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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1961
Page
2
An incomplete report notes a person saw an approaching train and could not stop in time, with further text unreadable. The fragment hints at a fatal or dangerous encounter but lacks names, dates, or locations to confirm details.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a chiropractic director in Lubbock Texas and an unclear discussion of accounts or evaluations. Names and details are garbled, preventing clear identification of events or outcomes.
Adolf Eichmann compared himself to Pontius Pilate in court denying sole guilt for the murder of millions of Jews. He claimed Nazi hysteria forced him to act and said he merely handled train timetables for deportations while others controlled outcomes. He invoked orders and the idea of bringing order to chaotic deportations amid testimony in a West German trial.
Two new entries in the Lubbock Loap Box Derby bring the total to 119 contestants sponsored by The Avalanche Journal Modern Chevrolet and the Exchange Club. The entry list shows 57 boys in A class ages 13 to 15 on July 17 and the B rating for ages 11 or 12, with Akron, Ohio adopting no age distinction. The winner will receive an expense paid op.
Color Ad Signs Inc seeks 12.96 in a cross filed civil action set to start at 1 30 p m with Judge Victor H Lindsey presiding. Etters dispute over a 6000 sign for El Tejas Motel Amarillo Highway led to temporary restraining order last August. Jurors Royce Dobbs Clint Hicks Joe Stockton Mrs W A Campbell Ruby Arinet Hill E B McKnight Joe Schuler Mrs Harry R Foreman Donald W Gaither T L Weaver Mrs Art E Wolf W H Hicks were drawn.
Plainview High School principal Edd Todd resigns effective August 1 after five years as head. He will teach in the education department at North Texas State University while pursuing a master's degree. The board offered no immediate successor. Floyd D. Manry was named to replace Charles Mathews as superintendent at Long.
Snyder oilfield worker J. W. Lee and two co workers were pulling pipe when a rein chain broke free, lashing Lee across the back at about 1 30 p m He was hospitalized but officials said he did not appear seriously hurt at Cogdill Memorial Hospital
Soviet Tass reports a ceremony at Mostim Studio honoring a Soviet film producer with the Lenin Prize on a Monday ceremony.
The Justice Department filed a federal suit to end discrimination against Negro passengers in dining facilities at Moisant International Airport New Orleans Louisiana. The action was brought in US District Court in New Orleans with involvement from the Federal Aviation Administration.
A Negro woman is jailed on charges of assault with intent to murder after police say she shot Joseph Martin, a recent arrival from Oreste, at 10 41 p m Sunday. Martin is in Cogdill Memorial Hospital and not believed to be in serious condition.
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