Mau Mau Fighters Emerge From Mt Kenya After 14 Years
Two aged Mau Mau fighters known as Captain Kimotho Ngenya and Officer Kamina Guthuthwa surrendered to Kerugaya police after living in Mt Kenya forest for about fourteen years. They were unaware Kenya gained independence and believed British rule remained. The pair survived by hunting trapping raiding beehives and making fires by rubbing sticks. They were shown newspapers by an old man revealing Jomo Kenyatta as president.
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Independent
Marines claim smashing victory in northern South Vietnam
U S Marines report 570 enemy killed in two days of fighting in the Da Nang area, with 7 Marines dead and 139 wounded. Additional enemy bodies found, and U S air losses rise to 571 aircraft since operations began. Air strikes target convoy routes, bases, tunnels, and coastal supply areas in North and South Vietnam.
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Coast radio report mentions casualties
A fragment from radio Todelar cited by WTO news on Sunday mentions casualties in an unspecified coast event. No clear names, locations, or detailed facts are readable beyond noting deaths.
Johnson to Hold Talks in Washington Amid Mideast Crisis
The report notes Vice President R. Johnson era talks in Washington with Egyptian officials as Nasser rejects Western shipping freedom in the Gulf of Aqaba. In the Mediterranean a Soviet destroyer joins others near the crisis area while gunfire flares in Jerusalem and Egypt Iraq sign a mutual defense pact.
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Small Quake Felt In Mississippi Across State
A small earthquake shook a large area of north Mississippi Sunday morning for about half an hour during church services. No major damage or injuries were reported. The tremor was felt across much of the north half of the state and as far north as southwest Tennessee and Yazoo City in the south, with the delta region showing greatest intensity.
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Two British Planes Crashes Kill 160 in Weekend
Two British air disasters over a single weekend kill 160 people. An early Sunday crash near Perpignan, France, kills 88 aboard the ROR BORT flight. a Sunday night crash near Manchester's Ringway Airport, involving an Airways plane from Majorca, kills 72 and injures 22. Police and MPs call for immediate safety checks on aging planes used in summer service.
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Russians Renew Charge U S Bombed Soviet Ship
The Soviet press charged Washington shielded those responsible for an American attack on a Soviet cargo ship Turkistan near Cam Pha. DEMONSTRATIONS outside an American exhibit in Leningrad accompanied the allegations as Tass denied U S bombing claims.
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Prayer Words Rise In Quiet Hour
A contemplative fragment seeks divine guidance to brighten life and steady thoughts during a still hour. The speaker appeals for meaning and renewed inner glow through prayerful silence.
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Water Dogs Roam In Rain
Plains settlers ponder life as a fishlike amphibian crawls ashore and returns to water each spring to lay eggs. The feature, written by Tanner Laine, discusses water dogs or amphibians in prairie ecosystems and their ancient lineage.
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Avalanche-Journal
Plains
Pilot Dies As Plane Crashes At Paris Air Show
A Patrouille de France pilot was killed when his aircraft failed to pull out of a dive and exploded at the Paris air show. Spectators were unharmed. Earlier, a Mirage IV jet ignited and burst into flames during the same event.
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Twisters Hit Area Across Panhandle Plains
Severe storms blasted the Panhandle with tornadoes heavy hail and damaging winds. Twisters spotted north of Springlake south of Amarillo near Plainview and around Kress Browning power lines and unroofing a house. Utilities and roads disrupted as shelters filled and flood strains mounted.
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Mike Read
Avalanche-Journal
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Plainview
Amarillo
Springlake
Amarrillo
Brownfield
Kress
Burglary Spree Loots Sites and Vends Across City
Burglars hit two construction sites two businesses and a vacant house Saturday night in Lubbock. Tools worth about 1144 were taken from a site at 5521 20th St and 144 from Klein Development Co. at 3408 70th St. The Latin American man was bitten by a police dog after fleeing from 720 Mth St and 34th St. he was jailed awaiting charges. Three vending machines were looted at Mosier Steel Co. 2221 Erskine with an undetermined cash loss. A separate break in at 3506 20th St netted 56 in tools and equipment.
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John J. Emert
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Mth St
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Three Die In Crosby County Head On Crash
A Crosby County family of three returning from a reunion died in a head on collision on U S 82 near Farm Road 267. Loyd Earl White 46 wife Mrs Loyd White 41 and son Richie B White 18 died at the scene. Patterson 75 of Benjamin was injured and hospitalized with multiple injuries. Rites pending as bodies were moved to McCauley Funeral Home and then Carter Funeral Home in Ralls. Surviving relatives include two other sons and extended family in Lubbock Seymour Weatherford and Munday.
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Billy Lusk
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Carter Funeral Home
Ralls
James. Jones
Lubbock
Tom King
Tommy Crawford
Munday
Loran Patterson
Vera
Mrs Kennedy returns from London after Lady Harlech funeral
Mrs. John F. Kennedy arrived back in New York after attending the funeral in London for Lady Harlech wife of the British ambassador to the United States during the Kennedy administration.
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United States
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Weather Map Forecast for Lubbock Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warm with humid air and widely scattered late afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms through Tuesday. High near 90 and a low around mid 60s. Southeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph, gusty near storms with 2 percent rain chance.
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