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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1962
Page
6
At a workers meeting called by Communist functionaries protests rose as workers balked at a four day unpaid cycle. Geidel urged Warmus to flee, asking if he had courage to escape, and Warmus tentatively agreed after hesitation.
The city zoning board weighs numerous petitions from developers and residents. Cardinal Life Insurance Co backs a C-2 request at 3hh S and Ave UL across from a shopping center. others seek R-2 to R-3 changes, P-3 permits, and duplex zoning near 49th and Wrh Stoun.
Report covers six Soviet attempts to reach Venus or Mars, detailing failures in parking orbit and ejection. Orbital placements occurred but ejection and trajectory execution failed, with notes on timing and power issues. Observations span 1961 to 1962, including Venus vicinity projections and distance milestones. The piece compares US and Soviet pace and cites specific probe weights and orbit outcomes.
Miss Gwynne Gee, 17, Hobbs high senior, was named Lea County Fair Queen in Lovington. She will represent the county at the New Mexico State Fair later this month. Gee weighs 125 pounds and has training in riding and writing. She topped a field of six contestants and will ride in the parade at 5 p.m. as the fair opens.
A congested OCR birth notice describes multiple families welcoming daughters and sons at Texas hospitals. Names, dates, times, weights, and parent occupations appear in a tangle of truncated phrases and garbled lines.
Linda Hammond, 17, named queen of the Curry County Fair in Clovis after beating four contestants in horsemanship and personality. She will represent Clovis at the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque later this month with a $50 expenses certificate.other contestants included Theresa Slackburmm Marquitta Wai and Karen Ward. Grady Chamber of Commerce manager Bob Spencer oversaw the event.
McSpadden pled guilty to multiple counts in a federal indictment amid a tense hearing. Prosecutors questioned his 4909 19th St home and farm equipment as McSpadden described cash payments and financing schemes tied to Superior Manufacturing Co and debts from John W Simmons. He cited threats of exposure if he did not cover Simmons debts.
The grand jury names Irene Cavazos 37 of 1708 Walnut accused of performing an abortion on an Amarillo woman in late August. Indictments also list forgery suspects John Robert Bishop and Joel W. Murray from Odessa, among dozens charged with burglary, theft, possession of marijuana, and other offenses across multiple Texas towns.
A Havana protest over alleged Cuban airspace violations by U S planes was delivered to the State Department by Czech Ambassador Miloslav Ruzek. Senators pressed for more information on Cuba while defense and diplomatic leaders urged hemispheric unity against possible threats.
Miss Mississippi Charlotte Ann Carroll won the talent contest in Atlantic City beating 17 rivals as 6,693 spectators watched. She performed a Ohloe Osi themed routine wearing Olive Oyl style cosplay and a raucous twist finale.
William Andrew Honeycutt 71 dies visiting a sister. Services 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church Eunice with Rev Wayland Boyd officiating. Burial 4 p.m. at Tokopa. Griffin Funeral Home directing. Survived by three sons three daughters three sisters twenty grandchildren four great grandchildren. Volunteers from Singapore join Indonesia lampaign in West New Guinea.
Bonds of 500 were retreaiies. day for each of three defendants in County Court-at-Law No. 1 mis demeanor cases. Pleading innocent were Max Powers 22 of 701 Ave O charged in two cases of illegal possession of barbiturate drugs Frank Valdez 17 Slaton charged with shoplifting and Raymond Navarro 30 of 206 Ave U named in a DWI complaint. Testimony resumes at 9 a.m. in a 140th District Court civil suit for an accounting of a joint purchasing enterprise and for 139,952.88 judgment. The suit was brought by Clarence Young of Lubbock County against J B Marion with Judge Robert H Bean presiding. Mack Henderson Jr 37 of 3620 EF 14th St was named in a forgery complaint filed Wednesday in connection with a Piggly Wiggly incident where a 68.50 check passed. I C Morrow 2701 66th St reported theft of a wristwatch from his car at American State Bank lot. Missing from Bailey and Howard Sheet Metal Co 3827 Ave A were two boat trailer tires. An attempted burglary at Clark’s Discount Department Store warehouse 108 23rd St also under investigation.
Heavy storms across Texas trigger thunder and flood warnings as El Paso reports 1.67 inches and Rio Grande rises. Rainfall totals from cities like Abilene, Dallas, Lubbock, and Midland exceed an inch in many areas while Falcon Dam notes low reservoir levels after days of rain.
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