Kennedy Texas trip stirs protest and praise
President Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy visited Texas amid mixed reception with large crowds in San Antonio and Houston. Protests over Cuba policy drew pickets and chants, while Yarborough and Connally clashed as Kennedy sought to heal a Democratic rift.
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UPI
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Jacqueline
San Antonio
Houston
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Ralph Yarborough
John Connally
Houston International
Byrnes Defends Profitable Stock Deal on House Floor
Rep. John W. Byrnes, a Wisconsin Republican, defended a lucrative Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Co. stock purchase on the House floor, pledging to sell shares but give all but the original cost to a Green Bay scholarship fund. The stake rose tenfold since 1960 while he aided a favorable tax ruling for the firm.
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Gertrude Novak
Robert G. Baker
Senate Democrats
Senate Rules Committee
John W. Byrnes
Associated Press
Ashington
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Byrnes
Green Bay
House Republican Policy Committee
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Co
Rail Wreck Injures 40 In St Louis Collision
A Wabash Railroad Can nonball Express and a switch train collided head on in North St Louis injuring about 40 people. Twenty three were hospitalized and crews escaped serious injury. The Bluebird-Cannonball runs St Louis to Decatur and on to Chicago or Detroit. The switch engine was from Terminal Railroad. Causes not yet determined.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Wabash Railroad
Detroit
Terminal Railroad
Wabash
Soviet Fighters Shoot Down Iranian Plane During Brezhnev Visit
Reported by the Associated Press, Soviet jet fighters downed an unarmed Iranian survey plane near the Soviet border while Brezhnev spoke to Parliament. Officials said two aerial officers died and the pilot was injured, amid tensions over Iran’s regional role and Soviet outreach during the visit.
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Associated Press
Ehran
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Iran
Brezhnev
Shah
Soviet Union
Tran
United States
Central Treaty Organization
Dow Jones Suffers Sharp Decline Amid Broad Stock Selloff
A severe stock market day hit the Dow Jones as it posts its steepest loss in over a year and wipes nearly five billion in market value. The Dow tumbles 9.41 points while the S&P 500 slides 0.94 to 71.62, with many blue chips retreating including IBM, Polaroid, RCA, and General Electric.
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UPI
Standard & Poor
Zerox
Polaroid
IBM
Minneapolis
Honeywell
Control Data
Corning Glass
Western Airlines
Zenith
American Crystal Sugar
RCA
American Telephone
Alcoa
General Electric
International Nickel
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
General Motors
Chrysler
Detroit trooper arrested in Royal Oak bank robbery
Detroit police say state trooper Andy J. Salkovich, 32, linked to the Royal Oak National Bank holdup, admitted the crime. FBI and local police recovered all the money. he faces federal arraignment in Detroit. The weapon was a .22 revolver. the raid occurred about 1 30 p m. at the Royal Oak bank.
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United Press International
Detroit
National Bank of Royal Oak
Wayne County
Andy J. Salkovich
Salkovich
Centerline
Wayne Stevens
Bernard C. Brown
Federal Bureau of Investigation Office
Joseph Childs
East Lansing
FBI
Royal Oak
Newaygo
Gayle Robinson
Prayer for Unity and Hope
An anonymous prayer asking God for blessing and mercy. It seeks brotherly love where there is hatred, hope where there is despair, and faith where there is doubt, offered in Jesus name.
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Jesus
No Sign Of Pilot In Gulf U-2 Wreckage Found
Wreckage of a U-2 plane was located on the Gulf of Mexico floor, cockpit empty and rescue teams noting the pilot Capt. Joe G. Hyde Jr. was not aboard. The mission reportedly over Cuba, the aircraft vanished near Key West at 10 32 a m Wednesday. Navy divers confirmed the seat was missing and the pilot was not in the cockpit. Hyde’s family in La Grange and Tucson held to hope for his survival as search efforts continued along with Navy and Coast Guard involvement.
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Key West
Cuban
Petrel
Shrike
la Grange
Hyde
Marianne
Tucson
Leland
Miss
Leo Gerdes
Navy
Coast Guard
Quotation on a Pull Door in a Punchy Editorial Remark
A humorous line notes the type of man who always pushes the door marked pull. The wry aside echoes through the page as a light editorial touch in the sections listed.
Tech Student Crash Victim Claims Life In New Mexico
A Texas Tech student Billy Ray Poole of Dallas died when his car skidded into a canyon and overturned during a snow and sleet storm in northern New Mexico. The Pacific weather front stirred showers across the South Plains with hail and high winds, but no widespread damage reported in Texas.
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New Mexico
Texas Tech
Billy Ray Poole
Dallas
Santa Fe
Pacific
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
South Plains
Lubbock
Wreck kills Tech youth in canyon crash near Lubbock
Billy Ray Poole a 21 year old senior engineering student from Lubbock died Thursday afternoon when his 1964 Chevrolet rolled off a canyon after skidding in sleet and snow on U S Highway 285 thirty miles south of here He was delivering a car for Modern Chevrolet Co Lubbock and was identified by Lubbock police as son of W O Poole of Alice Poole resided at 2317 15th St Lubbock He died at St Vincent's Hospital here A witness E O Stewart Sr of 1620 Ave said he saw the car wobble and veer off the highway into a canyon about 75 feet down
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Ralls
Marvin Tomme
Dickens
Crosbyton
Idalou
Petersburg
Floydada
Lockney
Silverton
Tula
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Levelland
Brownfield
Seminole
Tohoka
Lamesa
Snyder
Midland-Odessa
Qanta FE
Texas Tech
Billy Ray Poole
Here
Poole
W. O. Poole
Alice
St. Vincent's Hospital
15Th St
Modern Chevrolet Co
Stewart Sr
1620 Ave
U.S Hwy
Stewart
Leukemia Cure Seen in Mice Through Combined Therapy
An Associated Press report states that a combined chemotherapy and radiation approach cured about 70 percent of mice with leukemia, raising hope for human trials. Dr. Ralph E. Johnson of the National Cancer Institute notes potential in acute leukemia if results translate to humans.
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Treseta Pano
Ralph FE. Johnson
Fee Leure
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda
American Cancer Soci
Johnaaa Aalde
Radiological Society of Rf Sains Clan Tm
North
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