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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1962
Page
1
In Hollywood a three year old Erica Sommer smiles in mother Sheree North's arms after a long separation. North faces a divorce suit with Erica's father Dr Gerhart Sommer. Custody regained this week but removal from California awaits trial.
President Kennedy signed a farm bill praised for a wheat control program and a feed grain support system. He noted the measure advances farm income and reduces government costs, predicting feed grain stocks near reserve levels by 1964. The ceremony included Vice President Johnson and Agriculture Secretary Freeman.
City Commissioners and the Planning and Zoning Commission discussed a zoning guide for 50th Street at a Thursday luncheon. The group approved five zone changes and sent one back for further study, while a pre meeting session aims to deepen familiarity with agenda items.
Sports highlights cover tense Cuban baseball events with key plays and standout performances. Market reports provide commodity trends and financial snippets while radio and TV programs section previews upcoming broadcasts.
Franklin D. Parsons, 22, San Antonio, will stand trial on two counts of first degree murder for the killings of 14 year old Patty Sue Pritz and 13 year old Mattie Catherine Restine near Carlsbad on August 11, 1961. Parsons was ordered held without bond after a two day preliminary hearing. A petition may seek placement in the New Mexico State Hospital for observation. The district court will determine the validity of Parsons confession.
Fair draws 24,464 on Thursday as Ice Capades South Plains Fair set to perform at 5 30 p m with 134 897 attendees through four days. Kenneth May notes college guests from Texas Tech and Jack Cox attendouching turnout remains near last year despite rain.
A Plainview delegation from the High Plains Sugar Beet Growers urged the Agriculture Department to grant acreage reserves through 1965 to support a sugar beet processing plant. They cited studies by Great Western Sugar Co and noted irrigated land could sustain refineries while proposals include contract spreads to producers across the growing area.
Federal action halted James Meredith's fourth attempt to enroll as a Negro at the University of Mississippi as Attorney General Kennedy cited risk of major violence. Mississippi peace officers remain posted at Oxford gates while marshals and extra federal personnel prepare for possible troop deployment.
The Meredith Mississippi matter drew Mason Dixon line split with some Southern support for the Justice Department, as Senators Douglas and Keating urged Congress to back enforcement of the court order admitting James Meredith to the state university. Keating criticized Mississippi officials while Eastland noted related concerns.
A prayer note from Jack Hardin of Littlefield asks believers to focus on deeds over reading or speech at judgement. He urges self examination of faults and emphasizes living a devout life in Jesus name.
The forecast for Lubbock and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies and a warmer day with highs in the mid 70s to low 80s. Southeasterly winds will range from 10 to 20 mph.
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