Fog Shrouded Collision Off Golden Gate Kills Japanese Seaman
A collision 30 miles at sea between the Kokoku Maru and the Asterion ripped a hole in the Kokoku Maru killing fireman Shigeru Kamaishi and injuring two others. Forty four aboard the Asterion suffered no injuries as she limped to port. Coast Guard cutters aided in rescue as Kokoku Maru was towed.
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San Francisco
Asterion
Golden Gate
United States
U.S. Military Transport Service
George B. Harris
Shigeru Kamaishi
Coast Guard
Three Africa Nations To Seek Federation
Kenya Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta Uganda Premier Milton Obote and Tanganyika President Julius Nyerere agreed to pursue a political federation of Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika this year. The declaration pledged a policy favoring East Africa federation as a path to broader Pan African unity.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Uganda
Tanganyika
Jomo Kenyatta
Milton Obote
Julius K. Nyerere
Kenyatta
East Africa
Venue Change Ordered in Teen Murder Trial
Eastland district judge moved Nathan Curry’s murder trial from Eastland to Palo Pinto 29th District Court, with trial set for Oct. 14. Defense argued for Breckenridge venue citing prejudice. juror pool had 89 questioned with 12 needed. Curry, 17, is charged in the July 28, 1961 stabbing death of Florence Hussey, Cisco church secretary. He remains free on a $10,000 bond.
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Eastland
Nathan Curry
Cisco
W. J. Oxford
Palo Pinto
Oxford
John Watts
Watts
Palo Pinto County
Breckenridge
Curry
Reformatory
Gatesville
Abilene
Claude Simmons
Mrs Norton to attend language program at Hockaday School
Mrs S H Norton of 2625 25th St will leave for Dallas for a language research and training program at Hockaday School through June 15. Norton, a former Hutchinson Junior High School teacher, joins a program aiding children with reading difficulties. Police sought a Latin American man after shots were fired at a car on the 2000 block of 4th St. passenger Zoila Trevino was injured but not hospitalized.
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S. H. Norton
25Th St
Dallas
Hockaday School
Norton
Hutchinson Junior High School
Lubbock
4Th St
Justa Gomez
N. Sherman Ave
Zoila Trevino
Vernon St
John Roberson
Hefner Faces Obscenity Charges Over Mansfield Photos
Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner was charged in Chicago with obscenity for publishing nude Jayne Mansfield photos in the June Playboy. Mansfield, reached in Hamburg, Germany, said beauty of the body cannot be obscene and Hefner argued the images are not obscene. Hefner's arrest, he claimed, would boost sales rather than curb them.
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Chicago
UPI
Playboys
Hugh Hefner
Jayne Mansfield
Hefner
Playboy
Bunnies
Miss Mansfield
Hamburg
Germany
United States Plans Mars Twin-Bill Flyby Probes
The U S plans a two launch Mars flyby mission in autumn 1944 using Atlas Agena boosters and 570 pound payloads to reach within about 14 000 miles of Mars on a fly by. The mission aims for first close up images and interplanetary space data with high‑resolution TV cameras.
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Frank Carey Denver
United States
Mars
Red Planet
Earth
American Astronautical Society
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Scientifc
NASA
Hopkins Services Set At Tahoka
Funeral services for Ray A. Hopkins 49 of Tahoka are set for 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. Tommy Allen and Rev. James Efird officiating. Burial in Tahoka Cemetery under White Funeral Home direction. Hopkins a former car dealer and autos sales man died Monday in a Albuquerque veterans hospital after a long lung illness from WWII. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and member of OOF and Masonic orders. Survivors include wife Wanda and two sons Glenn and Donnie of the home and his mother Mrs E Hopkins of Lubbock. Tahoka Masonic Lodge will be pallbearers.
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Tahoka
Ray A. Hopkins
First Baptist Church
Tommy Allen
Hale Center
James Efird
White Funeral Home
Hopkins
Albuquerque
OOF
Wanda Hopkins
Glenn
Donnie
E. Hopkins
Lubbock
Tohoka
W E Baze Rites Set At Snyder
William Edward Baze 84 died Wednesday in Cog dell Memorial Hospital. Rites at First Christian Church Snyder at 10 a m Friday with Rev Allen C Lynch officiating. Burial Snyder Cemetery. Survivors three sisters and three brothers. Pallbearers nephews.
Funeral Set Friday For Charlie Chatman
Funeral services for Charlie Chatman of 2012 Juniper are at 3 p.m. Friday at New Hope Baptist Church after a long illness. Burial follows Sunday in a Mexia cemetery under South Plains Funeral Home. Survivors include brother Dr. J A Chatman and three daughters Edwina Fury Charlie B King and Ruth Thurston and a son Joe.
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New Hope Baptist Church
Charlie Chatman
Juniper
Mexia
South Plains Funeral Home
J. A. Chatman
Cedar Ave
Edwina Fury
Charlie B. King
Pittsburgh
Ruth Thurston
Coffeyville
Kan
Joe
Longview
Argentine Passenger Car Output Rises
Buenos Aires reports an uptick in passenger car production and output levels in Argentina as manufacturers show improved demand and factory activity during the period.
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Buenos Aires
Argentine
Barnes Funeral Set At Stanton
Amos Thorton Barnes 61 a Stanton resident since 1958 died at 1 05 p m Wednesday at a Big Spring hospital Services set for 4 p m Friday at First Baptist Church with Rev W H Uhlman officiating Burial in Evergreen Cemetery under Arlington Funeral Home direction Survivors include wife Mary four sons Stanley Richard Johnny Donal Odessa a daughter Mrs William Boggs Levelland three brothers E E Tyler C E Brownwood Roy Grass Valley Calif four sisters Mrs Verdie Sharp Gustine Mrs Addie Faulkenberry Rising Star Mrs Mannie Lillie Lane San Diego Calif and Mrs eight grandchildren
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First Baptist Church
W. H. Uhlman
Evergreen Cemetery
Arlington Funeral Home
Barnes
Johnson County
Caprock Electric Co-op
Stanton
McCauley
Mary
Stanley
Richard
Johnny
Donal
Odessa
William Boggs
Levelland
E. E. Tyler
C. E. Brownwood
Roy
Grass Valley
Calif
Verdie Sharp
Gustine
Addie Faulkenberry
Rising Star
Mannie Lillie Lane
San Diego
Harris
Blythe
Grow, Keep the Urge to Progress in Life
A short exhortation by Julien C. Hyer urging growth in body, mind, and spirit. The piece cites 1 Peter 2 2 and emphasizes continual progress as essential to life and soul, warning that standing still leads to decay and loss. Hyer stresses striving to grow in all aspects of self.
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Peter
Julien C. Hyer
Rites For Floydada Student Delayed By Weather
Floydada resident Doyce Elwyn Stephens 21, Wayland College student, was killed in a Oregon traffic accident on Monday near Ontario while returning from Seattle with Miss Nola Martin. Services postponed due to bad weather delaying body transfer. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. F F Stephens of Floydada and five siblings.
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Floydada
Doyce Elwyn Stephens
Oregon
Harmony Funeral Home
Stephens
Ontario
Ore
Seattle
Nola Martin
Wayland ‘College
Mrs Churchill Rites Set Friday in Slaton
Mrs Pauline Churchill dies enroute to Spokane visiting daughter. Service at 2 p.m. Friday at Church of Christ with Roy Verner officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home direction. Survivors include daughter Mrs Dorothy Height, two sisters Mrs Leora Graham and Mrs Albert Zettle.
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Slaton
Colombo
Ceylon
Church of Christ
Pauline Churchill
Spokane
Wash
Roy Verner
City of Lubbock
Williams Funeral Home
Dorothy Height
Sree See Ie
Leora Graham
Helsinki
Lubbock
Albert Zettle
Foreign Exchange
Silverdale
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Resthaven Memorial Park and Mausoleum
Levelland Highway
Rix Life Insurance CO
Neat
Aeseave Porter
Jayne
W. E. Baze
Snyder
William Edward Baze
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
First Christian Church
Allen C. Lynch
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Funeral Home
Baze
Union Pacific Railroad
San Angelo
J. L. Suits
Petersburg
John Johnston
Inez Brown
Jim
A. Boss
John
Amos Thorton Barnes
Big Spring
F. F. Stephens
Rt. 3
Mrs. Churchill
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