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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1964
Page
2
A Turkish leader alleged Greek Cypriots killed hostages after a gunbattle at a cave near Puerto Rico’s Moca area. Reports describe rebels with rifles, carbines, and Communist propaganda, with authorities restricting photos and citing security concerns.
In Hiroshima Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet premier, toured the city and urged preservation of a building as a reminder of nuclear destruction while criticizing U S testing policies. He cited U S insistence on inspection and noted political tensions over a Moscow treaty.
Former President Eisenhower told Christian Science Monitor he would aid Charles H. Percy in his Illinois gubernatorial campaign from Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Sperling Jr reported that Eisenhower praised Percys leadership and planned campaign involvement though no clear GOP presidential preference emerged. He also praised Governor Scranton and discussed Goldwater supporters.
A 25 000 damage suit filed in federal court accuses Dallas business executive John J. Coyle and three Dallas firms of diverting oil company funds to bolster two other businesses. James W. Slade and Richard French, stockholders of Peruvian Oil & Mineral Ltd., allege a captive board and say 1963 withdrawals of 300 000 aided Commercial Recording Corp. and Universal Advertising Co. in Dallas, amid a failed merger and the latter firms’ financial troubles.
A 2 year old mother Rebecca Gage released after authorities declined to charge her with child abandonment. The abandoned baby Waylon Dale McNabb treated at Baylor Dallas Hospital, weighing 11 pounds, has head disease. The child to be moved to Holston hospital then possibly a state hospital in Austin. Grandparents are Gaskins and Herman McNabb of Lubbock. The story also notes a separate early 1960s incident involving J E Gage and a later accident in Lubbock with Wade Randolph.
Governor John Connally urged Texans to support the Vendor Care amendment on the November ballot. He praised the state program, noting more than 7,000 people are vitalized monthly and the state leads in coverage for aged citizens. He said the measure would extend medical aid to those not on old age assistance but lacking income.
Mr and Mrs J B Self of 007 48th Street traveled to Buffalo Missouri on Wednesday to attend the funeral of his mother Mrs F M Self there today.
Bridgewater New Jersey state trooper claims several adults watched a boy drown in a backyard pool. William Farrell, a 9 year old, fell in while Jon Keller was nearby. Despite a bystander expert swimmer, murky water prevented rescue. Farrell dived in, retrieved the boy, but efforts to revive him failed at Somerset Hospital.
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