Castro attacks US policies in new Cuba drive
Castro denounced US subversion and imperialism in a speech to provincial delegates forming a planned socialist party. He questioned US fears over Cuba, denied targeting a shrimp boat, and claimed Havana's navy exposed rebel raids linked to Las Villas and Nicaragua.
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Castro
United Party of the Socialist Revolution
Soviet Communist Party
Cuba
Havana
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Elbow Key
Las Villas
Raul Roa
Herbert Stanley Marchant
Roa
Washington
State Department
Department
Tech engineer leader heads regional civil engineering confab
Dr. Keith R. Marmion head of Tech civil engineering departs for Denver to present on Tech's expanding graduate program at the annual regional conference of department heads. Last year ten states were represented at the meeting. John Seymour 21 Army ROTC student at Texas Tech nears campus after a 50 mile hike from Plainview to Lubbock. nine ROTC students started the trek at 8 15 a m Saturday with some dropping out along the way.
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Keith R. Marmion
Tech
Denver
John Seymour
Texas Tech
Plainview
Lubbock
Seymour
Plainvicay
California Republicans clash at credentials committee meeting
Delegates demanded immediate action as the California Republican Assembly president named the credentials group and refused to recognize a dissident delegate. The body recessed until 9:30 a.m. with conservatives planning a caucus led by Darren Paddock of Glendale amid charges of a party machine and Birch Society use.
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Sion
Hall
California Republican Assembly
Darren Paddock
Glendale
Birch Society
Pakistan Warned By U S Over China Border Pact
The United States warned Pakistan that signing a border agreement with Red China next week could jeopardize delicate talks with India on the Kashmir issue. Secretary of State Dean Rusk conveyed the concern in a one hour meeting with Pakistan Ambassador Aziz Ahmed at the State Department.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Pakistan
Red
Light Rain Dampens Texas Fringe Areas
Light rain dampened fringes of Texas as a retreating norther faded. Drizzle occurred along the coast and Red River Valley east of Gainesville, with sporadic showers in North Central Texas. Laredo measured rain cutting attendance for the George Washington Birthday parade while West Texas stood mostly clear and melting snow from mid week.
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Associated Press
Texas
Red River Valley
Gainesville
Laredo
West Texas
Texas Pilot Killed In Plane Explosion
A military F 101 jet from the Texas air national guard exploded near San Antonio killing Maj. George R. Mc Closkey of Austin, flight commander of the 182nd squadron. The jet from Kelly Air Force Base struck ground then into a drainage ditch. witnesses differed on the timing of the blast.
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San Antonio
George R. McCloskey
Austin
Texas
Texas Air National Guard
Kelly Air Force Base
Interceptor Planes Buzz Mexican Bound Cubana Flight
The Toronto Star reported two American interceptor planes buzzed a Mexico bound Cubana Airlines jet about 100 miles from Havana on Friday. Among the passengers were eight Canadians including Mark Gayn, who said the aircraft was rocked by the planes backwash as they flew beneath.
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Toronto
Toronto Star
Cubana Airlines
Havana
Mark Gayn
Gunman Held at Gunpoint as Officer Fights Back
In Atlanta a speeding car maneuvered to block a patrol route. Officer G P Hicks freed himself after a swift clash, as bullets hit the cruiser. The assailant, Jerry Ambrose Cantu alias Jerry Lee Green, 25, was killed. Cantu faced a robbery indictment and was awaiting trial.
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Atlanta
UPI
G. P. Hicks
Hicks
Jerry Ambrose Cantu
Jerry Lee Green
Cantu
Fast Pace Set By 50 Miler
An 18 year old University of Arizona student hiked 50 miles in nine hours and 45 minutes. Rick Moser of El Paso Texas began at 11 30 p m Friday and ended at 9 15 a m Saturday. A companion dropped out after about 25 miles due to foot trouble. The pair were paced by two sears with oranges ice water and candy bars. The trek started near Eloy Arizona and finished at the Tucson city limits.
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Tucson
University of Arizona
Rick Moser
el Paso
Tex
Kennedy
Sears
Eloy
lAriz
Tucsoni
Birth announcements for six local families at Lauf Clinic
Mr and Mrs Florentino Cortez welcome a daughter weighing 7 pounds 1 ounce at 12:00 am Saturday. Tony Jaso and spouse report a son 6 pounds 5 ounces at 1:11 am. Raymond Davila and partner announce a son 7 pounds 1 ounce at 5:09 am. Billy John Haynes and wife greet a son weighing 7 pounds at 1:45 pm. Casimiro Torrez and spouse celebrate a daughter 7 pounds 13 ounces at 2:00 pm. Eximest Floyd Easter and partner report a son 9 pounds 5 ounces at 10:14 pm Friday. the father is a Texas Tech student.
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Florentino Cortez
Wolfforth
Lauf Clinic
Tony Jaso
5Th St
Raymond Davila
Zenith
Broadway Gulf Service Station
Billy John Haynes
Ivory
Ciscero Smith Lumer Co
Casimiro Torrez
Maylock Corp
Eximest Floyd Easter
Indiana
West Texas Hospital
Texas Tech
Arthur E. Smith
The
Avalanche Journal
William Robert Bunton
22Nd St
Bartolo Losoya
N. Ave
Santa Fe Railroad
Alton Wagner
Ave. L
Jerrel Snodgrass
66Th St
Methodist Hospital
Matthews Junior High School
James Hunter
42Nd St
Farr’s, Inc
Albert Sports
Main St
Goodnight Hospital
City of
Lubbock
Ray Drake
47Th St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
South Plains Associated Grocers
Newsmen Open Parley as West Texas Editors Meet
In Lubbock today the West Texas Press Association holds its 14th annual Mid-Winter meeting hosted by The Avalanche Journal. Formal opening is at 9 a.m. in the Pioneer Hotel Coachman Room with Jim Cornish of The Post Dispatch and J. L. Werst Jr. of The Big Lake Wildcat presiding. Birth notices for three local families accompany the day’s wrap.
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West Texas Press Assn
Lubbock
Jim Barbee
The
Seminole Sentinel
George Baker
Fort Stockton
Texas Press Assn
Jim Cornish
Post Dispatch
West Texas Association
Neil van Zandt
Gaines County News
Seagraves
Joe Bell
Colorado City Record
West Texas
Avalanche Journal
Coachman
Pioneer Hotel
West Texas 'Association
J. L
Mike) Werst Jr
Big Lake Wildcat
West Texas editors gather for annual convention in Lubbock
Report on the Texas press association meeting in Lubbock includes talks on federal post offices and private construction, with publishers Ralph Macy Fred Barbee Jr. Neil C. Vanzant and others weighing federal involvement versus private financing. The event features speeches by Dr Gerald M Thomas and George Baker and a Texas Tech journalism tour. Over 115 attendees registered by Saturday night.
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Speedy Nieman
Brownfield
Terry County
Chamber of Commerce
Norman Ashley
Nieman
Nieman Cometh St
Methodist Hospital
West Texas
Independence
Seminole
Fred Barbee Jr
Seminole Sentinel
Court House
Neil C. Vanzant
Gaines County
Seagraves
Michigan
General Services’ Administration
Post Office Department
Croswell
Lake Linden
Port Austin
Roscommon
Lawton
Mancelona
House
United States
Ralph Macy
Texas Tech
Jack Strong
J. T. Talkington
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Agriculture
Gerald M. Thomas
School of Agriculture
Two Die as Copter Crashes Near Date Festival
A helicopter crashed in flames near a 25 000 strong crowd at the National Date Festival in Indio California killing two women Kay Marilyn Parrott 27 Oceanside and Margaret Mary Poschl Camarillo and badly injuring the pilot Joseph Fudurich 37 Van Nuys. A bystander smothered the flames on the pilot. The Parrotts husband Sgt Howard Parrott Marine at Camp Pendleton witnessed the tragedy. News item also notes India to postpone building a watch factory.
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Indio
Calif
Kay Marilyn Parrott
Oceanside
Margaret Mary Poschl
Camarillo
Joseph Fudurich
van Nuys
Tech paper calls for integrated Southwest Conference sports
The Toreador editorial urges Texas Tech to lead SWC athletic integration as Negro students are enrolled at Tech and at other SWC schools. It acknowledges possible scheduling issues but says the move is expected within the next few years with no official comment from colleges or the conference.
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Toreador
Charles Richards
Tech
Asian in 11 Flu Outbreak On Increase 21 States Affected
Flu outbreaks spread to 21 states with some labeled epidemics as 11 states isolated the Asian flu strain. Alabama reported 4000 cases last week and three county schools closed. Michigan recorded the year’s first death and 30000 cases.
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United Press International
Birmingham
Ala
South Carolina Baptist Hospital
Columbia
Dallas
Alabama
Michigan
Kentucky
Key West
Fla
Pittsburgh
Portland
Brewton
Daniel S. Robertson
Ira Myers
Robertson
House Committee to Examine Radio Television Rating Services
A House subcommittee will study how broadcast ratings are produced and used and assess their accuracy. Hearings begin March 5 with Leroy Collins of the National Association of Broadcasters as first witness, along with network executives and FTC officials.
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Washington
House
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House Commerce Committee
Leroy Collins
National Association of Broadcasters
Federal Trade Commission
Harris
Gregg County Officials Targeted for Cost-Cutting Proposals
Dallas accountant quoted in The Chronicle says Blount hired Wilson's firm with funding from former Gregg County grand jurors and others. Wilson plans at least two more weeks of investigation expanding beyond county departments. Blount, elected county judge in a December write-in win over Earl Sharp, has urged abolishing several offices including the county school superintendent, highway right of way buyer, and juvenile officer, and trimming the number of justices of the peace and constables from seven each.
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Dallas
the Chronicle
Blount
Wilson
Gregg County Grand Jjurors
Gregg County
Earl Sharp
Sharp
Gregg
Guerrilla Toll in Saigon Offensive Toppled Over Past Week
Saigon reports 332 Communist guerrillas killed and 82 captured in American backed South Vietnamese operations last week. A U S military spokesman released the figures Saturday detailing the week long offensives.
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Saigon
UPD
U. S
Dirksen and Halleck Ready Fresh Cuba Critique of Kennedy
Senate leaders Dirksen and Halleck plan a joint news conference early this week to blast Kennedy over Cuba policy. They oppose a total blockade or invasion, arguing the administration lacks a long range plan beyond the White House briefing pledge to do the best they can.
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Kennedy
Sec
Dean Rusk
Dirksen
House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
GOP
Cuba
Halleck
Fidel Castro
White House
McNamara
Robert S. McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Russia
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Knowland urges air naval blockade to oust Soviets from Cuba
Former Sen William F Knowland told the California Republican Assembly in Anaheim that a joint air and naval blockade and suspension of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union could force Soviet troops to leave Cuba by April 1. He argued embassies are centers of espionage and propaganda.
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Anaheim
Calif
Soviet Union
William F. Knowland
Cuba
Knowland
California Republican Assembly
Organization of American States
Latin America
Carnival Event Nearing Climax in New Orleans and Gretna
New Orleans and Gretna host climactic carnival weekend with iris and adonis parades rolling through downtown and Greta parade in Gretna. Paris police arrest 57 revelers on Bourbon Street after a two hour disturbance as mounted patrols and dogs assist.
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New Orleans
Iris
Adonis
Gretna
Greta
Venus
Thoth
Mid City
Poseidon
Zeus
Bourbon Street
Soviet Soldiers Barred From Entering West Berlin Shrine
Four busloads of Soviet soldiers were blocked by U S authorities from entering West Berlin for a wreath laying at the Soviet war memorial near Brandenburg Gate. The move followed British guidance, sending the Russians to cross at the Sandkrug Bridge check point, while Washington played down the incident.
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Washington State Department
United States
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