Small Rain and Big Scandals Weave Through Waco News
The report covers sparse rainfall, ongoing police investigations into multiple sexual assault cases, and a mix of local and national concerns. Details include a 55-year-old man accused in a 14-year-old case, a 19-year-old Mexican girl alleging ten suspects, and UC Berkeley firing president Clark Kerr amid student protests. The piece notes attorney alibis, lie detector testing, and bond outcomes, finishing with political comments from a Waco Lions Club meeting.
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C. A. Phillips
Hill County
William Doyle Brown
Brown
Waco
Judge accepts three guilty pleas in 54th District Court
Judge Vic Hall accepted three guilty pleas this week in the 54th district court. Raymond Dozier McKinney faces jail time on DWI2d while Robert Leslie Spence Jr. and Esther Neely Spence are evaluated for possible probated sentences.
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Vic Hall
54Th District Court
Raymond Dozier McKinney
Robert Leslie Spence Jr
Esther Neely Spence
Registration to Begin at Community College This Spring
McLennan Community College sets Spring day class registration for Tuesday and Wednesday at Base Service Club James Connally AFB. Late registration February 2 and 6–10 in Registrar's Office. Evening registration January 30 31 February 1 6:30 8:30 p.m. Tuition $6 per semester hour. First noncredit evening course offered. Health Sciences Advisory Committee of 29 leaders formed to explore new health programs.
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Burton Mason
McLennan Community College
Base Service Club
Second Street
Avenue C
James Connally Air Force Base
Wife Helps Attacker Out Of Jail In Beverly Hills
John Earl Rabion of 4604 Highland Drive Beverly Hills was released from county jail on six thousand dollars in bonds after Beverly Hills police and fire officials pursued him into a nearby field. He faces arson destruction of private property disturbing the peace and threats to take a life. His wife allegedly helped secure his release claiming fire department witnesses erred in seeing him set the house ablaze which suffered considerable damage. Police car equipment was damaged when Rabion resisted arrest.
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John Earl Rabion
Hiland Drive
Beverly Hills
Rabion
Fire Department
Madison Cooper Scholarship Aids UT Social Work
The Cooper Foundation of Waco announces the Madison A. Cooper Jr. scholarships to support graduate study in social work at The University of Texas. Two 2500 scholarships will be offered per year, with possible future changes by the foundation board. Apply to Dr. Jack Otis, UT Austin.
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Graduate School of Social Work
University of Texas
Cooper Foundation of
Waco
Madison A. Cooper, Jr
Cooper Foundation
Madison A. Cooper
Martha Roane Cooper
Jack Otis
Austin
Texas
Paul Quinn College Receives $72,079 Title I Grant
Paul Quinn College was awarded a $72,079 Title I grant under the Higher Education Facilities Act for a liberal arts building. Con. W. R. Poage announced Tuesday. Project total cost is $219,239 with Moody Corporation contributing $35,000 and the rest from local sources.
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Paul Quinn College
Con
W. R
Bob) Poage
Moody Corporation
Baylor Receives Five BPRA Awards At Biloxi Workshop
Baylor University and Baylor College of Medicine won awards of merit from the Baptist Public Relations Association at a January workshop in Biloxi Mississippi. Baylor representatives Wesley Bates of Waco and Russell Clem of Houston attended.
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Baylor University
Baptist Public Relations Association
BPRA
Biloxi
Miss
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor
Wesley Bates
Waco
Russell Clem
Houston
Woodchucks Hesitate About Early Wakeup in February
The line notes that few woodchucks rise early on February 2 as this date sits in midwinter for them, reflecting how nature slows during the cold season and animal activity lags until spring.
Book Store Robbery At Baylor Store
About twelve hundred dollars of merchandise was stolen from the Baylor Book Store in the Students Union building on Tuesday and later recovered in the hallway. Detective Glenn Gibson leads the investigation. Theft charges were filed against Willie D. Wright, 21.
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Baylor Book Store
Students Union
Glenn Gibson
Willie D. Wright
Watson Bills Introduced in Texas Legislature
Senator Murray Watson filed a Senate bill seeking an appropriation for Connally Tech to operate the college. Waco representatives filed similar House measures. Watson also placed a long list of other bills into the hopper.
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Murray Watson
Texas Senate
Connally Tech
Waco
House
Watson
UNICEF allocations to Communist countries share 1951 to May 1966
From 1951 through May 1966 UNICEF allocated 2.36 percent of its total worldwide allocations to aid the children in Communist nations.
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Unicef
Bogus Twenty Dollar Bills Reported in Texas Cities
Fort Worth saw several counterfeit $20 bills this week with poor paper and printing and Dallas Federal Reserve serial numbers. Sheriff C. C. Maxey confirms similar passes in Waco as Secret Service continues the investigation.
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Fort Worth
C. C. Maxey
Waco
Secret Service
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
March of Dimes Busy Four Day Campaign Opens Saturday
March of Dimes activities kick off with peanut sales by Reicher and Axtell students on Saturday. A Saturday night dance at the Heart O’Texas Fairgrounds features The Malibous and Knights Bridge Quintet. Tuesday night showcases the Mothers March in Waco Bellmead West McGregor Mart Moody Northcrest Elm Mott Lacy Lakeview and surrounding areas.
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Reicher High School
Axtell High
Heart O’texas Fair Grounds
Malibous
Knights Bridge
Waco
Bellmead
West
McGregor, Mart
Moody
Northcrest
Elm Mott
Lacy Lakeview
E. L. Connally
Miss Bailey Competes In Texas Junior Miss Pageant
Lou Beth Bailey, daughter of Dr. Joe W. Bailey and Mrs. Bailey, competes with other seniors in the Texas Junior Miss contest in New Braunfels.
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Miss Bailey
Lou Beth Bailey
New Braunfels
She Is
the Daughter
Mrs
Joe W. Bailey
Three Wacoans Indicted on Bank Robbery Tax Evasion and Draft Violations
A federal grand jury in Austin indicted Charles Leroy Childress for bank robbery John Ben Schmiedekamp for income tax evasion and Danny Ray Beene for selective service act violations. They are to appear at the next federal court term in Waco.
Tower and new building to rise in Waco skyline
The project, due in early Spring, includes a new tower expanding toll message circuits for long distance calls. Hutson said interior work is nearly finished and exterior construction is on schedule. The steel for the tower was ordered this week and the building will house 225 telephone employees.
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Waco
Membership Drive Launch in Downtown Waco
Downtown Waco Inc. launched a giant membership drive on Wednesday aiming for 50,000 dollars and 300 members. One fourth of the goal has already come in from key memberships.
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Waco, Inc
Banquet Tickets On Sale For Waco Chamber Event
Balcony seats for the Annual Membership Banquet of the Waco Chamber of Commerce go on sale at local banks and restaurants and at the Chamber office. Tickets for upstairs seating are $2.50. advance reservations required. no sales at the door. The banquet is February 13 at Heart Texas Coliseum with Paul Harvey as speaker.
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Waco
Heart
Texas Coliseum
Paul Harvey
National City Bank
Citizens National Bank
First National Bank
Community State Bank
Westview National Bank
Lake Air National Bank
Bellmead State Bank
Pioneer Savings and Loan Association
Waco Savings and Loan Association
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Roy Bertrands
Harold Waite
Door sockets as tenant obligation in Mesopotamia
In ancient Mesopotamia stone scarcity made door sockets valuable and not part of the house. The tenant bore the duty to supply them.
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Mesopotamia
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William Northcutt
Henry Harwell
James Smith
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John Cabaniss
Woodie Zachry
Jim Boch
Tom Bennett
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George Nevarez
George Baldamero Reyna
Gilbert Mata
Tony Vasquez
Gilbert
Board of Regents
University of California At Berkeley
Clark Kerr
Kerr
U. S
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Ronald Reagan
Tom Moore, Jr
Carl McIntosh
Texas House
McLennan County
Waco Lions Club
Chester R. Hastings
McLennan Community Cole Leg
MCC
Madison Cooper
Paul Quinn Grant
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FIRST NATIONAL _ BANK
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Sallie Lewis
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Dorothy Benson
Travis
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Cardinal
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Wood
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Live Oak
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S. 4Th
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Langley
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Old Dallas Road
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Scarlett
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Shamrock
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Nursing Service Dept
Bill Foster
Southwestern Bell
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