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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1963

Page

5

McCone Outlines Cuba Subversive Training for Latin America

McCone testifies that Cuba trains 1000 to 1500 Latin Americans in sabo tage and guerrilla tactics with rifles Molotov cocktails and other methods. He cites Uruguay as a special case and notes several captured couriers and bank robberies funding subversion across Venezuela Brazil and Argentina.

McCone Cuba United States Offi Herman Talmadge D-Ga Organization of ‘American States Frank J. Lausche Ohio OAS Lausche Uruguay Montevideo Red Soviet Bloc Julio Mayorga Portocarrera Honduras Venezuela Peru Argentina Latin America Romulo Betancourt Brazil

Open meeting of Lubbock Model Railroad Assn and local notices

The public is invited to an open meeting of the Lubbock Model Railroad Association at 7 30 p m Monday in the Reddy Room at Monterey Center. Films on modeling will be shown and a model display will be open with no admission. Also reported: February vehicle registrations totaled 15 212, up 2 039 from February 1962. License plates issued midweek and due by April 1 for all streets. Sigma Chi alumni in Lubbock will meet to discuss a possible East Texas State College extension. A new 7 pound son was born to the Gurleys of Irving with Mrs Gurley daughter of the Hopkins family. Lubbock attorney Elmer East to discuss investments at a bar luncheon. Funeral services for Robert Mitchell set for 3 p m today at New Hope Baptist Church. LCCA Cappella Chorus touring Friona Stinnett McLean and Merino. Artis White jailed on burglary charges. B'nai B'rith district meeting notes from El Paso discussed with Lubbock and Amarillo lodges.

Lubbock Model Railroad Association Reddy Monterey Center Rod Haggard Lubbock Sigma. Chi Lubbock Club East Texas State College, Commerce Alpha Chi Sigma Chi Siney Borschow el Paso Grand Lodge B’nai B'rith Plainsman Hotel Borschow Texas State Assn B'nai Brith Amarillo Jewish Children’s Home Service New Orleans B'nai B'rith

Washington senator pushes mural to humanize George Washington

Washington state senator Nat Washington urged a warmer portrait of George Washington to replace the stiff famous image. The State Senate voted to support a mural showing the first president as a jovial, warm man, with House approval needed to proceed. Nat Washington, 48, is a descendant of John Washington and argues the common portraits misrepresent Uncle George.

Nat Washington State Senate George Washington House President Washington Statehouse George Nat Senate Washington John Washington Virginia Assembly

Divorce Trial Motion Filed By Mrs Powers

Mrs Barbara Powers has filed a motion for a new divorce trial alleging lack of residency and lack of court authority. Hearing set for March 15. Jury verdict granted divorce January 16 citing habitual drunkenness. $5 000 lump sum plus $500 attorney fees awarded. no alimony. Powers previously prisoned in Russia. now a Lockheed test pilot. wife remains in Georgia.

Milledgeville, Ga UPD Barbara Powers Francis Gary Powers Powers Robert Greene Baldwin County Soviet Union Lockheed Aircraft Corporation California

Expelled Indians Pass Through Tanganyika on Way Home

The final group of Indians expelled from Mozambique in reprisal for India’s seizure of Portuguese Goa en route to home, sailed aboard the liner Sir dhan a in Tanganyika at Dar es Salaam.

Dar ES Salaam Tanganyika Mozambique India Sirdahana

Births Log From Local Hospitals Names Parents and Weights

A series of birth notices lists parents, addresses, and baby weights born at Goodnight Good night Lauf and Methodist Hospitals. Names include Sam J L Kelly Marlin Roberds Ambrose Dillard Hoop Nixon Norman Jesus Jase Ramirez Valdez Gutierrez Real Hedges House Primm Hoover and others with occupations noted such as attorney printer student and farmer.

Pianists Ferrante and Teicher Draw 3025 at Tech Auditorium

An overflow crowd of 3,025, mostly students, filled the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium for Ferrante and Teicher. The duo's playful interchanges and varied program earned a standing ovation, with Chet Galdo praised for staging and lighting effects.

Jack Sheridan Avalanche-Journal Lubbock Municipal Auditorium Ferrante Teicher

Tahoka honors conservation farmer at chamber banquet

E R Blakney of New Home was named conservation farmer of the year at the Tahoka Chamber of Commerce Farmer-Businessman banquet attended by about 310 people. Other awards went to Mary Nell Ashcraft for courtesy, and three essay winners David Anfred Darwin Dikes and Erald Dale Todd.

Tahoka E. R. Blakney New Home Tahoka Chamber of Commerce D. Mack Mauldin Blakney Soil Conservation District Mary Nell Ashcraft Farm Bureau David Anfred Darwin Dikes Tohoka Erald Dale Todd A. C. Verner First National Bank Tohoka High School Vic Kyler John C. Stevens Abilene Christian College Don Browning Stevens Jones America

Pilot Lost After Pancake Crash Near Queen Elizabeth

A small off course plane with likely fuel exhaustion crash landed off the stern of the Queen Elizabeth in the Atlantic Friday. The liner searched but found no survivor. Officials identified the pilot as E. W. Harmon or Donald William Haarman, with Beech aircraft records listing Donald W. Haaman.

Portsmouth Atlantic Navy Coast Guard Cape Hatteras Federal Aviation Agency Washington San Juan P.R St. Petersburg Fla FAA E. W. Harmon Oklahoma City Donald William Haarman Beech Wichita Kan Donald W. Haaman

Cold Front Elevates Snow Across Midwest and Plains

A strong cold front swept through the Midwest and Panhandle as temperatures plunged into single digits in northern states and a major snowstorm disrupted travel. Indiana and Ohio saw heavy snow and hazardous driving with up to eight inches in Shelbyville and up to five inches along U S 50 in southern Illinois. The Weather Bureau forecast continued below normal temperatures with a corrected 30 day outlook predicting persistently cold conditions from the Mississippi to the Atlantic.

Panhandle Weather Bureau Texas Midwest Indiana Martinsville Shelbyville Ind U.S. 50 Illinois Dayton Columbus Ohio Kentucky Pennsylvania New York New England Mississippi Valley Lone Rock Wis Caribou Maine Traverse City Mich Mississippi Atlantic

San Angelo Man Victim in Plane Crash

A Goodfellow Air Force Base helicopter located the burned remains of a Rechhcraft Bonanza piloted by Jack McGregor a 40 year old San Angelo businessman missing since the flight left a week earlier. The wreckage lay 18 miles southeast of San Angelo about 5 miles east of Christoval Texas. A rancher and wife found the scene as the helicopter spotted it.

San Angelo UPI Goodfellow Air Force Base Jack McGregor McGregor Christoval Tex

Signs Name Writing Is Old Hat To Two Year Old

In Richmond Virginia Douglas Wood aged two visited the public library and obtained his personal library card. He was required to sign his name on the card and he did so, marking a milestone for the toddler.

Richmond, Va Douglas Wood Richmond Public Library Doug

Child prodigy Doug Wood enjoys spellings over sentences

The Wood family describes Doug as a child who spell binds him, recalling he recited the alphabet at twenty months and has been reading and writing words for eight months. He imitates writing letters, though he cannot yet read or write complete sentences, and he often memorizes stories read to him. He has two sisters, Kimberlee and Sharon.

Harold E. Wood Jr

Scientists launch giant balloon telescope toward Mars

The Stratoscope I project lifts a 36 inch telescope on a tandem balloon system from near Columbus Georgia aiming to detect life related substances on Mars. The 2 million dollar telescope reaches about 15 miles high and will be controlled from air and ground stations during the night flight.

Palestine Earth Mars Martin Schwarzschild Columbus

Floydada Chamber Banquet Hopes For 1963 Headlines

About 405 people attended Floydada Chamber of Commerce banquet with Claude Estes as master of ceremonies. Don Pemberton succeeds Newell Burk as president and new directors were introduced. Dr. P. D. O'Brien spoke on footprints in the sands of time and improving the nation.

E. L. Short Chamber Turner Rogers Alton Cain Frank Hill Leighton Knox Dale Thuren Charles Townes Charles Verner John Wells Charles Brock G. H. Chestnut Jack Jayluess H. B. McCord Jr Wilton Payne Harold Roberts James F. Roberts Clint Walker Floydada Floydada Chamber of Commerce Claude Estes Newell Burk P. D Dick) O’brien Houston West Texas O’brien America Don Pemberton Burk Delbert Smith Travis’ McGrew Henry Barber Lubbock Lockney Olton Plainview Paducah Quanah Tulia Childress Hale Center Amarillo Abilene

Life sentence for physician in acid slaying of wife

In San Jose California Dr Geza de Kaplany was given life imprisonment for the acid torture death of his wife last summer. The jury chose life over the gas chamber after plea and deliberation on the penalty phase. Hanna died five weeks after the attack in a San Francisco hospital.

San Jose Calif UPI Geza de Kaplany Sane de Kaplany Hanna San Francisco

Spur Hero honored at Spur Area Chamber banquet

Lt. Gov Preston Smith presented the Carnegie bronze medal to Robert D Stewart at the Spur banquet. Smith praised the heroism shown in Spur January 6 1962 and stressed legislative responsibilities to Texans. Master of ceremonies was J Fike Godfrey with Rev Laver Kite opening prayers.

Spur Area Chamber of Commerce East Ward Smith Preston Smith Lubbock Robert D. Stewart Spur Stewart Texas J. Fike Godfrey Laver] Kite Patsy Bragg Dist L. D. Ratliff Spur Chamber Bill Bell Everett McArthur Jerry Ensey Spencer Campbell Louis Arnold George Gabriel Godfrey Jesse Morrison Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Djakarta Bill Barrett Civil Defense Cofactory

Senate hearings on defense contract mix ups questioned

The hearings recessed with questions asked about misattributed figures in the Boeing General Dynamics Super Sonic fighter bid. McClellan pressed for clearer explanations while Mundt noted inaccurate takeoff and range data, as Boeing proposed a $415 million lower price and a Wichita build option.

Robert S. McNamara Subcommittee John L. McClellan D-Ark McClellan Gayle Zuckert James Karl E. Mundt R-Sd Boeing General Dynamics Senate Group Boeing Co Fort Worth Wichita Kan

Guatemalan Bus Crash Kills 64 Near Tecun Uman

Police said an over crowded bus speeding to a fair overturned and burned killing 64 people including 16 children near Tecun Uman on the Mexican border. The driver was badly hurt and accused of drunken driving and speeding. twelve others were injured and ten escaped.

Andrew King Lancaster King Guatemala

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Cially Barry Goldswater R-Ariz Barry Tam Hemisphere Spessard L. Holland Dfla John Stennis D-Mass Senate Preparedness Nels Briefs Dan C. Gurley Irving Texas Tech Harris Hospital Ft. Worth Gurley Lo Vetta Jo Hopkins D.R. Hopkins 25Th St. -At Double T Assn Liberty Mutual Dallas Elmer East Lubbock National Bank Lubbock County Bar Assn Pioneer Hotel Robert Mitchell E. 15Th St New Hope Baptist Church City of Lubbock Cemetery LCCA Friona Church of Christ Stinnett, McLean and Menroe Artis White Ave. B Justice of the George McCleskey George Mural Olympia, Wash Washington State Sam JL. Kelly 24Th St Goodnight Hospital Marlin Roberds 47Th St Ambrose Dillard, Ralls Latif Clinic United Compress Ralls David Ralph Hoop 29Th St Taylor Hospital Jimmy Housover William Nixon Methodist Hospital Glad Norman Georgia, Floydada Glad Jesus Jase Lauf Clinic Anestacio. Ramirez Rt. 2 Lauf Broadview Gin Oscar Valdez, Ralls Pedro Gutierrez Jr Standard. Concrete Pipe Co Jesus Real Rt. 6 Monnie ‘Hedges 20Th St Clarence 44Th St Transwestern Developers, Inc Bob Watson O.L. Primm Ave. R The Donald Hoover 31St St Emylie Wilson Texas ‘Tech Gigi Errol Garner Tschaikovsky Grieg Rachmaninoff Chet Galdo Municipal Coliseum Diane Stephens Lamesa Merrie Whippo Seminole Nita Crump Royce Jones Sam Cecil Blaffer Hudson Percy Foreman Edward J. Hudson Hudsons Tecunuman Mexican Border
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