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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1959

Page

6

Sclons Race Session Deadline Prompted By Tax Debate

Daniel argues for partial restoration of a balance in a conference report as a path to tax relief. He notes the main pest difference in the bill is taxes on natural gas and interstate corporations. He believes a compromise would win majority support in both House and Senate.

Daniel House Senate Appropriations Conference Committee Appropriations Committee State Board of Insurance Wiliam A. Harrison

Injustice claims aid from USSR amid prison case

Former prisoner Allen Alley asserts he sought Soviet help to obtain dossiers on 145 unnamed US officers, alleging press restrictions and miscarriage of justice. He promised to release information through the American press after coordination, while detailing family struggles and plans to return to Bar Harbor, Maine.

Soviet Union Jenathy Ft. Meade Alles Hd Twas United States Alley North Korea Pentagon Allen Hie Bar Harbor Maine Preas Rome Alley Thardy Kena Baden Baden Geremany Evels Uy Gary

Miss Lubbock Pageant Entries Open For 18 to 28

Great Bend Kansas reminders that deadline for Miss Lubbock Pageant entries is Wednesday. entrants must be single and never married or divorced, aged 18 to 28 on Sept 1, with expenses paid for the winner to Beaumont and a chaperon. Finalists from Tech and area high schools and colleges are listed with birth dates, heights, weights, eye and hair color, and talents as part of the pageant coverage.

F. W. Henkel Great Bend Kan Mainbourg Lubbock Beaumont San Angelo S Cone Tom S. Lubbock High School Cone Weahs Tech Miss Terry San Saba High School Ar Tech North Texas State College Lubbock Sunday Sun Terry Galindo Monterey High School Enice Miss Rabb Hillcrest High School Dallas Delta Delta Delta Sorunty Miso Mise Rabb LaVentana Weeks Hall Miss Wilhite Mes Wilhite National Honor Society Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Lubbock Huth Cale Comanche High School Cagle Comanche County Kathryn Grace Flechtner Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority

Old Glory to Wave For Last Time On Flag Day

The 48 star flag will retire on Flag Day marking the end of an era for the pledge of allegiance. Francis Bellamy is credited as author though debate continues. Bellamy born Mount Morris New York 1855 died 1921. The pledge originated in 1892 with changes in 1954 adding under God and in 1945 formalizing status.

New York Francis Bellamy Arizona New Mexico Bellamy Aiask James B. Upham Upham Boston Bellamy Bellamy Library of Congress Mount Morris Little Falls United States of America Congress

Audit Reveals Misused Fines and County Office Audits

The Crosby County audit details misappropriated fines collected by Herrington and failures to remit, with multiple discrepancies across county offices. A new grand jury will hear the report Tuesday as calls grow for regular audits and a part‑time auditor for Crosby County.

16Th St Lubbock Bay Co Justices of the Peace Herrington Commissioners Court Crosby County Lorenz City Loca Boy

Four ministers mull recess as Berlin talks risk collapse

Western ministers in Geneva weigh strategy as East West talks stall Berlin crisis. If no breakthrough, they may recess talks to deputies, delaying a showdown and risking renewed garrison blockades. Herter heads home to Washington while Couve de Murville joins de Gaulle on Italy trip.

Couve de Murville Geneva Berlin W Herter U.S West Berlin East Germany

Bank Robbery Suspect Sought After Drive-In Hold Up

Police report a bank holdup at a drive-in booth where teller Jean Noble was accosted by a gunman who demanded cash and fled with a paper bag. Witnesses describe the suspect as desperate and evasive, with connections to local high school and sorority life.

Jean Noble Wood

Verdict Doubts Justice In Mass Attack Case

The trial featured a dramatic closing as prosecutors urged the jury to condemn four young defendants aged 16 to 23 to death. The defense argued the victim consented, while witnesses reacted emotionally as the judge urged individual consideration of each defendant’s fate.

Walker Ole Stontamire David Gene) Scarborough Willion Ted) Collinsworth William D. Hopkins Beagles Collinsworth Starborough

Zoning Hearings Delay Decisions on New Annexed Area

Lubbock planning panel put off action on zoning in an annexed strip east of Yellowhouse Canyon between Ath Street and 50th Street. A Tuesday session considered a 3500 block 50th Street commercial zone that would break a four year old pattern of shopping centers at half section lines. Other cases moved include rezoning requests on Avenue A duplex to industrial, and several 45th and Second Place properties from single to duplex or other zoning classifications.

Ath Street 50Th Street Yellowhouse Canyon Avenue P Nouth Lubbock 50Th St S0th St Inxute Avenue A 45Th Street 2Nd Place

Irate mother throws acid in youth's face in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY AP report says a mother upset after beer spilled on her baby threw sulfuric acid at a neighboring youth. The incident followed a minor scuffle with the woman's maid and a bottle of acid bought to remove warts was used. The youth may be blinded and the case involves a minor.

Mexico City

Hit-Run Driver Hides Behind Constitution

Kobe Japan AP report says Judge Toshio Hidaka declares Japan's hit-and-run law unconstitutional. He rules forcing a motorist to report accidents violates Article 31 guaranteeing no self incrimination. Nishikawa 26 of Tokyo was freed but fined for injuring a pedestrian.

Kobe Japan Toshio Hidaka Loshin Nish’kawa Ot Tran Cuarace

Lubbock schools show growing enrollment projections

School officials report 1953 54 to 1958 59 membership rising from 15 798 to 23 328 with a gain of 7 592 and project 33 975 by 1964 65 a further increase of 10 650. Conservative estimates place elementary junior high and high school growth in line with these projections. Also notes severe storm damage in Hong Kong with 15 dead and 251 injured.

Lubbock Iaor Nah Eis

Mrs Lewis Clark Kimmel to Visit Kimmel Family in Lubbock

Mrs Lewis Clark Kimmel and her children from Asheville N C plan to arrive in Lubbock by plane Monday to visit her late husband’s parents at 2115 Broadway and later the home of James H Kimmel Jr at 4313 46th Street. A 14 year old Negro youth was arrested for shoplifting downtown Saturday morning and turned over to juvenile officers, with a prior auto theft record. Mrs Anita Hernandez 41 of 521 N Ave M a custodial worker at Methodist Hospital was released after treatment at the hospital emergency room about 7 am Saturday following an auto accident on Baylor Street near Avenue T in which her car collided with a truck driven by Dewey Harper 47 of 1604 39th Street.

Lewis Clark Kimmel Asheville N.C Lubbock James H. Kimmel Broadway James H. Kimmel Jr 46Th St Anita Hernades N. Ave Methodist ‘Hospital Baylor St Avene T Hernandez Juan Hernandez Ri Dewey Harper 39Th St. Con

Havana Becomes Revolutionary Headquarters

MEXICO CITY report states Havana has become the hemisphere core of social revolutions. Revolt leaders from Ecuador Panama Paraguay Haiti and other nations converge for public discussions while Cuban labor groups and officials back the movements. The piece notes apparent freedom of press but warns of a hidden threat from counter revolutionaries and cites strongest opposition from land reform opponents.

Mexico City UPD Havana Hemisphere Excelsior Jorge Davo Lozano Latin America Ecuador Panama Paraguay Haiti Dominican Republic Argentina Dave Lozano Castro

Workers Plan To Defy De Gaulle

Paris reports that 200000 railroad workers were drafted to block a general strike while rail unions chose to walk out. Ground staff of Air France and possibly Paris bar and subway workers may join. The action tests De Gaulle austerity, with potential jail terms and fines for striking.

Paris UPI Charles de Gaulle de Gaulle France Air France

Stowaway Coed To Talk With Dad

Sharon Forsberg a 20 year old San Francisco State student who stowed away on a freighter to Honolulu returned home with her father paying about 426 dollars for the trip. She hoped to meet a boyfriend in Honolulu but he had gone to New York. The AP dispatch from San Leandro California notes she anticipated a financial talk with her parents after the episode.

Eessibyllbytans San Leandro Calif Sharon Forsberg Sharon San Francisco State College Hawaii Honolulu New York

Fire Under Control As Wells Exhausted

A fire at a food locker plant in Mulberry Grove Illinois damaged six buildings. Firemen from Vandalia Greenville and Smithboro aided the effort by pumping dry wells. Authorities estimated damage above 200000 dollars.

Mulberry Grove Ill UPDA Vandalia Greenville Smithboro

Pisoni Replaces Bauer With Yankees Call Up

New York AP report notes outfielder John Pisoni, who started the season with Milwaukee in the National League and was assigned to Richmond in the International League, was brought up by the Yankees on Friday to fill in for Hank Bauer who strained his right thigh Tuesday. Joan Law Graduates: Louisville AP reports John Law, a North Carolina Highway Patrol sergeant, tops the Southern Police Institute class.

NEW York Johm Pisoni Milwaukee Richmond New York Yankees Hank Bauer Joan Law Louisville, Ky The Southern Police Institute John Law North Carolina

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