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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1960
Page
5
Turmoil erupts outside Parliament as hundreds of students and union members mass and confront police. Pro Red student group threatens further marches amid a volatile month of demonstrations.
A day of extreme heat spurred dozens of grass and brush fires across Texas. Fires burned thousands of acres near Menard and Austin, threatening homes while police battled urban unrest in Tokyo with mass rioting and clashes with demonstrators.
Reba Taylor of Littlefield was charged Wednesday with felony passing of worthless checks and held in Lamb County Jail awaiting return. The alleged check for 90 dollars was written to Hemphillk Wells Co. here on June 9.
Three members of a Lubbock family the Wartes couple and their 14 year old daughter were in the West Texas Hospital emergency rooms late Wednesday with food poisoning. Ambulance attendants rushed them to care after a late supper of ham potatoes and cantaloupe. Doctors gave no final diagnosis and reported the trio not in critical condition.
President Eisenhower told about 4000 Filipino students at the University of the Philippines that tens of millions under communism will gain liberty and not remain chained to others. He praised the free world, honored MacArthur, and stressed education and mutual knowledge as key to defeating dictatorship.
The Lubbock school board voted a $200 across the board raise for teachers, raising local pay above the state minimum by $796. The increase affects 9 14 month, 10 month, and 12 month schedules and comes with added steps for experience and advanced degrees. Resignations of fourteen staff and twelve replacements were approved, along with plans for a new southwest junior high school and a bid date set for June 28.
Multiple birth announcements record newborns at West Texas Hospital Methodist Hospital and Taylor Hospital with weights from 3 pounds 5 ounces to 8 pounds 1 ounce. Fathers’ occupations include chauffeur, carpenter helper, student, waiter, and insurance staff. Also notes Bache and Company opens a Rome office and a Milan branch next week. Thailand plans a $9.5 million lignite plant at Krabi in 1960.
The Clovis Board of Arbitration approved annexing about 1,000 acres to the city during a Monday night meeting. About 1,500 residents live in the areas involved. The board rejected other annexation proposals totaling a little more than 1,000 acres. Read as Rierson quarter southeast end of Clovis, area south of 21st and east to Norris, the Wicks Liebelt Addition, and a west edge section.
A Dallas urban planner told a Lubbock group that downtown should serve a wider region like Dallas and urged practical, action oriented steps. He emphasized pedestrian needs, north and northeast development, and the need for fact finding to shape a feasible downtown study with immediate work possible. Joe Nislar chaired the downtown committee.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee cautioned that rioting leftists threaten Japan's free institutions while supporting ratification of the American Japanese security treaty. The panel said opposition to militarization fears is unpersuasive and anticipated final action soon, ahead of Eisenhower's Japan visit.
Denmark’s King Frederik IX arrived in London for a five day private visit led by Parker. Attendees included Prouty Gerome Grayam Park ’n Shop president John Halsey Lubbock Chamber of Commerce D M Wiggins Retha Martin Tom Hutchinson W l Bradshaw Charles Maedgen A B Davis M I Hall and Bob Burr planning director Eldridge Lovelace of Harland Bartholomew and Associates will present at 3 30 p m today to the group.
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