Adventurers Return After Cuban Prison Ordeal
Adventurers recount four days at sea and a harsh Cuba prison stretch after being held by Cuban authorities. Browne credits Donovan with easing conditions as the crew plans to return to the islands for repairs and treasure work. Among those freed are Clifford Barnes, Steve Baade, James Brown, and Richard Avery, all repatriated with varying prior imprisonments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIA
Charles E. Booher
Wesley Edwards
Accokeek
Booher
John R. Klinner
Decatur
Klinner
South Pacific
Browne
Cuba
U.S
Clifford G. Barnes
Lebanon
N.H
Steve V. Baade
Omaha
Neb
James Brown
Chester
Richard Avery
Richard Apakalian
Philadelphia
SEATO talks mix military displays with cautious diplomacy
U S officials report gains in Laos firefight talks as SEATO ministers weigh joint maneuvers in Thailand and South China Sea. De Gaulle signals France’s ongoing SEATO support while NATO debates an inter allied nuclear force as Paris hints at a French H bomb capability expansion.
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Laos
Rusk
SEATO
United States
Plaine Des Jarres
Pathet Lao
de Gaulle
France
South Viet Nam
Vu van Mau
Paris
NATO
Moscow
Thailand
South China Sea
Indochinese
Philippines
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Adin
Harry D. Felt
U.S
Pacific
Inter-Allied Force
Ottawa
Kennedy
Harold MacMillan
Churchill Named Honorary US Citizen in White House Ceremony
President Kennedy signed a bill declaring Sir Winston Churchill an honorary citizen of the United States. Randolph Churchill read the proclamation as Mrs. Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy observed. The ceremony in the rose garden drew ambassadors, lawmakers, and famed figures while noting Churchill’s lifelong defense of liberty and leadership during Britain’s darkest hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Kennedy
United States
Kennedy
Churchill
Great Britain
Britain
England
Commonwealth Nations
Congress
Earl Warren
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bernard Baruch
White House
Sir Winston Churchill
U.S
J. Borden Harriman
New York
Birth notices reflect numerous local families welcomed in area hospitals
A long list records dozens of birth announcements from local households. Each entry notes the parents, address, baby gender, weight, time, hospital, and the father's occupation, detailing births across Methodist, West Texas, Taylor, Lubbock, and Reese facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Co
Donald Merrill
E. Fordham &T
Methodist Hospital
David Eric Burchett
62Nd St
West Texas Hospital
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Delbert
John Sumner
E. Fordham &J
Baldridge Bakery
George Robert Anthony
Dimmitt
Jerry Allen Pearson
West
Texas Hospital
Moss Gordon ‘Lint Cleaner Co
J. M. Craft
Ghoe
Ivan Kounter
Lubbock
Methodist’ Hospital
Calvary’ Nazarene Church
Tommy Wayne Garrett
Erskine Rd
Emory. E. Powitsky
Texas Tech Station
Texas Tech
Wendell David Dixon
Idalou Rd
Wayfarer Motel
Unusual Africa Short Form 1040 Filed by Peace Corps Volunteer
The IRS reports a Tunisia based Peace Corps volunteer created a handmade tax form on yellow paper titled I got You got and T should get. He listed 1962 earnings of 365.47 with 135.97 from Arkansas firm and 229.50 from Peace Corps and withheld taxes of 20.88. The volunteer noted No wife kids animals few friends and added Thanks. W2 forms from both employers were attached. The form was accepted by IRS officials.
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Little Rock
Internal Revenue Service
Peace Corps
Tunisia
Fred W. Johnson
IRS
Arkansas
Johnson
Debate Over Tax Spending Sparks Texas Lawmakers Clash
Lawmakers face an early tax spending showdown as the House moves to consider tighter ethics rules after Murray’s oil deal. Rep. Eckhardt of Houston gains support for a bill to curb private investments by officials and appearances before boards, while other measures progress in both chambers including public safety control of boxing and wrestling and unemployment work search requirements.
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House of Representatives
Bob Eckhardt
Houston
State Code of Ethics
Murray
Eckhardt
House
Senate
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Bureau of Labor Statistics
State Building Commission
State Board of Education
Aransas Pass
Senate Committee On
Connally
Bill Clayton
Springlake
Hudson Moyer
Amarillo
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Soviet Note Warns NATO Nuclear Duty Could Expand War
The Soviet Union threatened counter measures if NATO extends its nuclear attack area. It warned non nuclear signers could face rocket bombing in a future East-West war. Moscow urged US cooperation to curb the arms race and pursue disarmament a Berlin settlement and a NATO Warsaw pact non aggression pact.
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Soviet Union
NATO
United States
Berlin
Warsaw Alliance
Completion Due Soon On Houston Highway Belt
The Texas State Highway Department advances a rural outer belt around Houston with 141 miles open. A $324,000 May award will close the Addicks to Sugar Land gap of 12 miles. The belt uses FM 1960 538 and SH 6 146, with NASA’s Manned Spaceflight Center along FM 528. A $1.113 million multi lane project near NASA and IH 45 accelerates the belt.
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Austin
UPI
State Highway Department
Houston
Addicks
Sugar Land
D. C. Greer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
Humble-Del Webb
NASA
Galveston
la Porte
Major Boston Loses Goat At Carswell AFB
Maj. Joseph H. Boston of the 834th Headquarters Squadron had his goat Haphazard Bill at Carswell Air Force Base stolen and painted bright colors. The prank led to the animal being retrieved but quarantined to a farm while the paint wore off.
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Boston
Traditional Maundy Thursday Rites Set
Traditional Maundy Thursday rites observed by the Lubbock Scottish Rite Association at 7:30 p m today in the Yellow House Masonic Hall. Temple H Morrow, a 33rd Degree Mason, will conduct the service with dinner by the Lubbock Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. A business meeting will elect new officers. W W Cowdray is president and W D McCarty the secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock Oe Rite Association
W. D. McCarty
Hollywood Fighters Roar in Nightclub Fights and Boxing Parallels
Hollywood club scene features actors turned fighters including Joe Louis the Brown Bomber and swashbucklers like Errol Flynn. Report notes Flynn’s sharp punching and occasional losses, with anecdotes of clashes involving John Wayne and Frank Sinatra.
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Hollywood
UPS
Lloatants
Filmland
Suenie
Joe Louis
Moulin Rouge
Sunset
John Wayne
Frank Sinatra
John Barrymore
Barrol Flynn
Mike Romanott
Stephen Crane
Turhan Bey
Dan Topping
Pat di Cicco
Jack Oakie
San Francisco
Flynn
Four Youths To Be Questioned In Arizona Murder
Four Winslow Arizona youths aged 16 to 22 and from Joseph City will be questioned in the murder of Fort Worth socialite Jane Langdon near Phoenix. The suspects were jailed in Batesville Arkansas after a rape arrest and extradition waiver to Holbrook Arizona. Suitcases of women’s clothing found in their Batesville hotel rooms prompted police to compare with Langdon’s missing belongings. Langdon, 21, Texas Christian University student, was shot and sexually assaulted after arriving in Phoenix March 21. she was found March 23 north of the city. Investigators hope the luggage will reveal the killer.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Maricopa County
Fort Worth
Jane Langdon
Batesville
Ark
Larry Barker
Lynn Norton
Gary Rogers
Winslow
Bob Harkey
Joseph City
Holbrook
Ed Jones
Lester Jones
Miss Langdon
Texas Christian University
Kim Novak to Continue Film Of Human Bondage
London reporting says Kim Novak will return to shoot the $3 million movie Of Human Bondage in Dublin after a brief break. She said she needed time to clear her mind and was ready to resume shooting Monday if producers want her back.
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London
UPI
Daily Express
Kim Novak
Somerset Maugham
Dublin
the Express
Mildred
Miss Novak
Elizabeth Taylor
Joan Collins
Miss Taylor
Pair Rob Bank of $100,000
Two masked robbers entered the Citizens State Bank in Marianna Florida before opening, ordered staff to the floor, cleaned out teller drawers safe and night depository, and fled in a stolen car with more than $100,000 in a navy sea bag. Bloodhounds patrols and a posse chased the area as the car was abandoned at the edge of a wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Firemen Rescue 73-Year-Old Woman From Burning Dallas Duplex
Dallas firemen pull Laura Kelly aged 73 from a burning duplex on Tuesday. She was trapped in a hallway and treated for smoke inhalation and first and second degree burns.
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Dallas
UPD
Laura Kelly
Duplex
Diefenbaker Refuses Quick Power Transfer After Election
Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker defies a swift Liberal takeover, signaling he will continue at least until Parliament convenes. Lester Pearson, while acknowledging rights to delay, faces a looming minority government as Conservatives tally 96 seats to Liberals 128 with district results still incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
John G. Diefenbaker
Canada
Lester B Pearlson
Diefenbaker
Pearson
W. L. Mackenzie King
Liberal
Diefenbaker Step
Ment
Conservatives
Liberals
Social Credit
New Democratic Party
Social Credit Party
Quebec
Real Caouette
Ottawa
Prince Albert
Sask
Vatican breaks custom with public signing of Pacem in Terris
Pope John XXIII publicly signed the 15,000 word encyclical Pacem in Terris in a Vatican ceremony describing it as for all men of good will. Photographs show pages 48 and 49 with his Latin signature Joannes XXIII. The pope spoke via radio and TV, calling for universal peace and urging leaders to seek it through divine guidance and just prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Vatican
John XXIII
Joannes XXIII
God
Recount Ordered In Roma School Board Vote
Dist. Judge C Woodrow Laughlin ordered a recount of Roma School Board ballots after delays in vote results. The four seats were won by the Old Party faction led by Col James A Jeffries amid a police guarded count and reports of irregularities. A grand jury will be convened at Rio Grande City to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roma, Tex
UPI
Dist
C. Woodrow Laughlin
Alice
Roma
Laughlin
Randall Nye
Old Party
James A. Jeffries
Texas
Nye
Rio Grande City
Fire Damages Homes in Two Early Morning Blazes
Fire heavily damaged the kitchen of Mary Palmer at 906 41st Street in the early hours. A second blaze at 2704 B Emory Street damaged a storage shed and its contents at the rear of Albert Sifuentes residence. Firemen attributed both fires to children playing with matches.
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Mary Palmer
41St St
Albert Sifuentes
Emory St
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Joseph Fortier
Leonard Dunn
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Methodia Hospital
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Rt. 2
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Y. J. Foster
Magnolia
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Jan B. Andre
22Nd St
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Reese
Railroad Commission
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Hardin-Simmons University
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