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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1960
Page
8
The Broadway community and public figures honor Oscar Hammerstein II after his death. Colleagues praise his warmth, kindness, and genius with Rodgers. Messages from Mary Martin and others call him beloved. songs and shows are cited as enduring legacies.
The Kennedy Foundation agreed to pay costs with no publicity, a move Mansfield calls political. Fulbright notes the foundation acted after government refusal, while Truman and Churchill press to uphold Yalta terms amid Greek and Bulgarian disputes and evolving postwar diplomacy.
Texas Tech will launch a revised Army ROTC program in September led by Col. James B. Carvey. Freshmen in military science will have 30 fewer classroom hours and can substitute academic courses in four areas for military credit. Junior and senior ROTC levels also reduce military science hours, with 90 hours per academic year substitutable. Freshmen will attend one military science class weekly plus a drill period, while others meet two military science classes weekly.
U S Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II plans a trip to Tokyo from Sept 8 to about Oct 1. He will attend visits by Japanese Foreign Minister Zentaro Kosaka and Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko.
A UPI report summarizes a survey on political preferences with 66 percent of Southern voters undecided or weakly attached to their choice, while 54 percent outside the South feel very strongly. The piece compares regional attitudes and notes limited changes from the prior quarter. The silver exhibit at Christie’s opens in London, highlighting early American silver like the George Washington cup and export growth in copper, steel, and aircraft.
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