Tshombe Placed Under UN House Arrest In Elisabethville
Katanga President Moise Tshombe called off his war against the United Nations and signaled peace with the Congo government but warned of a scorched earth policy if Kolwezi was attacked. The UN announced his house arrest at his Elisabethville palace as Thant demanded surrender of Kolwezi. In Kasai, rival tribesmen clashed with at least 370 killed as UN troops reassessed deployments.
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Lisabethville
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Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Congo
Kolwezi
New York
Tshombe
Elisabethville
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Thant
Kasai
Judge Rules County Commissioners Control Disbursements
Judge Victor H Lindsey ruled the Lubbock County Commissioners Court holds final say in how county funds are disbursed. He limited the county treasurer's signatory power and ordered the court to choose between two satisfactory methods for paying warrants and checks. The decision hinges on differing definitions of checks and warrants and directs the Lubbock National Bank to await the court’s decision. See Judge Page 14.
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Victor H. Lindsey
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Lubbock County
Kennedy Wins 88th Congress Victory on Rules Committee Size
The 88th Congress opens with Kennedy securing a 235 to 196 House vote to keep the Rules Committee at 15 members. The outcome preserves Kennedy backed control, possibly easing passage of his legislative agenda, despite Republican and Southern Democratic opposition. The White House calls the result satisfying, and the move extends the 15 member size beyond the current term.
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House
Rules Committee
Kennedy
Committee
Sam Rayburn
Congress
White House
Pierre Salinger
Clarence J. Brown
Rohio
GOP
Cold front to bring fierce freeze across Texas coast
Arctic air mass moves south with strong north winds a cold wave warning covers wide Texas areas. Expect freezing rain to Gulf Coast by Friday with possible snow flurries in lower Panhandle and South Plains tonight into Friday. Blizzard conditions hit Montana and South Dakota as Yukon cold air spills southward.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Yukon Territory
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South Dakota
McAllen
Lubbock
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Weather Bureau
1964 seat belt plan eyed for all new cars
Detroit reports the automotive industry may require seat belts on all new cars starting in 1964. Ford Motor Co. proposed the plan through the Automotive Manufacturers Association after committee meetings. Officials estimate about 75 million dollars yearly cost but argue lives saved could reach thousands.
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Detroit
UPD
Ford Motor Co
Automotive Manufacturers Association
AMA
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Houston Biology Professor Missing Eight Days
Dr. H. Burr Roney of the University of Houston has been missing for eight days, according to university officials. No further details were provided about the disappearance or search efforts.
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Houston
H. Burr. Roney
University of Houston
Seth T. Cummings to retire after 36 years at Tech
The 1963 feature profiles Seth T. Cummings Texas Tech purchasing agent since 1927. He will retire January 31 after guiding campus acquisitions and growth with 141 trucks and automobiles modernizing a campus withAdministration Textile Engineering Home Economics and a dairy barn. A January 21 dinner honors his service.
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Texas Tech
Seth T. Cummings
Tech
Seth Cummings
Tech Union
Cummings
TIME Inc Expands Coast to Coast Through Super Service Buy
Lubbock based TIME Inc announces purchase of Nashville Super Service Freight Co giving TIME coast to coast reach from New York City to Los Angeles. Acquisition awaits Interstate Commerce Commission approval with no price disclosed. TIME revenue 1962 about 19.5 million. Super Service about 15 million.
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Super Service Freight Co
Nashville
Lubbock
Loyd Lanotte
T.ilm.e
Interstate Commerce Commission
T.I.M.E
New York City
Los Angeles
Super Service
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Tucson
Hobbs
Oklahoma City
Little Rock
Memphis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Chicago
Boston
Lanotte
T.il.m.e
Arnold Dalby
Dalby
T.ilm
E. Lanotte
Senator Blanchard Draws Two Year Term in Redistricting
City Senator H J Blanchard of the 28th District drew a black bean and will serve a two year term due to Senate reorganization from redistricting. Blanchard said the shorter term lets him run again in two years with governors officials seeking second terms. Sen Andy Rogers drew a four year term as sixteen senators received four year terms see Blanchard Page 14.
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Austin Bureau
USTIN
H. J
Doc) Blanchard
Lubbock
Senate
Blanchard
Austin
Avalanche Journal
Andy Rogers
Infatuation romance ends on waking up
A lighthearted editorial quip notes a romance begins when you find your dream girl and ends when you wake up, reflecting a playful take on love and reality in a brief humor column.
Daily Prayer Blessings and Gratitude Message
A short anonymous prayer expresses thanks to the Lord for blessings, shelter, and clothing, reflecting personal faith and gratitude. The note stands as a quiet devotional remark rather than a formal service.
Macmillan to Visit Rome for Talks on World Problems
Rome Premier Amin and Fanfani’s office announced that British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan will visit Rome February 1 to 3 for an exchange of views on world problems affecting both nations.
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Rome
Amintore Fanfani
Harold Macmillan
Texas Man Indicted On Tax Evasion Count
SAN ANTONIO AP A federal grand jury indicted Waco sand and gravel contractor James T. High 67 for income tax evasion. Government says he evaded 11674 dollars in taxes between 1956 and 1959. Bond set at 2500 dollars.
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San Antonio
Waco
James T. High
Morros, famed counterspy and producer, dies at 68
Boris Mihailo Morros a Russian born film producer and U S counterspy dies of cancer at 68 in Beth Israel Hospital He revealed his double life to Congress in 1957 and to the FBI after being approached by Soviet agents from 1945 to 1947 He led a secret life for a decade supplying information to the FBI while helping the Soviet apparatus His life included 68 trips to Europe and a Munich coded warning Cinerama He was born in St Petersburg and immigrated to the United States in 1922 His son Richard is a TV producer and his wife Marion survives him
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Boris Mihailovich Morros
United States
Morros
Beth Israel Hospital
U.S
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FBI
Morris
Europe
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Germany
Cinerama
Washington
St. Petersburg
Leningrad
Paris
Hollywood
Richard
Marion
Kennedy Kuznetsov Meet Despite Cuba Tension
President Kennedy and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov held a one hour White House talk, the first high level U S Soviet discussion since the Cuban missile crisis. They reviewed Berlin and Cuba talks in New York but offered few specifics and no Khrushchev message.
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Ashington
Kennedy
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Berlin
U.S
New York
Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
Cuba
White House
Pierre Salinger
Khrushchev
Weather Map Page 15-A Lubbock and Vicinity Forecast
Weather map page lists clear to partly cloudy conditions with a temperature drop in the afternoon and night. Cold wave risk noted with northerly winds, temperatures charted from early morning to night, highs near 69 and lows around 31. Humidity figures and regional city temperatures for Abilene Albuquerque Amarillo Oklahoma City Dallas Roswell Denver show wide-area results.
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Lubbock
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Amarillo
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