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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1960

Page

3

Celebrity list traced to aid Nixon bid

A broad pool of Hollywood Broadway and baseball stars forms Celebrities for Nixon to persuade uncertain voters amid Kennedy campaign momentum. Cochairs Helen Hayes and Mervyn LeRoy join rib of performers including Ted Williams and Johnny Mathis, with plans for radio and TV appearances to back Nixon and Spiro Agnew.

Hollywood Nixon Frances Lewine Washington Broadway Richard M. Nixon Cochairman Helen Hayes Mervyn Leroy Ted Wiliams Robert Finch John F .Kennedy Massachusetts Kennedy Pet Lawford Jof Jules Alberti New York Murphy GOP Cahat Tans

Man Dies After Change of Mind During Hanging

Camborne England AP reports Charles Curtis aged 55 attempted suicide by hanging but altered his decision mid As the rope was cut with a knife he still died. A coroner's jury noted the death resulted from the injury and ensuing pneumonia. In New York George Richele 73 died of natural causes in a cluttered 5 room flat packed with bankbooks and valuables. Police counted $47 000 in assets amid more than 80 bankbooks and deposits over $112 000. The reclusive man amassed junk including radios razors magazines and hundreds of harmonicas in a years long hoard.

Camborne England Charles Curtis Curtis Yorkville New York George Richele Richele

Wire in car aids airman linked to fatal shooting case

FBI charged airman's estranged wife Margaret Baxter and two Black suspects with conspiracy to commit a serious crime after Baxter found 10 sticks of hazardous material and 4 detonator caps wired under his seat. Margaret Baxter, Lee Francis Povey, and Dean McDonald face federal counts. Baxter was injured by gunfire in a related incident at Perrin and Denison.

Wire FBI Margaret Baxter Lee Francis Pevey Dean McDonald

Runaway Truck Crashes Car Killing Two Teenagers

In Portland a 35 ton plywood truck brakes failed on a hill and climbed atop a car carrying nine adults and six children. Two teens Rex Gordon Clark 16 and Cathy Kasiba 18 died. several others injured or hospitalized. Survivors received mercy from a priest and minister as rescue crews freed victims.

Portland Ore Rex Gordon Clark Longview Wash Cathy Kasiba Stella Joseph G. Leppert Pamela Joseph Jr Thomas Robert W. Measneak Kelson

Fifty Five Attend Furlow Family Reunion at Mackenzie Park

Fifty five members of the Furlow family gathered for their fifth annual reunion Sunday in Mackenzie We Park. Attendees included numerous Furlows and in-laws from Lamesa Lubbock Canyon Canyon Denton Tulia Crosbyton Kilgore and surrounding areas plus children and spouses.

Fulow Mackenzie We Park A. Furlow Welton Blar Othell McGee Lamesa Oscar Furlow Portia Melba Jo Bobby Joe Pat ‘Childress AB. Furlow Bobby Brenda Parnes O'Donnel Norman Jasper Johnny Kniffen Wow. Tillery Don Lakieda Smith Lubbock Roy Archer Johnny and Bryan Seminole Rogers Carlston Denton TS. Furlow Bewley Tula Rot Furlow Donnie Collins Canyon Bof. Humphries Amani Galen Whitchurch Pamela Crosbyton St Farlow Lamont Curtis Darryl Shelly Chris . Ellwood Ind Bert Morgan Douglass O. W Byrd Daughers Sanda Sandra Kil Wore

Policeman Donates Blood as Hobby in Buffalo

Buffalo detective sergeant Joseph A Warzer of the Police Auto Bureau has donated blood since World War II era, with an estimate of about 76 pints, well over nine quarts. He began donating during World War II.

Buffalo N.Y UPD Joseph A. Warzer Police Auto Bureau Warzer

Fourth Victim Of Explosion Dies In Houston

A fourth man, Philip Comardo, 46, died from burn injuries after a Rheem Manufacturing plant explosion in Houston tied to suspected defective safety devices. Ten workers were injured and an investigator noted possible gas overfill or incorrect gas air mix as causes. The plant shutdown to repair is projected to last about a month.

Houston Rheem Manuaturing Co Philip Comardo Jacob Floyd McKnight George H Greene Raymond Witham Mobley Camardo DA. Whigham Ing Whigham P J Dedee Dedeo

Four deputies suspended after burglary frame claim in Memphis

In Memphis Tennessee four deputy sheriffs were suspended after a Black man named F. H. Mitchell 22 alleged they framed him on a burglary charge He claimed the officers threatened him and that they forced him to climb through a window at a rural school to leave fingerprints with a warning that they would convict him.

Memphis. Tenn M.A. Hinds F. H. Mitchell Hinds Mitchell Earl Bizzle W. H. Sellers Gordon Armour Sam Ho Hall Jr

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