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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1961
Page
5
West forewarned of Berlin division and Khrushchev influence. article notes limited Western counteraction and discusses the wall's propaganda impact, including emotional reactions of visitors and the potential effect on young international minds.
Moscow dispatch reports Sunday talks among world Communist leaders outline an early November 80-nation Red summit. Albania faces possible expulsion as anti Stalinist campaigns revive roles, with Sino Soviet tensions deepening over Enver Hoxha and Khrushchev.
Reported accident near Lamest occurred at 94. m Sunday when a car driven by Coronado pulled into traffic and collided with MoE Henson's vehicle. Victims include a Brownfield resident and a passenger Eduardo Tienda. Funeral services set for Willams infants at Sanders Funeral Home with burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery.
A Midland man Rufus Taylor 48 was killed and Clareney King Farms 30 seriously injured when their car left US 87 nine miles northwest of Eldorado and overturned. Taylor died at the scene and King remained in serious condition Sunday night at Hudspeth Memorial Hospital. Investigating officers said excessive speed caused loss of control. Taylor moved to Midland in October 1960 from Springdale. Survivors include his wife Sybil a daughter Nancy and five sons Otis James Curtis and Harvey all of Midland and Sammy Magnolia Ark sister and three grandchildren.
A trio dubbed by authorities as skilled burglars admitted a spree across Lubbock Amarillo Hereford and Clovis among other towns. They described daylight misdeeds despite claiming to lead respectable lives and confessed to stealing radios TVs clothes and school equipment plus cash from multiple sites. Local officers recovered money and items including $2888 from a dead man’s home and noted the group split proceeds as they were captured at a Sears store in Amarillo.
Mrs Follis testifies on Sept 4 1961 of accompanying Randy Follis and Charles Ray Houtchens to Lubbock from Dimmitt planning to break into Dunlaps store. They rode around ate, then let men out as they attempted entry. They were spotted by patrol cars leading to a hurried return. Charles kept and hid money later recovered. Father noted as FAO ton.
Policeman Harry Moore sustained injuries in a Saturday afternoon collision after two police cars, including a K-9 unit, crashed on Avenue H during a chase. Moore treated at Methodist Hospital then released. Investigators tied the chase to an attempted traffic stop led by Officer Ray Carter.
Two titleholders set defenses and matched opponents this week. Joe Brown defends his 125 pound crown against Bert Somodio in Manila Saturday night. Archie Moore faces Pete Rademacher in a 10 round title bout in Baltimore. Farid Salim makes U S debut at Madison Square Garden against Wright of Detroit.
The New York Rangers recalled goalie Marcel Paille from Springfield to back up in net against Detroit. Paille, 28, replaces injured Gump Worsley who is improving after a severe concussion suffered in a 4-4 tie.
Chicago pair JJ and Janet Slaughter finished fifth in the couples dancing at the World Roller Skating Championships in Bologna Italy. Rita and Peter Kwiet of West Germany won, with West Germany also taking the teams title scoring 219 points. The United States came in third with 75 points as 12 nations competed over three days.
Joseph Weldon McSpadden argued with Flora and her family after a visitor initial dispute. Larry Gene Alley said he fought with the man who then struck him and Flora. Alley reported hearing a gunshot and finding Flora injured near the refrigerator. John Flora was involved, and the victim died as funeral plans emerged with Sanders Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survivors include Flora’s daughter Dennis Minter of Manteca and her mother Lou Ann Ketner of 2620 nd Pl.
Beary Taylor, 119 N Uvalde St, sought emergency care at West Texas Hospital after four Latin American men allegedly forced his car off East Broadway and beat him. Other reports include theft from M E Mitchell, burglaries at Sherwin-Williams and Jent's House of Music, and a serious car-pickup truck collision injuring Dorothy Raney Fife.
Twelve Future Homemakers of America members will be initiated at New Deal High School at 2 p.m. Glen st Prem Intere Coker named sweetheart as Texas hunters report two separate hunting accidents. J. S. Dunlap, 24, of Muleshoe was flesh wound by an unknown hunter northwest of Exith Calp. Ellis Rogers of Alviene was shot in the left calf when a rifle discharged at his Pagosa Springs hunting camp.
Beck Christian College student, a passenger in a car driven by Martha Blisard, 22, received emergency treatment and was released at Methodist Hospital after a 3 p.m. Sunday crash at Chicago Avenue and 6th Street. The other driver was Gilbert Vest, 18, of Smyer.
Newport reports President Kennedy met with U S Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson in a hurried Sunday session. The talk reportedly aimed to discuss UN strategy to address Russia's announced plan to explode a 30 megaton nuclear bomb.
In Stuttgart Arkansas five people died in two separate accidents involving the same westbound Cotton Belt fast freight. The train struck a pickup carrying four Negroes at a crossing east of town, killing three and injuring one critically. Later the same train hit a woman with her two year old daughter at Althemer two miles west, with the status described as ENVOY UNDER CARE and the two victims reported killed. In Washington AP Walter Reed Army Hospital reported no change in ambassador Anthony J. Drexel Biddle's condition as he undergoes treatment for lung cancer and pneumonia.
Berlin reports say fear of a Berlin war over conflict with the West spurred widespread panic buying and hoarding in East Germany. Police blocked exits. barbed wire fences rose near the wall. arrests of housewives for stockpiling appeared in Communist Zone areas amid massive maneuvers by Soviet and satellite troops.
World famed mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom headlines the Lubbock Symphony in its 15th season opening at Latchbok Municipal Auditorium. The nine-musician ensemble and conductor William A. Harod perform Bach and Tschaikowsky before Thebom sings arias from Carmen and Aida, with Encores and Berlioz and Delibes pieces. Tickets go on sale in the auditorium lobby.
Airline flight scheduling resembles a giant puzzle as many dynamic factors shape timetables. Load factors traffic flows maintenance weather ATC routings and flight crew rules all dictate when planes fly and for how long, with pilots often paid for time away from home.
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