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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1962
Page
2
At Sing Sing and four other maximum security facilities inmates joined a sit-in movement to pressure the legislature over good time credits. The protest seeks to count accumulated good time toward the sentence, ending parole supervision at release.
A premature rock blast in the Grand St Bernard Tunnel near Saint-Rhemy Iely injured two Italian workers. The 3.7 mile tunnel under the Great St Bernard Mountain will connect Italy and Switzerland with an all weather motor road and is slated for completion April 3 and opening to traffic early next year.
In Texas District 18 the Graduate Nurses Assn will host Dr J E Loveless of Lubbock speaking on Orthopedic Nursing Care at 7 30 p m in the Education Building of Methodist Hospital. Private duty and LVN nurses are invited. a business meeting follows.
A devout Simeon waits in Jerusalem for the Messiah, prays in vigil, and when Joseph and Mary bring the Infant Jesus to the Temple he blesses God and proclaims salvation for all people, expressing readiness to depart in peace.
British law may allow peers to renounce titles and run for the House of Commons. A joint Conservative and Labour plan calls for a committee to study reform as Harold Macmillan’s era rules bar Lords from sitting in the Commons. A special committee could be named after a March debate.
Baylor University researcher Dr. John T. Mallams reports a purified hydrogen peroxide solution given into the bloodstream can raise oxygen levels in tumor cells, making them more vulnerable to radiation. In rats a tumor shrank to half in 45 minutes, and some patients showed cancers clear with reduced radiation doses. The approach is experimental and must be FDA approved after safety review.
Mrs Rose Kennedy, mother of the President, checked into St Elizabeths Hospital for a major operation described by officials. Dr Roy Heffernan will perform the pelvic procedure as family members were seen at the hospital and it was unclear if the President would attend. Joseph P Kennedy, former ambassador to Great Britain, recovers from a stroke in Palm Beach Florida.
About 200 placard waving Koreans sympathizing with North Korea demonstrated at the opening of high level talks in Tokyo. Police barred them, turning away the protesters as authorities sought to manage the scene.
Albania, via its news agency, reports a shipload of food and machinery arrived from Red China under a trade agreement. The cargo includes a sizeable number of heavy farm tractors delivered to bolster Albanian agriculture.
Firefighters reported a blaze damaged a structure at VOEL EL 29th St injuring no one. The owner Wiley Puckett 2310 Fo 19th St was identified. outside wells and interior displays suffered heavy damage. Fire load measured at 12035 ppm and cause attributed to smoking near the building.
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