Riots Spread to Ankara and Istanbul as Forces Move In
Turkish capital sees anti-government protests escalate as 18 American tanks advance toward Istanbul University. Soldiers flood gates and deploy in the square while rioters are gassed and clubbed. Martial law extends as Ismet Inonu’s fate looms and casualties rise with arrests.
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United Press International
Stanbul
Turkey
Ankara
Istanbul
Adnan Menderes
Menderes
Ismet Inonu
Christian A. Herter
Tehran
Iran
Central Treaty Organization
Kennedy campaigns in rain heading to Seymour airport
Senator John Kennedy arrives at Seymour Indiana airport after a late arrival caused by a medical check. He ducked under an umbrella to reach an automobile as aides read his speeches, continuing campaigning in West Virginia and Indiana ahead of crucial primaries.
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John Kennedy
D-Mass
Seymour
Ind
Kennedy
West Virginia
Indiana
No Payola Claims By Clark Over Hit Selection Knack
Dick Clark testified before the House subcommittee on payola saying he picks songs by a knack for hits and had no financial stake in his choices. He acknowledged a $7,000 profit share for Butterfly with Bernie Lowe but said the deal was oral and he did nothing to promote it.
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Ashington
Dick Clark
Congressional
Payola
Clark
House
Oren E. Harris
Butterfly
Bernie Lowe
Lowe
Clemency Plea Rejected Again for Chessman
California Supreme Court refuses clemency for death row author Daryl Chessman for the third time. With a 4-3 vote the court dictates final action banning rehearing as his ninth execution date looms at 10 a.m. Monday. Chessman’s attorney plans a habeas corpus petition.
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California Supreme Court
Daryl Chessman
Edmund G. Brown
Sacramento
Oakland
Chessman
George T. Davis
Davis
Daniel Price Daniel Predicts 2 to 1 Win In Texas Governor Race
Governor Oveta Price Daniel arrives in Lubbock for a second campaign swing and predicts renomination by two to one margin. He cites a late poll showing 59 percent support in the May 7 Democratic primary against Jack Cox with 19 percent undecided. He attends a coffee reception at Caprock Hotel and a campaign dinner with area workers. He plans to depart for Wichita Falls after 10:30 a.m. today.
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Avalanche-Journal
OV. Price Daniel
Lubbock
Caprock
Howard Davison
Democratic
Travis Shelton
Colorado City
Wichita Falls
Daniel
Jack Cox
Breckenridge
Riot Averted at Eastham Prison Farm Dining Hall
An attempted riot in the Eastham Prison Farm dining room was quickly contained by guards. A Trans World Airlines 707 jet incident at Kansas City Airport related to Texas prison officials occurred Friday night with no injuries.
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Eastham Prison Farm
Tex
Eastham
Kansas City, Mo
Trans World Airlines
O. B. Ellis
Texas 110
Kansas City
Saving Man Not Fund Raising Cited At Church Assembly
The 73rd annual Texas Convention of Christian Churches assembly in Municipal Auditorium stressed stewardship as a life practice rather than money raising. Dr. Lee Pierce of Fort Worth urged members to focus on individual growth and warned against clergy-led programs eclipsing spiritual needs. About 6,200 had registered for the weeklong meeting with advance entrants noted, though not all had arrived.
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Pierce
Fort Worth
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Assembly
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Man Held In Area Death Slaying Near Hart Camp
A Littlefield man died in a rural area from bullet wounds Friday. Lamb County Sheriff Dick Dyer says 37-year-old Bobby Gene Tucker, who lives six miles north of Littlefield, admitted the slaying. Tucker is jailed awaiting charges. The victim was James Odell Marsh, 37, an oilfield worker. Tucker’s wife and their three children witnessed the shooting on a farm southeast of Hart Camp in eastern Lamb County.
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Avalanche Journal
Littlefield
Lamb County
James Odell Marsh
Bobby Gene Tucker
Dick Dyer
Tucker
Hart Camp
Dyer
Marsh
Funeral Home
Lana Turner's Daughter Flees Juvenile Home
Cheryl Crane 16, Lana Turner's daughter, along with two other girls, escaped Friday night from the El Retiro juvenile home in the San Fernando Valley. The facility is described as minimum security with no guards and a high surrounding wall, and escapes are common. Crane stabbed her mother's lover Johnny Stompanato in 1958 and was later cleared by a coroner's jury before becoming a court ward and attending Beverly Hills High School.
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Lana Turner
el Retiro
San Fernando Valley
Johnny Stompanato
Beverly Hills High School
Soviet Trawler Sighted Near U S Navy Sub Test
The Soviet trawler Vega was photographed within a mile of the George Washington as it tested its missile launching gear about 60 miles off Long Island. The Navy said the ship could gather data and later spotted off Norfolk, with the scene in international waters. The sub is first of the fleet ballistic missiles.
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Avalanche-Journal
Ashington
George Washington
Long Island
U.S
Navy
Norfolk
Two Air Crashes Leave Nine Missing In Midwest
A U.S. Air Force bomber crashed in Kansas with three men diving to escape while a Royal Canadian Air Force B-25 went down in fog near Milwaukee Harbor. Six aboard the RCAF plane were aboard during an attempted emergency landing and are unaccounted for.
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Avalanche-Journal
Iine
Kansas
Royal Canadian Air Force
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Invasion and B-47 Crash Report From 1960s Paraguay and Topeka
Paraguayan town Puerto Carlos Antonio Lopez repulsed an armed assault by about 500 invaders from Argentina aided by 50 men taking Colonia Otano. Interior Minister Edgardo Ynstrans blamed Misiones province incursions as the cause while casualties were cited without numbers. Separately a Forbes Air Force Base B 47 jet crashed into a waterlogged pasture near Topeka, killing three crew members with two parachuting to safety in the week’s second such disaster.
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Parana
Puerto Carlos Antonio Lopez
Colonia Otano
Ministry of Interior
Misiones
Edgardo Ynstrans
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Paul Jones
Carl Stanlee Heaberlin
Pleasantville
Iowa
Granville Harkrader
Pampa
Tex
Air Force
Forbes Afb
Perrin
Forbes
55Th Reconnaissance Wing
RCAF
Lake Michigan
Six Die As Funnels Rip Oklahoma
Tornadoes and violent storms sweep from Oklahoma into Texas with seven inches of snow in parts of Wyoming and heavy rain in Austin. At least six deaths and injuries mount as homes and farms suffer extensive damage, with a Cromwell family killed and a mechanic injured by a lightning strike.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Panhandle
Austin
Kansas
Anadarko
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Capital
Cromwell
Oklah
Plains
Lander
Wyo
Cheyenne
San Antonio
Overdue pilot seeks record flight across Pacific
Peter Gluckmann an observant watchmaker attempting a nonstop Tokyo to New York flight in a single engine Bonanza has been missing since leaving Tokyo at 1 15 am est Wednesday. FAA and Coast Guard searches found no trace though a Texan couple reported a possible radio message from him later questioned as unauthentic. He had fuel for about 60 hours and was airborne over 70 hours by midnight with 580 gallons aboard.
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Colorado
Texas
Southwest
United Press International
Gan Francisco
Peter Gluckmann
Tokyo
United States
Federal Aviation Agency
Oakwood
Gluckmann
New York
Bandera
Tex
FAA
Coast Guard
Johnny Johnston
FFA
Oak
Land Air Force Traffic Control Center
Hawaiian
Wintry Breeze Temperatures Drop Across Lubbock Area
A cold front brought buffeting north winds over the South Plains. Lubbock readings fell from 72 to 43 degrees by nightfall with gusts around 33 mph. A plate glass window at Hub Furniture Co. was broken by the wind.
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South Plains
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Weather map brief for Lubbock area
Partly cloudy and cool today with northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Expected low near 37 degrees and high around 63 degrees.
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