Turkish quake toll climbs as aftershocks hit eastern Turkey
Turkish officials say the Varto quake death toll nears 2,129 with 2,300-plus injured and 58,000 homeless. Aftershocks disrupt rescue attempts as US and allied aid arrive, mass inoculations are ordered, and relief efforts expand across Erzurum Mus Bingol and surrounding provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahmet Balan Varto
Turkey
Arey
Varto
Mus
Erzurum
Varta
Hinis
Ankara
Edip Somunoglu
U.S
CARE
Billis
Bingol
Auto Firms Refuse Wage Hike as UAW Weighs Action
William M. O'Brien of Chrysler cites 1964 pact limiting bargaining on wages. UAW Ford chief Ken Bannon says actions could trigger demonstrations or work stoppages. GM notes earnings tripled since 1940 and questions wage gaps. Reopening last occurred in 1955 with small raises. unions protested current proposal amid Detroit wage comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UAW
Big Three
UAW International Executive Board
Ken’ Bannon
Ford Department
Bannon
General Motors
Chrysler
Detroit
Geese Invasion Persists Around Virginia Lake
Geese expert began pursuit but found the birds are not molting. Only one was netted while the Barrons describe locals walking near the lake and friendly but bold geese that ignore firecrackers. They say the flock grew from 10-12 last year to about 45 now in their Virginia suburb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barron
Barrons
Virginia
Washington
Lubbock Woman Joins Texas Fine Arts Commission
Mrs IW Holden of Lubbock, longtime museum and arts advocate, will be sworn in as a Texas Fine Arts Commission member in a ceremony at the state capitol. Governor Connally and others will present a historic painting to Texas during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Connally
Dewey ‘Bradford
Austin
State of Texas
Nowotny
Ex-Students Association
University of Texas
Ganization
Texas
No Samaritans Lubbock Girl Dazed Injured In Horse Fall
A 16 year old Lubbock girl Linda Jones was thrown from a buckskin mare on 114th St near Tohoka highway and lay dazed for 25 minutes as passing motorists drove by. Linda Seale helped pull the horse off and fetched aid. Linda was treated for abrasions and scratches with no major injuries. Her father criticized motorists for not stopping, noting such callousness isn’t expected in this region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
114Th St
Tohoka Highway
Linda Jones
Donald Green
50Th Street
Linda Seale
Jones
Linda
Lunar Orbiter photos test mission to map landing sites
In Pasadena the Lunar Orbiter began its primary mission photographing nine potential manned landing sites on the moon. Site 1 in Mare Fecunditatis and Site 2 in Mare Tranquillitatis were captured with two cameras, though the high resolution unit produced mixed results while the low resolution camera operated well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
UPD
America
Mare Fecunditatis
Moon
Mare Tranquillitatis
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Site 1
Lunar
Clifford HH. Nelson
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nelson
Cape Kennedy
Earth
Boy missing after truck wreck near Tucumcari
A 34 year old Don Welch from La Mirada Calif is missing after a truck overturned in a rain filled arroyo west of Tucumcari New Mexico on US 66. Police and volunteers joined raiders searching the arroyo banks while his father and two daughters survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucumcarti
N.M
Tucumcari
Southern California
Don Welch
I la Mirada
Calif
Tomas Welch
U.S. 66
Texas
Welch
Shannon
Theresa
Raisch
Varto
New Mexico
Sihanouk Urges ICC Strengthen Cambodian Border Watch
Secretary Rusk notes Prince Sihanouk’s proposal to bolster the ICC to monitor Cambodian borders for crossings by Americans or enemy forces. Rusk laments Geneva co chairs have not agreed. Britain and the Soviet Union co chair the 1954 Geneva conference overseeing pacification patrols in Cambodia Laos and Vietnam.
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Norodom Sihanouk
ICC
Rusk
Sihanouk
Britain
Soviet Union
Indochina
Cambodia
Laos
Viet Nam
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Yukari Yaka
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Pakistan
West Germany
Yugoslavia
Malaysia
Greece
France
Italy
Israel
Tunis
Vatican City
Swiss Red Cross
Demirel
Var
John Sleeper Jr
Waco
Tex
Kliaswwanda Fawn Tha
Hamatace
Vartoi
U.S. Army Hospital
Umion
William M. O'Brien
Woman On Arts Group
Samaritans
Lubbock Girl
B.C
General Electric
Spacemaker
50Th St
James W. Anderson
CLA
Southwestern
Southwestern Life
Fields
Lubbock, Texas
George B. Long
Herman Miller
Emilio Pucci
Pacer
Braniff International
Mexico
South America
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