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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1963
Page
11
News briefs note Cuban raids drawing criticism from Kennedy and raise concerns about Soviet retaliation. The article also covers a separate automotive classification update detailing engine sizes and class winners, including Corvair Monza ownership by Mrs. Pat Sawyer and GM, Ford, Chrysler, and AMC results across classes A to H.
Police investigated thefts in Lubbock including a $130 television from a motel room and two game roosters worth $20 from a residence on East 16th Street. A purse stolen from a storeroom and a crime involving an elderly man missing about $60 were also reported, with details of an acid attack on a car at the Methodist Hospital parking lot.
Paris reports a compromise wage accord between government and unions to avert a strike by 350000 state railway workers. The deal guarantees a 7.20 percent wage hike by January 1, 1964, as fresh walkouts and coal mine actions ripple through France.
Les Viland of Livonia Michigan won his second straight Mobil economy run sweepstakes with a Rambler American 2373.2 miles Los Angeles to Detroit at 28.61 miles per gallon.
Raul Castro in a broadcast denounced independent actions by followers and claimed the CIA sought to trap Cubans to justify U S attacks. He warned that such activities harm the revolution and asserted stern enforcement. The dispatch also apologized for an attack on the Floridian with MIGs off Cuba’s coast.
Two South Plains students joined 80 men pledging four national fraternities and a local at West Texas State College Canyon. Gary Jeter and Gene Finley pledged Kappa Alpha Order. Jeter majors in industrial arts. Finley in history.
The Labor Department reports the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent in March from 6.1 percent in February. Em ployment rose by nearly 900,000 to 67,148,000, with full‑time work driving most of the improvement. Farm employment climbed to 4.3 million while the labor force reached 74.4 million.
A school tech meet outlines events on the first page including committee roles and club programs. A large group gathering is planned in shifts from noon to 2 pm and the general assembly will meet in the ballroom from 2 to 4 30 pm for roll call reports awards presentations and officer installations.
The record outlines the rise of the Sermon faction leader after his brother's death in 1950. His brother served as Independence mayor from 1924 to 1950, and the survivor became mayor in 1958 before resigning in October 1961 due to medical advice and diabetes treatment.
The Soviet Union threatened action against Western private planes flying to Berlin while East Germans pressed to control all Allied traffic to the city as Adlai Stevenson arrived in Berlin for a one day visit and pledged continued U.S. troop support for Berlin independence.
Auburn Ramon Coronado 17 Levelland Jimmy Robinson 17 C E Blue 22 Kenneth Blue Reese AFB 18 facing burglary. Joe Ysasaga 23 Lorenzo receiving and concealing stolen property. Walter Owens 47 Horace Patterson 48 others charged with DWI, theft, possession, pandering, fraud, and related offenses across multiple Texas cities and bases.
The Little Sisters contest by the South Plains Lions Boys' Club drew 126 entrants at 1801 E 24th St. Brenda Fay Ward won Most Talented and Miss Boys' Club 1963. Sharon Bunton earned Most Outstanding Personality. Arneta Pendgraft won Cutest Dressed. Judges were Octavia Givens Ruth Priestley and Claudia Kelley.
Britain's Deputy Foreign Secretary Edward Heath, who failed to win Britain into the Common Market, is selected for the 1963 Carl Venere award for European unification efforts in Germany.
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