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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1953
Page
1
A Witbarger County jury found Walter E. Whitaker Jr. guilty of strangling Joyce Fern White. The verdict came after a six day trial and was delivered with no visible emotion as spectators watched in silence.
A Texas jury convicts Walter Whitaker Sr. of murder with malice in the death of 18 year old girl Javce, whom he allegedly hid after a night of intimacy. Whitaker leads officers to a cotton patch grave and faces the death penalty. verdict read after a 3 hour 38 minute deliberation.
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson promised an initial relief program for drouth stricken areas, with actions as early as Monday. He announced Texas and Oklahoma disaster areas and said relief funds would be administered through designated agencies as county committees review applications. Benson urged governors in Colorado New Mexico and Kansas to seek disaster declarations to expand aid.
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson spoke at the 14th annual American Cotton Congress in Texas Tech gymnasium to urge immediate drought relief and stronger defenses against future droughts. He outlined a program to aid livestock producers with affordable feed, freight-rate relief, a meat buying push, and emergency credit funded by the President's Emergency Fund, to be administered by local county committees.
A tornado struck a farm community south of Adair Iowa killing Mrs Walter McMurphy about 60 and injuring her husband Twenty others sheltered in a storm cave escaped unharmed as the storm moved eastward across Iowa The day also saw Lubbock reach 102 degrees marking the tenth 100 degree day in June.
The United Nations war prisoner command reports five North Koreans beaten to death and a sixth injured in an inmate clash at Camp No 2 in Pusan today. The incident occurred in an anti Communist compound and victims were identified as fellow inmates assaulted by peers.
President Eisenhower presses for House support as charges flare on both sides in the effort to extend excess profits taxes. Speaker Martin and Rep. Mason clash over procedure and pressure while Rep. Priest warns the outcome could hinge on about ten votes in the 431 member House. Eisenhower prepares a weekend message from Thurmont Maryland outlining the deficit reduction and inflation fight.
South Korea's spokesman said President Rhee and U S envoy Walter Robertson are close to a mutual security pact as talks continue in secret. Rain slowed fighting while Korean and Chinese forces pressed advances on multiple fronts. Robertson voiced optimism that misunderstandings could be cleared and a preliminary defense pact drafted, signaling movement toward ending Rhee opposition to the truce.
A 16 year old Negro youth, released from reform school March 30, confessed to 67 burglaries in three months, including 64 in Lubbock and 3 in Plainview. He specializes in cigarette machines and juke boxes, with loot totaling over $1,000 cash and at least $2,500 including unreported cash. Detective division and officers coordinated the arrest on Thursday.
Editorial notes reveal Good Morning City's Olympic planning across sections. Prominent topics include radio and television programs, as well as South Plains Oil News affecting schedules and coverage.
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with continued heat through today and Monday. Lows around 75 degrees, highs near 102, with hot conditions persisting across Southwest area cities.
The Texas Tech Board of Directors will meet Monday at 9 30 a m in the Board Meeting room to discuss the upcoming year's operating budget. Dr E N Jones president and Charles C Thompson board chairman will lead the regular session and hear a report on the Auditorium Coliseum project.
Britain’s 78 year old leader Winston Churchill, exhausted and ordered to rest for at least a month, postpones the Bermuda Big Three conference with Eisenhower and Laniel. Eden recuperating in Boston, a nerve specialist tending Churchill, aims to resume talks on Korea and a possible Big Four with Malenkov when fit.
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