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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1963
Page
1
Legislators backed a statewide parks system keyed to 22 metropolitan centers with 373000 additional acres, 100000 preserved in natural state for historic sites and scenery. Project cites economic boost, tourism growth, and long term land use, while police probe details linger in separate slaying case.
Texas Tech researchers outlined a bold 305 million plan to acquire and develop a state parks system. The proposal aims to create a 250 million annual tourist industry, preserve historical and scenic heritage, and offer Texans a retreat from daily life, with projections through the year 2000. Elo J Urbanovsky and legislators attended the briefing.
Police report a four engine Bolivian airliner carrying 41 people disappeared after leaving Arica destined for La Paz. The DC-6 likely went down near Villa Oriental or Charana on the Bolivian border with passengers from Bolivia Chile Britain Cuba Argentina Israel Brazil Sweden Czechoslovakia the Netherlands and Germany onboard. One American passenger named Leon Bernstein among the list.
A Navy R4D transport carrying 29 aboard skidded through a muddy field near Memphis Naval Air Station and burned, but all aboard were unharmed or only lightly hurt. The crash halted weekend training for 26 reservists from St. Louis plus a three-man crew.
Texas House and Senate members on a Lubbock visit saw Tech and the city while lawmakers study an extensive park system update. Speaker Byron Tunnell and Rep. Jack Crain noted the cost, but praised the plan as vital if funded within spending bounds. The trip highlighted support from appropriations committees for park funding.
Paula Green a tenth year old from Levelland won the Hockley County Spelling Bee, earning a spot in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Spelling Bee on April 6. She is the daughter of Albert and (Mrs.) Green and attends South Elementary. Other county bees were won by Pamela Wilson of Gail and Charles Browning of Snyder.
A brief note in the RADIO TV PROGRAMS section hints at a device invented to make it easier for people to buy items on credit. The fragment references a modern payment tool and hints at its impact on consumer behavior and spending.
The trial in El Paso centers on mortgage signings linked to Billie Estes. George Krutilek, once a farm bookkeeper, is named as a signer who supplied mortgage bonuses totaling about 177000 dollars for Estes. Prosecutors allege the mortgages lacked real security as fertilizer tanks cited never existed. Krutilek was found dead in a desert car near Clint after Estes was arrested.
The Soviet liner Adm. Nasimov sailed from Havana with potentially 2,000 homebound troops. U S officials say withdrawals lag behind Khrushchev’s promise to remove several thousand by mid March. Castro accuses U S warships of spying as 100 Cuban refugees head to Miami.
Cuban militiamen killed one and wounded another when four men tried to breach the Uruguayan Embassy residence in Havana. The incident follows prior protests as several Latin nations maintain embassies in Cuba amid US and regional tensions.
A child offers a morning prayer asking Jesus for health and guidance. The plea seeks help to be good and obedient, compassion for those who suffer, and joy from performing a kind deed, asking Jesus to lead and unite hearts.
Captain Stanley Lord of the Californian was exonerated by a British investigation after decades of blame from inquiries and Senate probes. The commission ruled the Californian was about 20 miles away and could not have helped the Titanic, ending a long fight that faded with Lord’s death at 84.
Partly cloudy with no great temperature change. High near 70 degrees and winds from the south and southwest reach moderate to strong.
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