Berlin Mobs Rally Violent West Berlin Demonstrations
Thousands of West Berliners fed by anger over the death of an 18 year old youth staged a violent protest for a third night. The crowd stoned Russians Americans and their own police along Kurfuerstendamm and near Checkpoint Charlie where U S soldiers used bayonets to quell the unrest. Peter Fechter was shot nearby at the border.
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Area Farm Hand Slain
Manuel Escobedo a 41 year old Mexican national and farm laborer was killed at his home on the Tom Oats farm 13 miles northwest of Crosbyton during a birthday party. Six suspects were in custody after several shots were fired from a .22 caliber pistol and rifle. Escobedo died at 9 p.m. from a single wound to the left side. He left a wife and five children in Mexico.
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Dickens
Crosby County
Fletcher Stark
Escobedo
Stark
Mexico
Counterfeiting Ring Nabbed Across States
A Midland man found with 118240 in bogus money in a car trunk led to the arrest of four suspects in a federal counterfeit operation. In Dayton two men, L Ellison and W Langdon, were seized with about 12000 in counterfeit bills. Mort Koran, a Miami printer, was also arrested with a large quantity of counterfeit money.
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Pecos
U.S
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Reeves County
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Ohio
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Cincinnati
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William Hyden Langdon
Hamilton
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Midland
Wayne Taylor
Harold Wallace
Florida
Suspects Cleared in Carlsbad Girls Slaying Case
San Antonio brothers questioned in the 1961 double murder of 14 year old Patty Sue Pritz and 13 year old Mattie Restine near Carlsbad New Mexico. Sheriff Hawkins said polygraph tests cleared the men who were later tied to a hot check operation in southwest Texas. Authorities confirmed the suspects were in San Antonio at the time of the Aug. 11 shooting.
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Carl Hawkins
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First US smallpox case prompts vaccination drive
The Public Health Service reports the first US smallpox case since 1947. Aged 15, James William Orr of Canada fell ill in New York City and traveled to Toronto where he was hospitalized. Eight vaccination centers opened in Manhattan as officials urged contacts to vaccinate. The family is in quarantine and officials say the risk to the public remains limited.
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U S Copters Hit Vietnamese Halt Communist Hunt
Four days of pursuit in the Camau Delta ends with mixed results as 124 guerrillas killed and 177 captured since Operation Big Pacification began. One U S helicopter was shot down and four others damaged while about 30 Marine and Vietnamese helicopters ferried troops in and out of swamp areas. Government losses stood at four dead and seven wounded through Saturday night.
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Camau Province
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Do-It-Yourself Tombstone Kit Goes On Sale
The world's first DIY tombstone kit goes on sale in Johannesburg for 7 pounds 10 shillings or 26 60, selling undercutting traditional monuments. Inventor Hensleigh Walter, a 48 year old civil engineer, says the kit includes paving stones a headstone plinth and border and can be set up in under an hour. He notes color options and recalls a pensioner who could only afford a wooden cross for her husband’s grave.
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South Africa
Hensleigh Walter
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Sunday Express
Gaines Sheriff Shot In Arm
Seminole Special Gaines County Sheriff Floyd Taylor was shot in the lower left arm after stopping a car on Highway 180 near the Texas New Mexico border. He said three men in the car were not involved in a Friday night robbery of 15000 dollars from a Roswell supermarket. The driver fired once and fled.
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Floyd Taylor
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Texas-New Mexico
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Roswell
Hobbs
Tokyo Relieved By New Typhoon Course
Tokyo was spared a direct hit as Typhoon Ruth veered from its weekend path. The Central Meteorological Agency said fringe winds may brush Tokyo today while the storm skirts the coast of the Boso Peninsula south of the city.
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Berlin wall clashes spark West Berlin tensions
Demonstrations near the Berlin wall drew crowds including families near a homemade cross for Fechter. Police faced stones and taunts as East German guards watched. A Soviet bus and American jeeps were stoned at Checkpoint Charlie amid ongoing friction and calls for Western leaders to ease the crisis.
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Marriage and divorce spark a humor of happiness
A lighthearted note on marriage and divorce as a form of happiness, suggesting joy peaks after weddings and more so after divorces. The column uses witty perspective to reflect on relationships and shared social views.
Veterans May Get $200 Million Insurance Bonus
The Veterans Administration weighs paying a dividend to about 5.3 million veterans with GI life policies. VA head John S. Gleason Jr. directs review of finances to see if extra funds are available and hopes to decide in early September. Economists say a timely extra or accelerated dividend could boost spending during the holiday season.
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Ashington
Veterans Administration
John S. Gleason Jr
Gleason
Tones
White Rouse Alnes
Polio Vaccination Drives Hit Brownfield and Idalou
More than 14 000 people received Sabin oral polio vaccine in Brownfield and Idalou Sunday. About 12 000 doses were given in Brownfield and 2 182 in Idalou with attendees from Dallas Fort Worth and New Mexico. Supply ran out prompting a makeup day and extra doses from Lubbock.
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Idalou
Dallas
Fort Worth
New Mexico
S. A. Hope
J. P. Jones
Lubbock
Wheatley School
William H. Brown
U-2 Planes Arrive in Britain For High Altitude Sampling
Three American U-2 aircraft landed at Upper Heyford Airfield in England after a seven hour flight from Plattsburgh New York on a scientific mission to sample the upper atmosphere for radioactive debris. The Air Ministry stressed flights would be over international waters and not within 100 miles of Soviet territory. Moscow warned to keep the planes far away as protests grow in Britain.
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Prayer for Guidance and Blessings in Jesus Name
A brief anonymous prayer asks for divine guidance in speech and listening to truth and wisdom. It requests help to walk righteous paths, work for God, and follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
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Jesus Christ
Colombia Flood Kills 41 People in Florencia
Officials report 41 dead and 136 missing after a roaring flood likely from a burst dam in Florencia Colombia. More than 3,000 residents of the 20,000 population were affected, homeless and without food.
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Colombia
Florencia
Weather Map Page 3A Lubbock Skies Warm With Mid 90s
Partly cloudy and warm conditions across Lubbock and vicinity with temperatures in the mid and upper 90s. Southerly winds rise to moderate speeds as the map notes continued warm weather outlook.
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