Brooklyn mechanic played CIA spy in wild love scam
In 1962 Brooklyn mechanic Thomas Catizone posed as CIA agent Tom Romano to woo Laura Darris. She gave him money after he claimed CIA missions and a crashed plane left him crippled. The tale unraveled as more fake incidents surfaced, revealing a con artist storyline.
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Flood Crest Delayed as Mississippi Danger Rises
Unseasonable storm slows Mississippi flood crest in upper Midwest with cold snap keeping temperatures in the 40s. Snow and heavy warnings spread from Montana to Wisconsin, Minnesota to the Dakotas, while Montana towns report up to seven inches.
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St. Paula
LRB Clippings From A March Issue Show Broad Topics
A jumble of headlines mentions Lubbock Texas Tech research plans and engineering prep next weekend. Other items note Lent guideposts, presidential travel decisions, fatal tornado delays, and Good Friday observances.
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Lubbock
Area
Texas Tech
Billy Graken
Texans Tour Berlin Contrast With East
A Texas group of farmers and ranchers toured West and East Berlin, viewing stark contrasts with communism. Wet drizzly weather and closed shops framed a somber Sunday stroll as pedestrians crowded streets before returning to West Berlin amid a long traffic jam.
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Duane Howell
West Avalanche Journal
Berlin
East Berlin
West
Jstreets
Gine Wetsees
Westlice
Tubing Strike Fatality At Texas Oil Field
In an oil field near Slocum twenty miles southeast of Palestine two Copeland Well Service workers were removing tubing from a Shell Oil well when the tubing touched a high voltage line. Homer Dwight Johnson 22 of Palestine was killed Raymond Hogan 24 of Palestine was injured and taken to Anderson County Memorial Hospital in fair condition. Investigators say both men were in contact with the tubing when it struck the power line.
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Palestine, Tex
Slocum
Palestine
Copeland Well Service Co
Shell Oil Co
Homer Dwight Johnson
Raymond Hogan
Anderson County Memorial Hospital
Sam Johnson turns 100 as White House sends birthday card
Sam H Johnson, a Lubbock pioneer and ex cowpuncher, is honored on his 100th birthday after receiving a card from President Johnson. He survived his first illness in life, a hernia requiring surgery, and now works daily at his shooting gallery on Broadway. Johnson boasts a steady trigger finger and sharp eyes, planning a birthday celebration with ice cream and cake at 2102 Ave K, as his son Sam Jr. looks on.
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Ave. K
Johnson
Tommy Hawkins
Jess
Sam H. Johnson
Akie
Broadway
President Johnson
Lubbock
West Texas Hospital
Sam Jr
Veto Prompts Push for West Texas Medical School
Washington reports a suspected surface to air missile site near Hanoi linked to SA-2 systems, raising questions of Russian military involvement in North Vietnam. Officials say Cuba style launch layout may exist, with six pads, radar, and control center. Congressional actors push ahead on pending bills as holiday breaks loom.
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UPI
United States
Hanoi
State Department
Viet Nam
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Russia
Jerry Hall
Avianca
Texas Tech Medical School
Bates
John Connally
Lubbock
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Air Force
Austin
Laos
Pram Laintanantad
U.S
Cuba
Althanah
Blanchard
H. J
Doc
West Texas
Bill J. Parsley
Justice Dept news code approved by editors group
Attorney General Katzenbach announced a federal news reporting code for criminal cases at the American Society of Newspaper Editors convention. The policy formalizes rules followed by marshals FBI agents and prosecutors to balance public information with the defendant’s fair trial rights. Alfred Friendly of the Washington Post supported the code as policy the committee endorses. Page 1.
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Ashington
Justice Department
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Nicholas Katzen
Bach
Society
U.S
FBI
Department
Alfred Friendly
Katzensbach
Friendly
Washington Post
Katzenbach
Prayer reflection on Christ's sixth word and unity in love
A faithful invocation from Mrs. Jesse J. Rasor of Lubbock prays to God the Father to ponder Jesus sixth saying on the cross and seek deeper understanding of their relationship. The plea asks for believers to be one with Christ and for the love between the Father and Son to dwell in them. Amen.
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Jesse J. Rasor
Lubbock
Starlings Linked to Lung Disease in Dexter Case
In Dexter Missouri officials blame a 20 acre starling roost for histoplasmosis risk. Tests show 1,114 positive reactions out of 1,198 people, with officials planning formal decontamination to curb the fungus and protect residents.
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Snr
Associated Press
Dexter
Gainer
Don May
Health
Stoddard County
Southeast
Beecher
Fred Tosh
U.S. Public Health Service
Mit
Tosh
Midmlan
Houston
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