Kennedy to Meet Rails Negotiators to Avert Strike
President Kennedy will meet Saturday with top negotiators in the rail work rules dispute to head off a nationwide rail strike next week. The White House and Labor Department announced after Secretary Wirtz met for two hours with union and railroad representatives.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Kennedy
Washington
White House
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James J. Reynolds
Leverett Edwards
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J. E. Wolfe
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C. A. McRee
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Howard Neitzert
Carriers’ Conference Committee
Chicago
Roy FE. Davidson
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Louis J. Wagner
Orderof
Neil P. Speirs
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
R. H. McDonald
Q. C. Gabriel
Defense chief defends award of X-22 contract to higher bidder
Deputy Secretary Roswell L. Gilpatric said he awarded the $18 million X-22 warplane contract to the higher bid because that firm appeared likelier to succeed. Bell Aerosystems Co. of Buffalo, N.Y., was selected to build two half.
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Roswell L. Gilpatric
Bell Aerosystems Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Pentagon
Bell
Douglas
Navy
Gilpatric
Jerome B. Wiesner
Kennedy
Secretary of the Navy
iFred Korth
Defense Department No. 2
Asst. Secretary of the Navy
James H. Wakelin
Wakelin
Guilty Pleas Entered Before County Court
A cluster of pleas and fines were issued in County Court cases. Seventeen year old Charles Helmes was found innocent of theft from a car owned by Mrs. J. C. Dawn of Lubbock. Other defendants faced fines for carrying a prohibited weapon, aggravated assault and check law violations. Bond amounts and jail terms were set for several defendants, with some placed under bonds of 500 dollars.
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J. C. Dawn
Lubbock
Pat Moore
Triad
James A. Ellis
Olden D. Willis
Ivory St
Virginia Lee
E. 30Th St
Edward Lamar Clay
Teak St
Ben Jackson Jr
WR. Richardson
Jerry Tanner
Philip Brown
Cyril Steele
Henry Mitchell
Amos Terry
Clovis and Roosevelt County Budget Approved for 1963
A state Finance and Administration representative approved over 1.2 million dollars for Clovis and Roosevelt County budgets. Portales totals await approval. County valuation stood at nearly 27 million dollars. Earlier, a 796,205 Clovis budget was set, a 7.8 percent rise from 1962-65.
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Clovis
State Department of Finance and Administration
Roosevelt County
Portales
Lais Fernandez
Fernandez
Farmington Youth Named New Mexico Boys State Governor
A Farmington youth was sworn in Friday as New Mexico Boys State Governor at the annual event at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. Damon Weemes won the post over Harold Lavender of Raton. Justice J.C. Compton administered the oath. Other eastern New Mexico youths named to office include George Keenan Clovis Supreme Court justice Dan Creighton Coida county school superintendent Mark Shannon Portales state senator and Don Rust Portales county clerk.
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Farmington
New Mexico
New Mexico Military Institute
Damon Weemes
Harold Lavender
Raton
Ohio Man Guilty of Murder in Louisiana Killing
Francis A. Clifton of Columbus Ohio was found guilty of murder by a 45 minute jury verdict in Alexandria Louisiana. He faces the automatic death penalty though appeal plans were announced. Clifton admitted riding with victim C C Wilson before shooting him on a Glenmora Louisiana road and abandoning the car in Detroit. He was later captured and led authorities to Wilsons body.
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UPN
Francis A. Clifton
Columbus
Ohio
Clifton
C. C. Wilson
Jonesville
Wilson Ain
Texas
Glenmora
Wilson
U S Army Captain Killed In Viet Nam Ambush
A U S Army captain was killed in a Communist guerrilla ambush Friday about 70 miles southwest of Saigon. The identity of the captain was withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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South Viet Nam
Nest of Kin
Word of Light Tabernacle Holds Inaugural Services
A new church named the Word of Light Tabernacle will hold its first services at 1106 2nd Street this Sunday with an 11 a.m. worship, a Father’s Day service, and a 7:30 p.m. evening session. Sunday School begins at 9:45 a.m. and other activities include a 6:15 p.m. young people service and Thursday 7:30 p.m. service. Women’s class meets at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays as Summer Vacation Bible School runs June 30. The church has operated about a year as a prayer and Bible study group.
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Word of Light Tabernacle
2Nd St
D. W. Batt
Starnes Family Visits Prolonged Three-Week Trip
Children arrive by train this afternoon for a three week visit with parents Mr and Mrs Tommy Starnes of 2520 37th St The husband a Hansford atomic plant engineer at Richland WA will join in about two weeks The family has been in Washington six years and will visit Mrs Novell Wise in Quitaque prior to returning.
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37Th
Bette Jo Starnes
Hansford Atomic Plant
Richland
Wash
Novell Wise
Quitaque
Wise
Texas Tech
Lubbock High School
Tech
Washington
Church Offers Lunch Delivery in Lubbock Today
Greater St. Paul Baptist Church runs a free delivery lunch service all day with a 1 payment for a menu of blackeye peas and okra, chicken, fruit salad, peach cobbler, and cornbread. Delivery covers Lubbock or pickup at 606 17th St. PO5-5168. The Rev. C. J. Tisdale leads the effort to fund church revenue.
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Greater St. Paul Baptist Church
Lubbock
17Th St
C. J. Tisdale
Belgium Imports Hit All-Time High, Brussels Reports
Bel aum imports reach record level, with Brussels authorities noting sustained growth across sectors. Officials cite strong demand and favorable trade conditions driving the spike.
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Brussels
Belaum
Three Clovis Residents Face Federal Liquor Charges
Three Clovis residents Hazel Ferguson James W Wright and William Snyder were found guilty of violating federal liquor laws and face sentencing in U S District Court in Albuquerque. Ferguson sold beer without an internal revenue tax stamp on September 12 in Clovis. Wright and Snyder were convicted of similar charges.
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Clovis
U.S. District Court
Albuquerque
Hazel Ferguson
James W. Wright
William Snyder
Lockney Names New Librarian at Floyd County Library
Lockney residents learn a new librarian at the Floyd County Library Lockney branch is Mrs B B Vernon. She was recommended by the Library Board and approved by the commissioners court. Mrs Vernon succeeds Mrs H H Mills who recently resigned.
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Lockney
Floyd County Library
B. B. Vernon
Library Board
Commissioners Court
Vernon
H. H.mills
Dover Cliffs Sold as Souvenirs Spark Outcry
Dover officials protest as the Dover Corp begins shipping small chalk chunks from the White Cliffs of Dover to the United States. The Admiral's Eye shop in London sells chunks as large as a soccer ball for about 35 cents, prompting charges of commercialization and cultural sentiment.
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English Channel
Dover Old Peoples’ Fund
Admiral’s Eye
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