Cooper Recalls 22 Orbit Flight During News Conference
Astronaut Gordon Cooper relaxed at Cocoa Beach after returning from 22 orbits noting a warning light signaled trouble with the automatic control system. He described seeing land features and cities from space, offered a theory on mysterious fireflies, and joked about a urine-collection issue while recounting sleep in zero gravity and his views on Mercury program gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Gordon Cooper
Globe
Hawaii
Cooper
Cocoa Beach
Arabian Peninsula
Dallas
Houston
Ted
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
M. Scott Carpenter
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Red
China
Red China and North Viet Nam gain Laos clout as Soviet pullback
Western intelligence reports say Moscow is retreating from Laos with Russian pilots and mechanics leaving. North Viet Nam now fields about 11 battalions inside Laos, while Vietnamese technicians engage in operations against neutralist and rightist forces. Observers see this as a shift toward Beijing and Hanoi, with Hanoi denying regular troops but TL battalions now located in Laotian territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Sentiane
Red China
North
Viet Nam
Laos
Kong le
North Viet Nam
Peking
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
Plaine Des Jarres
Pathet Lao
Burglars Take $2100 From Lubbock Home and More
Burglars ransacked the home of Fredia's Drive-In owner Pete Gotsis at 1710 Southeast Drive Sunday night, stealing about $2100 including 11 or 12 one hundred dollar bills and a $700 cash sack with $150 in change. Jewelry boxes with $1100 cash and other losses were reported. Police arrested one suspect after a late night high speed chase and separate vandalism incidents were noted across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urglars
Lubbock Drive-In
Pete Gotsis
37Th
Albert Crites
Set
Jerry Stevens
Gotsis
Fredia
Southeast Dr
Hugh P. Harbert
Country Club Dr
Gilbert Trejo
David St
McGuire Cleaners
19Th St
John Riley
27Th St
Country Inn
Strickland Texaco
Mer- Lee
Page
Rain and Eruption At Gunung Agung Cause 87 Dead
Indonesian officials report 87 dead with fears of a higher toll after Gunung Agung’s third major eruption on Thursday night. Roads to Thanjar buried under sand and gravel while villages on the slopes suffered heavy casualties from gas and lava flows.
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United Press International
EN Pasar
Bali
Gunung Agung
Thanjar
Sibetan
Tieanjar
Ukuk
Tjegi
Pengalusan
UPI
Gunong Agung
Seven in One Crash Injures Multiple in Lubbock
Several traffic collisions occurred in and near Lubbock on Sunday. A two-vehicle crash at Loop 289 and East 19th Street injured seven people, one critically, including K.K. Eddings, 41, of 1909 Avenue RB, taken to St. Mary’s Hospital. George Pates, 31, of 4704 [address truncated], was also hospitalized.
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David Bowers
Loop 289
E. 19Th Street
E. 19Th St
Lubbock
St. Mary's Hospital
BK. Eddings
Ave
St. Mary’s Hospital
George Pates
Pates
Kaizer
Forse
Raver
Kiver
Prates
Pole
River
West Texas Hospital
Thomas
St Mary's Hospital
Johnson
Frances Brown
Lake drowning claims Lub bokk man Haskell Syrus near Justiceburg
Rescuers recovered the body of 53 year old Haskell Syrus of Lubbock after his boat overturned while running a trot line 100 feet from shore at Justiceburg Lake Garza County late Saturday. Son Charles Syrus and Lester Decker were treated for shock. Syrus funeral arrangements were pending.
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Lubbock
Haskell Syrus
Justiceburg
Garza County
Syrus
Fifth St
Rix Funeral Home
Charles Syrus
Lester Decker
Post
Decker
Justiceburg Lake
L. S. Ostrander
Itasca St
Finis Wright
Ist St
Severe cold front brings hail and floods across the South Plains
A unseasonable cold front swept through West Texas on Sunday triggering heavy rains and high winds. Hail battered crops in Cochran County while Idalou and areas east of Morton reported up to 1.8 inches of rain and ground hail up to six inches. Lubbock saw temperatures fall into the 30s with 50 mph winds and scattered damage.
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Leon Fleming
Avalanche-Journal
West Texas
Cochran County
Lubbock
South Plains
Mercury
Dalhart
Amarillo
Morton
Idalou
W. F. Pruitt Jr
Big Spring
Denver City-Seagraves-Seminole
Tejas Agricultural Experiment Staten
Osaid Hoon
Lewis
Atic
Rebels Hit Castro Base Near Havana in Raid
Exile sources report anti Castro guerrillas attacked a Cuban military post on Parara Beach about 100 miles from Havana. The brief hit and run raid lasted 25 minutes before the attackers escaped in two motorboats. Casualties among militiamen were not known. The assault coincided with Jose Marti's death anniversary.
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Miami
UPI
Parara Beach
Havana
Caribbean
Jose Marti
Cuba
De Gaulle Returns From Greece State Visit
President Charles de Gaulle arrived back in Paris by air Sunday night following a four day state visit to Greece. He addressed the Greek visits and outlined future Franco Greek cooperation with officials aboard the aircraft.
Prayer of devotion by Mrs Rasor from Lubbock notice
A prayer message from Mrs Jess J Rasor of Lubbock asks for divine guidance to surrender self and serve God's will. The note invites readers to share prayers of up to sixty words for KVEP radio.
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Father
Jesus
Jess J. Rasor
Lubbock
Kvepor
Air Crash Kills Merkel Man On Fun Ride At Snyder Airport
A 29 year old Merkel man, Billy Dale Pitt, died when a two rotor amateur built helicopter plunged 300 feet at Snyder Airport Sunday at 4 10 p m His wife witnessed the incident He died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital Pitt held a pilot license and the Civil Aeronautics Board will probe the wreckage under Sheriff Earl Abercrombie and Cogdell Memorial Hospital staff are involved with services pending at Bell Funeral Home.
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Asalanche-Journal
SSE Dersa
Merkel KK
Snyder Airport
Billy Dale Pitt
Merkel
Pitt
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Snyder
Civil Aeronautics Board
Lubbock
Fort Worth
Earl ‘Abercrombie
Bell Funeral Home
Towns Reflect Days of Early West Names on South Plains
South Plains towns bear names from ranch spreads and cattle days such as Matador Spur Muleshoe Spade Lariat Whiteface Bronco Roundup and Loop. Plainview and Broadview reflect simple reasons while Cotton Center Hale Center Earth Grassland and others hint at geography and industry. See area towns page 8.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche
Journal
South Plains
Spur
Lariat
Whiteface
Roundup
LOOP
BRAND
Hereford
Ropfesville
TON
BALLS
Dickens
Snyder
Idalou
Seagraves
Farwell
POST
Wilson
Emma
Lorenzo
Cone
Littlefield
Petersburg
Justiceburg
Lubbock
Levelland
Shallowater
Cotton Center
Hale Center
Hale County
Earth
Grassland
Nazareth
Dictionary Housework A Husband’s View On Unpleasant Duties
A humorous, editorial tone piece defines housework as un pleasant labor that a husband endures while the wife performs daily tasks. The column uses irony to critique gender roles and traditional domestic duties. It reflects mid century newsroom attitudes toward marriage and labor division.
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Amado Ordonez
Madrid
Ordonez
Asia
Rendang
Taipei
Formosa
Sanchung
Raymond Syrus
Roy Syrus
48Th St
Carl Syrus
Doris Box
California
Deloris Okard
Dorothy Cox
Albuquerque
Joel Syrus
Borger
Lincoln Syrus
Vernon
Castro
DE Gaulle
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Plainview
Broadview
Abernathy
Gail, Slaton
Crosby
Minimuny
Mat Tiso
SOL
Goth
RP. H. S. City
Pr. Ih. L. Abiere
Paso
Sime St
Obia
Otis
Roawell
Denver
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