One Dead Thirteen Hurt In Area Wrecks
A string of Friday morning crashes near Tulsa and Lubbock left one dead and thirteen injured. A six tenth mile east of Tulsa bus collision involved a city transit bus. a separate Highway 6 crash and a 6:20 pm multi-vehicle incident near Lubbock raised the 1962 South Plains traffic toll to 123. Eyewitness Billy S Smith of Lubbock reported witnessing the intersection impact and the pickup spinning into his car.
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Tulsa
South Plains
Lubbock
Billy S. Smith
Cherry Ave
Smith
Cazares
Post
Moore
Max Knox
Wilson
Garza Memorial Hospital
West Texas Hospital
Lubbock Transit Co
32Nd St
Nashville Ave
Tulia Bus Collision Injures Two Children
Two Tulia elementary students, Werry Teafatiller and his sister Karen, were treated for minor injuries after a rear end school bus collision on Hwy 86. The accident involved buses driven by Mills and Rucker, with Swisher County officials assisting in the investigation.
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Tulia
Here
Hwy
Werry Teafatiller
Karen
Dois Teafauller
Tulsa
Kerry
DT. Black
Michael Ray Mills
David Rucker
Mills
Black
Teafatiller
Rucker
Swisher County
Darrell Smith
Wes Sonnamaker
Weather on the South Plains Delays Harvest and Brings Showers
Rain across the South Plains stalls cotton harvest with forecasts calling for more showers through tonight. Totals for the week include 3.40 inches in Levelland and 3.14 in Floydada, while Lubbock and Amarillo report highs near 76. A tornado alert spanned 400 miles northeast of Midland to Gage, with no twisters materializing.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Floydada
Littlefield
Levelland
Lamesa
Santa Fe
Slaton
Tulsa
Kress
Lockney
Plainview
Hale Center
Abernathy
Shallowater
Anton
Sudan
Muleshoe
Post
Texas
Mercury
Lubbock
Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
McAllen
Alice
South Texas
Southwest
Presidio
San Angelo
el Paso
Red River Valley
Midland
Gage
Okla McAllen
Amanita
Dalhart
Corpus Chrish
State seeks local aid to care for mentally retarded children
The State Hospital Board urged granting authority to require local governments to assume duties in caring for the mentally retarded. Raymond Vowell cited 1,383 applications on the waiting list as of August 31 and estimated 7,500 of Texas births annually involve mental retardation to some degree. Local units would handle diagnosis and evaluation in their areas.
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Austin
API
State Hospital Board
Raymond Vowell
Hospital Board
Legislative Budget Board
Vowell
Texas
World Publishing directors set stockholders meeting
Directors of World Publishing Co owners of the Omaha World Herald called a stockholders meeting for Wednesday October 31 to consider Samuel I Newhouse of New Yorks offer to buy the firms assets including KETV Omaha and a medical office building The Wall Street Journal said Newhouse bid about 40 million The firms circulation is about 252000 in weekday editions and 265000 on Sundays Newhouses group owns 18 newspapers majority stakes in four others two magazine groups and broadcast outlets in five cities
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Omaha, Neb
The
World Publishing Co
Omaha World-Herald
Samuel I. Newhouse
New York
World-Herald
KETV
Omaha
New House
Wall Street Journal
Newhouse
Newhouses
Three Sentenced In Narcotics Violation
Federal Judge Ben Connally sentenced two New York men and a Mexico City resident to prison terms after they pleaded guilty to smuggling marijuana into the United States. Marvin Hirsch and Jack Travis of New York received six-year terms for conspiracy to acquire and transfer marijuana from Mexico, while Thomas Owen Shallcross of Mexico City drew 43 months for his role. The ring allegedly bought marijuana in Mexico and shipped it to New York via the Texas border.
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Houston
UPI
Ben Connally Friday
New York
Mexico City
United States
Marvin J. Hirsch
Jack Travis
Mexico
Thomas Owen Shallcross
Texas
NBA Enters Its Seventeenth Season
The National Basketball Association begins its seventeenth campaign, marking another year of professional basketball with teams competing for titles, star players, and league records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Basketball Association
Numerous births logged at local hospitals with parent details
A sequence of birth announcements lists families from various addresses connected to Methodist West Texas and other clinics. Each entry notes baby’s weight and time of birth, hospital, and father’s occupation, with multiple households named across Levelland Slaton Lubbock and Olton.
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Alvin Neugebauer
Rt. 2
Slaton
West Texas Hospital
Panamanian Ships Ordered To Stop Cuba Trade
Panama decrees all ships flying its flag must halt any trade with Cuba. President Chiari urges strict enforcement to support the U S embargo, citing 486 Panamanian flagged vessels, mostly foreign owned, and warning penalties for registry violations.
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Cuba
Panama
Roberto F. Chiari
U.S
Fidel Castro
U.S. Maritime Administration
Washington
Chiari
Hillary expedition details delight World Book group
Sir Edmund Hillary spoke to about 100 World Book members in Caprock Hotel recounting a 10 month Nepal expedition. He described four aims including Yeti authenticity, high altitude testing, peak attempts, and building the first Sherpa school near the Tibetan border funded by World Book.
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Jack Sheridan
Avalanche-Journal
World Book Organization
Caprock
Mt. Everest
Sir Edmund Hillary
Nepal
Sir Edmund
New Zealand
Khumjung
Hillary
World Book
Frank W. Medley
Lubbock
Berlin crisis talks yield no progress says officials
UPI reports Kennedy and Rusk failed to win serious negotiation leverage with Gromyko on Berlin. Kremlin could still press for Western troop status while Gomulka links Brandt to Barnett, warns of East German peace treaty deadlines and Berlin sovereignty fears as Ulbricht regime tightens grip. London notes Transport Workers Union warnings on night trucker cafe noise.
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Kennedy
Rusk
Berlin
Kremlin
West
State Department
Russia
Brandt
Herr Brandt
Mississippi
Barnett
Gomulka
East Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Stock Market Slides Amid Mixed Signs Of Growth
The report notes a projected 560 billion national production rate for 1962, with a mild dip in early 1963 and a rebound later. It cites Kappel and Blough criticizing White House policy while urging tax reform to spur hiring and investment, and outlines IRS depreciation rule revisions benefiting autos, machinery, aerospace, rail, and hospitality firms.
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U.S
Council
Kappel
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel Corp
White House
Big Steel
Space Meet to Spotlight Manned Spaceflight Efforts
The Lubbock Space Meet features U S Representative George Mahon and Gen Estes among speakers detailing NASA Project Mercury X-15 bio-astronautics and space systems division capabilities. Faget Knight Stapp Hunt Parker Shock and others discuss space programs and the Big Disc X-20.
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Manned Spacecraft Center
Lubbock Jaycee
Bill Adams
West Texas
U. S
George Mahon
Lubbock
House
Subcommittee On Defense Appropriations
Estes
Air Force
Air Force Space Systems Division
AFSSD
NASA
Knight
Stapp
Albert Hunt
Clyde Parker
Space Systems Division
John Shock
ANNA satellite to aid geodesy in space
The Defense Department plans to launch the ANNA beacon satellite Tuesday to improve earth measurements. ANNA, representing Army Navy NASA and Air Force, will enable precise tracking from 600 miles above to reduce distance errors between cities and continents from about 500 feet to near 50 feet. The event includes a Space Day program with lectures, a luncheon, and a fashion show at the Pioneer Hotel and Fair Park Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas.
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Cape Canaveral
Defense Department
ANNA
Army
Navy
NASA
Air Force
Soviet Union
Jaycees
Glenn Scott
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Board of Directors
Jaycee
Pioneer Hotel
Fair Park Coliseum
Lewis R. Timberlake
Austin
Jim Proctor
Ken McFarland
Lubbock
Dean John Bradford
Texas Tech Engineering School
Rex Vermillion
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Tommy Elliott
Plainsman
Pioneer
Opposition forms to amend in Lubbock as voters near ballot
Mayor Strong chairs three committees to oppose the amendment while citizens and lawyers discuss potential court access for parents. Rex Webster heads speaker's group, Mrs. John R. Moxley women’s committee, and C. W. Ratliff publicity lead. Ballot results from local bar expected within a week amid strong opposition from Meade Griffin and Gov. Price Daniel.
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Rex Webster
John R. Moxley
C. W. Ratliff
Denzil Bevers
Lubbock County Bar Assa
Strong
Bevers
Senter
Texas Supreme Court
Meade F. Griffin
Price Daniel
George Murphy
Texas Municipal League
Gideons End 24th Annual Convention At Caprock Hotel
The Gideons International close their 24th annual convention at the Caprock Hotel with officer elections and speeches. Dr. R. S. Beal of Tucson will present the final message on Walking with the Lord at 8 30 a m, Frank Thurman of Longview speaks on Spiritual Growth and Discernment at 11 30 a m, and a barbecue at Hilltop Restaurant caps the day. Members plan a 7 a m Sunday breakfast and will assist in services at 70 Lubbock churches.
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Gideons
Caprock
R. S. Beal
Tucson
Ariz
Lord
Frank Thurman
Longview
Hilltop
Lubbock
Respondek in Jail on DWI Charge in Lubbock County
John Louis Respondek, 41, of New Deal, remained in Lubbock County Jail Friday night on a $1,500 bond after being charged with driving while intoxicated a subsequent offense. Bond was set by Justice of the Peace George McCleskey. Edith Camp lin, about 58, of 2402 30th St., died at her home Thursday apparently of a heart attack. Services for her were pending Friday night at Rix Funeral Home. Surviving are a son, Charles of Pueblo, Colorado.
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John Louis Respondek
New Deal
Lubbock County
Justice of the Peace
George McCleskey
Edith Camplin
30Th St
Rix Funeral Home
Charles
Pueblo
Colo
Airman Acquitted In Death Is Discharged
Fort Worth Carswell Airman Charles Croley Jr. 20 was discharged by the Air Force under an administrative discharge after being acquitted last month of beating to death his 4 month old daughter Rhonda. The base spokesman said he cannot be trained to be a good airman.
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Fort Worth
Carswell
Charles Croley Jr
Air Force
Croley
Rhonda
Auto Industry Sets Record Output Mark
DETROIT AP I The auto industry will build 162 845 cars this week for the highest output of the year Ward s reports said Friday The statistical agency said the total represented a 6 2 per cent increase over the 153 312 cars made last week and 13 8 per cent above the 143 150 units turned out in the corresponding week last year Already nearly one million 1963 cars have been produced Ward s said The figure will climb to 82 000 Saturday and top the one million mark about noon Monday.
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Detroit
API
Ward
Wards
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James Floyd Davis
26Th St
Lawrence Harwell
43Rd St
William Royce Clanton
Snyder
82Nd St
Slide Road
Willis H. Sparks
Abilene
Sally Sparks
Bureau
Morton
At & A.m
Jose Cantu
U.S. 87
Cantu
Emer
E. J. Hogan
Ave. A
Methodist Hospital
Altman Heating and Air Conditioning Co
Arnold McGuire
E Bates
Farmers Exchange
Jon Hatley
37Th St
Pan American Petroleum Co
Robert Riley
62Nd St
Boyd Anthony
11Th St
Don C. Nickson
2Nd St
Bedford Pharmacy
Thomas H. Terrell
Soe Ave
F. Levelland
Gutterslouh and Anderson
Perry Killman
William Brashears
17Th St
Bob I. Jinks
Jim Turner Enterprises
Ralph W Hodges
N. Ave. W
Deals Machine Shop
Jerry Hardy
Colgate St
St. Mary's Hospital
Porfirio Ybarra
Ave R
Latif Clinic
Farr's, Inc
Ignacio Faz
E. Rice
Lauf Clinic
Western Tank and Steel Corp
Jose Estrada
Johnny Rivera
318
Ave. F
L& H Mrug
Darnce O'Neal
E. 20Th St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
T. Fleming
E. Brown
Southwestern Public Service
Second St
Richard Curtis
Reese Air Force Base
Garland DeProng
Olton
Calcutta
Katmandu
Mt. Makalu
Mt. Amadablam
Peter Mulgrew
Mulgrew
JFK
Nikita
Gromyko
Khrushchev
United Nations
London
Transport Workers Union
Stock Mart
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Gen
Howell Estes, JR
Nat Williams
McLarty
Jack Strong
Bai
Kip Kennedy
Kip
Pittsburg
Kan
Auto Industry
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