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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1963
Page
8
Western observers glimpse popular anger at the government as security forces try to contain Buddhist protests after a monk dies in a self immolation. Crowds confront police near the central market while troops guard schools in Litigan and critics question Kennedys stance on Vietnam.
NBC journalists Grant Wolfkill and others were attacked by plainclothesmen near a government security presence in Saigon, with Wolfkill and a colleague hospitalized or attended to for head and spine injuries. Photographs from the incident were censored while some images circulated abroad. The report ties to a broader U.S. mission withdrawal and local political unrest surrounding Diem’s regime.
Police reported no witnesses to a store shooting while a man faced gambling paraphernalia charges. funeral plans were set and Shores’s whereabouts and past convictions noted. Separately, Cuba faced a grave flood threat as Flora battered Oriente with 115 mph winds, evacuations exceeding 5,000, and Guantanamo Bay subjected to flooding and wild river rises. In Texas A M, the crowd swelled past 38,000 as the Aggies faced Tech with festive pageantry and a high yardage attack.
Durham reported a phone tip that the mare was on a nearby farm, but searches found nothing. College officials call it likely a prank and hope the valuable school horse named Tech Beauty is returned. Dr. Goodwin also voices optimism. Earlier, reports noted youths chased from near Tech Stadium after alleged arson attempts on the gridiron.
A garbled list of birth announcements and parent details appears with scattered times and locations. Names such as Penderarass, Niehiaich Hivgilni, Orin, Valentin Rose, Davide Tones, Thomax Garin, Raymond Reet Grant Pimnyiew, and Daunte Pounce surface amid unclear hospital and scheduling references.
September temperatures stayed above normal with safe frost absence, aiding cotton maturity as irrigation remained favorable. In Lubbock area, crop work continues amid steady ginning prospects, mixed harvest by grain sorghum and castor beans, and ongoing labor and chemical use considerations for later machine stripping.
President Kennedy flew from the White House to Camp David in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains for a weekend rest. His children Caroline and John Jr. accompanied him. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy is vacationing in Greece.
In a TaHoka district court session Judge Bean weighed custody and jurisdiction over a baby girl found abandoned in a church. Testimony covered care by Calhouns in O'Donnell and adoption hopes of Antonio and Bonita Amaro, with mother Mary Mojica asserting paternity and intent to place the child in a good home. Jurisdiction centers on whether Lynn or Lubbock County handles the dependency and neglect petitions and related writs.
In remarks on a trip to the moon race and U S foreign aid President Eisenhower questions the value of a space race as a stunt and urges careful planning of aid. He backs civil rights as a moral issue and favors a stop-at-nothing approach to enforcing the 1957 voting law while urging timely action on public accommodations.
University potential discussion centers on progress toward full university status for Texas Tech. DeBusk urges students, alumni, and faculty to support policy development and facilities improvements while maintaining open enrollment and high school outreach. Judge Bean notes child welfare focus and district court experience guiding juvenile cases and unit efficiency.
Almost 300 insurance claims men attended the West Texas Claims Seminar in Lubbock on Saturday with regional participation. Atty. Gen. Carr spoke at the noon session detailing changes in the Texas Financial Responsibility Law affecting insurers and residents. Carr said his department would provide legal opinions and four top attorneys would study the new bill, with implementation set for Jan. 1. He later joined plans to head to Huntsville for the Ellis Unit dedication and the annual prison rodeo, then to Phoenix for a meeting of western state attorneys general.
Obituary notes Dunlap's death with survivors including son Johnny Mack Jr. brother Jack in Albuquerque sister Mel and Jesse Harmon Copperas grandmother Mrs C R Spears. Services pending at Knowles Funeral Home with local arrangements by Eady Seale Funeral Home. Death raises 1963 South Plains traffic fatalities to 108. IDEAS WA AUCKLAND manufacturers seek U S ideas to expand.
LISBON Portugal TAP inaugurated a weekly jet service to Luanda the Angola capital using Boeing 707 aircraft leased from Sabena Belgian World Airlines. The service marks a direct air link between Portugal and Angola with modern jetliners operating on the route.
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