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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1961
Page
3
Washington UPI report notes former President Dwight D. Eisenhower comments on the back stairs at the White House in a recent interview. The dialogue touches on the mansion’s facilities and past presidential experience as part of a broader profile.
Ronald A. Summers, 23, of Lake Wales, shot himself moments before leaving for the Army after deputies failed to talk him out of it. The incident occurred shortly before 4 a.m. and a tear gas shell was used after a 45 minute negotiation.
J Harold Dunn of Amarillo was re elected chairman of the Texas Research League at its ninth annual meeting. Franklin Smith of Waco and Bene min N Woodson and John C Dezelle of Houston were named to positions. Dunn opened the ninth annual session and urged the group to provide constructive research assistance to public officials and legislators.
In Washington UPI federal judge Alexander Holtzoff rejected the Teamsters Union president James Hoffa attempt to block a representation election for about 2000 Cincinnati area dairy and ice cream plant workers. Hoffa vowed to appeal though Holtzoff ruled he lacked jurisdiction and denied due process claims over pre election witness testimony.
AP reports the Bedford Township Senior Citizens Club bus excursion to a Bird Sanctuary near Kingsville, Ohio ended with 1 dead and 6 in serious condition from exhaust fumes. William Noble, 70, possibly died of a heart attack. his wife Gertrude, 67, was among the seriously ill at Bedford General Hospital. Nineteen treated and released. driver Bernie Borland, 42, cited rear-seat illness near engine. The bus was loaned by Bedford Township Parks and Recreation Dept. the other bus had no reported trouble.
AP reports actress Yvette Mimieux secretly wed Evan Harland Engber in Los Angeles on December 19, 1969. She was 17 at the time. Engber, who had been discharged from the Army, declined to comment until Mimieux's return from Germany where she was filming.
Two Zionist Organization of America leaders will visit Lubbock today to meet with members. Dr Levinson of Houston is the national executive vice president and Sol Glickman is president of the state group. Archie Skibell of Lubbock serves on the executive board and is a patron of the Kafar Silver Agricultural Institute Israel, where Glickman is board chairman.
Showers with snow flurries in higher elevations from the central Pacific through the northern Plateau and scattered showers with flurries in the northern Appalachians. Warmer weather is expected from the eastern Plains into the Ohio Valley and western Lakes, while the northern Rockies and north Atlantic states will be cooler.
Wills Point Texas reports a local beauty product note involving Baker's Beauty Lotion. The item highlights claims of complexion improvement linked to use of the lotion. It presents a partial quote from a Mrs Route 5 but lacks full context or independent verification.
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