Mariner 2 Sets New Pace in Venus Flyby Reports
NASA says Mariner 2 continued to score successes after its Venus flyby and remains in a sunward orbit while transmitting data. By 10 am CST the craft had traveled about 253 832 miles beyond its rendezvous point and was 36.6 million miles from Earth and 66.6 million miles from the Sun. The probe faced rising cabin temperatures during approach but later cooled, with scientists analyzing the unusual thermal behavior.
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Earth
America
Mariner 11
Venus
Mariner
Washington
UPS
Mariner 2
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Jorem Staey
Goldstone
California
Renewed Unity NATO Ends 3 Day Session in Paris
The NATO council wrapped a three day Paris meeting pledging unity while acknowledging rifts. It backed readiness to reduce tension and kept open the door to talks with the Soviets, with divisions over Cuban crisis talks lingering among members.
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Paris
UPS
NATO Council
Atlantic Alliance
NATO
United States
Belgium
Canada
Norway
Alligator Strolls Downtown. Dallas Police Nab Five-Foot Gator
A man told a police dispatcher at 3 a.m. that an alligator was following him on a downtown sidewalk. Police arrived to find a five foot alligator strolling by and lassoed it, placing the reptile in a pond.
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Dallas
UPI
Mutual Funds Outgrow the Child Who Get Them
A short odd-item noting a person or entity named B. LiKES with a phone contact 7-2805. The piece suggests funds or financial matters involving a child, but the text is fragmentary and lacks clear actions or outcomes.
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Cc. B
Shamrock Man In Jail Break Sends Five Escapees On Run
Six prisoners escaped Creek County jail in daylight Saturday after overpowering a jailer and locking him in a cell. Jack Pittser of Shamrock was identified among the escapees. Dale Richard Hill and Glenda Snodgrass were captured hiding in a taxi. Four others remained at large and were described as extremely dangerous. The escape involved suspects from Oklahoma and Shamrock, with the incident unfolding in Sapulpa.
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Sapulpa
Okla
UPD
Shamrock
Creek County
Jack Pittser
Dale Richard Hill
Glenda Snodgrass
Highway Patrol
Oklahoma
Turkey Shoot Set for 10 A.M. at Childress Air Field
A Turkey Shoot event is scheduled for 10 a.m. today at Childress Air Field. Participants are urged to arrive early and join in the competitive round at the local air field.
Final Rites Held For Vernon Contractor Tom Broom
Funeral services were held for Tom Broom a 60 year old Vernon contractor and stepfather of Mrs Claudine Allison of Childress. Broom died after a heart attack on a Crowell job and was pronounced dead on arrival at Crowell hospital. He was born February 6 1902 in Charlie and moved to Vernon as a child. He married Effie Lankford in Vernon in 1990. she died in 1957. He later married Lola Scott in 1958. Survivors include three grandchildren three great grandchildren and 11 step grandchildren.
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Tom Broom
Vernon
Claudine Allison
Childress
East View Memorial Park
Effie Lankford
Broom
Lola Scott
Bread Founder Mead Dies In Amarillo
F P Doc Mead founder and president of the Mead Bread Company died in an Amarillo hospital at 7 45 pm Friday from a heart ailment. He was 62 and headed bakeries in Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and Tennessee. Survivors include his son New Mexico State Senator E V Mead and daughter Mrs Bill Vick of Dumas. Funeral services will be held Monday in Abilene.
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Amarillo
Abilene
Mead
Merchants Plan Late Hours in Childress Opens
Some Childress stores will begin staying open later starting Monday as merchants commit to extended hours. A Retail Merchants committee meeting of the Chamber of Commerce is expected to be called to set the schedule. One merchant said they will stay open Monday night and keep hours as long as business lasts.
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Childress
Chamber of Commerce
Townsend Continues To Show Improvement After Operations
Dr. S H Townsend who has undergone two operations at All Saint’s Hospital Fort Worth continues to improve and is expected to be released in time to be home for Christmas
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S H. Townsend
All Saint’s Hospital
Fort Worth
Land Bank Cuts Loan Interest to Five Percent
The Federal Land Bank of Houston will lower interest on outstanding loans to five percent from January 1 1963 for loans currently above five percent. New loans remain five and a half percent, but loans closed after December 1 1962 will be billed at five percent until further notice. President Hal Weatherford stated the bank holds about 260 million dollars in outstanding loans.
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Federal Land Bank of Houston
Hal Weatherford
Iawo
Russian Army Units Reported In Cuba
UPI reports four elite Russian combat formations, 1,500 to 2,000 men each, still in Cuba with missiles and advanced air defense. The units, shipped from Russia last winter, aimed to defend missiles and prevent Castro takeovers, while plans reportedly included 72 missiles and related facilities.
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Cuba
Washington
UPI
U. S
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Russia
Fidel Castro
Castro
Kennedy
Nazi era criminal extradition talks mark international brief
Spain agreed to extradite Dr Reinhold Vorberg to West Germany for alleged complicity in mass killings of mental patients during 1939 to 1944. France asked Belgium to extradite Dominique Cabanne de la Prade linked to the Sept 7 1961 De Gaulle bombing plot. Peter Danes in England said his weekly wages and car payments exceed his fines.
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Madrid
UPI
Spain
Reinhold Vorberg
Nazi Germany
Germany
France
Paris
Belgium
Dominique Cabanne de la Prade
Charles de Gaulle
de la Prade
Brussels
Ambulance Radio Message Cuts Through School Prayer
In Great Yarmouth England during prayers at a technical high school the loudspeaker of a new electric organ played the phrase message received understood as it captured the end of an ambulance radio call. Head Master John Park noted the coincidence and said the organ picked up the signal.
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Great Yarmouth
England
UPI
The
Technical High School
John Park
Tunisian ambassador Bourguiba resumes Washington post
Habib Bourguiba Jr. son of the president, left Tunis for Washington to resume his duties as ambassador after a brief return to Tunisia last week.
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Tunis
UPI
Washington
Habib Bourguiba Jr
Tunisia
Chinese envoy Pan Tsu-li presents credentials to Brezhnev
Pan Tsu-li, new Chinese Communist ambassador to Russia, presented his credentials to Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev on Saturday in Moscow.
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Moscow
UPI
Pan Tsu-li
Russia
Leonid Brezhnev
1,000th Chinese refugee granted U.S. visa in Kennedy plan
Hong Kong UPI reports Thomas Lee Ching, 41, an interpreter for the U.S. Army in World War II and later an English teacher, became the 1,000th Chinese refugee admitted to the United States under President Kennedy's emergency immigration program.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Thomas Lee Ching
U.S
Kennedy
South Korea indicts journalist for alleged Park Hee plot report
Seoul army prosecutors indicted Hankook Ilbo reporter Han Nam Hee on charges of false reporting that Gen. Park Chung Hee planned to form a British style Socialist Labor Party. He faces court martial.
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Seoul
UPI
South Korea
Satuday
Hankook Ilbo
Han Nam Hee
Park Chung Hee
Turkey Shoot Opens Today at Childress Field
The event starts at 10 a m today at Childress Gir Field inviting participants to a morning turkey shoot with likely local interest and community turnout.
Childress To Be Honored At 1963 Exposition And Fat Stock Show
Fort Worth special report details a special Childress day at the 1963 Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show set for January 25 to February 3. W R Watt notes a block Rodeo seating reserved for Childress with a spotlight introduction and celebration across Texas. The Childress High School band will perform on the Stock Show Grounds, and a cowgirl sweetheart will be named to ride in the rodeo grand entry. The Childress Riding Club may ride in the opening day parade or the grand entry. Over 10 000 livestock entries expected at the event.
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Fort Worth
Childress
W. R. Watt
Texas
Wright Armstrong to retire as vice president of FW&DR Co
Wright Armstrong, vice president of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway, will retire at the close of business December 31, 1962 after more than 38 years of service. He is a Brownwood native with a long military and civic record and leadership roles in Texas rail and industry.
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Wright Armstrong
Fort Worth
Burlington
Denver
St. Louis
Armstrong
Neil O'Brien Minstrels
United States
Texas
Brownwood
Chamber of Commerce
36Th Division Association
Fort Worth and Denver Railway
Houston
Fw&d
West Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Chamber
Institutions of Higher Learning
University of Texas
Thomas H. MacDonald
Texas A&m
John P. Doyle
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Main
Commerce
R. Wright Armstrong
John J. Vollet, Jr
Maurice Kay, Jr
R. Wright Armstrong Jr
Corporation Court
Fish Hook Misuse Ends In Emergency Finger Hooking
A Fish Hook meant for catching fish was used on a finger last week. FE K Voyles reported the hook caused a painful injury requiring immediate medical removal by a doctor. The incident underscores the proper use of fishing gear to prevent injuries.
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K. Voyles
Decorations Of Homes To Be Judged Saturday
The Christmas Decoration Contest of Childress homes will be judged Saturday night December 22. Four homes will win and 10 photos will be made by Webb Studio and presented to the owners. Members of the Chamber of Commerce decoration committee include Vern Rucker Buddy Cordell Sam Privitt and others.
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Childress Homes
Joe B. Mills
Webb Studio
Mills
Chamber of Commerce Office
Childress
Cofcbcd
Vern Rucker
Buddy Cordell
Sam Privitt
J. D. Michie
Dick Preston
Wayland Mitchell
Walter Lockhoof
Alton Ryan
Larry Zirkle
Reds explode mega ton nuclear test over Arctic station
The Swedish Defense Research Institute says the Soviet Union detonated a one megaton nuclear device in the atmosphere above the Arctic Novaya Zemlya testing site at 1 p.m. EST Saturday. The blast yielded about one million tons of TNT in energy.
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Arctic
Novaya Zemlya
Swedish Defense Research Institute
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