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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1964
Page
5
Troubled rhetoric cites a tense policy on recognizing Peking amid Southeast Asia shifts. The piece notes Vietnam’s strongman position and the broader power balance during a volatile regional moment.
A narrative spans Geneva conference discourse on Indochina and China involvement, with De Gaulle’s stance on Southeast Asia neutrality, Laos and Cambodia solutions, and Viet Nam’s divided leadership. It notes Minh’s association with a new government, Khanh’s temporary measures, and arrests of four former junta members linked to De Gaulle agents.
Johnson vents a broad reform plan for farm support stressing savings to fund expanded payments without raising program costs. He calls for extending Food for Peace five years and expanding the domestic food stamp program, while revisiting the Brannan Plan with direct subsidies to cotton wheat milk and potato producers. He criticizes sugar import policy and urges removing marketing restrictions on domestically produced sugar in 1964.
Vladimir Tonesyan, dubbed Ivan the Ripper by Soviets, is condemned to death by the Soviet Supreme Court for a spree of sadistic murders in Moscow. His girlfriend received a 15 year sentence. He can appeal to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
U.S. sources trace a four day anti American wave in Panama led by Communist figures. Fidel Castro allies in Panama urged violence, mob actions, and looting while Thelma King and deputies backed demands for weapons. Individuals named include Cleto Souza, Dario Souza, Jorge Turner, Cezar Carrasquilla, David Turner, Samuel Gutierrez, and Alvare Menendez Franco. Snipers were seen firing from the Johnny Walker Building in Cristobal.
Fragmentary birth notices report several newborns with weights and times including a boy and a girl. Names such as Perkins, Anderson, Heidel, Craft, Blanchardy, Sauceda, and Holmes appear with locations in Lubbock Abernathy Jayton and nearby areas.
J. E. Montgomery rites set today with the deceased's mother two brothers and two sisters mentioned. Pallbearers named include A. L. Sanders Wade McDaniel Dan Caylor John Fletcher J. A. Pirth and Barney Farris.
Fragmented OCR listing appears to catalog vehicle or device codes including trafficers M4350 through M5199 and model or tag SRGO68. No clear event or context is discernible.
Lile Lewter, a 1963 champion from Hereford, won the grand champion steer at the Houster Fat Stock Show after paying $100 above the next bid. His victory comes with $13,500 prize money and reflects coaching from his father D W Lewter, a longtime agricultural agent in Texas. Lewter describes quality stock buying and show preparation costs, including travel, feeding, grooming, and occasional breeder gifts for publicity. He has shown in Chicago Denver San Francisco and other major venues, aiming to repeat success.
Fragmentary text describes a rocket learning computer activating a motor and making a quick adjustment. The impact area is under study as Apalia moonship landings are noted.
District Attorney Henry Wade urged that neurological tests on Jack Ruby be disclosed to the jury, not the press, noting officials questioned the tests' factual nature. Yale psychologist Dr. Roy Shafer testified tears in Ruby’s jail cell suggested epilepsy related damage.
Sources from Formosa report a brief, bloodless coup attempt by Chinese Nationalist officers, including a general and around 20 to 60 participants, arrested after a loyal officer halted the uprising at gunpoint. the incident ended without heavy violence.
Police investigated the theft of six television sets valued at 460 dollars. The incomplete report cites Lubbock police and notes the incident involved multiple items and a property loss.
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