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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1963
Page
2
Senator Javits urged that the two party system survive the clash with what he called the radical right. Former VP Nixon, though abroad, said the extreme right poses trouble but will not dominate the convention. Governor Rockefeller’s comment on the right wing spurred the exchange, framed as a fight for the party’s soul.
In Levittown Pennsylvania seven nieces of Kate Schaefer remain with relatives after their father George Schaefer died in a 1961 auto crash and their mother had died earlier. Miss Schaefer and her mother Mrs Mallon help care for the children while drives and donations support keeping the family united. The youngest Georgette is two, and the household remains orderly as relatives shoulder the burden.
Doris Chandler of Louisville weighing 486 pounds begins a three month diet of under 200 calories daily using coffee tea gelatin and other low calorie foods. The 31 year old mother seeks a smaller dress size after checking into a hospital following chest discomfort.
A Cuban plane carried War ren Hill’s body to Boca Chica Naval Air Station near Key West Florida. Hill, one of 59 students who traveled to Cuba in defiance of a State Department ban, died in a predawn swim at a Santiago motel pool. Navy jets escorted the flight, officials said. The body was taken to a base hospital and a return to Brooklyn, N.Y., was not yet determined.
Jon Lindbergh 31 swam from an offshore barge to a helicopter wreck after a barge boom failed. Calvin Hall 48 was badly injured and died before extraction. Merlin Handley 33 and Bryce Saylor 27 were rescued. Lindbergh, famed for the first solo Atlantic flight, helped free Hall.
An attorney in the J Loyd Parker Jr murder case says startling new evidence will be introduced regarding a prior incident. Parker 44 faces charges for the May 2 death of his father in a upscale Fort Worth home. The lawyer plans to reveal evidence and subpoena eight or nine witnesses including psychiatrists and psychologists who examined Parker in county jail as the trial begins next week.
Manuel Artime former Bay of Pigs leader says he will direct an anti Castro guerrilla army from a Central American base. The group operates under the Revolutionary Recovery Movement and intends to strike Cuba to damage its economy.
Former Vice President Richard Nixon told a Frankfurt audience that the extreme right wing could disrupt the Republican Party but likely won’t seize control of the GOP convention. He linked current hard right forces to Barry Goldwater and said they are a liability, not a leadership core.
Lamb County robbery suspects Jose M. Trevino and Jose Garcia Hernandez escaped from Hockley jail June 20 using hair oil to slip bars and an antenna ladder. They surrendered to U S Customs at Laredo International Bridge and will be returned to Littlefield. Both are indicted for robbery by assault in a knife point hijacking last November.
A Baltimore workman named James Wilhide fell through the ceiling into the Board of Estimates chamber while officials gathered to discuss a new city hall. He was hospitalized after dropping from the roof while removing an ornamental railing. In Vienna, Austria, hotels increasingly rely on frozen foods due to a shortage of trained kitchen staff.
In a Los Angeles Municipal Court, two elderly men Steven Newrocky and Raymond Lopez face charges for allegedly stealing 17 ducks from MacArthur Park claiming the birds were underfed. The case draws a crowd of animal lovers and concerned citizens.
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