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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1958

Page

6

McElroy Hints Burke Could Lose Post Over Pentagon Stand

McElroy told the House Armed Services Committee on April 2 that Burke might lose his post due to views on the Pentagon plan. He said military personnel could testify to Congress fully and frankly but could not attack the President's plan in public or ble speeches without risking correction.

Correc House Armed Services Committee McElroy Congress Burke Eisenhower Senate House Fisenhower Pentagon Marine Corps Army Navy Air Force Secretary of Defense Naval Operations Solomons Pacific Washington National Press Club Solomon

Cleanup Drive prompts state action on obscene materials

A city commission named a special committee to investigate obscene and indecent publications and motion pictures under Article 527. Charleston samples and letters were sent to theater officials, publishers, and officials as the group works toward enforcement, amid mixed political commentary on defense reorganizations.

Lubbock Gillespie Preston Smith W.O. Bearden Hiram Parks J. B. Rhea

Weatherwide Texas storm strikes with heavy rains and winds

A broad storm system brought thunderstorms and heavy rainfall across the South Plains and central Texas. Abilene reported 6.4 inches near Brownwood. Lubbock measured 0.01 inches with light showers elsewhere. a waterspout formed near Dallas, and a tornado damaged the Owens community. High winds knocked over grain cars near Gage Oklahoma and disrupted services in several towns. Temperature contrasts ranged from 61 to 108 degrees across the state.

South Plains Tahoka Post Lubbock Weather Bureau Crosbyton Panhandle Amarillo Plainview Owens Brownwood Garza- Litle Elm Lake Dallas Abilene Brick‘stah Texas Avoca Baird Clyde Haskell Ranger Coleman Lenders Moran Rising Star Bryan Kilgore Henderson Longview Gladewater Gage Okla Texas State Line Zephyr Goldthwaite Llano Presidio San Antonio College Station Lufkin Presidia Cotulla Laredo Alice Dalhart Wichita Falls Alpine Beaumont el Paso Midland San Angelo van Horn Mineral Wells Wink Texarkana Big Spring del Rio

Hungarians Endorse Executions After Rebellion

Radio Moscow and Hungarian leaders claim the executions of Imre Nagy Pal Maleter and two others were approved by broad worker support as a warning to prevent betrayal of the workers regime. Paris signals no summit as de Gaulle government views the action.

Fador Czechoslovakia Franciszek Poland Radio Moscow Imre Nagy Pal Maleter Paris National Assembly Charles de Gaulle Harold Kiss Budapest Hungary

Army Secretary Denies Resignation Rumors

Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker flatly denied reports he was thinking of resigning over Defense Department policy. He told reporters there is nothing to it and that he is a team player who will continue to play along when overruled. Defense Secretary McElroy stopped by and congratulated him on not resigning.

Quantico Army Wilber M. Brucker Defense Department Brucker Defense McElroy Wilber

Integration Postponement for Little Rock Praised by Officials

State officials across the segregated South praised Judge Lemley’s 2% year delay of Little Rock public school integration. Governors and leaders in Florida Georgia Virginia and South Carolina hailed the ruling as a prudent response to local conditions and opposition while warning against forced desegregation.

Associated Press Little Rock Ark Louisiana W. M. Rainach Little Rocks

Little Rock School Board Wins Delay in Desegregation Case

Judge Lemley writes that maintaining education standards outweighs immediate integration at Central High. He notes the presence of troops and racial tensions hinder learning and grants a stay to suspend integration through mid semester 1961. The ruling follows Faubus's 1957 actions and federal court orders.

Florida LeRoy Collins Georgia Marvin Griffin Attemp Ernest Vandiver Arkansas T. C. Callison South Carolina George Timmerman Virginia J. Lindsay Almond Little Rock Lemley John S. Battle Battle Federal Civil Rights Commission Charlottesville Barnes Qang W. T. White Dallas Tex Lergine Solon Washington Emanuel Celler D-Ny House Judiciary Committee Federal District Court Central High School Central High Faubus U.S. Dist Ronald N. Davies Fargo N.D Eisenhower Arkansas National Guard 101St Airrborne Division Ft. Campbell Central Horace Mann High School Minnijean Brown Ernest Green Minnijean New Lincoln School New York City Ernest Michigan State University Lemley and Davies Fiastern Texarakna Ark Margaret Jackson Mother's League of Central High U. S. Supreme Court Celler Supreme Court Little Rock Ark Newport R. I Upton

Water District Votes Back Bonded Project Across Four Towns

Four towns approved a water district bond issue totaling 4 million dollars to fund a dam reservoir and treatment plant in Crosby County. Voters in Post, Crosbyton, Ralls, and Spur supported the plan, with Spur showing strongest opposition yet still backing the project.

Crosby County Dale Rhoades Crosbyton The Water District

City Budget plans set to hold line on tax rate

City Commission reviews 1958 59 budget forecasting an 8 percent revenue gain to 9,462,577 with 3 percent spending rise. No new paving, minimal department increases, and merit raises for 30 staff are proposed as retrenchment curbs costs amid declining revenues. Public filing June 26 with formal adoption August 14.

Qcutback H. P. Clifton Clifton Commission Electric Department Municipal Hill First Baptist Church Lennis Baker David Casey Homer Maxey Otis Maner Vernon Thompson al Couch

Lebanese Crisis Deepens As U N Leader Leaves Beirut

In Beirut Premier Sami Solh said Lebanon will not ask U N help unless a mission cannot halt the revolt. Hammarskjold, after 48 hours of talks, left for Amman Jerusalem and Cairo to discuss Lebanon and the Israeli Jordan Mt Scopus dispute. Rebels fired as he departed, contrasting with last week’s palace attacks.

Beirut Sami Solh U. N Lebanon Solh U. N. Sec Dag Hammarskjold Camille Chamoun U.N. Security Council United Arab Republic of Syria Egypt Hammarskjold Amman Jerusalem Mt. Scopus Cairo New York United Nations

Hagerty Denied Publisher Roles in West Coast Media

Hagerty controlled newspaper and other West Coast properties. He served the remaining term of the late Kenneth Wherry in the U S Senate 1951 52 then joined the Eisenhower team. The New York Post cites a White House search for a successor to Adams with Seaton viewed as the leading prospect and likely the most popular cabinet member.

West Kenneth Wherry U.S. Senate Eisenhower New York Post White House Adams Seaton the Post Washington Dispatch Robert G. Spivack

Birth announcements list local families with newborns

Congratulations pour out for numerous area couples with newborns. Families include Brown of 114 Quinn welcoming a 7 lb 5 oz son at Methodist Hospital and Williams at 7th St reporting a daughter born at Methodist with 7:04 a.m. delivery. Additional births listed for Marable Baker London Pemberton Castro Madera Lowery and others at St Marys Lausa Cine Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital with fathers employed as bookkeeper director salesman laborer grocer and more.

Robert M. Brown Quinn Methodist Hospital Howard G. Lowery Art Iday Fin Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital South Plains Associated Grocers

Lamesa National Bank Open House Draws 2500 Attendees

About 2,500 visitors toured the La mesa National Bank during a Saturday open house from 3 to 7 p.m. The bank sits on a corner lot at Houston Street and South 1st, with a 6 by 115 foot building and a 40 by 65 basement. Parking for 32 cars is available on site. The bank originated as the First State Bank of Lamesa, chartered June 1, 1906, opened July 2 with $15,000 capital, and became Lamesa National Bank on January 1, 1924.

Lamesa New Lamesa National Bank Houston St South 1St First State Bank of

Rebel Defeat Claimed in Indonesia Capital Fall

AP reports the rebel capital Menado in North Celebes fell, as Indonesian radio announced the victory on Saturday.

Jakarta Indonesia Menado Celebeg Jradio

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