Shot To Moon In '62 Seen A Moon Quest Outlined
Alamogordo New Mexico reports a detailed outline of the U S space program. The plan calls for chimpanzees to orbit this fall aboard a satellite rocket and, if successful, a moon landing mission by the mid 1960s. The story cites missile sources and notes tests at Holloman bases and Ft Bliss.
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Alamogordo
N. M
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Holloman Air Force Base
Holloman Missile Development Center
McGregor Firing Lane
Ft. Bliss
Tex
University of Kentucky
Alveve
California
America
Pentagon Hit On Directive
Washington lawmaker Edward Herbert accuses Defense Department leaders of trying to bar GAO access to reports and records in a probe by the House Armed Services Subcommittee. He says the GAO, a congressional watchdog, is cooperating in the inquiry while the agency denies access to certain materials.
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Washington
UPD
Edward Herbert
D-La
Defense Department
House Armed Services
Rebert
Department
General Accounting Office
GAO
Acts
Congressional
Snquiry
Long Hints At Mexican Divorce Plan During Mexico Trip
Louisiana Governor Earl K Long, visiting El Paso and Pecos, hinted he may seek a quick divorce in Mexico amid Louisiana separation papers. He planned travel to Monterrey and Ruidoso with an impeachment bill forecast for the legislature.
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United Press Internationst
Paso
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Mexico
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Blanche
Fil Paso
Cadillac
Pecos
Jaurez
Monterrey
Ruidoso
N.M
North Texas Faces Deluge with Widespread Showers
North Texas experienced heavy rain with up to four inches in Bonham and scattered thundershowers across the Denison Sherman and Red River Valley regions before noon Thursday. Lubbock’s Weather Bureau confirmed possible violent thunderstorm activity near Petersburg and warned of more showers affecting the South Plains. The heaviest rainfall occurred in a triangle from Fort Worth to Nocona and Sulphur Springs, and a separate band stretched from Sanger to Cooper. A Lightning started a fire at Liberty causing $150,000 in damage to four stores.
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Bonham
Texas
Denison-Shermar
Red River Valley
Petersburg
Lubbock
Earth
Plainview
Abernathy
Fort Worth
Nocona
Sulphur Springs
Sanger
Cooper
Liberty
Dwight Buchanan
South Plains
U.S Weather Bureau
Vote Slated Today In Western Cottonoil Union Drive
Attorneys say a county court filing will accuse two AFL CIO organizers Frank Wallace and Abe Freeman of violating state law while the Western Cottonoil plant faces a secret ballot vote. The election for production and maintenance workers runs from 7:90 to 8:40 am and 2:200 to 4:05 pm as organizers press to unionize.
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Western A Cottonoil Co
James 5. Moore
Sana
Alton R. Griffin
William J. Gil
Willie J. Bentle
Western Cot
Tonail
Frank Wallace
Abe Freeman
Freeman
Wallace
Afl-Cio
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Western Cottonoil
of Mill
Moore
Western
Texas
Secretary of State
Zoning Board Approves Variances Amid Sanitation Complaints
A home owner protested unsanitary conditions in an alley beside a commercial area as the City Zoning Board of Adjustment approved four zoning variances or special exceptions. O W McLeod urged officials to inspect the site near Mth Street, noting officials said they could not stop such uses in residential-adjacent commercial zones in Lubbock.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
City Zoning Board of Adjustment
UN Gethin Taapayces
O. W. McLeod
Bird St
McLeod
Mth Street
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Lubbock
H.P. Scott
Father of A Sub Will Accompany Nixon to Russia
Vice President Nixon announced that Admiral Hyman G. Rickover father of U S atomic submarine development will accompany him on a trip to Russia. Rickover will join the entire journey and the party leaves for Moscow by jet next week for the opening of the American National Exhibit. The group includes George V Alten Foyt Kohler and 15 members of the President's Moscow Exhibit advisory committee.
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Washington
Richard MM. Nixon
Hyman G. Rickover
U.S. Atomic Submarine Development
Russia
Nixon
Rickover
Moscouo
Moscow
Soviet
S)nformation
George V. Alten
Foyt. Kohler
Five In Family Killed In Wreck
A head on collision near San Gorgonio Pass Hospital killed five members of the Laney family from Fullerton California and injured two others. The Laney family included Martha Laney 21 Olin Laney 24 Terry Laney 4 Eugene Laney 34 and Selma Laney 30. Jesse Bell 30 from Mesa Arizona also died in the crash. Herschel Laney 3 was the driver of the Laney car and Mamie Bell 30 of Mesa was injured.
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Laney
Mamie Bell
Mesa
Eriecal
San Gorgonin Pass Hospital
Arms Ship Reported En Route To Cuba
Washington dispatch reports a Scan dinavian freighter sailing toward Havana with a cargo of arms for Cuba. The cargo is said to include Belgian made automatic and semiautomatic weapons though confirmation is not available.
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Cuba
Washington
Havana
Rovernmiene
Foreign Aid Shift Gets Tentative Okay
Senate House conferees tentatively approved a plan to move foreign military aid into the Defense Department budget for a two year trial. They also voted to raise military aid funds this year to 1400 million dollars, about 100 million more than the Senate number and only 200 million short of Eisenhower's request.
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Washington
Senate House
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Senate
Arma Ant
Khrushchev vows no war in bid for coexistence
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told a Polish miners’ rally that the Soviet Union would never start a war against any country. He boasted of missile power and claimed US forces cannot match Soviet tech while urging peaceful coexistence at a Communist conference.
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Stanley Johnson
Qosnowiec
Poland
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Berlin
Moscow
Khrushcheyv
Kittenish Woman Acts Younger Than She Looks
A playful description notes a woman who rarely appears her true age yet behaves consistently youthful. The item humorously contrasts appearance and demeanor, tagging her as stylishly ageless in a light civic culture context.
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Area Farm News
Comic Dictionary
Last-Minute Tax Try Fails in Special Session Clash
The Texas Legislature failed to approve the Senate tax plan as the House and Senate sparred over sales levies and natural gas pipeline taxes. Gov Price Daniel called a third special session to begin at 10 a.m. as talks stalled with 20 days of wrangling anticipated.
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Price Daniel
Senate
House
Daniel
Sen
R. A. Weinert
Seguin
Weinert
James. Cotten
Weatherford
70 MPH Speed Limit Bill Killed By House
The Texas House rejected a bill to authorize the State Highway Department to set 70 mph speed zones. The House, by a vote of WT9, defeated a House Senate conference committee report on Rep. Lews Anderson of Midland’s measure.
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Austin
UPD
State Highway Department
House-Senate
Lews Anderson
Midland
Third Missile Failure in Hours at Cape Canaveral
Thirteen space and missile attempts failed in hours at Cape Canaveral as a weather satellite rocket exploded seconds after launch. The Atlas ICBM and Polaris tests also encountered losses, with safety procedures ordering civilians to shelter as debris fell near a blockhouse.
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Air Force
Navy
Bank robber escapes with $41000 after binding police
A neatly dressed bandit boarded Patrolman Anthony Marsho’s cruiser in front of the Niles Bank, forced Judy Whitney to lie on the seat, drove to Stevens Park, and stole Marsho’s gun, the money, and their cuffs while binding him and Whitney with tape.
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Miss Whitney
Mckintey Federal Savings and Loan Co
Marsho
Mise Whitney
Marsio
Stevens Park
Marston
Marshe
Marnice
Riskey
Noice
Writer Dies in Yonkers at 72
Charles H Huff author of the Paleon detective series under the pen name Deevel Drake died at his Yonkers home Wednesday night at age 72.
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Yonkers
N.Y
Charles H Huff
Paleon
Deevel Drake
Weather Map Page 2 Lubbock Vicinity Forecast
Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers and little temperature change. Low 67, high 94. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph.
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Lubbock
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