California Texas Challenge Drags Near Amarillo Finish Day
More than 10 000 spectators expected as eliminations begin at 1 30 p m on the final day of the third annual California Texas Challenge Drags at Amarillo Dragway. Noted drivers Jim Nelson Eddie Hill and Jack Chrisman seek top prize of 250 amid NHRA speed record bids and a total 1 000 prize pool for entrants from 15 states.
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Amarillo Dragway
Jim Nelson
California
Eddie Hill
Texas
Jack Chrisman
Nelson
Hill
Chrisman
United States
NHRA
Mickey Caldwell
Socorra
N.M
Bill Reath
Lakewood
Calif
Berlin Blastship Attack Fails To Breach Wall
In Berlin on Saturday anti Communist forces carried out a coordinated attempt to damage the Berlin Wall. Explosions ripped chunks from a quarter mile of the barrier before dawn as police from both sides swarmed the scene. East German officials warned of potential clashes with the West. The wall was quickly repaired and no refugees were harmed.
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Berlin
UPL
Berlin Wall
East Berlin
Otto Winter
East Germany
Carpenter Made Human Error In Space Reentry
Grand Turk B W 1 AP reports astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter faced a fuel shortfall during reentry when a manual control was left on after switching to fly by wire. NASA spokesman Lt Col Powers said the error caused anxiety but fuel remained in the automatic system to guide Aurora 7 to a safe position for braking rockets.
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Grand Turk
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Carpenter
Cape Canaveral
John A. Powers
National Aeronautics and Space Administra
Earth
Powers
Bomb suspected as Continental jet crash killer
CENTERVILLE Iowa AP An unknown explosive force from within ripped apart a Continental Airlines jet in flight killing 45 aboard A CAB spokesman said Saturday Another source said it appeared unlikely the explosion Tuesday night could have resulted from anything other than a bomb The source declined to be named Continental president Robert F Six in Denver said there was sufficient evidence to indicate the probability that a man made explosive had been set off within the aircraft He asked the FBI to investigate
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Centerville
Iowa
Continental Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Robert F. Six
Continental
Denver
FBI
Estes probe linked to 1961 corruption cases
The Justice Department closed a five month inquiry into Billie Sol Estes in 1961 after finding no federal violations. FBI agents pursued the Estes trail in early 1961, examining ammonia tank dealings before an abrupt halt. The case was later reopened and Estes arrested March 29. Kennedy announced parts of an Agriculture Department report on Estes cotton allotments would go to a Texas grand jury investigating Henry M. Kennedy's death, amid broader corruption concerns.
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FBI
Estes Trail
Texas
Department
Estes
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Agriculture Department
Texas Grand
Henry H. M
Kennedy
Texas Grand Jury
Marshall
Justice Department
Criminal Division
Dallas
Robert J. Rosthal
Chicago
James Gale
Decoy squad officer kills suspect in alley shooting
In St. Louis a decoy squad member shot and killed James Harry Lightfoot after being robbed by the former prisoner. Patrolman Murray Beech fired twice at Lightfoot in an alley after signaling halt, with decoy observers and photographers present. The incident was broadcast as the patrolman and decoy team talked with Lightfoot.
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ST. Louis
James Harry Lightfoot
Murray Beech
Beech
Lightfoot
Time and Life
James G. McBrearty
McBrearty
Vandeventer
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