Dr. J Ralph Grant Resigns as First Baptist Pastor
Dr. J Ralph Grant resigns after twenty years as pastor of First Baptist Church amid two anniversaries the Diamond Anniversary and Grant’s 20th year. He and Mrs. Grant will move to Misawa Japan to serve eight to twelve months as interim pastor for an English speaking church, then pursue further overseas missions. The resignation effective Nov 50 was announced after a telegram from the Foreign Mission Board expressing praise for his ministry in Lubbock and a standing ovation at a 2,600-strong service.
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Opal Dixon
Grant
R. C. Hollabaugh
Baker James Cauthen
Richmond Va
Foreign Mission Board
Dr. Grant
Japan
Lubbock
Gemini 11 Launch Delayed By Faulty Guidance Signal
Astronauts Kennedy and Gordon prepared for a third Gemini 11 launch after a wind simulation scare revealed a faulty signal in the Atlas Agena booster's automatic pilot. Technicians reproduced the issue by simulating wind and fuel vent actions, delaying the mission amid deteriorating Cape Kennedy weather. The agency reported the rocket ready for flight with weather improving, aiming for an 8:26 a.m. liftoff and three days of satellite hunts and space walks.
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Associated Press
Ape Kennedy
Meoair
Navy
Charles Conrad ‘Dy
Richard By Gordon Jr
Atlas
Agena
Space
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Howeever
Cape Kennedy
Lubbock ceremony marks American Heritage Center break
Reports note a groundbreaking ceremony in Lubbock for the American Heritage Center at LOC Page 12 with details on commemorations for Ira’s founding and the first oil well in Scurry County. It also mentions theater and local notes.
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American Heritage Center
Loc Page 12
Sec. A
Ira
Scurry County
Proletario Debuts In Palermo With Radio Wavelengths
A pro Peking offshoot of the Italian Communist party Sunday published its first issue in Palermo. The paper prominently displayed the wavelengths for Peking and Tirana radios, highlighting Albania as Red China’s European ally.
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Palermo
Sicily
UPL
Communist Party
Peking
Tirana
Albania
Red
China
East German couple flee via armored bulldozer into West Berlin
Amid machine gun fire two East German couples crash through four barbed wire fences in a reinforced bulldozer in Spandau. The group then fled into a West Berlin garden, one man carrying a child and asking, Are we in the West? The wounded were treated. one woman was pregnant.
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Associated Press
Erlin
Buy
West Berlin
Spandau
Otcur
Never Greener Floods Caprock For West Texas Ranchers
Record rains in the Caprock region bring lush pasture and full tanks across Spur Crosbyton Post Silverton and nearby towns. Cattle graze on green, terrace levels rise, and rivers run as oldtimers note rainfall records for a single month.
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Avalanche-Journal
Caprock
Doug Meador
Matador
Spur
Crosbyton
Post
Silverton
Briscoe County
Garza County
Plains
West Texas
Police Nab Huge Narcotics Cache In New Orleans Raid
New Orleans police seized more than a million dollars in heroin along with marijuana and about $100 000 in cash from a two story Garden District house. Two suspects Margaret Smith aged 22 and Leroy Smith aged 38 were arrested on narcotics possession charges.
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New Orleans
Clarence Giarrusso
Giarrusso
Viet Nam Voters Turnout High In First Civilian Ballot
South Viet Nam saw about 3.7 million of 5,288,512 eligible voters participate in the first step toward civilian government. Officials called the turnout stronger in the Red River Mekong Delta than in Saigon as the government aims to form a civilian Constituent Assembly of 108 members with total 117 seats later filled by mountain tribes. Final results to be announced today with Thieu and Ky framing the election as a major battle against the Viet Cong and a broader victory for the free world.
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Associated Press
South Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
Saigon
Anny
West March
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Prayer for Hope as Vietnam Voting Faces Turmoil
In South Viet Nam the ground war sees tight action as US troops replace local forces at field duties while Viet Cong terror attacks escalate during the election period. A US Skyraider was shot down in the DMZ as Viet Cong activity spikes and civilians are wounded. seven killed and one wounded at a government outpost near Saigon. Across the nation over 900 terrorist incidents are reported with Saigon and Gia Dinh hit hardest.
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South Viet Nam Con
Auard
North
Demilitarized Zone
South Viet Noi
Saigon
Red
Gia Dinh
Four Killed In Wrecks Near Lubbock and Hereford
Several traffic crashes Sunday left four dead and eight injured across Lubbock Jack County and Hereford areas. Dale Papasan, 2000 Aids St bus driver for Texas New Messeo and Oklahoma Bus Lines, died after being pulled from a demolished convertible 32 miles south of Lubbock. Velma Papasan, 26, was treated for a head wound and knife wounds at Highland Hospital. Investigators noted no skid marks at the primary crash site. See Four Killed Page.
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Lubbock
Dinmitt
Hereford
Sasha
Dale Papasan
Texas
New Messeo
Oklahoma
Methodist Hospital
Heing
Velma Papasan
Highland Hospital
Ata Shouse
Michael Ditle Shamblin
Twas Pore Old Grandpaps Washtub Tale
Grandpappy Zeke sits by the fire on a March day in a remote Borden County home recounting weather lore from an "In diam sign" that predicts below average conditions including rainfall. He faces a long night hosting his son’s large farm family as water and candles run low.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Zeke
Cvorun
Carge
Panents
Borden County
Caprock
Riots erupt after shooting in Atlanta Negro area
After a teenager was shot, a Sunday night riot broke out in Atlanta’s Negro neighborhood with gunfire, Molotov cocktails and flying debris. Police and firefighters faced missiles as they attempted to restore order near Albert Major and Ivan Allen, while crowds confronted officials and a march proceeded.
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Inc
Atlanta
Megro
Albert
Ivan Allen
Severiht
Herbert Jenkins
Palle
Allen
Abin Allen
Stokely Carmichael
Weather Map hides a cloudy morning and mild afternoon
Cloudy in the morning with clearing toward afternoon and night. Temperatures span low 60s with southeast to southerly winds near 15 mph. Humidity rises as a warm, humid trend continues, with regional observations from Roswell to Roswell and Doses.
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Laabbock
Moasomam
Moniuny
Marinjum & S
Ren Qeses
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X &K
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Department of Industry and Commerce
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