Disarmament Talks Eye Three Stage Western Plan
Western powers push a three stage disarmament blueprint to be presented at Geneva on March 15 and shown to NATO in Paris beforehand. The plan envisions global disarmament under international controls and an international police force to maintain order if leading powers disarm. Critics note Red China’s absence makes a real agreement unlikely and warn of a power vacuum and instability.
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Geneva
NATO
Permanent Council
Paris
China
Russia
Red China
Soviet Russia
Five Teens Rescue Two Boys From Frozen Lake at Park
In K N Clapp Park Sunday five alert teenagers saved Donald Rosebrook and Steven Petermen after the ice broke. They formed a jacket chain to pull the boys from four feet of water, aided by Ricky Bowers John Cope Dick Parkinson Robert Roper and Conrad Schmid. Local praise followed.
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K. N. Clapp Park
Donald Rosebrook
45Th Street
Steven Petermen
48Th Street
Ricky Bowers
44Th Street
John Cope
42Nd Street
Dick Parkinson
39Th Street
Robert Roper
Conrad Schmid
54Th Street
Lubbock
Comforting Cereal and Middle Age Shifts
Walter B. Pitkin once offered life begins at forty. Dr. Paul Dudley White now says middle age runs from twenty to eighty, with eighty to one hundred as old age. Eisenhower’s heart specialist notes the idea is comforting to the aging, especially for readers with bifocals and receding hairlines.
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Walter B. Pitkin
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
Day on The Booth Plane Advertised in Lubbock Paper
Front page notes the Morning Edition and Sunday consolidation with Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and partner details. It lists publishers and staff, and includes historic subscription prices for various delivery options. March 1 1960.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Avalanche Journal Publishing Company, Inc
At &Thst
Ave. J. Lubbock
Texas
National Advertising Representatives
Texas Daily Press League
Data
Associated Press
United Press International
Parker F. Prouty
Chas. A. Guy
Chas. W. Ratliff
Fubbckripiuon
United States of America
Weather Control Warnings From Hong Kong Expert
Professor S G Davis of Hong Kong University warns against weather experimentation. He says altering climate could backfire with dangerous global consequences. He cites Russian efforts to melt snow via nuclear fission and cautions drastic changes may be more perilous than weapons.
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Wendell
Merick Ong Kong
UPI
S. G. Davis
Hong Kong University
Hong Kong
Davis
Russia
Russians Launch Free University For Asia Africa and Latin America
A Soviet plan to open the University of the Friendship Peoples in Moscow aims to educate 3 000 to 4 000 students from Asia Africa and Latin America with free tuition housing meals and transport. The program hopes to forge loyal leaders who return home to promote communism though the idea alarms critics about long term global influence and security.
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Soviet Union
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Ivan
University of the Friendship Peoples
Moscow
U.S.A
Russia
South America
U.S
Meany faces AFL-CIO race row over Negro membership
The piece analyzes George Meany’s struggle with unions slow to admit Black workers amid civil rights debates on Capitol Hill. It notes Meany’s clashes over A Philip Randolph, Powell remarks, Nixon ties, and efforts to curb Jim Crow practices while risking revolt from loyalty groups like Hoffa’s Teamsters.
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Ray Tucker
Washington
James Hoffa
George L. Meany
Afl-Cio
Capitol Hill
Hoffa
Teamsters
Meany
A. Philipps
Randolph
Powell
Adam C. Powell
Harlem
House Education and Labor Committee
Nixon
John Roosevelt
Fdr
Matthew H. McCloskey
Philadelphia
Democratic National Committee
Nixon Group
McCloskey
Labor
Sec
James P. Mitchell
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Union Steel
Nixon Committee
Weather records fall as 87 degree reading tops 22 years
The Weather Bureau reported 87 degrees setting a 22 year record and threatening the February high of 89. West Texas and Lubbock enjoyed sunny balmy weather with forecasts for more ideal days as other Texas cities reported near all time highs.
Three Assents Named For Honoring Hessel in London Streets
In London England Phoebe Street Hessel Street and Amazon Street were named in her honor for her service in the British Army though she was a woman. The gesture recognizes her role as a soldier amid earlier gender barriers.
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Hessel
London
England
Phoebe
Amazon Street
Public critique on airline delays and the demand for reliable service
George F. Sokolsky argues that repeated flight delays betray the core function of transport systems. He urges airlines to guarantee departure and arrival times, implement standby planes, and treat timeliness as a binding contract rather than optional service.
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United States
Texas Authors to Get Prizes at 24th Institute Meeting
The Texas Institute of Letters will award 3000 dollars in prizes for books published in 1959 at its 24th annual meeting in Houston. Winners include 1000 dollars for best fiction, 1000 for best non fiction, 500 for a knowledge-focused book, 250 for best first novel, 100 for best verse, 100 for best juvenile, and 50 for best book design.
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A. B. Flanary
Cokesbury Book Store
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
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