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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1962
Page
1
A wintry storm system moved from the plains into the east, bringing rain and sleet to widespread areas. Heavy rains affected Texas as the winter weather moved across the U S and Europe, disrupting travel and daily life.
Traffic deaths in the New Year period start slow with about 100 fatalities by nightfall including 77 traffic deaths and 15 other mishaps. Texas shows high violent deaths. snow and sleet affect the eastern half while DC records 16.2 inches for the month and brutal cold grips the northern states.
United Nations troops control Elisabethville and seize Katanga’s National Bank, threatening Tshombe’s regime. He warns of a scorched earth policy if a cease-fire is not declared within 24 hours. Katangese forces and mercenaries retreat toward Kipushi as Irish and Indian units advance.
IST. Judge Victor Lindsey ruled Saturday that Lubbock County Treasurer Jane Rieger lacks discretionary power to stop bank checks without her signature. The decision followed a courthouse dispute sparked by her request to halt cashing county checks at the Lubbock National Bank. Rieger had also sought an extra employee to assist with duties.
Twenty six primary school girls and nine teachers died when a bridge gave way and toppled their bus into the Euphrates River in Iraq. The education ministry ordered two minutes of mourning in all schools as authorities investigated the disaster.
President Kennedy told 40000 Cubans in Miami that the Brigade 2506 flag will one day fly over a free Havana. Donavan said Castro may visit New York for UN talks on freeing 23 Americans. Jackie Kennedy moved the crowd as veterans saluted the returning prisoners at the Orange Bowl.
Lee Roy Busby a 65 year old retired cotton farmer died from a fall at Methodist Hospital. Authorities ruled the death a suicide after a broken window and a chair used to break it were found. Services set for Idalou Church of Christ with burial in Idalou Cemetery. Busby lived near Idalou and had farmed in Cotton Center area. Survivors include his wife three daughters a son a brother and 11 grandchildren.
Dr. Loren C. Eiseley of the University of Pennsylvania warns that overspecialization and a growing obsession with war threaten Western civilization. He cites Rome and India's caste system as examples and urges scrutiny of expanded war related government structures and science development over 300 years.
Evelyn Mitchell private secretary to the late Arthur Vining Davis and heir to more than 1 million is engaged to real estate executive Terence G. Campbell. She confirms الزواج will come after several months. Mitchell is 50 and Campbell is over 50.
A humorous dictionary entry defines Bore as a person whose conversation is hard to listen to yet easy to yawn at. The quip offers a light editorial aside on verbal style and reader engagement.
A 7 year old boy was freed after a toy cannon jammed on his wrist during a Christmas era play. Kelly Barton and brother Chris used their hands to feed ammunition when the ramrod broke. Betty Thompson the babysitter and a neighbor called for help as firemen cut away the barrel with a hacksaw.
A stick of dynamite rigged with a sash cord fuse was found near the Orange Bowl in Miami on Saturday hours before President Kennedy was to speak. Police treated it as a prank.
An eagle burst through a Volkswagen windshield in Melrose New Mexico injuring two rabbit hunters. Jim McNeil of Clovis and Kent Flemins of Mountainair were treated by a doctor after the attack. The hunters killed the six foot wingspan eagle with a .22 rifle after the bird clawed and pecked at them.
A brief prayer pleads for divine help to stay calm amid problems and heartaches. It asks to grow faith and view hardship as blessing while seeking to serve others rather than seek ease. Anonymous authorship.
A look back at 1962 in Lubbock and the South Plains highlights politics and court cases, traffic deaths, and economic activity. Notable events include the Estes saga, a Petersburg farmer tax suit, a deadly train car crash in Orton, and record bank deposits as January cooled. Waggoner Carr announced the attorney general bid on January 4.
The Chinese Defense Ministry said nine U S Nationalist spy teams totaling 172 men were wiped out along the China coast in the past three months while attempting to form a guerrilla corridor for an invasion of the mainland.
Clear to partly cloudy skies with southeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph. High near 47, low around 36, with a series of temperature readings through the day and night showing mid 30s to mid 50s, humidity around 33 to 77 percent. Southwest weather section lists city highs and lows for 24 hours ending midnight with entries for Abilene Amarillo Dallas Houston and others.
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