Tech Board Approves NASA Funds For Student Programs
The Texas Tech Board approved NASA funded awards for six doctoral track students in chemistry geosciences or psychology. Dean Allen urged expansion of health facilities with a 65 bed infirmary and six full time doctors. Additional actions included course add deltas new faculty appointments and building project discussions.
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Wright Armstrong
Fort Worth
Dean Allen
Texas Tech
Tech
NASA
Bowles Returns as U S Ambassador to India
President Kennedy named Chester Bowles as U S ambassador to India, succeeding John Kenneth Galbraith who returns to Harvard. Bowles, a seasoned diplomat with Asia ties, previously served in New Delhi 1951 53 and was undersecretary of state until 1961.
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Washington
Kennedy
Chester Bowles
U.S
India
Bowles
John Kenneth Galbraith
Harvard University
Galbraith
New Delhi
Asia
United States
Truman
State Department
Africa
Latin America
Murdered skier McCaskie linked to Alpine star past
Police found blood stained blades in the kitchen of Miss McCaskie’s Reno home after she failed to come to work. Neighbors heard no screams. The British born skier, a 1960 Winter Olympics competitor at Squaw Valley, was last seen Thursday night. A babysitter alerted authorities when she did not return for her child. The killer, motive, and time of death remain undetermined.
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Miss McCaskie
Squaw Valley
Reno
High Sierra
Sparks
Elgin
Scotland
Births Across West Texas Hospitals Highlight Local Families
A parade of newborns reported from West Texas Hospital and Lauf Clinic shows fathers with varied jobs from farmers to store workers. Names include Ashburm Campbell Hendrick Hopevey Burnett Browning Hunt Hatchett Lybecker Brewer Alex Calvillo and more.
Japan Spirits Soar at Tokyo Cherry Blossom Night
More than 200000 revelers gathered at Ueno Park in Tokyo for a cherry blossom night. Police reported the crowd was orderly as attendees enjoyed wine and song amid the festivities.
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Japan Spirits Soar
Tokyo
Ueno Park
Record of severe weather and damage at Longfellow House Motel
The report notes a warm trend with scattered low temperatures in New England and Appalachia while detailing a violent Gulf coast rainstorm. High winds damaged the Longfellow House Motel, destroying one 10 room unit, injuring several others, and causing property damage estimated at 150000 to 200000 dollars, with downed trees nearby.
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Appalachians
Greenville
Great Lakes
Great Plains
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Longfellow House
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Pascagoula
Pass Christian
Rusk Delays Berlin Talks for Polaris Pact with Britain
Secretary of State Dean Rusk signed a Polaris missile deal with Britain, allowing up to 100 missiles with Britain to build subs and warheads. He then planned talks in Paris with Charles de Gaulle and a NATO council meeting to discuss a multinational nuclear force.
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Paris
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France
United States
Rusk
David Ormsby Gore
State Department
Kennedy
Harota Macmillan
Nassau
Berlin
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
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Macmillan
NATO
Mediterranean
Europe
Honeymoon Trip Ends In Tragedy
An elderly Texas couple on a honeymoon trip were involved in a fatal crash 31 miles west of Artesia. Lillie Springer Trapp Young, 68, died at Artesia General Hospital from multiple injuries. Her husband Joe J. Young, 76, was critically injured with a fractured pelvis.
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N.M
Texas
Lillie Springer Trapp Young
Lampasas
Tex
Artesia General Hospital
Joe J. Young
Ray Vaught
Carlsbad
Young
Laos Fighting a TMT 13 Fish Colleagues On Mission
Rebels clash near Xieng Khouang as neutralists and Kong Le forces fight in the area. Souvanna reports calm but other accounts differ as U S planes evacuate dependents from the danger zone and protest notes are delivered over Quinim’s murder.
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Souvanna Phouma
Thiep
Kong le
Xieng Khouang
Vientiane
Souvanna
U.S
United States
Pathet Lao
Prince Souphanouvong
Quinim
Leonard Unger
Khamsouk Kaola
Unger
Pathet Laos
Snow Returns to London With Wintry Mix
Snow and sleet hit London and surrounding counties with falling temperatures. The weather bureau warned the wintry spell would persist for a day or two as rain, snow and sleet affected the city.
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London
UPI
Weather Bureau
Sweden's liquor strike floods streets with hard booze
In Stockholm and rural areas the five week liquor monopoly strike empties 270 state stores. Swedes raid underground vaults for wine brandy and German imports as Easter drinking looms. Police report fewer brawls while stores may reopen after Easter.
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Stockholm
Sweden
California Girl Crowned Miss Wool of America 1963
Cheri Inez Slikker an 18 year old Bakersfield coed won the 1963 Miss Wool of America pageant over 20 contestants. Mary Ellen Vinton was first runner up and Katharine Anne Spence second runner up. Slikker studies public relations and sociology at Bakersfield Junior College. The event capped Wool Week in San Angelo following parades and a reception.
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Cheri Inez Slikker
Bakersfield
Calif
Wool. of America
Mary Ellen ‘Vinton
Mce
Minnville
Ore
Katharine Anne Spence
Slayer Is Given 30 Year Sentence
A jury in San Antonio convicted Stephen D. Zerschausky of the murder of Michael Said Coury of Houston and sentenced him to 30 years in prison. Zerschausky, a 26 year old Austin sheet metal worker, claimed self defense. Coury, a convicted panderer, had a long vice record in Houston. Several prostitutes and vice characters testified during the six day trial. The jury deliberated three hours and six minutes.
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Stephen D. Zerschausky
Michael Said Coury
Houston
Zerschausky
Austin
Coury
Fred Semaan
Zerschansky
Cadet Killed as EMI Bus Crashes En Route to Azalea Parade
A bus carrying 48 Edwards Military Institute cadets veered off N C 133 north of Wilmington and struck two trees killing one cadet from Norfolk Virginia and injuring more than 30 others. Rescue crews used axes and shovels to free passengers. Authorities cited probable mechanical failure as the cause.
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UPI
Edwards Military Institute
Amarillo Airman Killed in Canyon Area Crash
A 19 year old Amarillo Air Force Base airman died at the scene when a van crashed near Canyon on Farm Road 1541. Two passengers from Amarillo, 18 year old Charles Gene Taylor and 20 year old Bob Martinez, were treated for critical injuries at a Canyon hospital as investigators probe the driver and cause.
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UPID
Amarillo Air Force Base
Canyon
Robert Lloyd Hudson
Charles Gene Taylor
Bob Martinez
Amarillo
Longest A J Bee Yet Lubbock Youth Repeats Spelling Champ
The Avalanche Journal Spelling Bee regional winners include Hutchinson student Casey, 13, eighth grade, Hutchinson Junior High, first place. Andrews Junior High’s Johnny Mack, 13, eighth grade, second. Denver City’s Bonnie Brookshire, 13, seventh grade, third. Bailey County’s Julia Ann Burkett, 14, eighth grade, fourth. Snyder’s Charles Browning, 12, sixth grade, fifth. County champions from Seagraves, Brownfield, Lorenzo, Big Spring, Gail, Floydada, Lamesa, Morton, Colorado City, New Home, Midland, Odessa, Sudan and others also earned spots with words from final word lists.
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Bailey County
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Yoakum
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J. T. Hutchinson
Johnny Mack
John R. Adams
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Andrews Junior High School
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Andrews County
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Melvin Brookshire
Three Way
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Snyder
Scurry County
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Bee
David Fox
Seagraves
L. B. Fox
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Robert Baumgardner
Brownfield
Deborah Campbell
Lorenzo
Arvil Lee Campbell
Burma Gentry
Big Spring
Gorden Gentry
Pamela Wilson
Gail
W. L. Wilson Jr
Luther
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Pat Graham
Colorado City
Matt Graham
Yvonne Nettles
New Home
LeRoy Nettles
Wilson
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St. Ann’s School
Midland
John J. Conry
Paul Green
Levelland
Albert H. Green
Billy Feeler
Odessa
W. J. Feeler
Accumulate
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Close City
Marshall Tipton
Post
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Sudan
Dick West
Arctic
Avalanche Journal
Roy Boyd
Lubbock
Dahlia Terrell
Texas Tech
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Casey iCharness Sr
Lana Gay Burkett
David Nelson
Hemphill-Wells Co
Dunlap’s
Hester-Miller-Howard Office Supply
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Janis Harrison
Eloise Adams
Snylder
Lou Glenn
Lamesa
Gayla Hodge
Richard W. Belcher
Geraldine Spencer
P. L. Hansen
W. L. Willingham Jr
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B. M. Wilson
Harvey Riley
S. A. Da‘vis
Borden
Francis Shiflett
Robert W. Baumgardner
Matt Granam
Borger Fire Ravages Shopping Center String Of Explosions
A $100000 blaze leveled a drug store and damaged five adjoining offices in Borger Texas Saturday. Investigators blamed a short circuit that started a small fire and caused cans of hairspray to explode, sending flames throughout the building.
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UPI
Three Youths Die In Road Mishap Near Gainesville
Three Wichita Falls youths were killed in a late Friday night crash eight miles west of Gainesville. Leon Huff Jr. 25 and Johnnie Grimes 20 died at the scene along with Winson Casstevens 20. Gary Vick 18 was seriously injured and taken to Wichita Falls. Huff’s late father sang with the W. Lee O Danial hillbilly band once featured on a 1930s radio program. The car skidded on wet pavement and struck a tree.
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Wichita Falls
Here
Leon Huff Jr
W. Lee O’daniel
Johnnie Grimes
Winson Casstevens
Gary Vick
Huff
Big Spring Lawmaker Hurt In Road Crash
LLANO AP Rep. Ed Carpenter of Coahoma and Big Spring suffered a back injury when his car skidded and overturned seven miles southwest of Llano on Texas 71. Attendants at Llano Memorial Hospital said Carpenter's condition was satisfactory Saturday. He was alone and driving home.
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Ed Carpenter
Coahoma
Big Spring
Here
Llano Memorial Hospital
Carpenter
Texas
Snow blocks search as Italian Alps bury front line center
A heavy snowstorm in the French Italian frontier area postpones indefinitely the search for the missing airliner believed to be King Saud's. Eleven inches of snow pile up around the search center for the plane missing since March 20 with 18 aboard.
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Italy
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