20 Oct 1960
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1960
Page
1
A sharp north wind brings sub freezing temperatures to the upper Panhandle around 28 degrees and 32 degrees near Lubbock by dawn. South Plains lows 29 to just above freezing. light frost likely but not heavy damage to cotton. A high near 61 with a warming trend tonight, while cloud cover may lift.
The Soviet Union endorsed Cuba’s claim that the United States plans a large scale invasion, presenting the complaint in the UN General Assembly. Cuba seeks full assembly debate, with steering committee duties next week to decide agenda placement and debate venue. ManueI Bisbe warned of a potential floor reversal if the committee opposes agenda inclusion.
A color slide and motion picture travel show titled Photoscenic America will be presented at 8 p.m. Tuesday October 25 at the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium with no admission charge. The event, sponsored by the Lubbock Avalanche Journal and Eastman Kodak Company, features an exhibit of transparencies and covers American life, nature, and cities by day and night. First come seating. no reservations needed.
New York AP reports Mrs John F Kennedy will leave her husband s presidential bid as doctors advise due to the expected birth of their second child in December.
Embers of Texas Tech groups burn the midnight oil preparing for Homecoming Saturday with a 10 30 a m parade. Six of 25 floats will use real flowers supplied by the horticulture department as thousands of mums bloom for the third annual Fall Horticultural Festival on campus at the Agriculture Pavilion. The event features 162 varieties displayed near the Tech greenhouse and dairy barn with judging and arrangements expected through Sunday. Official Homecoming began Wednesday with freshman activities.
The United States bans most US goods to Cuba with medical supplies and food allowed. The embargo targets a $150 million debt and halves preexisting trade, with US shipments to Cuba cut about two thirds from $300 million yearly. Cuba rushes in auto parts and refinery supplies while a new anti Red Law is cited. The acts were led by the Commerce Department and Maritime Administration as US officials say the move defends American interests.
In Los Angeles the second Finch murder trial reached the jury. The panel deliberated about an hour and four minutes before being locked up for the night at the Alexandria Hotel. They face whether socialite Barbara Jean Finch, 36, was killed in coldly plotted murder or by accident on July 18, 1959 as Judge Dawson instructed them for about an hour and ten minutes.
A cartoon-story series titled Earth Stars And Man unfolds in The Avalanche Journal with pages to Page 7 today. The piece traces Man and Stars through past present and future as a sweeping history in visual form, continuing daily for readers.
In New York at a memorial dinner for Al Smith the rival White House candidates Kennedy and Nixon spoke on religion with amiable tone. Kennedy said 1928 and 1960 differ and voters will judge by national interest, while Nixon urged religion not be an issue. Cardinal Spellman officiated before 2000 attendees at the Waldorf Astoria.
United States vows to stay in UN disarmament talks while Soviet envoy Valerian Zorin warns the committee against delaying. Khrushchev urges immediate drafting of a global disarmament treaty and a three man UN executive.
The United Arab Republic accused Israel and Jordan on Wednesday of violating its air space and said a fighter plane was down, signaling heightened regional tension amid cross border aerial incidents. The report cites official statements and outlines the evolving dispute affecting regional security.
A brief editorial remark notes the paradox of a counterfeiter who focuses on spending rather than earning. The item reflects a columnist’s wry view on currency crime and consumption trends within the era's social context.
Lancaster readers glimpse John Auer's Almanac 136th edition with rustic philosophy jokes about weather, cows, and folklore. It predicts fair skies on January 20 and a vigorous winter, noting Baer sages' restrained mood and continued tradition on page 10.
Mrs. Jennie Jewett Fuller, of Holguin, says Cuban military court shot her son Robert Fuller after a brief trial for counter revolutionry charges. Spectators in the packed Santiago courtroom drank soft drinks and yelled to the wall as the firing squad carried out the sentence.
Junius S. Morgan, director of J P Morgan and Co Inc, died Wednesday night in Simcoe Ontario of an acute ulcer attack. The son of the late J Pierpont Morgan, he was 60 years old and had been hunting at Long Point Park on Lake Erie when he fell ill.
Mostly fair and warmer today with light frost in the Lubbock area. Variable winds and a forecasted low of 32 degrees and high near 62. Temperatures and humidity readings noted across regional stations, including Abilene and Houston, with precipitation sparse.
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