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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1959
Page
2
The annual WeF rodeo schedules a roping event with a handsome saddle for the best average on four head. A culling horse contest is set, with top horses in finals at the final night. Dances are planned each night at the rodeo grounds.
A United Mine Workers hall at Red Star Kentucky was demolished by a blast in predawn Saturday. A bomb also damaged the home of local secretary Sam Fields, 65, who helped lead UMW efforts in Letcher County and to secure a 1959 contract raising pay by two dollars a day. No injuries were reported.
Police Juvenile Division logged 1137 youths in the first half of the year with 305 records due to offense severity. Anglo youths accounted for 65 percent, Latin 25 percent, and Negro 10 percent, 376 offenses cleared by arrests. Burglaries led with 9, followed by thefts 42 and forgeries 23, plus 18 auto thefts, 15 property crimes, 5 rapes, 6 sex offenses, 4 assaults, 7 vandalism, and 20 incorrigible cases. Capt Bill Cox said 277 youths were referred to probation officers with shifts 7 am–2 pm 29 percent, 3 pm–11 pm 52 percent, and night 19 percent.
London hosts the Craziest Race Of Year a cross continent sprint from Marble Arch to the Arc de Triomphe with 183 entrants from Britain France Holland Belgium America and more. The prize pool totals 16 000 pounds with the winner earning 3 000 814 000 0. Competitors plan to use aircraft hovercraft helicopters bicycles scooters cars and even roller skates while avoiding traffic violations. Star entrants include Stirling Moss and Maurice Trintignant. The race runs daily from July 13 for 31 days between 8 am and 9 pm as entrants seek fastest time without legal trouble.
Marshall Formby former Highway Commission chairman told Belton July 4th crowd that the United States needs more national pride and flag waving to inspire patriotism and strength for the atomic age during the old fashioned celebration.
Vatican authorities removed forgeries from the Vatican Museums after experts declared the piece The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine a fake. Prof de Campos noted a genuine landscape underbeneath and chemical tests showed the Murillo attribution could not date earlier than the 18th century.
Muscovites are startled as a local event causes the city to shake. Alexander Nesmeyaniov, president of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, reports the International Geophysical Year recorded ground heave of over 18 inches twice in a century. De Campos notes the origin and fate of a famed painting remain uncertain.
In Terry County near Brownfield, rancher Ratliff reports sandstone with pyrite and gold showing in an irrigation well sample and hints at possible uranium. A prospector noted old outcrops, and tests by Tex Tech found gold indicators, though no full analysis has been completed.
News item says a Navy blimp at Lakehurst is for sale to the highest bidder. The 266 foot airship requires helium, which is in short supply, and experts joke about the difficulty of inflating it. The Navy notes blimps serve advertising and survey roles while helium demand grows.
The long famed one car ACRUA auto air conditioner promises dependable climate control through superior engineering and provision building. It notes removal of your ATCA unit to another car and claims rapid, constant climate control with no down payment at AR A of Lubbock at 1610 4th Street.
Bedford's Prescription is advertised with a slogan claiming serving customers is the business. The text presents pharmacy branding and focus on local service.
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