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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1960
Page
6
Khrushchev expresses uncertainty about how his visit to America would be received. He notes a perceived lack of justified goodwill toward his actions and acknowledges his human feelings, hinting at doubts about the reaction to his upcoming trip.
President Eisenhower defended the U2 mission and pilot Francis Powers amid Soviet claims. He warned secrecy fuels international tension and urged open skies while noting discrepancies in Soviet accounts. Gromyko warned of brinkmanship and vowed to close Soviet skies and retaliate against U.S. spy bases.
Harry M. Pickett named commander of Lubbock Chapter 44 of the Disabled American Veterans at a Wednesday night election held at the clubhouse on Brownfield Highway. He succeeds W. G. Lawrence. Other officers elected include William M. Pickett as vice commander Nickens as junior vice commander Homer Clifton as judge advocate and Wil Storman as chaplain.
Soviet authorities restrict reporting on Premier Khrushchev at a Moscow news conference amid Western press disruptions. Early indications suggest the regime will limit a full outlay of remarks while Khrushchev casts doubt on a possible Eisenhower visit next month. Western reporters report interrupted dictation from Paris and London.
In Geneva the United Arab Republic voted to back a United Nations Narcotics Commission plan for regional conferences in the Middle East on drug control. The first meeting is slated for Tehran this year, with Israel named as a transit route for opium hashish heroin and morphine from Turkey and Lebanon moving through Syria Jordan and into Egypt.
Visitors can view sprayed water displays and built in bathroom scales at the Home Show. Five daily winners receive $100 gift certificates drawn Wednesday night by Donna Wimberly. Winners include Mrs. Jack C. Cartwright, Tommy Bacon, J H Doering Jr, Mrs. Leon Hale, and Dwayne Grimes. Admission is free with tickets at approx 90 exhibitors or at an east Coliseum entrance courtesy booth.
Tommy Lavoy Briscoe 20, a Terry County farmer known as Lavoy, died when his pickup overturned after crossing a cattle guard five miles south of the Seminole Hobbs highway. His body was found near the wreck at 6 a.m. He left Brownfield, lived with parents H. T. and Mrs. Briscoe, and was a National Guard member. Funeral set for Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Brownfield Memorial Chapel with burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. He is survived by his parents, one brother John, and two grandmothers.
A series of birth notices from Texas hospitals lists newborns to multiple families. Notable details include weights from 6 pounds 12 ounces to 8 pounds 6 ounces and times ranging from 1:30 a.m. to 9:52 p.m. on Tuesday or Wednesday. Several fathers’ occupations are noted, including Pillsbury Co, Air Force at Walker AFB, farm and construction work, and a Stude baker Packard superintendent.
Moscow radio accuses Chancellor Adenauer of lying about Soviet reconnaissance flights over West Germany. The Bonn government denies any such flights from West German bases. US Air Force in Europe refrains from comment. Also reports on several local birth announcements from area hospitals.
Collins Radio Co reopened nine strikebound plants in Dallas Wednesday for employees who want to work. Union officials say only a small percentage returned. Joe Travis, president of Local 787, calls the move an effort to bust the union, while about 800 workers had left when the plants closed May 1 in the Trinity River industrial area.
London reports that British anthropologist Dr. Eric John Dingwall says American women have established a domestic hierarchy. He cites letters from U S women deploring male abdication, noting women moved from early equality to dominance and now run the country, even joking about men doing the dishes.
New York AP reports Lucrezia Bori, 72, a former Metropolitan Opera soprano, is unconscious with a brain hemorrhage at Roosevelt Hospital. She rose to fame after debuting with Enrico Caruso in 1912 and retired in 1936.
Nebraska caucuses show Kennedy as sole write-in on the ballot in a traditionly Republican state while Nixon draws near Kennedy. West Virginia results boost Kennedy with religious issue fading, drawing comments from Dodd Mansfield and Stevenson. Eisenhower offers cautious doubt on the religious issue conclusion. Johnson Symington stay confident as Kefauver’s past gains are recalled. Butler notes West Virginia’s strong Democratic turnout hints at November votes for Democrats.
Andrew Osberry a Galveston laborer who cannot read or write was found guilty by a federal jury of forging the X mark on an elderly woman's social security check He admitted cashing a $34 government check he believed to be his after finding it in his mailbox and claimed he could not read the name on the check awaiting sentencing.
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP The Air Force will retry soon to launch an Atlas missile on a 9000 mile trajectory past the tip of South Africa into the Indian Ocean. The attempt was postponed due to tracking ship communications problems and a mixup led to Wednesday publication. If successful the Atlas would exceed a Soviet rocket's 7760 mile record.
Reykjavik reports that Iceland's new currency system sets 38 crowns equal to 1 dollar. The adjustment marks a shift in pricing and official monetary policy.
British Triumph Herald lineup to be assembled in Ma ilines Belgium, focusing on cars and trucks for regional distribution. The project signals expansion of assembly operations and potential employment growth in the area.
A storm line stretched from northwest Mississippi through Northern Louisiana to South Central Texas. Cool air from Canada lowered temperatures from 90 to 62 in under two hours in several towns. Hail near Eldorado and scattered rainfall affected Victoria Austin San Angelo Beeville and Houston.
A cold front brings a near 15 degree fall in early today with a low around 42 and a forecast high near 80. Rains measured up to 0.50 inch at Post and 0.32 inch at Texas Tech amid a second wet spell in south Lubbock.
Washington AP Charles H. Percy Chicago businessman named to lead the GOP platform-writing committee at the July national convention. Rep Melvin R. Laird named vice chairman of the 100 member group with members chosen by state delegations.
In San Antonio a police officer located six runaway toad frogs from 14 in five year old Mike Young's yard collection. The officer retrieved all missing frogs and added one extra, delivering a happy ending to the boy whose frogs lived in a water meter box. The officer remained unnamed, and Mike's parents credited the police with the successful recovery.
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