Winter storm unloads 100 mph gales across Colorado and plains
The Associated Press reports a late winter storm roared across Colorado and Kansas with gusts near 100 mph causing extensive damage and grass fires. Snow totals reached 12 to 18 inches in the Black Hills and Rapid City, while blizzard conditions halted traffic from Wyoming to Wall South Dakota. Minor havoc extended into Missouri Illinois Indiana and Ohio River Valley flood areas with heavy rains and flooding. A Junction Illinois man drowned as a car was swept into a creek.
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Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio River
New England
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Rapid City
South Dakota
Wyoming
Wall
S.D
Wasta
S.C
Nebraska
Cape Girardeau
Salem
Ind
Equality
Ill
Madisonville
Dakotas
Nebraska Panhandle
Alaska Radar Spots Planes Over Alaska
Two Soviet reconnaissance planes crossed into U S air space over Alaska for about an hour late Thursday night prompting a formal protest from Washington. The intruders were intercepted by radar but not fired upon. Alaska officials urged stronger air defenses citing the need for upgraded protection along the northwest coast.
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U.S. Air Force
U.S
Washington
John M. Hightower Ashington
Russia
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Greenwich
Defense Department
Trail
Alaskan
Bering Sea
Russians Viewed Alaska Flight A Test Of Reflexes And Prestige
Analysts say the Soviet overflight aimed to probe U.S. defenses in Alaska and display power. They tracked radar response times and interceptor performance, noting the flight stayed near the coast and avoided clear photographic opportunities due to Arctic darkness.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Alaska
U.S
Atlantic
Pentagon
North America
Alaskan
Bering Sea
Grid fix charges touch off probes in college football
A Senate investigation and FBI inquiry open into allegations that Wallace Butts and Paul Bryant fixed a game. Georgia and Alabama probes unfold as state officials and the U S Senate study possible racketeering tied to college football. The Saturday Evening Post reports quotes an Atlanta man.
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United Press International
Irmingham
Ala
FBI
U.S. Senate
Georgia
Wallace Butts
Alabama
Paul
Bear) Bryant
Bernie Moore
Saturday Evening Post
Moore
of Georgia
Eugene Cook
Carl E. Sanders
Cook
Solons
Washington
Senate
Justice Department
Post
Atlanta
George
Nine Die In South Dakota Family Tragedy
In Mobridge South Dakota all nine family members were found dead in their home. Authorities reported no signs of violence and no suicide notes. The father Nelson Zephier 29 was found in a room corner the mother Alberta on the kitchen floor. The seven children aged 6 months to eight years lay in beds. Autopsies to be performed once roads reopen allowing transport to Aberdeen. Children named Debra 8 Donna 6 Diana 5 Donald 3 Dale 2 Darren 1 Darla 6 months.
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Mobridge
S.D
Theodore Deibert
Nelson Zephier
Alberta
Aberdeen
Debra
Donna
Diana
Donald
Dale
Darren
Darla
Spelling Bee Winners Crowned Across Howard and Terry Counties
Burma Gentry, 13, of Big Spring, won the Howard County Spelling Bee at Howard Junior College in Big Spring, with Jan Campbell as runner up. Twenty-one schools entered with champions and alternates. the event advances toward the 11th annual Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Spelling Bee.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Howard Lamb
Terry
Jan Campbell
Runnels Junior High
Big Spring
Campbell
Howard Junior College
Gregg Ryan
Center Point School
Alden Ryan
Burma
Gordon L. Gentry
Jan
Winfred Campbell
Picket Ban Ordered Against Union at Panhandle Santa Fe Yard
Judge Victor H. Lindsey signed a temporary restraining order barring United Packinghouse Food and Allied Workers Union Local 783 from interfering with Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Co operations near Furr s warehouse at 104 26th Street. Hearing held in 72nd District Court. order to be entered later. The union accused pickets of blocking switching tracks and causing secondary picketing. The order bars picketing on 23rd Street between Ave A and the tracks and forbids crossing tracks or hindering access to the area by railroad personnel.
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United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Co
Furr’s, Inc
Watehouse
26Th St
72Nd District Court
Lindsey
Farr
23Rd St
Ave. A
Blackwell Woman Killed In Traffic Crash
Mrs. Birdie Mote, 53, was killed early Saturday when her car was struck by a large transport truck and she was thrown from the vehicle. She was a post office clerk. Blackwell is about 30 miles south of Sweetwater.
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Blackwell
Killeed Blackwell
Birdie Mote
Posterties
Sweetwater
Reese Youth Admits Five Auto Thefts
An 18 year old Reese airman confessed to five car thefts on Friday and Saturday and implicated two others. He fled a patrol at 110 mph before being stopped near FM 1073 two miles north of W Fourth Street. The stolen bicycle? no. Cars stolen included a 1962 sedan owned by Roy Lee Thomas of Tahoka and cars of Joy Jarvis, C H Payne, Wayne Holt, and J W Wright. multiple recoveries followed. A burglary at Mary's Cafe yielded $10 in pennies. See YOUTH HELD Page 10.
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W. 4Th St
Lubbock Auto Co
Tahoka
Roy Lee Thomas
Arnett-Benson Theater
Joy Jarvis
Texas Tech
Crane Hall
Hurlwood
C. H. Payne
37Th St
Wayne Holt
64Th St
Broadway Church of Christ
J. W. Wright
Broadway
Carlisle
Avalanche- Jurnal
Mary's Cafe
13Th St
See
Substantial Fear of Cuba Subversion Across Latin Nations
Costa Rican Foreign Minister Daniel Oduber warned the Alliance for Progress cannot thrive in an America overrun by Cuba sponsored subversion. He urged a new hemispheric foreign ministers conference to isolate Cuba and pressed for action in meeting with President Kennedy and Central American leaders.
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United Press International
Jose
Daniel Oduber
Alliance For Progress
America
Kennedy
Inno Ae
Cuba
Octuber
Oduber
Manuel Ydigoras Fuentes
U. S
el Salvador
Escobar
United States
Man of many wrongs lent wit to Know-It-All line
A satirical quip defines a Know-It-All as a man claiming infinite knowledge of things that are not true. The joke hinges on the irony of professed certainty about endless errors. The short piece reflects light editorial humor amid columns.
Prayer for guidance in civic life and peace
A dated religious dedication asks Almighty God to direct all people including the rich and poor, workers and professionals, and those in government. It seeks to use everyone as instruments of peace in Christ’s name.
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Christ
Defense Officials Frustrated by TFX Probe Delays
Unnamed Pentagon officials say initial expectations of a brief inquiry into the TFX fighter contract favored General Dynamics over Boeing and that the investigation has grown into a major controversy now expected to last several more weeks. Senators Jackson and McClellan deny claims of a perfunctory probe.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Defense
TFX
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Defense Department
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Jackson
Boeing Co
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
McClellan Cne
Pentagon
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Steve) Magee
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State Department
William Egan
E. L. Bartlett
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Plains Farm News
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Littlefield
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Olton
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