Storms Batter Andrews and Downstate Hit by Lightning
Storms drenched Andrews with more than 4.50 inches as roofs collapsed and a heart attack struck W. M. Harvey bowling alley owner Harvey during the peak of the downpour. Winds of 70 mph battered the region, a trailer overturned near Houston, and a 1 year old boy died near Port Arthur as several tornadoes touched down in Texas. A church and courthouse offices flooded as waters rose in the downtown area and weather warnings continued into the morning.
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Everett Grose
Avalanche-Journal
Andrews
W. M. Harvey
Harvey
Andrews County
Texas
Port Arthur
San Antonio
Beaumont
Houston
Fred Koehler
South Plains
UN Security Council debate over Congo crisis sharpens
U N ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge warned the Security Council that the United States will act to prevent any Soviet military intervention in the Congo. He urged unity with UN members to block any force not requested by the UN and to preserve Congo stability. Kuznetsov accused Belgium of strangling the republic, citing Belgian rocket-equipped planes and troop fortifications as he pressed for action to remove Belgian forces.
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Milton Besser
Ited Nations
N. Y
United R Ed
Congo
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Security Council
United States
United Nations
Lodge
Dep‘oreign
Vasily V.soy
Kuznetsov
Republic of the Congo
Moscow
Belgium
Congo Republic
Brussels
UN Debates Plane Incident Between US and USSR
United Nations Security Council to open debate Friday on the shoot down of an American RB-47 reconnaissance plane by the Soviet Union. Council president Ambassador Jose Correa of Ecuador announced the 3 p.m. session. The USSR says the plane was armed on an espionage mission and downed in Soviet waters. the United States says it was mapping over international waters.
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United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
U.S
Council
Jose Correa
Ecuador
U Nation Council
Soviet Union
United States
Poll results cited as Nixon clings to nomination
A NY governor Rockefeller draft possibility looms as Nixon leads in polls but Kennedy poses a strong threat. Brinton cites five key states California New York Pennsylvania Illinois Texas where Nixon trails behind Kennedy needing three wins to secure 270 electoral votes. The Rockefeller question remains open while Republicans gauge the race.
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Tess Ncago
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
William M
Brinton
San Francisco
Nixon
Rockefeller
Sen
Johan Kennedy
Massachusetts
California
Pennsylvania
Llinaisland
Texas
Ex Minister Blamed Gambling for Supermarket Robberies
Donald Hardage 22 a former Abilene Christian College graduate and Dallas Church of Christ minister led a six man gang in two Park Forest supermarket holdups totaling 30000 dollars He said gambling ruined him and he planned to plead guilty He faces $10000 bond and arraignment next week while authorities detail a string of losses to stocks and oil leases and the gang's capture after a third failed attempt.
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Donald Hardage
Dallas
Chicago
Associated Press
Hicago
Jacksonville
Fla
Hardage
Abilene Christian College
California
Dallas Church of Christ
Mardage
Florida
Las Vegas
Weld
Park Forest 1
Jed
Congo Evacuees Due In Capital
AP reports Congo evacuees to arrive in the capital aboard USAF transports. Defense confirms 122 evacuees on the first flight and 133 on the second, including 38 women 35 children and 60 men. Globemaster aircraft to land at Andrews Air Force Base. Police disperse Guatemala street demonstrations with tear gas and air attack scenes referenced.
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Iatemala
Guatemala
Conair
Defense Department
Department
United
Red Cross
Ates
CAA
Andrews Air Fore Base
Stout
Woman Resists Sharing Clothes in Domestic Clause
A woman agrees to share all with her husband except her clothes closet. The brief note appears amid a page of features and columns in the women’s news section.
Nuclear deterrent seen as Polaris missile test hailed
The Associated Press reports a submerged submarine off Cape Canaveral fired Polaris missiles. Two dummy warheads were launched, marking a step in the U S nuclear deterrent program. The Navy announced the test as a success and noted the missiles departed from an atomic-powered submarine.
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George Washington
Gulf Stream
Ike
Cmdr
Osborn
Eisenhower
Braevy
U.S
Western fires sweep four states under 80 mph winds
A massive outbreak of fires driven by up to 80 mph winds burned thousands of acres across Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and California. About 1,500 people were evacuated as 19 homes destroyed and 55,000 acres charred in California alone, with the largest blaze near San Simeon threatening Hearst Castle.
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Pram
Avalanche-Journal
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
Big Pines
San Bernardino Canyon
Glen Helen Ranch
San Bernardino County
San Simeon
Hearst Castle
California Forestry
Angeles National Forest
Sim Jarre
Kamiah
Los Angeles
Sunland-Tujunga
Blast toll climbs as fourth victim sought in grain incident
Brownfield Texas residents and company officials confirmed C L Burden 25 had no chance of survival as search efforts continued through the night for a fourth victim of Tuesday’s grain elevator explosion. The blast at Goodpasture Grain & Mill Co left multiple workers missing and injured, with rescue teams laboring amid rubble and tonnage of stock.
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Kennarakutche-Journal
Irownfield
C.L. Burden
Grady Goodpasture
Florida
Catania
Sicily
Timates
Prurope
Wein Iin
Crdytoatesin
Lecce
Harley Bolles
Goodpasture Grain & Mill
Jing Co
Terry
Theodore I. Sanders
Brownfield
Philip Reeves
Cotton Valley
Evi
M. J. Parson
San Antonio
Wallace
Taylor Tokio
Burden
Goodpasture Grain’ &° Milling Co
Kenneth May
Horse Involved In Illicit Liquor Load Arrest Case
Crosbyton officers and liquor control agents pursued a car near Crosbyton, finding 10 cases of beer and a case of whisky in the trunk. A Western styled driver, Victory Vern Cox, 38, faced charges of transporting liquor and posted a $500 bond. A horse was secured in a barn after the incident.
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Dunlap
Russell
Buffalo Bill
Crosbyton
Vern Cox
Crosby County
Weather outlook for Lubbock area with later thunderstorms
Clear to partly cloudy and warm today with widely scattered late afternoon and evening thunder showers. Winds mainly from the south at 10 to 20 mph.
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Lam. van Lae
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