Grand Jury Eyes Lubbock Home Loan Falsifications
A Lubbock homeowner and spouse along with a lending official testified before a grand jury probing alleged home loan falsifications. The inquiry, first in Lubbock then to Austin, centers on double contracts and inflated values, with several Texas cities cited for similar issues. Proceedings remain secret and the jury plans further hearings next week.
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Austin
Dist
Atty
Alton Griffin
Texas
Grand Jury
Griffin
Department of Public Safety
Texas Real Estate Commission
Attorney General's Office
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Midland
Odessa
el Paso
California
Pampa
Grand
Robert H
Chinese freighter Yue Jin Ho torpedoed claim disputed
Rescued crewmen say the Yue Jin Ho was struck three times and sunk in the Yellow Sea about 120 miles southwest of Cheju Island. MSB doubts torpedoing, cites possible mine or grounding. no injuries reported among 59 crew. U S Navy says no allied subs seen in area.
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Associated Press
KYO
Japan
Yellow Sea
Japanese Maritime Safety Agency
MSB
Cheju Island
Korea
U.S. Navy
Isamu Wada
U.S
Red China
Japannese Maritime Self-Defense Force
Navy
May Day parades mix peace appeals across nations
May Day highlights show leaders from Communist and democratic states calling for peace. Moscow and Havana led a rocket parade while Peking skipped the parade and displayed Mao portraits. Khrushchev Castro China Albania observers noted as Raul subs for Fidel.
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Associated Press
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Fidel Castro
Peking
Pope John XXIII
U Thant
Moscow
Lenin Tomb
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Cuba
Rodionix Malinovsky
United States
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Red Square Review
Castro
Red China
Radio Peking
Chou En-lai
Mao Tze-tung
Communist Party
Stalin
Tienanmen Square
Tirana
Enver Hoxha
Raul Subs
Fidel
ATA
China
Feud Flare Shakes Haiti as Bombs Hit Port au Prince
An inter American peace mission met Dominican officials after talks with President Francois Duvalier to ease tensions in the Haiti Dominican dispute. Four bombs exploded in Port au Prince while masses backed the government amid violence and a home burned. The mission eyed safe passage for opponents and wrap up its Haiti work to return to the Dominican Republic.
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Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Caribbean
la Bosse
Clement Barbot
Duvalier
Barbot
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
Dominican
Two Die in Wrecks East of New Deal in County
A 73 year old Lubbock farm operator James Alford Bryant was killed and three others injured in a head on crash east of New Deal on Amarillo Highway near the municipal airport. In a second wreck a seven month old Francisco Jimenez died on arrival at West Texas Hospital. his parents and a 21 month old were treated and released. A third man M L Webb was hospitalized for observation after the 4 3 mile crash on Farm to Market Road 1729.
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Idalou
Antonio G. Jimenez
New Deal
Department of Public Safety
Lubbock County
Lubbock
James Alford Bryant
46Th St
Amarillo Hwy
Muni
Francisco Jimenez
West Texas Hospital
Jose Antonio Jimenez
M. L. Webb
Auburn St
F M
Jimenez
West Texas
Earl Bartley
Jim Singleton
Churchill to retire from politics after 60 years
Sir Winston Churchill announced he is retiring from political life due to greatly reduced mobility. The former prime minister, honored by President Kennedy with US citizenship, said he could not stand for the next general election, which must occur by 1964, and urged the Conservative association to select a well known local candidate.
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Arthur Gavshon Ondon
Sir Winston Churchill
Kennedy
U.S
Churchill
House of Commons
Woodford
House For Commons
Epping
France
Royal Academy
London
Essex
Queen Victoria
King Edimever
Bore: A talker who interrupts others in every moment
A sharp definition appears in the comic dictionary noting a bore as a person who is always talking during the interruption of other people. The entry reflects the lighthearted, witty tone of the page’s humor section.
Milk Price War Grips San Antonio Grocers
Four major San Antonio grocery chains cut milk prices to 29 cents a half gallon and 49 cents a gallon. A key executive likened the move to a gas line price war, predicting a brief spike in prices before returning to normal. A quart price remained unchanged at a higher rate than the reduced half gallon.
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San Antonio
UPI
Cleanup finds scattered debris on Chicago expressways
A spring cleanup on Chicago area expressways uncovered 12 mattresses 18 auto hoods 18 bundles of shingles 33 car bumpers 250 bags of peas in 50 bags of turnips a live w 200 squawking chickens and bricks and concrete blocks for building several houses.
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Chicago
UPI
Showers Return Across Texas Panhandle and West
A slow rebound of moisture spread from New Mexico into the South Plains and West Texas. The Weather Bureau noted showers moving east from Dalhart to Midland with amounts up to .70 inch in spots and widespread lighter rains across Lubbock and surrounding areas.
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Weather Bureau
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Dalhart
Midland
Amarillo
Panhandle
Lubbock
Midate
Muleshoe
Friona
Hereford
Marfa
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cleveland
Michigan
Kansas
Pennsylvania
New York
Dixie
Louisville
Evansville
Ind
Washington
West Texas
Portales
Clovis
Levelland
Olton
Morton
Littlefield
Sudan
Lockney
Tulsa
Plainview
Hale Center
Abermathy
Slaton
Crosbyton
Idalou
Alpine
Browns Iville
Presidio
San Angelo
San Lee
Grand Jury Indicts 41 in Lubbock slayings and cases
Grand jurors in 140th District Court returned 41 true bills in 49 felony cases presented by District Attorney Griffin and Assistant Nelson. One murder with malice indicted against Lorenzo Negro for a shotgun death at a farm near the Lubbock Crosb y County line. Other indictments include assault with intent to murder and DWI, plus forgeries and passing worthless checks.
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Lorenzo Negro
Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal
Wrand
140Th District
Alton R. Griffin
George Nelson
Bean
Willie D. Lister
Cristobal Sosano Rodrigues
Rodrigues
Lorenzo Clinic
W. E. Brown
Lubbock-Crosby County
Hilario Merz Berlanga
Ave. R
Fair Park Coliseum
Aurelio Raul Cortes
David St
Griffin
Berlanga
Cortes
James William Paxton
Lorenzo
Jimmy Lee Grant
Ave
Fabian Salinas
Dixie Dr
Barney Strickland
Clovis Rd
Henry Melvin Sanders
66Th St
William Vinnie Timmons
Clemson
Carl L. Riddle
Bobby Dean Rogers
San Marcos
Calif
Frances Vaughman
William Henry Grimsley
Daily Prayer Message from Mrs C Cathey of Ralls
Today's prayer asks Jesus to guide daily life and replace hate with love. The brief note from Mrs. C Cathey in Ralls expresses a devoted aim to serve Thee each day and to let prayers fill hearts with Thy love.
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Jesus
Mrs. C. Cathey
Problems of high school marriages studied at tech meet
Vaughn Hendr ie Hie] high school dropout and a bride who learned marriage is not glamorous were analyzed at a workshop for West Texas School Study Council administrators and counselors at Texas Tech. Dr. Lee Burchinal urged education and guidance at home and school, suggested not punitive approaches, and advocated supporting marriages while ensuring graduates finish high school. He called for researching dropouts by reasons rather than general traits and noted the high school marriage trend, especially among girls with older non-graduates as partners.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Hie
West Texas School Study Council
Texas Tech
Lee Burchinal
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Sion
Burchinal
Weather Map Lubbock Cloudy Warm with Scattered Thunderstorms
A weather map for Lubbock and vicinity shows cloudy to partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions with high near 83. A few scattered thundershowers possible late afternoon into early night. Winds southerly 20 to 35 mph.
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Lubbock
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