Students Flock to Panhandle South Plains Fair Opening
A crowd of 51,349 attended the first day of the Panhandle South Plains Fair as Lubbock students gain free admission today and Wednesday. Fairgrounds buzzed with livestock judging and ribbon awards amid blue and red prizes, while Ice Capades performances drew 5,135 inside the Coliseum.
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Kenneth Mayvalanche
Journal
REA
Fairgrounds
Fair Park Coliseum
Vickie Kay Woods
Panhandle
South Plains Fair
Joe Vickie
D. M. Woods
Tohoka
Ray West
Judge Dunagan Hints Delay in Estes Trial Postponement Likely
Judge Otis T. Dunagan halted preliminary action in the Billie Sol Estes fraud case to allow a defense motion for postponement. Defense attorney John D. Cofer urged a continuance as Texas courts often grant delays, with trials possibly delayed until late next month.
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Availache-Journal
Poe — Dist
Otis T. Dunagan
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Austin
John D. Cofer
Dunagan
Wall Street Slips as Dow Dips Amid Heavy Trade
A broad selling barrage pushes stocks lower for a third straight session as the Dow Jones average drops to 582.91 with intraday weakness near 11 points. Volume exceeds 5 million shares while electronics and autos lead declines and a broad market retreat broadens.
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United Preas International
New York
Standard & Poor
Atlantic Coast Line
Con Edison
Detroit Edison
Publicervice
Eectronics
IBM
Zenith
Ealeciuld Camera
Motorola
Beckman
Litton
du Pont
Union Carbide
Eastman Kodak
Allied
AMEX
Chrysler
General Motors
Wheeling Steel
Alcoa Shed
American Telephone
Johns Manville
Procter & Gamble
Standard Oil of
California
Levy cut two cents in Kennets tax rate for 1963 budget
County Commissioners set the ad valorem tax rate at 78 cents and approved a 1963 county budget of 2,549,117.96. A tires and tubes contract for a year and the sheriff department mobile were funded after sealed bids. Present were County Judge Bill Davis and Commissioners Arch Lamb George Green Les Derrick and Alton Brazell. The budget lists sources and allocations across General Fund Road and Bridge funds Parks and other sinking funds.
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Kennets
Irish Avalanche-Journal
County Commissioners Court
Sheriff's Department
Bill Davis
Arch Lamb
George Green
Les Derrick
Alton Brazell
Board of Tax Equalization
Road Bond
Castro forces seize Havana Masonic temple
Cuban troops occupied the Masonic grand temple in Havana arresting officers and outlawing the fraternity. Gen Eduardo Rincon Gallardo, secretary of the Inter American Masonic Confederation, warned lodge lives may be in danger and urged hemispheric lodges to help defend the order amid condemnation of Castro's regime and support for U.S. Alliance for Progress.
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Mexico City
UPI
Masonic Grand
Havana
Masonic Lodge
Cuba
Eduardo Rincon Gallardo
Inter American Masonic Confederation
Rincon Gallardo
Hemisphere
Inter - American Masonic Confederation
Alliance For Progress
Bulldozer kills road worker in Mount Pleasant incident
Mount Pleasant territory Ezra Miller Ottinger of Route 2 was killed when a bulldozer toppled over on him on Monday in Titus County.
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Mount Pleasant
Titus County
Ezra Miller Ottinger
Rt. 2
Lubbock considers third high school for 1964 65
Lubbock Independent School District trustees discussed exploring a third high school for 1964 65 with architectural firms. Meetings set to study size location and cost before selecting architects while other needs include Bayless elementary expansion and improving library and PE facilities at local high schools.
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Bert Brewer
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Lubbock Independent School District
Bayless
Nat Williams
Lubbock High School
Monterey High School
Fair figures show large crowds at regional event
Crowds estimated between 25 000 and 50 000 attended the fair as 29 area high school bands opened the celebration at 11 a.m. Judges named Hale Center Abernathy and Cavis bands top in their divisions while cattle and swine displays earned grand honors for Milking Shorthorn Green Acres Stock Farm and Art Miller with Chester White boar in Yorkshire show.
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George Arnold
Kennesburg
Colo
Fred McIntyre
Bayfield
Green Acres Stock Farm
Lockney
Art Miller
Happy
Chester Whisow
Sean
Yorkshire
Charles Bryant
Ae Okla
Panhandle Rain Tied to Tragic Truck Train Collision
Light showers spread across the South Plains and eastern New Mexico after a cold front, while a fatal rain storm killed a Panhandle man. Bill Russell, 65, cleaning plant owner near Pampa, died when his delivery truck collided with a Santa Fe train in Miami. Local rainfall remained light with Lubbock totaling 2.69 inches for the month and 13.05 inches for the year. The Panhandle saw general rain under an inch, and Amarillo and Dalhart measured a 67 degree high.
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South Plains
New Mexico
Panhandle
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Anton
Bill Russell
Miami
Pampa
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Dalhart
Storm in Gulf of Mexico. low pressure nears hurricane status
A wide spread low pressure area about 200 miles off Tampico in the Gulf of Mexico was reported Monday and could develop into a hurricane. The system near Tampico prompted weather alerts and monitoring by meteorologists.
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Gulf Mexico City
Tampico
Gulf of Mexico
NASA Eyes Day-Long Orbit Plan For Walter Schirra
NASA outlined a six orbit mission that could lead to a full day in orbit by Walter M. Schirra Jr. if successful, with a potential January or February follow up by Gordon Cooper. The Sigma 7 craft completed valve repairs as Schirra would drift to conserve fuel and conduct experiments during about nine hours in space at 100 to 140 miles up.
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United Press International
Space Agency
Walter M. Schirra Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Schirra
Valve
Navy
Earth
Gordon Cooper
NASA
Mayor files suit over Midland precinct redistricting
Midland Mayor Hank Avery sued Monday to force redrawing of county commissioners precincts to boost city residents' voice in government. The action followed a stormy court session where the plan failed. Judge Noel Cason suffered a heart attack during a recess and was hospitalized.
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Avalanche-Journal
Idland
Hank Avery
Cason
Midland Memorial Hospital
Asne Avery
Commissioners Court
Alvey A. Bryant
Clark Moreland
W M. Stewart
Avery
104Th Dist
Perry B. Pickett
Midland
Postal Rates Hike Okayed by Committee in Washington
The Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee approved a bill to raise letter and postcard postage by a penny and increase other mail rates. The plan also provides a $1 billion pay hike for 1.6 million federal workers. Effective January 7, 1963, first class letters rise to 5 cents, postcards to 4 cents, air mail to 8 cents, and air mail cards to 6 cents, with estimated annual revenue of $437.8 million.
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Washington (Ap
Senate
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
House
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Modern Art Abstraction Ponders Popular Style
In a column on contemporary painting the writer explores how abstract, abstruse and absurd elements define a popular art style. The piece questions accessibility, interpretation and the place of modern works in everyday culture.
Prayer for guidance and charity in daily life
A devotional prayer asks for God's understanding and daily guidance. It seeks to lead others to be helpful, to care for the sick and less fortunate, and to teach love for one another in Jesus' name.
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Heavenly Father
Survivors, missing rise from Atlantic airliner crash
Rescue forces seek 16 Americans missing after the Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation ditched 500 miles west of Ireland. A Swiss freighter saved 48, with 12 dead known and bodies sighted. two children among the missing. Royal Air Force and U S forces coordinate searches as hope fades.
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Associated Press
Ondon
Atlantic
U. S
Ireland
North Atlantic
Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Air Force Base
Prestwick
Scotland
Royal Air Force
Plymouth
John D. Murray
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Weather snapshot of Southwest region temperatures
The weather map shows high and low temperatures for 24 hours ending at midnight. Abilene reports 65 and 7s? Houston 62, Amarillo 64, Dallas 69, Roswell 101% Denver. Southwest area forecast includes city temps and precipitation notes.
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Abilene
Albarne
Houston
Amarillo
Okla
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
Palle
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