South Viet Nam
Thomas W McCarthy
Fayetteville
N.C
Vien
Saigon
United States
Rhodes
U.S
Anti American demonstrations surge in Greece over Cyprus issue
In Athens the United States faced new anti American protests as several thousand students marched for a third day denouncing the U S and Britain over Cyprus. The U S 6th Fleet visit to Athens was canceled at a Greek government request without stated grounds.
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Athens
Greece
U.S
Cyprus
United States
Britain
Union of
R J Younger Service Set R J Younger Service Set
Robert Jesse Younger vl died at his Sears Ranch home at 8 45 p m Tuesday Born September 3 1892 in Forestburg Texas Funeral at Northside Baptist Church Thursday 2 p m Rev Jack Dean officiating Burial in Snyder Cemetery Bolger Funeral Home in charge Survivors include Estell Younger his wife five daughters six sons three sisters one brother and many grandchildren and great grandchildren
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Robert Jesse Younger
Sears Ranch
Forestburg
Tex
Northside Baptist Church
Jack Dean
Snyder Cemetery
Bolger
Houston
Fredia Payne
Betty Thomas
Fredrick
Okla
Catherine Trammell
Euless
George Younger
Snyder
R J Younger, Jr
Emiclaw, Wash
Ted Younger
Grapeland
Pete Younger
Monahans
Frank Younger
Grand Prairie
James Halbert
Della White
Rosa Smith
Julia Brown
Weather Then and Now Across Texas Regions
Readings show varied temperatures across the state with cold and clear to partly cloudy conditions. Northwest winds bring occasional light snow in extreme northern areas while most regions expect a warming trend by Thursday.
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Snyder
Texas
Northwest
Draft for Republican nomination seen as duty call
In Rochester New York the observation is made that a draft for the Republican presidential nomination would clearly be an imperative call to duty but is not possible, according to Lewy Cabot Lodge.
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Rochester
N.Y
Toledo Bend Dam Pact Signed in Austin
Representatives from the Sabine River Authority and the Texas Water Development Board signed a master agreement in Attorney General Waggoner Carr's office completing financing for the $60 million Toledo Bend project on the Sabine River. The boards will purchase one fourth of storage for 48 million acre feet, paying $15 million, with bonds issued by the two authorities and a Louisiana contribution of $5 million. Construction may start this month with a target completion in May 1968. the project began in 1955 and will create a major reservoir of about 181000 acres.
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Austin
Sabine River Authority
Texas Water Development Board
Toledo Bend Dam
Atty
Waggoner Carr
Sabine River
Texas
Louisiana
Toledo Bend
W. E. Tinsley
Water Development Board
D. N. Beasley
San Augustine
Sabine Authority Board
John Simmons
Luther Simmons
Orange
SRA
Carr
Development Board
Hydro-Elect
King Names Candidate for School Trustee Ballot
King Paul of Greece improves after urinary trouble while a petition seeks to place Clifported near death Ford C. Terry on the ballot for school trustee. Terry joins four candidates for two trustee seats in the April 4 election alongside Harold Bennett Joe Sentell and Dr B J Weaver. Terry is a part owner of Basin Wax Products Co and vice chairman of the Board of Development of Lubbock Christian College.
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T. Jay Rogers
William H. Wilson, Jr
James A. McCaleb
Max von Roeder
Marshall Erwin Terry
Harold Bennett
Joe Sentell
B. J. Weaver
Terry
Basin Wax Products Co
Lubbock Christian College
Security Council Approves Cyprus Peace Force Plan
UN Security Council votes unanimously to have Secretary General U Thant form an international Cyprus peace force and appoint a mediator. Soviet Union backs the plan with reservations about force control provisions while France backs the majority. Greek protests erupt as tensions flare over Cyprus policy and U.S. Navy exercises in the Aegean. The plan names a mediator to seek constitutional settlement between Greek and Turkish communities.
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U.N. Security Council
U Thant
Cyprus
Soviet Union
France
Roger Seydoux
Russia
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Security Council
Nikolai Fedorenko
Athens
Johnson
U.S
United States
George Papandreous
Papandreou
Puckett Rites Set for Snyder Resident
James Herman Puckett 49 of 101 Avenue R died 6 50 p m Tuesday at Cogdell Hospital after a lengthy illness He was born March 13 1914 in Ashdown Arkansas Funeral services are 4 p m Thursday at Northside Baptist Church with Rev Jack Dean and Dr A B Lightfoot officiating Burial is Snyder Cemetery Bolger Funeral Home in charge Survivors include wife Bertha two daughters Ivana Jones and Barbara Kelly father J W Puckett one sister Roxie Shockley one brother J E Weugh and four grandchildren Pallbearers Homer Godair O L Ferrell Bobby McCormick James Ray Harbin Joe James Tommy Roberts
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James Herman Puckett
101 Avenue R
Cogdell Hospital
Mr. Puckett
Ashdown
Ark
Northside Baptist Church
Jack Dean
A. B. Lightfoot
Snyder Cemetery
Bolger Funeral Home
Bertha Puckett
Snyder
Ivana Jones
Lamesa
Barbara Kelly
Tampa
Fla
J W. Puckett
Roscoe
Roxie Shockley
Knott
J. E. Weugh
Homer Godair
O. L. Ferrell
Bobby McCormick
James Ray Harbin
Joe James
Tommy Roberts
Ruby pleads not guilty in Oswald murder trial
Jack Ruby, before a jury of 12, pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. Judge Joe B Brown oversaw proceedings as defense seeks venue and mistrial rulings amid crowded courtroom and ongoing legal motions.
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Relman Morin
Dallas
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Dist
Atty
Henry M. Wade
Ruby
Oswald
Joe B. Brown
Brown
J. Frank Wilson
Melvin M. Belli
Belli
Texas
Austin
Atty Henry M. Wade
Eva Grant
Castro Offers Water For Guantanamo
Fidel Castro offered to restore water to the Guantanamo base but Washington quickly rejected the idea. State Department officials said the offer would not be accepted. White House spokesman Pierre Salinger said Guantanamo is already self-sufficient.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Washington
State Department
Capital
Pierre Salinger
White House
Coliseum Would Ease Crowding At County Livestock Show
The article notes the Bounty Barn lacks arena space and seating for livestock shows and other community events. It argues a new coliseum would provide room for animals officials and spectators and mentions voters will decide at polls on March 14 whether to fund the project.
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Bounty Barn
Colise Unt
Savs Plains Has Fewer Open Pits
A Texas Mid-Continent Oil Gas Association representative testified that open pit disposal in eight Middle High Plains counties has been sharply reduced. D. L. Czirr of Odessa described 6,094 wells in the area with 3,772 barrels of daily disposal in 214 pits across five counties, amid a broader water pollution board hearing on oil and gas field waste disposal.
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Perry
Lynn
Swisher
Ogallala
Czirr
Sun Oil Co
George McLesky
Lubbock
Dawson
Terry
Mid
Hartman Runs for Snyder School Board Seat
Charles Hartman, manager of the J C Penney store in Snyder, filed a petition to have his name on the April 4 school board ballot. The filing was late Tuesday and witnessed by H Johnson, Ken Babcock, Bud England, Bill Williams, and Dillard Pope.
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Charles Hartman
Snyder
Hartman
J. C. Penney Co
H . Johnson
Ken Babcock
Bud England
Bill Williams
Dillard Pope
Ira Water Survey Seeks Residents Input on Lake Water Service
Area residents urged to submit questionnaires to support engineering surveys for a proposed domestic water system fed from the Snyder plant and Colorado River supply. Forms should be returned to Corky Ruse or the JSR Canal office.
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IRA Ira
Snyder
Colorado River
Municipal Water District
Lake J. B. Thomas
Corky Ruse
JSR Cale
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Clifford C. Terry
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