Metropolitan Vote Crushes Amendment in Texas
Metropolitan centers backed a constitutional amendment to expand the state Senate from 31 to 39 members, defeating the plan with 126 163 ballots to 77 049 as counties reported. The result prevents a costly special session to redraw districts and guarantees seven Senate seats shift to metropolitan areas in 1966, amid tepid campaigning and uneven county reporting.
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Robert E. Ford
Associated Press
Texas
Cal
State Senate
Texas Election Bureau
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Capitol
Election Bureau
Big City
Light Vote Here For Amendment
County turnout was light with only one absentee ballot. Unofficial results show 257 votes for and 180 against the state constitutional amendment to raise Senate membership from 31 to 39. Largest precinct turnout was 75 in Precinct 18 Southwest Snyder.
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Dunn
Lone Wolf
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Hermleigh
Spgs
So, Snyder
Loyd Mtn
NW Snyder
SW Snyder
Crowder
Betsy Deluges Florida with Six Foot Wall of Water
Hurricane Betsy drove a six foot surge across Florida's lower east coast and battered the Keys with 140 mph winds. The Miami River overflowed, many areas flooded, and widespread power outages hit 80 percent of Miami and Fort Lauderdale. One death was confirmed in Miami from a downed power line.
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Ben Funk
Miami
Fla
Florida
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Florida Gold Coast
Helen Cooper
Ragged Key
Coast Guard
Betsy
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Gulf of Mexico
Oth
VRE Pure Prs
Fort Entrely
Key Biscayne
Lauderdale
Collins Avenue
Miami Beach
Pope Paul Plans UN Visit and New York Stop
Vatican announces Pope Paul VI will fly to New York on Oct. 4 for a UN General Assembly session and a major religious service likely at St Patrick's Cathedral. The pope will spend one day in the United States before returning to Rome, timed during the Vatican council’s final session.
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L’osservatore Romano
New York City
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Fifth Avenue
U.N. General Assembly
India launches two new attacks in West Pakistan
India says it opened three fronts into West Pakistan after reports of Pakistani bombers attacking New Delhi. Cha-van told Parliament one spearhead was five miles into southeast Pakistan and Gadra fell inside the frontier.
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Barmer
Rawalpindi
Palam
Smallwood Rites At Ira
Funeral services are set for Herbert F. Sam Smallwood 58 at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Ira Church of God. He died 10:50 p.m. Tuesday at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. A Hartsville Ala. native he moved to Scurry County at age 12. Survived by wife Leona Clark Smallwood two sons Joneil Snyder and Colwin Kerens three sisters Inez Wilson Lucille White Catherine Weir a twin brother Booth Smallwood and half brother J W Smallwood Four grandchildren. Officiants are Rev. Billy Sanders and Rev. Raymond Stevenson with burial in Ira Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home.
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Ira Church of God
Herbert F. Sam Smallwood
Methodist
Lubbock
Hartsville
Ala
Smallwood
Scurry County
Leona Clark Smallwood
Joneil Smallwood
Snyder
Colwin Smallwood
Kerens
Weather snapshot for Texas regions shows warm to hot highs
The forecast reports highs from 68 to 100 across Texas regions, with 20 percent chances of showers and thundershowers mainly this afternoon or night. Cooler northern Panhandle today, warmer Thursday. coastal winds 6 to 18 knots, and varying low temperatures from 59 to 76 degrees.
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City Council OKays Budget Effort To Disqualify Judge Brown
Dallas report notes Jack Ruby's lawyers seek Dis. Judge Louis Holland to disqualify Dis. Judge Joe Brown who presided Ruby’s murder trial. Defense also asks rulings be voided, cites concerns over bias and a forthcoming book about the trial.
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Lee Harvey Niewald Reamaine
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New Manager for Phone Co Here
Cecil Fowler named manager for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in Lubbock succeeding Jim Brewer, who becomes unit manager in Fort Worth. Fowler, with 12 years at the firm, started as a mail clerk and rose through business representative and commercial roles. Brewer’s career began in 1950 and included posts in Dallas, Lubbock, and Fort Stockton before his 1963 appointment.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Lubbock
Jim Brewer
Houston Street
Fort Worth
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Plainview
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Corps of Engineers
Midland
Brewer
Dallas
Fort Stockton
Estimate On Cotton Rises
The Agriculture Department projects this year's cotton crop at 15.134 million bales, up 1.5 percent from August's 14.916 million forecast. Last year yielded 15.18 million bales, with a 1959-63 average of 14.67 million. surplus conditions persist under a government control program including marketing quotas and payments for under planted allotments.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
China protests Indian border actions in Sikkim clashes
Tokyo AP reports Communist China denounces India for violations of China sovereignty along the China Sikkim border. Beijing demands dismantling of Indian military structures and withdrawal of forces to halt aggression.
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Ching Erasacre
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Schildren
Alfred J. Greenway Dies at 60 in Snyder
Alfred J. Greenway, a well known Snyder automotive mechanic, died at 3 30 a m in Cogdell Memorial Hospital at age 60. Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday at Avenue D Baptist Church with Rev Bobby Phillips and Rev Q C D Carpenter officiating. Burial in Gail Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home direction. Survived by wife Maggie E Greenway son Joe Greenway of Snyder mother Mrs Annie G Greenway of Bartlesville Okla sister Mrs Ova Lee Tole of Bartlesville and two brothers Lewis Walter Greenway and
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Snyder Automotive
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Greenway
Bobby Phillips
QC. D. Carpenter
Hobbs
N.M
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Bell Seale Funeral Home
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Joe Greenway
Snyder
Jirs
Annie G. Greenway
Bartlesville
Okla
Ova Lee Tole
Lewis Walter Greenway
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