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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1963
Page
12
In a Washington diary style note, Sen. Abraham Ribicoff uses Rule 19 to free Sen. Goldwater from a potential trap over economy minded amendments. The piece also cites Texas Rep. Foreman and Sen. Norris Cotton quips, plus a Churchill tribute misattribution and assorted Capitol Hill brief items.
FBI data show 80 percent of a 152 bank robberies in three states centered on branch banks with few alarms in place. Clements urges protective systems, bullet-proof glass, guards, and employee training. Texas notes 51 offenses in 1962 totaling $102,840 with much recovered through cooperation. Local bankers Jim Ed Waller and Troy Myers participate along with Texas law enforcement officials.
The article reports a constitutional issue in the legislature over printed matter by members. The opinion distinguishes materials prepared for government use from private use and warns private preparation violates law and public policy. Dungan did not comment until committee findings are released. Discussion followed March 4 with a committee formed March 12 and a 30 day report mandate. Johnson noted an immediate committee meeting to discuss the opinion.
The article extols Louis Untermeyer as a versatile American poet biographer essayist teacher lecturer and horticulturist with high praise from peers including William Rose Benet Amy Lowell and Helen Grace Carlisle. It notes his Adirondack farm life and wartime departure.
The article profiles Karen a straight A student from Lubbock who is National Honor Society secretary of the Monterey Chemistry Club and December Girl of the Month. She won a National Council of Teachers of English award in 1963 and earned an English Citation after national tests and essays. Karen plays violin in the school and All-State orchestras and the Lubbock Symphony for three years, studies Greek, and plans Rice University with English or languages as a major. Merit scholarships are provided by various corporations and foundations including Standard Oil Foundation which gave 25 grants this year to children of employees. Payne works as a field employee for Pan American Petroleum Co.
National Council of Farm Cooperatives voiced serious reservations about a six bill package giving the federal government power over crew leaders in interstate migrant work. Richard T. OConnell urged keeping state laws and warned that federal regulation could harm many crew leaders while suggesting states exchange leader names to bar illegal operators.
On page one the commission discusses sidewalk rules for 2511 Oberlin and a 4th Street parking issue from Ave Q to College Ave. E. W. Williams Jr. speaks for Citizens National Bank about a construction problem at 14th St. and Ave K. C. J. Hollingsworth seeks a site for a vocational nurses school. H. E. Griffith of East Enterprises requests sidewalk waivers near Slaton Rd. and Ivory. Bids for a storm sewer at K. N. Clapp Park are likely, and a fire station site on 50th St. may be bought. Multiple routine items and appropriation ordinances are on the agenda.
Marshal Semyon Budenny, famed Bolshevik cavalry hero, was awarded the Soviet gold star on his 80th birthday, marking him as Hero of the Soviet Union for a second time after first receiving the honor in 1958. He attends Kremlin events with many medals.
Four theft cases reported to police Wednesday include the loss of two coin operated machines valued at 150 from a drive in restaurant Hi C Ho Jr 117 College Ave. Mrs M Richardson Jr 5017 58th St said a purse containing 30 in cash a 25 check and papers was taken at Imperial Laundry 4535 34th St. Terry Ferguson 4706 6th St reported a bank bag with a 55 check stolen from his automobile and K L Dean 5442 7th St complained of a tire and wheel worth 24 taken from a pickup truck.
Big Biz New York reports the do it yourself market has reached about 3 billion dollars with roughly 90 percent of projects carried out by owners of single family homes.
Vienna reports Austria's gold reserves have reached a value of about one billion dollars as of latest official data, reflecting steady accumulation by the central bank amid cautious market conditions.
A Reader's Digest condensed piece based on Redbook warns that IQ tests miss creativity. It urges parents to spot signs of creativity and offers guidance to nurture it fully in children.
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