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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1963
Page
2
Austin AP report says a dismissed Houston teacher was fired over alleged paddling at a Negro school. The State Board upheld Northeast Houston district and commissioner decisions after a controversial appeal, with Hattie Briscoe of San Antonio criticizing the board.
Early plans call for a 300 foot balloon carrying a 225 pound package of instruments to study cosmic rays. Launch postponed at NCAR due to upper wind direction. success depends on wind shift. Sponsored by Case Institute of Cleveland.
Presentation of special awards at four city schools Monday opened Fire Prevention Week observances. The event, sponsored by the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce fire prevention committee, will honor schools with perfect participation in the home safety checklist. Miniature fire trucks were awarded, and Lubbock firefighters demonstrated aerial ladder use at each site Kozeman Parkway Posey and North Ave Schools.
The Avalanche Journal reports 26 969 in Sunday school attendance across 81 churches last Sunday, higher than the previous week. The list names numerous Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Church of Christ, and Spanish Assemblies among others with varied street and district references.
Don Yarborough of Houston said he will announce by December first whether he will run against Governor Connally. The Texas cattle market shows weaker prices as heavier cattle move slower, with slaughter weights up and down the state factors. USDA and TSCRA notes attribute the decline to higher weights, lighter demand, and increased feed costs impacting Texas feedlots.
Dr. Byron R. Abernethy will deliver the principal address at a Four-State Legislative Conference banquet in Rapid City tonight. The event gathers lawmakers from Wyoming Montana South Dakota and North Dakota to discuss constitutional revisions and state rights with Abernethy, a former Texas Tech government professor and Ford Foundation research grant author. He departs today to Rapid City where he will lecture on legislative problems and joint state action.
President Kennedy formally nominates Lt. Gen. Wallace M. Greene Jr. to be commandant of the Marine Corps with a four year term starting January 1. Greene would be promoted to full general, succeeding Gen. David M. Shoup as the White House had announced earlier.
Washington senator Russell B. Long says he supports selling wheat to the Soviet Union only for cash or gold. He states he would trade grain for hard currency and urges securing cash or gold, warning that otherwise another buyer would step in.
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