Four Die In Wreckage Of NM Plane Near Clines Corners
An Albuquerque pilot located the almost intact single engine plane wreckage one mile east of Clines Corners New Mexico. All four aboard were killed including Gerald Miles and his wife, Al Lindsey of Albuquerque and Harry Ingman of Lubbock. The crash site was found after a tip from a motorist, hindering earlier searches due to thick brush and bad weather.
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Avalanche-Journal
Lines Corners
N.M
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Civil Air Patrol
U.S. 66
Gerald Miles
al Lindsey
Harry Ingman
Lubbock
Erwin C. Bartow
Pope John XXIII In Slow Death At Vatican City
Pope John XXIII, aged 81, slipped toward death on the fourth day of his suffering at the Vatican. Crowds of faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square as Vatican officials reported his slow decline and doctors said his strength resisted death for now amid prayers in many languages.
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Atican City
John XXIII
Vatican Radio
Vatican
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St. Peter's Basilica
Pope John
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Three Held In Breakin
Three people were jailed in Lubbock on Sunday as suspects in a Santa Fe Railway Co. box car burglary earlier that day. A 21 year old man was caught with seven beer cans in a belt by agent J A Greene during the break in and fled with another man who was later found not to be involved. A 51 year old woman and a second 21 year old man were also detained, with the woman held for investigation of receiving and concealing stolen property.
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NHREE
Greene
Cecil Brown
Bob ‘Tedder
Brown
Levelland
Broadway
Ave. A
Crop Loss Heavy In Hale Sections
Severe storms spawned at least seven tornadoes across the Hale Center and Hale County area with damaging hail and heavy rains. Five tornadoes were confirmed by the Department of Public Safety as locals in Hale Center and Lockney sought shelter and assessed crop losses across about 100 square miles. No injuries were reported by midnight.
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Leon Fleming
South Plains
Lockney
Hale Center
Department of Public Safety
Tormdo
Hale County
Tashway
Lubbock
DPS
Lubbe
Lockneyecame
Aiken
Anton
Proba
Heavy Rain Expected to End Plains Floods After Week
The South Plains faced torrential rain from Thursday through Sunday as a cold high pressure system lingered from Canada. Rain totals reached about 10 inches with hail and tornadoes. By Sunday the high shifted eastward, forecast to diminish its grip and bring clearing, while a stationary front nears the region.
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Matador
Villian
South Plains
Canada
mid-Mississippi
Ohio River
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico
New Mexico
Texas
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Pressure increases as Congress urged to pass civil rights laws
A weekend chorus of civil rights talk signals mounting pressure for fast desegregation laws to curb direct action violence. Republicans and a Democrat from both races urged new measures to deter Negroes from mass demonstrations, while the Pope argues in Tallahassee and Birmingham. The White House plans a two bill package expected this week.
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Gainesville
Fla
Jackson
Miss
Tallahassee
Birmingham
George C. Wallace
Alabama
University of Alabama
Wallace
New York
Kennedy
Blaze at Atlas missile site in Roswell continues
The Atlas missile site near Roswell remains ablaze after an explosion on Saturday. No nuclear warhead was at the site, and the crew escaped unharmed. The missile inside a 175 foot silo was destroyed as flames fed by ruptured oxygen and fuel tanks raged at the base.
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Aps
Walker Air Force Base
Walker
H. M. Childress
Childress
Flood Victim Jearrel Crowson Body Found Near Tahoka
The body of 23 year old Jearrel Crowson was found in about four feet of water on submerged Farm Road 400 between Tahoka and Wilson. Crowson, last seen Friday evening, left his home for Tahoka. his car was later found nearly submerged. Lynn County authorities report the body located by a wading boy, and the car pulled from the water Saturday morning. Crowson’s funeral will be held Tuesday at First Baptist Church of Wilson with burial in Eaglewood Cemetery. He is survived by his parents, a brother, three sisters, and grandparents.
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Tahoka
Wilson
Here
Jearrel Crowson
A. N. Growson
Tohoka
Lynn County
Norvell Redwine
Crowson
Williams Funeral Home
Slaton
Tahoka Lake
First Baptist Church
Psychiatrist Cartoon Defines a Learned Healer
A comic dictionary item presents a humorous take on a psychiatrist who profits from his own experiences and, more so, from the experiences of others. The quip highlights the profession's knack for turning insights into gains.
Tech graduates hear call to discipline in largest TTU class
The largest Texas Tech graduating class is urged to use discipline as a tool for discovery during baccalaureate services.Dr. J. P. Allen challenged graduates as 1,056 students prepare to receive degrees at tonight's commencement in Municipal Coliseum. Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer of Rice University will deliver the main address on The Great Voyage of Our Time. The Tech board meets in the president's office and later with West Texas Museum Assn. to discuss finances and bids while top undergrad students are named.
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Tech
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Avalanche-Journal
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Rice University
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Reserch
AEC
West Texas Museum Assn
Astronauts Train For Jungle Survival In Panama
America’s 16 astronauts traveled to Albrook Air Force Base in the Canal Zone for four days of jungle survival training. They will practice solo navigation in three groups under instructor supervision and may learn to eat iguana, monkeys, and jungle insects as part of the field course. They previously completed water survival and desert training.
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Chagres River
United States
NASA
Man Killed in West Odessa Two Car Collision
Kenneth Wayne Butler 24, attached to the U S Navy and Marine Corps Training Center in Lubbock, died in a rear end crash on U S Highway 80 four miles west of Odessa at 12 40 a m Sunday. The car he drove overturned twice and he was thrown beneath it. Injured were Mrs Stormy Allen Bruckner 23 of Valdosta Georgia her 20 year old husband and a passenger Thomas Iwao Fujikawa Air Force from New York City. They were treated and released at Medical Center Hospital. Butler lived at 4708 37th Street Lubbock and was a Sharpsville Indiana native. Funeral arrangements were pending Sunday night at Ricks Funeral Home in Odessa.
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Kenneth Wayne Butler
U.S. Navy
Marine Corps Training Center
Lubbock
Here
Butler
Medical Center Hospital
U.S
Stormy Allen Bruckner
Valdosta
Thomas Iwao Fujikawa
Air Force
New York City
37Th St
Sharpsville
Ind
Ricks Funeral
Yacht Morning Star Sinks After Mayday Call
The yacht Morning Star radioed the Coast Guard that it was sinking fast with five aboard about 250 miles northeast of Nassau. A rescue plane found no sign of the vessel or survivors, and later reports indicated the yacht was not at its reported position, leaving the fate of the five aboard unknown.
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Miami
Fla
Morning Star
Coast Guard
Nassau
Bahamas
Prayer for guidance and eternal life shared anonymously
A brief devotional prayer asks for divine guidance from the Precious Lord and to spread the gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus. An editor's note invites readers to submit prayers under 69 words.
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Jesus
Memorial Day Highway Death Toll Breaks Records
United Press International reports a Memorial Day four day period yielding more than 500 traffic fatalities nearing the 1961 record of 462. The tally includes 501 road deaths, 111 drownings, 11 boating, 20 plane, and 96 miscellaneous mishaps totaling 739. California and New York lead with 58 and 42 deaths respectively.
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HK Nation
National Safety Council
Kalamazoo
Mich
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New York
Texas
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Weather Outlook for Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy with widely scattered thunderstorms likely and a bit warmer. High near 84 degrees, low around 60, conditions favor late day thunderstorm activity.
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Lubbock and
Vicinty
Lubbock
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