Liar Laurels Awarded For Dry Humor
Walter Lewis of Williamsport Ohio won the 1962 World Champion Liar honor from the Burlington Liars Club in Wisconsin. The entry praised a dry weather tale about pulling up a well to run it through a wringer. Honorable mentions came from Harry L Owen of Niles Michigan and Jack Hampton of Port Arthur Texas with classic tall tales.
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Burlington, Wis
Williamsport
Ohio
Burlington Liars Club
Walter Lewis
Lewis
Otis C. Hulett
The
Liars Club
Harry L. Owen
Niles, Mich
Congo Fighting Flares Anew in Katanga Crisis
UN reports indicate Katangan police fire on Africans and Europeans amid Elisabethville clashes near a Union Miniere smelter. Washington sees potential gains for UN peacekeeping, urging stronger international support and mobility for UN forces as Tshombe faces pressure to reconcile with Leopoldville.
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Cross
Elisabethville
Union Miniere
Katanga
Sean
Congo
United Nations
Leopoldville
Tshombe
Hig
Africa
Northern Rhodesia
New York
Katanga Hadeen
U.S
Louis W. Truman
Truman
Texas Endures Wet Gloom Across State As Rain Totals Rise
A statewide weather summary notes overcast skies and rain in Texas with Panhandle and far west largely spared. Rain totals include LaGrange 2.20 inches by 10:30 a.m., Galveston 1.02 inches, Lufkin 0.88, College Station 0.82, Beaumont 0.49, Houston 0.43, Palacios 0.28. Temperatures mid to upper 40s and 50s. rain to taper overnight. New Year forecast shows no rain for Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
West
LaGrange
Houston
Austin
Galveston
Lufkin
College Station
Beaumont
Palacios
Dallas
Greek Navy Man Marries Seattle Bride With Aid Of Dictionary
Angelos Fourlas, 23, a Greek petty officer, wed Mary Dianne Migilore, 20, in Seattle after using a Greek English dictionary and an interpreter to communicate. Justice of the Peace Evans D. Manolides officiated as Fourlas plans to rejoin his ship and return to Greece or live in Seattle depending on his naval career.
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Seattle
Wash
Angelos Fourlas
Athens
Greece
Mary Dianne Migilore
Miss Migilore
Athanasia
Southas
Fourlas
Justice of the Peace
Evans D. Manolides
Kennedy education program cited as need for national growth
H E W asserts racial and religious bias behind delays while Celebrezze Cohen Keppel and Heller outline a broad Kennedy education package. The plan aims to strengthen national security and science, include consumer protection, and boost teacher salaries and student loans. Mental retardation, manpower, vocational guidance and adult education are listed as part of the package to end illiteracy.
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Gress
Celebrezze
Asst
Wilbur J. Cohen
Francis Keppel
Education
Kermit Gordon
Council of Economic Advisers
Walter Heller
Kennedy
Heller
Trial date set for murder case in Tyler
Dist. Judge Otis T. Dunagan set January 28 for the murder trial of Leport Walton 47 who has been missing since being released from jail November 6 for medical treatment.
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Tyler
UPI
Otis T. Dunagan
Leport Walton
Wall Collapse in Maryland Kills Five, Injures Eleven
The Beltway Plaza building site near the University of Maryland collapsed trapping workers. Five died including the foreman. eleven were injured as earth timber and steel toppled. S. J. Klein Co. construction crew faced a grim search for missing workers.
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Baltimore
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Union Memorial Hospital
Washington
Maryland
S. J. Klein Co
Beltway Plaza
University of Maryland
Woman Dies in Farm Shooting Near Tahoka
Lynn County officials investigated a Friday morning shooting at Jack Miller farm south of Tahoka that killed 19 year old Dominga Vonda Jasso. The victim died on arrival at Medical Arts Hospital in Lamesa from a single heart wound. A .22 pistol was recovered. Relatives and husband Lee Jasso, a gin worker, were among those notified.
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Tahora
Lynn County
Here
Dominga Vonda Jasso
Norvel (Booger) Redwine
Medical Arts Hospital
Lamesa
White Funeral Home
Redwine
Jack Miller
Friday Af‘'Ternoon
Lee Jasso
Hilda
Jasso
Max Banda
Fire Sweeps Block in Borger Downtown
A Thursday night blaze in Borger destroyed Karl's Shoe Store and damaged at least three adjacent businesses in the downtown 500 block of North Main. About 100 people were evacuated from a nearby movie theater as the fire, reported to have started at Karl's Shoe Store, continued burning two and a half hours after the first alarm at 6:57 p.m. Police called the shoe store a total loss.
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Borger
UPI
Karl
North Main
Personality Inventory Of U S Astronauts Outlined
Philadelphia AP reports on a session of the AAAS detailing seven astronauts. They are from small towns or farms, Protestant, with high IQs 130 to 141, and valued practical problem solving over abstraction. Core Americans see public image, while others maintain private lives. most are driven by aviation and the space age with strong family backgrounds.
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Philadelphia
American Association
For the Advancement of Science
Lindbergh
Sheldon J. Korchin
National Institutes of Health
Avia Ition
Walter Mitty
Birth announcements fill pages across Reese area
A list of numerous birth notices from Reese Air Force Base Hospital and local clinics records numerous newborns with weights, times, and parents names. Recurring details include fathers serving in the military or employed locally, and addresses in Reese Village, Lubbock, Shallowater, and nearby communities.
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William K. Darrow
McGuire
Reese Village
Reese Air Force Base Hospital
RAFB
Charles D. Rinehart
73Rd St
U.S. Navy
United Super Market
42Nd
Boston Ave
A.J.C
David C. Carlson
Rt. 2
Lubbock
Donald V. Drouin
716Th St
Albert M. Atler
13Th St. Shallowater
Skybolt Fallout Prompts Congressional Skybolt Probe
Senators Russell Symington and other leaders push for a full congressional investigation into President Kennedy’s decision to cancel Skybolt. The move echoes past B-36 admirals revolt outcomes as Britain shifts to Polaris and Macmillan faces Conservative party opposition after a Cape Canaveral test.
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Kennedy
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Carl Vinson
House Armed Services Group
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Senate
Air Force
Skybolt
Symington
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Britsh
Harold Macmillan
Nassau
Britain
Macmillan
Canaveral
Cape Canaveral
Pentagon
Considine on Gandhi and a hypothetical prime minister
The piece cites Considine arguing Gandhi would have faced a brutal test and chosen nonviolence. A released Indian officer asked if Gandhi would have stood still as he was throat-slain, and Gandhi replied that one death could save many by eventually ending the violence. The note ends with a Chilean railroad freight car spring purchase in the U S.
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Gandhi
Woman Doctor Gratified U S Thalidomide Skeptic Gets Post As Drug Sleuth
Dr Frances O Kelsey the FDA scientist who blocked thalidomide sales and earned praise from President Kennedy was named head of a new investigational drug branch within the FDAs drug division. She will oversee reports on proposed human tests and ensure safety and efficacy with new regulations in place.
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U.S
Washington
Frances O. Kelsey
Kennedy
Sec. of Health, Education and Welfare
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Food and Drug Administration
Kelsey
Local Briefs From Lubbock Area Hospitals
Earl Beesinger plans to return home from Veterans Hospital Big Spring within days after a minor surgery two weeks ago. Hollis F Mote 29 of Woodrow pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. fined 75 plus court costs and five days in jail by Judge Robert J Allen. 8 C Glenn Rt 1 Lubbock admitted to St Marys Hospital for observation after a collapse in George H McCleskeys justice of the peace courtroom. Carl P Hawkins 383 47th St listed in satisfactory condition at Methodist Hospital after surgery Thursday. E L Brown 4111 30th St reported in satisfactory condition at West Texas Hospital after a broken hip struck by a car backing from a driveway at 4107 30th St.
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Earl Beesinger
36Th St
Veterans Hospital
Big Spring
Hollis F. Mote
Woodrow
Robert J. Allen
C. Glenn
Rt. 1
Lubbock
St. Mary's Hospital
George H. McCleskey
Justice of the Peace
Carl P. Hawkins
47Th St
Methodist Hospital
E. L. Brown
30Th St
West Texas Hospital
President Kennedy to greet Cuban brigade at stadium
The Cuban Brigade 2506 members will hear President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy speak, with portions of the ceremony telecast nationally. The release of 22 Americans in Cuban jails is being pursued through Swiss officials as U S Cuba relations remain tense.
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Cuba
Douglas L. Aguilera
Enrique Ruiz-Williams
Palm Beach
Kennedy
Air Force
Miami
Robert King High
Artime
U.S
United States
Planes Spot Wreckage In Ocean
Navy planes searching the Pacific for a missing seaplane with 13 crewmen located debris about 275 miles southwest of San Diego. Debris identified as wreckage included life jackets two pontoons and white crash helmets with no signs of life observed. A destroyer was sent to the scene about 70 miles west of Guadalupe Island Mexico and 80 miles northeast of the last known location.
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San Diego
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Navy
Mexico
Guadalupe Island
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Jack Hampton
Port Arthur
Tex
Robert Gardiner
UN Congo
Belgium
Gabon
T Mae
Barnhill
South Plains
Ray I. Barnhill
Ellen Turner
Corpus Christi
Lilly Turney
Duncanville
Maye O. Thompson
Odessa
Beth Herring
Sen. Byrd Released
Petra Burka
Miss Burka
Toronto
Korchin
Sara Bartholomae
Los Angeles
William A. Bartholomae
Bartholomae
L. D. Martin
13Th St
Porter Clinic Hospital
Kenzie Construction Co
Larry Wayne Harris
Ralls
Paul Lusk Harper
Auburn
Texas Tech
Joseph Wayne Collins
20Th St
Post Office
Benny Ray Thompson
40Th St
Frank Mendella
West Carlisle Station
Sunset Lumber Co
Donald Bewley
Clifford Mayo
E. Marlboro
Billy Cross
Methodist ‘Hospital
Sears- Roebuck and Co
Enoch Ramirez
E. 19Th St
Lauf Clinic
Tru-Fab Manufacturing Co
Salvador Garza
4Th St
Hurlwood Gin
Mahlon Miller Coulson
45Th St
Taylor Hospital
O. L. Slaton
David Robles
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Farmers Co-op Compress
William T. Sinclair
Hopper Electric Co
Edwin Sarter
24Th St
Arnold Lipps
Southwest Wheel and Manufacturing Co
Ben McCarty
Meadow
Meadow Elementary School
Harry Weldon McClain
33Rd St
Snyder
Latif Clinic
Snyder Steam Laundry
Fidencio Mendoza
Ursuline Sr
Lauf Clinte
John
Louis Corbell Sr
Shallowater
Vance Hatchery, Bhallowster
Skybolt Are
Considine
Santiago
James Copeland
Ieff
Copeland
Girl Scouts
Glendora
52Nd St
Pioneer Hotel
Europe
Payaca
Little
Italy
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