02 Mar 1963
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1963
Page
1
A congressional inquiry probes a disputed aircraft contract amid questions over pricing and bidding practices. lawmakers request documents and hear testimony from company officials as they seek clarity on selection, cost, and compliance with procurement rules.
The Senate subcommittee scrutinizes the 1960s TFX fighter bomber bid. Figures cited by Secretary Zuckert to favor General Dynamics over Boeing are under fire, with defense officials saying board figures differed from initial quotes and led to the award valued at 6.5 billion dollars overall.
CIA chief John A. McCone warns of a widespread organized subversion apparatus built from Latin Americans trained in Cuba for guerrilla warfare and terrorism. Rep. Gross accuses a coverup as Kennedy argues reforms are needed. testimony notes 1000 to 1500 students trained in 1962 with Cuban ties forming cadres for a liberation army.
Mrs Cecil Blaffer Hudson, 43, mother of two, received 6.5 million in a Houston Domestic Relations Court action from engineer Edward J Hudson. The settlement reportedly set a record and topped Bobo Rockefeller's 5.5 million in 1954. Hudson must pay 1200 dollars a month child support until Robert Lee Blaffer Hudson turns 18. The couple married in 1943 and separated in 1960.
In Spur on January 6, 1962 a gas station blast and fire killed two and later a third. Rancher R. D. Soapy Stewart rushed through the debris to pull three men to safety and was hospitalized with burns. Spur residents honored him Friday night with a medal for his actions.
The Venezuelan Chamber of Radio and Television said it will deny on air mentions for Venezuela's six major political parties until they settle advertising debts totaling 35 dollars. The move affects Caracas stations and most major broadcasters.
Nancy Leudicke, 29, volunteered during a Milwaukee lunch hour and donated a kidney to George Brost, 39, in Boston's Peter Brent Brigham Hospital. The Feb 18 operation aimed to help a man with nine children and could become the fifth unrelated donor transplant in history.
A religious reflection gives thanks for being spared to witness a new day. The anonymous message asks blessings for everybody everywhere in the Lord's name.
A Pacific cold front nears Texas with a chance of light rain or snow tonight into Sunday. Lubbock forecasts a low near 30 and a high in the upper 40s with northerly winds easing by afternoon. Overnight lows range 23 to 57 statewide as milder air returns ahead of the frontal system.
The column defines the male of the species as dominant in the home during the first year of life. It uses a humorous, observational tone to describe early parental dynamics and gender roles. The piece sits in a lighthearted editorial context.
A string of deadly fires across Missouri Massachusetts and Pennsylvania claims multiple children. In Sayre Pennsylvania 12 children and an 18 year old died in a 1 14 story home fire while attempts to rescue others, with nine degree cold hampering crews. In Wardell Missouri four children die in a four room frame home. In Ashfield Massachusetts a party line call delays fire crews and four children die in a 100 year old farm house.
French sources say Paris will explode its first thermonuclear device on a South Pacific island by mid-1964 to build an independent nuclear force despite U S objections. The test would use a baby H device between atomic and hydrogen bombs, likely in the Gambier islands about 1 000 miles southeast of Tahiti.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned that American car owners invite theft by leaving keys in ignitions and neglecting security. He cited a record 350000 cars stolen valued at 290 million dollars, a 9 percent rise from 1961, with 8 percent of arrests under 25 and 14 percent to juvenile courts. He urged stricter prevention as theft rings and joyriding link to violent crime.
Negotiations in Geneva on a nuclear test ban faltered Friday as the Soviet Union rejected detailed talks while insisting on two or three annual on site inspections. Ambassador Tsarapkin said talks should not proceed without a clear inspection framework, as Foster and Kuznetsov returned home amid calls for renewed effort if atmosphere changes.
Lubbock and vicinity expect cloudy to partly cloudy skies and cooler air. Northerly winds reach up to 35 miles per hour, diminishing in the late afternoon. Highs around the upper forties.
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