Injunction Ends Last of Rail Strikes By Firemen
U.S. marshals served a temporary injunction at Joliet Illinois yards ending the last of four rail strikes by firemen protesting job eliminations under an arbitration ruling. The order halted 25 pickets as 800 workers had observed the lines, with a hearing set for Monday.
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Chicago
U.S
Joliet
Ill
Elgin, Joliet
Illinois
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
Peoria & Pekin Union Railway
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Conway
Alexander Holtzoff
LBJ Draws Huge Crowds In Atlanta
President Johnson drew an estimated 500000 people in Atlanta as he urged racial justice. He rode in a convertibile, spoke from the trunk, and praised Atlanta before heading to Gainesville where he invoked Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. as part of his civil rights message.
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Atlanta
Johnson
Deep South
Georgia
South
White House
Gainesville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Rusk to push NATO aid and civil rights agenda
Secretary of State Dean Rusk travels to Europe to urge NATO contribution and defend the alliance amid debates on its organization and Western defense. He signals support for the war on poverty and equal rights while deferring decisions on a Hague NATO conference.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Dean Rusk
Europe
NATO
Johnson
Guerril
South Viet Nam
U.S
Cuba
Rusk
Brussels
Atlanta
Ture
Georgia
George Ball
Charles de Gaulle
France
Atlantic Alliance
West
Snyder Chamber raises dues at member meeting
More than 60 members attended the Snyder Chamber of Commerce meeting in the high school auditorium to discuss chamber activities and financing. The group voted to raise minimum dues for individuals from 24 to 36 dollars and business dues from 48 to 60 dollars annually, noting West Texas peers have higher rates.
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Weath
Water
Borger
Plainview
Badger Robertson
Say
Recorder Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
D. D. Shelburne
Chamber of Commerce
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Robertson
Weather snapshot across Texas with heat and storms
A broad Texas forecast shows high temperatures near 98 in the south central region, with cooler nights in most areas. Scattered thunderstorms are reported in Northeast and Southeast zones, while Northwest Texas trends toward clearing and lower winds. Coastal areas expect southeasterly winds 15 to 25 knots and warm, humid conditions.
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Snyder
Texas
Spring Storms Ravage Cogdell Area With High Winds
A brief two minute windstorm around 3 40 pm caused hundreds of dollars in damage near Cogdell Center. Gravel lifted from parking lots shattered about 25 car windows at Cogdell Hospital and three at Wellborn Motors. Debris toppled signs antennas and a church water tank while the Canyon Drive In Theatre screen suffered heavy damage.
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Cogdell Center
Cogdell Hospital
Wellborn Motors
Snyder
Concord
Calif
Pacific Air Lines
FBI
Civil Aeronautics Board
Trinity Methodist Church
Wellborn’s
Canyon ‘Drive-In
Hail Storm Damage Destroys Electra Schools and Roofs
A severe hail and rain storm struck Electra Texas causing extensive damage to homes roofs and windows in downtown Electra and at a junior high and an elementary school. Many buildings suffered thousands of dollars in damage as debris was cleared and classes prepared to resume.
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Associated Press
Electra
Texas
CRMWD Seeks bids for 5.2 mile 18 inch pipeline
CRMWD plans a 5.2 mile 18 inch pipeline to transport water to a Coke County waterflood project. Bids due May 26. contract talks with Sun Oil Company and Perkins and Prothro finalized. Sun will supply up to 2.1 million gallons daily, Perkins and Prothro up to 1.5 million gallons daily, Sun treats water near Silver. Project cost estimated over a quarter million dollars.
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Colorado River
CRMWD
Sun
Perrkins & Prothro
Silver
Perkins & Prothro
Uprising Quelled At Reformatory in Iowa
An uprising at the Iowa Men's Reformatory in Anamosa was quelled with tear gas and sunshots. Acting Warden Benjamin Baer said 16 to 24 ringleaders face charges that likely bring longer sentences and transfer to a maximum security prison.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Iowa Men's Reformatory
Benjamin Baer
Warren Panelman Arrives in Dallas for Kennedy Inquiry
Sen. John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky, a Warrern Commission member, arrives in Dallas to join the Kennedy assassination inquiry. FBI agent Gordon Shanklin and Secret Service officers escort him to a waiting car amid a tense scene.
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Dallas
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Warrern Commission
Kennedy
FBI
Gordon Shanklin
Secret Service
Thunderstorms and Tornadoes Roar Across Northwest Texas
Severe weather swept Northwest Texas with warm Gulf air colliding into a stationary cool mass. Thunderstorms traveled east from the Abilene area, bringing marble sized hail to Big Spring and spawning tornado funnels seven miles south of Big Spring near Lomax and four miles west of Roby.
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Abilene
Enid
Oklo
Gulf
Panhandle
Texas
Big Spring
Wichita Falls
Graham
Nocona
Archer City
Diem’s Brother Slated For Execution
Ngo Dinh Can, younger brother of the late President Ngo Dinh Diem and former viceroy of central Viet Nam, is to die by firing squad in a Saigon prison Saturday. A military tribunal found him guilty of murder, corruption, extortion, and abusing power, and he was accused of ordering torture deaths in 1956 to 1958. He maintained his innocence.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Can
Ngo Dinh Diem
Central
Viet Nam
Can
Hue
San Antonio Man Killed Near Colorado City
Arthur Leyendecker, 42, of San Antonio, died Thursday after his car hit a tree on Texas Highway 208 near Colorado City.
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Colorado City
Tex
Arthur Leyendecker
San Antonio
Parties Set Conventions In Scurry County Texas
Both major parties plan county conventions tomorrow. Democrats meet at 2 p.m. in the district courtroom at the courthouse. Republicans convene at 7 30 p.m. at Republican headquarters on Twenty fifth Street. The events aim to nominate presidential candidates amid primary trends.
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Democratic Party
Scurry County
Republicans
Twenty - Fifth Street
Snyder
Lyndon
B. Johnson
Texas
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Plains
the Panhandle
Cattle Prices Seen Stagnant as Outlook Deteriorates
Washington AP reports slim hopes for higher cattle prices this year as poor grazing and moisture reduce cattle gains. The Agriculture Department notes modest gains possible in late year if pasture conditions hold, but high slaughter and beef imports pressuring margins.
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Washington
Tle
Agriculture Department
Chicago
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