Kennedy signals restraint after MIG attack on shrimp ship
President Kennedy ordered shoot if necessary orders against Cuban subsidiary sortie activity while urging calm after a Soviet built MIG attack on the Alabama shrimp boat in the Florida Straits. The crew reported machine gun fire but the vessel remained unhit as U.S. officials weigh Cuban or Soviet responsibility and potential hot pursuit policy.
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Associated Press
Weston Joan Kennedy
Red
Cuba
Kennedy
Ala
Florida Straits
Pentagon
Soviet Union
United Press International
U.S
Key West
Beler
Floridament
Jheen
Havana
House
United States
Caribbean
Congress
Capitol Hill
Surprise Snowparalyzes South Plains traffic and deaths
A Arctic storm dumped up to 8 inches of snow and ice across the South Plains causing dozens of accidents and two fatalities. East 19th Street and Parkway Drive were clogged as motorists stranded. highways closed and emergency travel warned amid arctic conditions.
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Avalanche-Journal
Winter
South Plains
Lubbock
East 19Th Street
Parkway Drive
Blanco Canyon
Crosbyton
Dickens
Floydada
Matador
Brownfield
DPS
Libya Quake Kills Hundreds Near Al Marj
An earthquake in northeast Libya killed about 250 people near Al Marj. US Air Force Europe said Wheelus Base at Tripoli received aid requests from Libya’s prime minister. Two C 130 transports, ambulances and a field hospital were sent to the quake area.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Libya
Air Force
Europe
Wheelus
Tripoli
Cocapital
al Marj
Neurotic competitiveness may aid top executives argues Chicago psychiatrist
Dr C Knight Aldrich of the University of Chicago told the Executive Program Club that a touch of neurotic competitiveness can push a driving executive toward the top while offering risks to health and home life. He urged balance through understanding flexibility and persistence to solve problems.
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Associated Press
C. Knight Aldrich
Conlicts
Aldrich
Department of Psychiatry
University of Chicago
Parks Measure and Speed Limit Raise Approved by House
The House approved a Parks and Wildlife Commission reform 91 to 48, merging the nine member Game and Fish and six member Parks boards into a three member panel. It also sent to the Senate a bill letting the Highway Department raise speed limits to 70 mph for autos and 60 mph for trucks, by a 133 to 4 vote. The week’s House total reached 16 bills passed while the Senate adjourned without action.
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Garth Jones Astin
House
Senate
Lubbock Woman of the Year for 1963 named at Altrusa dinner
Mrs. Jack Eastman of 3302 39th St. receives the Lubbock Woman of the Year honor for 1963 at a Volunteer sponsored Altrusa dinner. She is praised for civic volunteer work and leadership while Edith DeBusk of Dallas speaks on women’s civic responsibility.
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Lubbock
Jack Eastman
39Th St
Altrusa Club
Lubbock Women’s Club
Volunteer Bureau
United Fund
Edith DeBusk
Dallas
Altrusa International
DeBusk
Kastman
Daily Prayer Request Encourages Shared Blessings
A church note invites readers to share favorite prayers under 60 words. The editor suggests submitting brief prayers that express blessings and devotion, hoping to foster community reflection and spiritual encouragement.
Today’s Horoscope and Editorials Preview
A reader facing a mixed page of sections previews today’s horoscopes, opinion columns, and sports highlights. It also notes market reports and radio and TV programming across sections, ending with a light dictionary cartoon.
Plainview girl dies in area car wreck in heavy snow
Shirley Jean Otte, 10, of Plainview, was killed when her car collided head on with another vehicle about 3:45 p.m. near Orton, Lamb County. Her mother was hospitalized in satisfactory condition. two other occupants, Charles Tucker and his wife, were taken to hospitals with serious injuries amid a day of more than 65 weather related crashes across the South Plains.
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Dimmitt
Lubbock
Weather Bureau
Seminolce
Denver City
Plainview
Orton
Albuquerque
Vega
Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal
Shirley Jean Otte
Olton
Lamb County
Arthur [Otte
Plainview Hospital & Clinic
Methodist Hospital
Charles Tucker
Littlefield Highway
Bill Angel
Ottes
Tuckers
U.S. Hwy
Angel
Thei l
Weather Forecast for Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warmer in the afternoon with light easterly winds. Precipitation figures for the 24 hours ending at midnight list several city readings including Abilene El Paso Albuquerque Amarillo Dallas Roswell Denver and others.
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Lubbock
City
Abilene
el Paso Albuquq
Amarillo
Dallas
Roswell Denver
W. Balls
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