Andrews Residents Vote on City Hall and Fire Station
Andrews residents will vote in a nonbinding public opinion poll starting Wednesday. An 11 member committee will mail ballots to city residents with postmark by midnight. Ballot options cover building a combined city hall and fire station with an expected cost around 80,000 dollars funded from existing city funds. Results to the council by December 13, not binding, with site location to be decided later by civic groups and economic factors.
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Andrews
Pharr
Marshall Pharr
Imet
City, Hall
Chamber of Commercce
Frank Elkins
Council
Mobutu Denies Lumumba Tortured in Congo Crisis
Col Joseph Mobutu denounces as odious reports that former Premier Patrice Lumumba was tortured. He says Lumumba is in satisfactory death and denies inhumane treatment as pro Lumumba forces move toward Equatorial Province. Mobutu orders disarmament of rebels near Bumba while Lumumba awaits treason charges in Thysville.
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Russia
U. N
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
Lumumba
Joseph Okito
Leopoldville
Port of
Franequi
Mobutu
United Press International
Leopoldville. the Congo
UPI
Wday
United Nations
Rajeshwar Dayal
India
U.N
Congo
Mobuty
Equatorial
Oriental
Equatoria
Bumba
Congo River
Stanleyville
Oriental Province
the Congo
aMfobutu
Lisama
Mo‘butu
Stanlesville
Thysville
Leopoldvile
Soviet Airlift Plane Returns Safe To Hanoi After Fire
At Vientiane Laos an airport official said a Soviet airlift plane returned safely to Hanoi after catching fire for an hour near the capital. Five Soviet planes began airlifting gasoline and petroleum products to support the neutralist Laotian government on Sunday.
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Vientiane
Laos
Hanoi
Twins Born Second Time Calmly Heard By Center Family
Carl Center of Adkins received news of twin girls Sharon Lynn and Caron Gwen with calm, the second set born to his wife in three years. The first twins James Russell and Jerry Edward arrived July 1, 1957, and an earlier son Carl Jr. was born December 28, 1938. Center, an American Airlines employee, recalled fainting at the first twin birth.
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San Antonio
Tex
Carl Center
Adkins
Sharon Lynn
Caron Gwen
Milk price war cuts Houston dairy bills
AP report from Houston notes a milk price war lowering half gallon prices to 40 cents on Monday, as three dairies launched new cheaper brands and a fourth matched to compete with discount houses. This squeeze hit supermarkets and consumer costs amid the price-cutting move.
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Houston
Two Seminole Women Injured In Car Mishap
Two Seminole housewives were injured when their car collided with a truck about 5:30 p.m. Monday ten miles north of Odessa on the Andrews Highway. Mrs. W. E. Biggerstaff, 44, suffered a broken hip and remained hospitalized in good condition at Medical Center Hospital. Mrs. James Biggerstaff, 18, treated for knee and shoulder pains, was released after X rays showed no fractures. The truck driver, Jack Pace, 46, of Houston, was not injured. Investigators said Biggerstaff driving north failed to yield while turning onto State Highway 158. the truck driver tried to turn east. Damages totaled about $500 to the truck and $1,000 to the Biggerstaff car. Trooper A. J. McReynolds led the inquiry.
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Odessa
Andrews
Medical Center Hospital
W. E. Biggerstaff
James Biggerstaff
Jack Pace
Houston
Texas Highway Patrol
W. £.Biggerstaff
Houston Trucking Company
Import Or Workers Showing Sharp Drop
Mexico City AP reports a government finding that farmworkers contracting for jobs in the United States fell sharply in 1960 from about 450000 in 1959 to 135000. The drop reflects changes in migratory patterns and labor demand across border.
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Mexico City
United States
Desegregation Pressure on Southern Restaurants and Stations
In the Deep South most railroad station and airport eateries remain segregated despite Supreme Court rulings. A 7-2 decision held private restaurants in interstate bus stations must serve Negro and white alike if part of the carrier's service, overturning Bruce Boynton’s trespass conviction in Richmond Virginia.
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Washington
UPI
Soga
Supreme Court
Deep South
Bruce Boynton
Howard University
Richmond
Ter
Minal
Frailways Bus* Co
Boynton
Selma
Ala
Virginia
Delput
Hugo L. Black
New York
John Morsell
National ‘Association For Advancement of Colored People
South
Funeral Held Today For Big Lake Woman
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. for Anna Bertha July 65 of Big Lake who died Saturday from burns after falling against a heater. Rev J H Blakemore officiated at Bethlehem Baptist Church burial was in Big Lake Cemetery Survivors include two daughters Ida B Dimery and Mary July The Los Angeles section appears to be stray text not part of the obituary.
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Big Lake
Anna Bertha July
Bethlehem Baptist Church
J. H. Blakemore
July
Ida B. Dimery
Big’ Lake
Mary
Los Angeles
Calif
Ward County approves over 40000 for equipment and tax list
Ward County Commissioners authorized more than 40000 for equipment and for a new tax roll. They awarded 21500 to Southwestern Appraisal Co. to compile the tax list and provide data for the board of equalization, excluding personal and oil properties. Plains Machinery Co. of Odessa won 16322 for a tractor for Precinct Four, to be paid with biannual time warrants through 1963, plus a 3311 contract for a loader for Precinct One.
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Monahans
Ward County
Southwestern Appraisal Co
Board of Equalization
Plains Machinery Co
Odessa
Precinct Four
Precinct One
Fire destroys trailer house in Monahans
MONAHANS special fire destroys a trailer in the south part of town. D. H. Taylor occupied the trailer and said he slept on the couch when the blaze woke him. he escaped injury. Cause unknown. Firemen responded to the early Tuesday blaze.
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Monahans
D. H. Taylor
Taylor
Train Derailment Near Marfa Disrupts Main Line Traffic
Four diesel units and one car of a 40 car Southern Pacific train derailed Monday near Marfa, 500 yards west of the depot. Seven lengths of track were torn up and traffic on the line was interrupted until late Monday night.
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Marfa
Soutzern Pacific Railway
Lne
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