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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1963
Page
5
In a rail dispute arbitration in Pennsylvania a chief negotiator indicated reporters that the President’s plan aimed at carrier action. He faced questions about legislative moves and the opposition’s stance as negotiations continued.
The text warns that a nationwide rail strike could disrupt freight and mail, halt auto parts from plants in Kansas City and Detroit, and threaten operations at NASA centers. Officials and industry leaders debate arbitration versus negotiation while Kennedy considers outside help and Supreme Court involvement.
President Kennedy selects the first women and first African Americans for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The ceremony at the White House in September will honor 26 notable public and private contributors to U.S. security, world peace, and national interests.
The Port Arthur school board and the Marshall board of education approve desegregation steps in staged grade by grade plans starting with kindergarten. Dallas began similar efforts in 1961. Numerous birth notices and local names appear amid extensive community announcements and school district actions.
A Chinese delegation visits Moscow and Peking amid stalled talks with the Soviet Union as North Korea Viet Nam and other communist states pick sides. The Chinese seek new instructions while Moscow backs dialogue and unity under pressure from a widening Sino Soviet split.
Moscow Radio reports a former champion defeated Mrs. Edwin Ka MacGree of Kansas City in a two up three hole match during the Kremlin tourney. The event followed a train trip of Hungarian leaders to Moscow, described as a friendly visit aimed at solidifying Soviet relations.
Testimony calls aid to segregated schools a moral issue and urges no delay. Farmer presses for mandatory federal aid with a deadline of June 30, 19654.
U S efforts to sever ties with Cuba under Fidel Castro contribute to a deepening Cuban economic downturn. Analysts say 1962 GDP fell 25 percent from 1958 levels as Washington bans most remaining transactions.
Reports detail integration demonstrations in Cambridge Savannah and Chattanooga with arrests and desegregation efforts. Kennedy urged women leaders to back human rights and civil rights talks amid mounting national tension and international incidents sparked by a Berlin searchlight shooting by an American MP.
Munsell and Hicks rode miles to a house to report the ash after the plane suffered a sheared assembly while the rest remained molten. They returned to the scene in a pickup as Webb AFB dispatched a helicopter and heavy recovery units, ambulances, and investigators arrived at the scene.
A seven nation UNESCO project studied the mid Atlantic region and confirmed a powerful undersea current runs east to west near the equator. The current, first identified by a Soviet ship in 1959, was examined from January to March this year by a fleet of 14 scientific vessels.
Lt. Rov Preston Smith predicted the criminal code revision would pass again in the Texas Legislature after Governor Connally vetoed the bill due to a miscopy. Smith said it could arrive in improved form. the controversy over enrollment room errors was noted.
President Kennedy turned down Cheddi Jagan's request for several million dollars as British Guiana faces a racial civil conflict. State Department officials confirmed Jagan sought aid and noted U.S. concern over potential Cuban influence in the Caribbean region.
Spokesman says the soldier discharged four search lights but denies the sergeant fired at Eastern border guards or deployed tear gas grenades into the Consist zone.
Nieves says two youths in a car fired on June 3 at 130 p.m. on Main Street. Garcia died hours later. Edmonston and Wilmeth provided statements saying the gun discharged during a struggle. Cordova and others described the car passing and the shooting.
Heat wave slows across cities with Pittsburgh reaching a record July low and Flint Michigan posting 42 while Lansing hits 44. Akron and Columbus Ohio also set record lows 42 and 49 respectively. Windsor Locks Connecticut marks a July record low 46. Northwest areas see 30s and 40s with Redmond Oregon 34 and Lp ne Washington 47.
Dan Sullivan of Andrews Texas was named an assistant to Senator Ralph Yarborough. Sullivan, a former Andrews district attorney, will serve in Yarborough's Washington office.
Rep. Gonzalez argues renewing the Bracero labor program depresses wages and floods the farm labor market with foreigners. He notes over 100,000 jobs are held by semi slaves and urges ending the import of Mexican farm workers. The House recently rejected a two year extension.
A Texas lawmaker and drilling contractor from Odessa proposed annual permits for moving heavy oil field equipment on highways. George Cook would charge 10 percent of trucker permit fees and push rules allowing longer permit periods to replace one shot filings. He noted drilling contractors are closing due to intense competition in the Permian Basin.
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