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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1963
Page
8
A reader fears theft from petty cash and asks about psychiatric help while promising repayment. Another writes about a dated letter haunting a potential marriage, and a parent questions bringing young children to weddings. Ann Landers advises seeking help, accepting change, and balancing child presence with propriety.
Scientists discuss how a 1271 unit code can be represented as a picture. A 31 by 41 coded square may reveal a message with beings and a solar system, showing potential interstellar signaling. Also notes on space flight perspiration and Antarctic ice markers guiding ships to McMurdo Station.
A federal fact finding panel said it will complete its survey of New York's 32 day newspaper blackout by Friday despite printers' impending boycott. Panel head Judge Harold Medina stressed the board runs the process, not Bertram Powers, while unions weigh participation and possible views. The strike began December 8 over a $19 weekly raise for 3,000 printers. newspapers offered $9.20. Sixteen major papers were affected, with about 20,000 workers idle.
The first session of The Christian Mission on the Rim of East Asia was held at Oakwood Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service. Speakers covered Hong Kong as a British Crown Colony and mission work. A worship period closed the meeting with an ode to a refugee. The next study is set for 10 a.m. Jan. 17.
Glennis Farmer and Richard Don Haggard are to wed following engagements announced by Glennis's parents, Leonard and Glennis Farmer of Lamesa. The couple, both from Texas, plan the ceremony after January 14, with a future home in Lubbock.
Good weather helped cotton harvest near completion in the Plains after rains. Blackland oats provide strong grazing while oats grow well in South Central Texas. Some regions face moisture shortages causing cattle movement. Rio Grande Valley vegetables stay abundant with cabbage lettuce greens and carrots, while winter pastures are very short and require more feed.
District Judge George L. Reese entered a $14,295 damage judgment for Edward O. Hutchinson of Abita Springs La. The judgment follows an Atlas missile site accident that killed six workers and involved Macco Co. and Hutchinson’s attorneys agreeing on the amount.
President Kennedy calls his nephew David Kennedy presidential timber after a photo shows the boy beside the White House pool. Attorney General RFK notes the inscription future president inspects his property and explains the image to visiting Japanese children.
The Shah of Iran landed in a street at Sari and handed land ownership papers to 2,068 peasants. He then flew to Ramsar for a royal family vacation as part of a land reform program that has granted lands to more than 40,000 farmers formerly owned by feudal landlords.
Special report states Judge J. C. Shelton resigned as city corporate judge effective immediately after six months in the post. No successor named by Tuesday. Shelton will continue duties as justice of the peace and was elected to a new four year term last fall.
Dozens of squatters, led by a new leftist peasant group, moved onto Las Baras El Encino Agua Nuevo and Santa Anita ranches near Casas Grandes in Chihuahua. Army reinforcements and rural police were sent in after Gov. Saul Gonzalez Herrera and Gen. Manuel Mendoza Dominguez urged peaceful eviction or forceful removal if needed.
Finance Minister Mohammad Shoaib says Pakistan's improved relations with China do not change U.S. military and economic assistance. China offered a long term credit for small and medium industry, with exploratory talks on technical cooperation but no details. Shoaib notes U.S. aid aims to counter Chinese aggression, per Ambassador Galbraith, and affirms Pakistan would use its arms if attacked.
Washington UPI reports two Texas firms were among donors listed by the Red Cross for the Cuban ransom effort. Savage Laboratories of Bellaire gave $9,312 and Anderson, Clayton & Co. of Dallas contributed $10,000 as part of more than $42 million in goods and services.
Night school programs have helped thousands improve skills and job prospects with new classes offered by Draughon’s Business College at Culleave 1414 Texas Ave. The courses aim to provide better pay and more secure futures through practical training.
Atty General Robert F Kennedy will debut before the Supreme Court arguing the U S government position in the Georgia county unit vote suit. The case centers on fair rural versus urban voting power with Kennedy set to present the government view in the high court next week.
The city closed 1962 with 275 accidents and December alone logged 28 incidents. Property damage in December reached $9120 and 10 people were injured.
Official figures show Dawson County had 661 births and 174 deaths in 1962, surpassing the 1961 records of 628 births and 145 deaths.
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