Four Buckholts fugitives hunted across Texas and adjoining states
A Texas Ranger led a house to house manhunt for four men accused of murder in Alabama and linked to robberies in Texas and Oklahoma. Bloodhounds, planes, and helicopters aided the effort as deputies closed roads and searched farms near Buckholts. Warrants charge murder and armed robbery. the suspects, former carnival workers, allegedly killed Leonard Culpepper and robbed homes, cars, and a typewriter stretch across three states.
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Posse
Texas
Oklahoma
Clint Peoples
W. A. Bratton
Cubs
Ala
Alabama
Tom Boggs
Gerald Eaton
Don Lucas
Clarence
Butch) Coon
Dennis Wood
Leonard Culpepper
Mississippi
Bratton
Culpepper
Beaumont
Buckharts
Walters
Oklo
J. D. Lewis
Lewis
Atty
Hugh Fitzsimmons
Sybil Burton to Get Divorce in Mexico
New York AP report says Sybil Burton will obtain a divorce from actor Richard Burton in Mexico today. Burton is there making a film with Elizabeth Taylor, described as his influential companion, while Mrs Burton seeks a divorce citing cruel and inhuman treatment.
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New York
Sybil Burton
Mexico
Richard Burton
New York Post
Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Post
Whales Crowd Florida Beach
About 150 pilot whales washed up along a three mile stretch of Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida. Deputies reported some whales reached 16 feet and weighed around one ton. Many were still alive, local authorities said.
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Ponte Vedra Beach
Fla
APJ
Three Nile
Roy Landrum
St. Johns Couny
Passenger Plunges From Philippine Airlines Flight
A man named James Nielsen plummeted to his death after forcibly opening a door on a Philippine Airlines plane at 10 000 feet during a Cebu City to Manila flight. Nationality and address listed as unknown in the manifest.
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Manila
Philippine Airlines
Cebu City
Philippine News Service
James Nielsen
Rites Held for Crash Victims in Snowbound Field
In Elkton Ma a memorial service was held for 81 victims of a Pan American jetliner crash. About 100 friends relatives and three clergymen gathered in a frozen cornfield near the wreckage. Civil Air Patrol guards stood watch as mourners paid respects.
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Elkton
Civil Air Patrol
Editor Recommends Catholic Church Reforms on Mary
The editor’s new directions for the Catholic Church explore Mary’s role in worship and future changes for patron saints. The piece ties to broader church debates and promises further details in later pages.
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Bob Considine
Around the Plaza and Page Details in Today's Index
An overview of today's newspaper sections lists key pages including Classified on pages 28 to 35, Comics on pages 16 and 17, and Sports on pages 19 to 21. It notes Death Notices on page 28, Editorial on page 22, Features on page 23, Financial on pages 14 and 15, and a Goren on Bridge feature on page 16 plus RadioTV on page 10 and Society on pages 25 and 26.
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Goren
Shoppers Flock To Stores In San Antonio Surge
San Antonio retailers report Saturday as the largest single Christmas shopping day in history. With seven shopping days left before Christmas, stores expect continued growth across San Antonio, South Texas, and beyond. Executives like J H Morse and J W Erler credit cold weather and early Christmas spirit for the surge. Montgomery Ward and Wolff & Marx leaders foresee a record pace continuing into next week.
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San Antonio
South Texas
J. H. Morse
Joske’s
J. W. Erler
Sears Roebuck and Co
Lloyd H. Flood
Montgomery Wards
Flood
Edward C. Sullivan
Wolff & Marx
New Premier Assumes Post in Nationalist China
C K Yen became premier of Nationalist China in Taipei Formosa and pledged to continue the prior government's anti communist policy and aim to recover the mainland. The ceremony marked a continuity of leadership as the new premier took office today.
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Taipei
Formosa
C. K. Yen
Bandit Bombs Kill 17 on Bus
A bomb under a bus 160 miles southwest of Bogota Colombia killed 17 people and injured 29 yesterday. Bandits carried out the attack, prompting vigilante and police responses in the region.
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Bogota
Colombia
Four Airmen End 42 Days In Oxygen Cabin Test
Four teenage airmen concluded a 42 day test in a sealed space cabin at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. They spent 30 days breathing pure oxygen at a simulated 27 500 feet and then began post test physical evaluations. The test sought to study human reaction to the Apollo Gemini atmosphere and was witnessed by senior Air Force officials.
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Usaf School of Aerospace Medicine
C. Jerry Huber
Hope, Mich
Philip B. Jameson
Clearwater
Fla
Thomas A. Rusiecki
Niagara Falls
Nly
Ronald D. Tasskey
Westernville
N.Y
Billy E. Welch
Bioastronautics Department
Environmental Systems
T. C. Bedwell Jr
Cal Division
Brooks Air Force Base
Harold V. Ellington
School of Aerospace Medicine
Hans G. Clamann
Bioastronautics
Welch
James E. Herlacher
Gary J. Morrill
Eaton Rapids
Mich
George G. Vandall
Milford
Mass
Kennedy
Still More Cold and Rain Hits San Antonio
San Antonians endure damp chilly weather as heavy coastal cloud layers bring occasional light rain. Temperatures run a few degrees below normal while sleet briefly falls in south and southwest San Antonio before melting.
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San Antonians
Ity
Sub Freezing Weather Lingers Across Texas Coast and Border
Sub freezing cold held across more than half of Texas with an Arctic front dipping into the panhandle before retreating north. Light rain or drizzle fell in Midland Laredo Cotulla McAllen Corpus Christi and Palacios as temperatures hovered just above freezing.
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Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Panhandle
Midland
Laredo
Cotulla
McAllen
Corpus Christi
Palacias
36 Below AL Bemidji Temperature Report
United Press International notes a brutal cold day with Bemidji registering a low of six degrees below zero amid ongoing arctic conditions. Mir reports the weather pattern affecting northern Minnesota communities and daily life.
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AL Berremidji
United Press International
Bemidji
Mir
Supreme Court overturns contempt rulings in segregation case
The Supreme Court freed Dr Edward R Fields and Robert Lyons of the National State Rights party from contempt convictions in Fairfield Alabama. The pair were punished for distributing handbills and announcing a meeting with racial slur content under an injunction. NAACP ACLU and Justice Department sought reversal, arguing First Amendment rights and crackdown on injunctions used to suppress speech.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National States
Rights Party
Alabama
National
Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Orfder
Qld
Sam Thompson
Louisville
Thompson
Edward R. Fields
National State Rights Party
Robert Lyons
Fairfield
Ala
Fields
Lyons
Wash
Ington
Lyon
Xy Lipscomb
Thunderbolt
Jefferson County
American Civil Liberties Union
Justice Department
ACLU
Bargain Ads Offer Quick Cash in Family Want Section
Read the Family Want Ads in the Light Classifieds daily for money saving items and bargain opportunities. If you have something to sell, these Bargain Ads promise quick cash.
Visitors honor JFK at Arlington in chilly forecast
Crowds visited President John F. Kennedy's grave at Arlington National Cemetery despite freezing weather. The five day forecast shows mostly cloudy skies with light rain possible late in the week, highs near 40s and overnight lows around the upper 30s to 40.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Armed Services
Nikita to Make New Indian Trip
Prime Minister Nehru told parliament Khrushchev has accepted an invitation to visit India again though exact dates are not yet fixed. The announcement confirms renewed diplomatic talks between India and the Soviet Union.
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Nikita
New Delhi
Khrushchev
India
Nehru
Parliament
Johnsons attend church service near Capitol
President and Mrs Johnson attended services yesterday at St Mark's Episcopal Church near the Capitol. The visit drew minimal outside attention as the couple observed the morning worship in a quiet retreat from official duties.
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Washington
UPS
Johnson
St. Mark's Felicopet Church
The
Capitol
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