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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1959
Page
1
Government moves aim to end the steel strike as unions and industry face a volatile scene. Reports describe unrest in the Middle East with Kirkuk in Iraq as a flashpoint where clashes and casualties are reported amid a broader revolt narrative.
Virl B. Scott and his wife and six children, aged 4 to 12, were rescued Sunday after more than two days stranded in the hot southeastern Utah desert near the Green and Colorado rivers. The family, from Murray, Utah, survived on radiator water and fish bait, plus digging to escape heat. They left Friday aiming for Dead Horse Point but veered off course. a punctured oil pan left them marooned 400 miles west of their route.
In Austin during the third special session the House and Senate push a tax and spending plan as lawmakers race to fund state operations for the new two year period beginning Sept. 1. Hearings on six tax measures and an initial appropriations bill move forward amid optimism but with unresolved questions and looming deadlines. Governor Price Daniel emphasizes urgency to avoid delays, with pension pressures adding to the political stakes.
Governor Earl Long attends a Sunday service at First Baptist Church and responds to a preacher's call for repentance. He fidgets, smokes, and chats with ushers while a 35 minute sermon unfolds. At collection time he contributes $5 while J W Menefee adds $10 for the racing fundraiser.
A strong and prolonged earthquake rattled Arica and northern Chile on Sunday causing residents to flee homes but officials reported no damage from the quake. The tremor was felt over a wide area with no injuries reported at this time.
A letter published by Pravda and Izvestia claims Libero Ricciardelli of Needham Massachusetts will stay in Russia and seek Soviet citizenship, saying communism is the only salvation. The letter describes his military rank as major and notes a wife and three children, with doubt about their current location. His father Augustus calls the report surprise and criticizes it as propaganda.
Congressmen press for a presidential fact finding board to resolve the five day steel strike with 600000 workers idle. Joseph F Finnegan schedules talks in New York with union and major steel companies as prices and wages spark proposals and inquiries into pricing.
Joseph Dial, 44, of 2311 Elm St., was shot in the stomach during a tense exchange of profane cracks in the 600 block of East 25th Street early Sunday. He died about 10 minutes after arrival at Methodist Hospital. A 22-year-old suspect was arrested within a half hour and admitted the shooting.
In Quaker Missouri 19 year old John Crump and 14 year old John Edward Davis admitted to killing storekeeper Leonard Lynn Barr 57 and injuring his wife Vallie 52 at their home and beating daughter Ella Jo 16 after the pair drank beer then forced entry at Barr's shop.
Vandals painted Nazi symbols at the Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts in Georgia and burned 165 paintings and objects from the 1890s collection. Police tied the act to prior vandalism at synagogues and noted $15,000 in valued pieces were damaged but without racial or religious significance claimed.
A 1912 built structure suffered smoke and water damage from a blaze. An automatic sprinkler system activated for a fire crew response around 1 pm and firefighters gained control after midnight.
United Press reports a severe New York City storm causing four lightning deaths at Orchard Beach Bronx and 74 injuries citywide. A subway fire near Queens end of a tunnel hospitalized 14, smoke inhalation affected hundreds on two trains, and 42nd Street traffic was halted as first aid stations set up.
Fire roared through Stanislaus National Forest destroying virgin timber as crews of nearly 500 battled the blaze in 100 degree heat. Foresters warned control was unlikely before Monday and could worsen if winds rise.
Reports from Cairo and Damascus cite fighting in Kirkuk as a near civil war with hundreds of casualties. Iraqi forces and mutinies, including the 2nd army division, seized bridges and strategic points as clashes continued over several days.
Publication details for The Avalanche Journal offer extra copies of Partners In Progress. Orders are cash only and may be placed at the Circulation department in Lubbock or through a focal agent outside Lubbock. No telephone orders accepted.
A notice announces single copies wrapped in "Partners in Progress" wrappers with addressed mailing and postage paid. Special sale terms: 35 cents per copy or 3 for $1.
R A G DeBusk, a young geneticist from Idalou, works on space radiation effects by custom building tiny organisms. The 24 year old scientist, interviewed at his parents home, moved from a backyard lab to a key role in America’s space program. He met his wife Betty Young in childhood. she is a rancher’s daughter and a scientist herself. See SPACE Page 6
An editorial column critiques how political decisions shape technology, noting men design the initial machine and then the machine reshapes society. The piece argues for scrutiny of power dynamics influencing innovation and governance.
Severe weather swept the country with heat in the West and heavy rain in the Midwest and South. Lightning killed four bathers at Orchard Beach in the Bronx and struck a small boat in Galveston Bay killing 17 year old George Wilburn of Highlands Texas while injuring another passerby. Rainfall brought moisture to Texas and New York areas with Ennis and Mineral Wells reporting heavy totals as tornado sightings were noted near Beaumont. STORMS Pabt 6.
A major blaze swept a Tacoma waterfront warehouse, the Wheatder-Osgood plant, burning for hours on Sunday. The facility, once sold in 1983, housed wheat and lumber stocks with damage value reported as 390 thousand dollars.
Partly cloudy with widely scattered afternoon and evening thunder and not much change in temperatures. Low around 67 yesterday and high near 99 this afternoon. Easterly to southeast winds 10 to 20 miles per hour.
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