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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1955
Page
3
The Associated Press reports a grim Texas weekend as traffic and violence claim at least 27 lives. Cars cause 14 deaths, shootings 5, with a range of victims including a Dallas girl burned by a heater and multiple homicides under investigation.
New York editor Amy Love man 74 founder of The Saturday Review of Literature dies. Archer Huntington 86 philanthropist founder of Hispanic Society of America dies in Connecticut. Admiral Carlos Julian Martinez 62 naval commander in Peron era dies in Buenos Aires. Van Dear ing Perrine 87 artist dies in Stamford. Mario Peruzzi Sr. 80 co founder Planters Nut Co. dies in Wilkes-Barre. H Theodore Sorg 67 Blue Cross pioneer dies in Princeton. Herman Cone 60 Cone Mills leader dies in Greensboro.
An advisory argues football can build strong bodies but may cause injuries especially twists and spinal misalignments. It stresses chiropractic spinal exams after falls or jolts to prevent long term health issues and urges investigation of chiropractic care.
University of Kentucky student Roger Ladenburger faced a prank when pledges arranged a one way trip to Miami to meet the national president of Kappa Sigma. Anonymous donors paid his return, and in Lexington he said the gag was retaliation for an overly harsh initiation paddle.
A 3-year-old girl Martha Lou Whitworth died from burns after a gas fire set her cotton dress alight. Her 2-year-old brother Tommy was led outside by the child as witnesses recall the house seeming on fire. Mrs Whitworth tried to smother the flames and tear away the burning garments.
A 30 pound can of roofing nails spilled from Glen Allen Crosby s truck on a St Louis road. Crosby recovered a ladder but ignored a suggestion to sweep the nails. Twelve flat tires and a three hour cleanup followed as traffic was detoured. Crosby was charged with littering a public highway and lacking an operator s license.
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a six million dollar atomic hospital and medical research center will be built on Long Island within two years. It will include a medical reactor to produce radioactive atoms for cancer treatment and X rays, with laboratories in fields such as physics chemistry and biochemistry. The project is one of the first two U S atomic medical centers, the other planned by the University of California at Los Angeles.
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