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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1960

Page

4

Brutal Storm Buries Northeast Under Snow

A crippling blizzard shuts streets and delays trains from Lowell to Nashua. Dighton Fitchburg Marshfield Taunton and Waltham declare emergencies. Providence stores close. Wellfleet town hall destroyed. National guard offered as temperatures plummet to 15 above zero and up to 16 inches of snow bury regions.

Page One Lowell Mass Nashua N.H Massachusetts Dighton Fitchburg Marshfield Taunton Waltham Rhode Island Providence Carol Christopher del Sesto National Guard Wellfleet New York

Births Recorded In Lubbock Area Hospitals

A list of newborns with weights and times, showing families from Augustine Maruffo to Thomas Hampton. Hospitals include Lubbock Osteopathic, Latif Clinic, Reese Air Force Base Hospital, and Taylor and West Texas facilities. Fathers' occupations span plumber, farmer, roving moving firm staff, and military assignments.

Augustine Maruffo Rice Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital Cicero Smith Herbert C. Miller 42Nd St Eddie F. Glover Duke Sr Reese Air Force Base Hospital Reese Seaman Thomas P. Hampton 54Th St Navy

Senate Filibuster Fails Amid Power Darkens Capitol

The chamber extended a contested Part Three amendment debate as Javits and Magnuson clashed over injunctive powers in desegregation cases. A massive snow and ice storm then knocked out power in Washington and battered the South and Midwest, delaying travel, closing schools, and stranding thousands.

Jacob K. Javits R-N.y Warren G. Magnuson D-Wash Javits Magnuson la Guardia Idlewild South National Red Cross Alabama Georgia Chattanooga Tenn Presbyterian Calhoun Rome Carrollton Southwest Air Force Window Rock Ariz West Jefferson N.C Tennessee Signal Mountain Lookout Mountain Middle West Boston New York Cleveland Portland Ore Pittsburgh Philadelphia Baltimore Washington, D.C Point Barrow Alaska Dakotas Iowa New England Coast Guard General Greene Cape Cod Dixie Atlanta Midwest le Mars South Bend Ind U. S Virginia Maine New York City Logan International Airport Lincoln Tunnel New Jersey George Washington Bridge Sixth Avenue Waterford Conn Carolinas Miami

Leonard Warren dies after opening Met appearance

The Bronx born baritone Leonard Warren dies on stage at the Metropolitan Opera where he debuted in 1939, renowned for his voice praised in Italy and his vow to the Met as his home. He began in a wholesale business then Radio City Music Hall before winning over 700 contestants in a Metropolitan audition. He married Agatha Loefflin in Italy. they had no children.

Warren The Met Bronx Opera Italy Radio City Music Hall Metropolitan Opera Mel Leonard Warrendorf

Deadline Today In City Election

Filing for city posts closes today with three Commission seats up next month. No new candidates filed Friday as Mrs. Lavenia Lowe opens City Hall to accept late filings. April 5 election features Paul L. Payne Jr. and W. C. O Mara for Place 2, David C. Casey for mayor, and Frank H. Chappell Jr. unopposed for Place 4.

City Commission Lavenia Lowe Paul L. Payne Jr

Dock Area In Shambles After Cuban Ship Explosion

The Havana dock area lay in chaos after a Cuban ship exploded, with estimates of up to 100 dead. Fireman Gabriele Delgado fought the rear hold blaze but was trapped by a second blast. Police and doctors mobilized as wreckage and shrapnel caused extensive damage near Havana Bay, near the Maine’s 1898 site.

Page One Gabriele Delgado Havana Efigenio Amejijeiras Enrique Montero Pan-American Dock la Couvre le Havre France Antwerp Anvers Belgium Georges Dalmes Maine Havana Bay

Teachers Converge in Lubbock for District Convention

Miss Poe led the second general session while Dr. Harold C. Hunt urged greater competence to solve world problems. He warned many students will live in the 21st century and outlined five needs for future education including better world understanding and moral values. Exhibits and sectional meetings followed with tours to local plants as District 13 opens its first convention in Lubbock.

Miss Poe Lubbock Municipal Auditorium Harold C. Hunt Harvard University Hunt E. L. Galyean Austin State Association Galyean Lubbock Teachers Texas State Teachers Assn House of Delegates

Finch Trial Deliberates Five Possible Murder Verdicts

Judge Evans outlines five verdict options for 42-year-old Finch and 23-year-old Carole Tregoff including first-degree murder, conspiracy to murder, and second-degree murder. Manslaughter not allowed. jurors may deliberate for days with a Saturday session and Sunday break if needed.

Lady Macbeth Arabia Carole Tregoff Barbara Jean Finch Finch Whichello Walter R. Evans Carole Murer Evans Grant Cooper

Swedish national claims nuclear rocket test. AEC unsure

A Swedish national, Nils Werner Larsson, said Soviet missile teams tested a hydrogen heated atomic rocket twice as powerful as any U S device. Washington sources doubt the claim. AEC official H R Schmidt called it startling if true, while NASA propulsion expert Harold Finger said the area is one where the U S leads.

Hamburg Germany UPID United States Nils Werner Larsson Washington Larsson H. R. Schmidt Atomic Energy Commission Harold B. Finger National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Fort Worth Nursing Home Raided. Elderly Rushed to Hospital

Police and welfare officials raided a southside nursing home described as fifty beyond description. Three elderly patients were rushed to a hospital, and Eva Pauline Layland was arrested for operating without a license while a warrant was issued for her husband T E Layland. Five elderly residents lived there. two not hospitalized were sent to the county home for the aged.

Fort Worth UPI Eva Pauline Layland T. E. Layland

Judge Cuts Support for Missing Hedy Lamarr

Domestic Relations Judge Ben Woodall reduced actress Hedy Lamarr's temporary monthly support from 3000 to 250 dollars after she did not attend a pretrial divorce conference. He said he would reconsider if she attends the next conference scheduled Monday afternoon. Lamarr and her fifth husband W Howard Lee have pending suits against each other, marking a second no show in two weeks.

Houston Tex Ben Woodall Hedy Lamarr Woodall Miss Lamarr W. Howard Lee

Mickey Refused LSU Job While Under Charge

Baton Rouge Louisiana State University announced that Dr George H Mickey cannot resume his duties as dean of the graduate school while he is charged with murder He was freed on a 10000 bond after 49 days in jail as a grand jury deferred action on March 15 in the case involving Dr Margaret Rosamond McMillan a biology professor

Baton Rouge UPID Louisiana State University George H. Mickey Mickey Margaret Rosamond McMillan

Two Latin Americans die in Hart County collision scene along dirt road

Ortegón remains missing after a one car wreck between Hart and Nazareth Castro County. Joe Morales and another man sought help. Ortegon was later found dead face down in a field near a farm house light burning nearby. Autopsy planned as weather stayed freezing.

Ortegon Cartwright Granville Martin Hart Justice of the Bruce Woodell Dimmitt Nazareth Castro County Joe Morales Pete Gonzales Funeral Home H. W. Bischoff Woodell Justice of the Peace Olton Royce Collins McGill Place Lynn Fite Orton Percy Parsons Rodriguez Burrow Rodriquez

Dallas Ranger turmoil over Banks and Garrison firing

The Dallas Ranger dispute centers on Banks denial of firing claims and Garrison dismissal, with public safety and undercover gambling probes tied to Fort Worth and Arlington raids. Maj. Crowder praised for past actions amid shifting leadership and controvery.

Garrison Austin Banks W. C. Kirkwood Kirkwood Arlington Rangers DPS Newt Humphreys Commission State Safety Commission Tarrant County Fort Worth Department of Public Safety West Side Crowder Maj Dallas Lubbock Mickey Cohen Rusk Hospital R.A Bob) Crowder Jay Banks Texas Rangers

Soviet soil scientist Ivan Tyurin wins 1960 Dokuchaev Medal

Moscow AP reports Ivan Tyurin, noted Soviet soil scientist, was awarded the 1960 Dokuchaev Medal by the Soviet Academy of Sciences for his work in increasing soil fertility. The medal honors Vasily Dokuchayev, who died in 1903.

Moscow Ivan Tyurin Dokuchayev Soviet Academy of Sciences Tass Vasily Dokuchayev

Also Mentioned on This Page

Vernon Williams 24Th St Bbock Osteopathic Hospital Rocky Ford Moving Co Ruben Acevedo 4Th St Juan Ambriz Latif Clinic Texas Tech Elpidio Solorzano Wilson Clifford Reeves West Texas Hospital Gerald Reding Ota. In Taylor Hospital J. B. ‘Richardson 6Th Southwestern Electric Supply Co Charles Gregory N. Ave. V Methodist Hospital Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc Senate Sen. Magnuson Singer Johnson City Leaven State Training School For Gainesville Shambles Sandra Hendrix Ken Talkington Municipal Coliseum Tech AEC Judge Hedy LSU Ranger Frank Hammer Miriam Ma) Ferguson Dallas County
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