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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1963
Page
5
After the coup ends the Ngo family rule in South Vietnam, crowds cheer at Xa Loi Pagoda as Buddhists rally. Diem and Nhu deaths are disputed with reports of killings by soldiers and a possible church disappearance, while Can guards the new regime and U.S. diplomats weigh recognition.
SANTE FE RP The New Mexico legislature begins a special session under court direction to reapportion the 66 member House of Representatives District Judge Caswell Neal ordered reapportionment or he would do it himself after a suit by Rep David Cargo. Neal proposes population based districts with one representative per county. Gov Jack Campbell to outline expected plans and about six bills are anticipated including two major proposals from the Legislative Council Service.
Filipino editorial pages express guarded optimism that the coup against Diem may renew vigor in the anti communist war in South Viet Nam. Pravda denounces U S involvement saying the coup changes nothing and recalls past U S backed rulers amid charges of repression and human rights abuses.
The article describes a Soviet wedding scene with Valentina Gagarina as matron of honor and Valery Bykovsky as best man. The bride wears a white knee length froth gown with a scooped neckline while the groom sports a dark business suit and ivory tie.
Light showers and thunderstorms moved east over North Central Texas with a new front forming tonight. Snow fell in northern New England and parts of New York state while Maine and Vermont reported accumulations. A cosmonaut wedding story ties up a chaotic line of brief items with scattered showers in the West and a Polish firm plan to build a North African plant.
Mrs. James Joseph an 18 year old Reese Air Force Base wife died at Methodist Hospital after an abdominal gunshot wound sustained when a pistol discharged at the LaGrand home. Detec tives say the weapon went off while Joseph held the gun for display as his wife sat beside him. Funeral plans were pending. A second shooting near Cedar Street left Alonzo Davis wounded in the shoulder and hospitalized with non life threatening injuries.
Morocco reports artillery shelling from Algeria near Colom Bechar 37 miles northeast, while Algeria claims Moroccan artillery ended a lull from Saturday night. Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella and King Hassan II of Morocco agreed in Bamako Mali to a preliminary ceasefire paving a final frontier settlement at an OAU conference. Both nations claim the Sahara frontier rich in iron ore.
A Continental Airlines Viscount turboprop bound from Los Angeles to Houston with stops including Midland landed safely after circling the area for 55 minutes while the crew lowered the main landing gear manually. Flight 212 carried 42 passengers and four crew. captain said hydraulic failure affected the gear but nose wheel worked. Passengers remained calm and will be checked before continuing.
In Saigon crowds celebrate as curfew loosens and bars reopen, dancing and reveling erupt around soldiers. Buddhist pagodas fill again, monks roam freely, and secret police vanish from sight as the military junta relaxes Mai Dai bans. The Gia Long Palace echoes with chants and defiant cheers toward Madame Nhu’s morality crackdown, while streets fill with offerings to soldiers and citizens.
Bragg says the Freeman TOTS series is canceled with little chance of rescheduling. He notes uncertainty over the cancellation's cause but suspects it relates to policies of the Kennedy administration. Local efforts to attract a crowd for the Secretary have been intense for two weeks as Lubbock was expected to draw a sizable turnout.
A fatal crash near Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church left a boy dead after Ordonez’s car veered from the left shoulder and overturned two to three times. Occupants were ejected. the boy landed 20 feet west of the car, his brothers five feet east. Police estimate the miss distance was about two feet. Funeral services are pending.
A lonely monument stands as a salute to Boley Brown, remembered for living by the code Every man is equal. He was charitable and philanthropic, embodying a belief in equality and service. Mme Nhu speaks of children’s safety as part of the memory.
Washington sent a telegram to Mme Ngo Dinh Nhu saying three of her children were unharmed after the weekend coup in Saigon. They would be flown to Rome for a reunion with their mother and elder sister Le Thuy. The embassy relayed assurances from Gen Tran Van Don that conditions in Dalat and Phan were stable and that travel facilities would expedite the journey. Mme Nhu replied but did not disclose contents. Also, Tran Chuong criticized his daughter over her U S role in the coup, saying he doubts U S involvement and urging privacy.
A multi-vehicle crash near Selins Grove Pennsylvania killed five children and a man, while a separate fire in North Carolina claimed five lives. In Texas a feature on the West Texas cattleman Boley Brown recounts his 24 Ranch legacy and a marble grave marker marking his death site.
A 64 year old Frenchman Henri Joblot leaped 200 feet to his death Sunday from a Notre Dame cathedral tower in Paris. Police said he hid in the right tower after closing time and plunged into Archbishop's Garden as visitors walked the area during sunny weather.
US officials in Washington condemned the killings of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu after their detention by revolutionary forces in Saigon. A high government source rejected earlier private views that the brothers suffered a deserved fate, stressing it does not reflect U.S. leadership. Officials declined to comment on Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu's claim that Diem's death is an indelible stigma on the United States.
In Cleburne an early Sunday fire in the industrial district ruined the Madsen chair factory assembly and offices and a nearby contractor’s building. Fire Chief Tommy Wiginton estimated damage upward of $100,000. The blaze began in the mill and spread through the assembly department and offices.
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