White Marchers Rally in Selma Over Voter Rights
In Selma Alabama hundreds join a spontaneous protest by the Concerned White Citizens of Alabama led by Rev Joseph Ellwanger to oppose alleged injustices against Negro voter applicants. A 50 mile march to Montgomery is planned with King and Bevel organizing support. 500 to 800 marchers expected over several days.
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Selma, Ala
Alabama
Selma
Dallas County
Joseph Ellwanger
St. Paul's Lutheran Church of
Birmingham
Ellwanger
Huntsville
Tuscaloosa
Auburn
Montgom
Montgomery
James Bevel
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Confederacy
Strawn Strawn area wells spark oil drilling activity
In Snyder area oil reports, wildcat drills near Stonewall and Fisher Counties target Strawn formation with several stakes by Roye Rankin and Graham of Midland and others. New tests, depths around 5,200 feet, casing set, gauge readings near 42 degrees gravity, gas oil ratios noted, and multiple prospects from Abilene to Roby indicate active expansion across the region.
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Roye
Rankin
Graham
Midland
Stonewall County
W. R. Carothers
Strawn
Old Glory
Carothers
Bbb&c
Ray Carter
Mariaim Reservoir
Chinese Students Stage Demonstration in Peking
Belgrade reported a street protest in front of the Soviet Embassy in Peking by about 306 Chinese and foreign students. Demonstrators, mainly pupils and students, shouted against American imperialism and supported Vietnam, criticizing Soviet handling of Moscow protests.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Peking
Tanjug
Moscow
Viet Police Alerted For Anti US Demonstrations
Saigon reports of anti US demonstrations over the weekend prompted Viet Nam police to go on full alert though none developed by evening. In Da Nang area fighting with Viet Cong continued, with U S and Vietnamese forces claims of casualties and air support. A Chinese official pledged support for counterattacks to stop U S air strikes.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ho Dac Hanh
US. Army
Air Force Sky
Carrier
da Nang
Viet An
Nguyen Khanh
da Nang Air Base
Here
Hanh
Quang Tri City
Viet Nam
Peking
U.S
Peng Chen
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Bids Opened on CRMWD Water Lines
R B Hodgson Company of Midland was the apparent low bidder for 11 106 feet of collecting lines at the Colorado River Municipal Water District. The bid of 11 383 was opened Friday at Big Spring district headquarters, with two other bids up to 13 759. The project also calls for 8006 feet of 18 inch pipe and 3100 feet of 10 inch pipe in Martin County wells for summer peaking and winter lake-water recharge. The CRMWD recharge project advances toward a 60 million gallon target, prompting a review on whether to inject more lake water this season.
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R. B. Hodgson Company
Midland
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Hodgson
Big Spring
Martin County
J. C. Sale
H. Ivie
CRMWD
Marines In Large Scale War Games At Pendleton
Twenty thousand Marines participated in Silver Lance, a joint Navy Marine exercise at Camp Pendleton revealing several weaknesses in current equipment and tactics. The operation involved 58 ships and 65,000 personnel, and Gen. W. M. Greene Jr. called for faster assault ships missiles to counter low flying aircraft and new craft like hydrofoils.
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Navy
W. M. Greene Jr
Marine Corps
Fulbright proposes joint U S Soviet ventures in aid and canal
Senator J W Fulbright chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee proposed joint U S Soviet ventures in foreign aid and in operating a Central American canal. He said cooperative aid could turn rivalry into reconciliation and that Soviet participation would not threaten canal security. He noted a tentative step could be joint development projects under an international agency and nonstrategic Soviet trade to ease tensions.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas Democrat
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Pennsylvania State University
U.N
Middle East
Congo
Senate House
Soviet Union
GOP
Itera
Iial
United States
India
Sukarno asserts Islam must flourish with Asia Africa freedom
Indonesian President Sukarno opened the Afro-Asian Islamic Conference in Bandung slamming the West and imperialism. He promotes Indonesia’s guided democracy as a strong, nondictatorial leadership while urging unity against colonial powers. Delegations from 21 nations attend, with China leading a large bloc and Arab states wary of politicizing the gathering.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Asia
Africa
Bandung
West Java
Imperi
Red China
A. M. Azahari
Brunei
Malaysia
Communist Party
D. N. Aidit
Rylander Service Is Pending Here
Joe Rylander Jr., 37, lifelong Scurry County resident, died at 1:15 pm Friday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Funeral at East Side Church of Christ with Don Browning officiating. burial in Hillside Memorial Gardens. Survived by wife Margaret Morris, two daughters, one son, parents, three sisters, one brother. Burial under Bell Seale Funeral Home. Time and date of service not announced. Born Sept 10, 1927 in Helmleigh.
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Texas Tech
U. S. 84
Huffman Avenue
Elaine Walter
Abilene
Cogdell Hospital
Bolger
William W. Dunn
Sanderson
Miss Walter
Dunn
Patty DeJohn
Houston
Tech
Joe Waller
Snyder
Joe Rylander Jr
Scurry County
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
East Side Church of Christ
Don Browning
Richard Williams
Birdwell Lane Church of Christ
Big Spring
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell + Seale Funeral Home
Mr. Rylander
Helmleigh
Lovington
New Mexico
Margaret Morris
Rylander
Hermleigh
Church of Christ Survivors
Joe Rylander
Roby Highway
Teresa Ann
Caroline
Tammy Joe
Bonita Hoyle
Garland
Juanita Campbell
Earth
Jean Haynes
Andrews
Bill Rylander
Goldie the Eagle Ends Fast, Takes Duck in Park
London reports Goldie, a Finlandic eagle known for terrorizing local dogs, ended an eight day escape by swooping into Equeats Park and snatching a duck. Zoo keepers had tried to lure him back, but hunger compelled the bird to feed.
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London
Goldie
Finland
Iheqeats Park
Weather Outlook for Texas With Mixed Temperatures
Readable fragments describe high and low temperatures across Texas. Central and Northeast Texas expect fair conditions with a warm today and cooler tonight. Northwest and South Texas forecast fair tonight and Sunday with light winds and some dusty conditions offshore.
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Texas
Gundey
Texas Dockmen End Walkout After Long Dispute
About 7 000 West Gulf Coast dockers in Texas Beaumont Port Arthur Orange ratified a four year contract ending a 54 day strike that idled ports from Maine to Texas. The agreement provides a 8 1 2 cent pay raise, a minimum crew size, and a seniority system, with ratification by ILA members overnight.
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Galveston
Tex
Atlantic
Miami
West Gulf Coast Beach
National
Asio
Ralph A. Massey
ILA
Maine
Texas
South Atlantic
James J. Reynolds
Texas Secretary of Labor
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Orange
Iion
West Gulf
Union Ot
Tich Als
India
Pares
South
New York
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Richard Valeriani
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Pete Fisher
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Fisher
United Press International
Redge Bearcen
Snyder Area Oil
Daitess
Ari
Elieworth
F. H McFarland
WF. Maury
Scott L. Taliaferro
L. J. Blevins
Fisher County
Rotan
Shamrock
Canyon Reef
H&tc
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Saxon
Claytonville
Roby
Barnwell Industries, Inc
J J. Meador
Howard County
Coahoma
H&tc Survey
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T&p Survey
Quang Nam-Quang Tin
Tions
First Corps
Camp Pendleton, Calif
Sen. Fulbright
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