Berlin Crisis and Soviet Ambitions Surface in U N Talks
The article notes 1948 four power status in West Berlin, a Russian walkout from the four power governing body, and Allied exercises with US 6,500, UK 4,000, and France 1,500 troops. Thant and Kennedy discuss summit prospects, Khrushchev’s tactics, and Cuba tensions with a war scare assessment.
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West Berlin
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
East Berlin
Thant
Kennedy
Khrushchev
United Nations
Booster trip promotes Panhandle South Plains Fair
A busload of Lubbock businessmen and Chamber of Commerce representatives will tour eight area towns Hale Center Plainview Lockney Floydada Matador Roaring Springs Dickens and Spur to publicize the Panhandle South Plains Fair in Lubbock September 24 29. This marks the third booster trip in recent weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
Hale Center
Plainview
Lockney
Floydada
Matador
Boosters
Roaring Springs
Dickens
Spur
Senate debate on Latin America loyalty to Monroe Doctrine
Senate committees consider a pro Kennedy declaration backed by administration but lack a quorum delays until today. Sparksman says language will affirm adherence to the Monroe Doctrine and Western Hemisphere pacts. House postpones action on the Reserves bill as Smathers pushes resolutions on Cuban government in exile and a Western Hemisphere military alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mittee
Russell
Senate Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate
Western Hemisphere
Punta del Este
Rio de Janeiro
Kennedy
House
George Smathers
D-Fla
Smathers
U.S
Cuba
Mikefield
Montana
Congress
Fidel Castro
Havana
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vi
United States
Free World
Connally Backed At Texas Democratic Convention
Delegates in the 28th senatorial district renominated Travis Shelton as committeeman and installed Mrs. Howard Hurd as district committee woman. Lubbock area caucuses reported unity as Connally urged party cohesion. Preston Smith and Waggoner Carr shared stages with Connally at banquets before the convention opens. Latin American Reds mobilize pro Castro sentiment to counter a U S blockade of Cuba with a Mexico City rally planned Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airhart
Travis Shelton
Howard Hurd
Brownfield
Lubbock County
Jack Cox
Hilton
Cox
John Connally
Lubbock
Connally
South Plains
Preston Smith
Waggoner Carr
Joe Poole
Dallas
Smith
Texas
Martin
Andrews
Cochran
Crosby
Dawson
Gaines
Hockley
Lynn
Terry
Yoakum
Paso del Norte
Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
U. S
Cuba
Washington
Fernando Berckemeyer
U.S
Mexico City
Mexican Communist Party
I State
30Th
28Th District
Thad Risinger
John D. Zahn
Farwell
Andy Rogers
Klattenhoff
Snap 8 Nuclear Reactor Tests for Space Propulsion
The first reactor in the Snap 8 program, a potential power source for interplanetary travel, was operated Monday in ground tests at Santa Susana Calif. The experimental reactor aims to power electrical propulsion once a spacecraft is in orbit, reducing reliance on larger rocket stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Santa Susana
Calif
Atomic Energy Commission
Texas Democrats ready platform as convention opens
Delegates gather for the Texas Democratic convention with Connally Skelton and Krueger urging unity amid implied Republican challenge. Rules set seating for most delegates while omitting about 20 sparsely populated counties from voting. Connally warns this year marks the first campaign against Republicans in Texas. Krueger notes visible Cox support and vows hard work to win in November.
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SDEC
Skelton
J. Ed Connally
Culph Krueger
el Campo
Connally
Democratic Party
Texas
Krueger
Jack) Cox
William C. Wedemeyer
Texas Farm Bureau
Platform Group
Wedemeyer
Texas Republican Lawyers Council
Duval
Jim Wells
Axtell Byles
New Braunfels
Byles
Cox
Frankie Laine
Frankie Avalon
Registration opens for Tech fall term in 1962
Texas Tech begins fall registrations at 1 30 p m with sessions 8 am to noon and 1 30 to 6 pm on Wednesday and Thursday. About 3600 entering freshmen join orientation and new bean ies mark campus colors as 11 000 students expected this fall and 10 212 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickie Dixon
Garland
Carolyn Mogridge
Waco
Tech
Texas Tech
Union
Texas
Three Killed In South Plains Traffic Mishap Verdicts
Obituary notices report three deaths on the South Plains in the latest period. Townsend funeral services were pending in Denver City with survivors including a wife. Bonner, a former Reliable Oil Field Service employee, will have services at Beulah Baptist Church Oak Grove with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. The Seminole Memorial Chapel will transfer his body. The toll for the year reaches 121 deaths, compared with 87 at the same time in 1959 and 104 last year, with 149 traffic deaths on the South Plains in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dernard Bonner
Lori Ann Bonner
Seminole
Ezra Bonner
Oak Grove
Virgil
Pine Bluff
Ark
Lester
Jerry
Gwin Bonner
Elna Brasher
Glen Hemby
Cheyenne
Wyo
Melba Bonner
Area GOP convention opens with district caucuses and nominations
Delegates gather for the 28th and 30th District caucuses as party officers and committee members are chosen. Frank Hinkson Larbuddie and Mrs Curtis Traweek become district committeewomen while Larry Hagood Tahoka heads the rules committee. Speakers note rising conservative sentiment and split ballots on statewide race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hinkson
Larbuddie
Curtis Traweek
Hereford
Lubbock
Larry Hagood
Tahoka
Vernon B
Hap) Bratcher
Lamesa
Joe B. Philips
Evans
James Evans
Brownfield
Phillips
Syd Moore
Gil Lamb
Muleshoe
Ralph Nafzger
Plainview
Bill Carter
Lamb County
Hinkson
Area City mishaps leave two in hospital
Two South Plains residents remained hospitalized Monday after separate early morning crashes. Lupe Bosquez 46 of Sundown suffered head lacerations from a collision on FM 41 west of the ToHoka Highway, with Marcario C. Martinez of Brownfield driving the other car. Martinez rear ended Juan Escandon Jr. of Ropesville. In a second collision at 19th Street and Avenue H Norman Olivia 22 of Pampa and Jim Akers 21 of Midwest City Oklahoma were injured, Olivia in fair condition, Akers treated and released for scalp lacerations.
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South Plains
Lupe Bosquez
Sundown
Methodist Hospital
FM 41
Tohoka Highway
Bosquez
Marcario C. Martinez
Brownfield
Martinez
Juan Escandon Jr
Ropesville
19Th St
Ave. H
Norman Olivia
Pampa
Jim Akers
Midwest City
Okla
Olivalo
Akers
Air Force launches secret satellite on Thor Agena
Storms sweep Texas and nearby states as the Air Force fires a secret satellite toward polar orbit atop a Thor Agena booster. Officials offered few details, while GOP fundraisers report money worries and party leaders debate a two party future. Weather paints a stormy scene with tornado touchdowns near Corpus Christi and Palacios, plus heavy rain and extreme heat across the region.
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Vandenberg Afb
Calif
UPI
Air Force
Polar
Court orders admission for Meredith at Mississippi university
A U S district court had rejected Meredith's petition to compel admission to the university. The 5th Circuit reversed, directing the lower court to issue the admission order. After stays and panel appeals, Justice Black vacated Cameron's stay and ordered the injunction against state officials to prevent further denial of Meredith's admission.
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U. S. District Court
Meredith
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
Ben F. Cameron
Appellate Court
Cameron
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Hugo L. Black
Soviets Plan New Attack Mentioned for UN Assembly
Pravda indicated on Monday that a new Soviet strike against the United Nations Secretariat may be shaped up for the 17th General Assembly opening in New York. The AEC announced a space booster test success costing about a million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Communist Party
Pravda
United Nations Secretariat
New York
AEC
Fatal two car crash claims Abernathy woman
A 63 year old Abernathy woman Mrs W H Loyd died after a two car collision a half mile north of Cotton Center at 7 15 pm Monday. Teenager Hilberto Hooks and two men Pablo Gonzales and Gilberto Lozano Saucedo were injured and taken to High Plains Hospital Hale Center. Mrs Loyd was thrown from her car as it overturned and died 25 minutes after the accident. Funeral arrangements were pending. Survivors include four sons Grady Loyd D P Loyd Donald Loyd and Ray Loyd and 11 grandchildren.
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Cotton Center
Abernathy
W. H. Loyd
Here
Hilberto Hooks
Star Rt
Hale Center
Pablo Gonzales
Gilberto Lozano Saucedo
Victim Of Abernathy Mishap Dies Monday
Mrs. Joe Sando vall 22 of Plainview died at 9 30 p m Monday in West Texas Hospital from injuries in a traffic mishap a mile south of Abernathy just before midnight Sunday. Barry Scott Tech student 2415 Auburn St remained in serious condition. Also treated and released were Joe Sando vall 21 Isa bell Farrias 24 Eloy Farrias 21 Fred Farrias 18 and Scott s wife who was in fair condition Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Sandovall
Plainview
West Texas Hospital
Abernathy
Barry Scott
Texas Tech
Auburn St
U.S. Hwy. 87
Mrs. Sandoval
Joe
Isabell Farrias
Eloy Farrias
Fred Farrias
Scott
A.2.c
Clarence E. Willams Jr
Amarillo Air Force Base
Republicans Set Stage For Texas Conclave In Fort Worth
Texas Republicans pressed toward a rousing convention in Fort Worth led by gubernatorial hopeful Jack Cox with a 10 a.m. keynote. Delegates numbered 2062 with 321 votes for Napier from Harris County while O'Donnell lobbied support.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Jack Cox
Peter O'Donnell
Dallas
Cox
Steel Company
Don Napier
Richmond
Fort Bend
Smith
Tad Smith
el Paso
O'Donnell
Harris County
Houston
Napier
U.S
John Tower
Lubbock
M. Sims Davidson
W. F. Tucker
Nita Gibson
John Connally
GOP
Birth announcements from Lovington area list numerous newborns
A batch of birth notices from Lauf Clinic, Methodist Hospital, West Texas Hospital, and Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital records births to families in Lovington and nearby towns. Entries note baby weight, time of birth, hospital, father’s occupation, and home addresses. The latter portion covers remarks by Mahon on the UN bond bill and U.S. anti Communist stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Roman
Tahoka
Lauf Clinic
New Home School
GOP Candidate Challenges Mahon Bond Vote
Dennis Taylor, Republican candidate for Congress in the 19th District, demands a public discussion with Rep George Mahon over Mahon vote to buy 100 million in United Nations bonds. Taylor invites cross examination and public questions at any time and place.
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Klattenhoff
Smith
Carr
Dennis Taylor
Crosbyton
U. S
George H. Mahon
Jack Christie
Congress
George Mahon
Mahon
United Nations
Taylor
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Crawford-Austin Mfg. Co
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Paris
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40Th St
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37Th St
St. Mary's Hospital
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57Th St
Gulf Oil Co
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38Th St
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Frank Ochoa
42Nd St
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