Nations forge anti subversion pact amid Cuban crisis
A meeting on March 20 1963 focused on social and economic programs and reinforced measures against subversive aggression linked to Communist agitation in Cuba and elsewhere in the Americas. Presidents stressed economic cooperation, while Kennedy framed a wall of freedom around Cuba and pledged steadfast sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad Baia Rates
HRNA
Chine Cs
Nism
Cuba
America
Kennedy
Central America
Isthmus
Organization of American States
Senate and House clash over constitutional changes and tax measures
Legislature actions include proposed amendments to remove age and financial limits on senior aid, abolish the poll tax, and authorize bonds to attract industry. Senate passes transit authority bill. House delays debate on lowering voting age and annexation controls. Also notes Central American policy aims and Kennedy housing visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Texas
Dallas
Harris County
Births and public notes mix across city and nation
A parade of birth announcements from Methodist Hospital West Texas Hospital and local clinics lists parents, addresses, and baby weights, including James C Jameson 6 lb 11 oz and others. Separate items recount Kennedy Costa Rica visit descriptions and legislative actions on annexation and historic site bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Jameson
Amherst St
Methodist Hospital
Roger Buckner
Thetford murder details emerge as investigation continues
Clem described the scene with the couple shot once each and no struggle noted in the house. The woman lay on her back head toward a door as a small chair and dryer became involved. Thetford of Ropeasville awaits arrangements after burial plans at Sanders Funeral Home. Survivors include brother Jack Thetford of Denver City sister Geneva Fletcher of Lubbock Co E Bradshaw of Ropesville and grandmother Emma Smith of Lubbock. Production of herring oil is slowing in Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem
Thetford
Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Ropeasville
Jack Thetford
Denver City
Geneva Fletcher
20Th St
E. Bradshaw
Rt. 1
Louisiana Girl To Have Heart Surgery
A 13 year old Sharon Lynn Garrett from Shreveport Louisiana is set for open heart surgery in Houston to repair a heart defect. Relatives say she has had multiple heart attacks in recent weeks after earlier illnesses including polio and pneumonia at age nine. She will move from Methodist hospital to St Luke's Hospital for the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
UPS
Shreveport
Sharon Lynn Garrett
Methodist Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital
Dream Train Reaches 151.88 MPH in Test Run
Japan's Dream express train ran at 151.88 miles per hour during Tuesday test runs on a 20 mile model section of the Tokyo to Osaka project. Officials said the four coach electric train hit top speed and held it for one minute as construction continues toward a 1964 completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
National Railways
Osaka
Reds Goof Up Moscow
A Soviet fishing trawler fleet in Nikolaev could not depart the Black Sea port because flags were not ordered, Izvestia reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REDS
Moscow
Black Sea
Nikolayev
Izvestia
Wilson Youth Takes Top Honors In Hog Show
At a large junior swine event in Wilson, Glenn Lehman won the grand championship with a 220-pound Duroc bred by Blair Lee Evans. Darla Crosby County 4 H won all breed reserve. Walton Maeker and Eddie Joe Moore also earned top placings for Wilson and O'Donnell groups. The six breed results list champions and reserves across Berkshire Hampshire Poland China and other divisions with multiple local 4 H and FFA participants honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Lehman
Wilson Ffa
Barrow
South Plains
T. D. Tanksley
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
College Station
Bobby Lee
Wilson High School
Glenn
Tanksley
Lehman
Tawksley
Frank Blair
Robert Lee
J. O. Evans O'Donnell
Darla
Crosby County
Hampshire
Dallas
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Walton Maeker
Edmund Maeker
O'Donnell Youth
Eddie Joe Moore
O'Donnell
C. A. Moore
W. G. Thomas
Hale Center
Thomas Gregory
Springlake
FFA
Poland
China
Jack Hadaway
Gregory
Carl Gregory
Bob Kropp
Paul Kropp
Lockney
Floyd County
Terry Barton
J. P. Barton
Abernathy Ffa
Clarence Smith
Robert Dodson
Ffaer
Dee Coleman
Post
Post Ffa
Don Rutledge
Danny Daniels
Berkshire
Jimmy Fillingim
Chester
Chester White
New Home
Jim Kropp
Steve Rhoads
Tohoka
Carmen Turnbow
Frenship
Robert Byrd
Jerry Daily
Plainview
Steve Barton
LaNita Wood
O’donnell
Joe Ellerd
Cotton Center
Benny Barton
Ricky Coon
Seminole
David Mitchell
Taylor Knight
Tohoka Ffa
Chariie Williams
Wellforth
Jerry Dally
L_ Don Rutledge
Brownfield
James Neve
Bob Thomas
David McMakin
Jim Wells
Brownfield Ffa
Johnny Kittrell
Hart Ffa
Zeddie Daniels
Stephen Bass
Muleshoe Ffa
Bob Williams
Meadow Ffa
Benny Lobstein
James Verner
Steve Myrick
Ken Sanderson
Imee
Steve Emerson
Lynn Cox
DUROO
Paulette Kropp
Billy Edwards
Charlotte Seaton
Larbuddie Ffa
Jim Johnson
Abernathy
Donne
Gary Heller
Eddie Howard
Daria Harris
Balls
Ronald Hill
Littlefield
Jerry Smith
Joe Emerson
Lynn County
Lynn Pearce
Dawson
City zoning debates and Texas Senate action featured in report
Rep. Quilliam opposed the Adams amendment arguing for broader city powers over extraterritorial areas. He proposed and then revised a measure on subdivision development and construction standards. The home builders group opposed extra territorial zoning. In the Senate, H J Blanchard failed to gain votes to create a veterinary college at Texas Tech. San Angelo College won a four year status by voice vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central America
Panama
House
Senate
Board of ‘Regents
East Texas State College At Commerce
Tarrant
Bexar
Nueces
McLennan
Quilliam
Home Builders Group
Don Gladden
Fort Worth
Home Building Association
H. J
Doc
Texas, A&m
Blanchard
San Angelo’ College
South Plains Area
Andy Rogers
Childress
Pan American College
Rogers
Webb County
School Board approves re elections and budget report
The CRO board approved 1963 64 re election for 1 235 teachers, re elected administrators on three year contracts through 1964 65, and accepted resignations and new hires at Hodges and Roscoe Wilson schools. It backed temporary re election for 65 teachers aged 60 or older, reviewed a February budget with income and expenditures, and noted tax collections and delinquent sums for the district. Attendees included Williams Hill Eckert and trustees Christmann Cochran Hailey Reynolds Whiteside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainsman Hotel
Betty Steward
Hodges School
Linda Stephenson
Roscoe Wilson School
Ttax
Williams
Ishmael Hill
A. W. Eckert
John Christmann
James Cochran
Mark Hailey
James M. Reynolds
James Whiteside
Borge Entertains 2000 in Lubbock Auditorium
Victor Borge, Denmark’s famed entertainer, returned to Lubbock Tuesday night to perform before more than 2,000 fans at the Municipal Auditorium. The show drew hearty laughter as the Danish pianist and comedian offered his signature blend of music and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Sheridan
Avalanche-Journal
Victor Borge
Denmark
Lubbock
Municipal
Government Secrecy Debate At Congressional Hearing
Newspaper executives and editors denounced official secrecy and the right to lie in crises citing Cuba weapons claims and defense information. Critics urged open guidelines, while Borge show and a panel with Arthur Sylvester highlighted press government tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Rowe
Herbert Brucker
The
Hartford
Borge
ABC
Speers
New York
Philhamonic
Leonid Hambro
Hambro
House
Arthur Sylvester
Victor Borge Ends Season With Lubbock Laughs
In the 1962-63 season closer in Lubbock the comedian Victor Borge delivered a show that charmed audiences, using broad humor about his face arms and brain to mark the occasion while My Fair Lady remains the May headliner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Lubbock
Victor Borge
County 4-H Champions Named in Livestock Show
List of 4-H participants with breeds and titles across divisions including grand and reserve grand champions. Names such as Darla Harris and Pete Dodson appear among Meadow and Tahoka entries. FFA and FHA clubs are mentioned with multiple youths and livestock classes.
Gem bandits steal $309000 in Kansas City jewelry heist
Two masked, well dressed suspects robbed the fifth floor offices of Hy Gold in Kansas City taking jewelry valued at $309,000. Nath an Pevsner of Chicago reported $234,000 in diamonds in a valise among the loot while an employee was slugged and restrained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Nathan Pevsner
Chicago
Hy Gold
Alaska military posture readied for rapid reinforcement
The Army maintains about 13,500 personnel in Alaska with two infantry-focused groups totaling around 2,000 and Nike Hercules units at Ft. Richardson and Fairbanks. Navy planes and support ships operate from Kodiak and Adak while the 4th Infantry Division could be airlifted in on short notice. Northern defense includes secretive National Guard infantry and Canadian air defense cooperation for any potential conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Ft. Richardson
Fairbanks
Soviet Siberia
Navy
Kodiak
Adak
4Th Infantry
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Army National Guard
U.S
North American Air Defense Command
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Tandarn Macnaen Empany
Wille Tipton
29Th St
Plains Co-op Oil Mill
Antonio Ruiz
Ave. D
West Texas Hospital
Null and Null Machine Shop
William B. Lamb
50Th St
West Texas Equipment Co
Myrl W. Robinson
45Th St
Heath Furniture Co
Dinator
Alliance For Progress
Edwin Martin
Tommy Shaw Neel
Costa Rica
Gene Luttrell
E. Ast St
Quinn Connelley Pontiac, Inc
Aurelio Romo
Ave. W
Moss Gordin Lint Cleaner Co
Cruz Tienda
Levelland
Laut
Levelland Hotel
Jose Garcia
Latif Clinic
Service Compress
el Bosque
San Jose
Habitante
Six Nations
St. Joseph
JFK
Francisco J. Orlich
Carlos Humberto Rodriguez
United States
Hemisphere
Francisco Olivarez
Idalou
Saur Clinte
Luther Bryan Clegg
62Nd St
Chris Harwell
A.3.c
Allan B. Caughey
12Th
St. Levelland
Alson
Reese Air Force Base Hospital
Rese
Norway
Louisiana
Wilson Youth
Maeker
Arctic Ocean
Point Barrow
Washington
City
Solons
Iplea
Rep
Adams
CRO
Freeman Napier Jelks III
Savannah
Freeman Jelks Jr
Zany Dane
Yaa
County
Darla Harri
Joe Moore
Johnnyng
Tehoka
Taston
Beminde
Bob K
Green
Bob
Ke Poland
Va Limniwalghi
Lee
Atal
O'Donnell Ffa
Leonard Melcher
Bran Jey i
Tahoka Fra
Benny Lob
Robert
Pete) Dodson
In Blake
Bill Gitta
Sonar
PRA
Johnny Roweers
Tahoka Fha
Ronnie Dunn
Vniearewelgi
Crass Naber
Monterey Ffa
Mike Reid
Tanoks Ffa
Johnny Turner
Janeen
Darrai Jenkina
Fubboeke
Kenrath Burford
Cham Sart Dodson
Duroc
Hanpenire Te
Gem Bandits
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