Anti-Missile Progress Held Key
President Kennedy weighs resuming atmospheric nuclear tests to probe Soviet defenses and develop missile defense systems. Officials say renewed testing could reveal if the Russians near an effective antimissile shield and help the U.S. build a countermeasure. Pentagon sources expect a push to fund production tooling.
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John M. Hightower
Ashington
Kennedy
Highe i
U.S
United States
Jothers
Pentagon
Sec. of
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Dinah Shore and George Montgomery Divorce Split
Dinah Shore and George Montgomery announce their split after 18 years of marriage. Shore will file for divorce. The couple wed in 1943 in Las Vegas and have two children. The decision followed years of distance and communication difficulties, with Montgomery away filming in the Philippines before leaving the home.
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James Bacon
Ollywood
Dinah Shore
George Montgomery
Miss Shore
Las Vegas
Ource
George
Philippines
Hincet
Dinah
Burbank
Four Die When Plane Crashes In California
SAN FERNANDO Calif four men were killed Saturday night when their single engine plane crashed into a wash near a busy boulevard Police said the craft took off from San Fernando Airport just minutes earlier and appeared to be attempting to return Witnesses reported the plane vanished in the wash with authorities investigating the crash as a fatal accident
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San Fernando
Calif
UPI
Giant Service of Witness draws thousands to Lubbock
More than 2,500 Episcopalians from Northwest Texas are expected for a morning giant Service of Witness at Lubbock Municipal Auditorium. Rt Rev George H Quarterman will lead, with buses and trains bringing attendees from Amarillo Canyon Borger Pampa Plainview and other towns. The event marks the 25th anniversary of Bishop Quarterman’s consecration and will include Holy Communion.
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Mos
Northwest Texas
Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
George H. Quarterman
Ameille
Lubbock
Amarillo
Canyon
Borger
Pampa
Plainview
Hereford
Dalhart
Biishops
Mitland
Big Spring
Bishop Quarterman
George H. Quarterman Jr
Family on outing with bike built for four
Dan Martin reports on Lubbock minister Shaw who converted a three seat bicycle into a four seat family cruiser. He and three of his children Melodie seven Randy seventeen months and Robert three enjoy short rides around the neighborhood. Passersby stare as the unusual tandem attracts attention.
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L. P. Miller
L. Paul Shaw
Shaw
Robert
Melody
Randy
Dan Martin
Avalanche-Journal
Togethern
L. Paul Shawn
Calvary Baptist Church
Lubbock
Texarkana
Melodie
London Police Seek Stolen Radioactive Cobalt Cylinder
London police searched Saturday for a stolen lead cylinder containing radioactive cobalt 60 used in cancer treatment. A Scotland Yard spokesman called the item highly dangerous and normally kept in a thick-walled lead case for safe handling.
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London
Scotland Yard
Castro cites Marxist beliefs about Cuba's path
The Associated Press reports Prime Minister Castro declares Cuba all red and forming a Marxist Leninist party opposed to the United Party of Cuba. He envisions a monolithic system like the Soviet model with a restricted membership and a single path toward communism.
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Associated Press
Avana
United Party of Cuba
Fidel Castro
Cnthic
Cuba
Lighting contest entries open Monday in Lubbock
Entries for the annual Yule lighting contest begin Monday at 8 am and run daily 8 am to 4 30 pm through the week and next week. The first 20 entrants get $5 bonuses and judging opens at 6 pm December 13. Prizes total 440 dollars plus 100 in bonuses with two sections and a grand prize of 50 dollars.
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Lubbock
Thirourth Street
YULE
Taxpayer: A citizen who opposes old taxes and elects officials who propose new ones
Editorial humor item notes the paradox of taxpayers who resist existing taxes yet support officials pushing fresh levies. The quip frames civic tension in a witty, period-voice line apt for the newspaper page.
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Uplains Farm
Church
Fine Arts
Record cotton crop on South Plains nears peak harvest
Multimillion-dollar cotton season drives trailers to gun yards as 23-county area nears a record 2,285,300 bales. Value estimated at 388 million dollars with lint 343 million and seed 45 million. Higher prices and downed costs boost farm finances. bankers expect farmers to hold much of the crop.
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Duane Howell Ay
He Journal
South Plains
Lubbock Cotton Exchange
The
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Laubbock
Lubbock
CLS Department of Agriculture
Woman Injured In Freak Mishap In Solverton
A year-old Bovina woman Mrs Don Murphy escaped serious injury Saturday night when a car crashed into a corner telephone booth while she was calling friends in Bovina. Mrs Murphy was taken to Swisher County Hospital in Tulsi for treatment and listed in good condition. Driver Charles D Blackburn 22 of Silverton admitted to failing to make the right turn. The booth was demolished and the car stopped on the former foundation.
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Solverton
Bovina
Don Murphy
St Corner
Prayer Trew Lord Thankful for Wine and Bread
A reflective devotional piece expressing gratitude for divine closeness and the gift of life. The text invokes thanks for wine and broken bread as symbols of sustenance and unity, contemplating the boundless universe. The voice appears intimate and spiritual, centered on gratitude.
Stevenson Eyes Illinois Senate Seat Amid Dirksen Talk
Adlai Stevenson disclosed he is weighing a 1960 bid to unseat Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen. After a White House meeting with President Kennedy, Stevenson said a Chicago mayor asked him to run and that a decision will come by month’s end. Stevenson, former Illinois governor and Democratic presidential nominee, discussed the plan with Kennedy but declined further comment. Dirksen, 65, first won a Senate seat in 1950 and is seeking a third term.
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Shington
Adlai Stevenson
Ilinois
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
White House
Kennedy
U.S
United Nations
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Linnis
Stevenson
Stevenson, Jr
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dirksen
House
Io Stevenson
Tuu
Stevenson Stevenson S
Daley
Cheeg
Illinois
Eisen K . Stevenson
Eisenhower
GOP
Dwight Green
Weather Map Page Forecast for Lasibbocis and Vicinity
Mostly wet and windy conditions with scattered showers in the west under southerly to westerly winds. High temperatures expected in the 70s with overnight lows in the 60s. Sunset around 7:30 p.m.
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Laibbocis
Histon
Roswell
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