Grand Jury Studies Home Loan Doubts In Lubbock Case
The 140th District grand jury convened to review a Lubbock home loan case where a buyer alleges forged documents and inflated down payment figures. Investigators note double contracting, false income data, and misrepresented taxes as drivers of higher payments. Local officials warn such practices raise fraud concerns amid broader mortgage lending scrutiny.
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Earl Kerr
Lubbock
John
Jane “X
Lobbock
Avalanche Journal
Soan
George Gilkerson
Gilkerson
Griffin
140Th District
Grand Jury
Government cuts ties with Cuban Revolutionary Council
Government sources report Monday that the Cuban exile Revolutionary Council lost all financial support and official relations with Miami based Cuban Affairs chief John Crim tins told interim council president Antonio Maceo that all existing links are broken.
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Revolutionary Council
Council
John Crim
Tins
Office of Cuban Affairs
Miami
Antonio Maceo
Two Hallmore Officials Indicted Over FHA Loans
Two Eastern New Mexico men, Stephen F. Grover of Clovis and Mary T. Cothran of Hobbs, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Albuquerque on multiple counts of issuing false and fraudulent statements to FHA and VA financing for Hallmore Corp. Grover, 34, is president. Cothran, sales manager. Hallmore built over 100 homes in Clovis. operations paused in 1962 amid contractor liens of about 60,000 dollars and receivership orders.
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Clovis
New Mexico
Federal Housing Administration
Stephen F. Grover
Mary T. Cothran
Hobbs
Hallmore Corp
Albuquerque
Grover
FHA
Cothran
Veterans Administration
U. S. Atty
John Quinn
FBI
GAO Abandons Inquiry Into TEX War Plane Contract
The General Accounting Office halted efforts to determine why the Pentagon awarded the TEX fighter bomber contract to General Dynamics of Fort Worth over Boeing. GAO said complex figures defeated its analysis and frustrated the Senate subcommittee’s request for a ruling on possible favoritism or misjudgment.
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Washington Tap
General Accounting Office
Congress
Wis
Pentagon
GAO
General Dynamics Corp. of
Fort Worth
Boeing Co
Seattle
Wash
Air Force
Navy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Texas
Robert S. McNamara
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
MacClellan
Dominican and Haitian tensions rise along border as ships deployed
Dominican forces move toward the Haiti border with armored units and antitank forces. Dominican warships are dispatched to the north and south coasts as OAS fact finders delay in Washington.
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Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Caracas
Betancourt
San Isidro
Dominican
OAS
Washington
United States
Facio
Costa Rica
Duvalier
State Department
U.S
Hait
U.S. Navy
George W. Anderson Jr
Naval Operations
Congress
Navy
Judge Extends Injunction to Halt Santa Fe Rail Strike
A federal judge extends a temporary injunction stopping 3,000 BRT members from striking against Santa Fe Railway over anti featherbedding rules. The dispute centers on crew makeup guaranteed pay and depot pay changes, affecting Chicago to Albuquerque routes and lines into Texas amid a seven year feud.
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Chicago
UPI
Santa Fe Railway
Julius J. Hoffman
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
BRT
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Texas
Santa’ Fe
Acheson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Speed Limit Bill Reaches Governor For Higher Highway Limits
The Texas House and Senate approved conference committee changes and sent to the governor a bill allowing higher speeds on expressways. The measure preserves radar use by police to catch speeders and lets the Highway Department raise daytime limits to 70 mph and 60 mph at night where roads are deemed safe. Current limits are 60 mph day and 62 mph night.
Refugees Reach United States After Havana Voyage
The refugees, 278 women 231 men and 166 children, endured seasickness aboard the freighter American Surveyor after a 240 mile voyage. They dispute Kennedy estimates on Russian troops in Cuba and express mixed views on U S raids, while Cuban lawyers say the bar no longer exists. The ship followed 8,000 tons of aid and 3,513 Cubans released via ransom ships.
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American Surveyor
Garcia
Cuba
Kennedy
United States
Castillo
Castro
Ike Speaks To Amarillo Crowd In Brief Stop
Former President Dwight Eisenhower told an Amarillo audience that Americans must trust the government to handle Cuba policy though he did not claim the policy is sound. He spoke from his private car on a trip from San Bernardino to Gettysburg and said individuals cannot know all government information and prosperity comes from policy, not government alone.
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Ike
Amarillo
Ranch
Eisenhower
San Bernardino
Calif
Gettysburg
Cuba
Federal Reserve Board
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie
Palm Springs
Births reported in West Texas Hospital and area clinics
A list of births from multiple families in Lubbock and surrounding towns. It records newborns with weights from 5 pounds 1 ounce to 9 pounds 4 ounces and times of birth, along with parental occupations and residences in Lubbock, Spur, Slaton, Abernathy, Post, Levin, and Brownfield.
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Bobby M. Gilliland
West Texas Hospital
Gibson Plumbing Co
Jack Earl French
Spur
Gary Nelson Slaughter
D Ave. T
Lubbock Packing Co
Texas Tech
Donnie Blackman
E. Bates St
Littlefield Hospital
Gibson Discount Center
Eugene Carson
Rt. 5
Slaton
Lauf Clinic
Robert Ortiz
Lubbock
John Davis
Reynaldo Ortiz
Abernathy
Saur Utinie
Alfred Davies
St. Lubbock
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Daviel's Pharmacy
Bobby Gene Hester
Ursuline St
Trumble Steel Erectors
Juan Perez
Dietering and
Mann Motorales
Albert Davis
Keel
Methodist Hospital
Cook Catering Service
Bull Smith
Rex Lee Wilks
Cardwell
Brownfield
John Ryan
44Th &T
St Hospital
Frank Funk
Furr
Castro in Moscow as Bolshoi cast and May Day centerpiece
Castro arrives for Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theater and plans to be the focal point of Red Square’s May Day parade. He receives an elaborate welcome in Moscow amid Western views that his visit signals renewed Soviet support and a response to last year’s Cuban crisis. The talks may touch on Cuban naval base tensions at Guantanamo and Khrushchev’s Cuba decision.
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Bolshoi Theater
Castro
Red Square
Moscow
Guantanamo
Khrushchev
Cuba
Kennedy
U.S. Guantanamo Naval Base
Mississippi Tornado Toll Rises With Destruction Across Dixie
Weather systems spawned eight deaths as a twister swept through Shannon Lula and Moon Lake areas near Helena Arkansas. Victims include Ausley Buckhanan Melinda Foster and E L Culp. Five mile path damaged homes and crops while Oxford near the university saw property losses and no injuries.
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Mississippi River
Arkansas
Moon Lake
Lula
Rich, Miss
Tony Foster
Helena Hospital
Coahoma County Hospital
Clarksdale
Miss
Oxford
University of Mississippi
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Texas Legislature approves tourism agency and speed limit bill
The House approved Senate amendments creating the Texas Tourist Development Agency with governor appointments and a six member advisory panel. A compromise speed limit bill allows up to 70 mph daylight and 60 mph night on express highways with truck limits raised to 60 and 55. Senate and House also discuss anti loan shark changes and other measures including police truancy powers and tax refunds for motor fuel evaporation.
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House
Senate
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Texas
State Highway Department
Dallas
Houston
University of Texas Biomedical Science School
Rivers Crest Cool Air Drives Texas Storms Away
Cool dry air cleared Texas after a damaging system with hurricane force winds and heavy rains. Fort Worth reported over 1 million dollars in damage while floods affected the Trinity Sabine and other creeks. Three deaths occurred in traffic and power, with broad benefits to farmers and homeowners from the moisture relief. The Trinity River peaked at 33.6 feet in Dallas and cleanup began as rains shifted southeastward.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Gulf
Corsicana
San Angelo
Weather Bureau
South Texas
Trinity River
Dallas
Trinity
Chambers
Richland
East Fork
Sabine River
Texas 34
Greenville
Terrell
Farm 8
Henderson County
Murchison
Malakoff
iCity
Tremor Shakes Johannesburg Center Hits City
A major earthquake struck Johannesburg causing buildings to sway and a power outage lasting several seconds. Radio South Africa broadcast interruption followed the tremor, disrupting the central city during the event.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Radio
Texas Rancher Survives Polar Bear Attack Near Alaska
South Texas rancher Bill Commack says a wounded polar bear nearly killed him during a hunt on an ice floe near Point Hope. He and guide Ralph Marshall shot the animal after it rose from behind jet, breaking ribs and biting a chunk. Commack, recovering near Johnson City, planned to return home.
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San Antonio
South Texas
Bill Commack
Alaska
Commack
Johnson City
Kotzebue
Point Hope
Ralph Marshall
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Chicken Shack
34Th and
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Marilyn Erwin
Adrean
Hub Lions Club
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F E. T. Hensley Jr
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Jean Louis Charles
Port Au Prince
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Petionville Ocean Resort
Ministry of Education
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Lindsey
59Th St
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Ropesville
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Lauf Cline
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Plains Meat Company
Clifford Hereford
17Th St
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St. Mary’s Hospital
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