Soviets propose cut off all nuclear testing next January
At the Geneva disarmament talks Vasily Kuznetsov urged a unilateral end to all nuclear tests by the three powers starting January. Western officials rejected an unpoliced moratorium and insisted on at least some controls over underground testing.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
U.S
Charles C Stelle
Joseph B. Godber
Kuznetsov
West
Kuzetsov
Slant-Well Quiz Endures in Texas Oil Probe
Nelson Decker, former state employee, invoked the Fifth Amendment 16 times to avoid naming sources for $45,850 beyond his salary during a Texas House Investigating Committee hearing. Texas Assistant Attorney General Robert Flowers suggested some money came from leases tied to Decker, tied to illegally slanted wells as the committee enters its third day of probe into oil well scandals.
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Finis Mothershead
Dallas
Nelson Decker
Decker
Texas House
Texas Asst
Robert Flowers
John Glass
Tyler
Citizens State Bank of
Kilgore
East Texas State Bank of
Longview
Republic National Bank of Dallas
Flowers
Republic Bank
R. C. Brin
Dallas Federal Saving and Loan Co
House
Texas Ranger
Jim Ray
Ranger
G. A. Yoachum
L. Dwight Murphy
Texas Rangers
Murphy
David McAngus
Houston
Haskell H. Carter Jr
Pitsburgh
Murphys
Hull State Bank
McAngus
Robert V. Jobe
Murony
W.T. James
Storm tears Cameron La in deadly twister and flood
A violent tornado struck Cameron Louisiana late Tuesday night killing at least two and injuring about 50. Rescue teams combed debris as heavy rains hampered operations in the coastal town and surrounding areas. The storm flooded streets, cut power, and left many refugees sheltering in Cameron Parish Courthouse with reports of missing persons and extensive damage to homes and trailers.
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Cameron
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Harold Stewart
Cameron Parish
Lake Charles
Here
Chennault Air Force Base
Fighteen
Billy Stephens
Foreign Aid Funds Probed For Uses Abroad
A House subcommittee disclosed details of the 3275 million contingency fund used by the State Department and AID for unforeseen crises and projects abroad. Withdrawals included 150000 for Algeria independence gifts and 7000 to bring an Algerian to the U.S. study program, 56 million to Indonesia for a road to Asian games site, 29 million for Iran to support Prime Minister Amini, and aid to Guinea, Mali, Syria, and Egypt during political upheavals.
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Washington
State Department
Agency For International Development
Otto E. Passman
Dla
Fowler Hamilton
Hamilton
Greece
Berlin
Passman
Algeria
U.S
Indonesia
Iran
Ali Amini
Guinea
Mali
Syria
United Arab Republic
Egypt
Attorney Donovan to Seek Release of Cuban Captives
New York AP Attorney James B. Donovan plans to travel to Havana to secure the release of 1 113 captives from the failed Cuba invasion. He will be joined by exiled Cuban leaders Alvaro Sanchez Jr and Dr Ernest Freyre, who are imprisoned in Havana. The United States and Cuba reportedly granted remission permissions.
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New York
James B. Donovan
Rudollf Abel
Francis Gary Powers
Havana
Cuba
Donovan
Alvaro Sanchez Jr
Cuban Families Committee
Ernest Freyre
Ttes
Sanchez
Freyre
Ravan
United States
Military Lining Up Behind Ben Bella Bid In Algeria
In Algiers four guerrilla commands and the regular army’s general staff publicly backed Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella’s bid for control. Boumedienne spoke for 45 000 troops in support of the Political Bureau, while Wilaya 4 and Wilaya 3 forces opposed Ben Bella, risking civil conflict amid a fragile eight week independence period.
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Ben Bella
Algeria
Andrew Borowlec
Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Kabylie
Political Bureau
Wilaya
Boumedienne
Wilaya 4
Wilaya 3
Kabylie Mountains
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Oran
Marengo
France
Louis Joxe
Paris
Mercury Takes Dive Across Nebraska Cold Front
A sharp cold front in western and northern Nebraska sent temperatures plunging. Chadron fell from 102 Monday afternoon to 37 Tuesday morning, Valentine dropped from 104 to 44, Alliance from 99 to 34, with similar declines at other locations.
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Omaha
Neb
Chadron
Valentine
Alliance
Nebraska
Hoover in satisfactory condition after surgery
Former President Herbert Hoover, 88, remains in satisfactory condition after a three hour operation for removal of an intestinal growth. Dr. Rudolph N. Schullinger reported Hoover is lucid and stable with pulse 72 and temperature 99.6 as doctors monitor him. A two to three week lab result is needed to determine if the growth is benign or malignant.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Rudolph N. Schullinger
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Hoover
Farm Workers Die In Road Mishap Near Ciudad Victoria
An API A truck transporting cotton field workers from Mata Moros overturned on a rain slick highway near Ciudad Victoria Tuesday. Four people died, including the driver Ciro Sustana Correa’s children, and 27 were injured, with 10 in critical condition. The crash happened near San Fernando between here and Mata Moros.
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Ciudad Victoria
Mexico
API
Matamoros
Here
Ciro Sustana Correa
San Fernando
Weather summary for multiple Texas regions
Temperatures range from mid 60s to mid 90s across North Central Southwest and Southeast Texas. Expect a mix of sunny to partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon and night thunder showers through Thursday. Highs mostly in the 80s and 90s, cooler nights especially in the northwest. Winds 10 to 20 knots.
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Snyder
Texas
Northwest
Nigit
Man Identifies Mystery Man in Marshall Case
Nolan Griffin, a Hearne service station employee, swore he positively identified a man in Odessa as the mystery witness in federal agent Henry Marshall’s death. Texas Rangers later cleared the identified man after a polygraph. Marshall, who investigated cotton allotment schemes, was found fatally shot at his ranch near Franklin in June 1961.
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Griffin
Odessa
Marshall Ranch
Marshall
Clint Peoples
Lubbock
Tigator
West Texas
Billie Ses Estes
Franklin
Hearne
Houston
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