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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1960
Page
9
Dallas AP report on Bettye Erickson, 34, paralyzed by polio, who supports herself and her daughter by telephone selling and by typing. With only toes and head movement, she arranged equipment and learned to dial and type, aided by family and telephone company adaptations.
Special correspondent Tack Roberts reports Colorado trip by Boy Scout group traveling to Denver. They viewed Pike's Peak from a high summit, sent telegrams home, toured a Mt. Denver vantage, and observed copper minting artifacts and a double feature cinema among other activities at the jamboree.
School officials announce a band session starting Monday for students. Parents are urged to ensure students bring instruments or use school owned ones. strict attendance and instrument use rules will apply.
A political column blends Broadway gossip with a critique of the U S electoral system. It notes Fidel Castro as a topic of debate, calls for more voter participation, and discusses figures from Kathryn Grayson to Paul Butler while reporting a South Korean court life sentence for student demonstrators.
Paris AP reports Mauretania the last autonomous republic in the French African community will become independent November 28 this year. President Charles de Gaulle approved the date after talks with Mauretania's Premier Moktar Ould Naddah, age 34, who is expected to become the country's first president. Mauretania, with about 500,000 residents, borders Rio de Oro near Morocco.
Guatemala reports a rebel group of 30 Cubans and Guatemalans left Havana aiming to overthrow President Miguel Yasgaras. The statement says the plan was to cross from Honduras on Fidel Castro’s movement anniversary. No sighting details were given.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a garbled line about a sun related item and a ship. Entities are unclear and no coherent event or outcome can be determined from the readable text.
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