East Texas Bank Robbery Ends With Escape and Loss
A bank robber tied up three outside and four inside the vault at First State Bank in Awkins. He shot twice accidentally while securing the loot, escaping with nearly $18,000 as police questioned a second man at a waiting car. Bank officials C. C. Sims and Ellen Hamilton described the incident and the gunman.
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Associated Press
Awkins
State Bank
Tyler
Texas
C. C. Sims
Ellen Hamilton
Mrs. Hamilton
Polly Hall
Hamilton
Sims
Mollye Busey
Royce Ford
Gladewater
Rusk Defends U S Toughness Against Goldwater Criticism
Secretary of State Dean Rusk rejected claims that the United States should soften foreign policy for the 1964 campaign. He said rivals will not roll over and that U S vital interests require firmness, while warning that opponents will also be stubborn. He argued bipartisan support has sustained policy since World War I and urged careful persistence in seeking new agreements with the Reds.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Sec
Dean Rusk
United States
U.S
Barry
Rusk
Barry Goldwater
America
Reds
Goldwater
Moon probe Ranger 7 images reveal landing hazards
Ranger 7 photos show a badly battered lunar region with craters and a hazardous pocket of small craters that could impede landings. Scientists say some areas remain suitable for a small craft, while others should be avoided, as the mission proves 400 frames were captured before impact.
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Avalanche-Journal News
Calif
America
Ranger-7
United States
Gerard P. Kuiper
Ranger
Coperneicus
Kuiper
Eugene Shoemaker
U. S. Geological Survey
Flagstaff
Ariz
Soviets Set Two Pacific Target Areas for Rocket Tests
Moscow announced a five month test series of new carrier rockets from next Tuesday to December 30. Two impact zones lie roughly 1,400 miles south-southwest of Honolulu, near areas used in prior space shots, as Tass described tests of new rocket varieties for space objects.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Soviet Union
Central Pacific
Honolulu
Tass
UN Patrols Halt at Limassol Port
United Nations forces in Cyprus suspend patrols of Limassol port after a British sergeant was manhandled by Greek Cypriot police and national guardsmen. UN sources said the pause was reported Friday.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
UPI
United Nations
Limassol
Foreman urges poll workers at GOP rally in Lubbock
1600 Republican partisans heard Rep Foreman urge adequate poll workers for Election Day. He stressed trained volunteers to prevent being counted out and praised Goldwater, with party push for precinct organization at the Lubbock rally.
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Dudley Lynch
Avalanche-Journal
Reed Foreman
16Th Congressional District
Lubbock
San Francisco
Foreman
Barry Goldwater
a_ Nashville
Tenn
The
Goldwaters
Sean Goldwater
GOP
Odessa
Bee
Marlboro mayor collects unemployment pay despite vows
Walter C. Grubb the Marlboro mayor and RCA veteran collected a weekly $50 unemployment check after being laid off. He had promised to forgo a mayoral salary and filed as a four year term official amid a budget overrun and a housing boom. Grubb plans to seek a new job soon while commuting from Marlboro.
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Marlboro
N.J
Walter C. Grubb
Grubb
Radio Corp. of America
Rensselaer Polytechnic _Institute
RCA
Alti
White House clash over Kennedy VP bid discussed
A Johnson Kennedy White House confrontation raised questions about Kennedy's vice presidential prospects. Johnson reportedly told Kennedy and others he preferred to keep the cabinet intact, while Kennedy allies allege the purge was aimed at Kennedy who planned to resign after the campaign. Page 8.
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Douglas B. Cornell Ashington
White House
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
The Daily Tribune Section Rundown
A concise guide to today’s pages outlining where to find horoscopes sports highlights women’s news editorials radio and TV programs market reports and more across sections C A and B.
Inmate Claims Prison Food Is Too Luxurious
Alan G. Whitaker a 36 year old inmate serving a three year to life term at the state men's colony in San Luis Obispo petitions the superior court seeking an injunction against serving luxury foods such as strawberry shortcake pie ice cream ham chicken tuna salad and sausage. He argues such meals discourage release and appeal to lazy inmates while Supt. John Klinger notes Whitaker has lost five pounds since arrival.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
UPD
Superior Court
Alan G. Whitaker
Whitaker
John Klinger
Prayerful plea for calm minds and divine guidance
A devotional prayer asking Heavenly Father to keep minds calm and aware of high calling as servants. The speaker seeks illumination to clearly identify obstacles in daily striving, asking for strong spiritual direction.
Slaton Pioneer Keeps Rain Tab for 51 Years on Farm
Slaton Laton May 31 Slaton pioneer J J Kitten has logged rainfall since 1913 on the J J Kitten farm four miles west of Slaton. The dry year tests crop resilience as irrigation wells keep fields green though some dry land plots worsen. Kitten started recording to inform Nebraska relatives and expanded to snowfall frosts and freezes, preserving a detailed weather ledger for generations.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Laton
South Plains
J. J. Kitten
Here
Kitten
Slaton
Nebraska
Red China Aid Cited Over Cai Be Attack
A Cambodian era-style report claims Nguyen Khanh’s government charged Red China aided the July 20 assault on Cai Be by North Vietnamese regulars. The commission cites Red Chinese advisers directing the attack and argues two thirds of casualties were women and children. The claim follows Khanh’s note of Hanoi’s regiments moving toward South Viet Mekong frontier.
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Associated Press
AIGON
Nguyen Khanh
Red China
Mekong
Cai Be
North Viet Nam
Control Commission
Viet Nam
India
Canada
Poland
Red Ese
Mekong River
Saigon
Khanh
Hanoi
South Viet Mekong
Red
Nuclear task force begins two month world cruise
The world s only nuclear powered naval task force an aircraft carrier and two guided missile ships passed through the Straits of Gibraltar Friday and started a two month circumnavigation of the globe according to the Navy.
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Washington
UPD
Straits of Gibraltar
Globe
Navy
Weather map page for Lubbock area report
Partly cloudy through tonight with widely scattered late afternoon and early night thunder showers. Highs in the middle 90s. Southeast to south winds up to 20 to 25 mph in the evening.
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Lubbock
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