Probers See Cuban Threat Racial Pact In Birmingham
Board Upheld In Seven Zoning Cases By Jerry Hall. Avalanche Journal staff writer reports City of Lubbock commissioners upheld planning and zoning recommendations, held hearings on about 120 blocks for the 1963 assessment program, opened bids on 34 city parcels, in a session that ran long with over 50 residents present. Land draws 175 bids.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock
Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
Lubbock
Lubbock, Inc
Indiana Avenue
58Th Street
66Th Street
Panhandle Construction Co
Mackenzie Park
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Campfire Girls
Bluebirds
Yellowhouse Canyon
Avenue Q
Avenue K
Rhyne Simpson
Commission
Kent Wagenseller
Bill Groux
Hartford Ave
Everest Summit Victory by U S Climber and Sherpa
An American mountain guide James W. Whittaker of Redmond Washington and Sherpa kinsman Nwang Gombu reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 1 in high winds and bitter cold. Norman G. Dyhrenfurth led the expedition hailing from Santa Monica California as manager.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mt. Everest
James W. Whittaker
Redmond
Wash
Whittaker
Seattle
Mount Rainier National Park
Seattle University
U.S. Army
Nwang Gombu
Sherpa Tensing Norgay
Sir Edmund Hillary
New Zealand
Norman G. Dyhrenfurth
Santa Monica
Calif
Four Point Agreement Reached in Birmingham Race Talks
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said a biracial committee of Negroes and white businessmen had sealed major points of a desegregation settlement in Birmingham. He noted two of four demands were included and full details would be announced today as officials not involved in talks signaled progress.
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Relman Morinirmingham
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Associated Press
Birmingham
Abernathy
Hoffa and Six Associates Indicted in Bribe Case
A federal grand jury indicted Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa and six others on charges of conspiring to influence a jury in his Detroit trial amid alleged bribe attempts. Hoffa posted 10000 bond, others released on 5000 bonds. The nine week trial ended in a mistrial last December.
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Hoffa
Associated Press
Ashville
Tenn
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
U.S
Edward Furia
Ewing King
Teamsters
Nashville
Allen Dorfman
Chicago
Larry Campbell
Inkster
Mich
Thomas Ewing Parks
Campbell
Nicholas J. Tweel
Huntington
W. Va
Continental Tobacco Co
New York
Lawrence W. Medlin
King Parks and Medlin
James Tuck
Grand
Prayer for Nation and Guidance
A devotional prayer asks for divine blessing on the nation and wisdom to forgive others. The petitioner asks God to lift and steady them if they stumble and to grant health and strength to do God’s will in Jesus' name.
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Heavenly Father
Jesus
Heat Wave Hits Texas With Record Temperatures
A scorching heat wave swept West Texas while moist air moved into North Central Texas causing threats of severe storms. Childress and Presidio reached 103 degrees the nation’s highest, with Wink at 101. The Weather Bureau issued then cancelled a Dallas Fort Worth area severe thunderstorm alert as no significant storms formed.
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Arizona
L. R. McHaffey
Phoenix
Mercury
Lezlie Landers
Texas
Childress
Lubbock
Associated Press
Presidio
Wink
Weather Bureau
Dallas-Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Wichita Falls
Vernon
Gainesville
Denton
Sherman
McKinney
Weatherford
Mineral Weatherford
Mineral Wells
Midland
San Angelo
Dalhart
Amarillo
Galveston
Mammoth 525000-Pound Generator Move Starts at Dawn
A 525000 pound General Electric generator will travel 12 miles on a 66 wheel truck trailer to Plant X near Earth in Lamb County. Bill McBride of Trans Western Transport leads the operation for Missouri Valley Contractors. The move required 10 hours to load from a rail flat car and used a specially built hauling unit from Oilfield Truck Equipment Co. in Houston.
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Tanner Lainb
Avalanche-Journal
Southewest
Plant X
Lamb County
General Electric
Southwestern Public Services
Earth
Bill McBride
Odessa
Trans Western Transport, Inc
Missouri Valley Contractors, Inc
Amarillo
General Contractors
McBride
Oilfield Truck Equipment I Co
Houston
Donald Frisby
Amherst
Astronaut Conic Dictionary
A concise definition notes an astronaut as a spaceman who seeks a place in the sun by aiming for the moon. The entry frames space exploration as a bold, aspirational journey tied to discovery and adventure.
Armco Steel unit ships turbine generator for missile gear
The Armco Steel Corp Shef field division reported the turbine generator unit used in missile launching equipment is of the same steel type. The unit weighed a gross 710,000 pounds in rail transport. Details indicate the item moved as described on page 14.
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Armco Steel Corp
Sheffield
Caves Could Hide Soviet Missiles in Cuba Senate Report
Senate investigators say U S intelligence chiefs warn there is grave concern that Soviet long range missiles and bombers may be hidden in Cuban caves Fidel Castro refuses on site inspections U S surveillance and troop estimates vary with possible 40000 Soviet troops in Cuba and undetected arrivals at night ports see BUILDUP Page 14
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
U.S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
United States
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Kennedy
Miami Herald
The
Herald
Man Held In Lootings In Lubbock Case
A 30-year-old New Mexico man, David Garcia of Lovington, faces felony charges for burglaries at Bowman Lumber Co, Shamburger Lumber Co, and R C Taylor Wholesale Tobacco Co in Lubbock. Losses surpassed 2000 dollars, mostly watches and transistor radios. Garcia, identified as driver of a stolen 1952 pickup, was held on bonds totaling 12500 dollars after police chased fleeing suspects. Two other men are being sought for the late Wednesday or early Thursday lootings.
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New Mexico
David Garcia
Lovington
Justice of the Peace
George H. McCleskey
Bowman Lumber Co
13Th St
Shamburger Lumber Co
R. C. Taylor Wholesale Tobacco Co
Ave. G
Shamburger
S. Garcia
East Lubbock
Garcia
R. W. Lee
O. D. Stevens
R. C. Taylor Co
Tobacco Company
Kennedy warns of Soviet space spectaculars ahead
President Kennedy defended the space program against budget cuts and warned that the USSR will launch additional spectacular efforts in the coming months. He urged maintaining the $1.2 billion space budget as part of a $98.8 billion fiscal 1964 plan, saying cuts would provoke public outcry for progress.
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United Press International
Ashington
Kennedy
Russia
Hauge
Dwight D. Rasenhower
Soviet Union
U.S
Weather Map Page 12 C Lubbock and Vicinity
Mostly fair weather in Lubbock area with temperatures in the 90s. Southwesterly winds blowing at 30 to 35 miles per hour across the region.
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Lubbock
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Everest
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Marvin McLarty Jr
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