Opening Panhandle South Plains Fair Parade Kicks Off
Nine area bands lead a downtown Lubbock parade at 10 a.m. to inaugurate the 45th Panhandle South Plains Fair. Gates open at 11 a.m. and judging begins at 1 p.m. Daily free bus service from downtown to the fair ends at 7 p.m. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents children. Parade starts Ave Q and Broadway led by Khiva Patrol and Marine color guard.
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Charles Cullin
Avalanche-Journal
Enty
Panhandle
South Plains Fair
Lubbock
West Texas
Ave. Q
Broadway
Jones Stadium
Fairgrounds
Avenue A
Khiva Patrol
U.S. Marine Reserve Unit
Texas Tech
Lubbock Christian College
Chester White
York
Be Still Little Pig at Panhandle South Plains Fair
Larry Hogan ten-year-old struggles to hold a two day old pig at the Panhandle South Plains Fair livestock building as the fair opens. The Hogan family from Brownfield is featured in this staff photo by Michal Ramsey.
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Larry Hogan
Fair Grounds
Panhandle South Plains Fair
Larry
James E. Hogan
Brownfield
Michal Ramsey
Four Hurt, Farm Laborer Killed in Auto Crash Near Lynn
A car traveling west on U.S. Highway 380 struck a culvert 4.4 miles west of Lynn and overturned early Sunday. Geronimo Noreiga Lopez, 1 year old not specified in source, Ticoman Mexico, died on arrival at Tahoka Hospital. Injured were Cresencio Ramirez, Jose Hernandez, Mike Quijada, all Tahoka residents, with Quijada in poor condition at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. Funeral arrangements for Lopez were pending with the Mexican consul. The incident raised the South Plains traffic death toll to 123 for the year.
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Avalanche-Journal
Here
Geronimo Noreiga Lopez
Ticoman
Mexico
Tahoka
Jose Hernandez
Cresencio Ramierez
Mike Quijada
Quijada
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Campos
Hernandez
Ramirez
Tohoka
Marvin Hagens
U.S
White Funeral Home
South Plains
Kennedy seeks restoration of foreign aid funds
President Kennedy urged Congress to restore 1.1 billion dollars slashed from foreign aid. He called the program vital to keep nations from subversion and saw aid as the best cheapest and safest way to fight communism, while critics urged cuts.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Otto E. Passman
D-La
House
Louisiana
Hale Boggs
Polio Vaccination Drive Reports 19 299 in Lubbock Makeups
SOS Sabin campaign officials announced 19 299 persons lined up for make-up doses of Type I polio vaccine in Lubbock. The first complete round totals 95 836 recipients with second round plans unchanged pending Lubbock Crosby County Medical Society decisions.
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SOS
Sabin
Lubbock
Leon Harris
Viet Nam Reds Hit U S Copters
Communist ground fire struck three U S Army helicopters during a sweep in South Vietnam. One chopper landed near a rebel strongpoint. an officer was seriously wounded but no American casualties occurred. Government troops claimed 16 Communists killed and the Vietnamese air force said 20 rebels were dead.
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Travinh
South Viet Nam
UPI
U.S
Two Cases Cleared By Arrest In Parked Car Attacks
A 21 year old Lubbock man Clemente Ayalla Pulido was arrested after Patrolman Long and a police dog heard a woman scream from a parked car near 82nd Street and Quirt Avenue. Police say Pulido struck a man with a public safety item and locked him in a trunk, clearing two recent assaults on couples. Pulido admitted a prior incident last week and claimed he initially planned not to mistreat the woman.
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Raymond Long
82Nd St
Quirt Ave
Clemente Ayalla Pulido
Rt. 6
Lubbock
Pulido
Vatican security tightens after two incendiary bombs found
Vatican officials placed St. Peter s Basilica on high security after the discovery of two incendiary bombs intended to damage the basilica and its art during the imminent ecumenical council opening October 11. Detonations could have released flames from muriatic acid. a workman found a suspicious newspaper and fumes before a second device was located.
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Atican
Vatican
St. Peter's Basilica
Ecumenical Council
John XXIII
Pontifical
Rusk Home discuss Berlin Cuba trade clash on visit
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Lord Home met for 50 minutes in a general review of Berlin and other cold war tensions amid Communist pressure. They reaffirmed resisting Soviet moves to weaken Berlin, but differed on throttling trade with Fidel Castro's Cuba. London downplayed trade actions beyond American interest, while Rusk prepares a Tuesday lunch with Gromyko as McNamara warns the crisis is more severe than Koreas.
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United Press Internation
York
Rusk
Lord Home
Berlin
Germany
Cuba
Andrei Gromyko
Home
Fidel Castro
London
Gromyko
Sec. of Defense
Robert McNamara
Estes Trial Delay Move Seen Today
Promoter Billie Sol Estes faces theft swindling and embezzlement charges in East Texas as his assets sold for 7 million dollars in federal bankruptcy. Judge Otis Dundgan presides as defense presses for delay with John D. Cofer leading the effort.
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Associated Press
West Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Morris D. Jaffe
San Antonio
Otis T. Dunagan
Estes
John D. Cofer
Austin
Cofer
J. S. Starley
Pecos
Starley
Tyler
Hobbs Boy Drowns At Lake Thomas
A Hobbs 5 year old, Larry Keith Farnsworth, drowned at Lake Thomas when he fell from a dock into 10 to 15 feet of water. His father and a companion plunged in but could not reach him for about 10 minutes. Artificial respiration failed to revive him and Justice of the Peace W C Davidson ruled accidental drowning. Survivors include his parents two sisters and several grandparents. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Avelanche Journal
Snyder
Hobbs
Lake Thomas
Larry Keith Farnsworth
Justice of the Peace
W. C. Davidson
Larry G. Farnsworth
Diana Jean
Kathy Rene
Leslie G. Farnsworth
O. C. Arp
Tatum
N.M
Vernon Dyer
Griffin Funeral Home
Survivors Rescued After Flying Tiger Airliner Ditching
Air Force reports 37 men and 3 women rescued by the Swiss freighter Celerina after a Flying Tigers Super Constellation ditched in the Atlantic. A rescue armada was forming, with reports of survivors including American servicemen and dependents. Waves reached 10 feet as crews worked to reach and aid those aboard life rafts.
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AIR Force London
U.S. Air Force
Atlantic
Air Force
Avatenche-Journal
Qeannon
Ireland
Flying Tigers Airline
Here
Boas Uitict
HU Cuimimnauul
Prestwick
Celerina
Hope
Iceland
Scotland
Milton McCurry
Miami
Fla
McCurry
67Th Air Rescue Squadron
Reds Bamboo Wall Blown Down By Storm
A 4500 foot bamboo fence built by North Vietnamese to block refugee escapes was blown down by a storm, destroying the bamboo wall along the Ben Hai River between guard posts. The barrier was demolished September 16 during the violent weather, Saigon officials said.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Berlin Wall
Ben Hai
Today's Prayer On Patience And Faith
A brief devotional quote emphasizes calm amid disturbance, noting that all things pass and only God remains constant. It urges patience as the path to fulfillment and concludes that God alone suffices.
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God
Trap Laid in Victim's Home Ends in Shootout
Brooklyn detectives set a 25 officer trap after a rape and murder spree. The suspect, identified by fingerprints as Charles Gumby, 37, died in a burst of gunfire when he lunged from a bathroom toward Detective Milley. Janet Chisholm, 53, survived the attack and later identified the intruder.
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Associated Press
York
Brooklyn
Fredrick Lussen
Lussen
Big Spring store fire causes 100000 loss
A large supermarket in Big Spring Texas burned Sunday, estimated at 100000 in damage. Firefighters fought the blaze for two hours starting at 1 40 a m. No one injured is reported, though two firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation. The fire was likely from burning grease in a barbecue room at the rear. Owner Don Newsom said the safe and cigarettes were saved.
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Associated Press
Big Spring
Texas
H. V. Crocker
Newsom
Edwards Heights
Don Newsom
Weather Outlook for Lubbock and Vicinity Today
Cloudy to partly cloudy conditions continue today tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. A few showers are possible today. High around 80 and low near 64 in Lubbock.
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Lubbock
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