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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1960
Page
6
A mass demonstration in Tokyo protested the treaty with Japan and the United States. Critics claimed the pact would threaten sovereignty as Red China urged citizens to block it. A four hour near total tieup disrupted rail, bus, and street traffic.
The Senate paused a ratification vote on the new U S Japanese security treaty after seven hours of debate. Officials anticipate swift ratification, while rioting in Tokyo marks strong opposition to the pact and U S bases on Japanese soil.
A burglar entered the Hukills home through a rear sliding glass door while they slept in El Paso. The thief stole cash and jewelry totaling more than $12,000, and the watchdog did not bark.
Wilson Holden of Lubbock was elected president of the Plains Nurserymen's Assn at a joint convention in Midland. Horace Woodburn of Las Cruces, N.M. was chosen to lead the New Mexico Assn. of Nurserymen at the same meeting.
Joe Hayes of Hale Center was reported in good condition at Methodist Hospital after being slashed Monday. Claude Jones, 64, also of Hale Center, was charged in the incident and released from Hale County jail in Plainview on a $1,000 bond. Roy Scout, 39, of 401 Gary, treated at St Marys Hospital for a finger amputation from a home computer project. Fire crews responded to a burning trash fire at 2824 Juniper causing minor damage to a frame residence. A grass fire near Broadway land Mackenzie Park was extinguished with no damage. Snowhite Bakery transformer fire at 304 College caused no damage.
Croslin, a World War II Navy veteran and prominent figure in local and state Democratic party circles, dies leaving a wife and four children. He had been named a delegate at large to the upcoming National Democratic Convention in Los Angeles. Survived by his parents, sister, and three sons Lloyd Jr., Lowell, Eddie, and a daughter Carolyn. Body at Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home with arrangements pending.
Continental Airlines will start service from Houston San Antonio and El Paso to Los Angeles San Diego and Long Beach the day CAB approves the new routes. President Robert F Six said CAB Examiner Edward Stodola recommended approval for those routes while urging denial of others to San Francisco Phoenix Las Vegas and additional Texas to West Coast links.
A juvenile court referee in Santa Monica ordered 16 year old Cheryl Crane to return to El Retiro, a minimum security girls’ school, after she escaped twice. Her mother Lana Turner and father Steve Crane expressed relief at the decision.
The column records births for numerous families with addresses and occupations. Names include Keith Wren Moss Gordin Cleaner, Charles Gentry Borden Co, Francisco Castro West Texas Compress, Pablo Olivares farm laborer, Wallace McMillian Reese Air Force Base Hospital, Ell Ivelland Army Germany, Henry Low Pan American Petroleum, Walter Hehli First Christian Church, Claude Hill Wood Chemical Co, Kenneth Baker Mosher Steel, Frank Cannon Blume System, B W Best Shell Oil, Ancelmo Reyna Texas Roofing, Bob Wall Episcopal Conference Center Amarillo, Emory Cassell Jimmy Cochran Cotton Co, and Charles Gunn Texas Tech student, all noting baby gender, weight, time and hospital.
The Republican National Committee released a four day plan for the July 25 Chicago convention at International Amphitheater. Eisenhower will speak second night, with nomination on the third night and a vice presidential selection on the fourth. Closed circuit TV will cover proceedings for delegates and alternates. 25 000 people are involved in preparations.
In a price war flare up, major oil firms boosted rates late Tuesday while independents returned toward pre war levels Tuesday morning. Regular gasoline ranged from 21.9 to 31.9 cents with ethyl at 25.9 to 35.9 cents. Some independents still pumping at 21.9 to 23.9 cents expect further hikes before business hours today.
Alvin McMillan 78 of Rt 3 O'Donnell died Tuesday night in Medical Arts Hospital Lamesa. A Lynn County pioneer he will be remembered in services at Stanley Funeral Home here with arrangements pending.
El Paso reported relief of 1 degree or higher but was surpassed by Wink and Presidio with 114 degrees Tuesday. A cool front from the Panhandle trimmed Dalhart to 74 at 11 a.m. as Lubbock's northern edge stalled. Thunderstorms were forecast across the state with scattered showers from Dallas to Big Spring.
A loaded gasoline truck rammed a car at Broadway and Ave A at 5:46 pm Tuesday injuring five Amarillo residents. Two were hospitalized in fair condition at Methodist Hospital. others treated and released. Driver Hubert Boyd Meeks 54 Slaton not injured. truck owned by E C Pounds Slaton. West Germany approved 19 million dollars in Nazi persecution restitution to Norway and Denmark.
Pickets returned to the Methodist Hospital addition job as tension rose between Local 23 bricklayers and the Associated General Contractors. Union officials claimed workers who struck for higher wages should be reinstated, while contractors warned non union labor would remain on site without open shop penalties. The dispute follows a Monday agreement boosting bricklayer pay based on a living cost index with retroactive effective dates.
Paul Woodring of the Ford Foundation urged at a national education conference that teaching remain open and flexible. He argued that Einstein Toscanini Frost Sandburg Bernstein could be effective teachers, though they might not meet rigid certification standards. About 1,100 educators attend the four day meeting in San Diego.
William J. Hoover, 22, allegedly escaped Wichita Falls County Jail by taking off his clothes and lathering himself in soap, then squeezing through a bread-box sized food serving hole. He had been jailed on a Dallas burglary charge and was awaiting further charges in Wichita Falls.
Rockingham Cannery Enterprises unveiled a food can with a built in heater costing a nickel. The can features an extra bottom that unfolds into a small stove and a heat generating tablet proving a compact warming solution.
Khrushchev denounces the U S spy plane program and Formosa rioting while praising Japan's treaty repeal efforts. He predicts Soviet growth outpacing the United States in 10 years and outlines a 20 year plan to push world toward communism. He also criticizes Yugoslavia and defends coexistence policy.
Texas Attorney General Will Wilson ruled that a man who commutes between Texas for work and Mexico for marriage does not lose Texas residency or voting rights. Edinburg DA R. L. Lattimore highlighted border issues, noting many couples cross the Rio Grande for overnight stays in Mexico. Wilson cited the Texas Election Code clarifying that such husbands remain residents of Texas and retain voting rights.
Harlingen Texas Ray Barnick of Mission earned the third national first bale honor weighing 457 pounds with seven pounds over the required 450. He is guaranteed at least 1250 by the Harlingen First Bale Committee while Pedro Herrera’s McAllen bale of 412 pounds failed to meet the minimum. The Chamber of Commerce confirms the $2,500 first prize.
Washington AP reports a Soviet publication translated by the U S Commerce Department says Russia plans to construct the world’s largest astronomical telescope. The feature notes sheer scale and intended site near remote regions, highlighting Cold War science rivalries and ambitions.
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