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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1961

Page

3

Lubbock Crime Standings Questioned in FBI Data

The article discusses Lubbock Texas ranking ninth in city crime per 1 000 population and compares it with Houston Dallas Fort Worth El Paso and other Texas cities. It notes data limitations and highlights calls for stronger policing and faster trials to improve local crime performance.

Ubbock FBI Texas Lew Wit Lubbock Los Angeles Miami Las Vegas Phoenix Baton Rouge Abou Ben Bee Panay West Texas Sanelo Midland Amarillo el Paso Fedeal Bureau of Investigation J. Edgar Hoover Galveston San Angelo Houston Dallas Antonio Fort Worth Beaumont-Port Arthur Odessa Qrubbock

World War II Leaders and Churchill Compared

Paperul Sign SITOR John S. Knight of the Detroit Free Press argues a different WWII history might exist if leaders had heeded Winston Churchill and distrusted "good old Joe" Stalin. He notes past errors, and sees hope in modern leaders resisting promises from "Big uth Nikky."

Sitor John S. Knight The Detroit Free Press Winston Church Joe

Reds Push For Aerial Link Between Moscow and New York

A state department push and Pan American interest drive a planned Moscow to New York nonstop service for next spring while Aeroflot mobilizes to supply data on planes and routes. The move follows Khrushchev’s Berlin stance and echoes past tensions with Pan Am head Juan Trippe over film during Nixon Khrushchev events.

Khrushchev Berlin Pan American World Airways New York Moscow State Department Washington Y. F. Loginov Red Air Force Aeroflot Pan Am Loginov Reds New York Port Authority Sabena Juan Trippe U. S Nixon Boeing Intercontinental Trippe Considine

Instant greeting cards push decency to the edge

INEZ ROBE laments the rise of obscene and tasteless greeting cards flooding shops and displays. She recalls personal attempts to send cheerful notes to a hospitalized cousin and critiques the card industry for declining public taste, morals, and decency.

Inez Robe Grandpa Scotty

Britain Seeks Entry to European Market Threatens Tariff Program

A Ray Tucker analysis warns that Britain and other nations joining the European Common Market endangers the Roosevelt Hull low tariff policy. The six member market with 165 million people lowers internal tariffs while raising barriers to nonmembers, risking U S industries and jobs. Britain backs an European Free Trade Association, but its austerity and move away from isolationism alarm Commonwealth nations and U S officials.

Ray Tucker Jashington Roosevelt-Hull Great Britain European Economic Union Common Market Italy Belgium Luxebourg Netherlands United States Free Trade Association England European Free Trade Association Austria Denmark Norway Sweden Switzerland Harold Macmillan Britain Commons Canada Australia New Zealand U.S. Tariff Commission Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization Atlantic

South Plains Gunners elect Fortenberry president

The South Plains Gunners association wrapped up their convention with W. Fortenberry of Monroe elected president and B. B. Baron of Lubbock re‑elected secretary. They adopted resolutions urging immigration and naturalization authorities to suspend literacy tests head tax and other rules to allow temporary Mexican farm labor during harvest.

South Plains Gunners Association W. ©. Fortenberry Monroe B. B. Baron Lubbock National Defense Program Immigration and Naturalization Service

Mongolia Described by George Sokolsky

George Sokolsky surveys Mongolia viewing it as a Soviet satellite with dual Chinese and Turkic roots. He traces Genghis Khan’s campaigns, the land’s small population, religious history, and the current Communist influence and UN bid.

George E. Sokolsky China Siberia Turkestan Mongolia Europe Asia Gengis Khan Lake Sokolsky Baikal Karakorum Khiva Samarkand Bokhara Genghis Khan Persia Caucasus Russia India Owen Lattimore Tientsin State Department Lattimore United Nations Red Red China Soviet

Pravda Names Titov New American Hero

Pravda reports the American people see Gherman Titov as a new hero. A New York dispatch says popular enthusiasm forced major American newspapers to adjust their tone in covering Titov’s epoch making orbit around the Earth.

Moscow UPI Pravda Gherman Titov New York Maj. Titov

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