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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1961
Page
4
A state study group urges limits on annexation as many areas in metro regions reserve excess territory on first readings. The report notes cities can overextend their future needs and service capacity and proposes a bill to define unincorporated areas around city boundaries.
The Athens campus faced protests as Negro students Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter moved through registration. Governor Vandiver pledged to withhold state funds from the university while planning legislative repeal of the statute. Federal actions loom as U S Supreme Court involvement is sought to overturn a lower court stay.
President elect John F. Kennedy, a Harvard alumnus, is mobbed by thousands of cheering students in Harvard Yard. Police struggle to hold back crowds as Kennedy meets Harvard Board of Overseers and leaves via Massachusetts Hall amid the frenzied display.
Kennedy emerged smiling from a meeting with aides as students swarmed him in the yard. They clutched for handshakes and autographs before he was hurried toward Massachusetts Hall under Secret Service protection.
A flood of birth notices records newborns at Methodist Porter Clinic and West Texas Hospitals. Parents include Barrientez Moore Seman Salazar King Gillispie Wolfe Londerback Myiton Krick Higdon and many others with occupations ranging from drug store owner to electric department worker and city mayor.
The Texas Baptist Evangelism Conference opened with Rev. James L. Sullivan urging ministers and laymen to keep evangelism as the church’s supreme task. He warned programs risk sidelining personal effort and Bible teaching. Rev. W. Winfred Moore urged focusing on winning souls rather than mere church membership.
The aging conference near Washington sparked a bitter dispute between the American Medical Assn and AFL CIO head George Meany. Meany urged support for medical care for the aged tied to Social Security while the AMA criticized him for undermining the conference.
The opening features intense vote trading and rumors of a negotiated speaker race, with Turman claiming 82 of 150 votes and Spilman denying victory claims. The Senate plans a pro tem appointment as lieutenant governor is absent. Committees will form and staff hired as lawmakers, now the best paid and longest working after a November constitutional amendment.
Soviet airlift continues to supply pro Red forces on the Strategic Plain of Jars as Red Guerrillas gain ground near Nam Pac and Namdine. Reports from Soviet aircraft and Pathet Lao positions describe new drops and advancing rebel movements amid Lao cabinet changes.
Cuban forces tighten coastal defences amid mass mobilization reports. Police seize 28 alleged terrorists linked to Yankee embassy and counter revolutionaries in Miami. Maj Raul Castro leads defense in Oriente as naval maneuvers and fleet visits unfold from Guantanamo to Vieques and off the Carolinas.
An aviation writer claims a magazine article is being used to fuel an invasion scare in Cuba. He says about 100 planes would target Cuban oil refineries with anti-Castro Latin volunteers massing at a base in Guatemala. The Nation cites an informant in Los Angeles.
President Eisenhower lauded Vice President Nixon as invaluable and a warm friend at a Capitol Hill Club birthday party honoring Nixon on his 48th birthday. Nixon thanked Eisenhower for eight years of joint leadership and pledged to support the Republican party as he noted their friendship.
The water authority moves to delete provisions on notice of intention to call bond elections and clarify election procedures for member cities to disannex from the Authority. Directors approve four amendments after discussion and time-urgent comments. Dam plans progress with tests and drilling, a $9,075 balance remains after bills, and contracts with member cities await court validation in Travis County.
Two people were injured in separate Monday traffic incidents. An 8-year-old boy, Larry Michael Blake, was struck by a car at E 35th Street and Cedar Avenue and is in fair condition at Porter Hospital with a fractured leg. Doris Jean Reynolds, 18, was driving the car. The other incident involved O M Hinton, 61, who was treated and dismissed after a collision with Myrta Haynes, 28, in the 1500 block of F 19th Street.
At the Soviet request the United Nations Security Council will convene Thursday for a Congo debate. It marks the second Congo appeal in a little over a month with Moscow backing imprisoned ex-Premier Patrice Lumumba against Kasavubu and Mobutu. Omar Loutfi arranged the meeting after a Saturday complaint by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vallerian A Zorin.
Servino Gutierrez 62 of Friona died at 7 pm Monday from injuries after a fall from a cotton truck at Foling and Son Gin Co in Hubb. He fell while loading cotton bales about 9:30 am and struck his head. he was taken to Parmer County Hospital then to St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo. He survived by his Friona family.
In Yokohama Japan farmer Kubota faced a family crisis when his 9 year old son vowed to burn the home unless he was allowed to go to a village. Hours later police found the house and barn burned. the boy admitted starting the fire.
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