Ranger I mission nears moon as Atlas engine fires
NASA announced Ranger I failed to reach planned deep space trajectory, entering near earth orbit while continuing telemetry. Atlas Agena upper stage fired twice to position the craft for a future lunar landing attempt, with scientists evaluating why the trajectory differed from plans.
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State Renues Road Hearings
State Highway Commission Chairman J R Kastler faced sharp questioning as lead witness in the first hearing of the renewed road investigation. Witnesses and officials pressed for action on a $50,000 Booz Allen and Hamilton highway study and sales of Kaiser Steel Corp assets to the department. The committee debated responsibility, dismissed several prior sales, and set sale schedules for late summer at the Lea County courthouse.
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Guyton
Sheep) Hayes
Ted Bilberry
Oil and Gas Division
William O. Jordan
Johnny Walker
Mattie Price
Ranza B. Boggess
Friona
Tex
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UPI
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Witt
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HE. Leonard
Albuquerque
Commission
Fred Standley
GOP
Highway Department
Ray Atchison
San Juan County
Standley
Four Duncan family members freed on $3,000 bond
Four members of the Duncan ranch family face kidnapping conspiracy and mayhem charges after an alleged assault on Tatum police judge Leon Glover. Bond set at 3000 dollars each. Judge Glover, injured and hospitalized, fined an 18 year old Duncan $50 for reckless driving on Monday.
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Leon Glover
Glover
Lea County General Hospital
Lovington
Duncan
Duncans
John Pennell
Pennell
Morris
Russ Anderson
New Mexico
Tatum
Berlin border clashes escalate as allies denounce Soviet limits
In Berlin the three Allied commandants condemned new Soviet travel restrictions at the East West border. American forces deployed along the border while the Communists reduced crossing points from twelve to seven. West Berliners face tighter entry rules and new residential-permit requirements for East Berlin travel.
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Western reacts to new Berlin travel restrictions
UPI reports Western officials view the latest Communist limits on West Berlin as serious and likely to provoke strong protests from allies. Diplomats caution on comments while Kennedy and Rusk stay briefed as debates grow over long term Berlin strategy and potential counter moves.
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Washington
UPI
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Russia
Berlin
Auto Workers Reject Industrys First Proposals
UAW leaders reject Big Three offers totaling about 685 million dollars as inadequate. Walter Reuther shifts focus to AMC, citing its willingness to negotiate while AMC profit sharing proposal is rejected for freezing fringe benefits and removing certain wage clauses.
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Detroit
UPI
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American Motors
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
AMC
Reuther
White Sands Moon Shot Site May Include El Paso Alliance
El Paso Mayor Ralph Seitsinger said El Paso, Las Cruces, and Truth or Consequences plan to urge White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico as the moon shot site. They will send a joint report to NASA claiming regional capacity for a large population increase if chosen.
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EL Paso. Tex
UPI
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Ralph Seitsinger
New Mexico
White Sands
N.M
Seitsinger
Las Cruces
West Texas
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Leitzinger
Jurors Selected for Freedom Riders Appeal in Mississippi
In Jackson, attorneys began choosing jurors for the first of 192 appeals by Freedom Riders. William Kunstler seeks to expose local bias, while Judge Moore rules no showing of systematic juror discrimination. Henry J. Thomas of St. Augustine, Fla., is first rider slated for appeal trial.
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Thomas
Mississippi
Russel Moore
Berliners Boycott Red Railway Over El Transport
West Berliners cripple the Communist run elevated railway by a price boycott. Officials estimate the loss at about $10,000 daily as ridership plummets from 250,000 to 25,000 passengers after the border closure.
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Berlin
UPID
Missionaries Rev Lonnie Doyle Jr Guest Speaker at Hillcrest
The Rev Lonnie Doyle Jr and his wife long time Brazilian missionaries will speak at Hillcrest Baptist Church Sunday services at 10 45 am and 8 pm Lonnie is the son of the pastor of First Baptist Church Portales.
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Brazil
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First Baptist Church
Portales
Mrs Edythe Clardy Reports Mild Heart Case in Truth or Consequences
Mrs Edythe Clardy of 222 North 5th suffered a slight heart attack Friday night while visiting Truth or Consequences. She was taken to a local hospital Saturday and returned home Sunday, resting at home with visitors.
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Edythe Clardy
N. 5Th
Goya Portrait of the Iron Duke Stolen from National Gallery
London police and Interpol investigate the theft of Francisco Goya s 18 by 24 inch portrait of the Iron Duke from the National Gallery after hours. The British painting valued at 3392.0 pounds was not insured and guards failed to trigger alarms.
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London
UPI
National Gallery
Scotland Yard
Interpol
International Police Organization
Paris
Duke of Wellington
France
Francisco Goya
Graveside Rites Held Friday for Cooke Infant
Graveside rites were conducted Friday at 10 a m for Bobby Lynn Cooke Jr stillborn infant of Mr and Mrs Bobby Cooke. Davis Morris Funeral Home handled arrangements at Brownwood Cemetery. Father a 1957 Lovington High School graduate. Maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs H A Briggs Seminole paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs W P Cooke East Star Route Lovington.
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Bobby Lynn Cooke, Jr
Bobby Cooke
Vine Street
Brownwood
Texas
Davis Morris Funeral Home
Brownwood Cemetery
Lovington High School
H. A. Briggs
Seminole
W. P. Cooke
East Star Route
Lovington
Births and Visit Hours Recorded for Local Hospital
Visiting hours set from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p m at CET ag Ut Medical and Surgical and 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 OB. Admitted August 22 Susanne Pennell Leon Glover Presley Askew. Discharged Victoria Bizzell and infant Clyde Brown Laura Bridges and infant. A daughter born to Dr and Mrs Harlen C Pennell.
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Susanne Pennell
Leon Glover
Presley Askew
Victoria Bizzell
Clyde Brown
Laura Bridges
Lovington Archaeological Society Meet Monday
The Lovington Junior Archaeological Society will meet Monday August 28 at 7 p.m. in the Audio Visual Room of Sea Elementary School. Officers for the coming year will be elected and a color selection for a proposed shoulder patch will be made. Slides of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument will be shown. All members are urged to attend. guests are welcome.
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Lovington Junior Archeological Society
Sea Elementary School
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Fifteen Negroes Arrested After Protest Sitdown
In New Orleans fifteen members of the Congress of Racial Equality were arrested after a sitdown at police headquarters to protest the alleged beating of three white freedom riders. Five men and ten women refused to move on and were booked for unlawful assembly after two hours in the downtown district station.
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Sea General Lovington Hospital
Mrs. Harlen C. Pennell
Archaeological Society
Monda
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