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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1963

Page

6

Freed Yale Professor Returns Home From Moscow

Yale professor Barghoorn, 52, was released by Soviet authorities after arrest on espionage charges during a visit to the USSR. He flew to London then to the United States, signaling possible renewal of cultural exchange talks between the two powers.

Kennedy Russia Barghoorn Soviet Union Washington Moscow FBI Bargheern United States Valerian Zorin London Pravda Communist Party West Berlin West Germany

Kennedy Victory Seen In Cold War Release Of Barghoorn

London sources say Khrushchev ordered Yale Professor Barghoorn freed to keep U S lines open. Western headlines call it a cold war triumph for Kennedy with praise from Rockefeller McCormack Ribicoff Mundt and others.

Avalanche-Journal News Services London Kremlin Yale Frederick C. Barghoorn Nikita Khrushchev United States Ussr Khrushchev Barghoorn Kennedy Sunday Mirror Russia Sunday Express Moscow Soviet Union Washington Nelson A. Rockefeller New York GOP House John W. McCormack D-Mass Abraham A. Ribicoff Dconn Karl E. Mundt R-Sd

Yale Professor Barghoorn warmte? Homecoming near

Yale professor Frederick C Barghoorn told his mother in London he is safe but not yet certain when he will return. Elizabeth Barghoorn, 80, bought steak and beer in anticipation and thanked President Kennedy for intercession via White House call and telegram.

Kennedy Lasteek Moscow State Department White House Barghoorn New Haven Conn Yale Frederick C. Barghoorn London Elizabeth Barghoorn Kennedy Palm Beach

Floydada Band Wins Honors At Seagraves Meet

Floydada High School marching band directed by Dan Whitaker won the Outstanding Band trophy and first place in AA at Seagraves Invitational at Eagle Field. Olton placed second in AA, while Ralls and Idalou won Class A, and RopesVille and Wilson won Class B. Fifteen bands competed. trophy presentation by drum major June Belcher. Photographer J. H. Wilburn was injured in a bleacher fall and hospitalized in Lubbock.

Seagraves Floydada High School Olton Leslie Ross Ralls Charles Watson Idalou Ken Briden Ropes of Ropesville Barbara Lovett Wilson Oliver Mayes Dean Killion Lubbock Gene Smith Denver City Ray Robins Phillips June Belcher J. H. Wilburn Methodist Hospital

Local births announced from Ropesville to Wilson area

A sequence of birth notices records newborns across West Texas towns including Ropesville, Littlefield, Taylor and Wilson. Parents’ names, addresses, birth weights from 4 pounds 14 ounces to 7 pounds 14 ounces and times from early morning to afternoon are listed with fathers’ occupations such as farmer, barber, ironworker, truck driver, and station attendant.

City Mishap Claims Two Lives and Injuries In Big Crash

Large collision led to two deaths and multiple injuries across the South Plains. Miss Jones survived with minor wounds while Hogg suffered a neck injury from the crash. Witness Henry Housour helped with first aid and assisted transport to hospital. Funeral arrangements for the deceased were under way as officials tallied yearly tolls.

Henry Housour 52Nd St Housour Miss Jones Hogg Foster Sanders Funeral Home West Texas Hospital Houseur Rix Funeral Home Methodist Hospital Mojica Frank Martinez Ave. K Pilar Martinez Ave Navies Martinez John Martinez Ebaristo Martinez South Plains

Bank to Erect Modern Citizens Center with Office Tower

The project includes a 125 by 78 foot tower with three elevators and electronically filtered air conditioning. Floors three through eleven will be leased for offices, with a 150 seat auditorium on the second floor for tenants and civic groups. The bank operates from the motor bank below, and an understreet passage will link to the parking building across 14th Street.

Trust Department 14Th Street Bank Citizens iCenter Motorbank Motor Bank Bank I Williams Citizens Center R. Turner Kimmel Atcheson, Atkinson and Cartwright

City Man Dies In Club Shooting

A 23 year old Lubbock man Joe Carrizales of 118 S Ave N died on arrival at Methodist Hospital after an abdominal gunshot wound from an incident at the Lasso Club on Tahoka Highway shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday. A man covered in blood reported shooting a man at the club and was taken to police headquarters for questioning.

Block Ave Cataratino Mojica Waco Tammy Robert Earl Renfro Vernon Santa Fe Railway Co Slide Road Brownfield Road Renfro Lubbock Sheriff's Deputies Joe Carrizales Methodist Hospital Carrizales S. Ave. N Tahoka Hwy Shriners S. Khiva Shrine Temple Broadway Oasis Shrine Club Hereford

Dodson Dies in City Hospital at 29 in Lubbock service in Magnolia

James Harley Dodson 29 of 720 Ave B Denver City died 7 p m Saturday at Methodist Hospital Lubbock. Services will be held in Magnolia Arkansas under Lewis Funeral Home direction. Survivors include wife two daughters mother Ida Mae Belk Texarkana father Lewis Dodson Texarkana grandparents Will Camp Magnolia Ark brother Dale Dodson Magnolia Ark sister Edna Holt Magnolia Ark

Denver City James Harley Dodson Ave Methodist Hospital Lubbock Magnolia Ark Lewis Funeral Home Ida Mae Belk Texarkana Lewis Dodson Will Camp Dale Dodson Edna Holt

Memorial bench honors composer of A Long Way To Tipperary

The Birmingham Worcestershire music hall figure Jack Judge, writer of A Long Way To Tipperary, was commemorated with a stone bench presented to the mayor of Oldbury.

Birmingham Jack Judge Tipperary Oldbury

Three Dead From Page One On Margaret Lee Farm Fire

An early page one report describes a fatal house fire on the Margaret Lee farm. Mrs Evelyn Free man is identified as the mother, with the Gamble children noted as relatives. An observer recalls the blaze spreading quickly as women could not reach the children. The home stood among three on the farm, now rented by J W Archer.

Four Burned In Denver City Heater Blast

Four Denver City men were burned in an explosion of a heater treater at an oil storage tank battery unit southwest of Denver City. Billy Summers 29 Jesse Melott 36 Larry Hall 21 and Terry King age unknown suffered various burns and were treated at Morton Memorial Hospital Yoakum County Hospital Denver City with conditions described as satisfactory fair good. Field notes indicate Hall sustained third degree burns to face arms chest back and legs while Melott had minor burns and King had a broken arm and burns on his arm.

Morton Denver City Here Billy Summers Terry King Jesse Melott Larry Hall Summers Morton Memorial Hospital Melott Hall King Yoakum County Hospital

Shriners Hold Diamond Ring Contest At SOC Fair

Charles E. Oktavec of Lubbock won the diamond ring in a morning event at the Shriners SOC convention. Six noble initiates competed as the James Beverly Hillbillies mock ceremony played out for guests. Potentate Whitaker said the ring contest adds color to each initiation.

Shriners Charles E. Oktavec Lubbock Beverly Hillbillies Oktavec Potentate Whitaker Charles Oktavec Larry Dale Wortham Abernathy Khiva Shrine Wortham

Shrine conventions spotlight charity and medical aid reach

Octavec and aides mock Beverly Hillbillies for an award while candidates include H Dan Johnston Dale Wortham Glenn McMennamy Jim Amie Brown and Johnny Hinds at a Lubbock style show. Whitaker cites Shriner hospitals treating 300000 children and three new burns centers in Texas Boston and Cincinnati with $314 million costs and free aid to the needy.

Oktavec Beverly Hillbillies H. Dan Johnston Lubbock Dale Wortham Abernathy Glenn McMennamy Amarillo Jim Amie Brown Hereford Johnny Hinds Plainview Lubbock Country Club Potentate Whitaker Texas Galveston Boston Mass Cincinnati Ohio Whitaker Oasis Shrine Club Pampa Shrine Club North America Potentate Knivn Bill Holmes Rabban Johnny Heket Bill Fairly

No Interest Conflict Found In TFX Deal

The Justice Department found no conflict of interest in Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric handling of the multi billion TFX contract. A DOJ spokesman said the inquiry showed no violation of federal conflict of interest law.

Washington UPI Justice Department Defense Sec Roswell Gilpatric Gilpatric

Kennedy witnesses display of American rocket might at Cape

President Kennedy tours Cape Canaveral facilities on Merritt Island as Saturn I stands ready and a Polaris missile launch from the submarine USS Observation Island is observed. He praises naval power, air space progress, and the moon program pace toward a 1968 goal amid debates on cost.

Merritt Island Observation Island Atlantic Andrew Jackson Kennedy Caribbean United States Russia Moon Cape Moon Port

Hockley Farmer Pearl Smallwood Dies At 62

Pearl Smallwood 62 a Hockley County farmer died near Stratford Saturday morning after working there about a week Services will be at 10 a m Monday at the First Baptist Church Levelland with Dr Bill Cook officiating Burial will be in Levelland City Cemetery under George Price Funeral Home direction Survivors include a daughter Mrs Capitola Anderson of Lovaton two sons John R of Levelland and Joe M in the U S Navy a brother J L Smallwood of Levelland two sisters Mrs Mary Richardson of Levelland and Mrs Dean McBee of Enoch and four grandchildren Pain bearers were Joe Richardson Jimmy Lee Richardson Gordon Crouch Stanley Sanders Lou McBee and J L Barnett

Levelland Pearl Smallwood Hockley County Stratford First Baptist Bill Cook City of Levelland Cemetery George Price Funeral Home Capitola Anderson Lovington John R Joe M U.S

City Resident Dies Rites Are Pending

Anderson Lawson 81 of 1009 Ave C died at 8 50 p m in West Texas Hospital Funeral services are pending at Rix Funeral Home He is survived by his wife two sons Dennis 1704 E 47th St A C 1009 Ave C two daughters Mrs B A Moose 2406 E 5th St and Mrs Steve Burnett 101 Ivory 11 grandchildren 11 great grand children and a sister Mrs Emma Dillashaw Oklahoma

Anderson Lawson Ave. C West Texas Hospital Rix Funeral Home Lawson Dennis E. 47Th St A. C Ave. C. I B.A. iMoose E. 5Th St I Steve Burnett Ivory Emma Dillashaw Oklahoma

Also Mentioned on This Page

Happy Mother Wives Floydada Maxine Loner Ropesville Charles David Streety 15Th St Littlefield Taylor Hospital James Wilburn Rodgers 39Th St Pablo Marates Ave. W Laibbock Osteopathic Hospital Western Pipe & Sleeve Charley Kulms Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital Robert E. Stepp Purdue Latif Clinic Jackson Debnting Co Edward Quebedo Woodrow Lauf Clinic Antonio Reyes. Wilson Glen W. Holmes Fordham St Cement and Supply Co Apolinar Lopez Crosbyton Ain Lauf Guadalupe Cerda Ave. 8 Laut Clinic Julian Rodriguez Rt. 1 Morris Madrano Baylor iClinic Buford Miguel Cantu Lauf Clime Joe Hazlewood Darvin K. Hogg Ave. A City Hospital Denver Cape Canaveral Tuta Leroy Gordon Coopler Jr Virgil I. Grissom
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