Castro To Launch Space Station Orbiting Satellite
The report describes a Soviet plan to launch a multistage rocket carrying a Sputnik style carrier to orbit and project a space station as part of a Venus aimed mission in mid May. Soviet officials hailed the feat as a major demonstration of rocketry and progress toward interplanetary exploration.
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Arstesche-Journal Wiresstir Eg
Moscow
Sputnik
Russia
Venus
Tass
Space Station
Gohey
U.S
Boris Kukarkin
Soviet Union
Cold Dog Days at New York Show Highlight Afghan Hound
Mr. Uni verse an Afghan hound from California wore a snood to shield ears from winter when arriving in New York Sunday for a show. The Eastern seaboard endures sharp cold as Castro denounces Kennedy and signals Cubawide revolutions with a new radio transmitter. See CASTRO Page 8
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Mr. Universe
California
New York
Seaboard
Castro
Hemisphere
U. 8
United States
Cuba
Latin America
Kennedy
U. S
Washington
Burglaries Probe Across 34th Street Goods Damaged
Three 34th Street businesses were burglarized late Saturday or Sunday morning with damage to a wall lamp mirror and phonograph at Bullard Furniture and Appliance. A 16 year old Lubbock youth was arrested after a brief chase and admitted two burglaries. A separate $200 robbery of Juan Jimenez was reported in the Negro section by two armed men with clubs.
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LVE
34Th Street
Lubbock
Sheriff's
Juan Jimenez
30Th St
Bullard
34Th St
Doyle Lane
37Th St
Betty Lee
Page
Five Found Dead From Gas Fumes In Auto
In Tampa Florida a car parked in an orange grove just off a road held four teenagers and a 2 month old baby all found dead from carbon monoxide fumes. Leon Blanton, 21, spotted the car stuck in sand and alerted three friends who investigated and summoned deputies.
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Tampa
Fla
Leon Blanton
Children Try To Rob Bank On North Side
In Pittsburgh, a 10 year old girl and her 8 year old brother were found outside a North Side bank after an apparent robbery attempt. Detectives and police recovered about 3 dollars from a petty cash box while older boys aided the pair by forcing the girl to enter through a window.
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Pittsburgh
North Side
Mellon Bank
Labor Chief Optimistic On Nation’s Economy
UPI reports Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg returning from a five state tour in which he expressed confidence the Kennedy administration will alleviate unemployment and restore a healthy economy. He noted conditions were rough but predicted no depression and urged continued aid to unemployed workers alongside private industry stimulus.
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United Press International
Yeeshington
Goldberg
Campus bike riders and pool plunge mark early spring
Ner, Midland, and Pat Tracy in Houston rode bikes to enjoy the campus while Debbie and Denise Reynolds, 6 year old twins of Mr and Mrs Ray Reynolds, 2301 50th St, leaped into a chilly pool to celebrate the early spring as the temperature reached 78 degrees Sunday.
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Ner
Midland
Pat Tracy
Houston
Debbie
Denise Reynolds
Ray Reynolds
50Th St
The
Mercury
UN Security Council Meets Congo Crisis over Lumumba
The UN Security Council considers Lumumba's fate as 16 non council speakers seek to address the crisis. Katanga's Moise Tshombe refuses access to an Ethiopian investigator, while Russia plans a new Congo offensive. Lumumba's disappearance is linked to Maurice Mpolo and Joseph Okito. Tshombe cites internal matters. The UN notes Congo army movements and Mobutu forces arriving at Bumba as rebel troops advance from Stanleyville.
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Avali
Patrice Lumumba
UN Security Council
Leopoldville
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Lumumba
Russia
Council
Congo
Adlai
U. S
Adlai Stevenson
Ghana
Guinea
Tshombe
Mengasha Hyassu
UN ‘Congo Command
Elizaiethville
UN Sec
Dag Hammarskjold
Hyassu
Luimumba
Maurice Mpolo
Joseph Okito
Mutshatsa
Elissabethville
United Nations
Snow Hits East As Texas Sees Spring Like Weather
Snow spread across the East from Virginia through Pennsylvania as a Western storm moved in. Meanwhile Texas reported 84 in Wink and 78 in Lubbock with unusually warm temperatures and wildfires burning over 600 acres in Jasper County.
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Avalanche J Journal
South Plains
The
Mercury
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
York State
New Engla
Texas Panhandle
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Wink
Laredo
Lubbock
Galveston
Jasper County
Orange County
U.S. Considers German Help to Ease Deficit
Talks began within the administration to decide the United States response to Germany offering aid to ease the principal balance of payments deficit.
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Associated Press
Ashington
United States
What Happened to Our Mail Service Revealed
A seven part study by Edward J. Mowery examines the postal service's history mismanagement and high costs. The series, starting in The Avalanche Journal, questions why mail delivery remains slow despite large budgets and political ties.
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Edward J. Mowery
Avalanche-Journal
Girl 12 slain by enraged guest in Phoenixville home
In Phoenixville Pennsylvania a 12 year old girl Diane Hill was shot in the head and killed by a 50 year old guest Preston Bostick who surrendered after admitting the shooting police said the man grew angry after the girl pushed her younger sister 5 to the floor and began crying he retrieved a .22 rifle from his car returned to the house and opened fire before hiding the rifle and turning himself in about an hour later
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Phoenixville
UPD
Diane Hill
Preston Bostick
West Chester
Bostick
Diane
Linda
Belgian Ambassador Survives Stone Attack At Cairo Office
In Cairo on Sunday, Belgian Ambassador Maurice Sweins Deeckhouette and his wife escaped injury as proLumumba African students hurled heavy stones through office windows. The mob action targeted the envoy amid tensions surrounding Lumumba.
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Cairo
Egypt
Maurice — Sweins Deeckhouette
Narrrowly
Editorial Roundup on City Growth and Democracy
A page six editorial discusses urban development and democratic processes in the city. It critiques zoning practices and calls for public participation, urging readers to engage with local planning and governance.
Rickover Backed by Kennedy to Stay on Active Navy Duty
President Kennedy moved to keep Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover on active duty past retirement. Rickover, a pioneer of the atomic submarine program, would have retired February 1, 1962, but will remain until February 1, 1964. The New York Herald Tribune attributed the order to the President.
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Washington
I Kennedy
Hyman G. Rickover
Navy
Rickover
U. S. Navy
The
New York Herald Tribune
Rebels Suffer 108 Casualties in Eastern Algeria
French authorities report 108 Algerian rebels killed or captured in a weekend operation in Constantine region of eastern Algeria. The action targets rebel forces as French forces press counterinsurgency efforts in the area.
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Constantine
Algeria
First solid propellant orbital test aims to map Earth
The mission will be the first to reach orbit using a rocket fueled solely by solid propellants. It will launch into an elliptical orbit with altitudes from about 400 to 1,400 miles to measure the earth's density and related geophysical properties.
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Nalalite
Western scientists hail Soviet lunar rocket achievement
Western scientists on Sunday night called the Soviet space effort a fantastic display of rocketry that pioneers future space age goals. Professors Lovell and H. L. praised the mission while diplomats and lawyers noted the propaganda use of a pennant on the rocket nose.
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Avalanche-Journal
Russia
Venus
A.C.B. Lovell
Manichester
England
Lovell
Jan H. T
Theimoon
Lunik
Prayer Note From St. John's Methodist Church Leader
The Rev. Calvin W. Froehner of St. John's Methodist Church offers a daily prayer urging believers to trust in God as strong salvation amid fear and discouragement. He emphasizes faith over fear and invites reflection during troubled times.
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Calvin W. Froehner
St. John's Methodist Church
Weather map page notes for Lubbock region
Partly cloudy and cooler weather with highs in the lower sixties and lows around the mid thirties. Moderate to strong westerly winds. Precipitation chances limited to a light drizzle near Abilene and Amarillo with no significant storm activity noted.
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Lubbock
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