Kennedy Plans Trip to Northern Alabama Amid Birmingham Tensions
President Kennedy intends to fly to northern Alabama this Saturday despite federal troops being sent to Birmingham to quell unrest. He will answer Alabama Governor George Wallace’s telegram challenging troop deployments. Atty Gen. Robert F. Kennedy is in telephonic talks with the President as events unfold.
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Kennedy
Birmingham
Alabama
White House
George Wallace
Pierre Salinger
Kenney
Wallace
Robert F. Kennedy
Salinger
TVA
Scurry County approves seal coating bid and other actions
The Scurry County Commission accepted Frank R B Hodges low bid 19327 40 for seal coating in precincts 1 and 3. Other bids ranged 20069 50 to 21202 7. The court also swore in as board of equalization and discussed Kennedy Wallace Alabama events and Kennedy plan to visit Muscle Shoals Tuscumbia Sheffield Florence for TVA 30th anniversary. Dialogue noted Birmingham tensions and Maxwell Fort McClellan troop movements.
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Scurry County Commissioners Court
Frank RB. Hodges
Lubbock
R. B. Bowden Construction Co
Brannan Contractors
Victoria
Jones Brothers
Odessa
Abilene Paving
Kennedy
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
Tuscumbia
Sheffield
Florence
Diplomats Accused as Spies by Soviet Union
The Soviet Union declared ten diplomats, five American and five British, unwelcome and expelled. The note links them to espionage tied to Greville Wynne and Oleg Penkovsky, with Penkovsky sentenced to death and Wynne to eight years. Names and addresses of the accused are listed. one American remains at home on leave.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Russia
Foreign Ministry
Greville Wynne
Oleg Penkovsky
Penkovsky
Wynne
U.S
Hugh Montgomery
Windsor Rocks
Conn
Montgomery
Abingdon St
Arlington
Rodney Carlson
N. 26Th St
Richard Jacob
Jacob
State Department
Washington
Weather summary for Texas region with scattered storms
Readings show highs from 85 to 97 with lows 55 to 74 across regions. Expect partly cloudy to warm conditions with widely scattered thundershowers in many areas including North Central and Southeast Texas through Tuesday. Northwest winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts along the coast.
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Snyder
Texas
Lee Tonign
Partivy
Perth
Gerth
Nerih
Hugo
Supreme Court Rules Dues May Not Fund Politics
The Supreme Court rules that a railroad worker cannot be forced to pay the portion of union dues used for political purposes. The decision, announced by Justice Brennan, requires North Carolina’s courts to determine what expenditures are political and the proportion of dues spent on politics. Justice Harlan dissented in part, urging limits on the ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Brennan
Harlan
Goldberg
North Carolina
Southern Railway
North Carolina Supreme Court
Rail Giants Plan Merger
Union Pacific and Rock Island announce a partial merger plan. Rock Island would sell lines south and southwest of Kansas City to Southern Pacific at a price to be set by ongoing engineering studies. An exchange of .718 Union Pacific shares for each Rock Island share is proposed, with about 225 million UP shares and 3 million RI shares outstanding.
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New York
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Kansas City
Southern Pacific Co
Eorners
Cloud Cloudiness Threatens Cooper Launch Schedule
NASA warned heavy morning cloud cover at Cape Canaveral could block camera footage during the Atlas rocket boost for Gordon Cooper on a 22 orbit flight. officials said preparations continued for a Tuesday morning liftoff with hopeful conditions improving by Wednesday.
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Geoffrey Gould
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Project Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cooper
Pacific
Midway
Mercury Control Center
Pacific Ocean
Midway Island
Gordo
Chris Kraft
NASA
Sunny Days Festival Planned in Snyder by Local Businesses
Local companies join to stage a three day event headlined by a program called Sunny Days. A townwide treasure hunt with cash prizes, a merchandise fair, and bargain events run alongside coverage in the Snyder Daily News with May 19 as climactic day.
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Snyder Daily News
Heat Wave Persists Across Texas Despite Some Relief Nearby
The Associated Press reports cooler air near the Texas Panhandle offers little relief from a pre summer heat wave. Weather Bureau forecasts show minimal temperature changes and no significant rainfall through the week with only scattered thundershowers in Wichita Falls and potential showers in eastern and southern regions. Highs reach into the hundreds in western towns like Presidio 103 and Wink 102 while Galveston records a cool 62.
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Texas Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Wichita Falls
East Texas
Texas
Presidio
Wink
Childress
Galveston
Sid Reeder Rites Today
Funeral services for Sid Reeder 56 longtime sheriff of Borden County will be held at 3 p.m. in the Borden County High School gym. Reeder died of a heart attack Saturday night at his home near Gail and was pronounced dead on arrival at a Lamesa hospital. He helped preserve county history and helped designate the old tail in Gail as a historic site. Higgenbothan Funeral Home of Lamesa is in charge.
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Borden County High School
Sid Reeder
Reeder
Borden County
Gail
Lamesa Hospital
Mr. Reeder
House Bill Seeks to Keep Texas A&M All Male
The Texas House voted 122 to 14 to allow Rep. K. Edwards of Pattonville to introduce a bill restoring all male admission at Texas A&M during the summer session. Edwards warns the school could lose about $1 million in donations if the board's prior decision to admit women stands. A similar bid by Rep. Will Smith failed, and a House committee will hear a resolution tonight to push A&M back to all male admissions.
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Austin AP
House
Ke M. Edwards
Pattonville
Texas A&m
Edwards
Will Smith
Srouths
A&m
Woman Flyer Betty Miller Receives Civic Reception in Brisbane
Betty Miller 37 the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific from California received a civic reception in Brisbane. The Santa Monica aviatrix gave Norman Buchan a gold key and Brisbane citizens a silver platter. She plans to fly home as a passenger, with a Tuesday departure to Sydney and then undecided return date.
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Brisbane
Australia
Betty Miller
Pacific
California
Aviatrix
Santa Monica
Calif
Norman Buchan
Sydney
United States
Texas lawmakers resume loan shark battle in Austin
In a brief heated session, Texas senators pressed for a conference committee compromise on a loan shark bill. Gov John Connally defended the measure, noting it targets usurious rates and aims to curb abuses while setting caps on loan amounts and fees. The bill requires disclosure of charges in dollars and cents and mandates residency and insurance provisions.
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Austin
Texas
Don Garrison
Houston
Bruce Reagan
Senate
Reagan
John Connally
State Insurance Board
Conference Committee
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John W Young
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