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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1963
Page
5
Large brush fires spread along the southern tip of Staten Island as winds up to 45 mph hampered fire crews. Fire chief Arthur Massett asked for the National Guard to fight the inferno across Drumgoole Boulevard and amid volatile turpentine in dry pine.
News notes the Rockefeller split after Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and wife announced it on Nov 17 1961. Mrs Rockefeller obtained a Reno divorce March 16 1962. The piece links new York social circles, New York Social Register lists, and Kin connections with Murphy family amid custody discussions. Fire across New Jersey Maine Maryland and Rhode Island dominates the second half with multiple blazes, rescues, and civic responses.
The City Meet totals show 52 points for City Meet in six events, with Canutillo near Van Horn 37 and Panhandle 30 in preliminary standings. Results across AA A and B conferences at Texas Tech include ready writing, extemporaneous speaking, persuasive speaking, slide rule, debate, science, poetry interpretation, prose reading, and journalism with multiple individuals earning first and second places across boys and girls contests.
Monterey High School dominated the Region 1 AAAA literary contest in Odessa, earning four firsts and multiple top placements. Lubbock High and Pampa also posted podium finishes, with winners advancing to the statewide meet in Austin May 2-4.
A southeast Amarillo frame house fire killed Sharon Leona Howery 18 months and Della Ann Howery 5, suffocating as five siblings were rescued by their uncle James Carpenter 48. Carpenter woke from a burning bed about 1 a.m. and saved five children, including his daughter Patricia, and four Howery children. Cause of the fire was not determined at the scene.
A $250000 gas well fire near Gray Oklahoma raged Saturday night sending flames 50 feet high. The 60 foot derrick collapsed and Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co officials planned to drag it away and use nitro glycerin Sunday to fight the blaze. Donald C Patchin 31 died from burns while G R Harvey 30 and Marion J Ogden 19 were seriously burned all residents of Per ryton Texas.
Neutralist forces under Gen. Kong Le retreat to new post at Muong Pan while Pathet Lao gains fighters. Five neutralist battalions face potential clash with rightist Phoumi Nosavan as international mediation explores calm in Plaine des Jarres. Kennedy aides weigh appealing to Khrushchev.
Nixon argues for aiding revolutionary movements against Castro and supporting anti‑Communist forces to prevent Communist takeovers. He attacks appeasement policies, defends containment, and rejects running for office in 1964 while clarifying no plan to invade Cuba and urging a strategy to win freedom.
Haskell Cheesir of Korea will speak at Green Lawn Church of Christ this morning and at 3 p.m. in Lubbock Christian College Auditorium about Korea mission work status and future plans. Lubbock County to open bids at 10 a.m. Monday on laundry, typewriter service, and gasoline contracts. Alvin Stiewert named national aide-de-camp by VFW chief Klass. San Jacinto Day closure affects Drivers License Division Monday. U S District Court to begin April non jury docket at 9:30 a.m. Monday with four cases. Arch ie M Van Liew of Plains died Saturday at M D Anderson Hospital Houston. services pending.
East of Lubbock residents keep school ties as 27 class of 1936 alumni gather for a reunion. Twelve members attend the Saturday program which elected new officers with Bob Park of Lorenzo Rt. 1 chosen to lead the ex-student association.
Moving up to president from the vice presidency, with Bill Millican of Lubbock as vice president and other officers named. The reunion displayed old photographs and snapshots of teachers, students, and early school buildings. Exes attended from the South Plains and distant towns like Nocona and Lampasas.
A novel hanger design features stainless steel clad rods within hardwood frames to prevent sagging and deformation when heavy garments are hung. It aims to support every type of clothing without bending or warping.
A Brownfield woman, 39, was hospitalized in satisfactory condition after a two-vehicle crash on 19th Street near Flint Avenue when a northbound car entered the intersection and a compact car rolled over. Texas Tech student and eight others were injured in multiple Saturday mishaps.
Mr and Mrs Alvis Brooks at 508 List 8t welcome a daughter weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces at 11 21 am Saturday in Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital The father works for Sears Roebuck Co Mrs Sondra Zak at 5013 44th St Lubbock has a son 5 pounds 11 ounces born 8 29 pm Friday at West Texas Hospital The Fowler family at 2823 Fordham announce a son 7 pounds 2 ounces born 7 25 pm Friday at Taylor Hospital Father employed by Caldwell Service Station Jesus V Cardenas at 2008 E Main welcomes a daughter 8 pounds 10 ounces born 12 21 am Saturday Latif Clinic Father works for Enix Construction Co Amarillo Jose Romero at 1102 E Reagan greets a son 7 pounds 11 ounces born 4 20 am Saturday Latif Clinic Father employed by Earl O Neill in construction.
Exhibitors used 144 booths at the Home Show drawing strong sales prospects. Winners of merchandise certificates included Mrs. B. J. Ingram and Lonnie Ueckert among others. Prizes from Bell Dairy Walsh Food Service and many local firms were awarded, with 35 certificates redeemable with show exhibitors. Crowds were boosted by city events and Texas Tech activities.
About 300 members from 34 American Legion Posts in the 19th Congressional District attend the convention. Activities start at 9 a.m. with a joint Legion and Auxiliary session. Ten posts will be honored for meeting 1963 membership quotas. Keynote by Department Cmdr. W. F. Taylor of Austin. District Color Guard from Seminole will present colors. Mayor Jack Strong delivers welcome. H. B. Virgil Crawford of Brownfield replies. Dist. Cmdr. Wilfred Stoerner of Plainview chairs the 1:45 p.m. business session and presides over officer elections.
Weather outlook predicts fair skies and warmer temperatures for Lubbock and the South Plains. Southwesterly winds 20 to 35 mph. highs upper 80s. No rain expected. early morning showers touched College Station Waco and San Antonio Saturday.
A collision nine miles west of Seminole on U S 180 killed Mrs Jackie Benning of Seminole and Miss Diane Daugherty of Converse. Daugherty a Louisiana native worked for Banner Lease Co since January. The crash damaged both vehicles. Daugherty was the area fatality for the year, with 37 deaths on the South Plains.
Lynn Easter II was crowned Queen of the Monterey High School Junior-Senior Prom at Lubbock Country Club. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J B Easter and received the honor from Junior Class President Johnny Ellis. First runnerup was Jan Barnett with Tina Weatherby third in the contest. Donna King and Patti Baylot also in the queen’s retinue.
Brazil and the Soviet Union signed a five year trade agreement on Saturday. A Brazilian official said the pact could expand into an economic and technical assistance program with the Russians.
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