Storm leaves path of misery in Midwest
Storm and tornado outbreak ravaged Oklahoma Texas Louisiana and Kansas killing several people and causing widespread damage. Rescue crews evacuated hundreds as floods inundated Kingfisher and nearby towns while Ken neth Kansas and Shawnee Oklahoma received air rescues. Measles were found among refugees in Houston and disease fears rose along the Texas coast amid hurricane devastation.
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Pawjuska
el Reno
Ponca City
Oklahoma City
Missouri
Kaw
Air Force
Kenneth
Kan
Shawnee
Kansas City
Overland Park
Lenexa
Merriam, Kan
Carla
Louisiana
Kansas
Texas
Houston
Port
Space Flight Delivers Atlas Capsule Test Success
NASA notes a successful unmanned orbital flight with an Atlas rocket and Mercury capsule despite earlier delays. Webb confirms another unmanned launch within six to eight weeks, aiming for a possible manned flight by year end. Recovery ships and a 9 a.m. splashdown off Bermuda followed a 1100-degree reentry, with an eventual check at Cape Canaveral.
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Washington
James FE. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Webb
San Diego
Cali
Cape
Soviet Union
United States
Project Mercury
Mexico
Gusymas
Atlantic
Bermuda
Alter
Decatur
Williams
Geiay
Anotius
Kwunening Ma
Yuri Gargurin
Mal Ghermyin
Atlas
Mercury
Robert C. Gilruth
Pat Tutte
Blood donors rally for Max’s heart surgery in Lorenzo
A small South Plains town mobilizes for Max, a Lorenzo boy with a congenital heart defect. Dozens of volunteers donate blood as a cross state courier operation ferries 12 pints to Parkland Hospital. Doctors warn of high risks and set a midweek verdict on outcome.
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Max
Reese Air Force Base
Lorenzo
Treese
Erin Blood
Condition
JW. Cannon
Lorenzo Schools
Lovenga Cl
Linhbock
Spo
Waese
Lorenco Clinic
Pallas
Southwest Blood Bank
Lubbock
James Mason
DPS
RAFB
Dallas Naval Air Ste Hon
Reese
Parkland Hospital
Parkland
South Phang
Russians resume nuclear tests amid rising radioactivity
Reports from Phoenix and Anchorage show measurable airborne radioactivity after Soviet tests as public health officials note no health hazard in Anchorage. A U S note to Japan urged a controlled treaty banning tests while warning of rapid Soviet testing progress and plans for underground or lab explosions.
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Ariz
U.S
Ussr
Anchorage
Alaska
Weather Bureau
Lester Machta
Leningrad
Moscow
U.S. State Department
Japan
Soviet Union
United States
Free World
Tues
State Department
Wednat
Heim Vehech
United Nations
Birth notices from a Methodist Hospital in West Texas region
A series of birth announcements from various families at Methodist Hospital including Glyndal Anes, Slaton, and others. Details mention newborns weighing from about 6 pounds 8 ounces to 7 pounds plus, with times around 2:38 to 4:23 pm on Wednesday. Fathers listed as teachers and local professionals, including connections to Lubbock and Plainview.
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Abertson
Frances
Satan Eh Sei
Tea Gaedze
Plainview
Willie Klendo
Daughler
Meihorist Hospital
Aemeine
Lubbock
Stes
John Henry
Mia
Mary's Hospital
West Texas Terewisiin
Reds To Test New Rockets In Pacific
Moscow reports Deputy Defense Minister Moskalenko said Soviet long range missiles invulnerable to counter attacks and capable of destroying nations will be tested in the Central Pacific before October 15. Khrushchev referenced the 100 megaton bomb in recent remarks.
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UPD
K. Moskalenko
Pussin
Maninesta
Nikita S Khrushchev
Moskalenko
Central Pacific
Western Berlin Crisis Prompts Kennedy Warning
In talks with Khrushchev the Soviet union rejects Western calls for occupation removal and a peaceful treaty with East Germany. Kennedy reaffirms Western resolve to defend Berlin and passes an aid letter to Belgrade envoys. White House plans to release it later. Tire tread wear rises at highway speed.
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Mso
Soviet Union
Germany
West Berlin
Kennedy
Berlin
West
Belgrade
White House
Flood Waters Recede in Galveston Refugees Return Home
Galveston residents return to storm wreckage as flood waters recede. Refugees describe devastation near the courthouse, torn roads, and debris filled streets while sightseers advance onto the seawall and damaged shoreline. Insurance and cleanup efforts begin as utilities restore gradually.
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Galveston
Charles Green
Storn
Carla
Houston
Wes
Roosevelt School PPA to Meet Today in Lubbock
The Roosevelt School PPA holds its first meeting at 750 pan on the Roosevelt Chih Hose with Supt Mar vin Williams introducing Elmo Smith. After business, a social hour follows. Nearby items note injuries from auto accidents of Carroll Ann Taylor and Frances McChure, a funeral in Houston for Sam Bennett, and a Wellman homecoming week with a barbecue and football game tickets at 1.50 each.
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Roosevelt School
PPA
Pan
Roosevelt
J. J. Stiles
Houston
Sam Bennett
Bennett
Lubbock
Wellman
Wellman Alumni Assn
Jimmie Sue Hawkins
Texas Tech enrolls over 3000 students in fall registrations
More than 3,000 Tech students finished registration Wednesday as enrollment officials project fall totals near 9,800 to 10,000. Day and evening classes continue registration through Friday with a final Saturday session for all students in regular, evening, or Saturday classes. Freshman orientation, church night activities, and a pep rally mark the opening of the semester at the Union building and Lubbock Municipal Coliseum.
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Texas Tech
Church Night
Tech
Churches of
Port O Connor Family Faces Loss After Hurricane Carla
Mrs. Frank Jaycox in Port O Connor describes a ruined home and scant salvaged belongings after Carla. Her shrimping husband remains missing since the previous week as Martial law brings National Guard roadblocks. Church and Coast Guard facilities suffer severe damage along Matagorda Bay. many boats washed ashore and an Air Force base is flooded.
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Frank Jaycox
Port O'Connor
Matagorda Bay
Texas
Victoria
Baptist Church
Coast Guard
Matagorda Ta
Sodium Clouds Set Off In Atmosphere
Washington AP reports NASA released brilliant orange and yellow sodium clouds in the upper atmosphere twice on Wednesday. The activity prompted hundreds of calls to newsrooms as papers across miles of area were refired from its Vaniona. The material is part of a study of upper atmospheric winds and temperatures, with a cubic inch weighing up to 650 tons per density.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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