Kennedy predicts U S will overtake Soviets in space by 1970
President Kennedy warned that the United States remains behind the Soviet Union in rocket development but noted a vast increase in space spending this year. He cited a historic two-submarine polar rendezvous, Berlin tensions over East German control, Cuban supplies, and ongoing stockpiling probes, guiding readers to Page 10 for more.
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Juniors Rescued After Fall From 20Foot Cliff Near Silverton
Two Shallowater High School juniors Bill Winters and Jerry Oldham escaped serious injury after a twenty-foot fall in a canyon southeast of Silverton. They were taken to West Texas Hospital for x rays as Briscoe County Sheriff Johnnie Lanham and Bill Griffin assisted in the rescue.
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Johnnie Lanham
Bill Griffin
Two Shallowater youths hurt in canyon tumble near Silverton
In West Texas two Shallowater youths, 16 year olds Jerry Oldham and Bill Winters, fell about 20 feet while exploring near Los Lingos Falls two miles south of the canyon site. They were rescued by a horseback search party and treated at West Texas Hospital. oldham suffered a sprained ankle and Winters chest bruises while third camper Larry Lide, not involved in the fall, notified authorities.
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Avalanche-Journal
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B. W. Oldham
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Lubbock
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Winters
Best Since May Market Rally Pushes Up Averages
The market rallied sharply with the AP average up 2.4 to 226.1 the Dow up 6.90 to 615.54 and the S and P up 0.66 to 59.78. The rise added about 3.4 billion in stock value on the NYSE as 803 of 1,258 issues advanced led by Chrysler Ford and General Motors and IBM crossing 400 to 409.
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Ford
General Motors
Higher-Ups Implicated By Witness
A Agriculture Department official testified under oath that he wrote a false report to favor Billie Sol Estes in cotton allotment dealings on orders from higher ups. Miller identified top officials as possible sources of the reversal of a 1961 order cancelling Estes land transfers. The witness described pressure to produce justification for retaining Estes cotton allotments.
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Thomas H. Miller
Southwest
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Estes
Orville L Freeman
Charles S. Murphy
McClellan
Miller
Department
John C. Bagwell
Murphy
Freeman
Bagwell
Emery E. Jacobs
Texas
Jacobs
City men charged in blue law violations in Lubbock
In county court at law, Moses Sadablah operator of the Famous Store and Richard Isaac of Richard's Discount Center were charged with blue law violations. Bonds set at 500 dollars each. Detectives alleged clothing sales on Saturday and Sunday under one roof split into two rooms. Judge Robert J. Allen set bonds. law targets sales on consecutive weekend days.
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Robert Tedder
Earl Eubanks
Asst
Atty
Broadus
Convict Trio Flees New Mexico Prison
Four inmates escaped from the New Mexico state prison Wednesday night before one was stopped by a tower guard’s bullet. Warden Harold Cox named the escapees as Charles Wayne Willmer Marvin Vaughn Roy Ledoux and John Edward Bostrom Willmer was shot in the back and listed in serious condition. Vaughn Ledoux and Bostrom held varying sentences for murder obtain money with intent to cheat or defraud and killing or larceny of an animal. State and local officers hunted the mountainous area around Santa Fe.
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New Mexico State Prison
Harold Cox
Charles Wayne Willmer
Big Rapids
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Willmer
Marvin Vaughn
Greenbriar County
W.va
Cox
Vaughn
Roy
Ledoux
Duluth
Minn
John Edward Bostrom
Minneapolis
Bostrom
Prayer of thanks and request for forgiveness
A personal devotional text asks for divine mercy and asks Jesus to dwell in the heart forever for God's glory. The note is signed Anonymous and addresses faith and repentance.
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Jesus
Son bludgeons father amid Huntsville home tragedy
Harold L Russell, 19, an accomplished student, fatally bludgeoned his father Dr Harris L Russell 54 at their home in Country Campus Sam Houston State College. The student told deputies he wanted to teach like his father and offered no motive. He was charged with murder.
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News Under JFK Backs Probe
Editorial notes JFK administration support for a federal probe into the events surrounding his assassination. Column argues a thorough inquiry serves justice, preserves public trust, and clarifies unanswered questions about potential conspiracies and official responses.
Eidinoff Recounts Shooting Details In Court Testimony
Dr. Harold Eidinoff, 53, testifies at Austin State Hospital during a bid for release after a 1959 shooting in El Paso that killed lawyer Ted Andress. He claims sanity and cites a long letter denying past illness, while the state invokes the earlier hung jury and plans to submit the case to a jury today. He also describes mailing nude photos and a controversial two page newspaper, The Truth, The Whole Truth, alleging blackmail by Andress.
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Harold Eidinoff
John McDonald
Rusk
el Paso
Ted Andress
Lubbock
Associated Press
USA
Jonghand
Andress
Ambush Fails De Gaulle Near Paris in Gun Attack
Gunmen in a roadside ambush fired on a speeding presidential car carrying Charles de Gaulle. Bullets shattered the rear window and broke two tires but the 71 year old leader and his party were unharmed. Police cited an European Secret Army link and noted the incident followed a cabinet meeting on crime linked to Algerian gunmen. The group later traveled to their country home in Columbet les Deux Eglises.
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France
Submarines Meet Under North Pole In Historic Rendezvous
President Kennedy disclosed a historic under polar rendezvous between the Skate and the Seadragon as part of an Arctic anti submarine exercise. The 261 foot 2600 ton submarines met July 31 with both en route home and polar veteran crews aboard. Dr Waldo K Lyon aboard the Skate received the Presidents Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, awarded previously to his wife by Kennedy.
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White House
Soviets abolish Berlin command as Red test moves west
Gen. Ivan Yakubovsky announces the abolition of the Soviet Berlin command. U S Army probes Western movement impact as Kennedy says the action alone cannot alter rights of occupation powers in Berlin. Western Allies await a coordinated response to the Kremlin move.
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Ivan Yakubovsky
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Washington
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Weather Summary for Lubbock Area
Clear to partly cloudy with a high near 90 degrees. Isolated showers possible late afternoon or evening. Winds southerly 10 to 20 mph. Southwestern weather report lists 24 hour temps for several cities including Abilene Dallas El Paso Roswell Denver and Houston with readings in the 60s to 90s.
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