Polio Drive Dress Rehearsal Held in Lubbock
The SOS Labin oral polio drive in Lubbock staged a Sunday dress rehearsal at Bayless Elementary School to test clinic procedures before mass distribution. Leon Harris, campaign coordinator, said the trial aimed to ensure workers were prepared and clinics would operate efficiently for the three-dose immunization plan across county elementary schools and possibly Texas Tech.
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A. F. Phillips
Dale Miller
Lubbock
Bayless
Phillips
Sabin
Michal Ramsey
Charles Cullin
Avalanche-Journal
Labin
58Th St
Leon Harris
Lubbock Christian
Texas Tech
Harris
Mother of Miss X Is Identified After Bus Trip Abandonment
In Indianapolis a four-year-old girl found three weeks earlier awakened to greet her mother Lois Jean Littler and grandmother Ruby St Clair both of Chicago. The child Jeannie Lee Odom was identified as Littler's daughter by a prior marriage. Authorities say she was left behind during a Kentucky bus trip. Littler and St Clair were arrested on child abandonment charges awaiting Juvenile Court.
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Ndianapolis
Ind
Mommie
Lois Jean Littler
Ruby St. Clair
Chicago
Jeannie Lee Odom
Kentucky
County Study On Voting Booths For November Election
Lubbock County Commissioners hear renewed demand to buy voting booths for all precincts at a 10 a.m. meeting. Republican chairman Syd Moore backs the plan, while a League of Women Voters delegation opposes it. Claim cites a total cost of 1800 dollars. Commissioners will also open sealed bids for anti freeze for county vehicles and a used sheep foot roller for Precinct 4.
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Lubbock
Commissioners Court
Syd Moore
Republican
League of Women Voters
Precinct 4
Berlin wall divides a people with common roots says returning GI
American GI Bob Fenley who served two years on the west side of the Berlin Wall describes the division as deeply troubling. He notes a universal language in church work and recalls teaching Bible school and leading singing with American and German Church of Christ congregations in Nuremberg. He does not plan to pursue ministry.
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Berlin Wall
Fenley
Church of Christ
Nuremburg
Red China says it shot down U-2 over East China
Peiping claims a U S made U 2 high altitude reconnaissance plane of the Chiangs gang was downed by PLA air force over East China. Nationalists say one U 2 was missing on a routine mission after buying two U 2s in the United States. Washington notes possible accidental spillover due to winds.
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Spencer Moosa
Aipei
Formosa
Red China
East China
U.S
Japan
Far East
Soviet Union
Sakhalin Island
United States
Peiping
Chinese People’s Liberation Army
Quest
Washington
Peiping Peoples Daily
Chinese Communist Party
China
Berlin Cuba Deal Seen by Senators Amid Tense Crisis
U S senators including Kenneth Keating warn of a possible Soviet horse trade linking Cuba and Berlin as Kennedy seeks authority to call 150000 reservists. Keating says any deal would pressure Berlin and Cuba and urges a firm United States stance. George Aiken agrees Berlin risks a major crisis, with Cuba and Berlin tied to broader Cold War maneuvering.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Kenneth B. Keating
R-Ny
Russia
Cuba
Berlin
Kennedy
Congress
Keating
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
United States
Aiken
See Horse Trade
Severe cold front brings frost fear to Panhandle crops
The Panhandle faces its most severe cold wave since last winter with frost warnings and near freezing temps forecast for early morning. Dalhart saw a pre dawn low around 40, while Laredo remained hot at 102 as rains drenched North Texas and Wichita Falls pools swelled after Holiday Creek overflowed.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Texas
Panhandle
Laredo
Bee‘ville
Victoria
Corpus Christi
Wichita Falls
Holiday Creek
Wichita Falls Country Club
KBWD
Brownwood
Beeville
College Station
Wink
Amarillo
Austin
Runaway Spy Soblen Slips Toward Consciousness Collapse
London doctors report convulsions and possible brain damage complicating the effort to revive Robert A. Soblen, a 61 year old New York psychiatrist in a coma after overdosing in an ambulance during deportation. A hospital bulletin notes only limited improvement and ongoing unconsciousness.
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London
Robert A. Soblen
Soblen
New York
United States
Hillingdon Hospital
Soblien
Armed Convoys Roll In Berlin
Soviet forces sent three nine ton armored cars into West Berlin to relieve guards at the Soviet war memorial in the British sector. Simultaneously the U S Army moved a 63 vehicle convoy of armed soldiers along the 110 mile highway from West Germany to Berlin.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
East Germany
U.S
West Germany
Prayer request from Lubbock reader invites prayers
Today's prayer asks for families to draw near to God so nations may find peace through divine grace. Mrs. John A. Scott signs the message from Lubbock, inviting readers to send verse prayers for the week.
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John A. Scott
Lubbock
Miss America 1963 Jackie Mayer recalls dieting origins
Atlantic City AP report details Jackie Mayer’s childhood in Sandusky Ohio as she explains dieting to reach her 36 22 36 measurements and her path to becoming Miss America. She describes early weight concerns and disciplined eating during high school.
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Dorman Cordell
Atlantic City
N.J
Jacquelyn Jeanne Mayer
Sandusky
Ohio
Jackie
Lifetime
Ten die as bus crashes into ravine in Morocco
A bus plunged into a ravine near Tetouan in northern Morocco killing ten people and injuring 22, police reported Sunday. The incident occurred on a regional road as passengers traveled through the area.
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Rabat
Morocco
Tetouan
Five Die in Crash Near Past Incident on Highway 84
Five Latin Americans perished when their car skidded off U S Highway 84 near here and overturned four times early Sunday. A 5-year-old girl survived, found dazed and signaling for help. The crash happened at 5 10 a m, killing two Tulia men, Marcario Hernandez 36 and Trinidad Muniz 42, and San Angelo resident Margarita Martinez Villaneuva in her 30s and her two children Robbie 5 and Elethcia 10 or 11. Mary Martinez 5 survived. The driver Muniz was believed to be behind the wheel. The girl remained hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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Avalanche-Journal
Here
Borden County
Pueblo
Colo
U.S. Hwy
Tulia
Marcario Hernandez
Trinidad Muniz
San Angelo
Margarita Martinez Villaneuva
Garza County Memorial Hospital
Harden
Muniz
Snyder
Alberto
Tulsa
Judge To Be Quizzed In Oil Lease Inquiry
The Texas House General Investigating Committee resumes its inquiry into alleged slanted oil thefts. Dist. Judge David Moore of Gladewater is set as the first witness and has been asked to consider a lie detector test. Witness E W Scates of Tyler invoked constitutional privilege repeatedly. New subpoenas target County Judge Earl Sharp and L D Murphy amid bribery accusations tied to crooked oil well drilling.
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Associated Press
Texas House General Investigating Committee
David Moore
Gladewater
Moore
124Th District Court
E. W. Scates
Tyler
Scates
David Witts
Will Wilson
Earl Sharp
Longview
L. D. Murphy
Kilgore
Texas Railroad Commission
Murphy
Corn Comedy Moonshine Lore as Indian Discovery
Comic Dictionary notes a joke about corn as something found by Indians, spread by farmers, distilled by moon shiners, and dispensed by comedians. The piece reads as a playful definition in the column style, reflecting humor sections of the era.
Estes May Not Appear Before Senate Probers
Strong possibility arose that Billie Sol Estes' appearance before Senate investigators will be postponed indefinitely at Texas officials request. Estes faces Texas trial Sept 24 on indictments he obtained millions by mortgaging liquid fertilizer tanks that did not exist.
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Billie Sol Estes
Senate
Texas
Pecos
Senate Investigations
Department of Agriculture
Sen
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Subcommittee
R. D. McGowen
McClellan
McGowen
Wilson
Estes
Weather Map Page 9-A Forecast for Lubbock Area
Partly cloudy this morning then clear to partly cloudy in the afternoon with continued cool temperatures. Lubbock low 46 high 60.
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Lubbock
Abilene
el Paso
Albuquerque
Houston
Amarillo
Okla
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
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