Fights Handoff Subside as Slaton Man Donates Subsidy to GOP
A Washington hearing on alleged police harassment of Lubbock Ambulance Service halted with nine of twenty witnesses heard. Tensions flared between Mayor Strong, Commissioner Simpson, Gordon Sanders, and ambulance attorney O'Shea. Clark Wood of Slaton donated a $13.44 federal wheat yield payment to Senator Tower, who plans to attach it to the Congressional record while calling for reduced farm controls. Wood criticizes Washington and notes his farming losses and tax disputes.
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Jack Strong
Rolan Simpson
Gordon Sanders
Sanders Funeral Home
John J. O'Shea
Wayne Wilson
O'Shea
Simpson
Commission
Ned Curran
Avalanche-Journal
Washington Bureau
Ashington
Republican National Committee
Slaton
Clark Wood
C Ranch
John Tower
GOP
Wood
Tower
Congressional Record
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Internal Revenue Service Appellate Division
Slaton Man
Sanders
Wilson
Charles Armstrong
City Commission
Ray Westbrook
City delays Avenue Q widening after heated hearing
City commissioners postponed action on widening and reconstructing Avenue Q from 3rd to 23rd Street for six months following a two hour hearing. Attorney Carroll Cobb urged private funding to remove bricks and pave the avenue, calling it a traffic artery that could hurt downtown business. Downtown Development Corp. favored delay to review Marvin Springer’s plans.
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3Rd Street
23Rd Street
Carroll Cobb
Cobb
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Lubbock
Austin
ID. M. Wiggins
Downtown Development Corp
Marvin Springer
Springer
Www. C. O'Mara
Texas House Approves Largest State Budget Yet
The Texas House sped through a record 3.08 billion two year appropriation bill with no new taxes promised, despite cuts to some items. The measure would fund education departments hospitals and judiciary among others and moves to Senate finance for a counter bill.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Astin
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Texas
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Paducah
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Senate House
Finance Committee
George Moffett
Chillicothe
Heatly
Gus Mutscher
Brenham
Gulf Coast
Menton Murray
Harlingen
Forrest
Mao Invites Khrushchev to a Summit Meeting
The Chinese Communist Party invited Premier Khrushchev to Beijing for a face to face summit to settle their quarrel over peaceful coexistence and world communist leadership. No acceptance was indicated and observers doubt Mao will travel to Moscow.
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Tass
Soviet
Communist Central Committee
Kennedy warns of recession without congressional action
President Kennedy told the Advertising Council that the nation faces another recession unless Congress approves his economic plan. He urged tax cuts, budget cuts, and debt-ceiling action, noting 1957–60 history warns against wrong choices and proposing debt limits of 308 billion through June and 320 billion temporarily.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Las
Advertising Council
Mmit
Grateful Leopold Wins Full Freedom After Parole
Nathan Leopold, who spent decades atoning for a youth crime, was discharged from parole by the Illinois Pardon and Parole Board. He will gain full freedom once the board notifies him next week and plans to live in Puerto Rico as a hospital orderly.
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Ill
Nathan Leopold
Illinois Pardon and Parole Board
Leopold
Puerto Rico
Illinois
Bobby Franks
Richard Loeb
Prayer Reflection on Judgment and Humility
A short devotional prayer asks for forgiveness for judging others and links mercy to bearing one another’s burdens. The anonymous text emphasizes walking in someone else’s shoes and seeking grace through faith.
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Father
Tech Research Exhibit Highlighted at A J Home Show
Visitors to the 1963 Avalanche Journal Home Show will see Texas Tech’s four panel molecular research exhibit, part of a national tour after debuting at the Pentagon. The display, funded by a $200 000 Air Force grant, demonstrates thermal breakdown techniques and radical study through electron spin resonance. It will accompany other show merchandise at Municipal Coliseum April 14 20 and again April 19 20 at Tech’s engineering and science show.
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Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
Municipal Coliseum
Washington
Pentagon
Shine
Wesley Wendlandt
Tech
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Dr. Shine
Flood Toll Rises as Five States Rebuild After Appalachia Floods
Five states report 17 dead and more than 50 000 homeless as Appalachian floods cause up to 20 million in damage. Rescue crews in Kentucky West Virginia Virginia Tennessee and Alabama clean mud laden debris while federal aid requests proceed.
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United Press International
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Tennessee
Alabama
Kennedy
South
A. K
Buddy) Sink
Jackson River
Covington
Sink
Mississippi
South Carolina
Paintsville
Cumberland
Jackson
Guyandotte
Harlan
Cold Front Fails to Chill Texas Weather
A weakened cold front moved across Texas midweek with limited impact. Temperatures failed to drop as forecast across the northern two thirds of the state, with Lubbock predicting around 30 degrees at dawn and some areas staying above freezing. Snow and drizzle did not materialize as expected and Laredo recorded a high near 100.
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Texas
Arate
South Plains
Lubbock
San Antonio
Laredo
Television Mystery Solves Longstanding Murder Suspect
A detective story with numerous variations narrows the list of suspects to one remaining figure, leaving the sponsor facing the final reveal. The mystery spans multiple sections and features changing possibilities as clues unfold.
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Comic Dictionary
Billie Sol Estes pleads innocent in mail fraud case
Billie Sol Estes, facing 16 counts of mail fraud and conspiracy, pleads not guilty as his trial opens. A jury of 12 is seated, with three former associates having pleaded guilty and set to testify. Prosecutors accuse Estes of conspiring with associates and Superior Manufacturing Co to defraud via false securities and fake tank purchases.
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Billie Sol Estes
Estes
U.S. Atty
Rufus D. McLean
Superior Manufacturing Co
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