Katanga Crisis Deepens As UN Presses Tshombe
U Thant presses for Katanga unification and urges Tshombe to cooperate with UN forces. UN probes Jadotville incident after Belgian civilians killed. Tshombe vows resistance and warns of further fighting if Kolwezi falls.
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Kolwezi
A Thant
Katanga
Jadotville
Thant
Congo
Undersee
Ralph Bunche
New York
Paul-Henri Spaak
Tshombe
Elisabethville
Porter
Leopoldville
Robert Gardiner
UN Congo
Vnte
Mariner II Loses Radio Contact En Route To Venus
NASA reports Mariner II, the Venus probe launched August 27, lost radio contact Friday, about 54.3 million miles from Earth and 5.7 million miles beyond Venus after 130 days in flight. Officials cite failure of long-range sensors to see Earth as the likely cause.
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Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Venus
Mariner
Janet Leigh Suffered Minor Injuries In Beverly Hills Crash
Actress Janet Leigh sustained minor injuries in a traffic accident on the Sunset Strip in Beverly Hills. A doctor said she had shoulder and chest bruises after the collision with a car driven by Elizabeth Bryson. Leigh and Bryson received treatment and were released. Agent Mort Viner was uninjured.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Janet Leigh
Miss Leigh
Sunset Strip
Mort Viner
Elizabeth Bryson
Los Angeles
Miss Bryson
Viner
Floods Threaten British Sector
Widespread floods threaten southern Britain as winter eases slowly. Temperatures rise above freezing in the south while fog adds hazards to commuters. Central and northern areas stay cold and trains resume near normal schedules. RAF helicopters run mercy flights in Dartmoor in western England.
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London
Britain
Royal Air Force
Dartmoor
England
Eunice City Attorney Ousted in Special Session
In Eunice a called city council meeting voted 5 to 1 to discharge City Atty W S Bill Martin with two council members absent. Mayor Marion Stephens cited corrective action urged by a state official. Martin, at home recovering from mumps, said he did nothing illegal. Further developments expected.
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Eunice
W. S
Bill) Martin
Marion
Pete) Stephens
Ransom Ties Kennedy and Clay in Cuban Prison Deal
Reports say Lucius D. Clay borrowed 1.9 million to help meet a 2.9 million ransom demanded by Fidel Castro for 1,113 Bay of Pigs prisoners. Atty. Gen. Kennedy raised 1 million via a call to an anonymous friend as corporations were urged to donate.
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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
Continental Can Corp
Local Births Parade in West Texas Hospitals
Congratulations to numerous families in West Texas on newborns born Friday and Thursday at West Texas Hospital and Lauf Clinic. Weighs range from 4 pounds 12 ounces to 8 pounds 14 ounces, with fathers employed as farmers, bricklayers, truckers, and at Kerr Pavement Co, Allstate, Sears Roebuck, and Carroll Thompson Junior High.
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Monte W. Cookston
Levelland
West Texas Hospital
Santiago Martinez
Baylor St
Sears Roebuck & Co
Manuel Castillo
6Th St
Laur ‘Clinic
Ig. I. Nava
Natividad Rivas
Rt. 2
Anton
Lauf Clinic
Nick Gomez Jr
Rt. J. Lubbock
Amada Castello
Star Rt., Ralls
Sam McBride
Ralls
Lauf
Ray Charles Cook, O'Donnell
Kerr Pavement Co
Jesus Gonzales
Ave
X Oon
Carroll Thompson Junior High School
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 Domestic Plan Discussed With Governors
The two day meeting between a governors' committee and Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy covered the domestic Peace Corps plan. Governor Albert Rosellini of Washington, chairman, said Kennedy met the executive committee for 45 minutes, presented plan details, and sought suggestions while promising to keep the group informed on developments.
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Governors’ Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Albert Rosellini
Washington
City Teen-Agers State Car Bash at Monterey Center
Lubbock teen volunteers sponsor a car bash at 10 a.m. today at Monterey Shopping Center to raise funds for the March of Dimes. Three old cars in Lubbock High Monterey Dunbar school colors will be on display for whacks costing 10 cents each or three for a quarter.
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Lubbock
Monterey
Kimbell Cox
Lubbock High
Monterey and
Dunbar
Cox
Napoleon silver-gilt tea set to be sold at Sothebys
A 1T-piece silver-gilt traveling tea and coffee set owned by Napoleon will be sold at Sothebys on January 31. The piece, crafted around 1810, commemorates Napoleon's marriage to Marie Louise of Austria.
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London
UPI
Napoleon
Sotheby’s
Marie Louise
Austria
Connally Sees Ambitious Texas Park Plans During Visit
Governor elect Connally views mock ups of park improvements including historic Fort Griffin restoration and recreational areas. He urges quick action and notes plans to present a complete package to the Legislature, while praising Texas Tech and pledging positive, independent state action.
Train Wreck In India Kills 38
A speeding mail train rammed a passenger train near Katihar causing an explosion and fire. Officials say 38 people were killed and 9 injured. the mail train carried 142 Indian troops who all escaped harm. The crash halted the passenger service at Umeshnagar Station.
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Katihar
India
Umeshnagar
Manila
Ganges Plain
Philippines
New Ear Plans Vacation From Street Cleaning
Vere Frederick Cecil Hobart Hampden ninth earl of Buckinghamshire announced a pause from street cleaning before taking a seat in the House of Lords. The 61 year old bachelor, who inherited after the eighth earl’s death, said he will keep working, enjoying a seafront putting green in summer and cleaning streets at 10 guineas a week in winter.
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London
Vere
Frederick Cecil Hobart-Hampden
Earl of Buckinghamshire
House of Lords
Southend
Coney Island
Ear
Crowns
Suit Filed In Sinking Of Chlorine Tanks
The federal government sues for 3 081 000 dollars over a barge loaded with chlorine that sank in the Mississippi near Natchez. Union Carbide Corp Wyandotte Transportation Co and Union Barge Lines Corp named as defendants in Baton Rouge court.
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New Orleans
Mississipi River
Natchez
Miss
U.S
Baton Rouge
Union Carbide Corp
Wyandotte Transportation Co
Union Barge Lines Corp
Soviet Seaman May Seek Asylum in United States
A Soviet seaman Tarasov who jumped from the Chernovzi in Calcutta may seek asylum in the United States if he requests it. State Department officials said his fate hinges on an Indian court ruling over theft charges and any potential voluntary U.S. asylum request would be studied sympathetically.
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Washington
Calcutta
India
United States
State Department
Fionere
Lincoln White
Vladislav Stepanovich Tarasov
Chernovzi
Steel Surveyor
White
Tarasov
Whit
U.S
Moscow
Soviet Union
Senior Bowl Game Slated For Mobile
The 14th annual Senior Bowl in Mobile Alabama pits the South against the North in an aerial showdown. The Reds were 7 point favorites as the 50 amateur stars finish their college careers. Winners receive 800 dollars, losers 600. About 40,000 expected at Lands Stadium for a 2 p m EST kickoff. North starter will be Jerry Gross who threw 105 of 212 passes for 1317 yards and six TDs with 296 rushing yards.
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Mobile
Ala
UPI
Reds
Lands Stadium
Tom Landry
Dallas Cowboys
Jerry Gross
Detroit
Turman Seeks Education Post as Term Expires
Austin Texas United Press International James A Turman of Gober formally applied for director of the Texas Commission on Higher Education He mailed the application to Commissioner Julian Montgomery and it will be reviewed by a committee Along with five pending appointments Gov elect John Connally will fill in March The post has been vacant since Dr Ralph T Green left for the Federal Reserve Bank The director earns 16500 yearly amid a request to raise the salary Turman former speaker of the 57th Legislature and candidate for lieutenant governor lost to Preston Smith in the runoff runoff primary and leaves his House seat next Tuesday
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Ralph T. Green
Federal Reserve Bank
Commission On Higher Education
Turman
Preston Smith
Young Farmers Name Outstanding Member
Bill Lane of Comanche County dairyman was named Outstanding Young Farmer of the Year by the Association of Young Farmers of Texas. He received a $1,000 bond and a plaque at a banquet during the association's ninth annual convention.
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Fort Worth
Bill Lane
Comanche County
Association of Young Farmers of Texas
Lane
Texas
Oman Nanan
Judge Orders Pecos Hospital To Let Doctor Treat Patients
In Pecos Texas a Reeves County judge ordered the Reeves County Hospital to allow Dr John Dunn to use hospital facilities to treat his 17 patients including 12 expectant mothers facing possible hospitalization. Dunn had been fired from the staff with a hearing set on a temporary injunction.
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Judge
Pecos Hospital
Pecos
UPI
Texas
Reeves County Hospital
John Dunn
Dunn
Billie Sol Estes
FBI
Dist
J. H. Starley
Starley
Landrum urges reshaping rules committee in talk
Landrum called a Friday meeting an informal chat and said no changes to next Wednesday’s showdown vote. He argued the rules committee should be a scheduling panel for legislation, not a veto body, and noted two changes since the last Congress. He said fears of a flood of administration bills did not materialize and that purging three new members to bring the panel to 12 would be reluctantly considered.
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Landrum
Albert hospital tests after Kerr funeral trip
Rep. Carl Albert the House majority leader was admitted to Tinker Air Force Base Hospital in Oklahoma with chest pains after attending Sen. Kerr's funeral. Officials reported no serious condition and planned overnight observation with tests.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Robert S. Kerr
Washington
Albert
Local Briefs Report Deaths and Incidents in Lubbock
Dr. and Mrs. Canon return from Palm Desert after burial of Mrs. Canon's mother Dora Lingo who died December 13. Maude Wheatley funeral in Anson. a Black man, about 30, held for car theft and related charges after a stolen car linked to unpaid repairs. Foster Mitchell in poor condition after a stroke. Grass fire west of Avenue H. CWA wins NLRB election for 17,401 Western Electric workers with 11,388 for CWA and 4,000 for Teamsters. ballot deadline December 28.
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Robert T. Canon
19Th St
Palm Desert
Calif
Canon
Dora Robinson Lingo
Lingo
San Gabriel
Cali
Archie Lingo
Foster K. Mitchell
Lubbock
West Texas Hospital
Mitchell
Main St
Cc. T. Harden Jr
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Texas
New York City
NLRB
Western Electric
Teamsters Union
LCC Winter Concert Draws Large Audience
Lubbock Christian College presented its Winter Concert in the Administration Building main auditorium Friday night with about 325 attendees. Wayne Hinds directed the program featuring the Royal Blue Band Orchestra Meistersingers Chorus and the A Cappella Choir with Joe Lee Charles Cox and other music staff contributing. The finale blended choruses and band in 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
Orchestra Teadher
Charles Cox
Hinds
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