Military Pay Boost Pushed By McNamara Heads to Congress
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced a 14.4 percent average military pay raise costing about 1.7 billion dollars annually. The proposal, supported by President Kennedy, would aid 2.6 million active service members plus civilian reserves and retirees, with faster passage anticipated in Congress.
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United Press International
Ashington
Congress
Sec. of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Richard B. Russsell
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Solon
Armed Services
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
D-Sc
McNamara
JFK
Kennedy
Defense Department
Police Chief Denies Threats In Lubbock Station Incident
Police Chief J T Alley Jr denied threats to unleash police dogs on Texas Municipal Police Assn officials who visited the Lubbock station to gauge membership. He warned that officers who tried to solicit inside the building would be jailed, and cited a city ordinance against solicitation without permission. The TMPA leaders vowed to return January 16 for talks with local officers.
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Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock
J. T. Alley Jr
Texas Municipal Police Assn
J. G. Pringle
Coripus Christi
Alley
Pringle
Lubbock
Gary Simpson
San Angelo
Brewster Hillis
Sweetwater
Tmpa l
Banks in Lubbock set year end deposits record
Debits in Lubbock five banks reach 301 million 154 thousand 689 50 as of Dec 31 1962 the highest in the year a rise of over 20 million from 1961. County banks add about 9.86 million in deposits while city loans total 135.51 million with a fall in county loans to 4.66 million.
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Lubbock
Avalanche - Journal
Comptroller of the Currency
Comptroller
Lubbock County
American State Bank
Plains National Bank
Lubbock National Bank
First National Bank
Citizens National Bank
Dunn Plea Disallowed in Reeves County Hospital Case
District Judge J H Starley denied Dunn 35 a temporary injunction to prevent his removal from Reeves County Hospital staff. Hearing set for 9 30 a m next Thursday on a temporary restraining order. Hospital board notified Dunn they would not reappoint him amid strained relations with his employer. Petition with 800 signatures called for firing the board. County operated facility in West Texas.
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Pees
Billie Sol Estes
Reeves County Hospital Board
John Dunn
Dunn
Estes
West
Texas
J. H. Starley
Mark Smith
Lubbock
West Texas
Starley
Smith
F. H. Ryan
Ryan
Commissioners Court
Pecos
Publisher rejects Kennedy Hoffa trial story claim
In Ashville the Nashville Banner publisher says he told Attorney General Kennedy he would not publish a detailed Hoffa trial story. The transcript from a Oct 23 telephone talk is released as Hoffa’s mistrial and jury deadlock are noted. Kennedy warned a detailed piece could threaten the trial.
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Associated Press
Ashville
Nashville Banner
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Jimmy Hoffa
Eee
Rola
Ula
James G. Stahlmann
Kennedy
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Washington
Stahlman
Connally Visits Lubbock To View Texas Park Plan
Gov elect John Connally arrives at Lubbock Municipal Airport with Lt. Gov elect Preston Smith and Rep. Byron Tunnell for a campus tour of a state park plan. The party views a slide presentation at Texas Tech and tours the Aggie Memorial Auditorium and dairy barn before lunch at the faculty club and an Oklahoma City funeral afterward.
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John Connally
Lubbock Municipal
Texas Tech
Connally
Preston Smith
Byron Tunnell
Texas House
Tech
Aggie
Dairy Barn
Oklahoma City
U.S
Robert Kerr
Con
Refugee peasants seek shelter in Moscow embassy clash
A band of Evangelical Christians from Chernogorsk forced into the U S Embassy in Moscow seeking asylum. U S officials said they could not help and handed the group to Soviet authorities while the refugees warned of possible execution or imprisonment. They traveled about 2000 miles seeking a promised land and protested their right to religious freedom.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
OSCOW
U. S
U.S
Moscow
Chernogorsk
Hhildren
Israel
God
Christ
Staton
50th Street Zoning Sparks Planning Board Clash
The Planning and Zoning Commission rejected a wide open C-2 zoning idea for 50th Street and approved a spot C-2 at South Street and Avenue W. Dozens of homeowners opposed a zoned change proposed by Commissioner Marvin McLarty Jr. while Roy Grimes dissented on the 50th Street vote. The group also split on a C-1 spot zoning in a residential area at Wolfforth Road and Avenue L. Further cases were to be considered.
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Kenneth Mavalanche
Jack Eastman
Soth St
Ave. W
Eastman
City Commission
Roy Grimes
50Th Street
Marvin McLarty Jr
McLarty
Wolfforth Rd
Ave. L
Edward W. Napier
Earl Ince Jr
Hugh Newton
50Th St
Planning Commission
Toll Boosted To 16 In Terre Haute Blast
Rescue workers recovered three bodies from debris of a meat packing plant explosion in Terre Haute Indiana, raising the death toll to 16. At least 58 workers were injured and several remained in critical condition in area hospitals.
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Terre Haute
Ind
UPD
Middle Age Comic Dictionary Quips About Generational Gripes
A light quip defines middle age as the era when the old gripe at the young and the young gripe at the old. The page highlights a playful take on generational tension within a newspaper’s humor section.
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Comic
Prayer for Freedom and Duty
Anonymous asks for thanks for freedom and asks guidance to always do our part in protecting it. The note emphasizes gratitude and duty without specific events or dates.
Europe faces deadly blizzard with near thousand deaths
Southern England endures the third severe blizzard of 12 days as Europe records about 933 weather related fatalities. France reports 333 deaths tied to accidents and exposure while Britain braces for freezing rain.
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United Press International
ONDON
England
Europe
France
Britain
Mahon to Hold Extensive Skybolt Hearings After Week
Rep. George Mahon of Lubbock opposed to dropping the Skybolt missile says he will conduct extensive hearings once Congress convenes. As chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense he notes Skybolt will be revisited after the new Kennedy budget is introduced. He warns dropping the program shortens the life of the manned bomber and could remove defense flexibility. He supported Kennedy against Vinson on procedural grounds and stresses future missile policy over Anglo American tensions.
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Ned Curran
Avalanche-Journal
Washington Bureau
Washington
George Mahon
Lubbock
Congress
Mahon
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Defense
Skybolt
Kennedy
Sclon
Harold MacMillian
Bahamas
U. S
England
Carr names assistant Austin
Albert Jones, a University of Texas law professor, was named Thursday by Attorney General Waggoner Carr as his first assistant.
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Carr
Austin
UPI
Albert Jones
University of Texas
Atty
Waggoner Carr
Weather Map Page Four A Lubbock and Vicinity Update
Mostly cloudy with intermittent light rain early, cooler high temps in the mid 40s across the area. The report lists temperatures for nearby locales including Oklahoma City and Beaver, with scattered values and a partially garbled broadcast of figures.
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Lubbock
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