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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1963
Page
3
The Texas House race ends its opposition to Rep. Byron Tunnell as Rep. Wilson Foreman of Austin withdraws to support Tunnell. Foreman cites aligning with the Tyler event and notes he may run again in 1967.
Police logged multiple thefts including three residential burglaries with losses totaling 290 dollars. Victims Elizabeth Eden and Alice Chancey reported missing items. vandals damaged property, and two vehicles were looted. Tires, a battery, and a window breakage were noted, with valuations cited for each incident.
Testimony continues in two civil actions in district and county courts here. Otto Goedecke Inc sues T H Henderson for 3219.61 on a cotton contract. Roche couple contest 8818,800 estimated value of property condemned for U S Hwy 84 in Slaton. A jury panel meets at 9 a m for selection in another civil suit. Building permits in Lovington total 555,600 in April and 212,448 for January–April. Teotihuacan culture museum opens near Mexico City in a 1 million project announced by President Lopez Mateos.
Dr. Roger B. Corbett of New Mexico State University spoke at Texas Tech’s Phi Kappa Phi annual banquet outlining student challenges and urging scholastic leaders to act. Initiation of 147 Tech students and three faculty members highlighted the event in the Tech Union ballroom.
President Kennedy spoke at a Congressional Club brunch as a stand in for Mrs Kennedy who is expecting a baby in August. He praised the wives of congressmen and senators for their support and sacrifices to the public good. He attended about five minutes and noted his own past service in the House and Senate.
In Dallas an early morning fire killed Cindy Lee nine and Marti Mae twelve, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Folkerts. Their mother saved others but was burned and cut. two younger children Tobi Ann six G and Thomas twenty three months were hospitalized in critical condition. Dr Folkerts, a field veterinarian for Blanco Products Co., was in Gonzales on business and believes the blaze started in a floor furnace.
Roswell man Wayne Allen Gorman Jr. 21 is returned from Washington on a federal warrant charging unlawful flight from New Mexico to avoid prosecution for a $3,000 safe burglary at a Roswell supermarket. Police say he hid in the store after hours and escaped with the loot. Danny Odom, 17, was chosen for American Legion Boys State at the University of Texas June 3-15.
Two suspects in a Thursday morning burglary of a Lubbock man’s apartment were charged with felonies by Assistant District Attorney James R Edwards. Jerry Lee Duncan 23 Sea Graves and Richard Lee Smith 24 2305 27th St were each bond set at 7500. A phonograph and clothing were recovered. victim Joe Jefferson 807 Ave O Apt C reported missing items. Police traced a license plate, then arrested the men around 9:30 a.m. Both remained jailed in Lubbock County Thursday afternoon.
Five East German jugglers refused to return home after performing in Vienna. The Wallastrons, a group tied to West Berlin’s Information Bureau West, were identified as members by the bureau. A sixth member returned to East Germany after the visit.
About 100 spectators watched silently as a group of ten white and Negro freedom searchers moved toward the Alabama line from Chattanooga. Billie Sol Estes visited, then the group planned to rest in Rome and press toward Attalla, while arrests of Negro participants occurred for breach of the peace.
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