Cuban refugee boat tragedy tolls rise in deadly storm
United Press International reports 44 Cuban refugees died after hurricane Inez swamped a 24 foot boat off Miami while 2 survivors described four days adrift in 25 foot seas. The Coast Guard searched for others as relatives paid $1,000 for passage to freedom.
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Enrique Gonzalez
Florida Straits
United States
Nicholas Bowater
Gonzalez
Inez
J. P. Hinkle
United Press International
IAMI
Fredom
Freedom
Miami
Air Force
Fidel Castro
EL Falco
Julio Garcia
Coast Guard
Opa-Locka
Cuba
Official Enrollment Figure For Tech Reaches 17 768
Tech's official enrollment for the fall semester totals 17 768 a record for the college and a nine percent gain over last year. The count, announced Friday by Floyd D. Boze, shows a 74 percent increase since 1961 but falls short of the 18 810 authorized enrollment. Factors from Viet Nam to tight money may have kept the total under projections.
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Wain Miller Avalanche-Journal
Rexas Tech
Tech
Floyd D. Boze
Viet Nam
Boze
Dean Boze
Denver Housewives Map Price Revolt Expands to Suburbs
Organizational meetings of Housewives for Lower Food Prices spread from Denver to the suburbs as a boycott against five major grocery chains gains momentum. The drive mirrors a recent Southwestern trend with a Phoenix group campaigning against pork and bread prices claiming some success.
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Denver
Phoenix
Denver boycott plan targets area grocers
A Denver movement plans a boycott of major chains including Safeway Miller’s King Soopers Red Owl and Furrs starting Oct 17 with independent stores to be favored until prices drop. Spokesmen say price hikes at the production level drive store costs and vow continued action across the Denver metropolitan area and suburbs.
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Denver
Glen Schrader
North Glenn
Congress
Threlkeld
Safeway
Miller’s
King Soopers
Red Owl
Furrs
Miller's
National Tea Co
Chicago
Mac Miller
McLeod Hutson
Bela Gets 20 Years In Holdup
Bela, 22, of Lubbock, was convicted of robbery by firearms for the Idalou State Bank holdup last Nov 26. A six over six jury gave a 20 year sentence, with two accomplices receiving 50 and 30 years. bela cried as his father testified.
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United Press International
Hildress
Continental Trailways
Highway Patrol
John Frederick Motz
Slippery Rock
Childress County
Memphis
Here
James Warren
Fort Worth
Childress
Klotz
Helen Doaks
Meers
Okla
Presley Thompson
Hefacker Page
Bela
Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Pifanio Bela
State Penitentiary
Idalou State Bank
Lubbock
Juan Ysasaga
Rudy Garcia
James A. Ellis
Mwater
Richard Pruitt
Domingo
Fiv
Dist
Alton Griffin
Alaskan Temblor Shakes Anchorage Area
A Friday earthquake measured between 5 and 6.4 on the Richter scale and was felt from Anchorage to Valdez and Kenai. There were no injuries or damage reported while Mt. Redoubt was seen puffing smoke, though officials say no direct link between the quake and volcanic activity is established.
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Anchorage
API
University of Alaska
Valdez
Kenai
Alaska
Mt. Redoubt
Cook Inlet
Colorado to lead 300000 UFO study by university group
The Air Force will fund a eight month independent probe into unidentified flying objects led by University of Colorado with about 190 scientists. Dr Edward A Condon will direct the project with participation from other universities and a National Academy of Sciences review panel.
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Wess
Air Force
University of Colorado
Sec
Harold Brown
House Armed Services Committee
Brown
Colorado
National Academy of Sciences
Edward A. Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Condon
Los Alamos, N. M
House Committee On
Britain and Soviet Envoys Meet on Geneva Indochina Plans
British Foreign Secretary George Brown and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko met at the U N mission in New York to discuss reconvening the Geneva Conference on Indochina. Brown aims to press Gromyko to join in resuming talks as the IC C oversees the Vietnam area with Canada India and Poland.
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Soviet Union
Indochina
Viet Nam
Brown
Gromyko
George Brown
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N
New York
Labor Party
Brighton
England
Paul Martin
India
Poland
International Control Commission
Sea Red
Prayer for Victims and Reconciliation by Rev Dudley Strain
A devotional note from Rev Dudley Strain of First Christian Church asks eternal God to aid all innocent catastrophe and war victims. It pleads for swift relief from confusion and for reconciliation through Christ, ending with a benediction.
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Christ
Rev
Dudley Strain
First Christian Church
Johnson unveils plans to boost East Europe trade and NATO role
President Johnson announced steps to increase U S trade with Communist East European nations and urged a stronger, modernized NATO. He pressed for a united Europe and a streamlined command structure as he prepared for the Manila Viet Nam talks and faced peace demonstrators after addressing editors.
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New York
Johnson
U.S
NATO
Europe
Manila
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
United Nations Sec
A Thant
Newark
N.J
Western Alliance
United States
James
France
Weather forecast for Lubbock and vicinity
Cloudy with light showers this morning then decreasing clouds this afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Tonight clear or partly cloudy with lows in the mid 20s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing tonight. Areas show varying temperatures and humidity across the region with sun rising around 6:47 am and sunset at 6:23 pm.
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Paso
Thom Houston
St Amuardis
Roswell
Denver Reds
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