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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1963
Page
6
The proposal targets individual taxpayers with incomes under 310,000 and would provide 59 percent of tax relief, versus 64 percent under the original plan. Dillon objects that the change offsets a committee rejection of a floor under itemized deductions while warning the fiscal year deficit remains troubling.
A youth and his sister Shirley were taken on a Mormon Church group outing to Carlsbad. The mishap occurred about 1 30 p m. Funeral and service details at Van Selia Church of Christ pending with Rix Funeral Home. Survivors include parents Norma Jean and Jerry Wayne, and grandparents in Hobbs and Brownfield.
The Canadian River Municipal Authority outlines progress on the Canyon to Lubbock water line with a 500 acre foot reservoir near Lubbock Airport and a S41 to 72 inch pipeline. An assessment of 30 cents per water meter will fund operations, with public recreational development plans including a 170 acre Fritch Fortress area and lodge, marinas, and golf funded by a private concessionaire.
A wave of birth notices from West Texas hospitals lists numerous families welcoming sons and daughters. Details include weights from about 6 to 7 pounds and times on Monday, with fathers' occupations ranging from teachers to farm laborers and company workers.
San Antonio probate records reveal Pola Negri as chief beneficiary of Margaret West's will. Negri to receive 1250 dollars monthly, use of the home, and ownership of furniture and art objects, with potential inflation-based raise. Also named as a beneficiary is West's niece Mary Nan West Orts of Zavala County. West died July 29 at 59.
President Kennedy brings his wife Jacqueline and children Caroline and John Jr to Otis Base where she recovers from emergency cesarean. The visit includes the family dog Charley and two books delivered to Mrs Kennedy as reporters follow the family’s stay and departure before the president resumes duties.
A raccoon escapes from a box during a police transfer. It crawls across a car hood and into the street before being recaptured near a cafe. Bud Kidwell suffers a minor thumb injury in the attempt, and the animal is later placed in a city animal shelter awaiting its owner. The collar tags remain unreadable.
At Bruce's Restaurant in Lubbock the Lubbock chamber hosted a luncheon with Slaton businessmen to review ties between the rail hub and its neighbor. Attendees urged joint efforts for industry, highways, communications, and mutual growth across the South Plains.
The court opened bids for county needs including binders for the county clerk and a slope grader attachment. Stafford-Lowden Co. won 135 binders at 15.50 each totaling 1937.50, while West Texas Equipment Co. secured the grader at 3600. Mac Wassell, for High Plains Credit Corp., saw cancellation of the Woodrow Heights Subdivision Replat plat.
The United States plans to extradite former Venezuelan dictator Romulo Betancourt Perez Jimenez. A Dade County judge ordered a $300,000 bond in a suit to claim assets and a $75,000 trust for a Miami plaintiff, while officials discuss the impact on the extradition. The case intertwines with Latin American politics and U S foreign policy as the State Department weighs the departure to Venezuela.
Secretary Rusk outlined U S positions on the atmospheric test ban and antimissile work. Senators pressed on signing by East Germany and the United States nuclear posture while McNamara prepared to testify. Rusk stressed continued readiness, including Johnston Island testing, and suggested the treaty could slow the nuclear arms race without weakening U S strength.
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