City's Envoy Returns From Argentina Tour
Lubbock’s Community Ambassador Alan Henry returned after an eight week visit with an Experiment in International Living group the first U S delegation to tour Argentina. He described Argentines resenting aid while expressing pro American sentiment and noted paradoxes in Argentine tradition and modernization.
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Alan Henry
Argentina
Pat Henry
Henry
South America
Chamber of Commerce
Bert Brewer
Avalanche Journal
U.S
28Th St
Teisaire
Buenos Aires
Malmners
Cordoba
Honors Dinner Slated Tonight in Lubbock
One hundred thirty three City of Lubbock employees will receive awards at a 6 30 p m dinner in the Municipal Coliseum. An award for 45 years of service will be presented along with four 35 year acknowledgments, one 30 year accolade and five 25 year honors. N B McCullough of Municipal Power and Light will be master of ceremonies. Wheeler Mount will give the invocation. City Manager H P Clifton will present a special report before the awards.
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Helicopter crashes into East River after engine failure
A large commercial helicopter with 25 passengers aboard dropped into the East River Sunday minutes after departing Newark Airport due to an engine failure. No injuries were reported.
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New York
East River
Newark
Gun in Back Two Times Get $395 In Holdup
A Lubbock resident, Adan Cavazos, reports being robbed at gunpoint early Sunday after leaving a cafe on 13th Street. A man and accomplice followed him in a car and stole $395. Police also investigated multiple burglaries and thefts across several addresses, with one suspect a 19 year old black woman taken into custody.
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Adan Cavazos
Ave. U
13Th St
Slaton Highway
Cavazos
Carl Thompson
15Th St
Joe Payne
18Th St
Juan Gonzales
Bates St
Victorianio Gonzales
Rt. 3
New Deal
Ave. C
Max Hogan
10Th St
Glenn Cherry
Harvey Kiser
Berlin wall crisis grows with East German stance
East German Communist press tells Western allies they must deal with new Berlin commandant Maj. Gen. Helmut Poppe while reiterating the invalidity of four power status. West Berlin rioters stay quiet as observers warn of brewing tensions and a planned 150 foot wide death strip along the wall.
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Neues
U.S. State Department
Helmut Poppe
Poppe
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
London Observer
Labor Party
Richard Crossman
West Berlin
Michael Kohl
Foreign Ministry
Neues Deutschland
Yalta
Potsdam
West Germany
East Germany
Berlin Wall
Protection Study Is Scheduled
The government investigates a Plymouth mail truck robbery of 1.55 million dollars by a white glove team praised for precision. Rep. Jack Brooks says the Government Activities subcommittee will hear testimony in Washington on the security lapse and federal response.
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Plymouth
Washington
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D-Tex
Bachelor definition as a light hearted note in column
A humorous dictionary entry defines a bachelor as a man who is no less a fool than a married man but is less often reminded of it. The piece appears in the humor or editorial section alongside women’s news and radio program listings.
182-Million Mile Trip Countdown for Venus Probe
The Atlas Agena B rocket is set to launch Mariner 2 toward Venus for a 182 million mile interplanetary journey. After a Sunday electrical short, countdown resumes for a possible midnight blastoff and a December 14 close approach to study Venus.
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Venus
Iee
Young lover’s dash leaves Catalina cruise in turmoil
A Downey family faced a 24 hour Coast Guard search after 15 year old Donald Heller vanished aboard the S S Catalina en route from Catalina Island to Los Angeles. He reappeared in Avalon with Rita Roveyne claiming he jumped ship to see her. The cost of the search was $5000.
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Coast Guard
Donald Vicent Heller
Hellers
S.S. Catalina
Catalina Island
Donald
Channel
Avalon
Rita
Boss
Rita Roveyne
Five Die in California Car Crash at 80 MPH
In Yountville California a car slammed into a tree killing five people. The driver Arthur L Cordova 22 and relatives Felizi tias Cordova 21 Sussana Cordova 14 months Modesta Garcia 17 and Edward R Garcia 13 all from Patterson died after hospital treatment. Highway patrol estimated speed at 80 miles per hour.
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Calif
Highway Patrol
Arthur L. Cordova
Felizitias Cordova
Sussana Cordova
Modesta Garcia
Edward R. Garcia
Patterson
Prayer of thanks for mercy health and guidance
A brief anonymous prayer asking gratitude for health children home and friends and mercy in daily life. It pleads for comfort during need kind words and deeds happy thoughts holy talk and guidance in daily walk.
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Robbers Stop Mail Truck With Fake Policeman on Route 3
On Route 3 in Plymouth a mail truck carrying 16 sealed cash bags from Cape Cod to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston was halted by highway bandits. A robber, posing as a police officer, directed detour traffic at Clark Road, allowing the gang to strike undisturbed. Detour signs misled the driver and guard, setting up the hold up.
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Cape Cod
Plymouth
Randolph
Philip Schena
Patrick Barrett
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Route 3
Schena
Barrett
Clark Road
Solons
Two Injured In Abernathy Car Train Crash
Two Abernathy youths were injured in a car train crash on Sunday evening. Jose A. Betancur, 19, and Albert Resndes, 17, were taken to West Texas Hospital by Chambers Funeral Home ambulance. Betancur was treated and released. Resndes remained in the emergency room. The Santa Fe Railway freight clipped the car’s right rear fender as Betancur’s westbound vehicle was struck near Abernathy’s eastern edge, throwing it about 100 feet into a field.
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West Texas
Chambers Funeral Home
Jose A. Betancur
Rt. 2
Albert Resndes
Betancur
Resndes
Leonard Rose
Santa Fe Railway
Communications With Cuba Restored After Outage
U S telephone and cable links to Cuba resumed late Sunday after an unexplained outage that began early Sunday morning. AT T said the first Havana call went through at about 5 p m EDT. Havana Radio accused the U S of air space and territorial water violations, noting 142 such incursions since July 1.
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Cuba
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State Department
Key West
Fla
U.S
Matanzas
Mariel
Milk from peas and weeds aims to replace dairy
British scientists announce a process to make milk without cows using pea pods cabbage leaves and weeds. A pilot plant could start this year with large scale production later. The method produces a colorless drink and may be sold as powder condensed form or liquid.
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Ondon
Frank Wokes
Wokes
Lady Dowding
Lord Dowding
Better Cure Ordered Reserve Cut Plan Lashed By Solons
Lawmakers blasted a proposed reserve cut plan as inadequate and risky calling for a tougher approach to monetary policy. The debate centered on stabilization aims, potential inflation shifts, and the impact on lending in the near term.
Exile Jose Basulto Claims We Had Enough Ammunition
Jose Basulto, the figure behind the Havana raid, says his exile group would still be shooting at Castro if they had more ammo. He recalls the raid went smoothly until the rockets were near Cuba and a plastic gas tank began leaking, threatening the operation. See CUBA SHELLING Page 8.
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Fla
Jose Basulto
Havana
Castro
Basulto
Cuba
Weather Map Play by City Report for Lubbock Area
Fair and warm with a high of 92 and low of 58 across Lubbock vicinity. Winds east to south easterly up to 20 mph. Today sunrise 6 17 am sunset 7 20 pm. Maximum humidity 79 percent and minimum 28 percent. Southwest weather shows last night’s 24 hour temps by city including Abilene El Paso Albuquerque Dallas and Roswell.
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Albuquerque
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Osla City
Dallas
Roswell
Idenver
W. Fallo
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