Kennedy Presses UN Plan and Cuba Crisis Developments
The United States pursued UN supervised removal of Cuban missiles while maintaining a naval blockade and ongoing aerial surveillance. President Kennedy outlined two points to Khrushchev, urging removal under UN observation and assurances against invasion, amid SSC and NSC meetings and a missing reconnaissance plane.
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Cuba
Pentagon
McNamara
Navy
U.S
Kennedy
Khrushchev
United Nations
U.S. Navy
Russia
Castro
United States
Tive
Valerian Zorin
White House
National Security Council
Mittee
Defense Department
Sylvester
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Sec
U Thant
Two Killed In West Levelland Traffic Tragedy
Police report the crossing lights and warning bell worked as a car driven by a Lubbock woman and a westbound truck collided 6.5 miles west of Levelland. Fowler was walking east on the road when blinded headlights prevented the driver from seeing him. Funeral plans for Fowler are pending. Garcia’s funeral is set for 4 p.m. Monday at St Elizabeth Church Snyder with burial at Snyder Cemetery. Garcia is survived by a large family across Snyder Robstown Floresville and others. The 1962 traffic toll stands at 137, 12 ahead of last year’s pace. In area wrecks Saturday one person hospitalized, three treated and released, and three awaiting examination. A car overturned four miles west of Slide on FM 41 injuring Fred and Sally Medina and Raymond Green. earlier two-car collision on College Ave injured Billy Sue Burch and Clista Seymour. At 10:06 a.m. two cars collided at 15th St and Ave U injuring Judy Tapp and Wanda Jean Altman.
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Angelia Sescobedo
Snyder
Julia Marez
Robstown
Arnulfo
Andres
Juan
Paul
Floresville
Slide
FM 41
Methodist Hospital
Fred
Sally Medina
Brownfield
Raymond Green
Range
Tex
College Ave
33Rd St
Billy Sue Burch
23Rd St
Clista Seymour
56Th St
West Texas Hospital
15Th St
Ave. U
Judy Tapp
Rt. 2
Lubbock
Births Report From Amarillo Area Families
Congratulations to several Amarillo area families on newborns at Porter Clinic and Methodist Hospitals. Listed are Herschel F Strawn and wife with a son 6 pounds 8 ounces born 1 10 am Saturday. Freddie M Bonds Jr and wife with a son 6 pounds 2 ounces born 10 45 pm Friday. James Edward McKinzie and wife with a son. George Villa Franco and wife with a daughter 7 pounds 8% ounces born 2 56 am Saturday. Manuel Ruiz and wife with a son 6 pounds 4 15 ounces born 5 40 am Saturday. Murray Wacasey and wife with a son 9 pounds 7 ounces born 3 15 am Saturday. Father occupations include barber, grain company worker, hospital staff, and air force base employee. several parents reside in Amarillo and Lubbock and Texas Tech student father is self employed.
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Herschel F. Strawn
11Th St
Amarillo
Porter Clinic Hospital
Freddie M. Bonds Jr
16Th St
Joiner Grain Co
Idalou
George Villa Franco
Rt. 2
Lubbock
Lauf Clinic
Emhes
Baylor Baptist
Manuel Ruiz
Ave. C
Methodist Hospital
Keese Air Force Base
Murray Wacasey
Peoria Ave
Texas Tech
Two Women Die In Train Car Collision
Two Kil gore women, Mrs. Jerry Daniels 44 and Mrs. Lily Carroll 64, were killed when their car collided with a train at a Longview crossing. Investigators said crossing signals appeared functioning though the vehicle was on the Texas and Pacific tracks.
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Longview
Jerry Daniels
Lily Carroll
Texas and Pacific
Turkiye Symbol of Power Seen Not Ready for NATO Base Change
U S officials view Khrushchev’s proposal for a Turkey base arrangement as politically complex. Any deal would need NATO allies to agree that the Turkish base is no longer essential for security amid Polaris missiles and intercontinental rockets.
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Turkey
U.S
Khrushchev
NATO
United States
Cuba
U. S. Defense Department
Soviet Union
Security Council
Nations weigh Cuban missiles clash with Turkish bases
Khrushchev offered a pledge to halt Cuban missiles if the West withdraws Turkey’s Jupiter missiles. Turkey’s foreign minister rejected the swap noting NATO bases were defensive and not under bilateral deals. Ankara reports say Turkish bases are under alert with 3rd Army on leave cancellations as NATO tightens precautions.
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Turkey
United States
Cuba
U. S
Khrushchev
U.S.A
U.S
Soviet Union
Iscorns Khrushchev
Istanbul
Feridun Cemal -Erkin
Ofee
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Erkin
America
NATO
3Rd Army
Hamlin Youth Dies After Train Strikes Car
Ronald Lynn Flenniken 17 of Hamlin died shortly after a car crash with a westbound K and T diesel engine four miles northwest of Hamlin. Driver Cynthia Howard 17 and passenger Reaha Law 15 were seriously injured and hospitalized in Hamlin and Abilene. Police found no obstacle at the crossing and no braking indicated. Burial for Flenniken is planned at Hamlin East Cemetery with services at First Baptist Church.
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Hamlin
Ronald
Ronnie
Hamlin Memorial Hospital
Law
Hendricks Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Howard
Hamlin Hospital
Lewis Stinnett
Stinnett
Flenniken
First Baptist Church
Lenard Hartley
Hamlin East Cemetery
Cold Front Forecast Drops Lubbock Subfreezing Temps
Weather report notes Abernathy and Plainview readings around 8:20 to 9 p m with a front passing through Lubbock by 4 a m. Forecasters warn of possible 30s early Monday, the coldest so far this fall, with no rain expected and favorable South Plains agriculture outlook.
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Abernathy
Plainview
Lockney
Levelland
Brownfield
Muleshoe
Morton
Weather Bureau
Lubbock
South Plains
Carlos Abreu Rites Pending In Lovington
Funeral services for Carlos Frederick Abreu 58 Lovington are pending at Strong Throne Mortuary Albuquerque. Abreu manager of the Farmer and Rancher Contracting Assn died on arrival Friday afternoon at Lovington Lea General Hospital after a heart attack. He is survived by four sisters.
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Lovington
Carlos Frederick Abreu
Albuquerque
Abreu
Farmer and Rancher Contracting Assn
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Maedgen Improves but Critical at Methodist Hospital
C E Maedgen of 1811 Broadway remains in critical condition after slight improvement Saturday at Methodist Hospital. He had been hospitalized two weeks in Ardmore Okla and transferred to Lubbock hospital Tuesday. A separate report notes Jake Hamilton of 1216 Ave E admitted Saturday night after a fractured hip from a horse fall. Barrel Racers meeting moved to Aufill's Sports Arena at 3 pm today on the Tohoka Highway, open to the public.
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C. E. Maedgen
Broadway
Methodist Hospital
Maedgen
Lubbock ‘National Bank
Lubbock
Ardmore
Okla
Lubbock Hospital
Jake Hamilton
Ave. E
West Texas
Anton Man Held In Telephone Break-Ins
A 31 year old Anton man is reported in custody in Portales on suspicion of breaking into pay telephones in Lubbock area and Eastern New Mexico. Deputies said the arrest occurred Friday. Reports say money was taken from a telephone at a Highway 87 package store and two Carlisle pay phones were damaged. Officials say a shotgun was used to blow open the pay telephones.
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Anton
Portales
Lubbock
New Mexico
Carlisle
Japan passes five million population mark growth
Japan's population surpassed the five million threshold last week according to AP statistics, indicating continued growth and demographic trends for Tokyo and national totals.
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Japan
Tokyo
Station Worker Charged In False Robbery Case
A service station attendant, George Weston, 35, admitted taking about $200 and was charged with embezzlement after reporting a false robbery at a 50th Street station. Larry Baker, 21, was charged with attempted kidnapping and jailed on $5,000 bond after admitting the incident. Police investigated theft by a Grand City man and a knife injury to Jesse B. Taylor, while a window at Jobbers Warehouse was shattered and a cash drawer stolen near 1910 Fourth Street.
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George Weston
E. Rice
Weston
Larry Baker
E. 4Th St
Rear
Baker
Grand City
Kan
Howard Smith
50Th St
Ave. H
Helen Smith
Slaton
Jesse B. Taylor
Birch
Methodist Hospital
Taylor
Jobbers Warehouse
18Th St
Ave. E
Castro image damaged by Khrushchev Cuba deal offer
Latin American experts say Khrushchev s proposal to guarantee U S against a Cuban missile strike shows Castro as Kremlin’s puppet. They note Moscow controls Cuban bases and dismiss Castro’s calls against external inspection despite his public stance. The episode exposes Cuban sovereignty limits under Soviet influence.
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Francis L. McCarthy
UPI
Russia
United States
Fidel Castro
Western Hemisphere
Cuba
Castro
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Kennedy
U.S
Khrushchev
New Standards Would Double Shelter Space
Washington AP In response to the Cuban crisis the Civil Defense office urged state and city officials to speed shelter preparations and officials said federal Civil Defense programs will be expanded. Lowering shielding standards could expand capacity from 60 million to 110 to 120 million people by using space in additional buildings.
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Washington
Office of Civil Defense
Civil Defense Office
Steuart L. Pittman
Train derailed after downpour near Acala Texas
Sixty two cars of a Southern Pacific freight train derailed Friday night near Acala after a downpour washed out tracks. No injuries were reported. About a half mile of track was torn up. Crews worked all night to clear wreckage and restore service in about 18 hours. A section of U S Highway 80 was closed Saturday due to mud flow.
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Acala
Tex
UPI
Southern Pacific
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Road funds apportioned for national forests work
Washington AP Secretary of Commerce Luther H Hodges apportioned 33 million dollars to 41 states and Puerto Rico for road work in and around national forests. Texas received 104.42 million for the 1964 fiscal year starting July 1.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Luther H. ‘Hodges
States
Puerto Rico
Texas
Ishikawajima to Build Three 10,000-Ton Freighters for Brazil
The Ishikawajima Shipbuilding Co of Japan won a contract to construct three 10,000-ton cargo ships for Brazil's expanding merchant fleet. The agreement highlights Japan's role in supplying Brazil's postwar commercial fleet.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Ishikawajima Shipbuilding Com
Japan
Brail
Argentina Removes 20 Percent Surcharge on Seed Imports
Buenos Aires reports Argentina has eliminated the 20 percent surcharge on imports of agricultural seeds. The move impacts farmers and seed distributors, signaling a shift in trade policy and potential price effects for crops relying on imported varieties.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Kox Parade Winners and Tech Homecoming Highlights
Texas Techs exes and students filled the parade and halftime shows with color and energy. The event featured majorettes, ROTC flag mishap fixes, SMU mascots, and a crowd of thousands enjoying floats, awards, and a Saturday luncheon at Municipal Coliseum.
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Texas Tech
Municipal Coliseum
Farr’s Supermarkets
Dunlaps
Frontier Stamps
Castro Warns on UN Observers Amid Cuba Crisis
Castro rejects UN observers while offering to consider Thant proposals if the U S ends threats and the naval blockade. He appeals for talks, questions U S arms limits, and urges negotiations to avert a Soviet missile base showdown. Cuba massing troops and restricting gasoline as invasion rumors persist.
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United Nations
Castro
Cuba
United States
Ussr
Typhoon Gilda Drifts Near Ryukyu Islands
Typhoon Gilda with 132 mph winds moves slowly toward the Ryukyu Islands as the Air Force reports its center is 380 miles northeast of Manila, Philippines.
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Tokyo
Gilda
Ryukyu Islands
Air Force
Manila
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