Call For SEATO Meet Report Laos Fighting Escalates
North Viet Nam based broadcasts say Pathet Lao and rebel forces in Laos have established a lawful government near Phong Saly and Xiengkhouang. They claim Xiengkhouang airstrip fell to enemy troops as defense lines shift. Norasing warns of casualties if invasion continues, urging help to preserve independence.
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Jarison
Red China
Viet Nam
Peiping Radio
Notasing
Pathet Lao
Kong
Xiengkhouang
Prnvne Des Jarres
Xiengkhou
Phong Salyprovang
Iice
Administerasing
Norasing
Norcing
Plaine Des ‘Xiengkhouang
Jarres
Eas
Pathet
US Troops Readied as Laos Crisis Grows
US troop carrying planes at Shaw Air Force Base and Sewart AFB moved to alert as a carrier fleet nears the Laos Vietnam area. Brig Gen Sutterlein did not confirm numbers or destinations while reports place Lexington and two transports near the region. Marine units and naval ships await potential west Pacific deployment amid rising tensions.
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Washington
Laos-Vietnam
Shaw Air Force Base
South Carolina
Sewart Afb
Tennessee
Frederick J. Sutterlein
Sewart
Sutterlein
Ft. Campbell, Ky
Tactical Air Command
Coun
Governt Minis
Lexington
Seventh Fleet
Hong Kong
Laos
Paul Revere
Okinawa
Navy
Massive air hunt for four missing pilots enters second day
Tulsa reports a massive Civil Air Patrol search for four men missing after a New Mexico flight. Planes from several towns will join the effort near Muleshoe and Hatch as officials confirm refueling and sustained operations. The article also notes wartime Laos movements and commentary on President-elect Kennedy, SEATO consultations, and future civil rights promises.
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New Mexico
Castro Predicted to Weaken in Cuba in Early Spring
A seeress predicts Fidel Castro's personal power will wane in March or April 1961. The report notes a mobile communications unit may move into the area and sheriff's walkie talkies join the search for a missing aircraft. Planes from Dumas Amarillo Hereford and Dimmitt assisted in a broad New Mexico and South Plains search. Family members express concern as officials monitor the case from Cannon Air Force Base Clovis.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Seeress
Lubbock
Sheriff's Department
New Mexico-South Plains
Dumas
Amarillo
Hereford
Dimmitt
New Mexico
Ft. Sumner
N. M
Roswell
Don Tabor
Tabor
Castro County
Congress Secre tary Herter returns from vacation
Congress Secretary of State Christian Herter came home from a week at his South Carolina residence and immediately joined a conference at his home with Merchant present. State Department press officer Joseph W. Reap said the Viet Nam intervention involves non Laotians but would not specify whether North Vietnamese Red Chinese or others. Washington officials believe the invasion is sizable.
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Red China
Isaid
North Viet Nam
120Th
Nong Het
Vientiane
Vien
Iine
New Korea
Korea
Phoumi Nosavan
Boun Oum
Ter
Laos
Ike
Saigon
South Viet Nam
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White House
U.S
James C. Hagerty
State Department
Ment
Dixon
Jack
United States
Seato Council
Washington
Kennedy
Iron Merchant
Harold Caccia
Claude Lebel
John F. Kentiming
Palm Beach
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State
Dean Rusk
Will
Jean
Mexico
Cuba
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Sec. of
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South Carolina
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Tulia
Darrell Smith
Donald Carlson
James Tricker Jr
Muncie
Ind
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Tuls
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SEATO
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Sparta
Tenn
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Elwood
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Potter
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Emeat Sutton
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Licana
Touleg
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West Berlin
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New Democratic Admin
Albert Benoit
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Kennedy Plans Area Redevelopment Program Probe
President Eisenhower endorsements lens a low interest loan plan to draw private industry to distressed labor markets. The task force cites 100 labor markets with unemployment and 300 to 400 rural and urban areas at risk, with concentrations in Indiana Illinois Great Lakes Pennsylvania Kentucky and Appalachia. A shift from coal to gas and oil plus synthetic fibers hits textile towns while Kennedy seeks congressional study and strong administration support. The report calls for an early warning system, extended unemployment benefits, and a revised public works focus to revive affected regions.
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Eisenhower
Labor Department
Indiana
Illinois
Upper Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
West Virginia
Appalachian Range
New England
Kennedy
Congress
New Year Reflections and Local News From Lubbock Area
Refurbished city and county updates outline New Year events in Lubbock. Officials swear in county and district officers amid bonds, while city churches hold watchnight services and police report a calm arrival. A major 24 hour stretch jailed 27 for drunkenness with other arrests for DWI and related offenses.
Birth of Daughter Noted for Local Couple
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sewell of 2101 Comen on the birth of a daughter at Methodist Hospital weighing 13 pounds 13 ounces. The ceremony occurred at 12:30 Sunday. Also noted is the birth of another daughter to Mr. and Mrs. J. Mone Rucker of 2413 Broadway at a local hospital.
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Mra. Howard
Sewell
Methodist “Hospital
Abbott
Bowen
J. Mone Rucker
Broadway
Weld
Texas ‘Tech Laden
James Braxton
Mir
Thomas C. Taylor
Sospiat
Fexar ‘Tech
C.D. Bigham
Labbock
Win W.ie
Aham Kone
Kenneth G. Wi
Sorin
Favor Hospital
Father Ln
140 Killed in Somali Ethiopian Border Clashes
Ansa reports possibly 140 killed in border clashes between Ethiopian troops and Somali tribesmen in the Damot area. The Mogadiscio dispatch says 120 of the dead were Somalis and about 20 were Ethiopian.
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Mogadiscio
Somalia
Damot
World Welcomes 1961 With Prayers And Festive Cheer
Crowds gather in Times Square Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus as New Year celebrations unfold. Tragedy strikes Matsuo Japan where 10 children die in a stampede at a cinema queue. In Taipei Chiang Kai-shek leads a quiet New Year as Red China halts firing. Sao Paulo hosts the 36th Sao Silvestre race with Oswaldo Suarez of Argentina winning.
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Tokyo
Yugoslavia
Tunes Square
Manhattan
Trafalgar Square
Piccadilly Circus
London
Times Square
Trafal ‘Gar Square
Park Lane
Reds
Taipei
Chiang Kai-shek
Red China
Paulo
Brazil
Sao Silvestre
Oswaldo Suarez
Argentina
Ture
Sao
New Year's Storm Buries Northeast Snowbound Roads Reported
A New Year's Day storm buried the Northeast under heavy snow with up to 24 inches in Pulaski-Fulton New York and 16 inches at Oswego. The system moved northeast from the Midwest with gusty winds and freezing temperatures across multiple states, causing accidents and flight and road disruptions.
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United Press International
Middle West
New York State
New York
Pulaski-Fulton
Oswego
Lake Ontario
Military Turnpike
Plattsburgh
Malone
Mier
New England
Providence
R. 1
Burlington
New Hampshire
Maine
San Francisco International
Los Angeles
Seaboard
Salisbury
Minot
N.D
North Dakota
Atlantic
Chesapeake Bay
Gus Brickner
Charlero, Pa
Brickner
Monongahela River
Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
Khrushchev and Kennedy Urge Peace Hopes for 1961
President-elect John F Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita S Khrushchev exchanged New Year greetings expressing hope for a thaw in the cold war. Khrushchev offered to forget the U two incident while Kennedy urged goodwill and mutual peace between the two nations.
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Palm Beach
John F. Kennedy
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Eisenhower
United Nations
White House
James C. Hagerty
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Paris
Officials Slated To Take Oaths In District Court
County and district officials elected in the November general election will be sworn in at 9 am in the 72nd District Courtroom. County Judge Bill Davis will administer the oaths, with a brief bonds approval session to follow for those who took office. Names listed include Lindsey Davison Bean Gilkerson Harris Hardin Swenson Lamb Derrick McCleskey Boling Meurer Sprague Coun tess. A second brief item notes Pravda urging more rocket launches before manned spaceflight.
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Lubbock
2Nd District
County Commissioners Court
Ofice
Bill Davis
Victor H. Lindsey
T2nd District Court
Howard C. Davison
99Th Dstrict
Robert H. Bean
Iudge
140Th District Court
Jeorge E. Gilkerson
Alton Gi
Grady Harrist
Russell S. Hardin
Floe Swenson
Arch G. Lamb
L. C. Derrick
George H. McCleskey
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