Area Roads OK’d for Farm to Market Projects
The Texas Highway Department won authorization to plan survey and secure right of way for new farm highway work under a 1.32 million federal program. District 5 engineer O L Crain said 30.5 miles of new Farm to Market road and 74.8 miles of re construction plus additional financing are included in area projects. The 1961 62 Federal Aid Secondary Program extends funds biennially and work may begin this fall as right of way is gained.
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Record Crowds at Panhandle South Plains Fair Hit New High
Attendance on Tuesday at the Panhandle South Plains Fair set a two day record with 51 707 visitors pushing Monday Tuesday total to 99 867, beating last year’s 84 777 mark. Fair continues through Saturday with judging in cattle and swine, capades shows, and exhibits across Fair Park. Community leaders and local students from Lubbock area were honored and major prizes awarded in Hereford Brown Swiss and Jersey cattle along with Duroc and Berkshire swine champions.
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Avalanche-Journal
Panhandle South Plains
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China
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Ice Capades
Midway
Zoo
Lubbock
Hol Stein
Joe V. Hales
Canyon
Vincent Braddock
Dimmitt
Jack Turmer and Sons
Jersey
Hampshire
Midland man who claimed to be human bomb captured
A burly ex convict identified as Jack I Friday claimed to be a human bomb and threatened to blow up Midland city buildings. He surrendered after a 16 hour manhunt in Odessa and told newsmen it was all bluff while displaying explosives and demanding no publicity.
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Big Bluff
Jack I Friday
Texas Ranger
Frank Probst
Odessa
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Tex
Probst
Highway Patrol
Billy Smith
Friday
Rube Hemingway
Heming
Soviet Khrushchev Seeks Meeting While Eisenhower Demurs
At the United Nations Khrushchev floated a meeting with Eisenhower and a broader disarmament talks plan. Eisenhower refused to meet unless U.S. airmen held by Russia are freed and Macmillan pressed for real negotiations. Latin American tensions and a Cuban intelligence defect may add to the West’s pressure at the General Assembly.
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Guatemala
Red Chinese Ban Upheld
The UN Steering Committee voted 12 to 7 with one abstention to shelve for a year the question of seating Red China in the world organization. The move, repeated from a year earlier, blocks China’s UN representation during the 15th session of the 96 nation General Assembly, with ratification likely in the full assembly.
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Geneva Nuclear Talks Resume With 27 Month Moratorium Idea
The United States proposed a 27 month moratorium on small underground nuclear tests during Geneva talks with Britain and Russia. Moscow had sought a four to five year halt while Washington and London had supported a basic agreement in principle. Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin welcomed the plan and said it would be studied.
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Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Kremlin Calls Supreme Soviet Meeting in October
London dispatch reports the Soviet News Agency announces the Supreme Soviet will convene on October 18. Experts say the gathering could preface a confrontation with Communist China, though no further details were released.
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Britain warns Communists West will use nuclear arms if attacked
Britain issues a 46 page Foreign Office booklet asserting the Western nations will retain the full defensive armory and may retaliate with nuclear weapons if Europe is threatened. The document arrives as the UN General Assembly debates arms and amid East German pressure on West Berlin.
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Rifleman arrest follows fatal shooting at Blue Diner Cafe
Police say a high powered rifle killed Loviel Henderson, 22, at the Blue Diner Cafe in Lubbock. A 26 year old Black man was jailed for murder after surrendering a Remington 336 BC rifle and two pistols found at the scene. Witnesses say the men argued before the fatal shot near Cobra Den.
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Americans Seek Laotian Truce
Two unnamed American officials met with Laotian rebel leaders in Savannakhet to negotiate a ceasefire and possible compromise between insurgents and the Vientiane government. Rebel leader Prince Boun Oum had threatened a reoccupation of the capital and formation of a revolutionary government.
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Thailand
UPD
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Vientiane
Prince Boun Oum
Rainy Welcome for Kennedy in Ohio and Nixon in Tennessee
Crowds greeted presidential candidates in rain soaked Tennessee and upbeat Ohio. In Memphis Nixon drew about 60 000 cheering residents while 25 000 listened to him. Ohio turnout topped Kennedy crowds, with Sen Lausche endorsing Kennedy as the parade moved through Painesville.
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Legg
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Tennessee
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Kennedy Lee
South Atlantic Wave Prompts High Wind Report
The weather bureau reports an easterly wave near the South Atlantic, a tropical storm fore-runner with top winds around 45 mph. At 9 p.m. EST the system lay about 700 miles east-northeast of San Juan and 1,700 miles east-southeast of Miami, moving west-northwest at about 16 mph.
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Bore definition in humorous dictionary entry
A light editorial style note defines bore as a man who has fun by making others miserable. The quote illustrates a blunt social observation found in a playful dictionary section.
Soviet Khrushchev Expected at Oct 14 Embassy Reception
Communist sources say the Soviet delegation plans a major reception October 14 at its United Nations embassy in New York and that Premier Nikita Khrushchev is expected to attend.
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UPD
New York
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Cuban Air Attacks Raise Guantanamo Bay Tension
Cuban air force fighter planes reportedly passed US naval aircraft over international waters near Cuba in what sources describe as harassment tied to Fidel Castro's bid to remove U S forces from Guantanamo Bay. Cuba asks world court to order U S withdrawal. Washington probes lease validity while noting ongoing training operations at Guantanamo.
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