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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1963
Page
2
Fort Worth AP reports judge notes the absence of Ward's friends at trial as contestants for Miss Texas prepare to compete today.
The report links a Dallas Miss Texas pageant preliminaries with last century court drama. Ward argues innocence while prosecutors recall Gordon’s 1950s release and Miss Keeler’s testimony amid questions of credibility. The region focuses on pageant events and local legal echoes.
London report notes investigators study why Americans switch forks to the right after cutting. Letter-writers in Paris London and elsewhere propose theories from speed to safety to tradition. The piece also details unrelated court and crime items from the same era.
A white mob estimated at 1000 to 1500 gathered Tuesday near a South Side apartment building housing a Negro family, injuring four including two officers. Police detained about 30, with nine adults and three youths charged with disorderly conduct as curfew containment began and teens were moved off the street.
Dist. Judge Hensley delayed sentencing for Roland Lloyd Gilbert and Thelma Hughes after they admitted burglarizing Barry Hardware in Clovis on July 20. Each is from Oklahoma City and sentencing stays pending checks on their criminal records.
An AP report recounts a long journey by a 1927 Model T Ford linked to Henry Ford era milestones. A landing craft observed a slow, yellowish object near Panama’s coast during a 14 000 mile voyage from Buenos Aires to New York involving three passengers.
In Gary Indiana the National Association for the Advancement of White People protested segregation at Mercy Hospital and a later agreement promised no discrimination. Civil rights groups hailed the pact as hospital officials pledged equal treatment regardless of race creed or national origin.
A blockade at a New York City construction site halted trucks during a race protest demanding 25 percent Black and Puerto Rican workers on publicly funded construction. Police arrested 38 at Brooklyn and Queens sites. youths as young as two were detained but not charged.
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