FBI Says Gun Aided Arrest in Evers Slaying
United States agents arrested Byron De La Beckwith in Greenwood Mississippi on a federal conspiracy charge linked to the June ambush slaying of Medgar Evers in Jackson. Beckwith, a White Citizens Council member, offered no resistance and faces arraignment soon with FBI tracing fingerprints and a Golden Hawk telescopic sight to the weapon. Evers, Mississippi field secretary of the NAACP, was a leading figure in voting rights drives and civil rights complaints to federal authorities.
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Mississippi
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Board Differs On City's Tax Base
The Lubbock board of tax equalization debates real estate versus personal property values amid fears that lowering estimates could raise base taxes or trigger new charges. Members warn drastic cuts in services may be the only alternative. The panel, 12 citizens appointed by the City Commission and school board, seeks tax equity but faces a tough, ongoing struggle over valuations and governance.
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Lubbock
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Tax Board of Equalization
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Otis Maner
Elmer Tarbox
Homer Hall
Robert Allen Hill Jr
Winston Robertson
Don Osborne
Aubrey Faulkner
W. R
Bill) Watkins Jr
Watson Carlock
H. L. Kelly
Buddy Hughes
Carlock
Pope Paul VI Pledge To Follow John’s Policies
In his first world message Pope Paul VI pledges to pursue John XXIII’s paths by urging an end to nuclear war and the pursuit of social justice and brotherly love. He promises to continue the Vatican Council to adapt the church to future human needs and speaks of hope to Catholics behind the Iron Curtain.
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Fatal crash stalks funeral party in West Texas
A nineteen year old Linda Sue Jones of South Dakota died after a pickup truck crash near Idalou while returning from Floydada to attend her father’s funeral. Six others were injured in the two car collision at U S 62 and FM 400, with one other death and ten injuries reported in a separate later crash.
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Doc) Jones
Midland
S.D
Lubbock
Tate Jones
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Tahoka
Marvin Kenneth Morrison
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Ralls
Irma Morrison
Lorenzo
Avril Hutchins
Dymock
England
Earl Bartley
Jones
U.S
Floyd County
S.C
Quinn
Gene Edward Jones
Dale Cleveland
Florada
Hutchins
A&M Cadet Corps adopts military command structure
Texas A&M College switches from civilian cadet to military commandant under President Earl Rudder amid student resistance to ROTC. Cadets gain more leadership training and the change aims to save about 60000 dollars annually. Col. Joe E. Davis becomes commandant as the college proposes two new advanced degrees in agricultural engineering and urban planning subject to approval.
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Rudder
Corps of Cadets
Joe E. Davis
Texas Commission On Higher Education
University of Texas
Slaton High School Ex-Students Reunion Brings Reminiscence
The Slaton High School Ex-Students reunion draws 400 with dozens of reunions from the classes of 1915 to 1962. Former students recall pranks, dance styles, and a day of memories ending with a Saturday night dance and old stories shared in the junior high building.
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Avalanche-Journal
Laton
Slaton High School
Bruce Gentry
Lubbock
Bob Englund
Glenna Williams
Slaton
Ralph Mabry
Hazel Bruner
Petersburg
Charlie Smith
Judge Frees E. B. Hearn in Hot Oil Slant Well Case
Federal Judge Joe Sheehy acquitted E. B. Hearn on all counts in a dramatic Saturday session amid the long hot oil slant well trial. Hearn Jr and Daryl Gaumer remain defendants with Associates Drilling Co. of Longview. The case involves drilling a slant well to move oil across state lines and falsified reports to the Federal Petroleum Board. The trial resumes Monday with remaining defendants.
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Associated Press
Tyler
Joe Sheehy
E. B. ‘Hearn
Hearn
E. B.hearn Jr
Daryl L. Gaumer and
Federal Petroleum Board
Longview
Houston
Sheehy
E. B. Hearn
E. B. Hearn Jr
Congressman a representative more extravagant in the House
The item notes a congressman who politicians legislate boldly in Congress yet appear less flamboyant in private life. It reflects on public persona versus private behavior and suggests a contrast in style between official duties and home life.
Seminole Man Shot At Dallas Drive-In Restaurant
A. J. Allen 51 of Seminole was shot to death at an east Dallas drive-in restaurant while talking with a woman. She, identified as his estranged wife, fired five rounds with a small caliber pistol and was taken to police headquarters.
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A. J. Allen
Seminole
Allen
Prayer text from anonymous source
A short prayer asking God to help believers look up and see glory in serving Him. It requests faith to mount up and closes in Jesus name.
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Jesus Name
President Kennedy Begins Europe Tour From Washington
President Kennedy starts a 10 day mission to Europe to promote goodwill in the Atlantic community. He flies from Andrews Air Force Base to Wahn Airport West Germany for four days of receptions and speeches from Bonn to Berlin.
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Berlin
Washington
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Russia
Valentina Tereshkova
Valery Bykovsky
Lee Kennedy
Kennedy cautions Negro leaders on Washington march
President Kennedy urged restraint in Negro leadership over a planned Washington march while signifying no halt to protests unless civil rights legislation is blocked by a Senate filibuster. Leaders remained committed to peaceful, broad demonstrations seeking reform with potential August mass action.
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Weather map note for Lubbock vicinity thundershowers possible
Partly cloudy in Lubbock and vicinity with a chance of late afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highs in the 90s. Winds southerly at 10 to 20 miles per hour.
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