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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1959
Page
1
Downpours six inches of rain and hail up to golf ball size blasted crops north west of Friona with winds New damage reported around Rhea and waterlogged areas. Cotton suffered near total loss on a two dozen fields while other farms saw lighter impact across the district.
Santa Fe reports a suitcase filled with polka-dot undershorts flew off Gov. Fort K. Long’s Cadillac Monday. An armored car carrying two photographers, Jerry McNeill and Robert Fahs, collided with the case after Long left El Paso with lipstick on his forehead. Both photographers were not seriously hurt as a breeze scattered the garments across the New Mexico desert. Long’s driver, Lt. Bill Wisner, was summoned as the incident unfolded on Highway 422 between Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
Seventeen defendants entered guilty pleas before Judge James G. Denton in 99th District Court, with three receiving prison terms totaling 28 years. The action reduced armed robbery charges to robbery by assault to allow pleas, as the armed robbery counts require a jury trial.
Iraqi fighting between nationalists and Communists rages in Kirkuk as reports claim Communist control of key city sections. Beirut and Cairo papers allege executions of prominent citizens and bodies dragged through streets, while U.S. reports note no American casualties or oil damage.
Spread The Good News invites readers of Lubbock to send extra copies of next Sunday's edition to relatives and business contacts nationwide, promoting the publication and its message.
The notice invites orders for extra copies of a mammoth special edition recounting Lubbock’s first 50 years as an incorporated city and detailing The Avalanch Journal plant. Orders via the Circulation department in Lubbock or local agents and carriers outside Lubbock, must be paid in cash. no phone orders accepted.
The Avalanche Journal will wrap address and mail paid extra copies directed anywhere in the U S for 35 cents per copy or three for 1. Extra copies mailed by the journal cost 15 cents each and are available at newsstands, by newsboys, or over the counter at Avalanche Journal offices.
A shapely red haired Albuquerque girl Sue Simone Ingersoll 22 quit the Miss Universe pageant just days before it began citing not wanting to endure any form of tyranny. She said she felt imprisoned and communicado and could not continue. Her roommate from Canada said organizers were accommodating. Competition begins Tuesday and ends Friday.
A New York man said he accidentally shot his 18 year old son with a rifle believed empty. He then fired a second shot, killing him, after the son threatened him with broken mirror glass. The 58 year old waiter, Joseph Carpinetti, faced no charges.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev abruptly canceled a planned tour of northern Europe angering Scandinavians and triggering health and policy speculation. A Moscow diplomatic note blamed press hostility and insults toward Russia and its premier by some Swedes, while Western delegates in Geneva considered a possible new diplomatic maneuver.
Trustees let contracts for a 12 room addition to Bozeman School at a Plainsman Hotel luncheon. General contract to Carl E Maxey Construction Co. for 118790. Other contracts to Chisum Plumbing 504.2%% and Pick and Electric Co. 10871. Other bidders listed and noted for comparison.
Vice President Nixon will meet Soviet Premier Khrushchev in Moscow to discuss the Berlin crisis, atomic tests, disarmament, and East West trade during an 11 day tour of the Soviet Union. The talks may set stage for a summit with Eisenhower and Britain and French leaders.
A humorous note on a so called frentieman describes a courteous man who always looks up to women yet never from a seat in a bun. The quip frames gendered manners in a playful column across implied newspaper sections.
Mrs. Herb Burkholder, 2511 1st St, was found dead by her two daughters Monday afternoon near an automatic washing machine. A screwdriver and a pan of water were nearby. investigators suspect an electric shock during a repair. Inquest to be conducted by Justice of the Peace George H. McCleskey with autopsy pending. Survivors include husband Jan, two daughters Libby and Diane, sister Mrs. Joe Payte, and mother Mrs. J. H. Jackson.
The Air Force finally launched the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral after five straight failures. The 12:20 a.m. liftoff marked a potential first successful Atlas flight since February 4, carrying a new power packed nose cone.
Partly cloudy with risk of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Low around 65 early morning. high near 87 this afternoon. Humidity rises through the day with city radar readings and evening chances. Winds light and variable.
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