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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1962
Page
3
Cuba moves toward a Communist state with the nationalization of clothing, shoe and hardware stores. The law promises compensation, with initial payments at 10 percent of assets and monthly 10-year installments. workers keep their salaries, owners over 60 get pensions.
Ten persons charged under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act entered pleas before Judge Pat Moore. Bonds were set at 500 for several defendants, with fines ranging from 25 to 125 and costs in multiple cases. Roy Laquey pleaded innocent to a DWI and was held on 500 bond. Charles F. Smith was elected president of the New Mexico Homebuilders Association, to take office Jan. 1 at the Albuquerque convention.
In 99th District Court a civil jury returned an instructed verdict in favor of Carroll A. Pendley and J. D. Pendley of Lubbock against Vernon R. Gilmore. The verdict awards 2436.52 plus interest on a note dated March 31 1961 due November 1 1961. Gilmore filed an appeal.
A 24 year old Lubbock man Aaron Everett Jones was sentenced to one year in jail after pleading guilty to misdemeanor theft under $50 in 140th District Court. He faced potential life imprisonment if convicted of the felony theft over $50 in the same case. He was linked to a theft at Claude Gentry Drug Store and had been named in a grand jury indictment as a habitual criminal.
Ronnie Botkin a Texas Tech senior from Hereford will represent the Tech chapter of Phi Eta Sigma at the national convention at the University of Indiana from today through Saturday to discuss academic honors and chapter activities.
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