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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1963
Page
6
A Georgia led committee headed by Ernest Vandiver visited this weekend to weigh approving a major guard reorganization. The Army said it would accelerate internal improvements for the 23 divisions, aiming for completion within six months, addressing adjutants general concerns about delays since 1961.
A series of birth notices from Methodist Hospital and West Texas Hospital list parents, addresses, and newborn weights with times of birth. Separate report: Maj. Gen. Tom Bishop notes Texas National Guard will reorganize divisions to align with the regular Army plan, with no net change in Texas Guard strength.
AP poll shows taxation as the leading issue with 185 votes, followed by loan shark and election law topics. The 57th Legislature faces adjournment by May 28, with special sessions possible. Moves at the capitol increase as lawmakers bring families, attend oaths, and upgrade the House chamber.
A burglar nicknamed the King of Diamonds lifted $10,000 worth of jewelry from aerospace industrialist James J. Ling's Dallas mansion Thursday night. Police say the theft, tied to a string of similar burglaries in North Dallas and Highland Park, left three pieces including a $7,818 diamond bracelet and a $1,186 wedding band.
The inaugural will be at noon on the capitol steps with Chief Justice Calvert administering the oath. The parade, the longest in Texas history, features dozens of bands including Texas Tech's Red Raider band, forming at Congress Avenue and moving to the capitol. A 7 p.m. gala reception replaces the ball, with venues inside the capitol and open-house events in the Senate Chamber and House.
Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby, a first baseman and NL batting leader, underwent eye surgery in Chicago with Ted Lyons. He suffered a heart-related complication, receiving care while at a hospital where he faced a two week recovery. Hornsby, 1896 born in Winters Texas, had a storied career with Cardinals Cubs Giants and Browns.
The National Gallery of Art announces Mona Lisa will remain in Washington through Sunday February 3, extending plans for the American debut. Afterward she will travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for February 7 to March 4 before returning to Paris aboard the United States on March 7. The Louvre loan arrival December 19 prompted a guarded unveiling and a public display time now set with no admission fee.
Police struggle to solve a string of nighttime shootings in Richmond's central west end. Eleven shootings in six months have left four dead and seven wounded, all victims described as young men and all killed by a high powered pistol. Only one witness survived to describe the attacker.
Three deaths from Houston traffic accidents Saturday raised the 1963 toll to five, a pace almost a month ahead of the record-breaking 1962 death total. The report references prior year figures and mentions family names including Marge and Bill Hornsby of Nashville.
Poet Carl Sandburg, in an interview on his 85th birthday, compares JFK with Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt, says Kennedy shows brief situational awareness and paralleled strength. He notes Sandburg’s 77 new poems, confirms a 35th book forthcoming, and mentions plans for a novel. He discusses nuclear war fears, Lincoln era challenges, and civil rights issues with remarks on the Emancipation Proclamation and Meredith. He recalls Civil War era youth and his own long life expectancy with humor.
Reports say Washington wants Tshombe to accept a UN plan for unifying the Congo before talks. Kolwezi prepares for a last stand as UN forces advance from Elisabethville and Jadotville, with Katanga’s gendarmerie and new arms from Angola affecting the battleground.
Voting for two directors will occur Tuesday at 6 county polling locations from 7 am to 7 pm. Candidates Milam Waller and Pond vie for the two seats on the five member board with terms of two years. Absentee voting ended Friday at the county clerk’s office.
Robert Frost, 88, was named to receive the Bollingen Prize in poetry for 1962. The Yale University Library committee praised him as the greatest living American poet. Frost becomes the 17th recipient of the $2,500 prize, joining past laureates such as John Crowe Ransom and Marianne Moore.
Walter Schirra, on vacation in Acapulco, told reporters he plans to return to orbit in April. He said a moon mission is now planned for sometime between 1968 and 1970.
Dr. Robert E.F. Goodrich, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Dallas, will deliver the commencement address at Texas A M College graduation exercises on January 19.
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