California Freight Train Slams Bus Killing 28 Workers
A speeding freight train crashed into a makeshift bus carrying Mexican field workers near Chualar California killing 28 and injuring 35. The driver Francisco Espinosa 24 of Salinas faces a felony manslaughter charge as ambulances rush to Salinas area hospitals.
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Salinas
Calif
California
Tony Vasquez
Vasquez
California Highway Patrol
Christopher Hill Jr
Earl Meyers, Co
San Fancisco
Francisco Gonzales Espinosa
Highway Patrol
Francis Simmons
Espinosa
Robert E. Cripe
San Luis Obispo
Southern Pacific
Cripe
Senate Gets Shelter Bill Heads To Vote In Senate
The 190 million federal aid and construction program to build fallout shelters for 11 million Americans moves to the Senate after a House approval. Civil Defense officials express cautious optimism, noting the Senate has been more favorable to these measures. The House rejected a Republican bid to strip 175 million for public and nonprofit shelter construction by a 172 to 67 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Edgar F Foreman
R-Tex
Kennedy to push 11 billion tax cut before Congress
President Kennedy plans a nationwide address at 7 p.m. to rally support for an 11 billion tax reduction bill awaiting a House vote. Senate opposition looms with civil rights filibuster risk while Republicans demand spending controls and a pledge to curb spending. The White House argues the two stage cut will boost business and widen revenues to balance the budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
House
Senate
Congress
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Wilbur D. Mills
D. Ark
Ways and Means Committee
U.S
Byrnes
Funeral Rites Held for James R. Lacy Snyder Barber
Funeral services for James Robert Lacy 53 of 3705 Galveston Avenue were held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev. T Gerald Cates officiating. Lacy died suddenly Tuesday evening of an apparent heart attack after a workday at his Snyder barber shop. Burial followed in Snyder Cemetery. Lacy survived by his wife Lamoyne two children a daughter Billie Nunn and a son Jimmy Lacy multiple siblings and seven grandchildren.
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James Robert Lacy
Galveston Avenue
Mr. Lacey
Snyder
Lacy
1718
Twenty-sixth Street
Lacey
Trinity Methodist Church
T. Gerald Cates
Highland Park Baptist Church
Abilene
Allen Adams
Snyder Cemetery
Bolger
A. Taylor
Morris Ashley
Alvis Sellers
Weather snapshot across Texas with scattered showers
Weather outlook covers North Central to Southwest Texas with cloudy to partly cloudy skies. Readings include highs from the upper 70s to mid 80s and lows mainly in the 60s to low 70s. Gusty northwest winds on the coast bring small craft warnings and variable seas.
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Snyder
Texas
Palacios
Five Share Prize In First Grid Contest
Seventy five percent topped the Snyder Daily News football pool in week one with five entrants sharing the prize. Edward Schulz R 2509 Twenty-ninth Street R B von Roeder Rte 2 Vicki Burney Arah Rte J T Trice Rte 2 and Billy Kay Avenue U divided 12 50 with no second prize due to the tie. Levelland lost to Seminole was the only game all five winners missed. A new contest starts today with games listed in sponsor ads in this issue.
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Snyder Daily News
Edward Schulz
Twenty-ninth Street
R. B. von Roeder
Rte. 2
Vicki Burney
Arah Rte
J. T. Trice
Rte
Billy Kay
Avenue U
Berger
Mighty San Angelo
Olney
Jacksboro
Levelland
Seminole
First American space winged craft launches from Cape Canaveral
The Asset test craft launched atop a Thor rocket, flew about 9 000 mph to 35 miles high, then re entered over the Atlantic 1 000 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral. Recovery vessels searched hours later after signals from the payload were not received.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Air Force
Senator Miller backs limited nuclear test ban treaty
Senate vote on the pact to ban nuclear tests except underground moves toward ratification with a two thirds majority. Miller joined 80 supporters while 13 oppose and seven are uncommitted. Opposition warns the treaty weakens U S defenses as Goldwater may seek delays next week.
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Washington
Jack Miller
Iown
Senate
Associated Press
Miller
Soviet Union
Carl T. Curtis
Curtis
Sam J. Ervin Jr
DNC
Alan Bible
D-Ney
Richard
B. Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Barry Goldwater
H-Ar
Cuba
Goldwater
United States
Albania
Red China
China
UN Steering Committee backs Viet Nam Buddhist question for GA debate
The 21 nation Steering Committee recommended placing the Buddhist treatment in South Viet Nam before the General Assembly session. It approved discussing South Africa’s apartheid. urged penalties including an arms embargo and ending foreign investment. The report followed a special committee’s review of racial policies ahead of the 18th General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
South Viet Nam
General Assembly
Assembly
South Africa
Security Council
South
Viet Nam
U.N
Hurricane Cindy Dumps 22.78 Inches Sparks Floods in Southeast Texas
Dying Cindy stalled over Jefferson County Texas unleashed record rainfall with Deweyville 22.78 inches and Orange 19.30 inches. Widespread flooding forced hundreds to higher ground as 8 foot levees failed near Port Acres and rescues by trucks and boats continued. Civil Defense declared a state of emergency while Orange County evacuated about 100 residents as the storm moves slowly northward.
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Eeaumont
Texas
Deweyville
Orange
Beaumont
Kountze
Port Acres
Port Arthur
Jefferson County
Sheriff's Office
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Air Force
Green Acres
Fannet
Red Cross
Civil Defense
Orange County
J. Cullen Browning
The
Orange Leader
Like A Dream Says Mom Of Fischer Quints
Mrs Andrew Fischer, mother of five premature quints, spoke at a news conference from St Luke's Hospital amid gifts totaling about 75000. The five babies born last Saturday, four girls and a boy, are gaining strength and expected to remain in the hospital about two months as their father plans to return to work. Oct 14 was proclaimed Fischer Quintuplets Day by local chamber officials.
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Aberdeen
Andrew Fischer
James Berbos
Joe Barnett
Stan Siegel
Chamber of Commerce
Fischers
Fischer
F. C. Pieplow
Chamber
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Chualar
Galveston
House Rules Committee
James R, Lacy
Mills
Atlantic
John Dillinger
E. R. Massingill
Avenue I. Snyder
John
Viet
Africa
Houston
the Weather Bureau
Neches
Fischer Quints
Quints
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