Lynda Bird Johnson Birthday Gala in Hollywood
Lynda Bird Johnson, aged 22, hosts a high profile 12 guest dinner party in Hollywood on her birthday eve with escort George Hamilton. Attendees include Tony Curtis Christine Kaufman Samantha Eggar Tom Stern and noted stars Greer Garson Glenn Ford Natalie Wood Lucille Ball Red Buttons Gary Morton and more as Secret Service screened guests.
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Doris Klein
Associated Press
Hollywood (Ap
Lynda Bird Johnson
Hollywood
George Hamilton
Lynda
Eddie Fisher
Tony Curtis
Christine Kaufman
Samantha Eggar
Tom
Greer Garson
Glenn Ford
Kathy Hays
Hugh O'Brian
Natalie Wood
Red Buttons
Lucille Ball
Gary Morton
Lizbeth Scott
Tony Martin
Cyd Charisse
George
Cottonman blasts at new law at Texas Cotton Association meeting
Rayond Tapp Lubbock cotton merchant and Texas Cotton Association president denounced the four year cotton law saying it fails without equal treatment for cooperatives and independent merchants. He accused cooperatives of unfair advantages in storage and sales and criticized USDA policies as he urged action at the 55th annual meeting.
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Dallas
Raymond Tapp
Lubbock
Texas Cotton Association
Tapp
Agriculture Department
USDA
Joseph Moss
Washington
John Sehnittiker
United States
Policemen’s Skeleton Out Of The Closet
In Olympia Washington the police department disclosed a long hidden issue. For the first four days of the week Chief Fred Derrick said overtime parking tickets could not be issued due to a shortage of forms and late arrival of new ones.
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Olympia
Wash
Fred Derrick
Two Texas wildcat wells test Ellenburger and Strawn formations
Snyder Area Oil reports No 1 Justice in Garza County 7-inch casing to 7,990 feet in Ellenburger with Strawn and Ellenburger test plans. Strawn zone produced oil gas and water while Ellenburger flow included oil gas and mud-cut filtrate. No. 1 Ellwood Mitchell Co. well tested Wolf camp and Abcott with gas oil and salty water. further testing planned. J. B. Drilling Co. noted.
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Warren American Ojl Co
Midland No. 1
Justice
Garza County
Wildcat
Justiceburg
Ellenburger
Strawn
H&gn
Fluvanna
Abo
Hospital Accredited by Joint Commission Survey
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals approved D. M. Cogdell Memorial Hospital for one year after a Feb 3 survey by Dr W C Statford. Administrator J P Timmons said the review covered doctors nurses technicians and all ancillary services to ensure better patient care for Scurry County.
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Joint Commission On Accreditation of
D. M. Cogdell Memorial Hospital
J. P. Timmons
W. C. Stateford
M. D
Joint Commission
American Medical Association
American College of Surgeons
American College of Physicians
American Hospital Association
Scurry County
Timmons
Snyder High School Band Honored At Banquet
Snyder High School’s Pride of the West band and directors were lauded by Band Boosters Club at the annual banquet. Leaders praised the group’s achievements, with Melvin Montgomery and Charles Shaw receiving special awards, and Dr. Robert Hargrove offering remarks on initiative and communication as keys to success.
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Robert H. Hargrove
Band Boosters Club
Snyder High
Melvin Montgomery
Charles Shaw
R. C. Patton
Texas Music Educators Association
Snyder High School
Pride of the West
Boosters Club
Camille Curry
Robert Hargrove
Charles Hartman
Robert Clinton
Clinton
Gemini 8 astronauts back after emergency space flight
Armstrong and Scott landed at Cape Kennedy after an eight and a half hour flight from Hawaii. They described a magnificent launch but regret not completing the first linkup with another satellite as the Agena and Gemini 8 tumbled, prompting an emergency landing and three day NASA review with officials.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Armstrong
David Scott
Hawai
Scott
John G Albert
Vatican City
Pope Gemini
St. Tails
Peter's Square
St. Joseph's
Dav
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agena
Gemini
NASA
Air Force
Buddhists Call For New Government In Saigon Turmoil
In Da Nang crowds rallied as Thich Tam Chau urged a national election and civilian rule to replace Ky's military regime. The 1st Corps chief Lt Gen Nguyen Chanh Thi faced ouster protests while supporters attacked Saigon leadership and the government.
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da Nang
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thi
South Viet Nam
1St Corps
Saigon
Edwin Q White
Nam
de Saigon
Thich Tam Chau
Buddhist Institute
Thieu
Ngyuen Chanh Thi
Ashan Area Hit By B52s In New Air Strikes
In South Vietnam U S Air Force B52 bombers based on Guam struck the Ashan Special Forces camp after intelligence showed Americans in the camp were accounted for and surviving Vietnamese forces were extricated. The attack followed a March 10 ground assault by North Vietnamese forces. Ground actions near Saigon and Da Nang yielded limited contact with Viet Cong forces as Marines and air units engaged to rescue wounded and repel enemy attacks.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ashan
Guam
Laos
Honolulu
U. S
Brownwood firm wins defense order for weather gear
Brownwood Texas Manufactur was awarded a 2.5 million Defense Supply Agency contract for 200000 light weight raincoats for Navy carrier pilots. The award followed information found on an enemy body and was announced by U S Rep Omar Burleson.
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Washington
Nha Trang Brownwood
Tex
Information Ing Co
Air Force
Navy
U. S
Omar Burleson
Brownwood
11 Well Venture In South Scurry
Ellis Drilling Co schedules an 11 well program on the northeast Sharon Ridge San Andres pool in Scurry County about four miles southwest of Dunn. Drilling depths up to 1,800 feet will be by cable tools with wells Nos 3 through 13 positioned at specified north and west offsets in section 142 block 3 H GN survey.
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Ellis Drilling Co
Sharon Ridge
San Andres
Scurry County
Dunn
H&gn
Ellis
Weather snapshot for Texas regions and coast
Weather snapshot lists temperatures and conditions across North Central, Northeast, Northwest, Port Arthur, Brownsville, South Central, Southeast, Southwest and Extreme Southwest Texas. Values show highs from mid sixties to upper seventies and lows from mid forties to mid sixties with descriptions mostly clear to partly cloudy and winds at Port Arthur to Brownsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
Port Arthur
Brownsville
United Arab Liner Crashes in Desert Fatality Toll 30
A Soviet-built United Arab Airlines jet crashed in a desert sand storm near Cairo after two altimeters failed. All 25 passengers and five Egyptian crew died. Among the victims was American Kenneth Gilbert, an employee of the U.S. Embassy in Cyprus.
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Cairo
United Arab Airlines
Kenneth Gilbert
U.S
Cyprus
Viet Nam War Profiteers Feel Aftermath Of Executions
War profiteers in Saigon react to the March 14 execution of Ta Vinh a Chinese businessman convicted of profiteering. Merchants flee operations while others bolster bribes and smuggle records as authorities promise a crackdown. A Vietnamese ex-official faces death for embezzlement amid ongoing scrutiny.
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John T. Wheeler
Saigon
South Viet Nam AP
Viet Nam
Ta Vinh
Hong Kong
Neuven Cao Ky
Information Service
U.S
American Post Exchange
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H. F. Clark
Snyder Area Oil
Coastal States Gas Producing Co
Midland No
Mitchell County Venture
Colorado City
SPRR
J. B. Drilling Co. of
Abilene
Hospital
SHS
Joe Robinson
Hardin-Simmons University
S. Viet
Brownwood Firm
South Scurry
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