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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1961
Page
10
Rayma L. Fletcher spent life learning and liking electrical work with sons and family in Texas towns. He moved from Cleburne to Lubbock and established an electrical shop while Mrs Pletcher handled paperwork and shop duties.
An Army helicopter crash on the Kentucky Tennessee line killed three men. The crew included pilots Yates and Brown and crew chief Sl ida. The crash occurred shortly after dropping four paratroopers, with the widow and four children noted among those affected.
Maj. D. S. Adams and family visit relatives as war and defense topics surface. Mention of Lt. Hastings training at Fort Hood and planned return June 22. reference to water use in steel production and a U.S. Army unit. Public worship schedules and local notices appear amid mixed military and civic items.
Washington reports the United States refuses to join a Soviet proposal to unite Geneva talks on nuclear test ban and disarmament. President Kennedy aides plan a new multilateral disarmament conference with Valerian Zorin leading the Soviet delegation and John J. McCloy coordinating U.S. negotiators.
A community notice lists events or sales at Caprock from the afternoon into the evening and a separate window from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Town & Country. The brief indicates locations and time blocks for activities or listings.
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