Cuba Crisis Eases as Khrushchev Bluffs Cautions
United States officials report Khrushchev may have abandoned a large Berlin Cuba squeeze plan after Thant proposed a moratorium on offensive arms in Cuba. Gromyko denied the Cuban buildup, while U S reconnaissance confirms some ships avoided the blockade. The United States seeks UN observers to supervise dismantling with Poland and other nations watching closely.
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Ielieves
Boggs
Cuba
United States
Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Berlin
Thant
U.S
Gromyke
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Kremlin
Bucharest
Asst. Sec. of Defense
Arthur Sylvester
Sylvester
Warsaw
Poland
United Nations
Misfits Exhibit Odd Objects as Art in London Gallery
A London gallery hosts the Misfits an avant garde group led by Parisian Ben Vautier who will live in the window during the show through Nov 8. The display includes a cabbage a wet sponge a bottle opener and signs from Vautier on objects like a gas cooker and television. Gallery owner Victor Musgrave calls commonplace items artistic to creative minds.
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Ben Vautier
Victor Musgrave
Explorer 15 Shot Scheduled Today
Cape Canaveral officials say conditions are set for today’s Explorer 15 satellite launch to study a man made radiation belt created by the July 9 nuclear test. Also possible rescheduling of the Ananke geodetic satellite to today or Saturday. Explorer 15 will survey location and decay of the artificial belt extending from 100 to 10 000 miles high and merging with the Van Allen belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Pacific Ocean
Five Die in Mississippi Farm Tenant House Fire
Five people including a husband and wife and two children were burned to death in a Pineville area farm tenant house northeast of Raleigh Mississippi Sheriff Ed Martin said the victims were Lula Auderry 80 Jesse James Esters 30 Richie Mae Esters 21 Bobby Esters 3 and Hanna Esters 9 The fire likely occurred Wednesday night but was discovered later authorities could not determine a cause.
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Raleigh, Miss
Ed Martin
Martin
Lula Auderry
Jesse James Esters
Richie Mae Esters
Bobby Esters
Hanna Esters
Pineville
Raleigh
Scott Carpenter Brief Stop at Lubbock Airport
Scott Carpenter, America’s second astronaut to orbit Earth, made a brief layover at Lubbock Municipal Airport on Braniff flight 996 from Denver to Houston. He stayed aboard during the 20 minute stop, and Braniff officials said he did not speak with newsmen.
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Scott Carpenter
America
Lubbock
Denver
Houston
Carpenter
Braniff
50th Street Center Plan Denied by City Commission
Commissioners rejected the Caraway 50th Street shopping center plan citing a newly adopted 50th Street zoning guide. The proposal featured specialty shops and a theater but avoided supermarkets and gas stations. Opponents cited school and neighborhood impacts while supporting a later specific use permit.
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W. C. O’mara
Lubbock
Planning and Zoning Commission
50Th Street
Gene Alderson
O'Mara
Marvin McLarty Jr
Rolan Simpson
50Th
Billy Meeks
50Th St
Elgin Ave
Simpson
Alderson
H. E. Cone
49Th St
Akron Ave
Gene Blackburn
Cone
McLarty
Memphis Ave
Foster
Jimmy Lee Mason
15Th St
Ave. R
Chester H. Kissell
28Th St
Quaker Ave
Meeks
Ave. S
Robert L. Elliot
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
4Th St
Commission
O. L. Cagle
Panhandle Steel Buildings
J. D. Hunter
Harold Eiffel
Bonnie Graves
Rebekah Lodge
Harold Chapman
Chapman
46Th St
N. B. McCullough
Municipal Water, Power and Light
Mgr
H. P. Clifton
Treadaway
Eby
Caraway
Indiana Ave
Mth St
Indiana
Tucson
Houston
Cinerama
Monterey
Caprock
Caraway Home
Wall Street
50Th Ist
Harold Glasscock
Lubbock Independent School System
Glasscock
Monterey High School
Bob Burr
Blackburn
Akron St
George Dooley
J. T. Stone
Kissell
United States officials discuss Cuba missile threat and policy
Governors and congressmen from seven states gathered to review reconnaissance findings on Cuba. They urged quick action under the Monroe Doctrine and outlined aims to halt imports of offensive military hardware and remove existing missile bases. Texas participants emphasized peaceful resolution if possible and noted rapid Soviet buildup capabilities.
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Bob Casey
Houston
United States
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
Cuba
Wright
Texas
Births listed for area families at local hospitals
Mr and Mrs Larey Boyd welcome a daughter at Lubtoch Osteopathic Hospital weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces. The father works for AB Automotive Transit Inc. Mrs Emilie Pacheco Jr. aided. Other births include a daughter 8 pounds 3 ounces at Taylor Hospital to Leo Bell and wife, a son 5 pounds 10 ounces at Methodist Hospital to James L Garrison, and a son 6 pounds 6 4 4 ounces at Methodist Hospital to W R Cates Jr. Father occupations vary from laborer to railway and utility work.
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Larey Boyd
Au Hac Tranenisaton, Inc
Emilie Pachece Jr
Weiite
Leo Bell
E. Broadway
Taylor Hospital
Western Wing
The
Santa Fe Railway
James L. Garrison
Methodist Hospital
Hygeia-Ozarka Water Co
W. R. Cates Jr
Texaco, Inc
Jon Dalton
Reese Air Force Base
Estes Trial in Pecos Faces Delays Over Juror Questions
Estes, a West Texas financier, faces a delayed Pecos trial as Judge Dunagan rejects a defense question to jurors and ponders a Saturday session. In Amarillo, District Attorney Baughman plans talks with Judge Jordan about possible delays as Estes faces related charges tied to a chattel mortgage backed by fertilizer tanks. Spectators note Estes’s ties to education and a brief incident with a reporter.
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Texas
Dunagan
Amarillo
Estes
Dist
Frank Baughman
Cofer
Tyler
Baughman
47Th Dist
E. E. Jordan
Rose
Opposition Invites Pearson to Cabinet Defense Meeting
Ottawa AP report says Lester B. Pearson leader of the main opposition party was invited to Thursday’s meeting of Canada's Cabinet defense committee. It marks the first such invitation since the Korean War and signals a rare cross party discussion of defense.
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Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Fort Worth Leader Speaks At Scottish Rite Feast
Fort Worth journalist John G. Kemmerer, a 33rd Degree Mason and 1958 Texas Grand Master, spoke at the South Plains Scottish Rite Assn Feast of Tabernacles dinner in Yellowhouse Masonic. He traced the observance from ancient Jewish history to today and urged Masonry to defend patriotism, noting Cuban Grand Lodge members faced prison after rejecting communism. About 70 attended with various Knights Commander of Honour and consistory representations.
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South Plains
Scottish Rite Assn
Tabernacles
Yellowhouse Masonica
Kemmerer
Grand Lodge of Texas, Af&am
Grand Lodge of
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Grand Lodge
Charles G. Rook Jr
Earl Bates
Association
Bill Holmes
Charles A. Guy
Charles
R. Duncan
Charlie Sherrod
Court of Honour
R. N. Huckabee
Leavis Holder
Order of
Eastern Star
el Paso
Dallas
Galveston
McAlester
Guthrie
Okla
Los Angeles
Bismarck
N.C
Wichita, Kan
Greenville
Miss
Columbus
Ohio
Stevenson Demands Yes No Answer on Cuban Missiles
In a tense UN session Stevenson pressed Ambassador Zorin to admit Soviet missiles in Cuba. Zorin refused and accused U.S. of fabricating evidence while Stevenson urged removal of weapons and warned of war risk. The council suspended debate to begin private negotiations among US Soviet Cuba and UN officials. Kennedy said removal of weapons was the key issue. Khrushchev endorsed Thant’s initiative for immediate talks.
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Sylvester
Cuba
U.S
National Security Council
White House
Pierre Salinger
Zorin
Stevenson
United States
Moscow
Soviet Union
Stevenison
Kennedy
Andrei Gromyko
Zorin Stevenson
Council
King Stevenson
Thant
In Kennedy
Khrushchev
United Nations
Colcmb Buy Five New Shipping Vessels
A regional trading company announced the purchase of five new shipping vessels to expand its fleet. The firm cited growth in imports and exports and expected deliveries within the next year.
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Colcmb
Ceyenesh
Ebicad
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22Nd St
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Bebe
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Atte
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