Spotty Downpours Hit Parts Of South Plains
Rain filled streets and bar ditches as Bailey County agent J. K. Adams commented that with sorghum and cotton nearing maturity farmers might want to halt rain. Logston in Littlefield warned that ongoing cool weather and rain could harm crops further.
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South Plains
Bailey County
J. JK. Adams
Logston
Littlefield
Alton Carmichael
Plainview
Buddy C
Lan Inch
Petersburg
Amherst
Floydada
New Deal
Hale Center
Sundown
Jayton
Levelland
Plain
Laredo
Texas
West Texas
Fort Griffin
Rockwood
Rotan
Old Glory
Hamlin
Soviet embassy official expelled over classified info case
A Soviet third secretary Revin, 34, based at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, was expelled after passing classified American material for large sums. The incident follows a July Czech eavesdropping attempt at the State Department and highlights broader spy expulsions since 1946. Revin, who lived in Silver Spring with his wife and child, faced immediate departure after the State Department note.
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FBI
Revin
State Department
Washington
McCloskey
Alexander I. Zinchuk
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Kevin
College Park
Defense Department
Silver Spring
University of California
Berkeley
New York City
Arthur Goldberg to Speak in Dallas for U N Week
U N ambassador Arthur Goldberg will address Dallas during United Nations Week on October 25. The event is sponsored by Southern Methodist University and the Dallas United Nations Association. Prior Dallas UN Week speakers include Adlai Stevenson and Dean Rusk.
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Dallas
Arthur Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Southern Methodist University
Dallas United Nations Assn
Adlai Stevenson
Dean Kusk
Robbery Suspects Arrested Near Hidalgo Bridge
Four armed robbery suspects were arrested early Friday near the International Bridge after a city marshal stopped them about 1:30 am before crossing. The men allegedly robbed filling stations in Robstown and Alice. General George Armstrong Custer is buried at West Point.
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Hidalgo, Tex
UPI
International Bridge
Pete Castillo
Robstown
Alice
Gen
George Armstrong Custer
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Brigitte Bardot Sparks London Skirt Furor At Airport
Brigitte Bardot caused a major scene in London as she arrived at the airport wearing a skirt six inches above the knee. The event drew the largest Inews reception in London Airport history and created intense TV spotlight heat. She arrived with no husband Gunther Sachs von Opel amid talk of a new film project and a French fashion model plot about a Scottish escape.
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London
Brigitte ‘Bardot
Brigitte
Gunther Sachs von
Debbie Furgeson Leads In Barrel Racing Circuits
Debbie Furgeson dominates in barrel racing circuits with wins in the West Texas Barrel Racing Association junior division, and an American Junior Rodeo Association title last weekend in Odessa. She rides eight year old Jim Ned nicknamed Lucky, a horse that has earned over 13000 dollars for owners since 1962. Her family, including father J W and brother Mike, share a heavy rodeo involvement with frequent appearances across multiple events.
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Wote
Witbra
Debbie
West Texas Barrel Racing Association
American Junior Rodeo Association
Odessa
Texas Barrel Racing Association
Marshall
Tex
Aspermont
Jim Ned
Lucky
Furgeson
J. W
Mike
Ann
Turkish-born executive finishes thesis after 15 years
Meshu lam Riklis, 42, completes a master of business administration at Ohio State University after 15 years spent rising from Hebrew school teacher to chairman and CEO of McCrory Corp Glen Alden Corp and other firms with combined annual revenue of about 1.25 billion. He began research in Minneapolis where he formed a syndicate and gained control of Rapid-American Corp. Riklis recalls long study and hard work, saying he finally felt satisfied upon reviewing his degree. He was born in Istanbul and moved to Israel as a youth, later serving with the British Eighth Army before moving to the United States with his family.
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Columbus, Ohio
Meshulam Riklis
Riklis
Ohio State University
Minneapolis
Minn
Rapid-American ‘Corp
Joseph H. iCohen & Sons
Rise Riklis
McCrory Corp
Glen. Alden Corp
Horatio Alger
United States
Istanbul
Turkey
Tel Aviv
Israel
8Th Army
Jumbus Hebrew School
Ohio State
Heads
Riklis Ives
Kings Point
N.Y
Daugh
Viet Nam War Updates Report 352nd Aircraft Losses
U S losses 352nd plane in South Viet Nam as Viet Cong mine hits a bus near Saigon killing 12. A bombing at Lai Thieu polling place injures at least five. Premier Ky vows to resign after elections while warning against Viet Cong negotiations. B52 strikes hit infiltration routes near the DMZ as weather limits missions.
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Saigon
Hue
Lai Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
Bien Hoa
Charles de Gaulle
Cambodia
Quang Tin
Quang Nam
Vunang Ngai
Imperial
Local births and a liquor-store crash in Lubbock
A Friday report lists births at Methodist Hospital and Reese AFB Hospital, noting several families with newborn sons and daughters. A car crashed into Pinkie's liquor store on Acuff Road, damaging whiskey and beer displays, with 100 onlookers watching as Brakes failed and the vehicle plowed through the front window.
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Lubbock
Acuff Road
Copelands
Tucumcari
L. B. Garner
Walnut Ave
Pinkie’s
Spraggins
Cole Dillard
Hopper
Garner
Taut Clinte
Borden Co
Phil. White
65Th St
White
Auto makers blamed for using safety items to hike car prices
Reuther warned price increases tied to safety equipment could gouge buyers. Ribicoff and Hart urged Senate inquiries to verify costs. Magnuson noted 1967 models may include more safety gear with minimal real cost, while mass production could keep prices down.
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Ribicoff
Reuther
United Auto Workers
Commerce Committee
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Sen
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Senate
Magnuson
General Services Administration
Blue Angels crash during Thunder over Toronto show
At Toronto Island Airport the Blue Angels fanfare ended abruptly as one aircraft crashed mid act. A Canadian forces spokesman said the mid show accident halted the display with two more passes before the show was canceled and a search deployed for the pilot.
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Manuevers
Canadian Armed Forces
Blue Angels
Toronto Island
Oliver
Royal Canadian Air Force
Hercules
Elderly Widows Found Dead in Boston Apartment
Two elderly widows, a mother and daughter, were found dead in their second floor Boston apartment after a ransacked home and signs of sexual mistreatment. Mrs Minne Sperling, 93, and her daughter Mrs Molly Jacobs, 72, were discovered in a hallway by patrolman Kennedy. The door had been unlocked and a stranger had entered weeks earlier under pretense of fixing lighting, with money missing.
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Boston
Richard Ford
Suffolk County
Minne Sperling
Molly Jacobs
Haskell
Kennedy
Jacobs
Rebecca Kippen
Han
Poor Louisianans Seek Help to End Poverty Program Control
A busload of Louisiana poor representatives pressed the Office of Economic Opportunity for a full investigation into what they call control of poverty programs by the rich and segregationists. Regional Director William Crook met with leaders including James Stephens high school group from Ville Platte and NAACP figure Charles Bryant to hear complaints about CAP director Roland Hebert and perceived Headstart segregation. John Zippert of CORE joined the delegation alleging Hebert is unqualified and suppresses efforts to aid the poor.
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James Stephens High School
Ville Platte
Opelousas
Crook
Charles E. Bryant
St. Landry's Parish
Bryant
St. Landry's
NAACP
CAP
Rorland Hebert
Lafayette
St. Landry
Acadia
Vermilion
Iberia
St. Marya
John Zippert
St. Landrys' Parish
CORE
Hebert
Zippert
Amarillo Man Sought After Prison Escape
Houston UPI report says Amarillo man Robert Neal Craig Jr., 28, escaped from Central Prison Farm Sugar Land while serving a five year term for theft. He was last seen driving a prison truck north on U S 59 with authorities pursuing.
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Houston
UPI
Robert Neal Craig Jr
Amarillo
Sugarland
Craig
U. S. 59
Missing girl found after bus ride hitchhike incident
Officials organized a search for Peggy after she boarded Rev. Bruce Stovall’s bus by hitchhiking home from school. Peggy, appearing calm and unscared, was located with Mrs. Stovall who recognized her as the missing child from New Home.
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Bruce Stovall
New Home
Peggy
Kinnard
Rev. Stovall
Stovall
Rabies Warning Issued For San Antonio Man
Texas Public Health authorities and Illinois State Police warned Vincent Kallen a 40 year old San Antonio man to seek immediate medical care after a dog bite two weeks earlier. The dog was later found rabid and officials urged all who know him to alert him to possible danger. He should start anti rabies shots immediately to prevent disease development.
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Chicago
UPI
Texas
Illinois
San Antonio
Vincent Kallen
Kallen
Philippine medical unit in Viet Nam praised by Ky
Premier Ky publicly thanked 28 nurses and doctors from the Philippine medical contingent for their year in Phileon HI. The unit and its two one year predecessors earned the most Viet Nam medals per capita among allied units and are being replaced by the Philippine civic action group Phileag.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Phileon HI
Philean
Philip ‘Pine Civic Action Group
Phileag
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82Nd St
College Ave
Jim Coker
North
Indochina
North Viet Nam
John Barnhart
Ave. W
Methodist Hospital
National Farm Life
Billy Royce Drennan
E. Purdue
Erickson Construction Co
Mack Ross
EB. Burkley
Julian Rios
Shallowater Drive
Lauf Clinic
Texas Roofing Co
Ira Lee Stone
Ave
West Texas Hospital
Hancock Mfg .Co
James F. Camn
Sudan
Jerrell Snodgrass
66Th St
Father x Activite
Lubbock High School
Larry Deardorff
Deardorf
Ted Jolly
32Nd St
John Maner
Second St
Wayne Crowther
19Th St
Aaughter
Reese Afb Hospital
Vine
Reese
John G. Ballaster
Harmon Drive
Donald G. Maraska
Marion J. Robinson
45Th St
Highland Hospital
Mra
Quade
McCright
Jgrill
Ion
AUTO
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Robert Aumack
U.S. Navy
Malton International Airport
U.S. Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
John Jay
U. S. Supreme Court
Austin
Louisiana
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