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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1960
Page
8
Crosby County residents urged action as New York stock figures show U S corporations continuing to pay high dividends. Utilities led disbursements at $1,022,311,070 in six months, with real estate up slightly and financials surging 245 percent. Ship building and aircraft firms declined.
Special report on the Lamb Pioneers gathering in Littlefield noting memorial talks for Ama- and Mrs Pat H Boone Sr. The piece also weaves in political chatter about Sen Kennedy and comments by Sen Pastore and Senator Humphrey on Nixon and social welfare. It mentions memorial tasks, reductions in office equipment and mining, and prizes for attendees traveling far.
The piece discusses stock splits for 1960, noting 43 to 51 as a range and an all time 4 to 1 split record with many firms using advanced offers. It mentions Father Raible and speculation about imaginary races on distant planets as a rhetorical aside to market action.
Roane says registration will be set for 96 for both element and high school students. A fire caused by a short circuit in a light fixture damaged an entire house in Silverton, reported Tuesday at 1 am before being controlled by the Silverton Fire Department. South Plains Club Inc plans a meeting at Building 50th St and Elgin Ave. Ramsey Truck Lines, now in the area two months, moved from Brownsville.
The article reviews a wage bill raising the minimum to 1.35 an hour and farm worker amendments, noting Kennedy and Johnson opposition to farm rider changes. It also surveys Gallup polling on Nixon and Kennedy prospects, mentioning the 1960 race dynamics through prior debates and conventions, plus a local board of directors and scrapbook custodian roles.
Lamesa special report Ricardo Trevino, 28, a Latin American father of five, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison by a Dawson County jury after a brief trial. The jury deliberated 25 minutes on the possession of nearly one pound of marijuana. Trevino pled guilty and the punishment was fixed by the jury. Dist. Atty. George H. Hansard urged prison time. defense attorney Carroll Smith sought probation. This was the first case in a criminal session opening Monday with sixteen others docketed for trial.
Journalists from the Big Spring Daily Herald Amarillo News and Globe-Times Avalanche-Journal and other outlets will host Thursday workshop speakers including editors and publishing figures. The event features industry leaders and aims to spark newsroom engagement.
Jim Ed Waller, president of the National Bank, is elected head of the Lions League succeeding Reagan Smith of Conroe. He served as league treasurer the past four years while Roy Minear of Midland is named treasurer. The Lions Camp offers two weeks of free summer fun for Texas youngsters aged 7 to 16 who are blind, deaf, mute or crippled, with an enrollment total of 5,004 handi capped children since inception.
Arthur Raymond Gatts Jr., a former sports writer at Hobbe and Lubbock, was given a five year probated sentence in 14th District Court in Midland. Judge Perry Pickett imposed the term after Gatts pleaded guilty to forging checks used at a Midland bank drive in last May. Gatts testified he committed the forgery to gain first hand feelings for a crime story.
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