Chilean quake causes 10 foot tidal wave and fires
Reports describe a major earthquake with 30 foot waves off Talcahuano and a tidal wave up to 10 feet near Lebu. Shocks were felt across Argentina and the Atlantic coast, damaging residences in Esquel and triggering fires in Puerto Montt. No casualties reported though fear persisted.
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Argentina
Atlantic
Buenos Aires
Esquel
Chubut
la Plata
Boston
San Francisco
Washington
Sitka
Alaska
Tokyo
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Lebu
Santiago
Puerto Montt
Los Santos
Concepcion
Chile
Interior Ministry
Lota
Schwager
Pacific Ocean
Angol
Malleco
Los Angeles
Bio-Bio
Osorno
Valdivia
Castro
UN Action Progress Report and Chilean Quake Aftermath
UN delegates discuss a possible resolution condemning U S flights over other nations and call for cessation while Soviet Premier Khrushchev presses for condemnation. In Chile a powerful quake devastates Concepcion and neighboring towns, triggering mass inoculations and widespread damage as aftershocks continue.
Thunderstorm Pelts Paducah and Texas Panhandle
A sever thunderstorms alert for parts of the Texas Panhandle South Plains and north Central Texas expired Sunday night with widespread turbulence but little damage reported. The Weather Bureau said violent storms stretched from Knox City to Vernon before fizzling out as an 11 p.m. expiration passed. Paducah reported .70 inch of rain and golf ball size hail around 7 30 p.m. as the line moved eastward.
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Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Wichita Falls- Quanah-Vernon
Weather Bureau
Knox City
Vernon
Paducah
Lubbock
Presidio
Big Bend
Sherman
Red River
Galveston
Gulf
Childress
Escape Artist To Be Returned Today
Huntsville sheriff deputies plan to move Jack Henry Jr. an escape artist from Slaton and Lubbock back to Walker County Jail. Henry, 22, was arrested Saturday morning by Slaton officers after fleeing Walker County Jail in Huntsville Wednesday night. He faces an escape charge and has a history of jailbreaks including a prior incident in Lubbock. Deputies said the Escort will depart to Huntsville at 6 a.m. today.
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Huntsville
Lubbock
Jack Henry Jr
Slaton
Henry
Walker County
Nine-foot python recaptured in Bernay attic
In Bernay France residents are relieved as a nine foot python that escaped from a private zoo on May 8 is found safe in the attic of its owner’s house. Police and animal handlers confirm the reptile’s capture ends the brief citywide scare.
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Bernay
France
Normandy
Local Birth Announcements From West Texas Hospitals
Congratulations to numerous local families on new arrivals across Latif Laut St. Marys and West Texas Hospital. Daughters and sons born to Cantu Abernathy Gonzales Smith Holland Zeller Norton Breedlove Moyers families with weights from 4 to 8 pounds and times ranging Saturday and Sunday. Fathers listed as service station worker farm laborer accountant petrol engineer construction student and more.
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Perfecto Cantu
Abernathy
Latif Clinic
Jose Gonzales
Wolfforth
Laut
Montye Smith
Temple
West Texas Hospital
Burroughs Business Machines
L. F. Holland
48Th St
Sherman Norton
29Th St
Methodist Hospital
Bill Breedlove
42Nd St
Texagy Tech
Carl Moyers
40Th St
Negro Surrenders In White Officer's Death
A 22 year old African American, Millett Faust, surrendered to a radio disc jockey and a minister in Charlotte after being hunted for the slaying of white police officer J. R. An nas. He admitted the crime, was placed in Mecklenburg County jail for precaution, and to be arraigned Monday in Charlotte Recorder's Court.
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Charlotte
N.C
Millett Faust
Samuel J. McLean
J. R. Annas
Faust
Mecklenburg County
Charlotte Recorder's Court
Soviet Attacks on Eisenhower and Nixon Post Summit
Soviet media blasted Ike and Nixon after the summit. Izvestia questioned Eisenhower’s wartime hero status and condemned his handling of the U-2 affair while Pravda labelled Nixon as insolent and cynical, allied with McCarthyites. The papers argued Western propagandists inflated Allied glory and diminished Soviet strength.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
UPI
Communist Party
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Izvestia
Pravda
Nixon
Sen. McCarthy
United States
Russia
Australians held after Iron Curtain flight loss in Germany
Four Australians and two Aero-145 sport planes were detained near Amberg Germany after straying into an Allied Air Defense Zone during a return flight from Prague to Frankfurt. They reported bad weather, passport seizures, and confusion over permissions while awaiting German police action.
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Amberg
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Frankfurt
Philip Dulhunty
Dulhunty
East Germany
West German Air Safety Center
Bonn
London
Sydney
Daring helicopter rescues crown Luckett hero of Mt McKinley drama
Anchorage reports a five day mountain rescue on Mt McKinley ended with two deaths after a light plane crash. Civilian pilot Link Luckett flew above 17 000 feet with minimal fuel to extract Pete Schoening and James Whittaker. Two Whittakers remain at 10 000 feet awaiting further aid. Day and Schoening were evacuated.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Mt. McKinley
Far North
Seattle
James
Louis Whittaker
Whittakers
Oregon
John Day
Pete Schoening
Link Luckett
Arkansan
Luckett
Dempsey Reflects On Early Life And Rough Road To Fame
In exclusive serialization, Jack Dempsey recalls a rugged youth from Manassa Colorado and Logan County coal country. He describes fighting need, a teacher father who drank, a Mormon mother, several failed marriages, and the grind that shaped a future heavyweight champion.
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Manassa
Colo
Hyrum
Cecilia Smoot Dempsey
Rachel Solomon
Logan
Jack
Pop
Logan County
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Effie
Bernie
San Luis Valley
Alamosa
Colorado
Florence
Stella
Joe
Alice
Robert
Johnny
Elsie
Bruce
Salt Lake City
Eight Hurt In City Traffic Crashes In Lubbock Area
Eight people were injured in Lubbock area traffic incidents late Saturday night and Sunday morning. Among the injured were Ray Drew Lea and Christine Lea of 1711 E 26th St after a rear end collision near Quirt Ave and 26th St that overturned a car.
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Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Quirt Ave
26Th St
Ray Drew Lea
Christine Lea
Lee Dell Gilbert
Quirt. Ave
Gilbert
Lea
Porter Clinic Hospital
Santious ‘Anthony
Morton
Jessie Pincones
Delores
Salazar
Park Road
Mackenzie Park
Attacks Hit Algeria Ahead of Local Elections
A wave of terrorist attacks struck Algeria on Sunday, a week before local elections. At least 20 people were wounded in rebel grenade and machinegun assaults in Algiers and surrounding areas.
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Algeria
Algiers
Voice Of America To Air UN Security Council Debate
The United States Information Agency says Voice of America will broadcast the full United Nations Security Council debate on Soviet charges against the United States. The debate covers alleged U.S. aggression from plane flights over the USSR and will air live on VOA and a Soviet Union beam.
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Washington
U.S Information Agency
Sunda
Voice of America
United Nations Security Council
Unite States
Soviet Union
United States
Ussr
the &Viet Union
Czech Miners Die After Blast at Hlubina Mine
Prague reports a coal mine explosion at Hlubina mine in Ostrava killing fifty four miners. The blast occurred Sunday with casualties not yet confirmed. Ostrava lies about 170 miles east of Prague.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Ostrava
CTK
Hlubina
Considine Editorial Page Critiques Ike and Cuba Apology
Considine argues the U S should apologize to the Soviet Union and Cuba while praising Gaulle and Mi millan as leaders with willpower. He labels American aggressors and calls for action to shake them, ending with a call for peace as boos trail the remarks.
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Eisenhower
U. S
Cuba
Soviet Union
Gaulle
Mimillan
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LaGuardia
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Khrushchev
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California
Hawaii
Coast Guard
Honolulu
U.S
William Harrison
Jack” Dempsey
King Features Syndicate
Jose Alorzo
Rt. 4
Laut Clinic
John Zeller
Sunday Inn St. Mary's Hospital
Ike
Gen
DEW
Cambridge Bay
Roald Amundsen
Northwest Passage
Bob Tensing
Denver Post
Copter
McKinley
The
Dempsey
Frontier
Bunk
Utah
West Virginia
Hope
Johnny Lydenberg
Goldfield
Nevada
Jack Gilfeather
Sudenberg
Sydenburg
Gilfeather
Cole
Ernie
Dempseys
John L.sullivan
William
Harry
John L. Sullivan
Jack Dempsey
Lester Williamson
1916
Ave. A
34Th St
College Ave
Sapsught Yoyala
D. E. Bratcher
31St St
Reese Air. Force Base Hospital
Keith Huetson
Reese
Jeron Taylor
Taylor
4Th St
Hartford
Clyde G
Doc) Adams
Auburn
Plains Co-Op
Adams
T. H. Trotter
7Th St
Terry Edward Small
60Th St
Shallowater
Considine
Pinson Drug
16Th Street & Avenue
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