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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1963

Page

2

UN Tightens Squeeze On Katanga Calls For Action

UN Secretary General Thant presses for action over Katanga secession. He rejects Tshombe's talks and seeks unified Congo, with Union Miniere to split mining revenues and US supplies backing a military push toward Kolwezi. Negotiations only on technical matters.

Leopoldville the Congo Congo Moise Tshombe Katanga U Thant Tshombe New York Brussels Belgium Central Congo Cyrille Adoula Adoula Thant U.S Elisabethville-Jadotville Kolwezi United States Washington Union Minhiere

US commander condemns East German guard shooting in Berlin

Maj. Gen. James H. Polk, the new US commandant in Berlin, denounces East German guards for firing on New Year's Day. He says the incident endangered two West Berlin police and pledges that U.S. troops will stay in the city. The Communist report cites Cpl. Joachim Maschel being slightly wounded.

West Berlin Polk Berlin James H. Polk Spree Cpl Joachim Maschel

Plainview Man Sues Estes and Solvents for 975000

Glenn R. Lester of Plainview sues Commercial Solvents Corp. of New York and Billie Sol Estes for 975000 claiming they forced him to sell his share of Lester Stone Co. for 25000 though it was worth 150000. He seeks treble damages under Sherman Antitrust Act. Estes, tied to multiple cases, is jailed on swindling conviction with appeal bond. Commercial Solvents linked to Estes in fertilizer deals driving competition.

PECOS Commercial Solvents Corp New York Billie Sol Estes Glenn R. Lester Plainview Lester-Stone Co Lester Estes Treble New York Company Texas Commercial Solvents Maynard Wheeler Amarillo

Case Of Leprosy Found In Dallas

Laboratory tests confirmed a Dallas man has contracted leprosy. Health director Dr. J. W. Bass said the man may have contracted the organism on a trip to Mexico. The disease is not normally found in the Dallas area. It is the 22nd Texas case in 1962 and the ninth in the past two weeks.

Dallas UPI City Health J. W. Bass Mexico Texas

Campbell Spends Busy First Day In Office

Governor Jack M. Campbell greeted well wishers and state agency chiefs on his first day in Santa Fe. He named Jesse Kornegay of Santa Fe acting chief tax commissioner and planned no new appointments for the coming week except with legislators.

Santa FE N.M UPI Jack M. Campbell Roswell

Plane Crash Kills Three in Chicago Suburban Home

A twin engine private plane plummeted into a physician's home in darkness killing three passengers including a child and injuring three others. The victims were tentatively identified as Ginette Somlo, her mother Elsa Vidal about 60, and her daughter Susan eight from a Skokie executive family.

Howard F. Kapso Chicago Skokie Ginette Somlo Elsa Vidal Susan

Lincoln Liberty Life holds planning conference for managers

Gerald Davis and K O Godsey of Lincoln Liberty Life Insurance Co will attend Houston planning conference with 40 Texas Louisiana and Oklahoma officials. In Lubbock W M Baack and wife celebrate 43rd anniversary with family including four sons and a daughter. The crash case near Naples Florida involved a Cessna 310 piloted by Thomas G Somlo with injuries to his daughter and maid. no wall breach but home sustains damage. cause under investigation.

Gerald Davis K. O. Godsey Lincoln Liberty Life Insurance Co Lubbock Houston Texas Louisiana Oklahoma W. M. Baack E. 13Th. St Lubibock Arthur Hurlwood J. C Waco Martin Bill Marie Crumb Thomas G. Somlo Terry Northwestern Hospital Somlo Progress For Vending Co Chicago Naples Fla James V. Mennella Mennella Blanche O'Hare International O’hare Black-Square Associated Press

Girl Nabbed In Wallet Theft In Lubbock

A 1lt year old Latin American girl was placed in juvenile ward on suspicion of stealing a billfold with $70 from Julian Ramirez. She yielded $10 sewn to her dress when questioned. Other victim reports include a missing billfold and jewelry box worth $12 and a robbery leaving a man injured.

Lubbock Julian Ramirez Euell Hare 15Th St Jasper Neuron Cedar St Apt. 1 Methodist Hospital

Miners Delay Return To Job At Blast Site

Miners at Robena coal mines in Carmichaels Pennsylvania refused to reenter the mines citing a need for a fuller probe into two explosions. The delay affects the three Robena sites scheduled to operate this week following December blast that killed 37 and another explosion last October. A public hearing into the December incident was set to begin. About 600 miners voted to stay out, according to United Mine Workers Local 6321.

Carmichaels U.S. Steel Corp Robena Robena No. 3 James Kelly United Mine Workers

Engineer Arrested After Man Is Shot in Dallas

Burt Sadkin of El Paso was wounded in a confrontation with his estranged wife. Sadkin suffered a chest wound and remained in fair condition at a Dallas hospital. Police took a 40 year old aircraft engineer into custody at the scene.

Dallas API Burt Sadkin el Paso Sadkin

Portales New Year's baby race ends in late birth margins

The Roosevelt County contest for the first baby of the year was won by a boy born at 11:43 a.m. at Roosevelt General Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mirabal of Portales. Ten minutes later a girl arrived to Mr. and Mrs. Darrell McDermott at Miller Hospital.

Portales Roosevelt County Joe Mirabal Roosevelt General Hospital Darrell McDermott Miller Hospital

23rd Suspect Nabbed In Burglary Network

A 15-year-old Negro boy was placed in juvenile ward here on Wednesday as the 23rd suspect in a string of 15 bicycle thefts and about 50 burglaries solved by police. Willis Clark said a 13-year-old Negro youth was earlier picked up for dog theft, triggering a chain reaction and adding 23 Negro boys to the inquiry. The arrested youth admitted four burglaries.

Willis Clark

GOP Lists Cost Of JFK Error In Bay of Pigs Loss

Rep. Craig Hosmer estimated costs to U S taxpayers from the ill fated 1961 Bay of Pigs raid totaling 349 4 million dollars He blamed President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy for withholding air support and cited naval blockades and troop mobilizations as the main expenses The report ties these costs to what Hosmer calls a Kennedy error and the Bay of Pigs debacle.

Los Angeles U.S Kennedy Craig Hosmer Calif Robert F. Kennedy Fidel Castro Hosmer Presi Dent Bay of Pigs White House

Population Boom Elevates Kesmare to 16th Largest ND City

Kesmare, North Dakota, now ranks as the 16th largest city after a 45 percent population gain since 1960. The current population reaches 2,458 residents.

Kesmare North Dakota Seamare

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