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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1961
Page
5
U S scientists say 50 to 100 megaton bombs are not practical militarily and would mainly serve as terror weapons. Khrushchev, addressing the Moscow party congress, pegged a potential 50 megaton blast for late October while claiming the Soviet Union has a 1 megaton device but would not explode it.
The Nike Zeus antimissile project has spent about 1 billion dollars with production not yet approved. Tests are planned for next year at Kwajalein against Atlas ICBMs, and 14 of 27 tests are deemed successful while cost estimates for a deployed system reach up to 12 billion dollars.
The report of a Soviet nuclear test sparks tense UN Security Council wrangling as Norway and other NATO members accuse Moscow of strategic provocation. US and British officials press for a global test ban treaty while lawmakers warn of indirect aggression and political fallout from the blast.
A series of birth notices from area hospitals lists newborns with details on weights and parents. The records name fathers and mothers including Mr and Mrs various guardians, with births occurring Saturday and Sunday at Marys and West Texas hospitals. The items read like a calendar of newborns and family names amid routine hospital notices.
Bids for a new men dormitory at Lubbock Christian College were opened Monday. The FHHA loan of 330000 dollars awaits approval before a low bid is announced. College President F W Mattox travels to Dallas to meet FHHA officials. The dormitory will house 130 men.
The OPSCOR concert features Thebom delivering arias from St Matthew Passion and Verdi as Zablotny accompanies with refined nuance. Encores include Ne me laisse pas from Herodiade and pieces from Carmen and Don Carlos. The next performance is Mon Nov 24 with soloist Michael Rubin.
Herbert Arnold Golightly 21 of Grand Prairie faces a maiming charge after police say he tossed a bag of melting ice from a speeding car on Halloween, injuring 15 year old Donna Worley who was trick or treating nearby. He previously pleaded guilty to stealing a Grand Prairie police car and is under a three year Paris jail term for a bad check.
Former union lawyer Arthur Goldberg steals the Met opening scene, arriving at the opera house entrance amid a crowd of admirers. He is welcomed by Leontyne Price and President Kennedy's message praising him as a cultural asset. The gala includes Roberta Peters, Patrice Munsel, and notable society guests in lavish attire.
Monday night board members elected Cal Pesrcoe of Lubbock to fill the unoccupied director post. Holdover members include Sandy Rutherford of Tahoka Jim Kr Okendaal Fred Timberlake Robert Brower and others. A San Antonio region fire damaged a Santa Fe box car carrying cotton and a nearby grass fire damaged a fence post two miles north of the municipal airport. A 19-year-old Lubbock man was in fair condition after abdominal knife wounds. Attorney General Kennedy confirms he will join a new Washington men's club board after resigning from the Metropolitan Club.
The United Nations marks its 16th anniversary with ceremonies across the country. In New York, the Canadian Broadcasting Co. Symphony Orchestra will perform in the General Assembly hall under Sir Ernest Macmillan, and General Assembly President Mongi Slim of Tunisia will speak. The charter took effect October 24, 1945, and the UN faces leadership gaps and Cold War pressures after Dag Hammarskjold's death. Around 2,000 paid tribute in San Francisco as UN Week opened, while Ohio communities observe under John M. Vorys. Local observances include Tulsa meetings and flags, and composer William Grand Stil dedicated his piece The Peaceful Land to the UN. Montana and Texas also proclaimed United Nations Day.
Funeral services for Joseph Wood Sr a longtime Siloam Springs Ark resident who lived in Hockley County from 1949 to 1999 are planned at First Baptist Church with Masonic graveside rites at West Haven Memorial Park Lubbock. Survivors include wife Maude son Joe Wood Jr two daughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Five jurors were chosen in the murder case of Houston Odell Fatheree, 29, in the death penalty eligible trial. District Attorney Jack Tidwell qualified the jurors for the death penalty.
Solon congressman Mahon defends higher defense outlays to boost deterrent power and bargaining leverage against Russia. He predicts victory in the East West struggle hinges on power and credibility, cites educational and political tensions in the Soviet Union, and warns about atomic testing while backing balanced budgets and scrutiny of subsidized programs.
Tina Livanns former wife of Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis married John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer Churchhill the Marquess of Blandford in a Paris civil ceremony and a Greek Orthodox service. The couple, both twice married with children, exchanged vows amid secrecy and attended a luncheon at Livanas's Paris apartment before a church ceremony in the afternoon.
A severe Idaho snowstorm left at least two hunters dead and about 600 trapped in wooded camps as guards aided rescues through high drifts. Extreme winter conditions stretched from Wyoming to Colorado with record cold in Big Piney and Fraser and storm effects spreading to Virginia floods and midwestern showers.
A man identified as painter Roy Y. Brown was found beaten to death near a viaduct in Big Spring. Lewis Davis, 50, was charged with murder. Police noted Davis had a police record in Oklahoma. Papers on Brown showed residences in Cleburne Dallas and Abilene.
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