March of Dimes kickoff in Arez plans 1962 drive
Dr W R White spoke to about 150 at a kickoff luncheon for the 1962 McLennan County and Waco March of Dimes campaign. He urged voluntary giving to the National Foundation and highlighted new birth defects and arthritis care programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Thomas
Waco
Ann
W. R. White
McLennan County
Mothers’ March
National Foundation
March of
Jim Mathis
MOD
Harry Lutz
Speakers’ Bureau
Ed Gummett
James Markovitz
Waco Bowling Association
A. D. Sorrells
Bob Hamm
John Hull
James Womack
Minon Furqueron
Baylor
Roy Sherrod
King Corrigan
Clearing Center Skies to Return This Afternoon
Light rain fell across Waco and Central Texas Wednesday night with clouds lingering this morning. Clearing expected this afternoon as cooler air arrives from the north. High today about 68, low tonight near 35. Wednesday’s high 65, low 40. Hail reported in Abilene and rain in Mineral Wells and areas west of Fort Worth and the central coast around Palacios.
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Waco
Central
Texas
Abilene
Fort Worth
Palacios
Cloudy to partly cloudy with cool temps in ternaco area
Forecast for ternaco and 25 mile radius says cloudy this morning, then partly cloudy through Friday with cooler nights and days. Max 63, high 65 at 12 30 pm, low 40 at 6 30 am. Rainfall trace this 24 hours, trace this month, 2 38 normal inches this month, 27 inch annual deficiency 27. River stage 5.2 feet at 7 30 am Wednesday. New moon January 6 at 6 30.
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Ternaco
Elderly Sisters Found Hanging in Springfield Home
Two elderly sisters Grace and Louis Diether aged 74 and 70 were found hanged in separate bedrooms of their High Street apartment. Police say a bathrobe cord from a door jamb caused asphyxiation and a note with funeral instructions was found. They had lived there 32 years.
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Springfield
Mass
High Street
Grace
Louis Diether
Federal judge orders end to segregated facilities at Montgomery airport
U S district judge ordered a halt to segregation of all facilities at Montgomery’s Dannelly Field airport. The action directs integration of passenger areas and related services, enforcing equality at the municipal facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery, Ala
U.S
Montgomery
Dannelly Field
Bids Sought On Final City Bonds
City of Waco solicits bids on the last $2.506 million general obligation bonds from the 1957 issue, part of a five year 12.3 million program. Bids close January 30 with unused funds to be invested until projects finish. Merrill Lynch involved in the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Clay Avenue
Terrell Bladgett
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner
Hopes Rise for End To Bus Strike in NY
New York city workers on two large bus lines walked out for three days affecting about 1.5 million commuters. The New Year strike involved 7,000 drivers and workers and prompted Mayor Wagner to urge a quick settlement or risk franchise loss.
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New York
UPT
Robert F. Wagner
Hearings Set As Legislature Digs In On Governor's Proposals
The 57th Legislature's third called session moves quickly to hearings on four governor‑proposed measures. HB 2 on small loan regulation faces hearings today and Friday before the Banks and Banking Committee. An agriculture panel schedules a Friday session on road financing. A Friday afternoon hearing on an escheat bill reform is planned. A Monday 3:30 p.m. session will consider appropriations for the San Jacinto Monument tourism and juvenile parole officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News Tribune
Austin Bureme
Austin
Price Daniel
House Committee
Ben Lewis
Banks and Banking Committee
Chris Cole
Houston
Cole
Legislative Council
Agriculture Committee
Gunninger Mclthany
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Charles Hughes
Appropriations Committee
San Jacinto Monument
The
Legisla
Twelfth Air Force HQ Lease Nearing Final Approval
Twelfth Air Force Headquarters reports informal approval from Tactical Air Command and the Secretary of the Air Force to renew its lease for the Waco facility at Twenty fifth Street and Windsor Avenue. The lease runs annually for four years with a five year option ending 1967. Current payroll totals 4.4 million dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twelfth Air Force Headquarters
Twenty-fifth Street
Windsor Avenue
Karl Truesdell Jr
2Th Air Force Headquarters
Tactical Air Command
TAC
Secretary of the Air Force
Washington, D. C
12Th Air Force
Waco
FTC declares sandpaper demo in Colgate ads deceptive
The Federal Trade Commission unanimously ruled Colgate Palmolive and its agency Ted Bates deceived the public with a faked sandpaper test in Palmolive Rapid Shave commercials. The agency banned such mockups, saying they unfairly misled viewers and harmed competition.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Colgate- Palmolive Co
New York City
Ted Bates & Co. Inc
Colgate
Manhattan
Colgate and
Bates
FTC
Portugal plans to quit the United Nations says Salazar
In Lisbon the 72 year old Salazar in a National Assembly address said Portugal would abandon the United Nations though no date was set. He criticized the United States and Britain for not backing Goa action and praised or mourned the fate of small nations while calling for Spain and other allies to seek Nehru's restraint. The speech followed India’s attack on Goa and a Soviet veto blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution.
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Mier
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
India
Goa
Portugal
United Nations
National Assembly
Assembly
United States
Britain
Salazar
Security Council
Nehru
Spain
West Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Argentina
Brazil
Probe Ordered In Bank Charges Across Dallas Banks
The U S Comptroller of the Currency announced an inquiry into rising service and loan charges by seven major Dallas banks and plans to widen the probe to the union. James J Saxon said two OCC attorneys have been sent to Dallas to meet with the chief national bank examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas,tex
Atlas Fault Delays Space Shot Week
Technical trouble with the Atlas booster delayed the first American orbital flight of Marine Lt. Col. John H. Glenn by one week. Target launch moved from January 16 to January 23. NASA offered no comment on the timing. Officials described the Atlas issue as minor, with details not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Marine
John H. Glenn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Fort Hood to Center on Reactivation of 1st Armored Division
Washington report says Fort Hood will host the reactivation of the 1st Armored Division, with assurances from Pentagon that the 2nd Armored Division stays at Hood as long as troops are here. Rep. Poage cautions communities to plan for influx and notes readiness for civilian housing and investments. He met with defense leaders and local officials to secure permanence and support.
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Washington
Fort Hood
1St Armored
Texas
Bob Poage
Poage
Pentagon
George Mahon
Lubbock
House
Roy Smith
Killeen
Ted Connell
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fred Korth
Fort Worth
United States and Russia plan new Geneva disarmament talks
The United States and Russia tentatively agreed to begin 18 nation disarmament talks in Geneva in March, joined by eight unaligned nations along with five Western and five Soviet bloc countries. Talks would resume an expanded 10 nation framework and cover conventional arms and manpower. Nuclear test ban talks between the U S Britain and Russia to resume January 16 in Geneva.
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Washington
UPN
United States
Russia
Geneva
U.S
New York
Britain
France
Italy
Canada
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Romania
Brazil
Burma
Ethiopia
India
Mexico
Sweden
Nigeria
United Arab Republic
Bones Identified as Mammoth Skeleton Near Houston
Large bones found near a Houston bayou in November were identified as part of the skeleton of an imperial mammoth that died 18 700 years ago. The time of death was established by Ernest Martin and W Q Lease of Shell Development Co research laboratory.
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Houston
Houston Bayou
North America
Ernest Martin
W. Q. Lease
Shell Development Co
Kennedy orders activation of two Army divisions at Ft Hood
President Kennedy directs immediate activation of two regular Army divisions including the 1st Armored at Fort Hood, adding about 11 000 troops to the Centex region. Other items report a U S Cuba threat, Castro excommunication, Portugal quitting the UN, a cold wave in Florida, Algerian riots, U2 crash aftermath, Glenn launch delay, Bolling withdrawal, Texas legislature actions, water depletion in Wells, and a renewed Air Force lease talks as the March of Dimes campaign opens.
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Kennedy
Ft. Hood
Centex
U. S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Portugal
United Nations
Cuba Is Described as Bridgehead of Sino-Soviet Imperialism
The White Paper charges Cuba under Fidel Castro as a Communist bloc appendage threatening the security of American republics and non Communist nations. It urges action at the OAS meeting in Punta del Este and plans broad distribution in Latin America.
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Washington
U.S
Cuba
Inter- American Peace Committee
Fidel Castro
Havana
State Department
Castro
Organization of American States
Punta de Este
Uruguay
Peace Committee
Latin America
Western Hemisphere
Catholics Oust Castro Top Aides
Vatican City AP reports Fidel Castro and top Cuban regime officials have been excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop Dino Staffa disclosed the automatic excommunication, noting Castro’s Marxist stance and clashes with priests in Cuba.
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Vatican City
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Vatican
Castro
Dino Staffa
Vatican Secretariat of State
Staffa
Pilot clings to swamp tree after wing failure in 10 hours
U2 pilot Charles P Stratton, 32, Detroit native and Air Force captain, bailed from a flaming high altitude craft near Bush Louisiana, spending 10 hours three feet above a snake-infested swamp until rescuers arrived by boat. The plane cost about 84000 dollars and exploded in view of New Orleans. Stratton’s helmet cover fell. he remained in the tree until Biloxi base doctors treated him.
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Picayune
Charles P. Stratton
Stratton
Detroit
Mich
Swamplard
Mississippi
Louisiana
Bush
New Orleans
Soviet Union
Francis Gary Powers
Air Force
Birmingham
Ala
Laughlin Air Force Base
del Rio
Tex
Biloxi Afb Hospital
Housing Shortage Foreseen as Armored Divisions Reactivated
President Kennedy ordered reactivation of the 1st Armored Division and the 5th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, boosting military personnel by about 11 000 and bringing total Hood strength to around 38 500. The move worsens a housing shortage in nearby towns though 700 Capehart units may ease it.
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FT. Hood
SPS
1St Armored Division
Kennedy
2Nd Armored
1St Armored
Capehart
Sth
Ft. Carson
Colo
Waco News-Tribune
Bob Poage
Hood
4Th Armored
Palm Beach White House
5Th Infantry
Texas National Guard
49Th Armored
32Nd Infantry National Guard
Wisconsin
49Th
Ft. Polk
Ft. Lewis, Wash
European riots kill many in Oran amid Algerian unrest
In Oran heavy clashes between police troops and mobs of Europeans occurred with helicopters aiding. Across Algeria the violence left 40 dead including 11 Europeans with Oran seeing at least 16 deaths. In Constanine a grenade killed six and wounded three others at a cinema exit.
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Algiers
UPD
Oran
Algeria
Constantine
Bone
Tunis
France
Jeune i
Young Africa
Youssef Ben Khedda
Morocco
Rabat
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March of Dimes
Arez
Mathis
Clearing Center
A. m
WUT
Philip Elman
William L. Pack
First National Bank
FDIC
Lisbon
Atlas
Space
2D Armored
By Sarah McClendon
Florida
John Glenn
America
Richard Bolling
Missouri
Sen
Charles Herring
Senate
South Plains
12 Air Force
L.S
Coast Guard
White House
Pierre Salinger
Lyndon Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Palm Beach
National Guard
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