Lightning Strikes Jet After London Takeoff Passenger Ministers Aboard
An American jetliner flying from London was struck by lightning eight minutes after departure, punching a 21 by 8 inch hole in the nose. Captain jettisoned 10,000 gallons of fuel while circling England for 35 minutes before returning to London. Among 110 aboard were 22 Methodist ministers including Roy Newton and Herbert Dongell, plus Warren Beatty and MGM president Robert OBrien. The hole was in the radar nose cone. damage not serious and return flight resumed hours later.
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London
New York
England
London Airport
Roy Newton
Fountain Inn
S.C
Mideast Holy Places
Herbert Dongell
Chester
Warren’ Beatty
Robert O'Brien
MGM _ films
Trans World Airlines
Plainview Stock Show Ends With $39,951 Auction Total
The 28th annual Plainview Stock Show closed with an auction of 206 animals totaling 39,951 dollars. Grand champion steer Marvin Meek Plainview sold for 1.41 per pound at 1,014 pounds, bought by Whites Food Store. Champion swine Vicki Gail Winter Lub bock sold for 150 per pound at 194 pounds to Lider Gin Plainview.
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Plainview
Marvin Meek
Whites Food Store
Ronnie Vineyard
Kress
Coop
Hale Center
Abernathy
Edmonson
Vicki Gail Winter
Lubbock
Lider Gin
Joe Keelon
Lockney
Phill Dunavant
Petersburg Businessmens Club
Earl White
Green Machinery Co
Jackie Caudle
Harvest Queen Mill
Hugh Jester
Service Gun Co
Ken Bozeman
Executions Rise in Cuba Reported by Refugees
Miami based UPI reports Cuban refugees say Fidel Castro's militiamen conduct instant trials and on the spot executions to quell opposition as 93 refugees arrive back in Havana. They say hit and run exile attacks provoke reprisals and that the secret police monitor American broadcasts and arrest relatives of exiles named critically.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Havana
Cuba
Castro
Cotton Style Show Slated In Lockney
The Lockney Cotton Style Show features spring fashions and humor with locals competing for Miss America honors. Contestants include R L Knox Tom Simpson Payton Powers Clyde Briley Herman Thornton Austin Meriwether Nathan Ulmer Bob Miller Louis Fry Kelton Shaw. Audine Barnett hosts. models include Jane Thacker Dinah Hodel Maxine Vanek and others. Aliyah Study Club sponsors the event.
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Lockney
American Legion
R. L. Knox
Tom Simpson
Payton Powers
Clyde Briley
Herman Thornton
Austin Meriwether
Nathan Ulmer
Bob Miller
Louis Fry
Kelton Shaw
Audine Barnett
Jane Thacker
Dinah Hodel
Maxine Vanek
Bobby McCormick
Raymond Parker
Tracy Wofford
Jerry Wofford
Lloyd Wofford
Diane Fry
Paula Cummings
Roy Kidd
Ronnie Thornton
Douglas Meriwether
Opal Thomas
The
Aliyah Study Club
Bad Boy Harmonicops Arrest Musician In NYC Drug Sting
Three harmonica playing detectives arrested rock singer Jimmy Lewis after he welcomed them into his Manhattan apartment believing them to be musicians. Police seized narcotics valued at 180000 dollars, drug cutting equipment, and an address book of over 100 names, mostly musicians. The case centers on alleged sales to musicians from Broadway to Hollywood.
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New York
UPI
Jimmy
Baby Face
Lewis
Broadway
Hollywood
Manhattan
Hhey
State moves to remove Sheriff Meyer in Jefferson County
The state rested in its suit to remove suspended Sheriff C. H. Meyer after testimony on alleged misconduct and incompetence. Meyer admitted receiving 85000 in anonymous envelopes over five years and argued he had too few deputies to enforce the law in Jefferson County. The defense is set to begin Monday as the case proceeds.
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Jefferson County
Negro Sworn In As Ambassador to Finland
Carl T. Rowan, a Black former prize-winning newspaperman and assistant secretary of State, was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to Finland. Vice President Johnson attended the ceremony at the State Department with Secretary Dean Rusk, noting Rowan’s rise from a rural Tennessee town.
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Washington
UPI
Carl T. Rowan
Tennessee
U.S
Finland
Rowan
Lyndon Johnson
State Department
Dean Rusk
Plane Averts Crash At Dublin Airport
A British European Airways turbo-prop liner with 43 passengers aboard skidded along the Dublin Airport runway in a shower of sparks during landing. Officials said two or more suffered injuries when the nose wheel buckled on impact and the aircraft skated several hundred yards.
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Dublin
UPD
British European Airways
Officials Decline Comment On Berlin Air Corridor Tensions
Washington reports frictions at Berlin access routes linking West Germany and the city. US and Soviet interpretations clash over flying through three corridors without landing. A March 27 Marienborn stoppage delayed a US garrison train for about 45 minutes.
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Washington
Berlin
West Germany
State Department
East Germany
U.S
Marienborn
Hannover
Germany
United States
Morton Man In Critical Condition After Self Inflicted Gunshot
A 26 year old Morton man Donnie Baker is in critical condition at Methodist Hospital after surgery to remove a .25 caliber bullet from his abdomen. The shooting occurred at 4 30 p m at a service station co run by Baker and his father A Baker deputies say they have not spoken with the men to confirm details but believe the injury may have been accidental.
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Morton
Methodist Hospital
Donnie Baker
A. Baker
Baker
Western Toastmasters Install New Officers
Western Toastmasters installed new officers at a Country Inn banquet. Ted Monroe earned Outstanding Toastmaster of the Year. Banquet speaker was Richard Gentry. New officers include Tommy Dunn president Gentry educational VP Jay Eagan administrative VP Jack Condra secretary Bill Blake treasurer and Jack Parker sergeant at arms. Floyd Stumbo was the installing officer.
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Western Toastmasters Club
Country Inn
Ted Monroe
Richard Gentry
Tommy Dunn
Gentry
Jay Eagan
Jack Condra
Bill Blake
Jack Parker
Floyd Stumbo
Eight Convicted As Greenwood Blues Subside
In Greenwood Mississippi police kept streets quiet with barricades and officers as eight Negroes were convicted of disorderly conduct for a registration march. They received maximum fines of 200 dollars and four months in jail with appeal bonds set at 500 dollars each. Lawrence Guyot of Chicago faced a contempt charge with one day in jail and a 50 dollar fine. Mayor Sampson accused the Justice Department of aiding agitators aiming to win black votes.
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Greenwood
Miss
Leflore County
Curtis Lary
Lawrence Guyot
Chicago
Guyot
James Fortman
Atlanta
Burglars Steal 340000 Smokes From Wholesale Grocery
Hobbs officers report a professional burglary at Kimbell-Hobbs Wholesale Grocery. Over 1700 cartons of cigarettes were removed via drilled floor hole and floor crawl space, with loot valued at 4555.35 dollars.
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HOBBS
Kimbell-Hobbs
Minister To Preach In Special Services
The Rev. Andrew A. Jumper of First Presbyterian Church plans pre Easter services in Big Spring starting Sunday with morning and night sermons each day through Friday. He will also lead devotionals at men’s prayer breakfasts. B Hampton Bowman speaks at First Presbyterian Church in Lubbock at 845 and 1050 a.m. Sunday and serves with the State Commission for the Blind. Elder L J Powers assists.
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Andrew A. Jumper
First Presbyterian Church
Big Spring
B. Hampton Bowman
Lubbock
State Commission For the Blind
L. J. Powers
Tech senior Robert Russell earns Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
A 23 year old Texas Tech senior, Robert Russell of Commerce, wins a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship aiding graduate study with tuition, fees, and a 1500 stipend plus allowances. He wrote a 1000 word essay on Intellectual Interests and was interviewed in Austin before national committee nomination.
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Texas Tech
Robert Russell
Tech
Graduate School of
William E. Clark
Slaten
Fellowship Foundation
United States
Canada
Sir Hugh Taylor
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
U.S
Taylor
Foundation
Ford Foundation
Russell
National Defense Education Act
U.S. Office of Education
Freed Political Prisoners In Hungary Answer To Revolution
In Budapest crowds surround released inmates from Kocbanya Prison as Hungary grants amnesty to some 120 political prisoners. Former leader Istvan Bibo returns home amid calls for Western support while others recounted prison life and hopes of release by April 4.
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Hans Benedict
Budapest
Hungary
Kocbanya
Sandor Nay
Andras
Mihal
Geza
Ferenc
Koebanya Prison
Auschwitz
Bergen - Belsen
Mathausen
Istvan Bibo
Hungarian Peasant Party
Bibo
Evangelistic Meetings Scheduled In Lubbock
Wallace Gooch of Cameron Road Church of Christ in Austin will lead a Lubbock evangelistic series at Smithlawn Church of Christ from today through Sunday April 7. Services: 8, 10, and 6 daily with a 7:30 p.m. weekday schedule. An area wide song service is set for 3 p.m. Sunday with Arthur Hubbard of Lubbock. Gooch has led three prior meetings in Lubbock and formerly served as minister in Lilleen Gatesville Dallas Temple Waco and Victoria.
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Wallace Gooch
Cameron Road Church of Christ
Austin
Smithlawn Church of Christ
76Th St
Tohoka Road
Arthur Hubbard
Lubbock
Gooch
Lilleen
Gatesville
Dallas
Temple
Waco
Victoria
Treasury Plans Trap in Brussels Jewelers Tax Probe
Belgian treasury agents receive a $40 000 budget to buy jewels in an undercover effort aimed at catching jewelers who evade taxes. Finance officials say up to 80 percent of jewelry sold in Belgium goes unreported for tax purposes.
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Treasury
Brussels
Belgium
St Stephen's Opens Sunday Church Moves to New Building
The new St Stephen's Episcopal Church at 11th St and Slide Rd will host 8 am and 10 am services Sunday after the building was accepted at 5 pm Friday. The Bishop's Committee, architect Whitaker and Hall, and builder Forrest Lumber Co. completed three years of work marking the first permanent unit. future plans include classrooms parish hall and an office building.
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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
11Th St
Slide Road
St. Stephen’s
Whitaker and
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