Prisoner Release Talks Delayed After Invasion Fallout
Following the Bay of Pigs plan collapse in April 1961, Kennedy officials remain hopeful that prisoner releases will proceed swiftly. The Welfare Department prepares to address health issues of returning men slated for immediate flight to Miami. Reports say Pan American World Airways has planes ready for the Cuba operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
U.S
United States
Welfare Department
Miami
Fla
Pan American World Airways
U.S. Carner
Cuba
McSpadden creditors meet amid exemption dispute in Texas
McSpadden faces creditors at 10 a.m. as objections challenge his exemption claims in a Texas bankruptcy. Trustee Roy Rass may seek an auction of inventory while the debtor cites a $330,000 estimate, with earlier claims exceeding $900,000 in assets. The meeting, ongoing since August, will review books and seek clarity on property salvaged from the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman
McSpadden
Texas
Roy Rass
MccSpadden
Bass
Frank R. Murray
U. S. Post Office
Murray
19Th St
Congressional adjournment hopes hinge on farm bill moves
The debate centers on a $25 million Waurika Oklahoma reclamation project and potential shifts in peanut research funding. House and Senate clash over highway authorization and budget control tests adjournment timing as Democrats push to clear the docket. Aides signal possible removal of disputed research from the agriculture bill to speed passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Davis
D-Tenn
House
Smith
Davis
Oklahoma
Senate
Kerr
Agriculture Appropriations
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Humphrey
Congress
Jackie involved two quizzed in photo incident
Mrs John F Kennedy returned to Washington with guards detaining two UPI photographers Roddey Mims and John Steinberger who entered a restricted area. Mims said he was under arrest. Film was seized then returned after Salinger said it was a misunderstanding. The First Lady traveled from a Newport RI vacation with her children Caroline and John Jr.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Roddey Mims
John Steinberger
United Press International
Nationa
Mims
White House
Secret Service
Pierre Salinger
Newport, RI
Caroline
John Jr
Castro vows Cuba will not sever Soviet ties
In Key West Fidel Castro declared Cuba will never break its alliance with the Soviet Union. He warned that a Yankee invasion would cost immense sacrifice and rivers of blood, urging that bonds with friends cannot be broken. The remark followed Adlai Stevenson’s UN stance on communism in the Americas. A demonstration at Havana’s palace ended as crowd noise faded after Dorticos’ UN return.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
United States
United Nations
Adlai FE Stevenson
Americas
Castro
Osvaldo Corticos
Cuba
Greek Ship Owners Back Cuba Boycott
The Greek ship owners union said it will abstain totally from transporting goods to Cuba in line with U.S. boycott pressure. The communique cited problems for the USA from the Cuba situation and said members would follow the Greek government recommendations despite anticipated economic harm.
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Athens
UPI
United States
Cuba
U.S.A
Wayland College Dedicates New Home Life Building
The Wayland College campus in Plainview dedicated the $200,000 Home Life Building with a mural on Monday. The structure is among several new campus facilities completed during Dr. A. Hope Owen’s tenure as president, who has resigned.
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Wayland
Wayland College
Plainview
A. Hope Owen
Dr A Hope Owen to resign Wayland post
Dr A Hope Owen plans to resign from the Wayland post. The article notes a replacement or successor plan with a timetable to be ready by September 1963 and cites costs including 85000 dollars for a project and 15000 dollars for a faculty duplex by that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Hope Owen
Wayland Post
Multiple Birth Announcements Prompt Regional Interest
A flood of birth notices from Lubbock area clinics and hospitals lists newborns across families including Herrera Torrez Ortega Flores Goodace Simmons Tuncan Fields Fountain Myers and others. Parents’ occupations span farm laborer truck lines mechanics carpentry service station management and more with hospitals cited as Laut Clinic West Texas and Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beal Simmons
Emory
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
W. L. Phelps Truck Lines
Two Injured In Crash In City
Two men were injured late Tuesday night in a near headon collision on U S 87 near 76th. John Key, 50, of Lubbock remains in Methodist Hospital with non serious injuries while Henry Torres, 18, of Lubbock was treated and released from West Texas Hospital. A fourth car rear struck and damaged. Witness says a flat tire kept one vehicle slow before the crash.
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Headon
U. S. 87
76Th
St. Lor
John Key
Rt. 4
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Henry Torres
Rt. 6
West Texas Hospital
Torres
Key
May Have Boarded Plane Winnie Judd Escapes Seventh Time
Arizona trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd reportedly flew to St Paul Minnesota after slipping from a state hospital. The 57 year old known as The Tiger Woman has escaped seven times in 23 years and remains under confinement while authorities assess the latest break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
The
Arizona Republic
Winnie Ruth Judd
St. Paul
Minn
State Hospital
Republic
Judd
Tiger Woman
Samuel Wick
North Vietnam Withdraws Forces from Laos
North Viet Nam officially notified Laos that it has withdrawn all its military personnel. Charge d Affaires Tran Coa Thanh also delivered a declaration accusing several Americans in civilian clothes and Thai South Vietnamese and Nationalist Chinese still remaining in Laos to Foreign Minister Quinim Pholsena.
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Vientiane, Laos
North Viet Nam
Laos
Tran Coa Thanh
Quinim Pholsena
Teens fool Secret Service to meet Kennedy in Minneapolis
Three 17 year old St Paul high school students posed as German exchange students to fool Secret Service and Senator Hubert Humphrey into letting them into President Kennedy's Minneapolis hotel quarters on Monday night. Bill Waters Roger Magnuson and Daniel Norstadt are pictured after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JFK
St. Paul, Minn
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Kennedy
Minneapolis
Bill Waters
Roger Magnuson
Daniel Norstadt
Texas college funds list totals for multiple institutions
A long list details two fund totals for numerous Texas colleges and universities, including Texas A and M, Arlington State, Tarleton State, Prairie View A and M, Texas Tech, North Texas State, Lamar State College of Technology, Texas A and I, Texas Woman's University, Texas Southern University, Midwestern University, University of Houston, East Texas State College, Sam Houston State Teachers College, Southwest Texas State College, West Texas State College, Stephen F Austin State College, and Sul Ross State College. The entries show paired fund amounts in the millions, with varying figures per institution.
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North Texas State University
Lamar State College of Technology
Texas A & I
Texas Woman's University
Texas Southern University
Midwestern University
University F of Houston
East Texas State College
Same Houston State Teachers College
Southwest Texas State College
West Texas State College
Stephen F. Austin State College
Sul Ross State College
Showers Drive Deep Into State
Rains moved into central Texas Tuesday while temperatures plunged near freezing in the upper Panhandle. Dalhart read 37 before noon 74, Corpus Christi McAllen and Brownsville 91, El Paso 69. Scattered showers and thundershowers stretched from Breckenridge to San Antonio, with clear skies in the Red River Valley and far West Texas. The North Texas flooding Monday dropped five to six inches in some areas.
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United Press International
Texas
Upper
Panhandle
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
McAllen
Brownsville
el Paso
Breckenridge
San Antonio
Red River Valley
North Texas
Dallas
French Minister Talks With JFK
French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville met President Kennedy for 75 minutes to discuss Berlin Laos the Congo and Cuba. He would not comment as he left the White House, and Dean Rusk did not speak to reporters. Pierre Salinger highlighted four main topics on the agenda.
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Washington
Maurice Couve de Murville
Kennedy
Berlin
Laos
Congo
Cuba
Couve de Murville
White House
U.S
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Pierre Salinger
United Nations
New York
United States
France
School Board Upholds Uniform Policy Shorts Debate
In Lubbock a dispute over gym uniforms ends with the board suspending two students for refusing to wear Bermuda shorts under the school dress code. Parents contest the rule while supporters cite policy and legality as authorities review the case.
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Williams
Jamaica
Lubbock
Adamson
Johnson
Eastern Air Lines insists stewardess photos taken on ground not in flight
Washington report notes Eastern official Turner told FAA there are firm steps to prevent any inferences of improper conduct. He discussed photographs cited by flight engineer Carson as taken on 18 Eastern flights between 1959 and 1961, while engineers were on strike. Turner pledged prompt disciplinary action where charges are supported.
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Washington (Ap
Eastern Air Lines
Robert L. Turner
Federal Aviation Agency
Turner
FAA
N. E. Halaby
George Prill
Bureau of Flight Standards
Nathaniel Goodrich
D. K
Kit) Carson
Eastern
Family seeks school access for Judy amid tuition and transport concerns
The family says Judy should be allowed to attend the local school and not pay for tuition or travel to other districts. They report about 70 letters in support from across the country since Judy's case became public. Principal James Stone notes the board will review any expulsion, referencing a past protest where a student wore the gym suit after discussion.
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Judy
James Stone
Uganda Gains Independence From Britain In Peaceful Handover
Uganda becomes the 33rd African nation to win independence after 68 years under British rule. Duke of Kent transfers instruments to Governor-General Sir Walter Coutts as Prime Minister Milton Obote hails a peaceful revolution and future Commonwealth ties. Coffee remains a key export for the country.
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Kampala
Uganda
UPI
Britain
Duke of Kent
Walter Coutts
Elizabeth
Kent
Milton Obote
British Commonwealth
United States
Sailor Pleads Innocence in Spy Case
Navy Yeoman J C Nelson C Drummond 33 pleaded innocent to passing American defense secrets to two members of the Soviet UN delegation in New York. He was held on 100000 bail awaiting October 29 trial after a federal indictment. Drummond was arrested September 29 in Larchmont, N Y, during a meeting with the Russians who then left the U S after a State Department protest.
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New York
UPI
Navy
J.C. Nelson C. Drummond
Drummond
Larchmont
N.Y
United States
U.S. State Department
United Nations
Schirra backs Cooper for next space flight
Astronauts Schirra and Cooper met in Cape Canaveral as Schirra urged that Cooper be tapped for the 18 orbit, full day mission planned for early next year. Cooper, backup on Schirra s six orbit flight, said he is ready and hopes to be selected.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Schirra
Gordon
U.S
Cooper
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
Donald K. Slayton
Objectionable Pig Farm Odor Hurts Wickhambrook Show
The Wickhambrook village hall committee complained a recent flower show was ruined by the "most objectionable smell" coming from a pig farm owned by Viscount Ebrington.
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Wickhambrook
England
Louisiana Ports Move Record 107 Million Tons in 1961
New Orleans Baton Rouge and Lake Charles together handled 107 193 872 tons of waterborne commerce in 1961 according to the U S Corps of Engineers.
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New Orleans
UPI
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Tax burden reaches nearly one third of US output
UPI reports Tax Foundation estimates that all levels of government in the United States now collect about 29 percent of the nation's total goods and services produced. This indicates a substantial overall tax load affecting the economy.
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BIG Bite
New York
UPI
United States
Tax Fundation, Inc
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Laut
Slaten
Feix Ortega
H. E. Taylor Co
Jesus Flores
N. Ave. E
Lauf Clinic
Ronald William Goodace
45Th St
Johnston
Preston Johnston
Collgee Board
Hubert Ho Teel
50Th St
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R. Earl O'Keefe
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P. W. Malone
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Bert Black
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Nolan Kennedy
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J. R. Allison
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Kerrville
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Brownfield
Monta Moore
Levelland
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Lewler
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1St St
Porterlink Hospital
Billy Myers
Newsom Distributing Co
Owen
College
W Oj) Hodge
Morton
Alsup-Reynolds Chevrolet Co
Melvin Nickell
Bloth St
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Rt. 1
Amherst
Arizona
Viet Nam
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Houston
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Herbert
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