Panhandle braces for second freeze of season
United Press International reports Panhandle Texas faces a second freeze with temperatures dipping to near 32 in the upper Panhandle by daybreak Tuesday. Lows in the 40s expected elsewhere as part of a broader cool spell across northern and western Texas.
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United Press
Texas Panhandle
Upper Panhandle
Texas
West
North Texas
Lubbock
Weather Bureau
Alpine
Amarillo
el Paso
Laredo
Austin
Corpus Christi
Kountze
U S Denies Asylum To Ngo Dinh Can After Coup
U S officials handed over Ngo Dinh Can, brother of slain South Vietnam leader Ngo Dinh Diem, to the revolutionary government for probable trial and execution. Can escaped Hue and sought asylum at a U S consulate as Buddhists protested mob violence. Washington reportedly linked the coup to suspected involvement by Ngo Dinh Nhu.
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Avalanche-Journal News
AIGON
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Can
Central
Viet Nam
Can
Hue
Washington
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Youngr Chilren
United States
Nhi
Nhu
Red
Hanoi
Sec
Dean Rusk
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations
Mine Cave-In Slows Rescue in Mathilde Mine
Fears for 11 miners trapped 12 days 187 feet down in Mathilde iron mine grew after more rock falls. Mine General Manager Rudolf Stein warned survival odds drop to 50 50 while drilling engineer Klaus Grossman claimed 99.9 percent chance of rescue. miners reported rocks pelting the two inch supply shaft as protection cage buckled.
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Peine
Germany
UPI
Mathilde
Rudolf Stein
Klaus Grossman
Stein
Six Hurt In Fall As Wallendas Attempt Pyramid Again
Six members of the Flying Wallendas circus aerial team were injured but not seriously when a wire gave way during a human pyramid act in Florida. The incident followed earlier deadly accidents including a 1962 Detroit death and an Omaha fatal fall last spring. The act marked a return after two fatalities and a prior collapse.
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Associated Press
Arasota
Fla
Flying Wallendas Circus
Wallendas
Detroit
AML
Aka Mallenda
Wallenda
Pelvic
Pune
Herman
Gunther
Victory In Kentucky Contested
Mississippi and Kentucky governorship fights ended in Democratic wins while Hull supporters contested results. Breathitt led Nunn by about 15 000 with 2 787 of 2 982 precincts reporting and Nunn accusing irregularities urging supporters to stand by the machines. Sykes made Lexington history as first Negro elected to City Commission. Johnson and Phillips battled over anti Kennedy and anti integration stances with Mississippi and statewide returns incomplete.
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Ashington
Mississippi
Kentucky
IGOP
Philadelphia
Edward T. Breathitt Jr
Louie B. Nunn
Breathitt
Nunn
Harry N. Sykes
Lexington
Kennedy
McDermott
Paul Johnson
Racel Phillips
Johnson
Phillips
DEMOS
Pentagon shifts control to Army Air Force Strike Command
The defense shift places Middle East Southern Asia and much of Africa under a single commander Gen Paul D Adams. Navy loses major command in the region but retains the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. McNamara announced with Kennedy approval. Manhattan. Tony Gonzales wins Brownsville mayoralty 7 to 1 becoming the citys first Latin American chief.
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Middle East
Asia
Africa
Navy
U.S
Mediterranean
6Th Fleet
Sec. of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Kennedy
Adams
Paul D. Adams
Army
Continental Army Command
Ft. Monroe
Paris
London
India
Pakistan
Sahara
Seven Die In Bus Crash Near Truckee California
A Greyhound bus carrying 38 passengers to Reno overturned on a stormy mountain grade near Truckee California. Seven people died and 32 were injured as the bus slid into a median filled with rocks and rolled over. The driver survived and authorities noted the bus was on a charter run to Reno. Names of the dead and several injured were released by the Nevada County Coroner.
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Nev
Tru Ckee
United Prem Truckee
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California
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Here
Sierra
Thomas Seonyers
Nevada County
Roy Ryter Smith
Gus Tascatos
John Nick Bark
Edward Morgan
Terris George Hegardt
Ontario
Sidney Wade
Walter Kessler
Frank McGrath
Prayer Note Encourages Gratitude and Guidance
A brief anonymous prayer thanks God for protection and daily work, asking for understanding. An editor note invites readers to share favorite prayers, mentioning a 62 word limit suggestion.
Levelland Parade Celebrates Cotton Promotion Event
About 15 000 spectators watched a 17 mile parade promoting cotton through Levelland Texas. The march lasted 1 hour 50 minutes from 3 30 to 5 10 p m and stretched eight point six miles bumper to bumper. National Guardsmen led the event with loudspeaker announcers guiding the crowd.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Evelland
South Plains
Courthouse Square
Hockley
Earl Lewis
Ray Schwab
Editorials and Women’s News Highlight Local Letters
A clipped snippet shows an editorial tone mixing humor and civic notes as Page 8 references horoscopes and women’s news while noting broad geographic reach from Levelland to Lubbock and Smyer to Anton. The fragment hints at a broader THOUSANDS Page 10 feature.
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Levelland
Lubbock
Smyer
Anton
I Sheriff
Grand Jury Indicts 29 In Major West Berlin Slaying Case
Grand jurors returned 30 true bills charging 29 defendants. James Samuel Bonner of 1818 Ave N was named in a murder indictment tied to the shotgun slaying of Sam Shores at 1912 Ave H on Oct 5. Shores died from a 16 gauge shotgun wound. Bonner was arrested at the scene. The proceedings followed daylong sessions at the 140th District Court, with related indictments including Carol J. Jones for a separate motor vehicle offense.
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Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal
XRAND
Lubbock
Mallee
Sam Shores
Avenue IT
140Th District Court Grandary
James Bonner
Alton R. Griffin
James Samuel Bonner
1818
Ave. N. Shores
1912
Ave. H
Sec
Dean Ruskin
Washington
Anatoly F. Dobry J
Kennedy
Shores
West Berlin
Tulane St. Isel
Carol J. Jones
Abernathy
Laver
Griffin
Berlin
Allied
Rotary meet roasts Jeff Williams in Lubbock talk
Five hundred Rotarians from across the region attended an Inter city meeting at the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum where philosopher humorist Jeff Williams mixed serious overtones with comic jabs at a confused world. The address drew warm applause from the audience.
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Dudley Lynch
Avalanche-Journal
Jeff Williams
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
Los Angeles
Williams
Rotary Meet
Rotary Intercity Gathering Draws 500 Plus in Lubbock
Lubbock Rotary Club hosts the 9th annual Intercity gathering with more than 500 Rotarians from 29 clubs. The two hour program included entertainment and the “heart and humor” address by Chickasha lawyer Williams, who spoke as Oklahoma’s Ambassador of Goodwill.
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Texas Andi
New Mexico
Williams
Chickasha
Oklahoma
Goodwill
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M&mmum
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Mink Rotary Club
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Sayimams Rumi
Ecip SQ
Weather Williams
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Amanito
Rotary
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