YMCA Advancement Fund Campaign Aims to Raise 300000
The YMCA Advancement Fund campaign kicks off with the Pattern Gifts Committee meeting Monday at 4 p m. Dr Joe Weldon Bailey, general chairman, says the goal is 300000 to retire mortgage debt and fund a long promised swimming pool for the Doris Miller Branch. W Earl Harrison notes top lenders and lists many volunteers and contributors from the community to secure gifts from corporations and individuals.
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Ymca Advancement Fund
Pattern Gifts Committee
Joe Weldon Bailey
W. Earl Harrison
YMCA
Doris Miller
United Fund
Dr. Bailey
Waco Symphony plans three 1962 63 season concerts
Waco Symphony Association officers plan to sign up 50 more patrons by July 1 at 100 each and solicit business firms as company sponsors at 200 each. Guest stars include Christian Ferras violinist Eleanor Steber soprano and Van Cliburn pianist for three concerts. Dates listed are November 6 January 8 and February 26 with printing and advertising committee named.
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Waco Symphony Association
Waco Symphony Orchestra
William Sloane
Christian Ferras
France
Eleanor Steber
van Cliburn
Waco Symphony
Ferras
Miss Steber
van Ciburn
David Kultgen
Dean Daniel Sternberg
Jack Jeffrey
Sloane
Army to hold landowner meetings on maneuvers west of Fort Hood
Army officials announce five public meetings with landowners west of Fort Hood to discuss a new fast payment and damage restoration system for troop maneuvers. The plan seeks two million acres for annual fall maneuvers over five years with $1 signing payments and swift damage settlements through eight offices. Lt. Gen. Dunn cites training needs and reduced casualties as goals.
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Army
Ft. Hood
Brownwood
North
South Carolina
Louisiana
T. W. Dunn
3Rd Corps
Texas
Freedom Bond Drive Under Way in Waco McLennan County
Chairman Jack H Kultgen launches a week long Freedom Bond Drive to boost payroll savings and U S Savings Bonds purchases in Waco and McLennan County. Federal coordinator FE Norwood reports 16 units in Waco as President Kennedy urges support for the Savings Bonds program.
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Jack H. Kultgen
Waco-McLennan County
U. S
Waco
John F. Kennedy
FE. O. Norwood
Waco Weather—Heat Peak Near 95 With Clear Skies
Waco expects warm conditions today with clear or partly cloudy skies and light winds up to 15 mph. The high is forecast near 95, ranking among the year's hottest days, with a low around 73 tonight.
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Waco
Weather Outlook for Waco and Vicinity
Forecast for Waco and 25 mile radius calls for clear to partly cloudy and warm conditions today tonight and Monday. High around 95 rising to 4 degrees by 4 p m is noted with a low near 73 and a 74 degree low at 6 am. Rainfall in the 24 hours ending 6 30 pm none, month total 3 56 inches, year to date 17 59 inches. River stage 7 2 feet Saturday morning. Last quarter moon June 24 at 5 43 pm.
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Waco
Widow of Baylor Professor Dies at 96 in Waco
Mrs. W. H. Pool, 96, widow of a Baylor University professor and mother of the Waco Tribune Herald woman’s editor, died Saturday in a local rest home. Funeral Monday at 10 a.m. at Wilkinson and Hatch chapel with Dr. W. W. Melton and Dr. Riley Eubank officiating. burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers include five grandsons and a longtime neighbor. Born January 10, 1866 in Navarro County, she studied at Hubbard Private Academy and Waco University, later Baylor University, earning a diploma as maid of philosophy.
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W. H. Pool
Baylor University
Waco Tribune- Herald
Wilkinson and Hatchchapel
W. W. Melton
Riley Eubank
Seventh and James Street Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Frank Pool
Beaumont
Howard Pool
Jack Pool
Houston
R. M. Gorham
Waco
G. M. Gorham
Bosvee Hosea Collier
Pool
Navarro County
H. R. Puryear
Navarro
Communists Extend Wall Underwater in Spree River
East German authorities extended the anti refugee barrier by sinking barriers into the Spree River to deter people swimming toward West Berlin. Frogmen from the regime undertook the underwater task as barbed wire around the city was tightened. In contrast the U S Army moved four cargo convoys along the East German superhighway without facing Communist resistance.
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Berlin
UPI
Spree
West Berlin
U.S. Army
East Germany
Minuteman Site Testing Near Fort Worth Aims at Carswell
Washington bureau report details Air Force core testing around Carswell Air Force Base Fort Worth to judge soil suitability for a Minuteman complex. The piece explains the general layout of silos centers and rapid launch procedures while noting test secrecy and road access as factors.
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Washington
Air Force
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Minuteman
Great Falls
Mont
Malstrom Afb
New Jersey
Spanish Speech Record Set Now Available
Hundreds of readers may buy a seven inch 45 RPM record set to aid Spanish pronunciation. The set runs 15 minutes total, plays at 33 1/3 RPM, and costs 2.75 plus six consecutively numbered coupons. Orders must be sent to The Waco News-Tribune and Times-Herald with payment.
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Waco News-Tribune and
Times- Herald
Waco News - Tribune
Times - Herald
William R. Archer
Waco News Tribune
Judge Harts Strike Against Pa Am Eastern Still Out
In a vacation season walkout slammed by President Kennedy as irresponsible Pan American and Eastern faced strikes. Pan Am got a temporary restraining order. Eastern shut down, tens of thousands of employees sent home, disrupting travel. The dispute centers on cockpit crew composition with a demand to include a union engineer alongside pilots.
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Judge Harts
Pa Am
New York
UPI
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Air Lines
Kennedy
Pan Am
Eastern
Flight Engineers Union
George Meany
Afl-Cio
National Meditation Board
White House
Engi
Neers
Trans World Airlines
Pan American Airlines
TWA
National Mediation Board
Ronald A. Brown
Flight Engineers International Association
Brown
Pan American and Eastern Flight Engineers
Pan American
George Rosling
Malcolm A. Macintyre
Flight Engineers Strike Hits Pan Am and Eastern Air Lines
News items report the Flight Engineers union striking Pan Am and Eastern, with President Kennedy calling it the height of irresponsibility. Other notes mention Laos coalition regime, Kennedy farm bill debate, Red China-Nationalist China tensions, and local Texas developments including Fort Worth Minuteman testing and Waco cultural drives.
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Flight Engineers
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Air Lines
Kennedy
Rusk
Laos
HOUSE
Eisenhower
China
Air Force
Fort Worth
Minuteman
Waco May activity hits new peak amid steady June outlook
Baylor Hankomer index shows Waco general business activity at an all time high of 117 in May, 17 percent above 1957-59 base, with April slipping to 112. Retail sales rise 44 percent from last May and 7 percent from April while industrial power use remains strong. Effects of stock market drop on Waco are unclear.
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Waco
Ymca Advancement Fund
Waco Symphony Association
Waco-McLennan County
Burke A. Parsons
Baylor Hankomer Business School
Baylor Hankomer
Rex Allen Draws Early Ticket Buyers
Rex Allen sets an early ticket record for the Heart O' Texas Fair and Rodeo guest appearance in October at Waco. Mrs Winslow placed six box seats with orders surpassing prior early purchases as officials consider advancing sale dates if demand persists. Ticket orders via mail or phone are accepted with delivery expected by mid July.
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Rex Allen
Waco
Allen
F. H. Winslow
Sor Avenue
Coliseum
Leon Collens
Estes Phone Call Records Tie to Lyndon Johnson Aide
PECOS Tex Saturday records from a Pecos court of inquiry show Billie Sol Estes paid for 38 telephone calls to Senator Ralph Yarborough and to Lyndon B Johnson aide in the days around his arrest on fraud charges. A local CPA said Estes asked how to deposit money in Swiss banks while noting he had no knowledge.
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Pecos
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Lyndon B Johnson
Ralph Yarborough
Texas Asst
William Poole
J. F. Pattee
Estes
Pattee
Pecos Daily News
Fortune predicts no recession and strong growth ahead
Fortune magazine in its semi annual forecast argues there will be no real recession in the coming year and that two consecutive years of record U.S. production and prosperity lie ahead. It notes strong consumer buying, a 8.5 percent rise over the last five quarters, and that 1962 GNP will reach about 564 billion, with expansion likely to endure despite some dampening from steel wage talks and stock market slumps.
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New York
Fortune
U.S
Business Magazine
G.N.P
Temple Votes City School Separation Wins After Four Defeats
Temple voters approved separation of the city school system from the city government by 1 338 to 938 with new voting booths and light turnout. The February 18, 1961 ballot was defeated 1 832 to 1 444. Canvassing planned for July 9 at the city commission meeting. Temple School Board members listed.
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Temple
SPS
Bryan
Midland
John Sammons
Terrel Speed
Robert McBurney
Reginal Evans
Glen Johnson
Hop Marshall
L. A
Jake) Jacobson
Last British Troops Leave Jamaica After 30 Years
In Kingston AP reports the last British troops depart Jamaica ending a 30 year occupation as Jamaica moves to independence in August. Sixty Hampshire Regiment soldiers flew to England after a 2½ year tour while defense will be handled by the local West India regiment soon renamed the Jamaica Regiment.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Hampshire Regiment
England
West India Regiment
Jamaica Regiment
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Virgil Walker
Carl Barrett
Spencer Brown
Stanton Brown
Gordon Rountree
R. W. Steakley
C. Sam Appell
Bill Bailey
Curtis M. Carnes
R. B. Goddard
Elehugh Levy
Roy H. Hatch
D. T. Hicks, Jr
George Hutson
John C. McDonald
Joe L. Ward
Glenn M. Zirkle
W. M. Cox, Jr
Avery Downing
Hubert Johnson
Rufus W. Nash
Thomas Stribling
Phil Teeling
Jack Wilson
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Lampasas
Hamilton
Comanche
San Saba
Fight Claims Offices
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Albany
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Winnie
News Tribune
Washington Bureau
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Texas Association of College Teachers
Koeninger
Sam Houston State College
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Temple Votes City School Separation
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