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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1962
Page
4
Defense motions for a continuance cited alleged public declarations by prominent figures. The defense argues prior statements imply guilt and question fairness in the Estes trial opening.
Midland officials press for precinct realignment to achieve numeric equality in four precincts. Mayor Avery and supporters argue current lines dilute votes, citing 97 percent of the population in Precinct 1 and vowing to pursue appeal to higher courts if needed.
Republican lieutenant governor candidate Bill Hayes released a week long schedule covering North Texas South Plains and Panhandle. He addressed a Texarkana Kiwanis club and doctors group Monday night then tours factories and offices in Texarkana Tuesday morning. He will appear at a luncheon in Lubbock Friday and attend the South Plains fair.
Five people were hurt in two traffic accidents Monday. Mrs. James Tannery, 18, was treated at West Texas Hospital after a motorcycle crash on Tahoka Highway. Mrs. Marie Hunt, 32, and Mr. James William Shaw, 50, along with Frank Best, 50, were treated after a second crash at Flint Avenue and 22nd Street.
Officials report television will have its formal debut in Formosa on October 10 as Nationalist China celebrates Independence Day.
A list of families announces new births with details on the baby’s weight and delivery time at Methodist, St Marys, Taylor, and Lubbock hospitals. Fathers’ occupations and home addresses, from Robert Woodard to Merle McKim, accompany each birth record.
Thousands filled the Lubbock fair grounds as swine judging and FFA wins highlighted opening day. Dawson Future Farmers won top placings in farm mechanics and educational booth divisions. The Ice Capades drew 8 653 at three shows with more performances planned. Parade crowds reached about 50 000 as bands competed in four classes with cash prizes totaling 600 dollars.
Survivors from the Celerina evacuation total 48 with 42 U.S. military personnel and three dependents, while nine bodies are aboard the weather ship Ocean Adviser. The Bonaventure ferries survivors and bodies to Shannon, Ireland, as searchers on helicopters and ships extend the night effort amid rough seas.
The Dunbar campus plans moving about 7000 yards of dirt to rework the football field area. The board reaffirmed opposition to commercial zoning within two blocks of a school and approved various financial and staffing items.
The 1963 county budget totals more than 3.2 million with allocations for administration, judicial and law enforcement, health and welfare, agriculture, roads and bridges, capital outlay, indebtedness, parks, social security, elections, and contingencies. The health and welfare includes a 46,911.55 city contribution from Lub bock for 1962. The 1962 budget was 2,437,968, down from the new year’s figure.
The county authorizes payments totaling $11 431.47 across funds for utilities, telephone, office equipment and fire calls, juror meals, road and bridge projects, and welfare expenses. Soil conservation jobs list four 1 hour or two hour tasks in Precincts 2 and 3 at an $8.50 hourly rate.
Bangkok Premier Sarit Thanarat lays the cornerstone for Thailand's first research reactor facility, marking a milestone in local atomic energy development and scientific advancement.
A search party reached a Navy patrol plane from San Diego that crashed Saturday on Montague Island in Prince William Sound. All 10 aboard were killed. Marines and Coast guardsmen located the wreck around the 1,900-foot level and confirmed there were no survivors.
Hungarian ballet dancer Esé Szklenkay, 20, told reporters in Ann Arbor via her brother in law Stephen Dinka that she fled a communist Paris troupe. Dinka, UM virology researcher and former Hungarian prisoner, explains his escape from Paris as well.
A three day convocation on Christian Social Concerns opens at First Methodist Church in Lubbock with Dr James C Moore addressing The Work and Scope of the National Council of Churches The program includes 2 30 to 3 30 registration and sessions at 5 00 and 7 30 p m Speakers include Dr Joseph L Allen SMU on Communism and the Attacks on the Churches Sponsors are the conference Board of Christian Social Concerns and the Woman's Society of Christian Service.
Plainview Independent School District voters decide on $1.5 million in bonds to fund ten improvement projects. The plan would raise the school tax rate from $1.70 to $1.76 per $100 valuation to retire the bonds.
Pravda devotes two of six pages to Gromyko attacks on the United States at the UN General Assembly and omits Adlai Stevenson’s reply. The local Moscovsky Pravda notes Stevenson argued Cuba claims were groundless, but the paper says otherwise. Sweden is noted for 96,000 lakes.
The 5th Circuit demanded Meredith enroll by 4 p.m. Tuesday. The Mississippi State College Board agreed to register him in Jackson, Mississippi, while Governor Barnett resisted. Judge Tuttle reaffirmed Meredith must be admitted and treated like other students, warning further action if the university fails to provide dorms or enrollment.
Scout courts of honor for Troop 531 and Troop 420 Monday night awarded tenderfoot and merit badges. Greg Yeats and Jay Bernard received tenderfoot badges for Troop 531, with several scouts promoted to second and first class. Ray McWilliams earned 14 merit badges. Troop 420, sponsored by Pioneer Methodist Church, awarded Bobby Lee a tenderfoot badge and recognized James Berg for firemanship and stamp collecting. Charles Hunter named senior patrol leader as camporee awards were given.
Denver Juvenile Court Judge Phillip B. Gilliam will speak on The Surge to Decency at the Lubbock Knife and Fork Club dinner at 7 p.m. today in the Holiday Inn East. With 22 years on the bench he has led juvenile justice initiatives and previously served in private practice and municipal court.
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