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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1963
Page
6
U S officials press Foreign Office for details over the arrest of a Yale professor on sabbatical to study the European Socialist camp. The professor had been preparing a new book when detained and has drawn government attention since Tuesday.
City officials study state and local laws to curb drivers cutting through private property to dodge traffic signals. A traffic safety meeting is set as the panel considers an ordinance and notices will be sent to 103 violators near Hardage's station warnings that police are patrolling the intersection.
Officials at the Medina Atomic Energy Commission site described a controlled blast as part of daily safety tests. Workers were briefed and kept on normal duties while observers reported a plume, shattered glass in nearby stores, and no injuries.
Mahon described a network of weather stations proposed to aid Congress, noting initial development three years ago focused on the Mississippi Delta across Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi. He said a House subcommittee ignored the request and the Senate panel under Sen John McClellan offered no clear action.
A 16 member Soviet goodwill delegation arrived in New York amid hostile U.S. State Department remarks over the arrest of Yale professor Frederick C. Barg hoorn on spy charges. Leaders said they saw no link to the arrest as they begin a three week cross country tour visiting Washington New York Cleveland Chicago San Francisco and Los Angeles to meet cultural and civic leaders.
A series of birth notices lists parents and newborns in West Texas. Names include Air and Mrs James Rogers, Jeffery Don Cook, Ubaldo Garza, Theo Brinson, Archie English, Antonio Ortez, Thurman Perry, Jerry Bob Drake, James F. Fluhr, Octaviano Barelo, Roberto Rios, and Eddie Slaughter. Hospitals cited include West Texas Hospital, Methodist Hospital, Taylor Hospital, and Reese Air Force Base Hospital. Weights range from 3 pounds 9 ounces to 7 pounds 7 ounces with times noted for each birth.
Morse proposes cutting about 50 million to maximize private enterprise use in education health housing and agriculture and to curb aid to South Korea and Formosa. He says Chiang Kai-shek has more Formosa generals than the US military and that the South Korean army should be used for civilian rebuilding. Gruening notes Cambodia rejects US economic or military aid and Argentina and Brazil fail Alliance for Progress criteria, suggesting 18 to 20 million could be cut.
Snow flurries covered most of the Middle West with the heaviest on the south and southeast shores of the Great Lakes. Light rains moved across the Northeast as moisture also dampened Washington and Oregon coasts.
The Army announced plans to equip U S and allied forces in Europe with the Pershing solid fuel ballistic missile early next year The weapon will replace two Redstone units and features mobility by tracked carrier and helicopter transport The Pershing weighs about five tons and is 35 feet long with a 40 inch diameter.
Rites are at 10 30 a m today in the First Methodist Church for Mrs. Ethel Brown Waugh a Lamesa resident since 1923 who died Tuesday The Rev E D Landreth and the Rev Walter Horn will officiate Burial is in Lamesa Memorial Park under Higginbotham Funeral Home supervision Pallbearers are Jim Grammer George Elland Fred Flant Iniken Bob Lee Bill Nix and Jim Neely
In Manila the Liberal party led by President Diosdado Macapagal gained early momentum as eight Senate seats were contested. With 23,182 of 43,401 precincts tallied, five Liberals ioned ahead while three Nacionalista opponents trailed.
UN spokesman said a wounded American was injured in the demilitarized zone about 60 miles northeast of Seoul during border marker checks. The injured serviceman, name withheld, had a thigh wound and was in good condition at a U.S. Army hospital. Three Americans were killed in late July in related strikes. UN sought a Military Armistice Commission protest meeting.
Fourteen-year-old Phillip Ramsey was treated and released after a collision involving two motor scooters driven by Mike Lewis and James Anglin and a car driven by Tommy Haley on a parking lot at 50th Street and Flint Avenue. Ramsey, son of Charles and wife, rode Lewis's scooter and was transported by a Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home ambulance. The crash occurred about 6 p.m. Police report weather-related freeze warnings across North Central and Northeast Texas with subfreezing readings along the Red River and no rain.
A ceremony in Milam County granted U S citizenship to a diverse group from Mexico Germany Canada France Great Britain and more. Judge Fisher presided as Hazel Studdard clerk administered the Oath of Allegiance translated into Spanish by James A. Curry with the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Community volunteers from the Daughters of the American Legion helped distribute flags scrolls and welcome cards to new citizens and an instructional class facilitator led the group through the citizenship process.
Delegates at the Texas Farm Bureau convention adopt a revised cotton policy to retire land by voluntary bids and tighten boll weevil controls. A separate effort urges no sale of grain to Russia and calls for stronger poll tax reform and higher hunting license fees to fund screwworm eradication. Judith Williamson case intensifies search as bloodstained books surface.
Atherton California UPI reports Ralph A. Tudor undersecretary of interior dies of a heart attack at his home. Delegates sparred over a cabinet resolution 268 to 244 with debate on ACP payments and farm policy. The discussion touched on self reliance for Texas farmers and debt payment.
A Lubbock contractor submitted the lowest bids for two State Highway Department jobs in Austin. Henry L. Stafford bid 1,568,998.75 to build Loop 289 segment three and 324,507.36 to reconstruct 8.4 miles of FM 2255 from U.S. 82 to near Reese AFB. Awards by the State Highway Commission expected within about ten days.
West Point and Cornell graduate, founder and president of Tudor Engineering in San Francisco, organized the company in 1950. He earlier worked on major consulting projects and was a senior design engineer on the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Tudor now maintains offices in Washington Lisbon and Lima with the San Francisco base.
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