Kennedy presses US to lead in space on two day tour
President Kennedy wrapped up a Washington to Houston space installations visit stressing the nation must be first in space. He viewed moon mission models at McDonnell Aircraft and Manned Spacecraft Center with astronauts Grissom Carpenter Glenn Slayton Shepard Shirra Cooper guiding him. He praised the lunar program and predicted a moon landing in five to six years.
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Associated Prensa
T. Louis
Kennedy
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Houston
Getts
U.S
Outer Space
Virgil I. Grissom
M. Scott Carpenter
John H. Glenn Jr
Donald K. Slayton
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Walter M. Shirra Jr
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Manned Spacecraft Center
Slayton
Shepard
United States
Walter F. Burk
St. Louis
Hales Offers Evidence In Estes Favoritism Probe
Hales, a former Agriculture Department employee, tells Senate investigators he can point to files showing favored treatment of Billy Sol Estes in cotton allotment profits. He offered to guide staff to documents but says access was denied and that he was removed from Estes case after recommending action. He notes the subcommittee can obtain needed records.
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Ashington
N. Battle Hales
Senate
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Hales
Department
John McClellan
D-Ark
Estes
Texas
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
McClellan
Mundt
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Ervin
Sec. of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
GOPs Push To Get JFK Added Power
Republican lawmakers pressed for President Kennedy to gain powers to act against communism in Cuba and elsewhere. They pushed amendments to a call up 150 000 reserves resolution, while Sen. Mansfield delayed the measure to consider process and timing. The Armed Services Committee had approved the bill, with Republicans offering amendments including enforcing the Monroe Doctrine to counter Soviet power in Cuba.
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GN Eton
Kennedy
Cuba
Congress
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S
United States
Kennedy Reserve
Jack Miller
Iowa
Prescott Bush
Connecticut
Winston L. Prouty
Vermont
Prouty
Solons Hear Steel's Plea
Senators pressed big steel firms for cost production data while a Republic Steel executive urged restraint arguing figures would worsen earnings despite a court contempt threat against four firms. Kefauver led the push for data as Scott warned of public disclosure risks.
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Ashington
Thomas F. Patton
Republic Steel
Senate Judiciary Committee
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Washington
Kefauver
Scott
General Motors
BIG Steel
Surprise Anniversary Dinner Leaves Wife Guessing
Wallace Phillips surprises wife Phyllis with a 20th anniversary plan starting at Idlewild Airport. After a staged Iceland trip and secret plans with newsmen, they ride to Paris via Luxembourg for dinner and a new dress, with an anniversary cake en route.
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Paris
Wallace Phillips
Phyllis
Icelandic Airlines
New York
Findlay
Ohio
Europe
York
Phillips
Idlewild
Reykjavik
Iceland
Luxembourg
Pans
Republican Courier
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co
Michael
Monda
Celia Storm Builds Into Likely Hurricane in Atlantic
A tropical storm named Celia formed about 1,000 miles east-southeast of Puerto Rico and north of San Juan with winds near 60 mph. Forecasters expect Celia to strengthen to hurricane force today while moving west-northwest at around 15 mph, with gales extending up to 150 miles northeast of the center.
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Miami
UPI
Celia
Puerto Rico
Navy
San Juan
P.R
Weather Bureau
Fort Worth Barber Sues Texas Barbers Association
Fort Worth barber Buster A. Brown filed a $15000 damage suit in district court on Wednesday against the Texas Barbers Association. The action stems from a long dispute between Brown and local association members.
Shipment of polio vaccine arrives at Lubbock airport
Sixteen cases weighing 1163 pounds arrive from New York for use in SOS immunizations in Lubbock County and 18 other communities. The vaccine will be refrigerated at Behrens Drug Co awaiting Sunday clinics in all 32 public elementary schools.
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Kenneth Rhodes
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Municipal
Dallas
New York
Lubbock-Crosby County Medical Society
Sabin
Behrens Drug Co
23Rd St
Lubbock
Estes associates face Sept. 20 sentencing in El Paso
Three associates of Billie Sol Estes Ruel Alexander Harold Orr and Coleman D McSpadden are set for Sept 20 in federal court El Paso to face five counts of fraud and conspiracy They pleaded guilty July 20 to five counts of a two percent count indictment Estes pleaded innocent to 29 counts while the associates deny 24 counts U S District Attorney Fred Morton announced the date Judge R Ewing Thomason will pass sentence.
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EL Paso
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
Ruel Alexander
Harold Orr
Amarillo
Coleman D. McSpadden
Lubbock
Superior Manufacturing Co
Estes
U. S
Fred Morton
End Of Rail Strike May Come This Week
Federal mediator Francis A. ONeill Jr said labor and management negotiators were moving toward a settlement of the 14 day old Chicago and North Western Railway strike. He hoped the strike would be settled by the end of the week.
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Washington
UPI
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
Chicago and North Western Railway
O'Neill
Meeting Set Today Over McSpadden Exemption Claim
A compromise on possessions McSpadden says are exempt will be sought in a meeting today between his attorney G H Nelson and trustee Roy Bass. Creditors meeting was recessed to Sept 25 after bids open on non exempt property. McSpadden lists home, furnishings and farm gear valued at 364 485. He contends tools of trade and implements of husbandry are non exempt. Murray plans further hearing actions.
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Coleman D. McSpadden
Roy Bass
McSpadden
G. H. Nelson
Nelson
Frank R Murray
Federal Ferefree
Bass
Murray
Boosters State Area Trip Today
Lubbock businessmen depart for the second of five annual Good Neighbor booster caravans sponsored by the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce. The tour visits Levelland Whiteface Morton Plains Denver City Seminole Seagraves and Lovington and promotes the Panhandle South Plains Fair set for Sept 24. Other trips are planned Sept 18 20 and 21.
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Lubbock
Baldhead. The man who no longer has a fall-out problem.
A brief column notes a persona nicknamed Baldhead is described as having resolved a fallout issue. It hints at regional humor and social character without detailing events or dates. The piece appears in a mixed-page section overview with multiple columns.
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Baldhead
Short prayer quotation submission note
A reader invitation prints a shortened version of a prayer prefaced by a longer excerpt about giving and pardoning. The notice invites readers to submit favorite prayers under six words for consideration.
Plane crash near ammunition depot kills nine in California
A Navy P-2V patrol bomber crashed near the U S Navy Ammunition and Net Depot at Beach California after takeoff from Los Alamitos Naval Air Station killing all nine crew aboard. Authorities note no detonations at the depot and suggest the pilot steered away from ammunition to limit damage.
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Cet Beach
Calif
Navy
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Here
Los Angeles
Kornmann
Weather Map Page 9 D Lubbock and Vicinity
Weather map reports mostly fair skies in Lubbock and surrounding area with a high near 93 and southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. The section lists 24 hour temperature highs and lows across multiple cities including Abilene Albuquerque Dallas Houston Amarillo Roswell Denver and others.
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Lubbock
Southawest Weaather
Palowaa
Abilene
ElPas
Albuquerque
Houston
Amarillo
Otte
City
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
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D-Miss
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