Khrushchev Threats and Summit Collapse Reported Worldwide
Eastern Europe was said to be lost to the West as Khrushchev blasted the summit. Macmillan flew home to address the House of Commons with Hammarskjold seeking calm in Paris. Herter said the U S would have seen the summit fail without the U 2 incident. Malinovsky was seen accompanying Khrushchev in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Berlin
Macmillan
House of Commons
Khrushchev
America
Tornado Rips Through Rossville Area Wrecks Homes
A tornado formed on a hill near Rossville, Kansas, demolishing five farm homes four miles west of town and caused light damage as it skirted Rossville itself. It moved to Elmont destroying four more homes and debris hampered ambulance response on US 75. Separate reports note multiple twisters in North Central Texas with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross
Rossville
Topeka
Kansas River
U.S. 24
Elmont
Highway Patrol
Texas
Henrietta
Ringgold
Bowie
Bellevue
Red River
Breckenridge
Possum’ Kingdom Lake
Weather Bureau
Abilene
Mineral Wells
Wichita Falls
el Paso
Lubbock
Cooler Weather Forecast For South Plains Area
Cooler weather is forecast for the South Plains today with a gusty front from the northwest arriving Thursday night. Lubbock saw a 29 degree drop from a high of 90 to 61 by 11 p.m. Winds reached 47 mph gusts and 37 mph sustained as the front moved through. A low around 48 degrees is expected this morning with the low 40s forecast for Saturday morning and a high near 80 today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Lubbock
Midland Police Awards Banquet Honors Four Officers
Howard Pyle of Chicago spoke at Midland's Police Awards banquet where four officers were cited for outstanding work. Garland Black received a plaque and 150 dollars, Roger Robbins earned a plaque and 100 dollars, Wayne Gideon a plaque and 75 dollars, and Conway Morris a plaque and 50 dollars.
Fire destroys storage house and well house near Kent Street
A wind driven blaze at about 9 p.m. Thursday burned a storage house and leveled the blue house, with minor damage to a nearby well house three miles east of U S Highway 87 on E Kent Street. A four year old Wanda Fay Norman suffocated in a later fire at Florey near Andrews. her brother Larry Norman, 7, is in critical condition at Permian General Hospital in Andrews. Three Italian firms will join to build a thermic nuclear reactor for Jialian industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Davis
U.S. Hwy. 87
E. Kent St
Wanda Fay Norman
Fletcher Norman
Florey
Andrews
Larry Norman
Permian General Hospital
Jialian
Water Plan costs spark talk of approval and delays
The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority discusses dam funding amid competition for federal approval. Amarillo proposes paying 162.5 percent of its share, while Lubbock would pay 37.5 percent under Casey’s revised formula. The $29 million dam aims for a $100 million aqueduct over 50 years with estimated $31 million for Lubbock and broad cooperation among 11 Panhandle cities. Authorities seek timely congressional action and regional buy in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Congress
Reclamation Bureau
City Commissions of Authority
Madison
Casey
Amarillo
Lubbock
Bureau
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Panhandle Plains
Life Sentences Given to Greek Reds in Spying Case
Six top members of the outlawed Greek Communist party were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by a Greek military court. They received life prison terms while 36 defendants were acquitted. Earlier, six other leaders earned similar life sentences. Witnesses said many defendants entered Greece illegally after espionage training abroad.
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Athens
Greece
Soviet Union
Khrushchev Arrives in Berlin Promotes New Summit
Khrushchev arrives in divided Berlin after Paris with a cautious call for a new summit in six to eight months. He accuses the United States of wrecking the last conference while promising peaceful coexistence and noting a changed situation requiring consultation with other Communist states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hartman Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Berlin
Soviet Union
U.S
United States
East Berlin
Summit
Khrushchev
U. S
West Berlin
Germany
Red China
Soviet Union asks UN to censure United States over U2 flights
Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko demanded the United Nations Security Council condemn U.S. U-2 spy plane flights and halt them. He warned planes over Soviet territory could carry a lethal payload, as U.S. ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge prepared to face the charge in New York. Gromyko planned to travel from Paris to argue the case before the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Mann
United Nations
N.Y
UPI
Soviet Union
United Nations Security Council
United States
Andrei Gromyko
Security Council
Russia
Gromyko
U.S
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Fortifications in truce zone criticized by U N inspector
Panmunjom, Korea, UPI report says Maj. Gen. Marion L. Dawson, chief Allied member of the Truce Commission, demanded that the Communists demolish illegal fortifications in the truce zone and called for punishment of a Red army officer who tried to block an Allied inspector from examining the works with binoculars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Korea
UPI
U.S. Marine
Marion L. Dawson
Dawson
Truce Commission
Red
J Army
Numerous Local Births Reported in Lubbock Hospitals
A long list records births to many area families across Methodist, West Texas, Lauf Center, Porter Clinic, and St Mary’s hospitals. Each entry notes newborn sex, weight, time, hospital, and father’s occupation including positions at Frontier Wholesale, Farr’s Super Markets, Ward Milling Co, and Texas Tech student status.
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Cecil Conn
45Th St
Methodist Hospital
Frontier Wholesale
J. A. Middleton
27Th St
West Texas Hospital
Farr’s Super Markets
Johnnie Hodge
E. 2Rd St
Lauf Clinic
Ward Milling Co
John Maner Heads Steward PTA For 1960 61
Allen T. Stewart elementary announced PTA officers for the 1960 61 school year Thursday night John Maner was elected president Other officers include O A Kinnison president Mrs William Nienast secretary and C T Hungerford treasurer The fourth fifth and sixth grades performed a musical program and Mrs Weldon Snodgrass homeroom won the prize for most parents present
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Allen T. Stewart Elementary
John Maner
O. A.kinnison
William Nienast
C. T. Hungerford
Weldon ‘Snodgrass
Stevenson Attacks Administration Over U S Spy Plane Crisis
Democratic leader Stevenson blasts the Eisenhower administration for mishandling the U 2 incident and blames it for embattling allies and hindering vital negotiations. Nixon defends actions as Mansfield and Gore clash over political use of the affair and calls for proper inquiry at the proper time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Seftler
Nixon Storm Center
Senate
Democratic
Nixon
Buffalo
N. Y
Gore
Mansfield
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Paris
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
U.N. Secretariat
Springfield
Mass
Soviet Union
U.S
Manstfield
Congress
Welcome Ike Rally Gathers in Washington
Congress unites behind President Eisenhower as he returns from the summit. A bipartisan reception is planned with Johnson leading the Senate in a unity address and lawmakers from both parties set to greet the president at Andrews Field and the White House. The public and parochial schools release students early to view the motorcade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Congress
Eisenhower
Ike
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Senate
C.s.t
Khrushchev
White House
Andrews Field
Richard M. Nixon
Washington Board of Trade
Lafayette Square
Space Ship in Higher Orbit and Reconnaissance Satellite Debate
Cambridge observers say a Russian space rocket separated into four parts while reports from moonwatch teams suggest changes in orbit and parts. Jack son cites evidence but warns certainty remains. experts debate if a pilot was aboard and view satellite as minor space conquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Russia
Moonwatch
Rochester
N.Y
Sacramento
Calif
Jackson
Don Fisckinger
Air Force
Earth
City zoning board split over post office site dispute
The zoning board heard arguments on a proposed post office site south of 35th street, weighing traffic and fencing needs against eminent domain. After multiple motions failed, the request was denied 2-3, with board members citing zoning rules and area impact.
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Sottice
35Th
36Th Streets
Post Office
Lubbock
34Th Street
Bob Burr
35Th Street
Roy Grimes
Wayne Pharr
Tom Ingram
Grimes
Walter Granberry
Ingram
Pharr
McCleskey
Granberry
R. R. Leftwich
N. Ash Ave
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Ligeia Critics
London
Andrei A. Gromyko
New York
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Herter
West
NATO Council
Soviet Bloc
Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Malinovysky
Kansas
Midland
Walter Ulbricht
Otto Grote
Wohl
Haggard Nikita
Reds
Jay H. Norman
Ave. T
Texas Tech
Willie Burleson
48Th St
Western Cotton Oil Co
Melvin Jones
89Th St
St. Mary's Hospital
J. K. Mitchell
Emory
Hijinto Moreno
Sylvester Roblero
Rt. 1
Crosbyton
Jerry B. Johnson
38Th St
S. R. Duncan
Edmon Lee Dixon
4Th St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
van Earle
Don Grizzell
Olive St
Porter Clinite Hospital
R. J. Dunbar
Canton Ave
Pan-American Petroleum Co
Warren Hankpiller
Auburn St
Lifetime Awning Co
Glenn Edmunds
Slaton
Travis Taylor
Glat St
Time, Inc
Yancy Jones
15Th &T
PTA Group
Gerald Reser Jr
Kans
Farmer
Reser
Hickenlooper
Massachusetts
George Hay
Methodist Church
Quirt Ave
Erskine St
13Th St
Slide
Mount Olive Bapti
Queens St
Idalou Rd
Cit
W. B. Abbott Jr
33Rd St
W. Poindexter
8Th St
L. A. Danner
36Th St
W McCleskey
Gram
Aubrey H. Faulkner
Faulkner
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