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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1961

Page

5

JFK Faces Demanding Job As New President

President elect John F. Kennedy faces a demanding four year task balancing action with judgment. The piece contrasts his upcoming leadership with Roosevelt Truman and Eisenhower and notes Kennedy must navigate criticism while pushing promised programs through Congress.

JFK James Marlow Washington John F. Kennedy Kennedy Congress Roosevelt Truman Eisenhower Ike Supreme Court Robert A. Taft

Ceramic Course Ends Today for Lubbock Teachers

A two day ceramic workshop for Lubbock Public Schools art teachers ends today at Smiley Wilson Junior High School with sessions at 4 15 p m and 7 30 p m Justin Brady MFA and art company staffer leads the in service training and demonstrates wheel throwing hand forming glazing and decorating techniques for teachers shaping clay pieces

Lubbock Public Schools Smiley Wilson Justin Brady Art Dlay Company University of Indiana New York State College of Ceramics

Three Are Charged In Felonies Here

Three Lubbock residents faced felony charges after a Monday court appearance. George Wright 50 was charged with assault with a prohibited weapon tied to a Sunday shooting at his home. Charley Cole 41 survived a .22 wound after treatment at Methodist Hospital. Jessie Lopez 57 faced assault with intent to rape involving a 5 year old at Lopezs home. Jay T. Moore 44 was charged with driving while intoxicated second offense. Bond amounts were set at 2500, 5000, and 1000 respectively.

Lubbock Lubbock County Justice of the Peace George H. McCleskey Asst. Dist. Atty George E. McCrea George Wright Cedar Ave Charley Cole Ash Ave Methodist Hospital Wright Jessie Lopez Ave. C McCrea Lopez Jay T. Moore Ave. G

Trading Tops Stamp Club Meeting Here

The South Plains Stamp Club held a lively trading and selling session with an auction Monday night. First day covers from 1902 featuring President McKinley appeared in the sale as 53 members attended the meeting.

South Plains Stamp Club McKinley

Considine laments visa delays hampering visitors to the United States

The writer notes travel agencies do not stock U S visa forms and seekers must visit distant consulates. He cites Austrian wait times of four weeks, Dutch three weeks, Stockholm 13 days, Athens two months, and Norfolk comment that such barriers deter foreigners from visiting, despite U S efforts to win friends abroad.

U. S Stockholm Athens Majorca Land of the Brave Home of the Free

Kennedy Pledges Aid To House Investigators

President elect John F Kennedy promised prompt help to House investigators seeking foreign aid documents Eisenhower refused to release The Associated Press reports investigators will hold off the demand until the new administration reviews the matter Kennedy faces a potential clash between the White House and Congress if action is delayed

Washington John F. Kennedy House Eisenhower Associated Press Kennedy White House Congress

Confidence Man Sought After Multi Bank Check Fraud

Lovington officials hunt a slick confidence man linked to a four bank fraud totaling 458 dollars. The con, dubbed the less cash operation, targeted First National Bank and New Mexico Bank and Trust Co. in Hobbs and Lovington using forged checks to net 117 dollars at each bank.

Lovington Hobbs and First National Bank New Mexico Bank and Trust Co Hobbs First National Bank of Robert A. Myers John Stewart Myers Lovington and Hobbs

Jurors Retired In Slaton's Man's Trial

In Snyder the jurors in the murder without malice trial of Manuel Vela of Slaton retired to deliberate at 7:45 p.m. after hearing evidence in 132nd District Court. Vela is charged in an April 1 automobile accident on U S Highway 84 seven miles north of Snyder that killed Ronnie Lee Guynes eight months old, son of Mr and Mrs Walter Guynes of Kermit.

Snyder Manuel Vela Slaton 132Nd District Court Vela Ronnie Lee Guynes Walter Guynes Kermit U. S. Highway 84

Youths Charged In Train Car Collision

Dayton police charged 31 year old Johnny Figirova of Edna and 85 year old Manual Sam Miguel with negligent homicide for shooting a railroad crossing blinker light. A San Antonio man and his wife were killed when their car collided with a Missouri Pacific freight train eight miles from Dayton in fog. Authorities said the car might have stopped if the blinker had worked.

Dayton UPD Johnny Figirova Edna Manual Sam Miguel San Antonio Eugene A. Branecky Missouri Pacific

Mrs Willett Rites Set In Tahoka Funeral

Funeral services for Mrs. Willis Willett 58, a former Tahoka resident living in Leakey, are at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church Tahoka. Ministers Levi Price and T James Efird will officiate. Burial at Tahoka Cemetery. Survivors include husband a daughter Mrs Elvis Billings of San Diego father A G Freeman Tahoka sister Minnie Conwill Tahoka brothers Harvey Freeman Tahoka Clarence and Fred Freeman of North Carolina and three grandchildren.

Tahoka Willis Willett Leakey First Baptist Church Levi Price Monahans First Baptist Church T. James Efird Willett San Antonio Baptist Hospital Tohoka Brownfield The Baptist Church Elvis Billings San Diego A. G. Freeman Minnie Conwill Harvey Freeman Clarence Fred Freeman North Carolina Tohoka Cemetery Stanley Funeral Home

Funeral Services for Mrs. Maggie Evans

Funeral services for Maggie Evans 62 of 2312 Date Ave will be held at 3 p.m. today at St. Luke's Baptist Church with Rev. A L Davis officiating. Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Evans died Saturday in Methodist Hospital after a three month illness. Survived by sisters Samara Grant Ida Johnson of Lubbock and brother Hugh M Bolden of Dallas.

Maggie Evans Date Ave St. Luke's Baptist Church A. L. Davis City of Lubbock Cemetery Jamison Funeral Home

Credit Union Elects Officers In Lubbock

Claude Weathersby of Floydada was re-elected president of the West Texas Electric Co op Em ployes Federal Credit Union at a Slide Road Club meeting in Lubbock Monday night. Wes Owen and W L Crump were re elected vice presidents, Lloyd Lovel treasurer, with Marricle Gurley and Hunt named directors. A four percent dividend was approved and John Tanton of Dallas spoke.

Claude Weathersby Floydada West Texas Electric Co-op Employes Federal Credit Union Slide Road

Cans to be Made in Barranquilla by American Can Co

American Can Co will manufacture cans for vegetables fish beer and meat at Barranquilla Colombia. The firm plans to establish facilities in the port city to serve regional markets and boost packaging capacity in South America.

American Can Co Barranquila Colombia

One Shepherd. Confession and the cost of truth

A religious reflection on admitting fault and resisting false witness. The text urges humility, citing Psalm 15 4 and the difficulty of saying I am wrong while acknowledging personal hurt and repairing the truth.

Julien C, Hyer

Cisneros Rites Set In Slaton

Funeral services for Francisco Cisneros 23 who died Sunday in Mercy Hospital will be held at Guadalupe Catholic Church in Slaton at 4 p.m. The Rev. James Erickson will officiate and burial will follow at Englewood Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home direction. Cisneros an employee of Fenner Tubbs Co. had been ill since November. Survivors include his wife Maria and two children of Slaton, his parents Alejo and Mrs Cisneros of Southland, three brothers and seven sisters.

Alejo Cisneros Southland

Pope creates four cardinals as peace plea marks year start

In a Vatican rite known as the American Consistory Pope John XXIII elevates four cardinals including Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter of St. Louis. He issues a fresh plea for world peace, calling for a prayerful message to the world on the threshold of the new year.

Vatican City John Xxiti Vatican Joseph E. Ritter St. Louis Jose Humberto Quintero Caracas Venezuela Luis Concha Cordoba Bogota Colombia Giuseppe Ferretto Pope John

Floyd Rites Set For Mrs. Bishop

Funeral services for Mrs. S. D. Jennie Bishop, 85, will be at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church Floydada with Rev. Ed Bowles and Rev. Charles E. Latrick officiating. Mrs. Bishop died Sunday at her Floydada home after moving there in 1907 with her husband who died in 1915. Burial will be in Floydada Cemetery by Harmon Funeral Home.

Floydada S. D Jennie) Bishop First Baptist Church Ed Bowles Charles E. Latrick First Methodist Church

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