U S Begins Withdrawal Of Troops From Germany
The United States started pulling back five combat units rushed to Europe during the Berlin wall crisis of 1961. About 6 to 8 weeks for the move, with 4th Battalion of the 68th Armored Regiment leading the return around May 28 from West Germany.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Europe
Rhein - Main
Ft. Bragg
N.C
John F. Kennedy
Berlin
U.S. Defense Department
68Th Armored Regiment
U.S. 7Th Army
West Germany
Mannheim
James F. McIntosh
Asheville
Clyde Blackwell
Greenboro
U S Guards Detain Soviet Military Car in Berlin
U S military police stopped a Soviet military sedan in West Berlin and held it for 20 minutes in retaliation for a recent U S Army patrol car seizure in East Berlin, an Army spokesman said. Informants noted the action as a protest.
Tech Faculty Club Names New Officers
Dr. W. G. Steglich was elected president of the Texas Tech Faculty Club at a Union Building meeting. He succeeds Dr. Reginald Rushing. New officers include Dr. Keith Marmion vice president Mildred Bettencourt secretary Raymond Green treasurer and Dr. Paul Woods publicity director. Directors serving two years are Clyde Prestwood Dr. Richard Dudek Dr. John Ryan Lewis Eggenberger and Dr. Harley Oberhelman. Lt Col George R. Hull elected to a one year term. The club supports dining meetings and social affairs in Union Building quarters.
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W. G. Steglich
Texas Tech
Clyde Prestwood
Richard Dudek
John Ryan
Lewis Eggenberger
Harley Oberhelman
George R. Hull
Union
Left-wing Parties Plan Merge to Challenge Communists
In New Delhi two Indian left parties the Praja Socialists with 13 seats and the Socialists with six agree to merge to form a stronger bloc against the 33 Communist members of Parliament.
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New Delhi, India
Praja
New Officers Named At Lubbock Bar Luncheon
Lubbock County Bar Association elected new officers and two directors at a Pioneer Hotel luncheon. New officers are Mac Wassell president Bill Brister vice president Walker Metcalf secretary treasurer and directors John F Buddy Maner and Tom Clinton all of Lubbock.
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NEW Bar Association
Lubbock County Bar Assn
Pioneer Hotel
Tom Griffith
Bill Brister
Mac Wassell
John F
Buddy) Maner
Walker Metcalf
Tom Clinton
Lubbock County Bar
Alsa
Lubbock
Wassell
Broad
Spivey
Claude Cravens
Slaton
Bar
Charness
House
A. W. Salyars
Madison Sowder
Estes Creditors Meet Over Grain Firm's Progress
Morris Jaffe of San Antonio, heading American Grain Corp, updated creditors in Dallas on actions since paying 5.8 million for Estes assets. He said representatives were satisfied with operations, and noted the firm now runs five grain storage facilities with about 25 percent capacity after extensive repairs to gain federal approvals. He said monthly briefings continue.
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Dallas
CPM
Morris Jaffe
San Antonio
American Grain Corp
Billie Sol Estes Agriculture Empire
Jaffe
Estes
Fed - Mart
American
Spain seeks Soviet return of treasure
Gen Francisco Franco told Christ und Welt in Madrid that Spain would normalize ties with communist bloc nations only after the Soviet Union returns Spanish treasure valued at about a billion dollars in gold and silver shipped out by the Republican regime in 1926. Negotiations over the return have been ongoing for some time.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Francisco Franco
Soviet Union
Spain
Franco
Madrid
Christ Und Welt
Eisenhower urges unity and party cohesion at rally
Dwight D. Eisenhower sidestepped endorsing any Republican nominee and urged soothing ruffled feelings after the primary. He called party division childish and said someone should help the Republicans unite rather than walk out.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Havana Faces Water Shortage Crisis As Pipes Fail
Havana grapples with a growing water shortage as residents line up at fountains. Officials blame aging main watersheds and leaky pipes, noting daily losses of 30 million gallons. Faustino Perez of the Cuban Water Resources Institute says the problem predates the revolution and outlines plans to curb industrial use, build dams, and repair pipes.
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Havana
Faustino Perez
Cuban Water Resources Institute
Testimony Ends In Damage Suit Here
Brown sues Plains Radio Broadcasting Co. and Jack Dale for 82003.20 in a 140th District Court civil case. He says he was struck Dec 27, 1962, while crossing a driveway on 30th Street as the car backed out. Attorneys concluded final arguments near 5 p.m. and judge set a 9 a.m. reconvening for final jury decision.
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Dale
The
Broadcasting Company
30Th St
Brown
Snakes Flushed Out In Edinburg Insecticide Effort
Edinburg city officials used insecticide to flush out two more rattlesnakes Friday, leaving 11 still loose from a batch that escaped Wednesday night. No bites were reported as residents watched carefully while Roger Miller collected the snakes for transfer to a Ralado cannery. Police noted the remaining snakes were small, about two feet long.
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Edinburg
UPI
Roger Miller
Laredo
Avion Plane Name Paris Traces to Ader Machine
The French word avion meaning airplane derives from Clement Ader's 1897 flying machine Avion. Ader earlier tried Avion I in 1890. a steam powered craft barely left the ground. In 1897 he flew Avion III a short distance.
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Paris
Avion
Clement Ader
Ader
Globe circling pilots tentatively agree to race route
Ohio's Jerrie Mock and California's Joan Merriam Smith tentatively back a showdown to decide who is the better flyer. Mock proposes Guam to Oakland, while Smith challenges the idea of an easier route. Mock completed her Guam Oakland leg in under a week as part of a 29 day, 22 858 mile round world flight returning to Columbus on April 17. Smith endured mechanical problems and a 57 day twin engine circumnavigation of about 27 500 miles retracing parts of Amelia Earhart's route with a three week Guam Oakland leg described.
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Long Beach
Calif
Ohio
California
Jerrie Mock
Columbus
Guam
Oakland
Joan Merriam Smith
Pacific
Block 20 Pioneers Reunion on Slide Road Today
Oldtimers from Block 20 in Lubbock County gather at the Slide Road Community House this afternoon to share memories of the 1903 move that slid the settlement 114 miles. Carlton Couch, who taught the first Block 20 school in 1903, will attend from Haskell with pictures from a recent European tour. A 3:30 p.m. program leads to a 6 p.m. meal, group singing, and visiting. an estimated 100 to 150 attendees expected.
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Lubbock County
Block 20
Slid
Slide Road
Slide
Carlton Couch
Haskell
Dallas Police Respond To Naked Suspect at City Hall
Police rushed from Dallas City Hall basement to arrest a man who walked naked into the city attorney’s office. He was taken to Parkland Hospital for observation.
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Dallas
UPS
City Hall
Parkland Hospital
Highway Construction Near Tulsa Aims at 4.2 Mile Swisher Link
The Texas Highway Commission approves 1,220,000 dollars for FM road work in District Five as part of the 1964 program. A 4.2 mile Swisher County segment from six miles east of Houston Elevator north to Highway 86 costs 76,000 dollars. H. C. Weaver to supervise engineering.
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Tulsa
Texas Highway Commission
District Five
Oscar L Crain
Lubbock
Swisher County
Houston
H. C .Weaver
Demonstrations In Cambridge Halted
Cambridge leaders declared a weekend moratorium on racial demonstrations to ease tensions described as worse than last summer. Gloria Richardson of the Cambridge Non-Violent Action Committee said she aimed to head off a religious pilgrimage planned for Saturday bringing several hundred students to the fishing town.
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Cambridge, Md
UPI
Gloria Richardson
Cambridge Non - Violent Action Committee
Cambridge
Argentine government vows steps to keep order during CGT strikes
In Buenos Aires the government pledged decisive action to maintain order as sit-down strikes threatened by the General Confederation of Labor CGT were set to begin Monday. CGT's 2.5 million members usually stage 24 hour sit-downs amid factory occupations and hostage takings to press back wage demands.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
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