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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1961

Page

4

Fatal Shootout In Lubbock Police Encounter

In an on scene investigation, patrolman Mobley shot and killed Garcia after a knife attack during a pursuit that began when Garcia confronted nonlocal laborers at a cotton harvest site. Justice of the Peace McCleskey ruled the shooting justifiable after determining Garcia’s threat to officers and witnesses. Survivors include Garcia’s parents and other family members.

Page One Garcia Mobley Case Sam Browne Ced Hagens Barrow West Texas Hospital Lubbock Barro Wlay Na Min Segue Weit Justice of the Peace George H. McCleskey McCleskey Paulk Bednarz Lorenzo Bodnarz Rayhen Bodnarz L. E. Posey Rist Willard Pollock

Federal charges filed on couple nabbed in city

Federal charges of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle were filed against Mary Catherine Lawson and Joe Frank Stewart. Both were held on bonds of 5000 each. Police said Lawson led to Stewart’s arrest after a stop sign incident and a hit and run. The pair had evaded federal authorities since 1958.

Mary Catherine Lawson Wichita Falls Joe Frank Stewart Woodward Okla Justice of the Peace F. R. Land U.S Frank R. Murray 32Nd St Ave. P Tohoka U.S. Highway 87 FBI Stewart

Camel Driver’s Texas Visit With Bashir Continues

The camel driver Bashir and U S President Johnson tour irrigated pastures and bulls along the Pedernales River during a two day Texas visit. Bashir, invited to visit the United States, meets crowds at Johnson City school while Johnson highlights his birth home and early education.

Page Truman Bashir Washington Johnson Pedernales Karachi United States New York Texas Johson Tevision J Son Johnson City Pakistan Ashi

Record Heat and Snow Bring Mixed Weather Across Regions

A mixed weather pattern dropped as much as four inches of snow in northern Maine while the East saw warm spells and a 23 to 40 degree swing. Meanwhile the Midwest enjoyed an Indian summer and light to moderate flooding from earlier rains. Southern California faced continued heat as forecasts expected no relief from near record highs.

United Press New England Kansas Maine

City planning session set at Ming Tree on zoning study report

A 5 15 pm dinner meeting of the City Planning and Zoning Commission will discuss a recently issued zoning study report. Officials said the session will be at Ming Tree restaurant in the city.

City Planning, and Zoning Commission Ming Tree

Lubock Christian College address on community strength

Academic dean Jack W Bates speaks at Lubhock Christian College on community strength, addressing Lub hock Christian School PTA in LCC campus auditorium. Monterey Young Republicans meet at 1926 19th St to condemn Yugoslav pilots training and US jet sales.

Jack W. Bates Lubhock Christian College Lubhock Christian School Parent- Teachers Association LCC Monterey Young Republicans Assn 19Th St Yugoslavia

NASA Eyes Ranger Spacecraft Flight From Cape Canaveral

NASA plans a near term Ranger mission with a moon voyage ambition. Saturn booster first stage will be tested while Atlas-Agena prepares to launch Ranger 2 to send instrument payloads toward the moon and other planets.

PE Canaveral National Aeronautical and Space Administration Mond NASA Ranger 2

Steer With No Name Wins Champion at KC Show

A nameless Shorthorn steer was crowned breed champion as open finals opened at the Kansas City Livestock Show. The steer, owned by a Northfield, Ohio breeder, was selected among top entries after judging.

America the of Northfield Ohi Ami Hametor

Last of Big Three UAW Targets Chrysler Today

UAW President Walter P. Reuther plans to press Chrysler Corp for a dress meeting and demand wage and benefit parity with GM and Ford after ending strikes at Ford. Chrysler, facing internal problems and a 46 percent drop in car output, already seeks concessions.

Detroit UPL United Auto Walter P. Reuther Chrysler Corp Ford Motor Co Reuther UAW Norman Matthews Chrysler Matthews Corporation Ford Reuthers

Liquor Raids Result in Pleas and Fines Across District

Over twenty weeks of raids led to numerous arrests for illegal possession and sale of intoxicants. Soledad Garcia received jail time and fines, while several defendants pled innocent or faced bonds. other cases included check law violations and a DWI guilty plea. Authorities credited undercover work by agents and law enforcement for the operations.

Soledad Garcia 13Th St Jeanie Home Edwin Ochoa Sara Caste Tri Gertrude Sarez View Marines Essandes Fernandes Mottalbo Leeano Cecil Amador Taboka Jodie B. Kiser Midland John M. Durham 20Th St Charlie Hibbler St. Land Juniper St Joane Porte 32Nd St George Edward Hudson Detroit

Paper Reprints Article On Cut Rate Drug Sales

Chicago based American reprints Sunday report about sweeping discount drug merchandising in the Chicago area. The piece notes 100 plus places offer low cost drugs, with discount houses and super marts opening prescription departments. Mail order houses advertise 25 to 40 percent reductions. Some druggists refused to sell the paper over the pricing story, prompting reader calls and complaints.

Chicago UPD American Monday Effie Alley

Meeting Of World Reds Opens Today

The second congress of the Communist Party opens in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses with a lengthy address by Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Delegates and world observers await plans on Berlin Germany Laos the United Nations and disarmament and the course of East West relations. Khrushchev may outline the party mission to prevent thermonuclear war and promote peaceful coexistence and a future Russian utopia. The speech could last six to eight hours and shape Cold War dynamics for years.

Moscow UPI Communist Party Kremlin Palace of Congresses Nikitai Khrushchev Berlin Germany Laos United Nations Khrushchev Russia

Four Women Dead as Grand Jury Deliberates Sex Crime Case

Federal and local investigators pursue charged killer Bion Morse amid a wave of unsolved rapes and murders. Morse, linked to four deaths and suspected in six others, faces charges in St. Paul and connections to crimes from Birmingham to Spokane. The case centers on a nationwide sex crime rampage spanning years.

Paul Minn Bion Morse Morse St. Paul Glorie Brie Carollplanche Boggs Ronan Pol Artic Birmingham Ala Bobbie Ann Landini Atlanta Dayton Ohio Mildeed Lois Chasteen

Kennedy names doctor to lead new mental retardation panel

President Kennedy on Monday named Dr. Leonard Mayo to head a 24 member panel to plan new approaches for prevention and cure of mental retardation. The White House said the panel would meet on Wednesday to discuss national problems and the need to improve conditions for mentally retarded people.

Washington Kennedy Leonard Mayo White House

Circus Still Great Show full of acts and thrills

The review hails Ringling Bros. for a superb performance with Walter Klauser’s bear acts, Syrian bears, Voladors, Harold Alzana on high wire, Trevor Bale’s tigers, the Stephenson dogs, Kings Ranch horses, beloved clowns Lou Jacobs and Otto Griebling, Unus the finger balancer, Merle Evans’s band, and the Zecchini Family cannon finale. The piece urges seeing the show three times to catch every act.

Walter Klauser Pera Vinuse Harold Alzana Trevor Bale Tonto Stephenson Charles Moroski Kings Ranch Lou Jacobs Otto Griebling Unus America Merle Evans Zecchini Herte Klauser Katia Herte Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Klauser

Assistant Postmaster Addresses Stamp Club

Ernest Ohnemus assistant postmaster of Lubbock spoke at the South Plains Stamp Club first annual dinner at Mackenzie Terrace Party House Park Introduced by Dr Earl Hildreth Ohnemus discussed use of the 10 8 mail by distributors of obio tversalyri attending 57 members with out of town guests present

Ernest Ohnemus Lubbock South Plains Stamp Club Mackenzie Terrace Park Earl Hildreth Ohnemus Obio Tversalyri

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