Soviet Welcomes for Astronaut Twins Stir Moscow
Workers prepare Red Square for the reception of Maj. Andrian Nikolayev and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich. Rodion Malinovsky warns the West of the military potential of twin flights as debriefings continue in a new Moscow base. The exact arrival time remains secret with hints pointing to Saturday.
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Associated Press
OSCOW
Red Square
Soviet Union
Maj
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Rodion Malinovsky
Khrushchev
Nikolayev
Popovich
Moscow
Kazakhstan
Tass
London
Soviet Weekly
U.S
John H. Glenn
Scott Carpenter
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Soviet Research Institute
Yuri A. Gagarin
Gherman S. Titov
Man with a Billion Faces Uses Identikit Tool
Sgt. Tommy Wilbanks of Lubbock police displays the Identikit figured to form 62 billion possible faces. The composite shown is of Asst. Police Chief L. D. Blakeney, not a suspect. The column continues on page three.
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Tommy Wilbanks
Lubbock
Wilbanks
L. D. Blakeney
Alternate bill okayed but GI plan rejected by House
The House rejected a bill to reopen GI insurance to able bodied World War II and Korean War veterans. A substitute measure for disabled veterans, deemed uninsurable by private insurers, passed 124 to 87 and would run one year. The vote sends the measure to the Senate as the chamber begins a 10 day recess.
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Ashington
Senate
House
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Teague
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
House Veterans Committee
William H. Ayers
Ohio
Roland V. Libonati
D-Ii
Mail van robbery loot tallied at 1 551 277 dollars
The Tuesday night mail van robbery loot was officially set at 1 551 277 dollars with the Federal Reserve adding over 50 000 to the prior estimate. Most of the money was small bills and worn currency likely to pass easily. The breakdown includes 492 000 in tens and 752 000 in twenties among others as Henry B. Montague leads the hunt.
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Associated Prensa
Boston
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Federal Reserve
Henry B. Montague
Washington
U. S
Congo Considers Breaking Diplomatic Ties With Britain
Leopoldville Congo plans to break off diplomatic relations with Britain as the Congo recalls Minister Kanza for consultations. Secretary of State Lengema says the possibility is being considered amid two weeks of strained ties over Britain’s stance on sanctions against Katanga Province.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Congo
Britain
Thomas Kanza
The
London
Marcel Lengema
Lengema
Katanga
Jailbreaker Russell Wins Free After 740 to 1 Gamble
Charles Benton Russell 29 walks free from Alcatraz after the U S Court of Appeals upholds his habeas corpus appeal challenging the uns registrations and shotgun law. He argued the law was unconstitutional and self incriminating to register a stolen weapon. Marvin Morgenstein helped perfect briefs.
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United Press International
Francisco
Alcatraz Federal
Charles Benton Russell
San Francisco Bay
Reno
Russell
U.S. Court of
Marvin D. Morgenstein
Picketing Halts Work at Marshall Space Flight Center
Pickets from the electricians union stood idle for a third day at Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, sparking delays to construction on key space programs including the Saturn CS booster. Washington officials debated federal court action or a Taft Hartley injunction to end the walkout as a 4 person NLRB crew investigated potential labor law violations.
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Associated Press
Untsville
Ala
Marshall Space Flight Center
Electricians Union
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Redstone Arsenal
Space Center
Carlton Bryan
Wernher von Braun
United States
Flight
Magic Box Reveals Robber in Lubbock Case
An armed 1962 robbery at Kuik Check Grocery netted $900 for the bandit. A plastic-face box helped Lt. Wilbanks assemble a composite, leading to identification. A roomer named the suspect, who was traced to Kansas and Tulsa, then arrested in Oakland, California.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Ave. H
E. L. Gallardo
Kansas
Tulsa
FBI
United States
Washington
Oakland
Calif
Zoning Board Denies paving change for Humble Oil station
The Zoning Board rejected Humble Oil Co. plea to pave a service station in a C-2 zone with asphalt and tabled the request until September pending city attorney opinion. The board also denied three church requests and granted a garage variance while noting a long standing cement paving policy for service stations.
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Zoning Board of Adjustment
New Dagh Gennes
JIL Oful Ouecel
Humble Oil Co
Clifford Brown
Board of Adjustment
James, Kirkpatrick
Norman Edwards
Brown
McClain Oil Co
McClain
34Th St
Humble
Kirk
Prayerful note from Elizabeth Frick at Baylor Avenue
A churchgoing message thanks God for today’s hours and blessings and asks guidance and protection as Elizabeth Frick from 502 Baylor Ave prays for forgiveness and safe passage home in faith.
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Father
Elizabeth Frick
Baylor Ave
U S Watchful On Laos Plane Shot Down Claim
U S Embassy said it had no information about a reported U S Air Force jet shot down in Laos. Neutralist sources claimed the incident near Paksane, wreckage shown to a British ambassador, with inquiry already started by the International Control Commission.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
U. S. Air Force
Coaliion Laotian
Paksane
Here
Donald Hopson
U. S
Leonard Unger
Humphrey Defends Stock Holdings Amid Stockpile Probe
Former Treasury secretary George M. Humphrey told Senate investigators it was bunk to claim his Hanna Company stock influenced policy. He defended maintaining stock while in office and called allegations of excessive profits baloney as records questioned in the Stockpile Investigation.
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Avalanche-Journal
Ashington
George M. Humphrey
Senate
Bunk
Treasury
M. A. Hanna Company
Baloney
Humphrey
Hanna Co
Hanna
Eisenhower
Walter Marting
Hanna Mining Co
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Weatherman Forecasts Weather Missteps
The column pokes fun at a weatherman who mispredicts barometric pressure and wind velocity, highlighting the gap between forecast claims and actual conditions with a biting editorial tone.
Vandals Run Rampant In City Crime Wave
A string of petty crimes and vandalism reports hit the city Thursday. Builders Supply suffered breakage and missing items after intruders forced entry and left blood at 1101 29th St. Glass damage occurred at Modern Chevrolet on 2420 4th St with windshields marked but intact. A 4416 Ave A home saw five window panes shot by pellets. Avon’s Tea Room on 208 18th St reported a rooftop cash and Juke losses. A resident on 1706 E 14th St. reported three sheets taken after a dinner visit. Police note no glass shattering and seek leads on the incidents at City Crime Page.
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Builders Supply
29Th St
David Aycock
Aycock
Chevwie
4Th St
J. H. Dunn
Ave. A
Avon’s Tea Room
18Th St. Gregorio Natividad
E. 14Th St
Carl F. Page
48Th St
Methodist Hospital
Dimmitt Youth Drowns In Buffalo Lake Accident
A 15 year old Dimmitt boy Leland Moore froze under the water while water skiing behind his brother Gary’s boat on Buffalo Lake ten miles southwest of here. The body was recovered at 3 50 p m with grappling hooks. Both youths could not swim and the preserver was lost when Leland fell from the skis. The Moore family had arrived for a picnic.
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Canyon
Leland Moore
Buffalo Lake
Here
Moore
Gary
Leland
Barry Moore
B. L. Moore
Dimmitt
M. L. Savage
Lubbock
B. L. Moores
Levelland
Tshombe Leaves Geneva for Elisabethville Trip
Katanga President Moise Tshombe departed Geneva after a two week Swiss vacation. He will travel via Nice on a slow trip to Elisabethville.
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Tshombe
Geneva
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Nice
Elisabethville
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