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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1960
Page
4
President Eisenhower arrives in Taipei for a four hour stop as Chinese Nationalists praise U.S. support. The Quemoy bombardment kills seven and wounds 41, with officials noting 100-plus houses damaged and military losses among casualties. Chiang Kai-shek welcomes the visit and affirms solidarity.
In Tokyo Communist leftists led 300000 protesters aiming to scuttle the Japan U.S. security pact before it takes effect. Stabbing of Jotaro Kawakami spurred calls for Kishi resignation as 35000 leftists gathered outside the Diet amid police guard and a disrupted upper house session.
Negotiations between general contractors and bricklayers stretched Friday for hours with no sign of an imminent end to a 24 day old strike. A bricklayers union meeting is set for 10:30 a.m. today as a follow up.
A 16 year old Lubbock youth confessed to stealing three 1960 model cars since May 16 in Lubbock. He was arrested Friday after a chase while riding in a stolen car and later jailed in the juvenile ward. Cars stolen included owners T D Barton Joe Sanchez and Willie Aguirre. all have been recovered. License plates had been changed.
A 39 year old Plainview resident Marjorie Williams escaped injury when her car was struck broadside by a Santa Fe diesel switch engine on Erskine Road near Avenue P. The engineer was H H Wright aged 22 of 710 Ave R.
Tullis says illegal votes were cast in the second primary and aims to uncover all such votes. The contest, filed by Howard Traweek, cites non residents voting in Dickens County. District Judge L D Ratliff set Friday for the preliminary hearing.
Willam E. Lyons 35 of 3601 35th St received emergency treatment after a water moccasin bit his foot while loading a boat onto a trailer in shallow water at Buffalo Lakes.
The Senate approved a $1.584 billion public works authorization and a separate rivers and harbors bill amid large margins. Key votes included Dirksen and Thurmond opposing final passage with four GOP defections. House reconciliation proceedings loom. The government pay raise for civil servants advanced, while Dirksen signaled a veto threat and a veto was predicted for the overall package.
Severe storms swept the East with hail and heavy rain. Flooding washed out railroad tracks near Binghamton New York while power outages and evacuations followed a collapsed retaining wall. A seven year old girl was electrocuted in Nashville.
State officials outline 1971 and decade ahead needs across taxes, public welfare, mental health, and highways. DeWitt C. Greer cites $4.313 billion required for highways over 10 years while available revenues total $4.0205 billion. Public welfare needs rise from about $58.9 million to $63.1 million in 1971, with mental health projected at $94.2 million for 1971 and $372.5 million over the decade.
A list of several births is announced including A.2.C. and BMfrs. Michael C. Oja at Reese Air Force Base Hospital with a girl 7 pounds 15% ounces born at 4 04 p.m. The Mooneys report a daughter 8 pounds 2 ounces at Lauf Clinic. S Sg t and Mrs Berard Sweeney at Reese Trailer Park welcome a son 7 pounds 9% ounces at 8 15 p.m. Friday. Other families note daughters and sons born at West Texas Hospital and Methodist Hospital with fathers employed by local firms and the City of Lubbock, Benton Oil Co, Texas Concrete Block Co, Ashley Tire Service, and Taylor Hospital affiliations.
The State Department press officer Joseph Reap described the Chinese shelling of the Nationalist island near Formosa as a heartless display of force aimed at President Eisenhower during his Far Eastern tour. Officials noted no military significance in the attack, focusing instead on Kishi's effort to stay in power and complete the Diet and security pact ratification. The pact would allow continued U S bases in Japan and mutual defense commitments if bases are attacked.
Congress debated defense funding with the Senate backing 285 million dollars to revive the B 70 program while the House opposed, and a separate 293 million was approved for a conventional carrier not favored by the House. The Senate also added eighty three point eight million for the Samos satellite and boosted the Eisenhower request beyond the House figure.
New Delhi reports that India acknowledges the need for thousands of miles of new rail lines yet plans to lay only 1,180 miles of new track during its Third Five Year Plan. The admission signals constraints on expansive expansion and a focus on targeted rail projects.
Two British paratrooper sergeants completed a 3,000 mile stroll from San Francisco to New York in 66 days claiming a foot record. They arrived at the Coliseum exhibition with beer and roast beef, insisting they will keep walking.
The Brownsboro school board crisis escalated in April as a vote ousted a key supporter of Superintendent Homer Bass, leading to Bass's firing after 23 years. 14 of 20 Negro teachers were dismissed, provoking resignations by several white teachers. A petition with 613 signatures urged the board to resign, but no action was taken. Bass appealed to the State Board of Education, which will hear the case and assess accreditation impacts.
The car driven by Ray overturned after crossing the road and came to rest in a bar ditch on the South Plains. The death is the 38th traffic fatality of the year, with 61 at the same date in 1959 and a record 154 area deaths that year. Funeral services for Ray, a San Saba native and Lynn County resident since 1905, are set for Sunday at the Tohoka Methodist Church with Rev. J. B. Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in Tohoka Cemetery under Stanley Funeral Home. Survivors include two sons El mer and John, three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and four sisters in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, with two sons listed in Lubbock and Venice, California.
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