Rockefeller Decries GOP Leadership and Calls for Stronger Defense
Rockefeller urged the president to state clear positions on major issues and criticized Eisenhower for lack of approval or objection. He warned of a weaker postwar world, urged a stronger defense with immediate funding, and criticized Democratic leadership as uncertain. He urged plain talk by party leaders to shape the party’s future.
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Rockefeller
Eisenhower
New York
Republican Party
Official photo released of Eichmann awaiting trial in Israel
The first official picture of Adolph Eichmann was released by the Israeli government on Wednesday. Eichmann, a Nazi who played a role in the execution of Jews during World War II, is in Israel awaiting trial. See Story Page 1, Sec. A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Eichmann
Eichmann
Israel
Sec
785 Officers Are Graduated At Annapolis
Annapolis Md AP reports 785 new officers were graduated from the Naval Academy. Henry Cabot Lodge urged them to back U S foreign policy on a difficult path to world peace. He warned of Khrushchev's attacks and the Kremlin press conferences as reminders of Soviet aims and the dangers ahead.
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Annapolis
the. At Academy
Armed Services
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
At Lodge
United Nations
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Lodge
Kremlin
Brazilian Mayor Visits Lubbock for Trade and City Tours
Uberlandia mayor Geraldo Motta Batista arrived in Lubbock and met with city leaders. He planned tours of Lenters Feed Lot, Supreme Beef Co., grain storage, Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds, and cottonseed oil facilities, with meetings at Texas Tech and West Texas Museum. Batista’s itinerary includes Oct incoming talks and a Sunday departure.
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Uberlandia
Minas Gerais
Brazil
Lubbock
Wenace
Avid C. Casey
Don Jones
Chamber of Commerce International Affairs Group
Geraldo Motta Batista
Plainsman
Lenters Heed Lot
Supreme Beef Co
Panhandle-South Plains Fairgrounds
Batista
Bryan Edwards
33Rd St
Texas Tech
West Texas Museum
Earthquake Shakes Tokyo Area Centered in Chiba Prefecture
A jolting quake rattled downtown Tokyo for a few seconds with no injuries or damage reported. The meteorological agency said the tremor centered 36 miles underground in central Chiba near Tokyo, registering 2 on the scale in Tokyo and Yokohama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UPI
Meteoro Agency
Chiba Prefecture
Yokohama
Republicans Back Nixon Viewpoints Amid Rockefeller Debate
National figures in both parties reacted to Gov Rockefeller's remarks on the GOP race. Senator Mundt defended Nixon's need to spell out differing views, while Senator Keating and House Leader McCormack urged Nixon to articulate positions publicly before the campaign heats up.
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New York
Rockefeller
Paul Butler
Thomas H. Kuchel
Senate
Nixon
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Chicago
Mundt
Kenneth B. Keating
RNY
House
John I W. McCormack
Massachusetts
First to wed from 1960 West Point class marries
Second Lt Michael T Plummer from Pacifica Calif leaves Holy Trinity Chapel at West Point with bride Miriam Olmedo of San Francisco. He is the first graduate of the 1960 class to marry after graduation. classmates form the arch of swords in the scene.
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Michael’ T. Plummer
Pacifica
Calif
Holy Trinity Chapel
West Point
Miriam Olmedo
San’Francisco
Severe storms lash Sweetwater region with hail and twisters
A fast moving storm system battered the Sweetwater area and surrounding Panhandle in West Texas. Hail as large as hen eggs damaged autos and roofs in Clarendon and tore through farm buildings near town. Winds up to 75 mph ripped through Paducah and Sweetwater, with glass breaks, downed power lines, and downed outbuildings reported. Reports describe tornado-like activity near Clarendon, Matador, and Lubbock area as heavy rain and fog reduced visibility and disrupted communications.
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Turkey
Tex
Hall County
Panhandle
Hall
R.C. Hill
Clarendon
Henry H. Mann
Mann
Paducah
Cottle County
Sweetwater
Avenger
Sweetwater Air Force Station
U. S. Highway 80
Nick Edge
South Plains
Post
Matador
West Texas Utilities Co
Paduleah
Doug Meador
Little Ranch
West Texas
Meador
Motley County
L. J. Bedwell
Quitaque
Kent Creek
Briscoe County
Bedwell
Roaring Springs
Lockney
Sterley
There
Providence
Lubbock
Hart
Hale Center
Olton
Cotton Center
Tulsa
Plainview
Kress
Friona
Bovina
Briscoe
Silverton
Memphis
Red River
Weather Bureau
Childress
Texas Panhandle
San Angelo
Betts Questioned in Slaying of Local Principal
Lester A. Betts, 37, is shown in Ano ka City Minnesota jail on Wednesday as he is questioned in the slaying of Carson Hammond, 33, elementary school principal. Betts formerly led the school PTA.
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Lester A. Betts
Anoka City
Minn
Carson Hammond
Betts
PTA
Births Celebrate Nine New Babies in Local Hospitals
Notices report multiple births from Lauf Clinic St Marys Hospital and West Texas Hospital. Several fathers hold jobs from Moss Gordin Lint Cleaner Co to Civil Air Service and Bolton Service Station. Parents include Graves Pacheco Whitney Warner Hamilton Castleberry Fredenburg Power Shelton Bone Lusk Hensley Berry. births span Tuesday to Wednesday evenings with weights from 6 pounds 2 ounces to 8 pounds 91/2 ounces.
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Julian Pacheco
6Th St
Lauf Clinic
Floyd Whitney Jr
Cornell
St. Mary's Hospital
Moss Gordin Lint Cleaner Co
John R. Warner
Castleberry
64Th St
West Texas Hospital
John CC. Fredenburg
Oscar Power
C&l Life Insurance Co
Jack Shelton
25Th St
Ben X. Keith Produce Co
Cecil Berry
Bolton Service Station
How Do Towns Get Their Names A Global Tale
United Nations AP reports on place names revealing humorous and sad origins. Examples include Punkeys Corner Ontario Nome Alaska and Rio de Janeiro misnamed as river mouth. The study by Mario Pel and Eloise Lambert in UNESCO Courier notes repeated names and multilingual roots across nations.
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United Nations
N.Y
Igo
Rio de Janeiro
Nome
Alaska
Mario Pel
Columbia University
Pel
Eloise Lambert
Unesco Courier
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Pei
New England
New York
Nueva Armenia
Honduras
Britain
Torpenhow Hill
Upper
American Men Embrace Bikini Trend in Moderation
In Los Angeles American men are donning bikini swimsuits at growing rates but remain more modest than women. Mayer Monroe of Jantzen Inc notes men imitate women yet prefer modified bikinis for tanning with restraint. He cites U S men as the most conservative in swimwear.
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Los Angeles
API
Mayer Monroe
Monroe
Jantzen Inc
Swe
U.S
American pilot safe after straying into East Germany during world gliding meet
Richard E. Schreder, 44, of Toledo Ohio, disappeared after radio trouble while flying in West Germany. He landed 19 miles east of Wismar in East Germany near a C-47 site, as East German authorities offered no direct contact. Schreder was one of 55 pilots in the third heat of the world gliding championships, which began six days earlier in Cologne.
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the Associated .Prean
Cologne
Germany
East Rmany
Richard ‘E. Schreder
Toledo
Ohio
Wismar
Mecklenburg
Schreder
West Germany
East Germany
Solon Repeats Victory Claim To Speaker Post
Rep Wade Spilman of McAllen reiterated his claim to win the speaker's post in the 57th Texas Legislature after runoffs. Jimmy Turman reported 21 of 34 nominated in the runoffs, while Spilman said he had at least 19 votes. Election requires a 76 vote majority when the Legislature meets in January 1961.
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House of Representatives
Spilman
Bursting Of Dam In Chile Feared
SANTIAGO UPI The 100000 residents of Valdivia faced near panic fearing a dam failure threatening millions of tons of water. Chile said flood danger would not be grave for seven to eight days as planes ships and trucks from several nations converge to move residents from the landslide blocked Lake Rinihue and the San Pedro River.
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Santiago
UPI
Valdivia
Chile
Rinihue
San Pedro
Convair Files Secondary Boycott Complaint in Atlas Walkout
Convair filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board charging a secondary boycott in the Atlas walkout case. The action targets the Machinists Union while the union keeps its strike against Atlas missile bases and ends talks with Lockheed Aircraft. The Tampa disclosure gave few details.
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San Diego
Calif
UPI
Convair
Lockheed Aircraft
National Labor Relations Board
Tampa
Fla
Mental illness tops diseases in U S hospitals
New York reports that the National Association of Mental Health says more people are hospitalized for mental illness than for polio cancer heart disease tuberculosis and all other diseases combined. Direct costs exceed 3 billion dollars annually in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
National Association of Mental Health
Association
United States
Littlefield Boy Advances In National Spelling Bee
Bob Ross of Littlefield, Texas advances to day two of the 33rd National Spelling Bee in Washington as 49 spellers endured the first day. The field included Rodger Cunningham of Huntington and Henry Feldman of Knoxville, with Texans Melody Lefan and Bob as the remaining Texas contestants.
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Benson S. Alleman
Bob
Delbert A. Ross. Littlefield
Rodger Cunningham
Huntington, W. Va
Herald-Dispatch
Henry Feldman
Knoxville, Tenn
News Sentinel
Melody Lefan
Fort Worth Press
Texas
Littlefield
Washington
Big Hotel
Mount Vernon
Baltimore Orioles
Washington Senators
Anchorage
Alaska
Midland Presbytery Elects Estes Lynn Moderator Nominee
In Midland, the Southwest Presbyterian Church elected layman Estes M. Lynn of Ballinger as moderator nominee for its sixth stated meeting. Dan F. Goodwin Jr. was named moderator for the opening session and will serve until next spring. The site for the January meeting was set for University Presbyterian Church in El Paso.
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Midland
Midland Presbytery of the Southwest
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Estes M. Lynn
Ballinger
University Presbyterian Church of
General Assembly
Charles Brinkley
Kermit
Thomas Brewster
San Angelo
David Zacharias
Lubbock
Joe M. Brown
Odessa
Wilase H. Neubauer
Amarillo
Paul Page
Eldorado
Arthur Brooks
el Paso
E. N. Owens
Colorado City
Tom B. Anderson
Homer C. Akers
Portales
N.M
Dan Goodwin
J. Allan Guthriel
Sonora
Don Wil
Iams
John Ballard
Joe Moss
Big Spring
C. H. Devaney
Coahoma
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Tommy Graves
Tahoka
Robert P. Hamilton
Methodist Hospital
Plains Co-Op Mill
Freddie Bone
15Th &T
American Window and Door Co
Don Lusk
Kenneth Hensley
33Rd &T
McFarland-Malsen Co
Hot. Springs
Ark
S.D
Stony Point
Veneanes Punta de. Piedras
Mis
U. S
Solon
Atlas
Nelson Rockefeller
White House
Littlefield Boy
Kenova
W. Va
Rodger
Quisling
William Pat Finnerty
Tenn
Norway
Finnerty
Alleman
Pat
Thebee
Scripps-Howard and
Mother News
Janet ‘Anne Lillie
Richardson, Tex
Janes
John Nelson
Houston
John
Oregon
California
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