City street bonds seek 1.2 million for signals and lighting
The plan asks 1.2 million for traffic signals and school crossing lights to modernize the city network. It also allocates 65 thousand for street lighting with 2,867 mercury lamps covering about 63 miles, aiming for 1.2 to 1.6 foot candles along main arterials and Loop 289 work, plus grade separations and drainage note.
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Lubbock
Loop
Ave
Brownfield Highway
College Ave
Boston Ave
Flint Ave
Helicopters Lift 28 From Texas Towers Off Cape Cod
Navy helicopters evacuated 28 men from two capeside Texas towers ahead of dismantling work. Tower II and Tower III, part of an air defense early warning system, were shaken by gales and heavy seas but crews landed safely at Quonset Point Naval Air Station. Dismantling follows the 1961 New Jersey tower collapse and the Lipsett Inc crew prepared to return to work.
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Quonset Point
R.I
Navy
Texas
Cape Cod
New Jersey
James L. Deyamport
Lipsett, Inc
Deyamport
Florida
Quonset Point Naval Air Station
Copters
Twolare Squadron 9
Quonset
Doctors Report Dreher Quads In Good Condition
In Austin doctors report Luria Bros. quadruplet girls born Thursday are in good condition. Coast Guard planes were deployed to the scene as a precaution while Navy helicopters assist. three ships from Norfolk Fair Haven and Portland aided the operation amid storm conditions. In Lubbock, burglary and theft reports include a stripped boxcar, missing television sets, a car wheel set, and cash losses from stations and residences.
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Lipsett
Austin
UPI
Luria Bros
New York
Lloyd W
Dreher
Navy
Coast Guard
Scence
Lubbock
Gen
Oral Electric Warehouse
Tower IL
Jet training at Reese and quads born premature
The Reese Air Force Base report notes the first class of T-33 jet pilots graduated with silver wings as 1,235 graduates from Reese. A quadruplet birth occurred to Mrs. Dreher, with four baby girls born about six weeks early, each weighing around three pounds.
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Reese March
J. S. Lancaster
Dreher
Lean Ia
Reese
United State Air Force
Cross
New York
Los Angeles
Austin
Interparty clash over stockpile report in Senate inquiry
Sen. Stuart Symington rejects request to show or alter a secret report on federal stockpiles as the six member subcommittee probes conduct and policy. He accuses Rep. Case of seeking a partisan weapon while former cabinet members including Humphrey and Flemming are scrutinized for ties to stockpile contracts. The dispute centers on timing and fairness of releasing the findings.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington (Ap
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Eisen-Symington
Corhoner
Senate
Symington
Republi Ber
Offi
Cials
Sen
Glifford P. Case
R-Nj
Jas
Case Add
George M. Humphrey
Treasury
Humphrey
Hanna
Arthur S. Flemming
Welfare
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The
Armed Services
Cisco High School Enrollment Fight Drags to Trial
A district judge refused to order the enrollment of Nathan Curry at Cisco High School. The case centers on Curry, charged with murder after his 17th birthday, and his family contesting the school’s denial amid broader Cotton industry program reports by Plains Cotton Growers and others in Dallas, Texas.
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National Cottonseed Products Assn
Dallas
White
Lubbock Cotton Oil Co
Bill Palmer
U. S. Department of Culture
Eastland
Nathan
Inge Service
Clissing
Curry
Thelof Harvest - Aid Chemicals
Dlefoli
Cisco High School
First Baptist Church
Cisco
D. M. Roach
Roach
Bill Crumley
Turner Collie
Palo Pinto County
Lan
John Watts
Jesi l Odessa
Texas Tech
High Plains
George W. Preit Ienberger
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Earl Sears
National Cotton Council
Bush
PCGA
Cottonseed Oil Mills
Petersburg Gins First 1963 Bale Recount Sparks Debate
Petersburg reports its first 1963 bale of cotton ginned and weighed 2,240 pounds grown by Bill Hegi. The article notes disputes over the draft of a white house related report and cites Senate testimony by Symington on personnel and approval of a drafter identified as Timothy J. May.
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Petersburg
Bill John Hegi
Ronald Weaver
H. A. Hegi
Bill Hegi
Insersburg
Case
Russell Grimes
James O. Baird
Petersburg Post
Oklahoma Christian College ii Syentigion
Ciapied Cours
Oklahoma City
Bill Is Port
John Hegi
Itty Corcorn
OCG
Az White House
Hegi
Eisenhower
Timothy J. May
Symington
Senate
R. C. Coburn
May
White House
Office of Emergency Planning
Farmer Bitten by Rattlesnake Sent to Portales Hospital
Portales special report says E. G. Wall aged 66 was bitten on the foot as he stepped onto his porch at his rural home 13 miles south of Portales. He was listed in good condition at the county hospital Friday.
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Portales
Roosevelt County
E. G. Wall
Death by own action hinted in Texas Ranger case
Sheriff Grady Ray said Texas Ranger Harvey Phillips, found shot to death in his home, had been despondent since his wife and 19 year old daughter were killed in a July 3 1961 car crash. No official ruling yet. The 10 year old son was critically injured. he recovered. The report also notes high infant mortality among American Indians in Washington.
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Woodville
UPI
Grady Ray
Texas
Harvey Phillips
Phillips
Ray
Stovall Hunter Wed in Detroit in June
In Detroit on June 8 Walter Stovall and Alberta C Hunter wed after obtaining a license. The interracial couple, both in their early twenties, were married by Judge Joseph Pernick with witnesses Harvey and Karen Pekar. News noted Hunter as a former Wayne State student and Georgia graduate.
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Detroit
Charlayne Hunter
University of Georgia
Walter Stovall
Common Pleas
Joseph Pernick
Paris
France
Alberta C. ‘Hunter
Metroit
Hunter
Wayne State University
Stovall
Pernick
Harvey
Karen Pekar
Cleveland
Ohio
Stovalls
New York
Pair Nabbed By FBI In Lubbock
Two men arrested by FBI agents in Lubbock face charges tied to a reported incident in Longview involving a 16 year old girl. Jerry Wayne Preston and Ray Richardson are held in Lubbock County Jail with bonds set at 1000 and 2500 dollars respectively. Preston faces transfer to Longview for charges. Richardson awaits details after an alleged interstate car theft case.
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Fred Randolph
7Th St
el Paso
19Th St
Albuquerque
Pigely Wigely
30Th
Ave. H
Ann Meek
Magnolia
Lubbock
FBI
Longview
Jerry Wayne Preston
Auburn
Preston
Tyler
U. S
Frank R. Murray
Thompson
Gregg
Officials Study Case Of Dual Citizenship
The State Department seeks detailed information on Samuel Cohen a naturalized American called for Israeli military service to decide potential action. A Portales land sale brought $493 per acre with Mountainair bidders. the State Land Office notes undeveloped sandhills near State Road 467 and says Israel allows citizens to retain nationality until renunciation.
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Washington
State Department
Samuel Cohen
H. B. Colbaugh
Mountainair
Israel
Port
Hobbs Couple Reweds After Arkansas Law Question
Hobbs residents Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Sparks plan a second wedding at First Christian Church in Hobbs at 7 p.m. officiated by Rev. Don Hinkle. Their three children attend, with Cindy Sparks as maid of honor. The ceremony permits address concerns about underage marriages and follows legal advice to wed again to avoid issues from earlier elopement in Malvern.
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Hobbs
L. W. Sparks
Don Hinkle
Pasor
Sparks
Cindy
Karyl
Mark
Seward Wal
Jane Dodds
Cok
Malvern
Ark
Hope
Jane
Arkansas
Briercroft Office Park
Ave. P
Bryan Park
66Th St
Indiana Ave
Burlington Inl
46Th St
A. McLarty
E. Wastforth Rd
50Th St
Elgin Ave
Lake Addition
26Th St
Milwaukee Ave
Jack Eastman
Roy Grimes
David Tipple
Roy ‘Bass
T A Masten
Campaign seeks nearly $1 million for college needs
The LCC campaign aims for $996,500 in gifts over three years to fund student aid and college programs across 115 Texas and New Mexico counties. Baldridge reports $420,000 pledged in advanced gifts while commitments from trustees and development board members total substantial early support.
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LCC
Petersburg
Forumum
We College
Baldridge
Texas
New Mexico
Dale Simpson
Zoning Meet Noted Across City Additions and Streets
A long list of zoning meetings covers numerous additions and street intersections including 30th St Elmer East lot 4 68th St Globe Ave Hank addition 42nd St Ave T Love addition Mulberry E Bayer Oscar addition 49th St Ave D Pleasant Ridge and others Rix Vaughn Bates Colonial Heights Olive Ave E 2nd St Edsall Edgage additions Kent St Elm Green Lawn Chicago Ave Richard Hills 50th St Slide Road extensions
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30Th St
Elmer East
68Th St
Globe Ave
Hank
42Nd St
Ave
Eunice man to sing as best man at wedding
Hugh Harris of Eunice will be best man and soloist at a wedding after Mrs Sparks repeatedly urged him to sing at her second ceremony. He will perform as part of the wedding celebration, fulfilling a long standing joke that turned into reality.
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Hugh Harris
Eunice
Growth and Plans for LCC Seventh Year
The independent Christian liberal arts college founded in 1957 reports steady gains across six years in facilities academics and student achievement. For its seventh year registration is set for Thursday Sept 12 with faculty conferences underway and freshmen testing and counseling scheduled for Sept 8–11.
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LCC
Senate Approves Job Training Program Bill
The Senate passed the job training program bill on a 41 to 26 vote after opponents failed to block it. Police seek two Latin American suspects tied to a break in as the plan aims to boost literacy courses and extend jobless workers training.
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Roswell
Kennedy
Honda
J. L. Green
Green
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