Two Jets Fire On Floridian Near Cuba Reported
The U S motorship Floridian in international waters off Cuba reported two unidentified jet aircraft fired bursts across its bow and stern but did not strike. CINCLANT ordered jets to area as Floridian, escorted by U S planes, heads to Miami due about 7 a m tomorrow.
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Coast Guard
U.S
Cuba
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Miami
Washington
U. S
Ala
United States
Kennedy
Defense Department
Caribbean
Paris Jackson
Benjamin Washington
National Security Council
Castro
State Department
Khrushchev
Baku
Caibarien
Havana
Tass
Soviet Union
Six Texas minors admit robbery spree in Sparks Nevada
Six heavily armed Texas youths including two girls were arrested in Sparks Nevada after admitting a robbery burglary spree linked to Portland Oregon Eureka California. investigators say 20 guns were found in their car motel and belongings. Authorities from Fort Worth and San Antonio area identified three suspects by name while two girls and a 16-year-old boy were held at juvenile hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks
Nev
Texas
Robert J. Galli
Portland
Ore
Eureka
Calif
Galli
Sidney Edward Nelson
Woody Leon
Beggs
Frank Marion Keith
Fort Worth
Stephenville
Amarillo
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Reno
Keith
Nelson
Gallie
San Francisco
Negro pilot asks Supreme Court to force Continental hiring
Marlon D. Green, an Air Force veteran and self-identified Grissom classmate, petitions the Supreme Court to compel Continental Air Lines to hire him as a pilot. He alleges the Colorado Supreme Court erred in upholding the airline's right to refuse employment based on race despite qualifying tests and later hiring white candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Virgil S
Grissom
Supreme Court
Marlon D. Green
Colorado Supreme Court
Continental Air Lines
Green
Colorado
Continental
State High Court
State Commission
Patrick M. Westfeldt
Westfeldt
Hospital TV gal project eyed at half‑million cost
Hale said the new wing will relocate the hospital pharmacy and business office with other improvements. Plainview architect John Kerr has begun work. Reelected board members include Allen Rigler president E M Osborn vice president and treasurer E Mitchell McGarr and Hugh Hale for three-year terms. Darwin Winfield was recently hired as administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
John Kerr
Plainview
Allen Rigler
E. M. Osborn
Bee
E. Mitchell
McGarr
Hugh Hale
Darwin Winfield
Local births announced in Lubbock area
Congratulations go to multiple families in the Lubbock region noting the birth of babies at local hospitals. Daughters and sons are listed with weights and exact birth times along with parent occupations and home addresses. Families include Taylors, Rodriguezes, Blairs, Masten, Flores, Padron, Rodriguez, Findley and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rodriguez
Vernon
St. Mary's Hospital
Lubbock Supply Co
Weather notes show late freezes and rain shortages on the South Plains
April records reveal multiple springs with subfreezing readings from 1953 to 1954 and several 32 degree freezes in 1959 to 1962. Farmers seek rain as moisture remains low, irrigation runs nonstop, and Lubbock reports below normal rainfall though bed prep continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plians
Lee H. McElroy
Lubbock Court
Lubbock
Paris Strikes Hit Gas Electricity Services
Strikes by gas and electricity workers disrupted Paris transportation with trains and elevators stalled mid ride and meals half cooked. A separate walkout halted about 90 percent of service on major Paris bus lines.
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Paris Paris
UPI
Paris
Estes Guilty on Five Fraud and Conspiracy Charges
Estes, 38, was found guilty on five counts of fraud and conspiracy after a 48 hour and 35 minute jury deliberation. The verdict caps a collapse of his paper empire built on phony fertilizer tank collateral. Identical charges await trial in Pecos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes
John D. Cofer
Dr. John
Bobbie Frank
Washington
Wall Street
Agricultural Department
Pecos
el Paso
Turner's Cash Heist Ends With Vanished Cigarettes
Turner attempted to rob a stash of 262000 cigarettes after flashing a pile of bank notes in a plan devised by Quinnell Cook and Smith. Turner vanished with the money and back room loot, later captured six months later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinnell
Cook
Smith
Turner
Sulphur Queen Men May Have Fallen Victims Of Sharks
A Coast Guard board report says two Marine Sulphur Queen crew members clung to life preservers and may have fought sharks after the molten sulfur carrier vanished in February with 39 aboard. Debris in Florida included seven life preservers, one with a shirt, suggesting a drowned crewman slipped from the preserver or was attacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
VPS
Coast Guard Board of
Texas
Virginia
James D. Craik
Seventh Coast Guard
Miami
Florida
Purchase of Airline Control Is Announced
Central Airlines says two Texans have bought controlling stock of the Fort Worth based carrier. A. A. Bradford of Midland and Keith Kahle of Fort Worth acquired control from Curtis L. Carlson and Carl R. Jone of Minneapolis. Details and price not disclosed.
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Fort Worth
Central Airlines
Ireland Plans State Aid for Private Firm Financing
Dublin government agrees to provide funding to support a private company, allocating public money to aid its operations. The move signals a shift toward government backing for private sector projects and raises questions about oversight and impact on competition.
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Dublin
Ireland
Bandit Robs Hicks Brothers Grocery in Hobbs
A Negro bandit robbed Hicks Grocery in Hobbs of a $300 tackle box and fired shots to deter pursuit after closing time. Victims were identified as the Hicks brothers. details on the attacker describe a tall man in his twenties wearing a white shirt and dark trousers. Lubbock police were alerted to watch for a fleeing suspect hitchhiking toward Lubbock.
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Hobbs
Hicks Brothers
Lubbock
Astronaut Sees Single Panel Warn Of Human Failure
Houston UPI John Young urged a single instrument display could warn of human failure aboard spacecraft as computers advance. He cautioned the idea remains distant but possible and noted weightlessness may aid long flights with claustrophobia likely only in Gemini era.
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Houston
UPI
John Young
Young
Gemini
Orbital
Navy
Air Force capsule test ends after 30 days in Ohio
Three Wright Patterson volunteers completed a 30 day sealed air chamber trial in Dayton to test Boeing oxygen recovery. Psychologists from Purdue and nutritionists studied diets as aerospace medical labs assess life support for long space flights. The men Paul Hankin Gilbert Taylor and Carl Long are Air Force specialists from Wright Patterson.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Boeing Co
Seattle
Purdue University
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories
Paul H. Hankin
Vellevista Ave
Pittsburgh
Gilbert C. Taylor
Madison
Mount Holly
N.J
Carl J. Long
Horsham Rd
Horsham
Typhoid Epidemic Strikes Zermatt Resort Area
Seven new suspected typhoid cases reported in Zermatt as the epidemic turns the resort town into a ghost town. The outbreak has killed three and sent more than 400 to hospitals across Europe and the United States. The U S Center warned additional cases may appear and noted eight U S infections linked to Zermatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zermatt
Switzerland
UPI
Europe
United States
Atlanta
Federal
Paris Trade Gap Soars in First Seven Months
French statistics show exports outpaced imports by more than 104 percent in the first seven months, signaling a strong external trade surplus for the period. The report highlights a widening margin as export momentum outstrips import growth, underscoring a favorable balance for the French economy.
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Paris
City Tightens Downtown Parking and Zoning Measures
City commissioners approve tighter downtown meter rules to curb long parking. A 120 minute limit to be enforced by police with plan for motorcycles to mark tires. Saturday all day meters proposed after failed free parking. Zoning changes across city include C-2 supermarket at Ave M and 1910-1912, and multiple R-3 and M-1 developments with street improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.ar
Lanham
H. P. Clifton
Lubbock, Inc
Clifton
Parkers
A. B. Watkins
O’mara
Southwestern Public Service Co
Municipal Water, Power and Light
Sand Hills
50Th St
Ave. T
Guava Avenue
E. Main Street
FE. 10Th Street
Holly Avenue
Saturn 1 flight tests engine out safety measure
Saturn 1 flight tests three astronaut teams around Earth with dummy upper stages. Nearly 26 congressmen and rocket designer Wernher von Braun observed as engine number 5 was deliberately shut down to test fuel redistribution and control, without compromising course. A planned Delta rocket satellite launch was postponed due to technical difficulties.
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Saturn
Earth
Moon
Wernher von Braun
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Yankee
Souther
Peru
Student Revolutionary Directorate
U.8
Raiders
Alpha 66
Second National Front of
Escambray
Hospital TV
Kirby Nunn
George
Dallas
Kirby
Jose Medardo Cantu
1St St
West Texas Hospital
Hublin Co
Richard Taylor
Littlefield
Lauf Clinic
Abel Rodriguez
Rt. 1
Idalou
Methodist Hospital
Clyde Blair
Box
Odonnell
O'Donnell High School
Larry Masten
Washington, St
Methodist
Amarillo Junior College
Julian Flores
Ave
B. On
Lauf Civnte
Eustacio
Padron
S. Ave. M
Latif Clinic
Luther Smith
James R. Findley
Wolfforth
St. Mary’s Hospital
Reese Afb
A. C. Valenzuela
Cape
A Canaveral
Gahama Islands
Mee
Quaker Avenue
Fourth Street
18Th Street
Texas Tech Rodeo Assn
Broadway
R. A. Coker
Clovis Road
Gene Alderson
Rolan Simpson
James E. Walker
Ave. G
13Th St
Marion Key
Ralph Payton
24Th St
Redbud Ave
McLarty
Simpson
Hugh Dryer Jr
All-American Acceptance Corp
Ave. M
H. P. Williams
Howard Walker
All-American
Commission
Williams
Dryer
Lawrence Melcher
3Rd Place
4Th St
Ave. X
Sidney Skibell
Deane Pierce
Ave. S
Planning and Zoning Commission
Fir Ave
College Ave
Auburn
J.D. Medlock
W. E. Medlock
Louis Garnett
Billy Meeks
Johnny Splawn
Juniper Ave
Southeast Drive
E. 29Th St
E. 28Th St
Ken Flagg
66Th St
Ave. U
Ave. P
Gene Blackburn
Meeks
Apaelon Ave
40Th
Blackburn
Strong
Bob Burr
Arch Lamb
West 50Th St
Nelso Electric Supply
Southwestern Electric Supply
Nunn Electric Supply
General Electric Supply
Gifford Hill Panhandle, Inc
Alderson, O'Mara
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