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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1964
Page
2
A 17 year old girl perched on a Brooklyn school window ledge for an hour and a half before leaping four stories into a safety net. She was not injured. A priest teachers and classmates urged her to come inside during the dramatic incident.
Sergeant Richard W. Whitworth set to depart for Formosa to join the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Taijei Taiwan for an administrative operations post. After 18 years in the Army he expects retirement in Lubbock once the Formosa tour ends, with departure on June 10. The MAAG unit in Formosa is described as one of the largest and most important in its mission serving the Republic of China. The government also announced that Ngo Dinh Diem’s family assets totaled about 200 million dollars as of Monday.
A jury of twelve with eight members chosen will hear the Bailey murder case of Andresio Rojas. The accused allegedly shot Mendoza and four others in downtown Muleshoe prompting a shooting spree that injured bystanders including 2 year old Brighdia Salinas. Salinas is hospitalized at Gonzales and due to arrive for testimony as the trial proceeds.
Texas Tech engineering dean John T. Bradford will join nine resource persons at a University of Southern California led conference in Idyllwild. The recently appointed deans will discuss heavy administrative duties and management gaps across sessions on various topics.
The Professional Women’s Club hosted a Japanese dinner at the Women’s Club on Broadway. Guest speaker Mrs. 2 Ralph Grant recounted a month in Japan with a Southern Missionary team while Kondo demonstrated utensils and discussed administration and engineering topics.
Lubbock County Commission approved payment of 106 877 67 in special bills and authorized 28 equipment use applications. The record notes general fund disbursements for light fixtures, road and bridge, hospital, and various construction and repair items.
Lubbock Courts issued marriage licenses to Ralph Michael Speeig and Nancy, and to Kamer Dioeman and Gladys Pyneman, with additional names listed in the record. The certificates reference ages and local participants amid the formal proceedings.
A Bloomfield New Jersey resident recalls a Norwich orphanage memory from the 1890s. A doll from a suspected American aunt becomes a test of attachment as an uncle carves a new face to teach restraint and love’s enduring reach.
Police captured two African American men, one Dwight Leonard Hall, after questioning about last Wednesday's theft of 8 cases of shoes from Dunlap's downtown store on Broadway. Shoes valued at $263.52 were recovered, 13 pairs remained with owners, and Hall reportedly sold them for $3.50 a pair.
Police note office relocation underway from 1910 Knoxville Ave to 2702 71st St. Vandals reportedly caused 200 to 300 dollars in radiator damage to three trucks at Sunset Motor Lines 219 34th St. Curtains and carpeting missing at two houses 4501 42nd St. and 4508 43rd St per D F Cooper.
District 46 retailers and seinha are set for the annual spring meeting at Johnson House South with a sales training and promotion program. A new vehicle registration station opens at the Old Plains National Bank building and at county offices. plates due by midnight April 4. Tony Glison, longtime Lubbook salesman, is remembered in Santa Anna California. The Baptist Association gathering occurs at First Baptist Abernathy with ministers Boyce Evans and Jama Efind speaking. Three year old Steven Gwinn was treated and released after a minor traffic collision on East Broadway near Mac Kernie Park. his father Jarus Gwinn’s car struck Mrs. Frances Ballou’s vehicle.
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