Racial unrest flares across several states as crowds clash
Police arrests mount as desegregation tensions spill from North Carolina to Louisiana. In Placquemine CORE members refuse segregated ferry waiting rooms, are arrested after a midstream ferry reversal. In Lexington NC race tensions rise near courthouse as demonstrations clash with police. In Goldsboro NC about 150 demonstrators march peacefully.
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Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Louis O'Neil
O'Neil
Mississippi River
Iberville Parish
Charles A. Griffon
Lexington
N.C
Davidson County
Charles Poole
Poole
Goldsboro
NASA slows Syncom 2 to align steady orbit over equator
NASA fired hydrogen peroxide jets from Goddard Space Flight Center at Greenbelt md at 2 am edt to slow Syncom 2. The maneuver reduced westward drift from seven to two degrees per day and should place the satellite in its correct position within three days after an initial drift east following the July 26 launch.
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Washington
UPS
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agency
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
NASA
Echo I ends third year aloft marking space milestone
Echo I, Americas balloon satellite, marks its third birthday in space. Since launch on August 12, 1960, it has completed about 13,500 orbits and traveled roughly 425 million miles while remaining functional. It enabled two way voice transmissions and the first space facsimile via Collins Radio and AP personnel.
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Echo I
Collins Radio Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Richardson
Tex
Collins
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Page
Flint hotel blaze kills elderly guest and injures many
An 84 year old man died from burns after a predawn fire razed the Adams Hotel in Flint. More than 100 firefighters fought the six story landmark, with 15 others injured and several guests missing before being accounted for. Fire officials estimated losses near a half million dollars as searches continued.
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Associated Press
Lint Mich
Auto Factory
Fred Whittley
Hurley Hospital
Jack Johnson
Whittley
Trapper
Harold Chirgwin
Adams Hotel
Flint
Johnson
Alice Everett
Thomas Gage
Impatience and News Pages Define a Quickened Pace
A column on temporal tension contrasts a hurried mind with patient waiting. The piece reflects on modern newsroom tempo and everyday frictions across sections. It frames impatience as a shared urban trait influencing how readers engage with daily reporting and entertainment listings.
Area Gets Good Rains Across Lubbock County
Area rainfall varied Sunday with Slaton and parts of Garza County receiving heavy showers. Near Post, water covered Highway 34 briefly, while Reese AFB reported significant rain from a thundershower line. Measurable rain was reported in Slaton and between Lubbock and Slaton, with lighter or no rain elsewhere.
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Outh Plains
Northwester
Garza County
Close City
Post
Caprock
Uss. Hwy. 34
Slaton
Santa Fe
Lubbock
Reese Afb
Taubbock
Mad Stone tale recalls harsher cures from pioneer days
In the eighth Campfire Stories installment by Tanner Laine of the Avalanche Journal, a Dickens County dugout near Grapevine Creek features a skunk attack on Emma Buchanan and a mother’s desperate treatment using home remedies and faith as the West’s frontier doctors. The narrative centers on fear, quick action, and the era’s rough medicine.
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Ceditor
West
Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Grapevine Creek
Dickens County
Emma
Pair Admits Holdup Two More Held In Station Robberies
Police say two Lubbock men admitted taking part in a July robbery at Reed's Service Station and implicated a third suspect. Napoleon Booker and Robert White, both arrested Sunday, along with Billy Joe Booker, confessed to the Godwin's Service Station hijack and named a fourth man being sought. Police quizzed two other suspects as the string of station holdups continued from July onward.
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Cleiufleiu
Godwin's
Southeast Dr
Teed
Godwin
Alb
Heo
Postal Meet Set on City Post Office Facilities
Downtown Development Corp and Lubbock Chamber of Commerce leaders will meet Tuesday morning with a US Post Office official from Washington to discuss city post office facilities. Attendees include Bill Collins, Joe Nissar, James Baker, D M Wiewins, Rev Davis, Gene Anderson, and John A Logan.
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Downtown Development Corp
Labbock Chamber of Commerce
Post Office Department
Washington
Lubbock
Chamber
Bill Collins
Joe Nissar
James Baker
D. M. Wiewins
Rev Davis
Gene Anderson
John A. Logan
Chamber of Competer
Coffirmal
Woeshington
Post Officer Department
Pennis. Fenson
Weredo
Downtown Group
Chamber of Commerce
Daily Prayer Request and Blessings
Prayer asks for divine guidance and protection for the day, cleansing hearts of selfishness, resisting temptation, and comforting all. It closes in Jesus name with an anonymous attribution. The note invites readers to share their own prayers.
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Heavenly Father
Jesus
Edflor
Rail Labor Talks Continue Into Sunday Session
Labor Department officials pressed to avert a nationwide railroad strike met with union representatives Sunday and summoned engineers and firemen to a negotiating session with the carriers today No results were announced leaving the today session as the likely forum to draft a settlement plan for presentation to 156 general chairmen of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen due in Washington Tuesday.
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Washington
Labor Department
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Mishaps Hurt Several In Weekend Traffic Incidents
Police report several injury accidents over the weekend. Armando Duran and two passengers were hurt when his car struck a pole after swerving to avoid a colliding vehicle near 8th Street. Mr and Mrs Moody and Mr and Mrs Wren were injured in a two vehicle crash on US 62 near Loren Roads. A third person, Mrs Jara Roberts, was injured four miles south of Sew Deal on U.S. See High Hort Page.
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Lubbock
Lorenzo City
New Penn, Jr
Armando Duran
Oralia Duran
Rose Marie Duran
S10
Ith St
8Th Street
L021
Avenue N
Fimmat
Martin Moody
Rover
Ark
William Howard Wren
Crosbyton
Ane Bom
Lorenz
Moody
Crosbyton Hospital
Methodist Hospital
Highway
Rusk Plans Appeal For Quick Senate OK
Secretary of State Dean Rusk returned from Europe and reported to President Kennedy on the test ban treaty mission. He warned the next U S Soviet talks will not move quickly and described Khrushchev’s openness to further explore intentions while noting West German endorsements. The trip aimed at Senate approval, no recognition implications, and continued negotiations through Bonn Moscow and Rome.
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Washington
Sec
Dean Rusk
Europe
Kennedy
Soviet Union
West Germany
Rusk
Premer Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
JFK
Hyannis Port
Mass
Senate
Andrews Air Force Base
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nonrad Adenauer
Germany
Bonn
Moscow
Roma
Gazavan
Black Sea
George WL Ball
Neero
HUSK
Pay Hike Study Set For County Meet
Lubbock County commissioners prepare a courthouse meeting to discuss a possible salary increase for county officials. The agenda includes opening bids and routine matters with a proposed raise not yet fixed, though a $1,000 car allowance was mentioned by observers.
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Lubbock
Tcam
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