National Newspaper Week Emphasizes Freedom and The Press
The essay for National Newspaper Week traces freedom as an evolutionary turning point, from human self choice to conscious expression in art and science. It argues newspapers guard freedom by delivering complete information and independent commentary, while condemning acts by lawbreakers and dictators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seriton
Tatward
Asociated ‘Press
Associalon
J. Edward Murray
National Newpaper Week
God
Church
Briefs From Hale Center and Lubbock District Court
District court actions include a suit transferred from Hale Center involving Rosie Lite on behalf of her minor son against Tra pital in Hale Center and Walter Lee Little after a Sept 4 1960 collision in Lubbock between a scooter and an automobile. Kiwanis Club reports civic virtues at Cap Rock Hotel in downtown Lubbock. A weekend marriage sale sponsored by Hub City Kiwanis opens at the Triple Drug Store building Texas Ave and Main St with specified hours. Clothed design students visit Det and two dress plants while Mina Lamb attends the American Dietetics Association meeting in St Louis. Frank Wagnon pleads guilty to attempting to pass a forged instrument resulting in a three year penitentiary term. Police report a bicycle fire near 208 College Ave. two boys were questioned. A civil suit for damages involving a minor gains $950 in a settlement. Ronald Dewan Stewart jailed on a statutory rape warrant from Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Nix
58Th St
Rob
H. Bean
Hale Center
Rosie Lite
High Plains
Walter Lee Little
Trapital
Methodist
Kelsey Mars
I Hospital
Lubbock
Little
Mars
Hub City
Kiwanis Club
Texas Ave
Main St
Frank Wagnon
Wileu
Timmy Ridpath
Old Wonack
18Th St
Jnverpital
Ave. T
College Ave
Franke
Senators Thurmond Yarborough to Serve Two Weeks in Army
Senators Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and Ralph Yarborough of Texas will undertake a two week active duty tour in the U S Army in Europe and Africa. They join a group of congress members on the trip with Thurmond serving as a reserve officer and Yarborough as a major general in command of the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Washington
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Ralph W. Yarboro
Europe
Afric
Cigress
Thurmond
Ynes
Colo
Plains American Heritage program opens with lecture in Plainview
Dr William H Gordon guest speaker at Estacado Junior High in Plainview for the third year of the Plains American Heritage program. He urged honest appraisal of history and cautioned against drifting from heritage as government roles evolve. Wayne Wayland College officials and local educators attended along with nine of eleven participating cities. American Heritage Week is set for April 9 14 with an awards banquet on April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland Baptist College
Plainview
Roy B. Carnes
Plainview Public Schools
John G. Chapman
Wayland
William H. Gordon
Lubbock
A. Hope Owen
Estacado Junior High School
Gordon
John Griffin Chapman
A. Hope Quen
Owen
Eugene W. Jones
Plainview — Public Schools
Dimmitt
Abernathy
Hale Center
Kress
Lockney
Olton
Petersburg
Talia
Apman
Frank R. Simpson
Tesla Walker
Eleanor Griffin
Cotton Center
Bernice Littlepage
S. T. Newman
W.J. G. ‘Akin
Hale
On Firing Line For United Fund in Lubbock
D M McElroy captain of Commercial Division and assistant controller at Texas Tech marks 14th year as United Fund worker in Lubbock. L A Dodd of National Cash Register Co chairs the drive, now in its second year. both residents and families named. TEEN-AGER CAPTURED Brownwood AP A Brownwood teenager recaptured after fleeing Gatesville prison two burglaries. Raymond Pierce 16 sent Sept 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. McElroy
United Fund
Lubbock
Texas Tech
McElroy
18Th St
Melissa
Melinda
L. A. Dodd
National Cash, Register Co
Lubbock United Fund
Dodd
44Th St
Deanna
Brownwood
Gatesville
Raymond Pierce
Navy Week events in Lubbock honor Admiral Kim
Admiral Kim joins Mayor for Navy Week kickoff in Lubbock as Navy Day observance looms. Ceremonies include a 50 star flag presentation at the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center and banquets at Reese AFB officers club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Lubbock
Corpus
Kim
Casey
United States Navy
Navy League
Officers Club
Reese Air Force Base
Adm
U. S. Naval and
Marine Corps Reserve Training Center
Naval Reserve Public Relations Company
James R. Cammil
32Nd St
Jack Carter
25Th St
Warren H. Hewitt
52Nd St
U. S. Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center
8Th St
College Ave
Federal grand jury probes congressman and judge in fix scheme
A federal grand jury investigates a congressman a state judge and a former U S attorney’s aide over a bribery like scheme to fix sentences in a fraud case. The Post reports the defendants sought suspended terms with the judge’s help and the plan unraveled after boasts and a Nassau County judge’s tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Post
U.S
Fie
Sen
FBI
Haseen
Nassau County
Pally
Imocent
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Liberty
Domgan
Caprock
Nnk
Gene Shelden
Det
Merchandise Mart
Mina W. Lamb
Department of Food and Nutrition
American Dietetics Association
St. Louis
Dr. Lamb
Tech
School of Home Economics
Oma Ave
Mack Henry Boren
1St St
Avenue T
Jinn
Dat Jages
Ronald Dewan Stewart
Ave. N
Sheriff's
Phoenix
Lubbock County
Justice of the Peace
George H. McCteskey
Dopp
Rites
Currituck
Naval Air Advanced Training
Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
Braniff International Airways
Dallas
Austin
Texas
University of Texas Cotton Economic Research
Thursiday
Fort Worth
Lawrence Curtis
Wichita Falls
Broyhill
Walter Isham Furniture
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