Castro Says He Aims To Mediate Soviet China Rift
Fidel Castro told Lisa Howard in Havana that he seeks to mediate tensions between the Soviet Union and Red China and would welcome a summit with Kennedy and Khrushchev. He said Cuban troops include Russian technicians who would fight if needed and dismissed widening ideological splits as resolvable. Castro urged improved Cuba United States relations and hinted at a possible summit.
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United Press International
York
Fidel Castro
Russia
Red China
Cuba
United States
Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Castro
Havana
Lisa Howard
American Broadcasting Company
Khrushchev
Charles) de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Peoples Republic of China
Miami
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
Ruiz Williams
Puerto Rico
Manuel Ray
Carlos Piio Socarras
Fulgencio Batista
Prio Socarras
Caneae
M Re
City probe continues as federal grand jury indicts in home loan case
Dallas County salesman, Lewis Pinkney Decker, is indicted in a federal case alleging he made a false statement to obtain a loan insured by the FHA. The northern district of Texas grand jury also returns 55 true bills as a state court probe into Lubbock conventional home loans proceeds, with witnesses tied to the Billie Sol Estes case. Several Amarillo associates linked to Superior Manufacturing faced earlier fraud charges. the court expects more indictments Monday. Decker faces up to a $5,000 fine and two years in prison if convicted.
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Joe Hitchcock
Avalanche-Journal
Federal Housing Administration
Dallas County
Lubbock
District of
Billie Sol Estes
Harold Orr
Amarillo
Coleman D. McSpadden
Ruel Alexander
Superior Manufacturing Co
Estes
Lewis Pinkney Decker
Vernon
James Smith
Decker
Charles H. Denton Jr
Dentons
First Continental Mortgage Co
FHA
Sanders
Honeymoon Punchlines in a Quirky Editorial Note
A brief wry remark in the gossip and editorial pages notes the humor of the Honeymoon as a time when a husband treats a new wife like a new car, reflecting light social satire from the column.
Birmingham Integration Pact Ended Major Racial Turmoil
White and Negro negotiators reach a six member biracial accord to desegregate lunch counters restrooms and other facilities in Birmingham. The agreement follows weeks of demonstrations and arrests, with religious and civic leaders announcing the deal.
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United Piece Internations
Irmingham
America
U.S
Senior Citizens Committee
Birmingham
Fred Shuttlesworth
Ralph Abernethy
Martin Luther King Jr
Big City
Sidney Smyer
Aes Ascanceras
Ee Ee
Birming Bank
King
Seo Birmingham
Clovis Youth Killed in Light Plane Crash Near Ranch
19 year old Jim my McDaris died after a light plane nose dived near Trimble Ranch five miles north of Clovis. Pilot Roger Sparks 21, survived with injuries. Sparks rented the Taylor Craft owned by Ronnie Westmoreland. Officials will continue probe by FFA in Albuquerque. funeral plans are pending. McDaris worked for Greggs and Williams Construction. Survivors include his parents two brothers and grandparents.
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Avalanche Journal
Clovis
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Jimmy McDaris
Taylor Craft
Roger Sparks
Trimble Ranch
Clov
Ottis Foster
FFA
Albuquerque
McDaris
C. V. Steed Funeral Home
Greggs and Williams Construction Co
John McDavis
John R
Wan
T. O. McDavis
Tulsa
Ted Covington
Economic Advisers See Continued 1963 Growth
President Kennedy’s economic team and leading industrial figures expect the 1963 business surge to persist. Walter M. Heller, head of the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers, suggests the $578 billion GNP forecast may undervalue current vigor.
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United Press International
OT Springs
Kennedy
Walter M. Heller
Council of Economic Advisers
Heller
Business Council
America
Heat Wave Grips Texas with 105 Degree Readings Across State
Frightening heat across Texas Friday saw Presidio and Colorado City reporting 105 degrees while Childress hit 102 and Brownwood Wink 100s. Lubbock rose to 94 as Galveston cooled to 80. Forecast calls for 6 to 10 degrees above normal in most regions over five days.
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Associated Press
Texas
Presidio
Colorado City
Mercury
Childress
Brownwood
Wink
Galveston
Lubbock
Weather Bureau
House Education Panel Approves College Aid Bill
The House Education and Labor Committee approved Kennedy's 1.2 billion plan to fund college construction with 835 million in federal grants and 370 million in low interest loans. The measure earned 25 votes for and 5 against with bipartisan backing and may move with other parts of the education program when ready.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
House Education and Labor Committee
House
Train Hits Pickup In Snyder Mishap
Two fatal accidents occurred in Texas. A freight train struck a pickup near Snyder early Friday, killing two South Plains women Esta Williams 62 of Tahoka and Mary Ruth Luster 30 of Lamesa, with one other person injured. The afternoon crash near Tahoka killed another two women, with one more injured.
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Snyder
Ethel Mae Huntington
Snyder City
Lamesa
Tahoka
Gerry Burton
South Plains
Esta Williams
Rt. 2
Mary Ruth Luster
U.S. Highway
U.S. 380
Williams
Luster
Tohoka Hospital
37Th St
Roscoe- Snyder and Pacific
Huntington
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Owen Brumiey
Wichita Falls
Car Pickup Crash and Haitian Crisis Dominates News
Two traffic deaths in Texas near Tahoka and Snyder are reported along with a separate dispatch from the Dominican Republic crisis. Ethel Huntington and James Kenneth Luster die in crashes, while Juan Bosch urges the OAS to broaden Haiti human rights probes amid Duvalier tensions.
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Ominican
Juan Bosch
Organization of American States
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
OAS
Haiti
Bosch
Prayer for Guidance and Courage in Daily Life
A devotional appeal asks for God’s help for the lonely and afraid. The writer seeks wisdom to follow commandments, forgiveness for doubts, guidance in the divine path, and strength to face a new day with confidence that God’s will is done.
Cooper Set for 22 Orbit Mercury Flight Next Week
Leroy Gordon Cooper prepares for the upcoming 22 orbit American spaceflight aboard Atlas and Faith 7. He undergoes final checks at Cape Canaveral with backup pilot Alan Shepard, as hydrogen peroxide fueling tests begin in the mock drill.
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Associated
Ape Canaveral
Leroy Gordon Cooper
Air Force
Cooper
Patrick Afb
Faith 7
Atlas
McDonnell Aircraft Co
Cape Canaveral
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Space
Mercury
Shepard
Weather Map: Lubbock Vicinity Mostly Fair With Wind
Mostly fair conditions with wind 15 to 30 mph in the Lubbock area. Highs in the 90s as winds shift from west to southwest.
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Lubbock
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