Kennedy defends aid to South Vietnam against withdrawal
President Kennedy rejected cutting aid or withdrawing from South Vietnam amid a rise in Communist pressure and Saigon tensions. He warned against impatience at home, stressing patience and persistence while urging Hanoi to back Buddhist rights and government stability. The interview aired on NBC with Brinkley and Huntley as he tied aid to a stable Saigon and broader Southeast Asia policy.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
South Viet Nam
United States
Diem
Viet Nam
Saigon
Ngo Diem Dinh
Southeast Asia
NBC
David Brinkley
Chet Huntley
CBS
China
Lea County Fair Livestock Sale Brings Record Money
The Lea County Fair junior livestock sale set a record with total receipts of $10,649.65 for fifty animals raised by Lea County 4 H Club members. Purchases included ten calves twenty swine and twenty sheep by Lea County and Eastern New Mexico buyers. Showmanship trophies went to Dean Davis Rowena Burns Tanis Pearce Ernie Lamar and Ben Robert Powell with other top honors awarded to Randall Fort Ike McClean and Tony Spence. The sale results list owner weight price per pound and buyer for each champion and reserve animal.
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Lea County Fair
Lea County
4-H Club
Ken
Bozeman
Lubbock
Eastern New Mexico
Dean Davis
Knowles
Rowena Burns
Lovington
Lea County Fair and Rodeo Called Big Success
Lea County Fair director Ray Worrell and rodeo director Anfred Carlisle praised the event for record attendance, commercial exhibits, and livestock gains. Officials noted about 30 000 visitors, with totals up one third from last year, and thanked volunteers as preparations begin for next year.
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Lea County
Rayond Worrell
Anfred Carlisle
Worrell
Carlisle
Aryone
White Students Stage Segregation Demonstration
Two hundred white students rallied on the lawn of Bogan High School in Chicago as part of anti integration protests. Pickets lined several New York schools while in Boston NAACP leaders vow further demonstrations against de facto segregation. police threaten arrests if protests resume.
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United Press International
Chicago
New York
Bogan High School
South Side
Manhattan
Woodfield Road
Malverne
Long Island
Garden City
N.Y
Brooklyn
JHS
Boston
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
JFK Challenges Wallace Action In Alabama Crisis
In Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee Gov George C Wallace used state troopers to block school desegregation as federal judges issued injunctions ordering him to stop. President Kennedy denounced Wallace and urged federal involvement while Wallace defended local control and vowed to continue legal action. The Mobile desegregation injunction followed federal court action.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Justice Department
Mobile
Tuskegee
Kennedy
Washington
Huntsville
Saigon Students Riot Clashes With Police Over Polices
Hundreds of high school students clashed with more than 1,000 government police and troops in Saigon. The protest, tied to Buddhist and political suppression, saw barricades at Chu Van An school and heavy fighting leading to arrests and detentions.
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Neil Sheehan
United Press International
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Uper
Chu van An
U. S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ton
Dinh
Shamrock Station Robbery Report in Lovington
Noack's Shamrock Service Station at 1722 S Main Lovington was burglarized overnight. Entry used by forcing the rear door with a half inch instrument. items taken include an Norelco shaver three cigarette cartons a C-store key from the cash register and a watermelon valued about 30 dollars. A coin box from a Coke machine was pried loose.
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Will Noack
Noack
Lovington
S. Main
Norelco
Winston
Camel
S&m
Hoax Bomb Scare Closes Hobbs High School
A tearful call dispatched Hobbs police and fire teams to Hobbs High School where a thorough search found no bomb. Police say the youngster appeared sincere and not criminally involved though the scare caused a delay as authorities checked the premises.
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Hobbs High School
Hobbs
UPD
Joe Harvey
Harvey
Stolen Car Abandoned Near Lovington After Pasture Crash
A car stolen in Lubbock Friday was abandoned two miles south of Lovington on highway 18 after the driver lost control and fled. Joe and Charlies Barber reported the incident to Lea County Sheriff's Office at 4 57 p m Saturday. A state patrolman and Lovington police responded. The 1962 Dodge two door license number was sent to agencies. A warrant is issued for Jimmy Kaiser 35 white male 5 7 and 145 pounds.
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Lubbock
Lovington
Joe
Charlies Barber
Lea County Sheriff's Department
Conrol
Lovingston
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U.S
Richard Schenck
North Central
Lea County Electric Coop
Lovington National Bank
Thomas Pearce
Nadine
First National Bank of Hobbs
Poland
Cross Lamb
Dan
Malaya
Asia
Dessie Dean
Dean
Lea County Hospital
Eunice
First Federal Savings and Loan of
Stevan Pearce
Campbell Grain and Milling Co
R. L. McLean
R. L. Weaver
Federal Savings and Loan of
Bobby Gayle Pearce
Roswell
Artesia
Southdown Lamb
Dale Davis
Custom Gin Co
Yorkshire Hog
Western
Caprock Agency and Witherspoon Motor Co
Ight Hereford
Frances Howard
Lovington Implement Co
Ernie Lamar
Bill Hughes
Hampshire
Fair
Bogan
Greenwich Village
Edward Koch
Carmine de Sapio
Albert Flynn
Paul Kemp
JFK
Daniel H. Thomas
Shamrock
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