Work On Spending Bill Group Starts
Ten senators and representatives form a conference committee to bridge 11 million in differences between House and Senate general appropriations bills for state operations over two years. Leaders expect a bill within two to three weeks if sessions run Friday and Saturday. The House seeks 3.6 billion in spending with 606 million from general revenue. Senate calls for 617 million. A key issue is funding for a teacher pay raise. the House may leave about 25 million for the governor’s raise. Senators also passed bills to authorize a Texas Tech medical school and to upgrade East Texas State College to a university. The East Texas bill heads to the governor for signature.
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General Revenue Fund
Senate
John Connally
Conference Committee
Texas Tech
East Texas State College
East Texas
Red China Premier To Visit Albania
AP reports Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lai will visit Albania soon after attending Romania’s funeral in Bucharest. Radio Tirana cites the trip as Peking’s move to bolster ties with its East European ally amid the Soviet China dispute.
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Austria
Chou En-lai
Albania
Peking
Radio Tirana
Bucharest
Romania
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-De
U S Plans Major UN Payments Despite Delinquent States
Washington officials say the United States will proceed with about 200 million dollars in 1960 UN contributions even if Soviet Union France and others behind on dues do not pay. President Johnson faced calls to push for a workable financial formula to bring in arrears and grant the U N more sway in how assessed taxes are spent. Article 19 provisions could strip voting rights from nations in two-year arrears, with the Soviet Union France and others owing tens of millions of dollars toward peacekeeping charges in Congo and the Middle East.
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United States
United Nations
General Assembly
U.S
Soviet Union
France
Johnson
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Jet
U.N
Congo
Middle East
Assembly
Security Council
Winter Holds Ground As Texas Sees Freezing Rain
Frigid weather continues across North and Central Texas with temperatures around 24 degrees in Snyder and widespread icing. Schools closed as freezing rain and drizzle spread from Dallas to Fort Worth and beyond, with hazardous driving and travel disruption reported across multiple districts.
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Weather Bureau
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Fort Worth
North Texas
Texas
Panhandle
Smallhail
Highway Department
North
Big Spring
Paris
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Lubbock
Childress
Amarillo
Presley Also Loser In Cattle Deal
In Dallas court Vernon Presley, Elvis Presley’s father, and Dr. Hans Duerr testified they invested in Tenn-Tex Land & Cattle Co. and lost money. Presley said he invested 1950 dollars for his son and sought letters to banks and the BBB about Tenn-Tex with disappointing replies. Other witnesses linked Elvis to 500 cattle or more than 200000 dollars invested.
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Tenn-Tex Land & Cattle Co
Sarah T. Hughes
Vernon Presley
Memphis
First National Bank
Weatherford
Better Business Bureau
Tenn-Tex
Cyril Post
Poplar Bluff Mo
Robert Phillips Jr
Chicago
Ray Ellis
Elvis Presley
Germans Extend Nazi Murderer Search in West Germany
The Bundestag voted to extend the manhunt for Nazi murderers until January 1, 1970. The tally was 44 to 96 with four abstentions. West Berlin lawmakers cast 20 votes, not officially counted. The opposition Socialists supported the bill, while Erhard's Christian Democrats were split and the Free Democrats opposed.
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Germany
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Ludwig Erhard
Christian Democrats
Free Crate
Ranks Mushroom As March Nears Capitol
Fifteen thousand marchers, mostly Negro, crowd a muddy civil rights rally near Alabama Capitol under federal guard. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr led the final step after a Selma start, with National Guardsmen and Army troops patrolling Dexter Avenue and Capitol grounds.
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Ross Hagen Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
Johnson Submits Customs Overhaul Plan to Congress
President Johnson proposes a reorganization of the Customs Bureau to end patronage jobs and modernize its structure. The plan would take effect unless disapproved by Congress within 60 days and aims to save about a million dollars annually in salaries with a net nine million in savings after implementation.
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Johnson
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Senate
Customs Service
Bureau
Red China Says It Is Ready to Send Men to Viet Cong
Red China declares readiness to send troops to join the Viet Cong in South Vietnam if requested by the rebels. It pledges military aid and arms, while Western experts say Beijing would act only if the United States expands ground combat. A State Department spokesman said the statement is being studied and offers no immediate comment.
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Red China
U.S
South
Viet Nam
Peking
Hong Kong
China
John Foster Dulles
United States
Hanoi
Washington
State Department
Literary Contests Set Here Friday And Saturday
Students from Snyder Brownfield Lamesa Sweetwater Levelland Littlefield and Lake View compete in district literary events at Snyder High School with one act plays Friday and Saturday debates poetry and other contests Saturday. Regional contests follow April in Odessa alongside district athletic meets at Odessa.
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Ham
Betty Buchanan
Jay Don Rogers
Gary War
Steve Crow
Layten
Fredrika Josephson
Cindyell
Willie Everett
Bob Rayder
Hale Millican Smyth
Rose Ann
Manioa University Interscholastic League
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Odessa
Snyder
Brownfield
Lamesa
Sweetwater
Levelland
Littlefield
Lake View
Dan Brunken
Gary Perser
Glenda Sehesied
Aleta January
Keniny Gay
Donna Davis
Jell Gra
Tipoff to Reds Hindering Raids
Washington AP reports advance tipoffs may have reduced U S and South Vietnamese air strikes against targets in North Viet Nam since February 1965 Officials say South Vietnamese Communist agents and sympathizers may relay warnings to Hanoi While strikes are described as largely successful defense officials note higher casualties could have occurred if targets were caught by surprise Some concern remains over security of military communications and lines used for operational briefings
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Fred S. Hoffman
Guerril Washington
U.S. U.S
North Viet ‘Nam
North Viet Nam
South
Viet Nam
Harsh Texas winter weather alert and temps
Readable forecast notes dangerous driving conditions across northern Texas with freezing rain and ice. Northwest to southeast temperatures range from near 24 to 38 degrees with lows 4 to 38. Warnings extend today tonight and Friday for extreme northwest mazverdeus driving hazards and possible drizzle and cold.
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Trace Nort Central
Tessas Maezardeus
Mioe
Tesas
Mazerdeus
Helardeus
Ign
Texas
Mazerdous
Sovih
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