Tragic Outing: Boat Sinks Killing 17 Children
Seventeen children and a teacher drown when a small boat capsizes during a Blessed Hope church picnic near Quincy Florida. The sole survivor, 11 year old Jerome Maples, described water rushing in and the boat sinking quickly as the group from the Blessed Hope church faced disaster.
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Uincy
Fla
Joseph Bouie
Blessed Hope Church
Quincy
Florida
Tallahassee
Jerome Maples
High Level Staff Changes Seen At Agriculture Dept
Sources say the Agriculture Department plans high level staff replacements and demotions as Estes hearings unfold. Freeman aides reportedly pursued tougher action and more authority to shield the farm program from shady deals tied to Estes.
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Ashington
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Horace P. Godfrey
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Congress
Senate
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Freeman
Estes
Department
John C. Bagwell
Bagwell
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Space heroes welcomed in Red Square as USSR touts orbit
In Moscow crowds cheered Maj. Andrian Nikolayev and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich while Premier Khrushchev praised Berlin terms and a new Cosmos satellite. The duo received Hero of the Soviet Union honors after a five month space program as Gagarin and Titov looked on.
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Berlin
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Lenin
United Nations
Cosmos
Tass
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Yuri Gagarin
Gherman Titov
Supreme Soviet
Nikolayev
Popovich
Volga
Black Sea
Area Toll Reaches 103 In South Plains Traffic Toll
A Lamesa area family perished when a car collided with a Coastal Transport Co trailer truck five miles south of Lamesa on U S 87. Trinidad Contreras 26 and his four year old son Gonzalo died in hospital with Adelalnda 1 dying later. Juanita Contreras 21 critically injured and two other children were in fair condition. Truck driver Jesse Fulcher of Big Spring was slightly injured. The crash raised area deaths for August to 103 with a Morton farmer J E Culpepper dying later from injuries.
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Lamesa Area
Lamesa
U. S. Highway 87
Lubbock
Medical Arts Hospital
Trinidad P. Contreras
Star Route 2
Gonzalo
Adelalnda
Juanita C. Contreras
Drver
Contreras
Elmina
Ruben
Jesse Fulcher
Big Spring
South Plains
Farmer
J. E. Culpepper
Morton Farmer
Muleshoe
Sam Webster
Fulcher
Coastal Transport Co
Webster
Bandit Loots Farr's Supermarket in Roswell Robbery
Roswell police tracked a lone gunman who robbed Farr's Supermarket late Friday night taking about $15,153.48 from the Broadmoor Shopping Center. The suspect, 35 to 40 years old, six feet tall, 150 to 170 pounds, wore grey khaki pants and a red plaid shirt and fled as officers crusted a wide dragnet across Eastern New Mexico.
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Roswell
Farr's
New Mexico
Farr
Mgr
Maxwell Carey
Carey
Broadmoor
Mgr. Prentiss Bailey
Finkbine Abortion Succeeds After Sweden Hospital Visit
Sherri Finkbine underwent a legal abortion in Sweden after an Arizona court denied the request. Doctors later said the unborn child showed deformities from thalidomide exposure, confirming the couple’s fears. The operation at Caroline Hospital took 45 minutes and proceeded normally.
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Caroline Hospital
Finkbine
Sweden
Arizona
State Medical Board
Non political trips as Kennedy plans more jaunts west
President Kennedy wrapped up a western resource tour in Los Angeles and eyed further non political trips through the fall elections. He visited Pierre South Carolina Pueblo Colorado and the San Luis project outside Los Banos California. Democratic officials expect a California swing in October to help win House seats for Democrats with Governor Brown. Kennedy traveled by helicopter between sites and stayed at the Beverly Hilton before visiting Pat Lawford.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
OS Angeles
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Fresno
Calif
Edmund G. Brown
Pierre
S. C
Pueblo
Colo
San Luis
Los Banos
Santa Monica
Pat
Peter Lawford
Lee Kennedy
Page
Miss Australia crowned Miss International Beauty at Long Beach
Tania Verstak, 21, of Sydney, was named Miss International Beauty after a final round with five contestants. Other finalists included Maria Victoria Bueno of Argentina, Ana Cecelia Maruni of Panama, Rina Lodders of Holland, and Carolyn Joyner of Freeport, United States.
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Tania Verstak
Australia
Long Beach
Calif
Argentina
Panama
United States
Sydney
Stanny van Baer
Holland
Miss Verstak
Sydney University Coed
Maria Victoria Bueno
Ana Cecelia Maruni
Rina Lodders
Carolyn Joyner
Freeport
Kans
Tania
Today’s Prayer for Spiritual Eyes in Christ
A short anonymous prayer seeks divine help to recognize the living Christ and share His love with all people as one body in Christ. It asks for the blessing promised to those who have not seen Him yet believe in His risen nature.
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Christ
Clothes Horse Extravagent Woman Earns Lots of Credit
A humorous Character Study defines a clothes horse as an extravagant woman who demands much and merits little. The piece lampoons fashion obsessions and credit craving behavior in light tone.
Radiation Belt Formed After July 9 Nuclear Blast
The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune reports a massive new radiation belt created around Earth by the July 9 high altitude nuclear test conducted by U S scientists, marking a dramatic geophysical consequence.
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Earth
Minneapolis
United States
The
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune
Jets flash overhead as WW I pilots recall air wars
An audience of surviving Lafayette Escadrille and Lafayette Flying Corps veterans attended Battle Creek's First Reunion Air Show. A mock dogfight between a German Fokker D7 and a French Nieuport 28 highlighted memories of 1914 18 battles while Thunderbirds showcased modern jet power revealing the leaps in aviation. Baron von der Osten and Baron von Richthofen were noted attendees reflecting on past air combat.
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Rate Creek
Mich
America
France
Lafayette
Hans Georg von der Oston
Manfred von Richthofen
von der Osten
Cologne
Germany
Arthur Cunningham
New York City
Police probe held here into Carlsbad murder case
Law officers from three agencies conducted a hush hush probe in Lubbock into the August 1961 double murder near Carlsbad New Mexico. Two San Antonio brothers arrested in Houston arrived in Lubbock for questioning and possible polygraph tests.
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Carlsbad
N. M
San Antonio
Houston
Lubbock
Department of Public Safety
Texas Rangers
Harris County
Carl Hawkins
W. C. McGrew
Weather summary for Lubbock and vicinity
Clear to partly cloudy and warm with light to moderate southerly winds. High around 96 and low near 64. Southwest weather section lists last night’s precipitation and high low readings for Abilene El Paso Albuquerque Houston Amarillo Oklahoma City Dallas Roswell Denver and surrounding areas.
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City Hall
City
Abilene
el Paso
Albuquerque
Houston Wi
Amarillo
Okla
Dallas
Roswell ST
Oss
Denver
W. Falla
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