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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1954
Page
20
Brazil's economic machine shows signs of sputtering as coffee exports fall and dollar scarcity grows. Printing presses churn out new money, raising fears of renewed inflation amid a Supreme Court decision shaping the crisis.
Seventy one men are scheduled for induction calls this week in Lubbock with groups of 25 to take pre physical exams Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Induction slots list names from Lubbock Slaton and other Texas towns plus several out of state entries. Financial and economic effects accompany the foreign policy note on Brazil including wage decree coffee prices and exchange controls.
Nine year old Celia Sanchez describes two years of beatings, broken bones, malnutrition, and burns while her mother Trinidad Sanchez Vera and stepfather Joe Cruz Vera face trial for mayhem felonious assault and related charges. The child recounts being struck with shoes forks and knives and forced to endure scalding water and chili peppers. Celia’s testimony followed by the arrest of the stepfather as authorities pursue four counts of felonious assault and one count of child molestation.
New York July 10 UP The purchasing value of the dollar fell to 53.9 cents in May the lowest point in its 169 year history per the National Industrial Conference Board. The index rose 0.5 percent from April to May to 185.5, while a year ago it stood at 180.2. Data based on 39 major cities.
Floydada July 10 Special bids will be opened July 28 for a three story educational building for the First Baptist Church designed by Herbert Brasher and Associates. The brick tile fireproof air conditioned unit measures 91 by 50 feet and will double current facilities with a 300 seat chapel on the first floor and classrooms on the second and third floors. The new wing will sit eight feet southeast of the auditorium facing Main street and be linked to the original building. The church now has 1000 resident members with 53 percent added in four years. Sun day school enrollment is 1200 with 600 in average attendance. The church has raised 522,278 in 30 months toward the project, one of two proposed additions including a larger auditorium. Building committee led by Parnell Powell includes A. T. Hull and others.
In New York on July 10 police reported three teen boys assaulted 40 year old Thomas Condon after taunting him for talking to himself. Ronald Loesch 16 and Thomas Wosokows 17 admitted their role and were charged with homicide. authorities pursued a third youth.
Lynn County 4-H Club announces a cotton production contest with $300 in prizes for irrigated and dry land divisions. Eligible youths aged 9 to 21 sign up with County Agent Bill Griffin by July 15. Five acre plots judge. top prize $75, second $50, third $25. First place advances to area contest in Lubbock.
Lynn County Fair will be resumed this fall after a drought pause. Officers and directors of the Fair Association announced plans with livestock field crops and a women's division to be featured. The exact date is to be set before the Panhandle South Plains Fair opening Sept 27. Tom Garrard is president, W L Botkin secretary, with a finance committee of Winston C Wharton Botkin and Albert Curry and an entertainment committee of George Claude Wells and Ward Eakin.
Judge James G. Denton did not hand down a decision in the temporary injunction suit of Cement & Supply Co. of Lubbock against Local 577 picketing of delivery trucks. Testimony revealed threats of harm between strikers and non strikers over union recognition for all company employees except professionals and office staff. Tidmore Construction Co. seeks enforcement of a contract for ready mix cement deliveries as strike activity continues.
In the 1890s social code larger napkins signified higher status at meals. The word napkin derives from the Old French nape meaning tablecloth.
Ava Gardner hosts Spanish bullfighter Miguel Luis Dominguin at her Lake Tahoe summer residence while she pursues a divorce from Frank Sinatra. The pair were seen at Reno clubs. Gardner says they are just friends. Picket lines at a local facility remain under a restraining order.
The FCC announced there is no need for more hearings to clarify broadcasters duty to air both sides of controversial topics. It reaffirmed its long standing fairness principle guiding radio and TV outlets, noting applicability varies with each factual situation and rests with licensee judgment.
The Senate on Saturday approved a measure granting congressional consent to a Texas Louisiana compact apportioning Sabine River waters and sent it to the House for action.
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