American student tourist Makinen Soviet spy trial ends
State Department protests secret Kiev trial of Marwin Makinen a 23 year old Fulbright scholar sentenced by a Soviet military tribunal to eight years in prison. The case parallels the Powers U2 spy trial with Makinen held incommunicado and defended by a Soviet attorney.
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State Department
Isvestia
Marwin Makinen
U. S
Kiev
Makinen
Tass
Russia
Powers Investia
Chassel
Mich
Moscow Radio
Ukraine
Izvestia
Michigan
Ashburnham
Mass
Carrell H. Arnold
Westminster
University of Pennsylvania
Free University of Berlin
Banquet Honors Civic Volunteers at Hodges Center
About 500 people attended the Boards and Commissions Banquet hosted by Mayor David C. Casey and city officials at the Hodges Center. Donors of the land for the $79,000 building, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hodges, were saluted for their contribution. The event honored volunteers serving on local boards and commissions with remarks from Casey about their essential role.
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Bob Horton
Avalanche-Journal
Statt Weiter Fats
Boards and Commissions
David C. Casey
Vernon E. Thompson
W. C. O'Mara
Otis Maner
Frank H. Chappell Jr
Hodges Counter
40Th
College Ave
J. A. Hodges
Casey
Sre
Marlin P. ‘Miner
Board of
Electrical Examiners
Kirk Dean
Nay Hale
George Wilson
New Hodges
Walkout Deadline Is Today
President Kennedy urged management and labor to settle the auto industry contract disputes without a strike as the 10 a.m. deadline approached. The UAW and General Motors reported deadlock but indicated a possible agreement, while Kennedy pressed for a fair settlement balancing workers, shareholders, and consumers. The UAW cited readiness to arbitrate to avoid a stoppage.
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Asociated
Etroit
Kennedy
Washington
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
UAW
General Motors Corp
Tropical Storm Carla Gains Steam Near Cuba Threatens Western Cuba
Tropical storm Carla moved on a more northerly path toward western Cuba with gale winds and squalls up to 60 mph as it neared Swan Island in the Caribbean. Hurricane Betsy remained a strong system in the open Atlantic with top winds near 125 mph, no longer threatening the U.S. mainland. Carla was about 300 miles south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba and expected to intensify into a hurricane by late today.
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Miami
Carla
Swan Island
Caribbean
Cuba
Betsy
Atlantic
U. S
Schools Sign 26 572 For Classes Here
Opening day enrollment in Lubbock public schools reached 26 572 students. Secondary schools held 9 793, elementary 16 469, and special education 310, up 1 498 from 25 074 last year. Williams noted broad gains from first grade to twelfth.
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Lubbock
Nat Williams
Monterey
Tom S. Lubbock
Dunbar
G. E. Dawson
O. L. Slaton Junior High
Williams
Alderson
Evans
Foreign Aid Funds Approved In House By Lamesa
The House approved foreign aid totaling 3.6575 billion dollars after restoring most of a 400 million dollar military cut. Final passage was 270 to 123 with 180 Democrats and 90 Republicans for the measure and 58 Democrats and 65 Republicans against. Gerald Ford urged a larger military rise, arguing for parity with Eisenhower.
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Feeney
Ashington
House
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Kennedy
Gerald Ford
R-Mich
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lamesa approves Cana dia River water contract plan
In a Tuesday municipal election Lamesa voters approved joining the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority. The city joins Amarillo Borger Brownfield Levelland Lubbock Pampa Plainview Slaton O'Donnell and Tahoka in the pact which totals 29 078 in favor and 818 against for the Canadian River project. Lamesa’s water share is 733 000 000 gallons yearly with a city cost of 3 1845 000 plus interest over 40 years. Washington action on the project to begin today with the annual Public Works Appropriation Bill including 4 200 000 to start the dam project.
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Lamesa
Texas South Plains
Panhandle
Washington
Canadian River
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Daydreamer delivers the only man who does most of his dreaming
Comic Dictionary Daydreamer defines a rare character who blends wakeful thought with vivid fantasies. The piece sketches a humorous portrait of someone who appears productive while his mind wanders, offering a wry take on imagination at work.
Third Soviet Blast Leaves No Choice
President Kennedy announced the United States will resume underground nuclear testing after Russia detonated a third atmospheric blast. The decision, approved across official Washington, follows a joint appeal by Kennedy and Britain’s Prime Minister to Khrushchev to halt atmospheric tests. Tests are to resume this month, likely small tactical devices, with Britain not joining the resumption.
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Avalanche-Journal
Kennedy
United States
White House
U. S
Russia
Washington
Hope
Harold Macmillan
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Moscow
U.S
London
Britain
Free Nations
Glenn T. Seaborg
Atomic Energy Comission
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Defense
Plans Held In Secrecy For Nuclear Testing Resumption
Reports indicate the United States plans to resume nuclear tests in underground facilities at Jackass Flats Nevada with secrecy. An AEC spokesman said there is no schedule, while experts discuss small tactical tests under 100000 tons TNT, and possible advancements to Minuteman ICBM warheads or a chemically triggered neutron device.
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U.S
AEC
Ralph Lapp
Washington Atomic
Lapp
Davy Crockett
United States
Daily prayer excerpt challenges gloom with steadfast faith
A devotional prayer urges believers to keep hearts and heads high during trying times. It asks for growth in victorious living through faith, addressing anonymous readers and invoking divine guidance to overcome discouragement.
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Onite Ray
Berlin clash as U S troops fire tear gas at East Germans
U S Army patrol jeeps clashed with East German police at Treptowerstrasse near the border in Berlin. In the first incident Kenneth Hurt of Mount Vista Colorado and Michael Corer of Grand Rapids Michigan were aboard a jeep sprayed with water and tear gas. Police reportedly fled. no sustained barrier breach noted as refugees fled west. The incident followed by a second nearby clash within half an hour as troops sought to halt East German patrols amid crisis measures.
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Auociated Press
Erlin
U. S
Reds
US. Army
Treptowerstrasse
East
West Berlin
Keukoelln
Kenneth Hurt
Mount Vista
Colo
PLC
Michael Corer
Grand Rapids
Mich
Weather Map Page Report From Lubbock Area
The map notes partly cloudy and warmer conditions with highs in the mid 80s for Lubbock and vicinity. A brief police barrier incident involved three U.S. personnel and a small number of tear gas grenades, followed by a water-throwing protest by unknown assailants.
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Lubbock
U.S
Army
Seca
Dominic Petrarca
Yukon
Harry Corron
Baltimore
Francis Wantanba
Honolulu
Setam Ts
Tois Ie Am Oni
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