Area Gets Soaking With More Rain Due
A cold front over Texas brought soaking rains to Weslaco and widespread drizzle across the Panhandle to the Valley. Levelland logged 2.60 inches in an hour with lightning striking a home, and many West Texas towns reported measurable rainfall. Temperatures ranged from 58 to 93 degrees as the system stalled from Corpus Christi to Laredo.
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Panhandle
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Texas
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Cotulla
Alice
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Amarillo
Childress
Lubbock
Midland
Debris showers Cape as Minuteman explodes in failure
A U S Minuteman instant ICBM veered off course and blew up over Cape Canaveral. Debris and burning propellant lit the area while a safety switch stopped further damage. No injuries reported though windows rattled and onlookers gathered along the coast. Separately, Floydada grand jury indicts James Elmer Firestone on five theft charges and related burglary cases in Hale and Lubbock counties.
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James Elmer Firestone
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Floyd County
Walter Hollams
Firestone
Kingfisher
Okla
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Hale
Hershel McKnight
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George Eubank
Bill Shew
Peck
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City Students Graded On Physical Prowess
More than 4 000 Lubbock students were graded on physical prowess under the Kennedy youth fitness program. Of 1 931 boys in grades 7 through 12, 73.3 percent were satisfactory or better. of 2 365 girls, 77.2 percent performed satisfactorily. Athletic Director Eck Curtis cited AAU ties and ongoing testing to motivate improvement.
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Kennedy
Public School Trustees
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Curtis
Ben Bella backs Castro on Guantanamo base demand
Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ben Bella joined Fidel Castro in calling for the United States to give up the Guantanamo Bay base. The two leaders said they shared views on evacuating troops and dismantling foreign bases, and Castro invited Ben Bella to visit Algeria.
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Algeria
Miners Trapped In 325-Foot Veila Zinc Mine Rescue
In ArdIn Oklahoma, rescuers labored to blast through 100 tons of rock to reach two men trapped since Wednesday morning after a cave in at the Veila Zinc Mine. Bill Wilson of Picher and Jim France of Treece were believed alive but with slim chances. A third miner, Taylor Smith, was rescued unharmed and Buck Woods reported the cave collapse.
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Okla
Bill Wilson
Picher
Jim France
Treece
Kan
Veila
Lloyd Wetherell
Eagle-Picher Co
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Big John
Buck Woods
Wilson
France
Woods
Berlin tensions persist as Khrushchev meets Kohler and Berlin talks continue
Western and Soviet officials report no imminent Berlin crisis after Khrushchev-Kohler talks. Moscow signals cautious stance while Gomulka rejects threats over a treaty giving East Germany control of routes to Berlin. Schroeder and Kennedy affirm readiness to meet any Soviet move, amid anticipated resumption of negotiations.
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Gentleman Farmer stock in the bank theme
A brief column notes a playful definition of a gentleman farmer who treats wealth as more valuable than livestock. The piece hints at rural irony and financial prudence without naming individuals or places.
Two Injured In Vehicle Collision With Utility Pole
Two Lubbock men were injured, not seriously, when their car struck a utility pole on Avenue S near 13th Street shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday. C. R. Caperton, 44, of 3215 28th St., and Ralph Williams, 36, of 2007 14th St., were taken to Methodist Hospital by Rix Funeral Home ambulance after emergency treatment and release. The pole was severed about 15 feet from the ground by the impact.
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14Th St
Hurricane Ella Aims 90 MPH Winds At Cape Hatteras
Ella, the fifth tropical storm of the season, moves north-northwest at 10 mph with 75 to 90 mph winds. Warnings extend from Nags Head to Georgetown as its eye nears Cape Hatteras, threatening 11-foot seas and gale conditions along the Carolinas coast.
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Ella
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Carolinas
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St. Augustine
Fla
Hatteras
Weather Bureau
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Georgia
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Carolina
Eeserina
Florida
Cape Canaveral
Daytona Beach
Today’s Prayer Message for Sorrow and Hope
A brief anonymous devotional tone asks for divine understanding and saving power to reach all who hear the message, offering comfort to those in sorrow today.
Soviet fires two rockets and orbits Cosmos X in Pacific
The Soviet Union announced it fired two multi stage rockets toward a central Pacific target and launched Cosmos X satellite to study space and risks before manned moon flights. Tass warned shipping and air traffic near test zones south of Johnston Island and north of Midway until November 30.
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Soviet Union
Central Pacific
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Midway Island
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Russiia
Extortion Plot Fails in Midland San Antonio Man Charged
A San Antonio man, Thomas Jack Goyette Jr., 27, was held on $10,000 bond in Midland County Jail after an aborted extortion plot seeking 30,000 dollars. He allegedly planned to retrieve undeveloped film of a gunpoint encounter with an insurance man, Frank Paup, 43, in a Midland apartment. The arrest followed by Midland police Detectives Robbins and Gideon with Texas Rangers and a private investigator.
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Midland County
Thomas Jack Goyette Jr
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Midland
Roger Robbins
Wayne Gideon
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Frank Paup
Justice of the Peace
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Midland Police
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