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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1962

Page

6

Mass Burial Planned for Florida Boat Tragedy

In Quincy near Blessed Hope Missionary Baptist church there were no services Sunday after a water accident killed 18 people including Sunday school superintendent Joseph Bouie. Jerome Maples 11 survived, rescued by two white fishermen as the boat sank in the lake. Burial set for Thursday at a nearby cemetery. victims include Bouie and several Watson children and neighbors.

Quincy, Fla Blessed Hope Missionary Baptist Church Here Robert Green Jerome Maples Jermone Joseph Bouie Bouie Blessed Hope Church Watson J. B Delores Esther Leonard Bernard Jennifer Terry Rosa Battle Louis Gordon Dorothy Baker Mathilda Green Queen Gremin Emanuel Green Ruby Green Anne Young Rosa May Huntley

Khrushchev May Seek Berlin Summit Through Space Momentum

Khrushchev may push for a new summit or a meeting with Kennedy to avert Berlin crisis escalation. Moscow leverages the Vostok space success to press propaganda, while warning of separate East German treaties and Berlin’s demilitarization.

Khrushchev Kennedy Berlin West Berlin West Germany Moscow U.S East Germany Walter Ulbricht United Nations NATO Europe

West German Jet Shot Up By Reds

An East German fighter attacked a West German Seahawk near Mühlhausen after the West German plane strayed across the border. The jet made an emergency landing in northern Germany and the pilot was uninjured. Damage extent was not disclosed.

Bom Germany West German Defense Ministry Muelhausen

Hong Kong Faces Large Narcotics Addict Population

An official report estimates Hong Kong has between 150000 and 250000 narcotic addicts. The ongoing drug habit costs the city about 476 million dollars annually in expenses and losses.

Hong Kong

City Drivers Take Sports Car Honors

Four Lubbock residents from the South Plains Sports Car Club dominated an auto cross in Amarillo with Ted Harrison winning Class A in an XKE Jaguar at 1 26 50 and his wife placing third in the women’s division. Kent Clark was third in Class A with a Corvette and Wally Jones led Class C in an Austin Healey Sprite at 1 17 30 the day’s fastest time. The club announced the second Towne Square Gymkhana in ToHoka next Sunday and a monthly Elks Lodge meeting in Lubbock on Slide Road September 26 at 7 30 p.m.

Lubbock South Plains Sports Car Club Ted Harrison Kent Clark Wally Jones Tohoka Elks Lodge Slide Rd

Fulbright urges West Germany to bear more defense burden

Senator J William Fulbright urged West Germany to take a larger role in paying for U S military and economic needs in Europe criticizing Bonn for not moving faster on sharing costs. He emphasized impatience with German pace and called for greater burden sharing.

Washington J. William Fulbright D-Ark West Germany U.S Europe

Major Clues In Mail Van Theft Reported

Boston AP reporting a $1.5 million mail van hijacking in Plymouth last Tuesday night. Investigators, including William F. White, say progress is made though details are withheld. Six Boston men with long records are rumored, fingerprints tied to three abandoned cars. a girl seen near the van may jeopardize the gang. White notes past cases show female involvement often destabilizes gangs.

Boston U.S William F. White New England Plymouth Greater Boston White Medford Waterbury Rt. 128

Cloture Sarahs Delays Face Senator Opposition

Senate debate limit known as cloture draws mixed views from Sen. Richard Russell and Sen. Hubert Humphrey. Russell says it cannot stop delaying tactics and could be gamed by expert filibusters. Humphrey calls it sloppy yet essential to push civil rights legislation past obstruction.

Washington Richard B. Russell D-Ga Senate Hubert H. Humphrey Dminn Russell Humphrey Adourn Georgia Sen Paul H

Sundown Man Hurt In One Car Mishap

A 42 year old Sundown man Curly Linton was injured when his car overturned twice on FM Road 1585 five miles west of Wolfforth. He was listed in poor condition at Methodist Hospital after an ambulance transport by Rix Funeral Home."}

Sundown Curly Linton Wolfforth Linton Methodist Hospital Rix Funeral Home Wayne Baker

Constitution Allows Same-State Ticket for President and VP

The Constitution requires presidential electors to vote for both a president and a vice president, permitting the same state to provide electors for both offices. This ensures that a single candidate slate from a state can win the presidency and vice presidency if the electors are pledged accordingly.

U. S

Burial Insurance By Mail Offers $1000 Life Cover

An advertisement promotes a mail order burial insurance policy from Central Security Life Insurance Co for ages 40 to 90. It promises no medical exam, no agent visits, and free information, asking readers to mail name, address, and year of birth to Fort Worth, Texas.

Legal Reserve Life Insurance Central Security Life Insurance Co Dept. S-45 West Rosedale Fort Worth 4 Texas

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