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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1962

Page

15

Entire Series To Undergo Tests Review

The Ranger space program shifts strategy as Ranger VI is canceled for a full design review. NASA will apply test improvements to Rangers VII through IX after an inquiry board's final report, following Ranger V failure.

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Vern Haugland Space Administration Office of Space Sciences Newell Albert J. Kelley Electronics and Control NASA Office of Advanced Research and Technology Air Force Ranger Mariner 2 Venus Mariner Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Earth Lsun Surveyor

Trial on Herring murder ends in acquittal

Odessa teenager John Mack Herring is acquitted in the kiss and kill murder case, with prosecutor Dan Sullivan vowing to persist in the fight against the insanity defense and continue the push through the Texas Legislature despite a Beaumont verdict that seemed almost inevitable under the law.

Leo Lambert Andrews John Mack Herring Odessa Dan Sullivan Texas Beaumont Sullivan Owen Lord Board of Psychiatrists Herring Warren Burnett Winkler County John Kinross-Wright Houston Williams Andrews Burnett Mack Herring

Nine New York papers locked in 12 day strike impasse

Publishers say survival depends on a settlement while the AFL CIO ITU Local 6 rejects terms. The Daily News warns of layoffs if a settlement raises costs. mediator Schlossberg reports no movement as ITU printers threaten to stay out.

NEW York Daily News News Stephen J. Schlossberg Aflcio International Typographical Union Willard Wirtz ITV Schlossberg Times World-Telegram & Sun Journal-American Mirror Herald Tribune Post Long Island Star-Journal Long Island Press Long Island Bertram A. Powers Wok Publishers Assn. of The Publishers Association Afl-Cio American Newspaper Guild

Doctor Says Actor Powell Very Sick

Hollywood AP report states actor producer Dick Powell, 57, is gravely ill with severe back pain possibly from cancer, though X rays show nothing conclusive. Powell remains under heavy sedation after hospital admission on November 27 for a presumed muscle spasm linked to a cold.

Hollywood Dick Powell John C. Sharpe Powell

Mink Cape Theft Among Reported Local Thefts

Police reports detail a $600 mink cape stolen from a Lubbock Country Club store and multiple minor losses. Auto and garage items including a $17 jacket and $25 golf gear were reported missing, with car damage from vandalism and juvenile egg‑throwing incidents noted.

Warrick Carr 15Th St Lubbock Country Club E. G. Litle San Antonio 19Th St Ave. S Joe Lee Woodard Mesa House Apt. G Robert C. Wright 56Th St Jim Williams 14Th St Ave. X Apt Wallace Garber Gaston Hall Texas Tech Garber R. C. ‘Taylor 46Th St W. R. Price E. Lst Bobby Barker Carrol Bartley Barker

Littlefield Man Injured in Collision Near Anton

Lee Crawford a 49 year old Littlefield resident remained in critical condition at Methodist Hospital after a Tuesday evening crash three miles south of Anton. Crawford suffered a broken neck when his pickup veered into an automobile driven by Billy McKee of Lubbock. the pickup overturned. Crawford, a bulldozer operator, was moved from a local hospital to Methodist Hospital in Lubbock on Wednesday morning.

Littlefield Lee Crawford Methodist Hospital Crawford Anton Collison Billy McKee Lubbock McKee Pattrolmen Methodist

Quake-Resistant Building Erected in Ashkhabad

A three story structure on large metal shock absorbers was built in Ashkhabad to endure a 36 hour earthquake, according to Iloscow Radio cited by UPI on Wednesday.

Moscow UPI Ashkhabad Iloscow Radio

Levelland School Chief Named Bank President

Thad McDonnell, Levelland Public Schools superintendent since 1961, becomes president of Levelland State Bank effective January 8. He will replace D. E. Collings as directors vote in January. The move follows Homer Johnson and Bob Reid purchasing controlling bank interest.

Levelland Thad McDonnell Levelland Public Schools Levelland State Bank McDonnell Homer Johnson Bob Reid Reid Johnson Hockley County D. E. Collings Reid and Johnson Collins J. O. Gillham Brownfield State Bank and Trust Co Bob Reid Chevrolet Co Homer Johnson Oil and Butane Co

Funds Sought to Save Portales Gravel Pit Graveyard Site

Gov. Tom Bolack asked Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to back a Rockefeller Foundation grant to fund ongoing and preservation excavations at a Portales area site seven miles northeast. The find includes mammoth remains and artifacts, hailed as the region’s most significant of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. UT faculty Dr. Lundelius and Dr. Epstein visited to assess bone positioning and possible Old World connections.

Portales Tom Bolack Nelson Rockefeller New York Rockefeller Foundation Bolack Here Rockefeller Hemisphere University of Texas Ernest Lundelius Jeremiah Epstein Lundelius Epstein

Tulia Gin Worker Seeks Recovery After Gin Fire

A Tulia gin employee, A J Howell, 55, was injured about 1 30 p m Wednesday when a small fire broke out in Sefcik Gin No 1. Howell, listed in good condition at Swisher County Hospital, fell eight feet from a lint cleaner during the blaze which started in cotton at the lower level. The fire was extinguished before equipment was damaged.

Tulia A. J. Howell Sefcik Gin Howell Swisher County Hospital

Gallows Await Texan For Part In Crime Spree

James D. Latham of Mauriceville Texas and George R. York of Jacksonville Florida are set for execution January 31 in Kansas for their roles in a five state crime spree that killed seven people. They were convicted November 7 1961 in Russell Kansas for the Oakley Kansas murder and admitted killings in Florida Illinois Tennessee and Colorado. They escaped Fort Hood Texas May 24 and carried out an all day crime spree.

Topeka UPS James D. Latham Mauriceville Tex Kansas Supreme Court Latham George R. York Jacksonville Fla York Russell Kan Otto E. Ziegler Oakley Florida Ilinois Tennessee Colorado Fort Hood

Agricultural commodity quotes from Chicago market report

American Exchange Chicago reports steady oats and barley pricing with no wheat corn or soy sales. Oats No 1 extra heavy white 78 Soybean oil 814B%A Barley prices range from 1.25 to 1.33 for choice and 0.88 to 1.05 for feed with N suffix indications.

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Potato market report with varied regional prices

Chicago AP USDA report shows potato arrivals at 46 on track 187 with total U S shipments 351. Supplies moderate. demand light and market dull. Idaho russets 3 70. Red River Valley round reds 2 10 2h.

Chicago USDA U.S Idaho Minnesota North Red River Valley

Grain futures trim losses after bearish crop report

Chicago grain futures showed scattered gains in oats and rye as early trading revived, but broad selling persisted under a largely bearish government crop report. The annual report lifted projected production for corn oats rye and soybeans with corn and rye raised notably. Wheat finished near steady with slight moves in either direction and soybeans steady to down.

Chicago

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Ranger VI Duane Bowell Avalanche Journal Farm Texas Sugar Beet Growers Assn J. W. Witherspoon Hereford TSBGA High Plains U. S. Department of Agriculture Castro Deaf Smith Palmer Curry, County N. M Holly Sugar Corp Colorado Springs Colo Holly Witherspoon Ralph Yarborough John Tower West Cotton Producers Institute Roy Forkner Roy Durham Plainview CPI University of California Forkner Durham New Mexico Geta New Mexico State University Agricultural Experiment Station Stanford Research Institute National Cotton Council ICPI Betty Williams College Ave Tohoka Road Cape Forrest Hick Hockley Tulia Gin American Exchange Bay
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