Pope John XXIII dies as world mourns loudly
The 81 year old pope died at 7 49 p m after a four day struggle with illness. Vatican officials and family were at his side as bells tolled in Rome and around the globe. President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev expressed condolences and praise for his efforts toward peace and unity.
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Pilot Dies In Area Crash Near Spur
A Lehman Flying Service pilot Jerry Pettijohn 36 of Frederick Oklahoma died when his Piper spray plane crashed on takeoff from M M Edwards ranch six miles northeast of Spur. The aircraft flipped onto its back in a wheat field after the right wing dug in. Pettijohn had been spraying mesquite in the area for about three days and died shortly after being freed from the wreckage.
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Campbell Funeral Home
Prayer thanking bold men who praise Thee in public
A prayer from Mrs. Jesse Rasor of Lubbock thanks God for men of vision whose greatness and success come from Him. It asks for divine boldness to voice praise in front of national dignitaries and to seek the Lord fervently in Jesus name.
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News Clinic for Church Leaders Held in Lubbock
The first Religious News Clinic in Lubbock runs from 2 to 4 p.m. at Municipal Garden and Arts Center. Opal Dixon reports that church figures will discuss religion news with journalists, including The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal staff and guest speaker William P. Lamkin of Atlanta.
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Texas Tech
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Three Negroes Register at Texas A&M in Historic Step
Three African American students registered at Texas A&M College in College Station marking the first such admissions. Vernell Jackson George Sutton and Leroy Sterling pursue programs or degrees under the Texas A&M system with Sterling and Jackson living in Bryan and Sutton in Fort Worth. The move follows A&M board action to admit students regardless of race and later to admit women under specific staff or family conditions.
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Texas Southern University
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Techs 1963 graduation largest ever at 1060 Degrees
Ex-Texas Tech ceremony in Municipal Coliseum honors 1060 graduates, Dr. R C Goodwin presides as president. Dr Kenneth S Pitzer of Rice University delivers address The Great Voyage of Our Time. Honorary degrees go to William Thomas Doherty and Cal Farley with several doctoral awards presented.
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Alaska DC-7 Missing In Gulf Of Alaska Search Hampered
A Northwest Orient Airlines DC-7 with 101 aboard disappeared over the Gulf of Alaska. Debris seen by a Royal Canadian Air Force plane, but no positive identification. Heavy seas and winds hindered the search as weather limited air and sea assets. The craft carried 95 servicemen and dependents from McChord AFB to Elmendorf Field. No survivors were reported.
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Civil Rights Meeting Set to Seek New Oil Rights Legislation
President Kennedy planned to send a special message to Congress early next week to push strong new oil rights laws. He postponed action to hold crucial conferences with groups and Attorney General Kennedy to back civil rights measures. A White House meeting with 100 Southern business executives is set for today.
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Tech Board Names Panel to Study Museum Needs in Lubbock
The Texas Tech board of directors and West Texas Museum Assn agreed to form a study group to examine future museum needs in Lubbock, focusing on size location and financing. Manuel Debusk said the move does not commit the board to action.
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Tech Board
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Debusk and Museum Assn
Mark Hailey
Teach Board
Lubbock Municipal Water, Power and Light Co
Comte Dictionary America Describes Wealth Delusion
The piece comments on a nation with a high standard of living where many people can buy costly items on credit or credit-like terms. It notes social and economic tensions as households carry debt to access luxury goods, suggesting unease beneath apparent prosperity.
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Mexican rites spark crackdown after witch doctor burn
Reports from Villa Gran I Mexico say a woman described as a witch doctor was burned at the stake during a violent incident that left five others dead including two brothers, a farmer, a boy, and a policeman. Federal troops searched surrounding hills for sect members amid claims of a temple of sacrifice in a cave.
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Celina Salvana
Eleasor Solis
Weather Map Page Southwest Weather Preview
Precipence forecast for four hours ending at midnight lists cities including Phoenix Albuquerque Houston Dallas Amarillo Oklahoma City Roswell Yonds Wichita Falls and Lubbock with temperatures in the 60s to 90s and a small precipitation measure of .06 inches noted for the period.
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