Turkey backs Inonu as Cyprus crisis escalates
Inonu wins full parliamentary backing over the Cyprus crisis as Turkey resumes naval and troop movements around Iskenderun. Ankara warns it will intervene if UN peacekeeping fails to protect Turkish Cypriots or if Greece continues support for Greek Cypriots. The government moves to revoke a 1930 treaty granting Greek nationals special privileges, effective September 16.
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Greece
Turkey
U.N
Cyprus
Ankara
Ismet Inonu
Inona
Iskenderun
United Nations
Mediterranean
Mackin May Be Disbarred In Texas After Murder Conviction
The District 12 Grievance Committee of the Texas State Bar will seek disbarment for attorney Jack Mackin after his murder conviction was upheld by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Mackin, 34, is already serving a seven year sentence for the 1961 slaying of Clar ence A. Louden, a swimming pool contractor, and disbarment is automatic due to the felony conviction. Codefendant Jimmy Russell Clardy, 28, is serving 15 years in Huntsville.
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Fort Worth
State Bar of Texas
Jack Mackin
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Mackin
Clarence A. Louden
Jimmy Russell Clardy
Huntsville
Shamrocks Planted On Kennedy's Grave by Irish Ambassador
Washington AP reports that ambassador Thomas Kiernan planted shamrocks on President John F. Kennedy's grave at Arlington Cemetery. Mrs. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy watched the St. Patrick's Day ceremony.
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Washington
Kentucky Sitters Persist in Hunger Strike Over Civil Rights Bill
In Frankfort Kentucky 23 integrationists including 17 Negro youths from Louisville and six whites continued a hunger strike in the Kentucky House gallery Their leader Frank Stanley Jr said everyone was in good shape despite pains They aim to force passage of a public accommodations bill but the House version died after failed attempts to move it to the floor during the session
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Frankfort
Kentucky House
Birmingham
Nancy Penick
Louisville
Frank Stanley Jr
Stanley
House
Rules Committee
Belli Claims Trip Was Misconstrued Amid Dallas Sentiment
Melvin Belli said his Dallas visit was misinterpreted and he merely wanted to see more of Texas. He canceled a planned speech at the University of Texas Law School to avoid campus disruption while preparing to file an appeal for Jack Ruby. Belli said he hoped the death verdict would be reversed quickly and that he would travel east after the proceedings.
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Belli
Dallas
Associated Press
San Antonio
Mexico
California
Austin
Melvein Belli
University of Texas Law School
Jack Ruby
Law School
Spearance
Yale
Malcolm Fox
Gray's Inn of Court
Fox
Glenn Haynes
Texas Court of Criminal
Americans in Soviet captivity move to release talks
An Air Force flight surgeon visited Lt. Harold W. Welch in a Magdeburg Soviet hospital after the RB 66B crash over East Germany. Welch is in fair condition with multiple fractures but the Russians refuse to release him or provide details about Capt. David I. Holland and Capt. Melvin J. Kessler who parachuted from the downed plane. The U.S. demands return of the crew and wreckage while Moscow cites espionage charges.
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George Boultwood
Berlin
U.S
East Germany
Air Force
Harold W. Welch
Detroit
Magdeburg
Welch
John I. Monroe
West End
N.C
David I. Holland
Holland, Minn
Melvin J. Kessler
Philadelphia
Monroe
Gardelegen
United States
Officials From France Visit Denton
Five French government officials will tour the new underground federal center in Denton and review civil defense activities as part of a U S defense installations tour. Mayor Warren Whitson Jr will lead a welcoming delegation at Denton Airport before the group visits SAC headquarters in Omaha.
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Denton
United States
Warren Whitson Jr
Pentagon
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
Jacques Biget
Organization For
French National Defense
Olivier Manet
Yves Rodrigue
France
Houston
Tex
Napoleon Susini
Andre Chadeau
Ministry of Interior
Andre Lestourneux
William F. DuFault
U.S. Air Force
Mrs. Zadie Ethel Taylor Dies at 82 in Dunn
Funeral services set for 2 PM at Dunn Methodist Church for Mrs. Zadie Ethel Taylor 82 a longtime Dunn resident who died at Snyder Hospital after a week of illness. Survived by her husband W A Taylor son Arlie and siblings Mrs Bowers Mrs Head and T A Richardson. Burial in Dunn Cemetery under Bell Funeral Home.
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Zadie Ethel Taylor
Dunn
Taylor
Snyder Hospital
Hood County
W. A
Bill) Taylor
Arlie
Fred Bowers
Pearl Head
Snyder
T. A. Richardson
Robert Lee
Dunn Methodist Church
A. N Motes
Dunn Cemetery
Bell Funeral Home
Johnson Asks Solons To Raise Govt Pay
President Johnson urged Congress to raise federal employee pay to avoid depriving two million workers of fair and reasonable adjustments. He warned the move would hinder recruiting and retaining top talent in government.
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Johnson
Solons
Washington
Congress
Winds Subside as LA Blaze Rages
Destructive brush fires near Glendale Burbank Pasadena and Newhall eased as winds dropped from gusts up to 100 mph allowing planned use of planes dropping fire retardant Borate solution. About 800 firefighters fought the fires which scorched at least 10 000 acres. No deaths were reported with thousands evacuated and aircraft crash avoided.
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Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
Glendale
Burbank
Pasadena
Newhall
Weather snapshot across Texas regions shows modest changes
The report notes hot Monday morning readings up to 60 degrees with a low near 40 in parts of North Central and Northeast Texas, while Northwest Texas sees lows around 26 with highs near 64 to 76. Southeast and Southwest areas show partly cloudy conditions with small temperature changes and varied wind notes.
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Snyder
Texas
Southwest
Lexa
Louisiana
Ave
Dallas Man Dies In Car On Roby Highway
A Dallas machinist William Ernest Johns aged 58 died of a natural heart attack while his late model Dodge was found off the road on the Roby Highway eleven miles east of Snyder. Justice of the Peace Cone Merritt ruled natural causes. Funeral arrangements were pending in Dallas with local support from Bell Funeral Home. Johns survived by his wife two sons two daughters and seven grandchildren with one son living in Odessa.
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Dallas
Snyder
William Ernest Johns
Roby Highway
O. L. Stuard
Stuard
Justice of the Peace Cone
Merritt
Johns
Weiland - Merritt Funeral Home
Bell Funeral Home
Odessa
Freight Train Derailment Shuts Canyon Texas Area
A freight train derailed near Canyon Texas causing evacuations as leaking heating gas forced the stopping of tires and pilot lights. Two of 18 cars leaking gas prompted the action. forty one cars derailed on the west edge of the city, creating a 40 foot high pile.
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Canyon, Tex
Panhandle
No Date Set For Midland Banking Board Hearing
State Banking Commissioner J M Falkner said no date has been set for a banking board hearing on a request to reconsider an application for a new bank in Midland. Attorneys for the Texas Bank and Trust contend the board recognized public necessity by approving one bank and that the second application should have been granted. The dispute centers on which filing came first amid a broader civil rights debate in October.
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Austin
J. M. Falkner
Banking Board
Midland
Texas Bank and Trust
Senate Democratic Leader
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Johnson
Senate
Foreign Aid Message Due On Thursday
President Johnson told Senate and House leaders that his foreign aid proposal will be sent to Congress on Thursday. Speaker McCormack said the message underscores continuing support for the International Development Association to aid underdeveloped nations. He added that reaction to the poverty message was overwhelmingly favorable and that action on the anti poverty bill would be swift in the Education and Labor Committee.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
John W. McCormack
International Development Association
McCormack
Gross
Carlol
Bert
Oklahoma
House
Orty
Senate
Peace Corps
Sargent
Shriver
House Labor National Service Corps
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Democrat
Legisla
Solons Scrutinize No Poverty Plan Amid Political Clash
Congress debates President Johnson’s antipoverty program with a emphasis on youth aid and job corps. Republicans oppose funding cuts and sweeping methods while Democrats push for swift passage and expansion of the plan, forecasting political leverage in upcoming November battles.
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