Three Dead and Nineteen Hurt in Area Mishaps
A series of crashes left three people dead and nineteen injured across the region. In Olton area, a westbound car drifted and collided with a pickup, killing an infant aboard Mrs Harrod and causing extensive injuries. Other crashes near Anton and Petersburg involved multiple drivers, with one fatality reported and several victims transported to local hospitals. Funeral arrangements and ongoing investigations were noted as cases developed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Littlefield
U.S
Harrod
W. QO
Olton
Parsons Funeral Home
C. B. Parker
Little Rock
Ark
Anna Lou Parker
Dallas
Bobby Parker
San Diego
Calif
Conrad Parker
Mary Frances Bohannan
Big Spring
Barbara Ann Lambert
Mary Neal
Martha Jay
Lubbock
Carl Mullins
Durham
Glandular Inflammation Ties To Male Health Frame
Article notes glandular inflammation as a constitutional disease treated successfully by Excelsior Springs and lists multiple traffic crashes on highways and city streets. It details injuries at West Texas hospitals, names several towns, roads, and individuals involved, and reports three traffic deaths as the year's first on the South Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Springs
South Plains
Doctor Dunn Discharged by Pecos Hospital Board
Dr Dunn and U SRI were turned over to directors after an 84 vote against retention and a 5 1 board dismissal. Dunn claimed several doctors were Estes stockholders and one faced about 150000 in bankruptcy loss while facing threats and investigations before a Pecos hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn
Estes
Pecos
Legislature Reviews Education Costs and Tax-Free Tuition Shifts
Texas officials urge keeping universities competitive to attract industry and cope with rising enrollments. A tuition adjustment and government economies are proposed to fund higher education without new taxes. Proposals include cutting administrative waste and duplicative efforts across agencies as hearings begin with Senate and House cost-saving groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Texas
Tunnell
Senate
Cost of Government Committee
House Committee On
Local Obituaries and notices from Lubbock and area
Services held today for Mrs. Joe Reese 59 at Bowman Chapel First Methodist with burial City of Lubbock Cemetery. Thomas H. Davidson 85 in Clovis with burial Texico Cemetery after Las Vegas residence. O C Todd 2401 29th St. to be buried City of Lubbock Cemetery. he died at home Friday. Louie E. Throgmorton to speak at Tulsa Chamber banquet at Ezra Jones Memorial Cafeteria. Community Development committee set 7:30 p.m. meeting in McWhorter Elementary for workshop. Gunshot wound to Daniel Aguirre 23 Slaton in good condition. deputies investigate at Mercy Hospital Slaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Reese
64Th St
Bowman Chapel
First Methodist Church
City of Lubbock
Reese
Thomas H. Davidson
C. V. Steed
0. C. Todd
29Th St
Ford Chapel
First Baptist Church
Todd
Louie E. Throgmorton
Republic National Life Insurance Co
Dallas
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce
Ezra Jones Memorial
Arnett - Benson Community Development Committee
McWhorter
Daniel Aguirre
Slaton
Playhouse Club
Slaton Hwy
Mercy Hospital
Lubbock
Playday Rodeo Draws 43 Participants At Aufill’s Rough Riders
Forty three riders took part in seven events during Sunday’s monthly playday. Officers to be elected January 18 at 7 30 p m at the Lubbock Sheriff Posse Clubhouse. Winners include Debra Whitehead and D Lana Ansley in Peewee events. many riders from Lubbock and nearby towns earned ribbons in keyhole pole ring flag goat tying and barrel races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aufill
Rough Ridlers
Lubbock
Keyhole
Ricky Harrison
Bruce Dickenson
Linda Seal
Dickie King
Linda Nickens
Tubbock
Kenny Chance
Gary Halibert
Viola King
Fusie Sanders
Ed Evans
Judge Sims
Buckamet
Wynell Harrison
Ralls
Janie Jones
P Tato
LaVerne Newberry
James Whitehead
Pistacade
Sonny Harrison
Weldon Lemons
Evel Daniel
Harry Newberry
Labbock
Malayan Officer Dislocates Knee in Night Club Twist
In Kuala Lumpur Malaya an army officer twisted too hard on a nightclub dance floor Saturday night dislocating his knee. The incident was reported by AP with no further injuries noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Edmondson Named to Fill Oklahoma Senate Vacancy
Oklahoma Governor elect is appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by Kerr. Edmondson plans a swearing in in the Capitol Blue Room and will depart for Washington immediately after. Ed Edmondson’s appointment comes as speculation centers on family ties and political continuity of Kerr’s program with Kennedy support noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr
Edmondson
Ed Edmondson
Kennedy
F Edmondson
Congress
Oklahoma
Nigh
Capitol
U.S. Senate
United States
Sec
William N. Christian
J. Howard Edmondson
Washington
Goveror
John Criswell
Senate
Soret
Congress Dixie Factions Brace for Filibuster Fight
Senate and House battle lines form as Kennedy allies push for New Frontier legislation while opposed factions prepare for a fierce rules fight. Proxmire warns of political consequences for Southern support and a potential 1964 election impact. The session looms with a $99 billion budget and a $6 million deficit as backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Russell
Kennedy
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Congress
Senate
House
GOP
Rules Committee
Sam Rayburn
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Enlarged Committee
Editorial Urges Unity in Communist Movement
A Pravda editorial calls for stronger unity in the world Communist movement, praising peaceful coexistence and loyalty to Leninist lines. It cites recent party congresses in Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Italy and warns against views seen as undermining fraternal parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pravda
Communist Movement
Socialist Camp
Bulgaria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Italy
International Communist Movement
Marxism-Leninism
Iare
Radio Peking
Peking People’s Daily
Khrushchev
Tito
Yugoslavia
Eight Die In Quebec Car Train Collision
Eight persons in their 20s die when a car collides with a railroad train at a crossing near Gascons Ouest Quebec. Four victims are Roy family members from Port Daniel Quebec. The accident occurred Saturday night and left a tragic loss for the local community.
Kennedy and Johnson Meet at Palm Beach for Strategy Talks
President Kennedy called Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to Palm Beach for a hastily arranged series of talks on pushing the 1963 legislative program. Johnson arrived at 7:55 p.m. CST and met Kennedy at his vacation home around 8:90 p.m. CST, with Kilduff noting no urgency in the last minute schedule change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
UPI
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Palm Beach International
Air Force
Detroit
White House
Malcolm Kilduff
Café burglaries and thefts tally losses across multiple sites
Police report two cafe burglaries with merchandise losses and a $283.40 theft. Rose's Cafe at 1502 Erskine St lost $3 in pennies, $20 from a coin machine, two watches, cigars and other items. Doll House Cafe storage room at 1514 Ave. Q saw $9 worth of drinks taken. Additional thefts include a movie projector set, $32 in change, and a bank bag. plus various items, tools, and clothing stolen from residents and vehicles, totaling $283.40 in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose's Cafe
Erskine St
Doll House
Ave. Q
Ethel Young
King Hotel
No. 5
Adaline Tatum
24Th St
First Baptist Church
Jimmy Poehl
Rt. 1
Lubbock
Minnie Perry
Cedar St
Sam Beebe
Ave. L
Apt. A
O. C. Guthrie
60Th St
Longtime Area Resident Dies
Owen Blevins 77 died at West Texas Hospital of a heart attack. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church Wilson with Rev. H F Scott and Rev. John Henry Johns officiating. Burial Wilson Cemetery under White Funeral Home Tahoka. Survivors include wife five daughters three sons a brother and a sister with 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Memorials to Boys Ranch Tahoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Blevins
West Texas Hospital
First Baptist Church
Wilson
H. F. Scott
John Henry Johns
Lubbock
Wilson Cemetery
White Funeral Home
Tohoka
Blevins
Arkansas
South Plains
Southland
New Home
Taho‘ka Lodge
Af&am
Baptist Church
Hugh
Ist Pl
Roy
Jack
Bat Blevins
Uvalde
Fanny Taylor
Arvan Holder
Roger Blakney
Jiggs Swan
Erwin Sander
H. K. Nelson
Aubrey Smith
Newt Barnett
Fred Roper
McClung Named President of Wayland College
Dr. Roy C. McClung pastor of Plainview First Baptist Church accepted the presidency of Wayland Baptist College in Plainview. He will assume duties July 1, succeeding Dr. A. Hope Owen who retires next June after ten years. PARIS reports a French builder eyeing prefabricated motels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Roy C. McClung
First Baptist Church
Wayland Baptist College
Births in Lubbock area announced at Lauf Clinic
A series of birth notices from Lauf Clinic records and nearby hospitals list new arrivals from families in Lubbock Slaton and surrounding areas. Each entry provides the baby’s sex and weight, birth time, hospital, and the father’s occupation, naming multiple families and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Duenes
Littlefield
Lauf Clinic
Pedro Gonzales
Lubbock
Royce Moseley
Graciano Gonzales
Manuel Franco
Slaton
Jose Garcia
Frank Manahan
E. 2Th St
Ernest Smith
West Carlisle Station
West Texas Hospital
UN Faces Katanga Crisis as Kolwezi Drive Looms
UN forces seize Jadotville and prepare a possible push on Kolwezi to end Katanga secession. Tshombe may be allowed days to grant UN freedom of movement, or risk heavy damage to Katanga’s mines and refinery while Elisabethville faces food and fuel shortages. A rail link through Sakania could reopen to move in relief supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jadotville
Kolwezi
Katanga
Tshombe
Sakania
Elisabethville
Dilolo
Angola
Marines
United Nations
Northern Rhodesia
Ndola
Two Men Escape Dickens County Jail
Dickens Sheriff reports two Arizona fugitives James Lloyd Tilley age 24 and Jimmy Vaughn age 22 escaped the Dickens County jail Sunday by sawing through a ceiling vent. They fled to a nearby ranch in Stonewall County with Tilley urging his wife and children to join him before authorities were alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
Dickens County
James Lloyd ‘Tilley
Jimmy Vaughn
Jim Bridge
Swenson
Stonewall County
Tilley
Bridge
Arizona
Ule
Postage Rates Rise to Five Cents for Letters
The Post Office announces new rates: 5 cents for first class letters, 4 cents for cards, 8 cents for air mail letters, and 6 cents for air mail cards, expected to add 459 million dollars to annual revenue. Washington will appear on the new 5 cent stamp, with a special issue featuring the flag and White House to follow. small or oddly shaped envelopes are barred to aid auto canceling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Pony Express
St. Joseph
Sacramento
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
James Monroe
White House
Post Office
City Post Office Reports Postage Stamp Surge
Lubbock postal authorities report a run on the new denomination stamps and a surge in purchases of the 1 cent stamp. The main post office filled orders for 40,000 stamps worth $400 and outlines how the 1 cent stamp can be combined with other rates to meet new regulations. Local officials warn of postage shortages and outline steps to return underpaid mail or send it for postage due when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
City Fires Keep Firemen Running
Fires in three city owned trash receptacles in downtown Lubbock were extinguished Sunday. Firemen doused blazes in Dempster Dumpsters at Broadway blocks 600 708 and 800. A load of cotton linters and truck bed caught fire at Ek 40th and Globe. Additional blazes occurred at 22nd Pt Nashville and 34th Slide Rd. A call to 108 FE 20th St reported an electrical service wire short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franksters
Lubbock
Dempster
Broadway
40Th
Globe
22Nd Pt
Nashville
34Th and
Slide Rd
FE. 20Th St
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Anton
U.S. Hwy
Muldrew
Nanly
Medical Arts Hospital
James Earl Woods
William Heaton
Orton
Odis Rhodes
Juniper St
Apt
Medical Arts
Nunley
McCarty
Jewel C. Canterberry
Rosebud
Mullins
Canterberry
Victor Flores
Lorenzo
Owens Co-Op Gin
Wilson Jim Smith
McKnight
Smith
Vela
Flores
34Th St
Ave. A
Manuel Perez
Shallowater
Gin
Spur
Charles Lewis Rainbolt
E. 34Th Street
Aivie Garrett
Perez
Charlie Ray Gibson
E. 23Rd St
Methodists Hospital
E. 37Th St
Fig Ave
Clarence E. Patterson
Emory St
N. College Ave
Geneva Threet
N. Ave. U
Frances Hallinan
39Th St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
2Nd St
Ave. N
Viola Davis
Joan Bertram
42Nd St
Hallinan
E. 19Th St
Oak Ave
Faustino Martinez
Ave. D
Otis
Logan Allen
Martinez
Peggy Allen
Amherst St
Allen
Porter Hospital
Paul Wayne Langdon
28Th St
Gary Ave
Methodist Hospital
Langdon
Wheeler Dave Mount
James Lewis
Colgate St
John Dunn
Dr. Dunn
U Sri
Billie Sol Estes
Excelsior Medical Clinic
Iexcelsior Medical Clinic
Bnto Excelsior Springs
Iqull
Bex
Werni
Col Glandéul
Wernia
Wboress
Istaty
Legislature Ag
ZU Oat
Quebec
Canada
LBJ
McClung
Wayland Post
Paris
Ctag
Air Mail
Leon Ochoa
Lauf
Lubbock Wrecking Yard
Charlene Eastman
St. Mary's Hospital
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Jesus Sosa
Ave T
St Mary's Hospital
R. Hobgood
Abernathy
Plains Grain Co
Dean L. Summerlin
Galbraith Stee
Congo
UN Congo
Kebbede Guebre
Ethiopia
Bunche
UN Congo Command
New York
Gardiner
Guebre
Leopoldville
City Post Office
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