Space Committee UFO Alert Sparks Claims of Deception
NICAP board member asserts a private memo misrepresented aliens as delusions while the Air Force circulated updated UFO operations guidelines. A spokesman said the seven page rewrite did not change policy and the Air Force has long investigated UFO reports, including many in the last six months.
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Orce
Mition
Adm
R. H. Hillenkoetter
NICAP
On Gence
Sa’ Tement
Senate Space Committee
Richard E. O'Keefe
Iagon
Air Force
Stolen papers from British freighter port in WARK New Jersey
Police report stolen top British naval intelligence documents from a wartime freighter berthed at the port of WARK New Jersey. FBI and U.S. Naval Intelligence officials opened investigations into the breach and secured the scene.
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Wark
Naval
FBI
U.S. Naval
Area girls trail in tug at regional basketball title
Four area girls mocked a trophy during a regional basketball tournament at Municipal Coliseum drawing an estimated 8,000 spectators. Participants include Earlene Parrott Sudan twirler Joyce Glass Verna Brown and Donna Graves. Lamesa won its division earlier in the day.
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Municipal Coliseum
Earlene Parrott
Sudan Twirler
Joyce Glass
Verna Brown
Dimmitt
Donna Graves
Flow er Grove High student dies in late night crash
Jimmy Doyle Phelan 16-year-old Flow er Grove student died when his car skidded on a curve near Lamesa and overturned at 11 55 p m Friday. The eighth 1960 area highway fatality, with funeral pending at Higginbotham.
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Avalanche-Journal
Amesa
Flower Grove
Here
Jimmy Doyle Phelan
O. L. Phelan
Lamesa
Ginner
Three League
D W. Butler
San Angelo
Carl
U.S. Navy
Higginbotham
Eisenhower Rest Stop Near Andes In Bariloche Visit
President Eisenhower flies to Bariloche with Argentina President Arturo Frondizi for a weekend respite after lengthy South American stops. The trip includes talks on goodwill and possible Camp David style conferences amid varying weather delays and storm disruptions along the Atlantic corridor.
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Sam Summerlin
Argentina
Arturo Fro
Atlantic
Mar del Plata
David
Eisenhower
Nikita’ Khrushchev
Mar. de Plata
Bariloche
Buenos
Aljrer
Civil Oii
Fage
Snow and ice forecast reach South Plains area
Winter weather advisory warns of sleet and freezing rain early today across the region with a new front moving from New Mexico. Lubbock and South Plains in fringe area as cold air follows with temperatures near 20 tonight and a Panhandle warning for snow and ice. Two traffic deaths near Abilene blamed on slick conditions from night mist.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Panhandle
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Amarillo
View
Abilene
Santa Fe
Gussie Lee Thomas
Tennyson
Clarence G. Kempken
San Angelo
Missouri
Arkansas
Loot May Hit $10,000 in Lubbock Burglary Ring
Two Lubbock men arrested Thursday admitted seven city burglaries and four in the surrounding area. Police said loot could total as high as 10 000 dollars. One suspect was nabbed after attempting to exchange stolen trading stamps at a department store. He implicated the other man.
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Tanner Laine
Valanche Journal
Lice
Lubbock
Parents Sought for burglary suspects held on bond
Billy Nichols and Archie Baker, both charged with multiple burglaries, gave statements admitting involvement. Each is held on $5,000 bond. Victims include Hull & Riddle Drug and Posey Cleaners on College Avenue, Hull-Gentry Drug Mackenzie Park, Clark's Drug Broadway, Atlas Sewing Center, United Supermarket, Lubbock Linen at College Avenue, and area break-ins at Morton Petersburg and a local high school, per detectives.
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Gene Nichols
5Th St
Archie T. Baker
7Th St
Nichols
Baker
Hull & Riddle Drug
College Ave
Posey
Hull-Gentry
Mackenzie Park
Clark's
Broadway
Atlas Sewing Center
Li United
N.college
Lubbock Linen Aoe
Seven Children Abandoned as Infant Dies of Starvation
Oklahoma City officers search for seven children's parents after an infant dies of starvation. A 13 year old girl found carrying the infant's body said she sought a funeral home while another child, 8, sheltered inside the home during freezing weather. The six other children were taken to a county children’s home as investigators piece together the family’s lapse.
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Klahoma City
E. B. Mears
Enon
Refugees vow fight for Spain and Portugal
A spokesman said refugees in Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela vow to overthrow the Spanish and Portuguese governments. He warned of reprisals and death penalties for any who oppose the plan linked to a terrorist bombing campaign in Madrid amid the civil war turmoil.
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Bavana
Cuba
Mexico
Ven
Pig
Spain
Eral
Atl
Portugal
Madrid
Derailed Coal Car in Wheaton Halts Train. Explosive Car Safe
A coal car derailed in central Wheaton on Saturday blocking the tracks while the following car carrying 56 tons of bombs remained on the rails. The explosives were headed to the U S Naval Ordnance Depot at Red Wing New Jersey, trainmen said.
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Wheaton, Ill
Wheaton
U.S. Naval Ordnance Depot
Redwing
N.J
Violence Sparks Sitdown Protests Across Southern Cities
A wave of clashes followed lunch counter sitdowns as tensions from desegregation protests spread to Nashville Montgomery Chickamauga and Tuskegee. In Montgomery two white men beat a Negro woman with miniature bats as police made arrests. In Chickamauga shotgun blasts hit two Negro homes and a 15 year old was hit by pellets. In Nashville 16 were arrested amid clashes at a McClellans lunch counter. Chattanooga total arrests rose to 59 as protests continued.
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Avalanche-Journal
Gocal
Nashville
Montgomery
Ala
Chickamauga
Tuskegee
Alabama
Chattanooga
Tenn
McClellan's
Rights Defined Comic Dictionary
A humorous definition portrays a racketeer as a man who sometimes goes away for a rest, but often to avoid arrest. The joke characterizes the racketeer as repeatedly dodging law enforcement in a witty lexical entry.
Nurse appeals to free fianc é from Antarctic ice
Dallas nurse Kay Dickey urges government action to rescue her fiancé meteorologist Floyd Johnson stranded in the Antarctic. The AP wirephoto caption notes the request and directs readers to page 10 for the full story.
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Kay Dickey
Dallas
Floyd Johnson
Antarctic
Nervous wife talks gunman into arrest in Detroit home
Mary Braden, wife and mother of two, spent six tense hours with a gunman who boasted of a prior hold up at Conn Warr Tavern. She remained calm and talked him into surrendering, leading to the capture of the three suspects after a chase that involved a fatal shooting and a hospital injury.
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Associated Press
Mary Braden
Welder
James H. Smith
Conn- Warr
Detroit
Manfred Lorenz
Snow
Stalin
Excape
John E. Grey
Saratoga General Hospital
Braden
Eugene
Chrysler Corp
Smith
Continuous Debate Sets in the Senate Over Civil Rights
Senator Richard B. Russell accused efforts to spark race riots in the South to gain support for civil rights legislation. He condemned a Nixon salute measure and criticized Javits for delaying the bill as filibuster preparations began for a round the clock session. Russell cited the Congress of Racial Equality as prompting demonstrations and warned against triggering a disaster.
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Ashington
Richard B. Russell
Dga
South
United States
Russell
Jacob K. Javits
Senate
Capitol
Joseph C. Duke
Dixie Senators
New ‘York City
The
Congress of Racial Equality
Petition Filed for Liquor Election in Justiceburg Precinct 4
Cecil Smith files a petition with Garza County clerk Carl Cederholm to call a precinct 4 liquor election in Justiceburg. If approved, all alcoholic beverages for off premise sale would be legalized. The petition has 21 signers, needs 17, and the Commissioners Court must set an election within 30 to 20 days.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
Ing the Garza
County Commissioners Court
Carl Cederholm
Cecil Smith
Justiceburg
Post
Lubbock
Smith
Commissioners Court
Garza County
Popu
Scurry
Castro County
Giant plastic sphere sent 225 miles for radio relay test
A 130 pound plastic sphere was launched from Wallops Island at 9 21 p m CST and rose to the sky 225 miles, forming a ten story high orb. The test aims to place such spheres in orbit to reflect radio signals including voice transmissions.
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Washington
Wallops Island
Weather Map: Lubbock Area Cloudy with Fog and Freezing Precipitation
Weather map notes cloudy conditions for Lubbock and vicinity with early morning fog and freezing rain or snow. Low around 25 degrees, after-morning high near 60. Colder tonight with humid conditions and time stamps across the region including El Paso and Albuquerque.
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Lubbock
Winnars H
Lisany
Wien
el Fi
Paso
Albuquerque
Ait Oa Amani
Dallas
Denver
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