Tshombe urged to cooperate with UN over Katanga crisis
U Thant told Brussels UN forces could not enter Jadotville after a bridge blown by Tshombe's troops. UN and Belgian officials debate Katanga's fate as Jadotville falls and Union Miniere halts operations. Tshombe pledges resistance, vows to stay amid negotiations. UN probes Jadotville casualties. Thant orders review.
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Dotville
Washington
U Thant
Brussels
Tshombe
Noronha
Jadotville
Union Miniere
State Department
Africa
Katanga
Congo
Dam
Kolwezi
Adrian Porter
A Thant
Thant
Undersee
Ralph Bunche
New York
Paul-Henri Spaak
Elisabethville
Porter
Leopoldville
Robert Gardiner
UN Congo
Mariner II Loses Contact With Earth in Venus Mission
NASA reports Mariner II, launched August 27, lost radio contact Friday while 54.3 million miles from Earth. The probe, 5.7 million miles beyond Venus, had 130 days of flight. Earth sensors could no longer detect the planet, likely causing the antenna to lose Earth sight.
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Washington
Mariner II
The
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Venus
Mariner
Janet Leigh Hurt In Auto Accident
Actress Janet Leigh suffered minor injuries in a Beverly Hills crash while riding with agent Mort Viner. The collision involved Elizabeth Bryson, who was treated and released. Leigh and Bryson both recovered without serious harm.
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Janet Leigh
Beverly Hills
Calif
Miss Leigh
Sunset Strip
Mort Viner
Elizabeth Bryson
Los Angeles
Miss Bryson
Viner
Floods Threaten British Sector
The article reports widespread floods threatening southern Britain as a harsh winter eased. Temperatures rose above freezing in the south while fog created hazards for commuters. Weather centers predict continued cold in central and northern areas as rail services resume and snow plows reopen highways. RAF helicopters operate mercy flights in Dartmoor district.
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London
Britain
Royal Air Force
Dartmoor
England
Eunice City Council ousts City Attorney
In a called session the Eunice City Council voted 5 to 1 to discharge City Attorney W S Bill Martin with two councilmen absent. Mayor Marion Stephens said corrective action followed a state official directive. Martin, recovering from mumps, said he had done nothing illegal.
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Eunice
W. S
Bill) Martin
Marion
Pete) Stephens
Kennedy and Clay Raise Ransom Loan for Bay of Pigs
Des Moines and Minneapolis papers report Craig Clay borrows 1.9 million on his signature to help cover a 2.9 million ransom for Bay of Pigs prisoners. Fidel Castro demanded the payment plus 53 million in aid. Atty Gen Kennedy helped raise the remaining 1 million by calling an anonymous donor while corporations were urged to contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Lucius D. Clay
Fidel Castro
Minneapolis Tribune
Des Moines Register
Jack Wilson
Washington
Clay
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Castro
Cuba
United States
Cay
Continental Can Corp
Birth notices from West Texas area hospitals across multiple families
A series of birth announcements record daughters and sons born Friday to couples including Monte Cookston Santiago Martinez Manuel Castillo Natividad Rivas Nick Gomez Jr Sam McBride Ray Charles Cook Jesus Gonzales Elo Briseno Jesse Piseno James Bibb Natividad Rivas Pat W Ford Jr George Collett Doyle Norris. We list weights times and parental occupations with addresses where given.
Peace Corps Plan Discussed by Governors and Kennedy
The two day conference opened Friday between a governors committee and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Gov. Albert Rosellini said Kennedy briefed the executive committee for 45 minutes on the domestic Peace Corps plan and requested suggestions while promising to keep them informed on its development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governors’ Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Albert Rosellini
Washington
Rosellini
City Teen-Agers State Car Bash
Lubbock teen age volunteers sponsor a car bash at 10 a.m. today at the Monterey Shopping Center to raise funds for the March of Dimes. Three old cars in Lubbock High Monterey and Dunbar school colors will be used, with 10 cents per whack or three for a quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Monterey
Kimbell Cox
Lubbock High
Monterey and
Dunbar
Cox
Napoleon silver-gilt tea set to be sold at Sotheby's
A 17-piece silver-gilt traveling tea and coffee set once owned by Napoleon will go under the hammer at Sotheby's on January 31. Crafted around 1810, the year Napoleon married Marie Louise of Austria, the item reflects Napoleonic-era craftsmanship and provenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Napoleon
Sotheby’s
Marie Louise
Austria
High Philippine Telephone Poles Imported Despite Lumber Boom
Manila reports that while the lumber industry shows strong output, the country is building its telephone poles with imported materials. The reliance on imports for critical infrastructure remains notable as domestic timber expands.
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Manila
Philippines
Connally Tours Texas Park Plan Sees Fort Griffin Rebuild
Gov elect Connally toured Texas tech campus to view park proposals including recreating Fort Griffin. Urbanovsky outlined three park types and stressed timely preparation for the Legislature. Connally urged rapid action and suggested displaying color renderings in Austin.
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Urbanovsky
Old Fort Griffin
Llano Estacado
Connally
Austin
Texas
Fed
Train collision in India kills 38 and injures 90
A speeding mail train crashed into a passenger train at Umeshnagar Station on the Ganges Plain causing an explosion and fire. The disaster left 38 dead and 90 injured among railway officials, while 142 troops aboard the mail train escaped injury as oxygen cylinders detonated and fire destroyed several carriages.
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Katihar
India
Umeshnagar
Ganges Plain
New Earl Plans Vacation From Street Cleaning
Vere Frederick Cecil Hobart Hampden becomes ninth Earl of Buckinghamshire and says he will take a brief rest from sweeping streets before entering the House of Lords. The bachelor, 61, will continue municipal duties at 10 guineas weekly, aiming to keep working while possibly debating foreign affairs.
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London
Vere
Frederick Cecil Hobart-Hampden
Earl of Buckinghamshire
House of Lords
Southend
Coney Island
Crowns
Suit Filed Over Chlorine Tank Sinking Near Natchez
The federal government seeks 3 081 000 dollars from Union Carbide Corp Wyandotte Transportation Co and Union Barge Lines Corp in a U S district court action in Baton Rouge alleging negligence caused a barge loaded with lethal chlorine to sink in the Mississippi River near Natchez Mississippi last fall. The tanks were removed from the sunken barge due to hazard to nearby residents.
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New Orleans
Mississipi River
Natchez
Miss
U.S. District
Baton Rouge
Union Carbide’ Corp
Wyandotte Transportation Co
Union Barge Lines Corp
Soviet Seaman May Seek Asylum in United States
A Soviet seaman Vladislav Tarasov Tarasov who jumped from the ship Chernovzi in Calcutta swam to the Steel Surveyor and may seek asylum in the United States if Indian court actions permit. State Department spokesman Lincoln White said asylum hinges on Indian charges and future requests would be considered sympathetically if valid.
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Washington
Calcutta
India
United States
State Department
Lincoln White
Vladislav Stepanovich Tarasov
Chernovzi
Steel Surveyor
White
Tarasov
Whit
U.S
Moscow
Soviet Union
Senior Bowl Game Slated For Mobile
MOBILE Alabama UPI Fifty college seniors end amateur careers today in the 57th annual Senior Bowl in Land Stadium. The Reds are 7 point favorites in a planned aerial duel between South and North with pro style offenses and defenses. Jerry Gross of Detroit will start at quarterback for the North after completing 10 of 212 passes for 1 317 yards and six TDs plus 296 rushing yards for 1 613 total.
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Mobile
Ala
UPI
Reds
Land Stadium
Tom Landry
Dallas Cowboys
Jerry Gross
Detroit
Turman seeks Texas higher education post after term ends
James A. Turman of Gober formally applies for director of the Texas Commission on Higher Education after leaving his state representatives seat next Tuesday. A Higher Education Commission spokesman confirms the mailed application to Commissioner Julian Montgomery. Turman, a former speaker and lieutenant governor candidate, seeks the vacancy created by Dr. Ralph T. Green's resignation with John Connally’s March appointments anticipated.
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Ralph T. Green
Federal Reserve Bank
Commission On Higher Education
Turman
Preston Smith
Outstanding Young Farmer of the Year Named in Texas
Bill Lane of Comanche County dairying background was named Outstanding Young Farmer of the Year by the Association of Young Farmers of Texas. Lane, 34, received a $1,000 bond and a plaque at the ninth annual convention banquet as several hundred Texas farmers attended. Membership spans 18 to 35 years with 4,000 plus members across ten districts.
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Fort Worth
Bill Lane
Comanche County
Association of Young Farmers of Texas
Lane
Texas
Cone
Judge Orders Pecos Hospital To Allow Dr Dunn Access
A Texas judge ordered Reeves County Hospital at Pecos to permit Dr. John Dunn to use hospital facilities to treat his patients. Dunn, who exposed Billy Sol Estes, had been fired by the hospital board. a temporary restraining order lets him treat his 17 patients, including 12 expectant mothers, while a hearing on a potential injunction proceeds.
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Pecos
UPI
Texas
Reeves County Hospital
John Dunn
Dunn
Billie Sol Estes
FBI
Dist
J. H. Starley
Starley
Lawmaker Defends Rules Committee Role Amid Vote Talk
Landrum attended a brief informal chat Friday and said no meeting changed plans for a showdown vote next Wednesday. He argued the rules committee should schedule legislation for the floor and not act as a veto body. He noted two changes since the last Congress and said purge of three new members to shrink to 12 is reluctant.
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Landrum
Albert Hospitalized After Kerr Funeral
Rep. Carl Albert the House majority leader was hospitalized at Tinker Air Force Base Hospital in Oklahoma City with chest pains after attending Sen. Robert Kerr’s funeral. Officials said his condition is not serious and he will undergo tests overnight while sedated.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Robert S. Kerr
Tinker Air Force Base Hospital
Albert
McAlester
Okla
Kennedy
Kerr
Washington
Rotterdam New glucose shipment tariff quot set
Rotterdam reports new tariff quotes for shipments of glucose to the Netherlands. The changes affect pricing terms for exporters and importers, with details pending official publication and applicable dates.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Canon couple returns from Palm Desert after mother’s death
Dr and Mrs Robert T Canon of 2613 19th St return from Palm Desert California after the death of Mrs Dora Robinson Lingo on December 13. Burial was December 19 in San Gabriel. Mrs C M Polk returns after funeral of her mother Maude Wheatley in Anson. A suspect was arrested for car theft and related offenses. Foster Mitchell remains in poor condition after a stroke. A grass and trash fire west of Avenue H is reported. CWA wins NLRB election in Western Electric with 11 388 votes for CWA and 4 000 for Teamsters. deadline was December 28.
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Robert T. Canon
19Th St
Palm Desert
Calif
Canon
Dora Robinson Lingo
Lingo
San Gabriel
Archie Lingo
Cc. T. Harden Jr
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Texas
Lubbock
New York City
NLRB
Western Electric
Teamsters Union
LCC Winter Concert Showcases Royal Blue Band and Choir
Approximately 325 people attended Lubbock Christian College second annual Winter Concert in the Administration Building main auditorium. Directed by Wayne Hinds the music department presented the Royal Blue Band Orchestra Meistersingers Chorus and the A Cappella Choir with Joe Lee Charles Cox and faculty contributing. The finale featured the choruses and band performing Hymn to Freedom from Brahms First Symphony conducted by Hinds.
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Lubbock Christian College
Wayne Hinds
Royal Blue Band
Meistersingers Chorus
Joe Lee
Charles Cox
Hinds
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Bob Kennedy
Department of Justice
American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
U. S
Mekong
South Viet Nam
Monte W. Cookston
Levelland
West Texas Hospital
Santiago Martinez
Baylor St
Sears Roebuck & Co
Manuel Castillo
E. 6Th St
Latif Clinic
IL Nava
Natividad Rivas
Rt. 2
Anton
Lauf Clinic
Nick Gomez Jr
J. Lubbock
Amada Castello
Star Rt
Ralls
Sam McBride
Lauf
Ray Charles Cook
O'Donnell
Kerr Pavement Co
Jesus Gonzales
Ave. X Oon
Carroll Thompson Junior High
Elo Briseno
Lorenzo
Jesse Piseno
Idalou
James Bibb
E. 64Th St
Pat W. Ford Jr
New Deal
George Frederick Collett
27Th St
Allstate Insurance Co
Doyle Norris
Methodist Hospital
Peace Corps
Stu Men
Johnson
TECH
Bau Mee Watts
Eral
Tedh
New Earl
Fred
Young Farmers
First Baptist Church
Sen
Robert Kerr
John Connally
Oklahoma
ESTES
Judge
Pecos Hospital
Hospital
Quinn Connelly Pontiac Co
Foster K. Mitchell
Mitchiell
Main St
Avenue H
LCC
Taipei
Taiwan
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