West Texas Storms Drench Cities Causing Flooding
Rain and hail swept through West Texas and eastern New Mexico with up to 4 to 5 inches in Canyon and Plainview overflows. Dimmitt, Tulsa area highways flooded, and Amarillo Lubbock and San Angelo reported scattered hail and heavy showers. Bus and traffic disrupted as deluges broke drought in East Texas.
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Dimmitt
Tulsa
Canyon
Marin
Hart
Olton
Earth
Springlake
Muleshoe
Amarillo
Lockney
Wiley Rogers
REA
Levelland
Littlefield
South Plains
East Texas
Henderson
U. S. Weather Bureau
Longview
Texas
San Angelo
Lakeview Baptist Church
Charlie Dankworth
Paint Rock
Tereshkova and Bykovsky Orbit in Separate Flights
Miss Valentina Tereshkova and cosmonaut Bykovsky began a joint space mission with unofficial reports suggesting short interval landings within two days. The flight mirrors earlier Soviet efforts with Nikolayev and Popovich who orbited for four days and saw each other, while Tereshkova’s historic voyage sparked widespread jubilation in Moscow as television cameras captured her excitement and call sign Seagull.
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Nikolayev
Popovich
Tass
Moscow
Tereshkova
Bykovsky
Vostok V
Hawk
Miss Tereshkova
Soviet Union
Earth
Valentina Tereshkova
Red Square
Valery Bykovsky
U.S. Officials Debate Women Astronaut Training Plans
U S officials weigh priorities amid debate on women astronauts training. Senator Anderson stresses space program funding over women training while acknowledging some women astronauts will be trained. Colonel Glenn cites Soviet rumors of a woman cosmonaut, and questions surround potential space docking by cosmonaut and cosmonette.
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Clinton P. Anderson
DNM
Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee
Washington
Davis
U.S
Space Woman's Craft Observed Over France
Valentina’s Voskhod 6 was spotted over Paris by Meudon Observatory for about 30 seconds, described as star-like and bright enough to photograph. Reports mention a cosmonaut couple and engagement rumors tied to Valentina’s flight completion.
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France
Paris
Valentina
Meudon Observatory
Mountain flood and storm damage hit Rocky Mountain region
Flash flooding and snow battered Wyoming and Colorado towns including Lander Riverton Hudson and Thermopolis with dam worry near Big Horn Basin. Denver area hail and rain damaged property while wheat crops in Colorado plains were declared lost as officials logged inches of rainfall.
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Denver
Colorado Capital
Landers
U.S. 287
Riverton
Hudson
Lander
Wind River
Little Wind River
Thermopolis
Wyoming
Big Horn Basin
Colorado
Colorado Plains
Boulder
Colorado Rockies
Stapleton Airfield
Accidental shooting at Tea Room leaves man injured
Nathaniel Ellison, 30, of 2617 Elm St., was shot in the right hip in an accidental discharge near midnight at a Tea Room on 18th Street. He was listed in good condition at St. Marys Hospital. Ellison said his pistol discharged while handling it. A 28-year-old woman was arrested Saturday night on E. 19th Street for disturbance by fighting and by profane language after striking her husband with pruning shears.
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Gorky Street
Miss Tereshkva
18Th St
Nathaniel Ellison
Elm St
St. Mary’s Hospital
Ellison
19Th St
Crosbyton Man Involved In Single-Vehicle Crash
Crosbyton 20 year old Robin Baker Jr. was critically injured in a late Sunday one vehicle mishap seven miles northwest of Crosbyton on farm road 1471. Constable Loyd Fowler pursuing the car said Baker lost control at high speed and was taken to Crosby County Hospital.
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Crosbyton
Robin Baker Jr
Baker
Crosby County
Loyd Fowler
Crosby County Hospital
Plane Crash Kills Four New Mexicans
Four from an Albuquerque family were killed when their single engine plane crashed on a rural Moore County road three miles north of Robbins. Victims were Thomas E. Ribble 45 his wife Ann and daughters Pat and Linda. The crash occurred about 4 45 p m on Sunday.
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Southern Pines
N.C
Albuquerque
N.M
Moore County
Thomas E. Ribble
Ann
Pat
Linda
Robbins
Goldwater for President Push Builds in Montgomery
The Montgomery arms and stage show scene will back a Goldwater bid with a rousing display at an armory. Speakers include Texas Senator John Tower and Arizona Governor Paul Fannin. Peter O Donnell leads the Goldwater headquarters to line up delegates for the next year’s GOP convention while Tower plans a Denver trip to mobilize support. The draft Goldwater group accelerates as Dewey backs Rockefeller, prompting urgency in fundraising and strategy.
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Tional Guard
Texas
John G. Tower
Arizona
Paul Fannin
GOP
Peter O’donnell
Tower
National Committee
Denver
Barry
Thomas E. Dewey
Rockefeller
Draft - Goldwater
Local Birth Announcements From West Texas Hospital
Congratulations to multiple families on births at West Texas Hospital. The Faulkenberrys welcome a son eight pounds one percent ounces born Friday evening. Pittcocks report a daughter seven pounds four ounces born Friday night. Whitneys announce a daughter seven pounds nine ounces born Saturday morning. Butleres receive a daughter five pounds fifteen ounces born Friday night. Tates welcome a son six pounds 12 ounces born Sunday afternoon. Smiths greet a daughter seven pounds twelve ounces born Sunday morning. References list parental occupations and street addresses.
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Wayland Faulkenberry
Rt. 1
Floydada
West Texas Hospital
Edward Lee Pittcock
15Th St
Hancock Manufacturing Co
Floyd G. Whitney Jr
Layne Pump Co
Crash Kills 29 Tourists in Hungary
A Soviet built Ilyushin 14 charter airliner crashed in southeast Hungary killing 29 West German tourists and five or six crew. The plane was en route from Munich to Costanza Romania with a group bound for the Black Sea. A witness in Tothkomlos reported flames from the engines followed by an explosion.
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Budapest
UPD
Hungary
Ferihegy
Costanza
Romania
Munich
Black Sea
Tothkomlos
Sheriff's Theft Trial Is Reset for September 3
Anderson County Sheriff Jack Dismuke faces a felony theft trial reset to September 3 in Palestine Texas. Indicted on theft of $15 worth of steaks from a supermarket the case previously ended in a hung jury. County Attorney B F Hardgrave cited a key state's witness unavailability as the reason for the delay.
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Palestine
Tex
UPI
Anderson County
Jack Dismuke
Dismuke
B. F. Hardgrave
Hoover in Very Serious Condition Says Medical Bulletin
Former President Herbert Hoover, 88, remains in very serious condition from anemia. He is not in pain and resting quietly. Doctors report no further intestinal bleeding, but his heart action is somewhat irregular and he has a low grade fever.
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New York
UPI
Herbert C. Hoover
Hoover
Racial tensions flare as Negroes face church refusals and threats
Across cities, Negroes are turned away from Central Presbyterian and First Christian churches while clashes loom. Police monitor incidents during Sunday services as leaders warn of possible violence and authorities deploy National Guard in Cambridge and other towns amid calls for civil rights action and boycotts.
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Central Presbyterian Church
First Christian Church
Central Presbyterian
First Baptist Church
Washington
Associated Press
Senate
New York
Boston
James Farmer
The
Congress of Racial Equality
Harlem
Frederick J. Gillis
Martin Luther King Jr
Keuka Park
N.Y
Kennedy
Cambridge
J. Millard Tawes
Tawes
Clarksdale
Miss
Fire damages TNT Grocery from barbecuе equipment
A fire started in barbecuing equipment inside TNT Grocery at 1814 Ave E causing smoke damage after 9 p.m. Sunday. The store is owned by Earnest Williams of Lubbock. A separate traffic mishap at 50th St and Ave Q injured Faye Beck and Oscar Merreij Riemer, treated and released at West Texas Hospital. police investigated.
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TNT
1814 Ave. E
Earnest Williams
Lubbock
Faye Beck
Oscar Merre] Riemer
27Th St
50Th St
Ave. Q
West Texas Hospital
Spade Ranch ceremony recalls Texas cattle era leaders
Spade Ranch events honored early day pioneers and foremen with speakers from Hale Center Lubbock and Sweeny. Attendees included descendants of Tom Arnett and Norfleet, veterans Virgil Jones Ed Fort and W E Bird, and J Frank Norfleet who built the first house. History traces back to 1889 with Isaac Elwood and the origin of the Spade brand. cattle drives, land sales, windmill water solutions, and the 1924 market push are recalled.
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Spade Ranch
Ed Fort
Lovington
N. M
Virgil Jones
Hale Center
Texas Heritage Dept
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
A. B. Brown
Judge Bills
M. E. Kelley
Earth
Lamb County
W. E. Bentley
Sweeny
Tex
Tom Arnett
Alene Joplin
Tom Arnett III
Lubbock
J. Frank Norfleet
Mrs. Norfleet
Ed .Fort
N.M
Spade
Isaac Ewood
Texas
Renderbrook
Colorado City
Snyder Brothers
Ellwood
Hale
Hockley
Lamb
South Plains
Whitharral
Bovina
Norfleet
Arnett
Hale County
Dick Arnett Jr
George Arnett
Isaac Ellwood
W. L. Ellwood
Onde
E. P. Ellwood
Macmillan Faces Critical House of Commons Today
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, 69, prepared a key speech defending his government amid the Profumo scandal. He seeks to prove he acted with honor as Parliament weighs the crisis affecting the government, royal family, and succession plans while war minister John Profumo and others face court scrutiny.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
London
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
House of Commons
Elizabeth II
John Profumo
Eugene Ivanov
Christine Keeler
Profumo
Keeler
Stephen Ward
Stephen Ward, the Society Osteopath
Ward
Sir Winston Churchill
Elizabeth Taylor
Sunday Citizen
Queen Elizabeth
Osteopath
Prince Philip
Duke of Gloucester
Earl of Snowdon
Margaret
Marina
Alexandra
Laboriites
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Abernathy
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Rowlett
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Weather Bureau
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Fort Worth
South
Russia
Forest Service
Stockmore
Salt Lake City
Pope, Agie River
Fremont County
Mel Hallam
Crosby
Montgomery
Andrew Cook Butler
3Rd St
Hatcher
Heath Trucking Co
Eddie Tate
Walnut St
Methodist Hospital
Hillcrest Country Club
Mark Smith
St. Andrew's
St. Andrew’s
Christopher Keller Jr
Col. Bykovsky
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