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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1960
Page
4
The author discusses the demand for more homes cars and gadgets alongside sociological political problems. Four day work week higher national income and tax shifts are debated while nations with similar growth face unemployment and potential starvation. The piece urges realism in addressing population growth and foreign aid.
Economists note costs have risen to a record high for eight years with few interludes. They remain optimistic that prices will eventually adjust and water finding its level is cited as proof, though they admit the pattern is unusual and hard to reconcile with rising costs.
The piece argues Fidel Castro's regime suppresses dissent by silencing critical outlets such as Prensa Libre. It notes government takeover of the paper, refuge in a foreign embassy, and cites an editorial labeling the revolution as using Goebbelsian tactics and Communist dialectics. It warns free nations to guard press rights against similar moves.
New regulations posted in Paris apartment houses forbid disturbing neighbors with phonographs radios TVs firecrackers and gunshots. Prohibited also are dog calling dog dancing and yodeling. Overheard quotes reflect mixed views on Khrushchev and Stevenson’s call for a fifth freedom beyond fear.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal announces its weekday independent Democratic publication with morning and Sunday editions and a Parker Pride staff line up. Subscription rates list daily and mail options, with carrier and mail prices for Lubbock and surrounding areas. The paper notes AP and United Press affiliations and prints a pledge to the flag, dated June 27.
Special correspondent recalls a background briefing for maverick advisers in Tokyo led by Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II. The scene features the proconsul’s quarters, courtyards, guards, and a tense 10 a.m. entry. The ambassador resembles the general in jaw and build, an Annapolis graduate and son of the late elder brother.
Inez Robb recalls the 149th WAC, the first overseas unit, awaiting a reunion in Hot Springs Arkansas July 15 17. She shares experiences from Algiers, Camp Kilmer, and aboard ship, praising the women’s service and Eisenhower’s support.
The piece outlines potential Nixon era cabinet changes including Clifford Hope, C Douglas Dillon and Charles H Percy as successors, plus mentions on resignations due to health and weariness. It also discusses a rising elderly lobby in Congress aiming for medical health insurance and predicts its impact on future legislation and policy growth.
A terse observation notes the fate of some men, contrasting natural death with cases of being mistaken for deer, suggesting misidentification or tragedy in hunting contexts.
Spur publisher Ella Kellum Bennett releases her second book My Pilot a verse life of Christ with scripture references and prior Washington in Rhyme garnered library praise. Farm and home winner Henry Kveton of Monroe earns a national prize for farm records. Ropesville Farm Project nears naming a community newspaper The Project Winner. New Orleans observer Clara Alcroft predicts a revival of old time square dances as jitterbug trends fade.
A legendary racehorse famed as the greatest of its time, constantly competing and never losing a race. The records it set endure, standing after half a lifetime of competition.
A list of Soviet nationals declared persona non grata or removed from duties in the United States over the past decade is presented. Names include Yuri Novikov, Igor Amosov, Kovalev, Pivnev, Guryanov, Bubchikov, Shapovalov, Petrov, Ekimov, Krylov, Molev, Grusha, Mashkantsev, Kurochkin, Kirilyuk, and others. The piece discusses official spying, government response, and journalism’s duty to present facts for public decision during an election year.
Richard Peter Wagner, a 42 year old burglar and Sandstone federal inmate escapee, was captured by seven FBI agents at the Chippewa Lodge near Ray Minnesota. He had posed as a hunting and fishing guide and offered no resistance. A newspaper photo led to his identification and arrest two days after being placed on the FBI ten most wanted list.
Tass reports a new cradle to high school boarding school in Smolensk with 20 buildings for 820 pupils. Parents may visit and take children home for vacations.
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