29 Jan 1960
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1960
Page
1
A bold daylight theft stole $1,830.66 in cash and checks from a locked car Thursday. The victim, Mrs. Jack Graves of 2501 53rd Street, reported the loss after finding the money missing from her vehicle parked at 8th Street and Avenue H, three blocks from the Lubbock police station.
An elderly Lubbock couple and their four year old great grandson were treated and released after a late Thursday collision atSlide Road and Brownfield Highway. The driver of the truck, C B Calder Jr 21 of Denver City, was not hurt. The truck belonged to West Wind Gas Co. of Denver City and was hauling three diesel irrigation engines. The Armes car was a 1955 model sedan. The intersection lacks traffic signals.
In Algiers De Gaulle presses for Moslem support as top French commanders depart. Insurgents fortify barricades amid street fighting while calls for marches and visible loyalty seek to ease Algeria crisis. Police recover a handbag found after a theft linked to a local businesswoman.
U S officials backed a round the clock airborne alert for long range bombers to deter a Soviet first strike. SAC chief Gen Thomas S Power and Sen Henry M Jackson urged continuous readiness, with White noting funds and timing differ. Eisenhower proposed 90 million dollars for fiscal 1961 to prepare for airborne alert operations.
Joseph R. Garry, 49, Idaho state representative shown as grand marshal in a 1958 parade, seeks the Democratic nomination to become the first full blooded Indian in the U S Senate. Backed by the National Congress of American Indians, the AP wirephoto reports on page 4 section A.
New York heiress Gamble Benedict, 19, renounces her Romanian lover Andre Porumbeanu after family protests. She vows to avoid him while he is not yet divorced, and agrees to live with her grandmother as her court case continues. A brief courtroom reunion with her father occurred as the judge adjourned proceedings.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration unveiled a 10 year plan to land an unmanned rocket on the moon in 1963 64 and launch a manned circumlunar flight by 1965 67 with a near earth space station. A 1970s lunar landing is targeted with increased space boosts and a permanent station above Earth. The plan requests about 802 million dollars for fiscal 1961 with potential 100 million additional soon. Space plans discussed before the House Committee on Science and Astronautics amid criticism and encouragement.
A low pressure system dragged dust across the Panhandle into East Texas and Western Louisiana Thursday night. Forecasters noted two unusual moves: origin in the Panhandle and a southeast path. Winds gusted to 41 mph with 36 mph sustained readings. highs near 42 and a low of 26 were forecast.
The Navy demonstrated a moon bounced radio system sending a message and photo between Washington and Hawaii. The Cheltenham Md test covered nearly a half million miles round trip in under three seconds, noting possible ship and satellite use and resilience to jamming. Adm Burke sent the message to Adm Hopwood who called it a milestone for the Pacific Fleet.
Regina and Tomas Leonas, aged 20 and 17, reunited Thursday in Chicago with their parents after 16 years divided by the Iron Curtain. The children, who arrived from Lithuania with Khrushchev’s help, cried as they spoke of the long separation and the life they left behind.
Three high school girls were killed when their school bus collided with a freight train near Hillsburgh Ontario. Twelve other students were hospitalized with injuries including burns and fractures. one in critical condition. Names of the dead were not immediately available as police said the bodies were burned beyond identification. The students were returning home from Erin District High School in Erin Township.
The note defines a pessimist as someone who cannot erase the past yet ruins the present by worrying about the future. It appears in a lighthearted comic dictionary entry accompanying editorials and radio listings.
The Sydney heat wave death toll rose to 25 by Thursday night with eleven deaths reported during the day, including six infants. Temperatures hit 103.4 degrees, marking the fourth straight day above 100.
A Chicago court granted permission for a 28 mile bus trip so jurors could return to feed a juror's dog during a murder trial. Judge David A. Cancel allowed the journey to avoid delaying the panel in the Arthur Morton and Charles Munsil case.
Convicted kidnap rapist Daryl Chessman appeared in a San Francisco court in chains and a grey suit as he dismissed his three attorneys and filed new motions in a bid to avoid execution in the gas chamber. Judge Louis F. Goodman planned to rule on a habeas corpus petition at 2 p.m. today, with Chessman insisting he still has time for further legal maneuvers ahead of the February 19 date.
Partly cloudy to cloudy and colder with a low around 2b and a high near 42. Northerly to northeasterly winds 15 to 20 mph. Sunrise at 4:47 am and sunset at 6:15 pm. Humidity around 31 percent at midnight. Southwest weather shows 24 hour high and low temperatures for Abilene El Paso Albuquerque Houston Amarillo Dallas Roswell Denver Wichita Falls and more.
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