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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1963

Page

5

Postmaster Gap Hampering Nation’s Mail Department

Washington sources say the absence of a permanent postmaster general is straining efficiency and morale in the vast mail system. Acting Postmaster General Sid Bishop has led the department for weeks while Kennedy considers a new choice.

Washington Wiinton Kennedy Effi Siddency James F. Kelney W. Bishop Day Icher Bishop J. Edward Daying Congress

U S Envoy Signals Pakistan on West Side Amid Postal Policy Snags

The AP report notes ongoing U S diplomacy with Pakistan and a cautious stance on India as Western alignment remains pivotal. It also highlights questions about long range postal decisions and the possible impact of a new postmaster general on contracting and technology for mail sorting.

Alan Kennedy China Rawalpindi Pakistan Geo India Mohammed Ayub Khan Istan Kent Mellener Tate Ayub Khan

Two Injured In Violence Here In Lubbock

Two people sustained injuries in separate early morning attacks southeast of downtown Lubbock. Enrique Montoya, 19, was shot near his residence while exiting a car with family. J J Fore, 57, was stabbed in the neck during a dispute over theft and money. Both men were listed in satisfactory condition.

Lubbock Enrique Montoya Ave 4Th St Montoya West Texas J.J. Fore Hereford 2Nd St Fir Ave Methodist Hospital Fore 18Th St Ave. B

Civil rights demonstrators lowered from cranes in Queens protest

Four African American protesters who chained themselves to construction cranes at Rochdale Village were lowered to the ground and arrested on trespassing. A white 18 year old female climber was also arrested at the base. Pickets from CORE and the NAACP had gathered for more non white job access in housing trades.

New York Rochdale Village Queens Congress of Racial Equality National Association For the Advancement of Colored People

Car Crash Halts Long-Distance Service Across Wide West Texas

A noon Thursday crash on 4th Street left Carl Ray Miller injured when his car hit a utility pole, toppling five wire arms and interrupting about 100 circuits from Lubbock to Littlefield and other towns. Service was restored hours later as workers continued repairs. Miller was treated and released at West Texas Hospital.

Carl Ray Miller 4Th Street Lubbock Points West General Telephone Co Miller Avenue P Littlefield Amherst Anton Sudan Muleshoe Spade Springlake Smyer Levelland Sundown Morton 3Rd St West Texas Hospital

Railway Dispute Umpires Named by Public Board

United Press International reports three veteran arbitrators named as public members of the arbitration board in the railroad work rules dispute. Chairman Ralph T. Seward, James T. Healy, and Benjamin Aaron were selected to decide key issues in the case.

United Press International Washington UPI Arbitration Board Ralph T. Seward Kennedy James T. Healy Harvard University School of Business Benjamin Aaron Institute of Industrial Relations University of California At Los Angeles

Lea Fair Parade Winners Named at Lea County Fair

The Lea County Electric Cooperative float won first in the commercial division at the Lea County Fair and Rodeo parade. Lovington National Bank placed second and General Tire Co. third in commercial judging. Lovington Lions Club led the organization division with the Republican Party and Lovington B&PAV also placing. 4-H clubs dominated community floats led by Yucca 4H followed by North Central 4-H and Western 4-H. Jeannine Patman was named best dressed cowgirl. Lovington High School won the band competition, with Hobbs and Eunice high schools following. In a separate note, Germany agreed to loan 7.5 million dollars to Ivory Coast to modernize agriculture.

Lovington Lea County Electric Cooperative Lea County Lovington National Bank General Tire Co Lovington Lions Club Republican Party Lovington B&pav

Two men plead guilty in county court

Judge James A. Ellis presided as Charles J. Goforth 58 of 192 3 was fined 100 and costs and jailed three days while Lin Beavers 26 of 221 Bth St. paid 25 and costs for a check law violation. Texas Tech Dean James G. Allen will keynote Texas Western College’s student leaders conference today and tomorrow. He meets with administrators and counselors and speaks on housing. The conference opens Saturday at 9 a.m. with his address and a follow up after lunch.

Tan China Lisbon Portugal U.S Antonio de Oliveira Salazar Washington Ayub Khan India Pakistan United States Peking Z. A. Bhutto Ball Bhutto James A. Ellis Charles J. Goforth DWE Lin Beavers James G. Allen Texas Tech Texas Western College Allen

Russians in Cuba Tour Sparks Debate Among U.S. Students

A group of 58 American students who toured Cuba at Cuban expense discuss their trip after returning. Dick Reimann describes Russians living in a closed Regla area near Havana, while peers from New York to San Francisco share views on socialism, government roles, and U.S. life.

Francis L. McCarthy New York UPI Cuba Dick Reimann Yonkers N.Y Riemann San Francisco Bay Regla Havana State Department Rhoden Smith Smitty Ellen Shallit Frances Luce Chris Raisner United States Miss Shallit City College of New Cuban Federation of University Students

Salt in Colorado River strains Mexican US ties

Mexico voices satisfaction with Chamizal settlement and urges progress on a salt in the Colorado River dispute. President Adolfo Lopez Mateos and ambassador Arturo Perez de lund express hope for a US Mexico settlement, while a Levelland collision injures two.

Washington Mexico United States Chamizal Petitt Hockleybassador Antonio Carrillo Flores Dean Rusk Lopezlat College Ave 8Th St Mateos Carillo Flores Levelland

Four Hurt In Levelland Area Auto Mishaps

Four people were injured in three Levelland area traffic mishaps Thursday afternoon. Nurse H B Davis, 47, of Sundown, was in fair condition after her car overturned when a tire blew out en route to work. The incidents occurred shortly before 3 p m and involved Levelland resident David Salazar, 17.

Levelland Levelland Area H. B. Davis Sundown David Salazar

Arlington School Board Rejects Segregation Break Proposal

Arlington school board refused a request by Negro parents to admit 50 more Negro students to an all white elementary school. If granted the plan would conflict with a recently adopted yearlong integration program and duties.

Arlington Arlington School Pela

Hitler Wouldn't Shave Says He Won't Change Image

UPI reports in Bonn that Adolf Hitler refused to shave his mustache despite rumors of illness and pressure from a Nazi propaganda chief. A prince recalled Hitler joking that changing his look would provoke cartoonists and public uproar, noting the mustache had become a symbol people expected.

Dallas UPI Jend Bonn Germany Adolfs Hitler Musling Friedrich-Christian Zuscent Schaumburg-Lippe Josef Goebbel Alexandra Westchester Coun N.Y New Bedford Mass

High Winds and Seas Frighten Texas Tower Crew

A demolition company wrecking a Texas offshore tower 110 miles off Cape Cod reported heavy winds and rough seas. Four of sixteen workers requested shore transport as conditions worsened and rescue teams evaluated the situation.

New York Texas Cape Cod

Requiem for a Departed Saint in Septerd Verse

A septerd requiem laments a bed-ridden elder, lost thoughts restored by faith as she passes to join God. The poem portrays a devout, aging author’s memory of a beloved saint named Julien C. Hyer.

Jeremiah God Soys Julien C, Hyer

Funeral Set For Pioneer Cowboy George W. Green

Services for George W. Green 81 of 2106 2nd St will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Sanders Funeral Home Chapel The early South Plains cowboy and 40 year foreman of the Mallett Ranch died Wednesday in a convalescent home Officiating will be Horace Coffman Broadway Church of Christ Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery Survivors include five sisters Mrs J L Graves Mrs D E Meredith Mrs Winnie Seymour Mrs Minnie Seybold and Mrs Davie Griffin Pallbearers are Clyde Rogers Craig Bond Leander King Les Hooper Newton Stokes and Hayden Morgan

George W. Green 2Nd St Sanders Funeral Home Green South Plains Mallett Ranch Horace Coffman Broadway Church of Christ City of Lubbock Little Rock Ark South Jack County Lubbock J. L. Graves 26Th St D. E. Meredith Ave. I Winnie Seymour Paris Minnie Seybold Clifton Jariz Davie Griffin Clyde Rogers Craig Bond Leander King Les Hooper Newton Stokes Hayden Morgan

Schlabach Rites Set At Morton

Morton memorial rites set for Bill Schlabach 64 World War II veteran who died at Veterans Hospital Amarillo. Services Saturday 1 00 a m at 2nd Street and Taylor Church of Christ Morton with Lee Sergent officiating. Burial Morton Memorial Cemetery Singleton Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include wife Jewel and two sons Bill Jr and Stephen.

Morton Bill Schlabach Amarillo Schlabach Gilbert, Ariz 2Nd St Taylor Church of Christ Lee Sergent Morton Memorial Cemetery Singleton Funeral Home Jewel Bill Jr Stephen

Kennedy Shows Back Trouble Amid Afghan King Visit

President Kennedy again favored his back at White House ceremonies for the Afghan king and queen. He inched up a grassy South Lawn slope with one careful step at a time as Pierre Salinger said the old back ailment has troubled him recently but no extraordinary treatment was needed.

Washington Kennedy Afghanistan White House South Lawn White House Pierre Salinger Salinger

Post man dies in car. accidental gunshot near FM 651 pasture

Charles King, a lifelong Post resident and oilfield worker, was found shot in his car after it left a pasture area near FM 651. Local authorities ruled death accidental. the shotgun fired once while King drove, with the body found by three motorists around 10 a.m. His wife Pat and three children survive, and funeral services are planned at Calvary Baptist Church in Post with burial at Terrace Cemetery.

Post Charles S D.C. Roberts Sr King Garza County Fay Claborn Dennis Eubank Cliff Grigsby Helen Cooley Claborn

Warren Davison Rites Saturday

Warren Franklin Davison 50 of Levelland died at 4 15 p m in St Pauls Hospital Dallas. Services 2 p m Saturday First Baptist Church McCaulley burial McCaulley Cemetery Hamlin Funeral Home Hamlin. Survived by wife Jewell Cooper Davison two daughters Mrs Del Nyberg Phoen is and Mrs Herschel Green Farming brother Ma Wardson and others.

Warren Franklin Davison Levelland 99Th District Court Howard Davison St. Paul's Hospital Dallas First Baptist Church McCaulley Hamlin Davison Fisher County Davisson Jewell Cooper Davison del Nyberg Phoenis Herschel Green Farming Ma Wardson Horace McCain Gainesville Jewell Daviton Long Beach Calif Abel Martin el Paso

Minister Walter Beaird Rites Slated in Ralls

Services for the 77 year old former Ralls minister Walter Beaird will be at 3 p m today at First Methodist Church in Ralls. The Rev Conrad Ryan and other clergy will officiate and burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park in Lubbock. Beaird died Wednesday in Crosbyton hospital after 38 years as a Methodist minister in Northwest Texas and Central conferences. Survivors include his wife Emma a daughter a brother a sister and a granddaughter. Pallbearers are Raymond Ralls Walker Watkins Emmett Lynch Jeff Martin Harold Priddy John Heard Jim Lyle and Roy Abell Jr. honorary pallbearers are church stewards from the Northwest Texas conference.

Ralls Walter R. Beaird First Methodist Conrad Ryan Floyd Johnson Waco St. John's Methodist Church Marvin M. Boyd Lubbock Resthaven Memorial Park Mr. Beaird Emmett Lynch Jeff Marti Harold Priddy John Heard Jim Lyle Roy Abell Jr Northwest Texas

Mrs Armstrong Rites Are Today

Mrs Armstrong 52 died in Higgins Lubbock. Funeral at 2 p.m. at Street Church of Christ with ministers officiating. Burial in Cemetery directed by Funeral Home. Survivors include husband, daughter, two sons, sister and two brothers. Pallbearers: Glenn Exter, Sidney Allen, Mickey McGill, Marcus Breland, Meredith Crawford, Fred Hicks. AUSSIES WATCH TV CANBERRA Australia has six government run TV stations with viewer licenses at 1,400,000 last year up 200,000 from 1961.

Olton Street Church of Christ M. L. Armstrong Higgins Lubbock Sons Funeral Home Glenn Exter Sidney Allen Mickey McGill Marcus Breland Meredith Crawford Fred Hicks Canberra Australia

Mining Services Planned Sunday

Psy Fred Mining 57 a former Post resident died Tuesday night in Pittsburg California after a long illness. Services set for 3 p m Sunday at Southland Baptist Church with Rev Frank Renfro of Duke Oklahoma officiating. Burial in Southland Cemetery under Hadman Funeral Home direction. Survived by wife Maudie two daughters Mrs Vinnie Storms Concord California and Mrs Bobbye Holiman Pittsburg a son Troy Mining Riverside two sisters Mrs J A Warren and Miss Ora Mining both of Slaton a brother Cal Big Spring and nine grandchildren Pallbearers named.

D. F Fred Post Area Pittsburg Calif Southland Baptist Church Frank Renfro Duke Okla Southland Cemetery Hadman Vic Denton Earl Lancaster Arvil_ Roper Charlie Babbs Ray Norman

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