Boys Club Plans Building Drive and Campaign
The Boys Club launches a $25,000 fundraising drive to partner with $25,000 in existing funds including $15,000 in insurance and $10,000 from the county. Doug Magee of Standard Oil will chair the finance committee with subheads handling publicity business and philanthropy. The old building was destroyed by a December fire, and the new structure will rise on the same site as volunteers dismantle the ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Patton
Shelby Coker
Sig Line
Doug Magee
Buster Anderson
Bob Clifton
M. L. Broman
Jay Thompson
Charles Freeman
Avon Rushing
Standard Oil Company
Magee
Wiley Brice
Dave Harlin, Jr
Jim Heath
Doug McGlain
Rex Robinson
Chester Simons
Clifton Smith
Bob
M. L. ‘Broman
Buck Byram
Boys’ Club
Anti Reds Rally in Jakarta Signals Suharto’s Power Shift
Jakarta radio reports more than a million rallied in support of Suharto’s anti Communist campaign. Speakers urged cleansing the cabinet of communists and trials for them. The Pancha sila Front organized the demonstration, with calls to stabilize the economy and reopen the University of Jakarta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Jakarta
Suharto
Panchasila Front
U.S
Indonesia
Marshall Green
Tokyo
Radio
University of
Sukarno
Abdul Haris Nasution
Indonesian Communist Party
Trinity Budget To Be Reconsidered
Houston City Council plans to revisit the Trinity River Authority budget for the Lake Livingston project worth 15 million dollars. The council objects to 19 proposed park sites to be purchased with Houston funds and notes the budget must pass to fund reservoir land and staff salaries with Wiley Caldwell present to answer questions.
Snyder Council Awards Fire Truck Contracts
The Snyder City Council approved bids for a new booster fire truck. Wilson Motors won the final bid for a Ford with a 24 000 mile or 24 month warranty and a custom cab, totaling 7 892 90. American Fire Apparatus Co. held the low bid for the booster unit at 8 198 40, while Snyder Truck and Tractor bid on an International. The council also authorized a Miller Bros Circus appearance on April 7 with VFW sponsorship and limited posters. The April council meeting is set for April 5 to align with city election canvassing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
American Fire Apparatus Co
Wilson Motors
Ford
Snyder Truck
Miller Bros. Circus
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Gemini 8 Aims for Wednesday Launch After Tests
After overnight mechanical fixes, Gemini 8 faces a Wednesday liftoff with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott scheduled for a three day space bid. Atlas booster adjustments and a borrowed environmental control unit from Gemini 9 cleared, as weather briefings loom and final checks proceed.
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Jim Strothman
Cape Kennedy
Fla.ap
Space Agency
William C. Schneider
Gemini
Atlas
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
IRS Computers Play No Favorites
Emmet E. Cook Jr. of the Little Rock IRS office said computers reject returns without bias. He noted his own filing was rejected not by a processor stack but among the computer rejects due to an incorrect Social Security number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Internal Revenue Service
Emmet E. Cook Jr
IRS
Ex Land Agent Sentenced for Theft in Texas
Former land agent Herman F. Hall, who built a $3 million motel and apartment empire before bankruptcy, received five year prison terms on six theft counts in Fort Worth and Dallas. Judge J E Winters ordered concurrent sentences and gave six months credit for time served in jail.
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Fort Worth
Herman F. Hall
Dallas
J. E.winters
Hall
Tarrant County
Solons Meet To Study Food Labels
The Senate Commerce Committee plans a closed session to consider tighter federal rules on labeling and packaging of foods and household products. Senator Hart and supporters frame broad backing, noting 12 organizations representing about 42 million members endorse the bill. Johnson backs the measure though chances of committee approval are uncertain. Opponents say current laws already give regulators power to curb deceptive practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Johnson
Hart
Truth In Packaging
Snyder man seeks sight by new surgery in Houston
Jack Greene of Snyder travels to Houston for a feasibility check on a plastic cornea transplant that could restore sight after an oilfield accident left him blind since 1936. His trip is sponsored by the Snyder Lions Club and follows a similar successful case in Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Greene
Twenty-seventh Street
Houston
Snyder
Jack
Polly
Guide Dog Corporation
San Rafael
Calif
Queenie
Methodist Hospital
Snyder Lions Club
Lubbock
Burl R. Fulkerson
Eighth Street
Greene
Fulkerson Fulkerson
Fulkerson
Guide Dog Corp
Planes Go North With Bomb Raids Over Viet Nam Border Area
U S Air Force B52s bombed a Viet Cong staging area near the North Viet Nam border while ground fighting continued with no major clashes. Two planes were lost, including the first Navy Amphibious rescue craft. Demonstrations in Da Nang demanded elections and the ouster of Thieu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Ist
da Nang
Nguyen van Thieu
Hue
Phu Yen Province
South China Sea
U.S. 101St Airborne
Tuy Hoa
Riots Roil India as Government Plans Split Punjab
Trouble spread across Punjab and Calcutta as riots over proposed partition escalate. In Ludhiana troops aided police to control mobs while Old Delhi saw hundreds injured. West Bengal reported 37 dead from police shootings amid a week of food riots, with two policemen killed and many wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Punjab
Ludhiana
Old Delhi
G. L. Nanda
P. C. Sen
West Bengal
Calcutta
Weather Synopsis For Texas Regions
Parts of Texas report variable conditions with highs ranging from the mid 70s to mid 80s and lows from the upper 40s to mid 60s. North Central and Northeast Texas expect clear to partly cloudy skies with mild to warm afternoons and cooler nights. South Central and Southwest Texas show mild evenings with increasing southerly winds and mainly dry conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
North Central
Texas
Rites Honor Sam Rayburn at Bonham Library Medal Ceremony
A Treasury gold medal honoring long serving House Speaker Sam Rayburn will be presented to his sisters Friday at the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham Texas. Rep. Ray Roberts will represent Speaker Joan McCormack and accept for Mrs. S. E. Bartley and Mrs. W. A. Thomas. The medal was authorized by Congress in a Yarborough resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham, Tex
Treasury Department
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Joan McCormack
Ray Roberts
D-Tex
Rayburn Roberts
Rayburn
Washington
Ralph Yarborough
Dtex
Johnson signs 4.8 billion aid bill for Vietnam
President Johnson signed a bill authorizing 4.8 billion dollars in new support for the Vietnam War and urged China and North Vietnam to abandon conquest. He said Congress showed the nation stands behind its fighting men as the White House hosted the signing in the East Room. Secretary Rusk noted broad international backing among non Communist governments despite some public silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Peking
Hanoi
Congress
White House East Room
Military High Command
White House
Dean Rusk
U.S
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Sarbini
Murshid
Bogor
pro-Peking
Subandrio
Chaerul Saleh
Saleh
Trinity
Scott
Armstrong
Earlh
S. E. Bartley
W. A. Thomas
Dalas
LBJ
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