Fort Worth motel robbers hit by manhunt ends in field capture
An all night pursuit netted a former convict, 32, identified as Raymond B. Johnson of New York, at a field near Bridgeport after a $220 Holiday Inn robbery in Fort Worth. An Abilene youth, Cecil Dean Hart, 19, was jailed after admitting involvement in multiple robberies totaling about $4,000. Johnson claimed prior New York and Louisiana sentences, was struck by buckshot but unharmed, and the pair ate a $10 steak dinner before fleeing.
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Fort Worth
Bridgeport
Raymond B. Johnson
New York
Louisiana
Johnson
Holiday Inn
Cecil Dean Hart
Abilene
O. R. Brown
New Orleans
Houston
Dean Morris
Peru Military Claims Crushed Red Plot Across Nation
President Godoy regime announced the arrest of over 300 suspected plotters linked to a Communist conspiracy allegedly financed by Moscow Prague and Havana. Civil guarantees were suspended as zonal commanders took over political duties. The junta warned of planned uprisings targeting airports bridges waterworks and power facilities.
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Lima
Ricardo Perez Godoy
Peru
Moscow
Prague
Havana
United States
Castro laments lost missile leverage and warns of wider war
Diplomatic sources say Fidel Castro told Havana University students that the Soviet withdrawal of missiles from Cuba prevents expanding any Cuban conflict into a general war. He criticized Khrushchev's peaceful coexistence and said Soviet “victory” in the Cuban crisis is doubtful, offering himself as a mediator in world communism's family squabble.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Havana
Nikita Khrushchev
U. S
Red China
Soviet Union
Horse Players Back In Action In Britain After Snow
Horse racing resumes at Ayr Scotland as snow ends a two week halt. British betting shops number around 12 240 with 805 in London, clerks scarce and店店 rents rising amid a legal betting market expanding since legalization two years ago.
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Britain
London
Ayr
Scotland
Royal Ascot
United Kingdom
Parliament
Yace
Polio Declines Further Across U S In 1962
Polio cases in the United States fell 35 percent in 1962 to 886 total, with 707 paralytic cases. The Communicable Disease Center reports drops from 1,364 cases in 1961, including 884 paralytic, as rates continue falling from 1958 highs. Texas accounted for 28 percent of 1962 cases amid limited outbreaks.
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Atlanta
United States
Texas
Edmondson Seen Likely Kerr Successor In Oklahoma
Gov. Howard Edmondson is expected to fill the Kerr Senate seat after Kerr's death with the possibility of Ed Edmondson remaining in contention. A decision was not announced by Saturday and discussions with President Kennedy continued late into Friday night. Capitol sources noted strong Democratic backing for Howard Edmondson.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Robert S. Kerr
Oklai
Howard Edmondson
Kerr
Edmondson
U.S
Ed Edmondson
Kennedy
Capitol
Senate
Oklahoma
Blaze Kills 15 in Turkish Village Home Fire
A deadly fire in Terzili, a Black Sea village, killed 13 children and 2 women in a two family dwelling. Reports from Istanbul say the blaze destroyed the home and authorities investigated the cause while mourning local losses.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Black Sea
Terzili
Municipal Choir to rehearse for spring concert this Tuesday
The Municipal Choir and Orchestra directed by Prof Francisco G Hernandez start material work for a spring concert at 7 p m Tuesday rehearsals in the Municipal Garden and Arts Center 4215 College Musicians may join the choir or orchestra.
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Municipal Choir
Francisco G. Hernandez
Municipal Garden and Arts Center
Outlook Dim for Federal School Aid Bill in 1963
Washington AP report notes House members see little chance for Kennedy's general school aid bill, with religious controversy and 1961 1962 rejections weighing against passage. Higher education aid and targeted measures for technical training and teacher training may have better prospects.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Congress
City Man Jailed In Robbery Case
A 26 year old Lubbock man was jailed after a strong arm robbery of a Latin American man of 256 and a purse snatching. Santiago Orozco reported the assailant chased him from a house on Avenue K. Santos Leza tried to aid Orozco and lost 29 dollars. Orozco had chest cuts from the hijacking. Pedro Valderaz Jr. was jumped on Avenue A and taken to West Texas Hospital but declined treatment.
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Lubbock
Santiago Orozco
Rt. 2
Abernathy
Avenue K
Santos Leza
Quirt Ave
Orozco
Pedro M. Valderaz Jr
V. N. Ave
Avenue A
West Texas
Hostital
Valderaz
Mussolini Grandchild Given Long Italian Name
Benito Mussolini’s infant granddaughter Alessandra Maria Romana Carolina Mussolini was named by Maria Scico lone and Romano Mussolini after their New Year’s Eve birth. The parents, who wed last March, considered Benito or Sophia as possible names for a boy or Alessandra for a girl.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Maria Scicolone
Romano Mussolini
Alessandra Maria Romana
Carolina Mussolini
Benito
Sophia
Sophia Loren
Maria
Romano
Pioneer Lubbock Resident Mrs George C Cooper Dies
Mrs. George C. Cooper 91 of 1617 19th St Lubbock died Saturday evening at St Marys Hospital. Funeral services pending with Rix Funeral Home. She moved to Lubbock in 1910 from San Angelo and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include son George M Perryton six daughters two brothers sixteen grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren.
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George C. Cooper
19Th St
Lubbock
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rix Funeral Home
Cooper
San Angelo
First Presbyterian Church
George M. Perryton
T. M. Osborne
Perryton
Newt Redman
Tulia
W. E. Nelson
Amarillo
W. E. Griffin
la Marque
Lloyd Crabtree
Houston
Josephine Ballenger
T. J. Duval
Troup
Claud
Cleburne
Jack Carson funeral marks week of Hollywood sadness
Hollywood mourners gather at Forest Lawn for Jack Carson's memorial service as relatives and 250 guests honor the late actor. Notables include Raymond Massey, Buddy Rogers, Johnny Weissmuller, William Demarest, Danny Thomas, and George Gobel. Carson’s widow Kay St Germaine attends with his children. cremation planned later.
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Hollywood
Jack Carson
Ace
Raymond Lindquist
Hollywood Presbyterian Church
Carson
Forest Lawn
Wee Kirk O’ the Heather
Annie Laurie
Glencairn
Scotland
Dick Powell
Powell
Danny Thomas
George Gobel
Gobel
Encino
Dennis Morgan
Dave Willock
E. Wells
Kay St. Germaine
Sonny Tufts
Constance Towers
Ovarden
James Thurman Dies in Army Hospital Services Pending
OLTON Special Services were pending at Parsons Funeral Home for James William Bill Thurman 48 who died in a Shreveport Louisiana Army hospital Saturday He was set to retire from the Army last Friday He was the son of Mr and Mrs L Thurman Olton He leaves three brothers Roy Olton Fred Houston and Ray San Francisco and three sisters Mrs P A Nafzger Olton Mrs J W Brazele Plainview and Doris Thurman Olton
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Olton
Parsons Funeral Home
James William
Bill) Thurman
Shreveport
Army Hospital
Thurman
Army
L. Thurman
Roy
Fred
Houston
Ray
San Francisco
P. A. Nafzger
J. W. Brazele
Plainview
Doris Thurman
Rites Pend For Olton Resident Of 38 Years
Leroy P. Fisher 80 died at his Olton home after 38 years in the town. A retired farmer he is survived by wife, three sons Marvin Plainview Luther and Bob Lubbock. two daughters Mary Daffron Plainview and Lee Haynes Littlefield. a brother Er. W. Peabody and a sister Mrs Rose Crandal Moung Ridge Kansas.
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Olton
Parsons Funeral
Leroy P. Fisher
Fisher
Marvin
Plainview
Luther
Bob
Lubbock
Mary Daffron
Lee Haynes
Littlefield
Er. W
Peabody
Kan
Rose Crandal
Moung Ridge
Lindley Thomas Rites At Tahoka
Services for Lindley Dale Thomas 32 who died Monday in San Francisco hospital will be at 3 p.m. today at Tahoka Church of Christ with Don Browning officiating assisted by Doyle Kelcy. Burial in Tahoka Cemetery under White Funeral Home. He was a Tahoka native, Army member, lived in Seaside California and survived by wife two daughters one son and one sister.
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Tahoka
Lindley Dale Thomas
C. G. Letterman General Hospital
San Francisco
U.S. Army
Seaside, Calif
Davidson Rites Slated In Clovis
Thomas H. Davidson 85 a former area resident will be buried in Texico Cemetery after services at the C V Steed Memorial Chapel in Clovis conducted by Ebb Randol minister of Texico. He died Friday in Las Vegas where he had lived the past four years and had previously lived in the Clovis Texico area for 50 years. Survivors include a brother Sumner of Clovis two sisters Mrs Mabel Talley of Albuquerque and Mrs Justa Keith of San Diego Pallbearers named W J Matthews Leroy Faville Barney Hardy Ross Robertson V O Sharp and Herbert Hamron.
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Clovis
Thomas H .Davidson
C. V. Steed
Mabel Talley
Albuquerque
Justa Keith
San Diego
Calif
W. J. Matthews
Leroy Faville
Barney Hardy
Ross Robertson
V. O. Sharp
Herbert Hamron
Funeral services for O C Todd Monday at First Baptist
Funeral services for O C Todd of 12401 29th Street are set for 10 a m Monday at Ford Chapel of First Baptist Church with Dr J Ralph Grant and the Rev J T Bolding officiating. Burial will follow in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction. Todd died at 8 45 a m Friday at his home.
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O. C. Todd
29Th St
Ford Chapel
First Baptist Church
J. Ralph Grant
J. T. Bolding
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral Home
Todd
Services Slated For Mrs. Reese
Funeral services for Mrs. Joe Reese 59 of 2023 64th St will be held at 10 30 a m Monday in Bowman Chapel First Methodist Church with Dr J Chess Levern officiating Burial will follow in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home direction She had lived in Lubbock 35 years been ill 18 months and recently returned from St Louis Survivors include her husband a daughter Mrs John G King four sisters two brothers and three grandchildren Pallbearers are A N Gamble Kyle Rousseau Lewis Kittrell Alex Hensley Lonnie Montgomery and Leo S Hay.
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Joe Reese
64Th St
Bowman Chapel
First Methodist Church
J. Chess Levern
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
John G. King
21St St
Ora Ballew
O'Donnell
Annie Mayben
el Paso
Cathie Burress
Overton
Estelle Pannell
Lubbock
Ben Stovall
Victoria
John Stovall
Acuff
A. N. Gamble
Kyle Rousseau
Lewis Kittrell
Alex Hensley
Lonnie Montgomery
Leo S. Hay
Slaton Rites For Msgr. O'Brien Monday
Rt Rev Msgr Thomas Dominic O'Brien 71 a Slaton pastor since 1927 died Friday in Mercy Hospital. Rosary tonight at St Joseph's Church. final rites Monday at 10 a.m. at the church with Bishop Morkovsky and Drury. burial Englewood Cemetery. Survivors include two brothers three sisters and several nieces and nephews.
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Slaton
St. Joseph’s Church
Thomas Dominic O'Brien
Mercy Hospital
John L. Morkovsky
Amarillo
Thomas J. Drury
San Angelo
Pope Pious XII
Well Known Woman Dies In San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO AP One of South Texas most prominent women Mrs Loriie Jones Lewis 78 widow of the late Frank Morton Lewis died at her San Antonio home Saturday She was born Nov 16 1885 on the Medo Ranch in Bee County and was granddaughter of Capt A C Jones of Beeville Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery in Corpus Christi at 4 p m Monday She is survived by one sister Mrs Donald Alexander of San Antonio.
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San Antonio
South Texas
Loriie Jones Lewis
Frank Morton Lewis
Roselawn
Corpus Christi
Lewis
Donald Alexander
Plainview Rites Held For Miss Emma Hana
Services for 76 year old Emma Hana a longtime Plainview resident were held at the First Methodist Church. She died Thursday night at the Medical Center Hospital and was a member of the church groups the Eastern Star and several local organizations. Burial was in Plainview Cemetery.
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Emma Hana
First Methodist
Hana
Medical Center Hospital
First Methodist Church
Women’s Church
Order of the Eastern Star
Wesleyan Guild
Wimodausis
Pioneer Club
Plainview Cemetery
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Midwestern University Ex-Students Association
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