Norther Sweeps Texas Bringing Floods and Cold
A strong norther drenched the state with heavy rain and wind, flooding Victoria and Cuero areas and forcing hundreds to flee to shelters. The Weather Bureau forecast clearing skies and a drop in temperatures with crests along the Guadalupe and Colorado rivers. Local damage included washed-out bridges, stranded cars, and a fatal heart attack as the storm toppled over parts of the region.
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Victoria
Guadalupe
Colorado
Texas
State Weather Bureau
Lubbock
R. E. Higdon
U.S. 59
Cuero
Liberty
Cleveland
Victoria Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Goliad
Highway Patrol
Wichita River
Wichita Falls
Department of Public Safety
Corpus Christi
Bryan
Austin
Childress
South Central
Tex
Panhandle
Hill
Big Bend
Weather Bureau
Cotulla
Kingsville
South Plains
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Seth
Delph
Dalhart
Trownsville
U.S. Weather Bureau
Galveston
Beaumont
Palhart
Houston
Isser
Amano
Brownsville
Colleges Station
Laredo
Lufkin
Iulong
Mother recalls son facing Cuban firing squad
Mrs. Fuller described the moment a Cuban crowd chanted Paredon as she faced the death sentence for Bobby, one of 27 counter-revolutionaries including three Americans. She sought help from Cuban officials but could not save him, and she cried as the sentence was read.
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Pop
Fuller
Wolguin
Castro
Canada U S Split Claimed By Cuba
The Cuban press claimed the United States and Canada split over the Cuba embargo. It quoted Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker criticizing U S curbs as imprudent and precipitate while noting Canada’s friendship with Cuba.
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Havana
U.S
Cuba
United States
Canada
la Calle
Washington
John Dictenbaker
Diefenbaker
Winnipeg
Peporlet
Price Daniel Prefers Chances With Democrats
SAN MARCOS, URI. Gov. Price Daniel said Wednesday night he would rather risk defeating the Democratic platform’s objectionable parts with a Democrat in the White House than with a Republican. He noted Daniel’s criticism of both parties while praising the Kennedy-Johnson ticket as offering the best readership. He spoke to Hays and Guadalupe counties.
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San Marcos
URI
Pree Dantel
Local families welcome newborns in Lubbock area
A parade of birth notices lists fathers and occupations for newborns across Lubbock and Reese bases. Multiple families announce sons and daughters with weights ranging around four to seven pounds, born at St Marys, West Texas, Reese Air Force, and other regional hospitals during a busy midweek period.
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Naymond J. Tiawsen
Reese Air Force Base
Hostal
Reese
Almanac Musings Blend Cows, Colorful Cookbooks and Moonlit Lore
The almanac ponders dairy cows with personalities and social ranks, mixes Mennonite and Moravian cookbook humor, and jokes about cooking a husband. It questions if music affects plant growth with playful quips on minuet mushrooms and polka pumpkins. Quoted lines from Abner Americanus add wit.
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Baer's
Abner Americanus
Eisenhower Plays Golf During Aid Drive to Columbia River
President Eisenhower paused from his non political tour to golf and announce a Canada United States accord on a $1.1 billion plan to tap Columbia River resources. The plan aims flood control and low cost power through a joint basin project, seen as easing regional concerns and boosting administration credit in the West.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Eisenhower
Columbia River
United States
Canada
Columbia Basin
Kennedy Nixon Dinner Satirizes Faith And Politics
In a non political dinner exchange the two leaders Kennedy and Nixon pressed religious faith as a decisive factor for the 1960s. Kennedy drew the biggest applause with a quip linking Cardinal Spellman to high level talks between uneasy rivals Rockefeller and Nixon.
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Kennedy
Cardinal Spellman
Nixon
Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Casey Stengel
Yankees
Export Ban Tightens Cuban Trade Restrictions Amid Campaign Talk
The United States announced a embargo tightening on Cuban exports with exceptions for wheat and wheat flour under quotas. Officials cited economic self defense while noting Cuba could shift to other suppliers, and the move coincided with Nixon and Kennedy arguing over Cuba policy during a busy New York visit. The State Department stressed broader aims beyond Castro and signaled possible actions against other regional regimes.
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U.S
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Cuba
United States
State Department
Commerce Department
Castro
Havana
Soviet Union
Organization of American States
Washington
Big Uncle Sam
America
Caribbean
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
OAS
Trujillo
Caid
Pentagon
United States Monopolies
Florida
Anthony Izarba
Allan PD. Thompson
Robert O. Fuller
Nikita S. Khru- Sheheyv
Tech Homecoming Events Light Up Friday Night Campus
Homecoming activities kick off with a pep rally at 7 p.m. in the Southwest Conference Circle, followed by a Queen coronation on the Science Building balcony. Ex-student meetings, officer luncheons, and council meet in the Tech Union Friday, with luminaries lining Memorial Circle for campus festivities.
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Techsan
Tech ‘Union
Fresh
Exes Rheams
Tech Administration
Tech Ex-Student Council Assn
Union
iChapter
Loyalty Fund
Grad
Lubbock
Tech Union For Exes
Grads
Caprock
Crads
Tech Union
Piggly Wiggly
Alpha Phi Omega
Tech
Home Economics
Victory
Municipal Coliseum
Furr's Foods
Dunlap’s Dept. Store
Tnm&o
Southern Methodist
Jones Stadium
Raiders
Coliseum
Sun Winding
Ann Maris Moss
Wayfarers
National Guard Armory
Avalanche Journal
Kfyo. Radio
Currie Family Welcomes Son At Fort Campbell
A 7 pound 14 ounce boy was born Monday to Mr and Mrs James A Currie at Fort Campbell Kentucky where Currie is stationed with paratroopers Mrs Currie formerly Miss Carel Ann Wheeler is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Wheeler of 29068 1st Street Currie is the son of Mr and Mrs J A Currie of 2663 26th Street Gary Pringle 32 son of Mrs Lathy Howard was listed in fair condition in Methodist Hospital Wednesday night after a football injury at R W Matthews Junior High School game Tur HRD ee
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Marvin Heinrich
R. J. Crosbyton
St. Mares Hospital
James A. Currie
Fort Campbell
Currie
Curne
Carel Ann Wheeler
Carl Wheeler
1St
Miro
J. A. Currie
Gary Pringle
Lathy Howard
Methodist Hospital
R. W. Matthews
Seven Eleven Suspect Demonstrates Dice Skill in Court
In Peoria Circuit Court Mack Allen and three co defendants on robbery charges staged a 20 minute dice throwing demonstration to show a gambler can force numbers. Allen claimed he could roll sevens all day and produced numbers in advance while the defense argued the winnings came from a craps game. The trial of Harrell Clark and Allison continues with the dice and blanket supplied by the defendants' lawyer.
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Peoria
Ith
Circuit Court
John T. Culberton
Mack Allen
Rock Island
Allen
Ralph McKenzie
Indianapolis
McKenzie
Donald W. Harrell
Herschel Clark
Elmer K. Allison
Davenport
City project delayed as court takes urban renewal case
The Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments November 23 in a Laredo urban renewal challenge questioning part of the law while recent rulings upheld most of the act. Decisions affecting Waco Port Arthur Austin and Lubbock prompt warnings of doubt and delay for local projects.
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Waco
Port Arthur
Austin
Lubbock
Duval County
Duval
Archer Parr
Supreme Court
Kennedy Nixon Talk Fashions At Smith Dinner
Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator John F Kennedy met at the Alfred I Smith memorial dinner in New York. They traded light banter about attire while avoiding photos. Kennedy joked about Nixon's white tie and tails as they prepared for speeches at the charity event.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Alfred I. Smith
Kennedy
Nixon
Texas Board to Hold Rate Meeting on Auto Insurance
The Texas Surety Board will meet to decide rates for the auto merit rating plan. It approved uninsured motorist coverage printed on policy first page and suggested taxi drivers in small towns may pay lower premiums than city cabs. The plan remains optional.
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Texas Surety Board
Austin
UPD
State
Inssrance Board
Penn Jackson
Johnson Calls For Transcript
Democratic vice presidential candidate Lyndon B. Johnson urged the State Department to publish the Moscow transcript of Khrushchev conversations at a Winston-Salem rally. He noted Fulbright raised whether Nixon apologized or regretted Congress action, calling it a peculiar cross-branch issue.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Lyndon B. Johnson
State Department
Moscow
Khrushchev
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
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Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
CNM Motors
Walter Perry
E. Basier St
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Paul Raymond Revier
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Lindsey Breed Co
Mroo
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S.oenmorth
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Mir
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Rt 2
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