Rusk Sees New Evidence in Cold War Talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk brought dramatic new space age military evidence to Geneva for talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. A successful U S antimissile test over the Pacific boosted U S leverage in Berlin, arms control, and the looming Laos pact ceremony with 12 other nations.
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Sec
Dean Rusk
America
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
U.S
Pacific
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Gromyko
Berlin
West Berlin
Laos
Kingdom of Laos
Southeast Asia
Estes Probe Witnesses Tie Farm Official's Murder to Policy
W. P. Mattox testified to Senate investigators that he was fired to protect Secretary Orville Freeman while Homer Garrison Jr. stated that farm official Henry Marshall had been murdered. The photo shows Mattox and Garrison during the probe.
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ESTES
W. P. Mattox
Senate
Serosa
Orville Freeman
Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Henry Marshall
Water District Hears Lubbock Demand for More Say
Lubbock County seeks greater representation on the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District board and calls for reduced expenses and a lower tax rate. County pays about 57 percent of district taxes, about 80 percent of which is from city property. District supporters argue city revenue aids public relations and jobs. critics warn of uneven burden.
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Mid Plains
Kenneth May
Avalanche Journal
MIO
England
Lubbock County
High Plains Underground Water Conservation District
Lubbock
High Plains
ATER
Zoning Board Allows Asphalt Paving at Station
The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a partial asphalt paving plan for the T. C. McLain Oil Co. service station at 3901 34th St. arguing asphalt is cheaper and quieter than concrete. The decision suspends the long standing concrete paving rule in a C-2 zone and directs continuation of the hearing.
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Zoning Board of Adjustment
34Th St
T. C. McLain Oil Co
Payne
Independent Oil Company
Cox to visit Lubbock area on two day GOP swing
Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Cox arrives at Lubbock Municipal Airport at 4 p.m. by private plane on his first area stop since the primary. He will visit GOP HQ downtown and attend a 8 p.m. reception at the Holiday Inn then campaign in Floydada Plainview and Brownfield before a dinner in Tahoka. He faces Democrat John Connally in November.
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Plainview
Brownfield
Tohoka
John Connally
Weed: The only plant a gardener can grow without seeds
A concise line from the comic dictionary notes that weed is the plant a gardener can grow without seeds. It frames weed as a natural self-sower in gardens, contrasting it with intentional planted varieties.
Three Explained Balloting By Machine Demonstrated
Roosevelt Community election judge backs secret balloting during a League of Women Voters demonstration. The event at the Municipal Garden and Arts Center drew about 75 residents and showcased three voting machine makes approved for Texas use.
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Bob Casperson
League of Women Voters
Precinct 1
Arch Lamb
Municipal Garden
State of Texas
Michal Ramsey
Bert Brewer
Avalanche-Journal
Roosevelt
Thelma Hampton
Rt. 1
Lubbock
House accepts stripped-down farm bill amid Senate clash
The House voted 229 to 163 for a reduced farm bill that continues voluntary wheat and corn programs for another year. Leaders urged compromise as the Senate backs the admin program, while House leaders remain uncompromising on farm legislation.
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Associated Press
Ashington
House
Senate
Wild Chase Gun Incident Probed Here
Police hunted a man after a high speed chase and a shooting in the 2800 block of 64th Street. A woman described as the target fled from a house, jumped into a red car with two men, and left before 8 p.m. Officers suspended the probe awaiting a complainant witness. See gun incident page.
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64Th Street
Pecos Man Admits Estes Charged Bills in Washington
Texas official W. P. Mattox testified before a Senate subcommittee that Bill Estes paid his travel costs during a week in Washington. He admitted Estes funded plane fares and hotel stays while aiding cotton allotments disputes tied to Pecos and Reeves counties.
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Mattox
Subcommittee
Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Agriculture Department
Holleman
John Dennison
Department
Pecos
Reeves
Texas
Jerry
Prayer for Forgiveness and Guidance in America
A devotional note calling for divine forgiveness and spiritual revival in America and Christian nations. It asks for guidance, courage, and wisdom for leaders both spiritual and political, and for the triumph of truth.
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America
DPS Seeks Murderer in Estes Scandal Case
Texas DPS announced Henry H. Marshall was murdered, not a suicide, in a letter to Judge Barron. Marshall, a U S Agriculture official linked to Billie Sol Estes cotton allotment cases, was found shot five times on his Franklin County farm in 1961.
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Marshall
Associated Press
U.S. Agriculture Department
West Texas
Franklin
Texas Ranger
Clint Peoples
Waco
Weather map page reports clear to partly cloudy forecast
The Lubbock area weather page notes southerly winds 15 to 25 mph, high temperatures in the mid 90s, and widely scattered thundershowers expected mainly in the early afternoon and evening. It spans cities from Abilene to El Paso with statewide temperature notes and regional forecasts.
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