Wacoans Choose Trustees Today
Voters in 21 wards will cast ballots for Place 3 and Place 4 on the Waco Independent School District board. Candidates include Mrs. M. M. MacRae, Roane Lacy for Place 3 and Jesse R. Milam Jr., Emmett L. Yant for Place 4. Winners serve six years. absentee voting tracked modestly with 67 cast this year.
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Waco Independent
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Waco
P-Ta’s
Lacy
Lacy Feed Co
Milam
Ben Milam
J. R. Milam Co
Milam Insurance Agency
Yant
Great Southern Life Insurance Co
T. Champe
19 Districts to Vote in County School Elections
Voters in McLennan County face school board elections across 19 districts with high interest and heavy anticipated turnout. Several districts have uncontested seats while others feature multiple candidates including Bruceville-Eddy Speeglieville and Midway with up to seven contenders for three positions.
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McLennan County
Joe Hatcher
Centexans To Elect New Boards
Election day across Central Texas sees districts with up to eight candidates for three seats while Aquilla and Bynum have no filings. Aquilla trustees J D Van derford and W C Gibson did not file for re election. Bynum’s Clifton Finch and W W Watson Jr retire with no filings. Write in votes expected in both districts. Hillsboro fields three seats with Emmett Gentry Mack D Gray re elected plus Mark Butler S J Vaughan II. Hasca lists three candidates including re elected Chester Upchurch Forrest Powers Jr James Wiginton with Mrs Frank Smellings and A G Hines. Hubbard five to fill three seats include James Anderson re election Thomas Walker Joe Bailey Kenneth Suddeth Herman Eskind Frank Murphy Henry D Sonnenburg Raymond Ake. Whitney two seats Jimmy F Barnett Joe Bob Vinson re elected. Malone two seats S Y Symank. CENTEX continues on Page 4.
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Speegleville
Mart
Speegieville
Bruceville-Eddy
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Woodlawn
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Bill Meador
H. D. Farris
Richard Plemons
W. E
Ed) Watkins
Hollis Vasser
O. C. Stanford Jr
Albert Young
Willie Thin
Charles Nawara
Robert E. Harrs
Maudie C. Cargill
Henry L. Taylor
Oo Duty
Ramsey Teaff
B. Woodard
Wilbert Meee
China Spring
Avis M. Langford
J. R. Lindsay
George J. Mitchiner
J. W
Jake) Cureton
John S. Harvey
Crawford
Ravelle Bohne
Bill Holmes
Robert Westerfield
Melvin Schuettee
Cleo Westerfield
Gholson
J. B. Mears
Richard Ray Walker
D. D. Russell
J. C. Witt
Hallsburg
Fred Kubitza
Edgar Thompson
James F. Muhl
Midway
Robert A. Warren
Wayne McKethan
Earl G. Adkins Jr
F. D. Ruff
W. Clyde Robinson
Charles Maddux
Virgil Tweedie
Moody
Clarence McKamie
Texas
Aquilla
Bynnum
J. D. Vanderford
W. C. Gibson
Byrnum
Clifton Finch
W. W. Watson Jr
Hillsboro
Emmett Gentry
Mack D. Gray
Mark Butler
S. J. Vaughan II
Hasca
Chester Upchurch
Forrest Powers Jr
James Wiginton
Frank Smellings
A. G. Hines
Hubbard
James Anderson
Thomas Walker
Joe Bailey
Kenneth Suddeth
Herman S. Eskind
Frank Murphy
Henry D. Sonnenburg
Raymond Ake
Weather forecast for Waco area with mild showers
Cloudy to partly cloudy and cooler today with scattered showers ending by mid morning. Tonight and Sunday cooler with a slight warming trend on Sunday. High today around 62, low tonight 53, rainfall 0.63 inch this month, river stage 4.1 feet Friday morning, first quarter moon on April 11.
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Waco
Junior Rodeo Draws Entries From 30 Towns
The Waco Longhorn Club hosts the AJRA rodeo with barrel racers leading the grand entry and a jackpot Cloverleaf race. Entries from 30 Texas towns are received as the event runs today at 7 p m and Sunday at 2 p m on West Waco Drive. Arena director Everett Watts, announcers Roy Durie and J W White, and secretary Roger Thomas oversee the show. Contestants must be 19 or younger under AJRA rules.
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Waco Longhorn Club
American Junior Rodeo Association
West Waco Drive
Everett Watts
Roy Durie
Where to Vote in Ward Based School Trustee Elections
Polls open 7 a m to 7 p m today across 21 Waco and surrounding county wards for school trustee elections. Ward locations include Fire Station Eleventh Columbus Sanger School Eighteenth Sanger Kirk Wilson School Second Jones Sul Ross School 901 South Seventh and many other district sites listed.
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Parkdale
Edmond
North Junior High
Cumberland
Rocketdyne Firing Of Motor Delayed
The 100000 pound thrust rocket motor test at Rocketdyne Mc Gregor works was canceled from Friday and rescheduled for early next week. Weather conditions could cause noise or a shock wave noticeable far from the firing zone.
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McGregor Works
Rocketdyne
Panel OKs Grain Bill In Agriculture Committee
The House Agriculture Committee approved the feed grain section of President Kennedy's omnibus farm bill, delivering a major victory to the administration in its effort to impose strict surplus-cutting farm controls.
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Washington
UPI
House Agriculture Committee
Kennedy
Connally defends record amid scrutiny in Austin
John Connally told Austin reporters he welcomes conflict of interest questions and said he is the only candidate in the race who has been examined in detail. He noted his Senate committee screening for governor and disclosed his severance from Richardson-Bass and role as co executor of Sid Richardson estate. He denied lobbyist employment for oil and gas.
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John Connally
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U.S. Senate
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Collier Urges Highway 6 Upgrade From Waco To Houston
Departing district engineer Thomas C. Collier urged Central Texas leaders to push the Highway 6 project from Waco to Houston as the next major effort. He noted the plan includes four lane sections and controlled access freeways with work to begin once right of way and funds are secured. Aiken, his successor, and James Kennedy led a briefing on current Waco area highway improvements and future long range plans.
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Army generals reveal Communist espionage tactics to subcommittee
Washington AP report notes Gen. Barksdale Hamlett and Maj. Gen. Alva R. Fitch describe intensified troop training against espionage since Korea. They warn Reds probe personal weaknesses to entrap soldiers abroad and expose sensitive matters, while denying deep intel access near U.S. military centers.
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Soviets Launch Unmanned Satellite Into Orbit
The Soviet Union fired another unmanned satellite into orbit around Earth, Tass reported. The craft aims to probe the upper atmosphere and outer space, and preliminary data place the satellite on its calculated course.
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UPS
Soviet Union
Tass
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First National Checking Account Ad promotes new service
An advertisement touts a First National Checking Account offering, noting FDIC membership and inviting readers to consider the bank for improved bookkeeping needs.
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FDIC
Ady
Seven Americans Captured By Cuba On Reef Treasure Mission
Cuba said it seized seven men described as frog divers off Oriente Province at dawn Thursday. UPI reports the group, from Pompano Beach Florida, was en route to Kingston Jamaica to examine Spanish era wrecks aboard the Pisces. State Department asked Swiss Embassy to aid in release while coast guard confirms crew identities.
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Mike) Freeman
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Washington
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Brooklyn
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New Jersey
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Khrushchev Threatens U.S. Testing Steps If Atmosphere Tests Resume
Premier Nikita Khrushchev warned in a letter released in Tokyo that if the United States resumes atmospheric nuclear tests the Soviet Union will take corresponding steps. He accused the U.S. and NATO allies of blocking a global test ban and argued that international inspections are unnecessary for such a ban.
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Three Named Eligible for Marlin Postmastership
The Civil Service Commission announced that Thad G. Shaw Mrs. Vivian LeNoir and Lester Hay Jr. are eligible for the Marlin Texas postmastership. Any of the three may be nominated by the President subject to Senate confirmation. Hay is currently acting postmaster. Five applicants competed for the $6 255 a year position.
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Civil Service Commission
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Vivian LeNoir
Lester
26th A Test Fired Underground at Nevada Site
The 26th nuclear test in the current series was set off underground Friday at the Atomic Energy Commission Nevada test site.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Clarke warns against soft line on Berlin threat
Gen Bruce Clarke, U S Army Europe commander, cautions no soft line from Moscow despite lull in air harassment. He briefed in Berlin that 250,000 troops along the Iron Curtain are ready to defend Western Europe and Berlin with nuclear or conventional weapons. Clarke noted the 5,000 man Berlin garrison remains capable of handling riots or sabotage amid renewed but cautious movement agreements.
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Steelworkers Sign Pact With Big Steel Firms
UPI reports the United Steelworkers Union and U. S. Steel Corp. sealed a two year contract in Pittsburgh. USW President David J. McDonald said the agreement could eliminate basic steel strikes in America. Other major steelmakers await their turn.
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UPI
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Khrushchev Sick With Flu Rest Urged By Doctors
Moscow UPI reports Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev is ill with influenza and doctors order rest to prevent aggravation of his condition. The illness prompted official statements from reliable sources on Friday.
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UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Army commander warns Soviets not easing Berlin stance
Generals in Washington warn that Soviet policy toward Berlin remains tough. The report cites U.S. and British resistance to Soviet disarmament ideas as Washington and London block Moscow. A cool front bringing Panhandle snow heads toward Waco.
Few Areas Spared Moisture
Heavy snow struck the Panhandle with a spring northers wind and dust as a front moved south through Texas. Dumas saw flakes by 1 p.m. with 34 degree temps and 25 mph northerly winds, turning to light rain after about an hour.
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Texas
Dumas
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Waco
Waco Weather Bureau
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Pecos
West Blocks Soviet Plan To Cut Bases
At Geneva the United States and Britain blocked a Soviet bid to liquidate all nuclear delivery systems and overseas bases in the first stage of disarmament. A clash over priorities continued as Zorin pressed a Soviet draft while Dean urged clear basic principles before drafting by June.
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Soviet Union
Arthur H. Dean
Joseph B. Godber
Valerian Ain
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House Appropriations Panel Approves 140 Million for Next Year
The House Appropriations Committee voted about 140 million to run Congress next fiscal year and noted members are not fully using the office help allowed. It said members could have employed 1, the 3,071 currently on their authorized payrolls.
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UPI
House Appropriations Committee
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