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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1961
Page
11
Hollywood seer Criswell, famed for predicting futures on his TV show, has a bomb shelter under his front lawn for six, amid talk of rising need within a year. He cites Nostradamus and past accuracy while noting uncertainty about who would visit.
London AP reports two hundred Fortnum and Mason staff upset over plans to open nights earlier for the Christmas trade. Garfield Weston, owner of the purveyor to the royal family and gourmets, pledges to address the matter immediately as staff protests grow.
Hollywood reports completion of the screen version of the Broadway hit Five Finger Exercise. The Columbia picture stars Rosalind Russell Jack Hawkins Maximilian Schell Richard Beymer and Annette Gorman.
President Leopold Senghor of Senegal held talks with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in London and then had lunch with Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday, according to AP reports.
Mrs. Stude of Reese Air Force Base wins a 285 cash Reese Award for a management improvement proposal in the finance and accounting section. Her revision plan for the distribution journal saved man-hours and was approved by Air Training Command and headquarters. She arrived from Pecos in June 1960 and started work in August, 1960. Phyllis M. Nichols, Reese secretary, also received a 15 cash award for an improvement proposal.
AP reports Rollie Ledbetter, a 43 year old rancher, faces a fourth murder trial in Waco venue change. He is free on a 10000 dollar bond for the death of his wife Gladys Ledbettetter, who perished at the couple's ranch in 1958 after his Austin trial where he was ruled insane.
A suggestion to alter the student class grade roster is offered. It proposes adjustments to save the Seancuaty on the base, estimating a potential financial or administrative saving.
A fragmentary OCR item mentions places such as Damascus and Mount Olive along with brief, unclear notes about births and measurements. The readable content is sparse and lacks coherent events or names to form a full report.
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