New Trial For Billie Sol Hinges On Money Decision
Ruling due after January 1 on whether Billie Sol Estes will be brought back to Texas for trial on swindling charges. District Attorney A. R. Archer of Monahans said he will seek county funds to transport Estes and federal marshals to Texas for pre trial and trial proceedings. Estes is serving a 15 year federal sentence for mail fraud conspiracy. a state retrial was ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court due to television coverage.
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avatenche-Journal
Monahans
Billy Sol Estes
Texas
Dist. Atty. A. R. Arch 7
Archer
Reeves County
Estes
Reeves County Commissioners Court
Sandstone, Minn
U.S. Supreme Court
Top to Bottom Review Urged for Congress by Mansfield
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged a thorough evaluation of domestic laws and older programs such as the draft subsidies and taxes. He asked for a major reexamination in the 90th Congress and named Medicare pollution Civil rights and urban programs as potential review items.
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United Press Inters
Ashington
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
A. S
Mike Monroe
Dokla
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Banking Committee
Vietnamese Paratroop Assault Signals Expanded War Effort
Vietnamese paratroopers aided by American advisers conducted a large airborne assault in the Mekong Delta. The operation followed heavy fighting as Communist forces attacked U.S. positions near Bong Son, with 29 Viet Cong killed and 4 captured. The action suggests a broader U.S. troop movement into the delta and marks a major exchange of artillery and air support.
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United Press International
AIGON
Mekong Delta
Pointblank
U.S
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Bong Song
Saigon
Vietnam
Civilian Areas Hit Prompt Military Debate Over Bombing
President spe cialists face criticism over North Vietnam air raids with the Pentagon acknowledging civilian areas near Hanoi suffered damage. The New York Times reports mass destruction around Nam Dinh and Phu Ly as officials insist civilian casualties are unavoidable where military targets lie in populated zones. Eisenhower backs the need to distinguish military aim from civilian harm while warning civilians exist globally. Senate discussion continues as controversy spills into page 10.
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Bob Horton
Ashington
Iup
Pentagon
North Vietnam
New York Times Dispatch
Hanoi
Harrison E. Salisbury
the Times
Nam Dinh
Phu Ly
Salisbury
North
Viettnam
Defense Department
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
William Lee
Disneyland Enchanted Visit for Dying Michigan Girl
Six year old Suzy Dewey of Grand Rapids, Michigan, died of leukemia but fulfilled a wish to visit Disneyland. An anonymous donor funded the trip from Michigan, allowing Suzy to meet Walt Disney characters, ride Dumbo and the Mad Hatter's teacups, and share a kiss with Goofy and the Three Little Pigs before tiring in a wheelchair.
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Susan Dewey
Grand Rapids
Mich
Anaheim
Calif
Southern California
Unted Press International
Michigan
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Little Suzy Dewey
Goofy
Three Little Pigs
Suzy
Park
Jackie Puts Stop To Injunction Bid A Chrono
Mrs. John F Kennedy and Harper Row said she would not press a temporary injunction to block The Death of a President. Harper Row will publish by April 1 unless a settlement is reached. a mid January trial is possible if an accord is not reached. Manchester ill with pneumonia delays related actions and both sides seek amicable talks.
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York
John F. Kennedy
Harper & Row
Prayer and negotiations aim to settle Kennedy dispute
Anonymous with Mr Manchester and representatives seek through prayer and talks to resolve outstanding differences. Despite illness the author, Mrs Kennedy suspends her motion for a temporary injunction. A Kennedy spokesman says the agreement aims to avert Thursday court hearing. A source close to the Kennedys calls it close to an agreement.
Train Tanker Crash Kills Eleven In Everett
A self propelled train and an oil truck collided at midnight on Second Street Everett Mass causing a fiery explosion. Initial reports listed as many as 11 dead with nine of twelve hospital arrivals burned. Police say the train stopped on the crossing and was struck as the truck pushed off the tracks.
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Everett
Mass
Second Street
Massachusetts General
Whidden Hospital
Norman Solari
Blizzard Looms and Lifts Across Texas Panhandle
A two phase blizzard battered Texas, dumping up to eight inches of snow in the Panhandle and South Plains while ice glazed highways and caused several traffic accidents. Forecasters warned of blizzard conditions in the Panhandle. warnings spread to 14 states before easing as winds shifted. Two injuries occurred in Lubbock with multiple snow flurries and freezing drizzle noted across Caprock towns.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Rockies
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Great Plains
Panihandle
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Amarillo
Hub City
Dalhart
Stratford
Midwest
Childress
Littlefield
Abernathy
Hale Center
Levelland
Crosbyton
Brownfield
Seminole
Caprock
Nettye, _Thompson
Royalty Sub-Division
Clarksville
Tenn
Altura Towers
Two Killed In Wrecks On South Plains Roads
Two people died in separate late Tuesday crashes on the South Plains. George Mazac 40 Snyder and Clifford C Beaird 60 Lamesa were killed as Mazac’s van collided with a bridge rail and burned near Snyder while Beaird’s pickup hit a parked semi-trailer by the Coffee Time Cafe south of Lamesa. Witnesses and the highway patrol described the wrecks as severe with weather not to blame. The fatalities raise the year’s road death count to 117.
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Dawson County
South Plains
George Mazac
Work Clothes Rental Co
Clifford C. Beaird
Rt. B. Lamesa
Mazac
State
Beaird
Medical Arts Hospital
Lamesa
U.S. 87
Wendell Rehm
Scurry County
Highway Patrol
Woody Allen
Canyon Creek
Ira
Odessa
Wesley Dyess
Snyder Company
Williamson-Dickie Co
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Joe Stone
Stotts
Pentagon denies book claims of Soviet nuclear bomber over U S
Lehigh University professor cites a 1964 report of a new Soviet nuclear powered bomber flying over three U S areas San Francisco New York City and Hawaii with radar evasion gear The Defense Department says it has no knowledge of such penetration and calls the story implausible The book Secret Electronic Espionage by John Carroll a Lehigh engineering professor is published by E P Dutton
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U.S
Lehigh University
San Francisco
New York City
Hawaii
Washington
Defense Department
John Carroll
Lehigh
E. P. Dutton
New York
Dutton
California
Ministry of Defense
Carroll
United States
San Francisco-Oakland
Calif
Weather Map Page Lubbock Vicinity Report
Mostly fair and colder today with high near 30 and low around seven. Northerly winds around 25 mph. Observations show varied readings with readings about noon and midnight. Sun rises at 7 32 and sets at 3 47 giving 100 percent humidity at peak.
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Houston
Okidisey
Dallas
Roswell
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