India Invades Goa and Portuguese Enclaves. clashed along coast
Indian troops moved into Goa and enclaves Diu and Daman after Defense Minister Menon announced a military action to end Portuguese rule. Portugal reported defensive actions as fires erupted near Goa airport. Indian forces reportedly used artillery tanks and air cover as fighting spread in Goa with estimates Goa falling within days.
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Associated Press
Belgaum
India
Goa
Indian Subcontinent
Defense
V. K. Krishna Menon
Portugal
CM Diu
Damao
New Delhi
Bomba
New Peace Move Aims to End Katanga Conflict
Kennedy urged Katanga leader Moise Tshombe to meet Congo Premier Cyrille Adoula as the State Department signaled readiness for talks. Tshombe appeared in Elisabethville urging troops to keep fighting while UN forces tighten their hold. A cease-fire could be informal and contingent on negotiations with UN opposition to suspending operations.
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Avalanthe-Journal
Kennedy
Katanga
Moise Tchombe
Congo
Cyrille Adoula
State Department
Tshombe
Elizabethville
U.S
United Nations
N.Y
Adoula
Elisabethville
Lincoln White
Un-Congo
Impatient jaywalker becomes a patient in transit
Editorial note previews a light column on a quick tempered pedestrian. The snippet hints at a playful tone about a hurried person moving from jaywalking to waiting, framed by the newspaper’s comedic dictionary feature.
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COLU
Jaywalker
Traffic Census Taker Busy On City Streets
A city traffic census taker records vehicles rather than people and works daily on Lubbock streets. A rubber hose sensor linked to a metal box counts traffic, aiding future planning and street design. Manual counters assist at intersections, with two workers tallying counts on forms.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Bill
Dam Named McMillan Is Honored At Dedication
The late W G McMillan Sr was honored Sunday when Buffalo Springs Lake dam was dedicated in his honor. About persons attended the ceremony despite bitter cold. McMillan headed a construction firm and spearheaded the dam project. Dr C W English lauded his leadership and service to Lubbock in the dedicatory address. The program also included George Bunton and Otis Maner among others.
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W. G. McMillan Sr
W. G. McMillan Jr
Buffalo Springs Lake
W. G McMillan Sr
McMillan
Herman Buckner
H. E. Gentry
R. B. Smith
Jim Gary
Kkk
Buffalo Springs Lake Dam
McMillan Am
Lubbock
C. W. English
George Bunton
Ray Mowery
Kiwanis Division
G. (Bil) McMillan Jr
Otis Maner
Lubbockity
McMilan
EIGHT IN TWO CRASHES 16 PERSONS INJURED
Traffic mishaps Sunday left sixteen people hurt across the county. Four victims from Tahoka Highway incidents were treated after midnight, while four Idalou residents were taken to West Texas Hospital after a 10 35 a m collision on S Walnut Street. A head on collision on Bullock’s lane injured five more at 12 21 a m near May Loop 289, with emergency care at Methodist Hospital and West Texas Hospital.
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Tahoka Hwy
Idalou
West Texas Hospital
S. Walnut St
John William Turner
Rt. 1
George Leo Bullock
G. E. Blanton
Marvin H. Hagens
Turner
Bullock
Hagens
U. S
Method Ist
Gilbert Vidanne
Anthony Vidanne
19Th St
Alfredo C Vivalez
Inez Carrizalez
Joe Carrizalez
Icartiste
Vidanne
Rayborn Burnel Alston
5Th St
Oma Holmes Pogue
Goodfellows donations rise as drive enters final week
The Goodfellows drive nears completion with $1,802.50 raised, and organizers urge more contributions to support roughly 8,000 children for Christmas. Donations are sent to the Chief Goodfellow of The Avalanche Journal, with names screened today and toy needs listed.
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Goodfellow
Lubbock
Sissum Brown
EV. Middleton
Shipley
Bernice Dickinson
Marini
Warne Taylor
Avalanche- Journal
Avalanche-Journal
Godfellown
Goodfellows
Kennedy greeted by massive crowds in Bogotá on Latin tour
President Kennedy drew an enormous reception as hundreds of thousands packed Bogotá. He urged Latin America’s wealthy to back land and tax reforms or risk losing leadership to violence. The president spoke at a gala dinner at the Colombian presidential palace amid cheers and a massive public show of support for the Alliance for Progress. Kennedy and the First Lady then headed to Caracas and San Juan before returning to Washington.
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William L. Ryan Ogota
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
India
United States
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
South America
San Juan
Caracas
Venezuela
Washington
Today's Prayer by Mrs CW Pierce in Lubbock
A devotional prayer from Mrs CW Pierce of Lubbock asks for minds and spirits to make room for God. She pleads for serenity and quietness as vessels of divine love renewed by mercy and grace.
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Mrs. CW. Pierce
Lubbock
Arson suspected as circus fire roars through crowded tent
A deadly blaze swept a nylon top in Niteroi during a Circo Americano performance. At least 923 died and hundreds more were injured as crowds rushed to escape the collapsing roof. Officials urged blood donations and medical aid as the disaster prompted a mass funeral and evacuations.
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Avalanche-journal
MO DE Janeiro
Niteroi
Circo Americano
Ompera Lara
Rio de Janeiro
Hartford
Conn
Celso Pecanha
Womile Bay
Big Top
Dimito Estavanovich
Estavanovich
Myain
Joao Porreira
Maria Souzit
Soviet Denies Halt on Nuclear Tests Threatens 100 Megaton Bomb
Menshikov warned that if the United States continues its nuclear tests, Russia will respond with a new round of detonations. He claimed the US tests poison the atmosphere and implied Russia will restart tests if Washington does not halt theirs.
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United Press
New York
Mikhail A. Menshikoy
Septem States
Stet
Roy
U.S
Kennedy budget signals large U S defense build up
U S defense outlays rising by about 1.5 billion with a total near 485 billion for the next fiscal year. Administration officials describe a renewed atomic deterrent strategy and expanded forces including air power intercontinental missiles and Polaris submarines amid a broader war fighting posture.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
America
Russia
Kremlin
US S
Berlin
Army
Navy
Weather Map Brief For Lubbock And Dallas Areas
Weather map page notes morning temperatures rising and afternoon relief with cooler late day readings. Forecast covers Lubbock and Dallas regions including San Antonio and El Paso with a general day’s temperature trend and notes on cloud cover and visibility.
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