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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1960
Page
5
A sermon at Grace Episcopal Cathedral proposed uniting Protestant denominations under a renewed church structure. Leaders praised the idea as a unifying future, with support from Bishop James A. Pike, though no action was planned. The plan envisions consecration of bishops and presbyters across apostolic and non apostolic lines.
The plan envisions a united church across Episcopal Lutheran and Catholic-type groups with democratic governance and shared creeds. Dr Blake and Bishop Pike outline a reforming structure allowing diverse worship while maintaining bishops, addressing Holy Communion and the Apostles Creed.
The report outlines tensions as Lumumba’s forces threaten to split the Congo, with Stanleyville blocs pledging allegiance, and Mobutu tightening control. Diplomatic strains risk triggering a wider East West conflict as frontiers and regimes shift amid hostilities and secessionist moves.
A string of birth announcements from West Texas Hospital lists newborns, weights, times, and parents, with several entries noting fathers’ occupations. Amidst these, Arthur William A. Harrod discusses the Lubbock Orchestra’s guest conductor event led by Fiedler, praising cross city collaborations and the Boston Pops connection. The piece mingles community notices with a feature on conductors and rehearsal style.
White haired conductor Arthur Fiedler, Brookline resident and Boston Pops leader, is linked to a city break-in pattern as police pursue a string of burglaries. Items stolen include cigars, watchbands, knives, and cash. Four teen suspects are detained in a school burglary case, and a Lubbock youth faces theft allegations tied to a paper rack. Fiedler debuts with Die Fledermaus in Boston after the new year and continues to conduct orchestras nationwide.
The article notes recession growth, ample credit, and moderate rate declines. Irwin Such predicts steel prices will rise despite strong past years and wage gains, with production holding steady near or above 1960 levels while capacity usage remains limited most of the time.
Storms caused rivers to swell and left residents cut off in isolated areas. Troops aided communities as bridges were washed out and rail lines in south Wales were blocked. Telegraph poles toppled and towns faced widespread destruction. A man was arrested for shoplifting lingerie, and fires broke out in a shopping district. A Beechcraft twin engine went missing after a night of high winds, while debris and structural damage spread across streets and buildings.
Kennedy schedules meetings with Sen Stuart Symington at the Kennedy residence to discuss defense reorganization and a Washington White House talk with President Eisenhower on a peaceful transition. He will travel to New York for Hammarskjold talks and announce a cabinet member while Congolese crisis draws UN attention.
Three teenaged boys were found wet and cold but safe after more than 27 hours lost deep in a vast cave. In a related report, a twin underground scene in Cleveland described a crashed airplane and a fatal blaze involving volunteers and cave experts, with two people dead and a large search area spanning garages and cars.
A UJA general assembly in San Francisco heard Rev. Win T. Dahlberg urge a "high altitude" faith to push beyond deep Bible study. Efrat, a Haifa native and former Hagana officer, spoke on Middle East aid, third party mediation, and the need for more supervised foreign assistance. He noted Eichmann’s capture and called for a strong prophetic church voice amid global conflict. Walter Goehr died after conducting The Mad in Sheffield.
Blowing dust and wind gusts up to 55 mph swept portions of West Texas as a Pacific cold front pushed eastward across the state. The front stretched from Wichita Falls to Abilene to Junction with cooler air forecast to spread southward by Tuesday morning, ahead of a Canadian air mass over Alberta. Light showers were reported in scattered Texas points with minimal rainfall totals, and winds were forecast to shift north by midday.
Tickets go on sale 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today in the Auditorium lobby box office and 9 a.m. to concert time Tuesday. Reservations: Symphony business office at 1 ter 24707. Prices range 3.50, 2.50, 2 and 1. The text also notes a separate missile incident with a Titan booster near a silo, no injuries, area cleared, and investigative teams mapping debris to determine cause.
The typhoon Ophelia bypassed Okinawa and moved toward Iwo Jima as officials in Tokyo and Brussels monitor its course. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned it was too early to predict impacts on populated areas while Katanga and Belgian authorities report related movements.
The writer urges unlimited support from powers sharing democratic philosophy to aid anti Communist Cubans against the regime of Cay. He references Soviet aid to Cuban Communists and laments the lack of an established policy to assist liberation efforts.
In Madrid General Francisco Franco, spains chief of state, marked his 68th birthday with a quiet observance. Reports also note India debating laying about 300 miles of pipeline from Cambay oilfield to Bambay, signaling regional energy developments.
Rev. Mr. Foreman, a strong white holdout against boycotts of William Frantz elementary, preached on brotherly love then faced about 20 hecklers outside his St. Mark's Church as he escorted his daughter to an integrated school. The disruption occurred before services began.
Three hunters drowned when a passing freighter swamp ed their 14 foot outboard boat on the Mississippi River near Fort Sulphur Louisiana authorities said Deputy Harold L. Packard of aquemines Parish Chief Deputy said three others survived the mishap and the freighter did not stop at the scene prompting a Coast Guard identification request. Australia faces severe inflation risk as survey warns of threats to living standards in Melbourne.
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