Congress closes after stormy session amid quarrels and pork
The 87th Congress adjourned after a nine month session marked by bitter clashes between Democrats and Republicans and heated exchanges with President Kennedy. The Senate and House passed adjournment measures as lawmakers returned home to campaign, amid debates over water projects and pork barrel items.
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United Ashington
Congress
Kennedy
House
Senate
Executive Branch
Dwight D. Eisenhower
How- Lee
West Coast Storm Toll Rises Across Four States
The Pacific coast storm left 45 dead across California Oregon Washington and British Columbia. Relief workers from the Red Cross and federal agencies mobilized as Oregon sought major disaster status and utilities restored service in disrupted communities.
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United Press International
Portland
Ore
National Red Cross
Oregon
Pacific Coast
British Columbia
Red Cross
E. V. Bighinatti
Washington
Pacific Area
San Francisco
Mark Hatfield
Kennedy
White House
Edward A. McDermott
Office of Emergency Planning
Hatfield
California
British, Columbia
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Nevada
Lyle Rasey
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas Oklahoma clash ends in brawl as fan removed
An unidentified fan is hustled off the Cotton Bowl field by two Dallas police officers in the final seconds of the Texas-Oklahoma game. The crowd spilled onto the field after blows were exchanged between players, nearly triggering a melee before the game concluded.
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Dallas
Sec. B
Kennedy SlamS GOP Critics in Campaign Swing
President Kennedy attacked Sen Homer Capehart and Sen Thruston Morton during a late day rally in Indianapolis and praised Sen John Sherman Cooper as an outstanding senator. The remarks came amid campaigning through Pennsylvania Indiana and Kentucky where he criticized Republican talk on Cuba and world affairs.
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Jack Bellouisville
Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Kentucky
Homer E. Capehart
R-Ind
Indianapolis
Cuba
Thruston B. Morton
John Sherman Cooper
Morton
Monaco defies France over lanes tax crisis
Prince Rainier condemned De Gaulle in a radio address to about 30 000 subjects, pledging Monaco will not bow to France amid the tax dispute. He urged peace with France as tensions rise in the 38 acre principality on the Mediterranean. Kennedy campaigns in Pennsylvania urging Democrats to back Cooper and Wyatt for Congress.
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Monte Carlo
Prince Rainier
Charles de Gaulle
Monaco
France
Radio
Mediterranean
Capehart
Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Congress
Cooper
Wilson W. Wyatt
Federal workers lobby outlay highlights rising lobbying costs
Federal employee groups spent at least 182 467 to influence legislation in early 1961 with a larger pay raise looming. Capitol Hill visits and expert testimony pushed for hefty federal pay hikes, including 504 million in 1963 and 1 049 billion in 1964 for extensive federal employee classes and services. Agencies listed include AFL CIO unions and postal organizations across the government.
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Congressional Quarterly
Ashington
Capitol Hill
Veterans Administration
United Federation of Postal Clerks
Afl-Cio
National Union
National Assn
Government Employees’ Council
Retirement Federation of Civil Service
U.S
Lubbock Youth's 880-Pound Calf Wins Junior Grand Champion
An 880 pound Hereford steer named Lubbock Special and shown by 17 year old Lubbock, Texas youth Lyle Lewter won junior grand champion at the 64th American Royal Livestock Show. Lewter’s broken arm kept him from the judging, while his father D W Lewter and exhibitor Eugene Duren assisted. The parade drew about 230,000 spectators downtown as Royal Week continued with open class judging looming.
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Kansas City
Lubbock
Tex
Lyle Lewter
Young Lewter
Farmers of America
Monterey High School
D. W. Lewter
Eugene Duren
Halter
Eugene
Lenna Scott
Women's Chamber of Commerce
American Royals
Midland Trash Bin Fire Kills 11 year old
An 11-year-old boy died after a trash bin used as a playhouse in Midland burst into flames in a West Midland shopping center. A companion, Mark Dennis Lambdin, was hospitalized in near hysteria. Investigators found the body amid burning debris. cause of the fire remained undetermined.
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Idland
Midland
Larry Waterman
Gus L. Waterman
Mark Dennis Lambdin
Hollis H. Lambdin
Midland Memorial Hospital
West Midland
Midland Boy
New Treaty Threat Warns West Berlin Peace Move
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko warned the West the time draws near for a German peace treaty making West Berlin a free demilitarized city. He urged Western measures to guard the Berlin border and noted Adenauer would meet Kennedy in Washington on November 7 to align Allied strategy.
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Avalanche-Journal
OVIET
Andrei Gromyko
West Berlin
United Nations
Berlin
Im Tea Et
AEP
Ane Ownnermouse
Konrad Adenauer
Washington
Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
State Department
Khrushchev
U.S
Gromyko
Western Wall
Library dedication and community pages preview
A newspaper page list outlines sections on library dedication editorials plains farm news and church news across Pages 9 4 5 and 6 with a radio and TV programs note on Page 2 plus a comic dictionary joke about a husband preferring his mother in law over his own.
Sunday Funeral Services Halted in Lubbock City
In a letter to city manager H P Clifton, Elizabeth Barnett of Tech Memorial Mausoleum Inc says Resthaven Memorial Park will no longer offer Sunday burial services. The City of Lubbock Cemetery raised opening and closing plot prices from 50 to 60 dollars on Oct 10 to align with Resthaven.
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Lubbock
H. P. Clifton
Elizabeth Barnett
Tech Memorial Mausoleum, Inc
Resthaven Memorial Park
Clifton
Lubock
Levelland
City of Lubbock
City of
Fidel Castro Prisoner Exchange Nears Settlement
New York attorney James B. Donovan said he and Cuban premier Fidel Castro are very close to an agreement on the release of 1,113 prisoners from the 1961 invasion. He denied Castro raised the ransom and said medicines and medical supplies are being offered in exchange, with the value not yet set.
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United Press International
York
New York
James B. Donovan
Fidel Castro
Castine
Castro
Donovan
Havana
Cuban Families Committee
Cuba
Prayer for guidance and strength through the day
A brief anonymous prayer asks for God's help through the day, blessing work, and forgiveness of sins. Readers may submit prayers under sixty words to be used in this space.
Space Seminar Show Case in Space in Lubbock
The Air Force and Texas Jaycees present the Show Case in Space at Lubbock Municipal Auditorium Saturday with top space figures. Lt Gen Howell Estes and Col John Stapp headline a program open to the public, aimed at giving West Texas citizens insight into space achievements and goals. U S Rep George Mahon will keynote the event, part of the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce fall board meeting activities.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
United States
Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
Air Force
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock Jaycees
Howell M. Estes
Air Force Space Systems
Los Angeles
John Stapp
Aerospace Medical Division
Robert Rushworth
M.A. Faget
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Space Craft Center
Lubbock Jaycee
Bill Adams
West Texas
Jim Proctor
Space Program
U. S
George H. Mahon
Lubbock
House
Weather Outlook for Lubbock and Vicinity
The Weather forecast says continued warm conditions for Lubbock and surrounding area. Highs near 90 degrees today and tonight into Monday with light to moderate southerly winds.
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Lubbock and Vicinty
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