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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1959
Page
15
Columnist Bruce Biossat critiques teenage offenders who laugh and sneer during trials. He links defiant behavior to a larger pattern with roots in ignorance of authority. FBI Chief Hoover notes rising youth crime, with under 21 arrests at 20 percent of totals in 1938, signaling troubling prospects for the future.
Dr James V Neel of the University of Michigan warned a House Senate subcommittee that a hydrogen bomb strike could kill or disable more than a billion future generations through genetic damage. He noted Russia would suffer similar losses and stressed the world must avoid atomic war.
The U S Department of Commerce reports Texas will need facilities for more than half a million additional children by 1963. Based on an NEA study, migration and other factors may shift totals, but a sharp rise in school age children is certain, posing a major challenge for districts.
An East Orange woman fainted after learning her husband has another wife who recently bore quadruplets. The item also notes a casual aside about elastomer improvements for obturator pads and recalls a railway punishment tale, plus a quip on Mickey Rooney’s marriage in the press.
The page from Lubbock Avalanche Journal dated June 30 1959 lists publishing details for the daily and Sunday editions. It notes pricing for one year and shorter terms, names the publishing company Provident Press Morning and Sunday, and cites the Associated Press United Press International affiliations.
Diane awakens from an operation and recalls little of a traumatic past. On a calm Boston beach she encounters a drenched five year old girl emerging from the sea and struggles to connect, fearing the child’s silence and unknown guardians. Diane faces the task of returning the child or sheltering her as a new life begins.
Special correspondent Inez Robb laments a decline in plain speech as ads in the real estate section use fancy terms like cul inarium chef’s deck and life engineer, arguing that marketing jargon replaces common words and dulls vernacular vigor.
Ray Tucker argues that demagogues manipulate religion race class and anti communism to seize power. He cites Huey Long Joseph McCarthy and Alf Smith as leaders whose fallings show why such figures fail and why voters eventually reject them.
Congress passes a large farm bill totaling about 1.194 billion dollars with 350 million more than the White House proposal and 237 million above the prior level. The bill awaits President Roosevelt's signature as federal agencies require new funds before midnight Friday.
George Ek Sokolsky argues that direct election of senators and the fading Electoral College erode deliberation. He cites campaign finance, presidential deals, and mass rule as driving up costs. He condemns waste and political ineptitude, urging mobilization of talent to avert national decline. He cites figures from 1956 showing $124.678 billion in combined government spending to illustrate waste.
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