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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1963
Page
3
Washington reports 46 people and one woman were executed in 1962 for crimes from armed robbery to murder. California Texas and Florida led, with 29 electrocutions, 15 gas chamber, and three hangings. Youngest was 19, oldest 58.
South Vietnamese forces killed 134 Viet Cong guerrillas in Quant Ngai Province after a string of attacks on strategic hamlets. The battle left 19 Vietnamese dead and 43 wounded with several weapons seized. 3,000 government troops counterattacked, while combat continued through Tuesday night about 35 miles north of Saigon.
Mrs. W. W. Thane reports a severe dandruff problem cured by Baker's Hair Tonic and Shampoo. The ad claims the tonic has long been top for dandruff and itchy scalp and notes a new ingredient makes it more effective with a money back guarantee.
Ninety five Waterford Connecticut school pupils were hospitalized in Washington after a mass food poisoning scare. Most went to Casualty Hospital with others to Washington Hospital Center after dining at a roadside diner en route. Officials say the illness appears non dangerous and several may be released soon.
President Kennedy sent to the Senate the nomination of Chester Bowles to be ambassador to India. Bowles, his special foreign policy adviser, previously held the same post during the Truman administration, with the nomination announced earlier.
A military tribunal in Madrid sentenced Julian Grimau Garcia to death, labeling him a notorious political executioner from the 1936 39 Civil War era. Officials said a commutation to 30 years in prison by Gen. Franco was expected, amid widespread protests worldwide.
A $250000 blaze destroyed the top floor of a Lufkin junior high school building, with officials attributing the fire to vandals. Janitor Alvin Bailey found doors open on arrival. obscenities were found in an undamaged room and a window pried from outside. The fire spread on a windy day, but insurance covered the damage. 150 seventh graders were to meet elsewhere while classes resumed at a church.
Tarrant County District Attorney Doug Crouch fired Jesse Brown, the county's only legal adviser since 1933, prompting the commission to consider rejecting Crouch's involvement and possible disallowance of the action. Crouch pledged to attend all commission meetings to monitor irregularities.
GAO reports to Congress that from 1957 to 1961 the military paid more than 100 million dollars in overpayments to about 1.25 million servicemen. During the same era there were over 500 thousand underpayments totaling 22 million dollars. Most errors involved special types of pay. About 18 million of the overpayments cannot be recovered.
Tom Locke of Lubbock National Bank elected president of the Lubbock Chapter of the American Institute of Banking. Howard Yandell and Melvin Boothe named first and second vice presidents. New officers include Tom Battin as treasurer. Installation at the May 18 banquet at Hillcrest Country Club.
A Parliament report notes stone implements unearthed in Rogidi village near Rajkot Gujarat may date to the Indus civilization around 2000 B C. Authorities describe the discovery as significant to understanding ancient habitation in the region.
FBI agents arrested James Lewis Otney a 34 year old Wichita Kansas man on a federal warrant for interstate transportation of a stolen auto. Otney was unarmed and did not resist his capture at a Oklahoma City home where he had tried to hide in a shed before the U.S. marshal’s office planned arraignment.
Amid an uproar over a cat given to John Kenneth Galbraith’s children, the name was changed to Gujarat during a parental visit to Ahmedabad. Pakistan press urged protests, but the embassy said the animal was never known as Ahmad. The Galbraiths chose Gujarat to avoid controversy.
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