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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1962
Page
4
Emergency crews and volunteers combed through wreckage after a major quake. The U.S. Embassy noted a fraught rescue effort as authorities reported rising tolls and ongoing efforts to locate survivors and recover victims.
Reports describe Soviet technicians in open trucks near Havana and a former boys reformatory turned camp housing about 350 East European youths. Diplomats fear Cuba could become a pawn in East West power plays as rumors of Mariel landings spread.
Open fishing day at Mackenzie Park drew youngsters and parents alike with turtles, carp, catfish and goldfish caught. Barnett and Director Hamilton praised the turnout as 8 am to 5 pm limited by park staff. The event, sponsored by the parks and recreation department and the South Plains Sportsman's Club, featured fish up to two and a half pounds and lively baiting and catches.
Vienna reports Radio Prague called unharvested grain backlogs almost catastrophic and urged Czechs to volunteer for harvest. It cites 900 acres in Central Bohemia awaiting harvest due to an acute machinery shortage and warns beets and potatoes may be affected. Newspapers urged vacationers to join farmhands, noting sun tans can be earned while helping.
Typhoon Amy with top winds of 144 mph is forecast to reach Formosa's northern tip by Tuesday. At 9 am local time Amy stood 345 miles southwest of Taipei, moving northwest at about 10 mph, according to a U.S. Air Force weather unit report.
American soldiers in full battle dress occupied Berlin border crossings into East Berlin and the Soviet zone to enforce a deadline blocking Russian convoys. Russians earlier moved armored cars through Checkpoint Charlie. no comment was offered on the action.
School Lune and several parochial facilities begin classes today with noon dismissals and resumed schedules midweek. About 37 first to ninth graders are expected at Christ the King Snel, Christ Lutheran Church opens a kindergarten class, and St Christopher's School plans full G5 schedule. Mrs Rodney Goebel and Mrs Louise Allison report on openings and student readiness.
Police and rescuers pulled more bodies from rubble in the hard hit New Territories. A government spokesman listed 128 known and presumed dead with 43 missing as Wanda swept through the area.
Messages of condolence and relief flow from presidents, monarchs, and international bodies. The United States pledges hospital space supplies tents blankets and financial aid while CARE and Red Cross networks mobilize food funds and medical items for Tehran.
Lubbock observed a quiet Labor Day with many retailers open and no special observances. Police reported routine activity and the Department of Public Safety's Operation Motorcide ran from Friday midnight to Monday midnight with no traffic deaths on the South Plains. Parks and recreation areas drew picnickers as clouds cleared to sunshine despite late showers. Victoria begins local manufacture of high tensile steel bars imported previously to Hong Kong.
Thirty four contestants begin the 36th Miss America pageant run with official restrictions on activities and swimwear for the week. Preliminary rounds start Wednesday to Friday with a parade and full rehearsals ahead as the winner will receive about 75 000 dollars and travel duties for a year.
Notices detail multiple births with parents in Lubbock and surrounding areas. Daughters and sons born at West Texas Hospital Methodist Hospital Sauf Clint Brady Spring Lub bock Osteopathic Hospital and other local facilities. Parents include city employees police officers and business owners.
James Herman Smith 63 a Dickens County resident since 1924 died after a heart attack. Funeral at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. Chester Sassman and Rev. E nrollers assisting. Burial in Spur Cemetery. Survivors include wife Rosa two sons Herman E. Fort Worth and Robert R. Post four brothers three sisters and five grandchildren and two step grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
Almost 2,000 children were evacuated from Miyakejima Island, about 100 miles south of Tokyo, to the mainland by ship following hundreds of earthquakes after Mount Oyama erupted in August. No deaths or extensive damage were reported, but continual tremors hindered families from returning home.
Cuban sources say negotiations in Havana may wrap up this week for the release of some 1,100 captured invaders from Cuba. James B. Donovan, the New York attorney handling the talks, plans to return to Havana soon after meeting in Washington with private U. S. interests pledging funds.
Milan Knoz of Belgrade refused to return to Yugoslavia after competing in the sixth World Sports Parachuting Championships in Orange Massachusetts. He will seek asylum in the United States, a tournament spokesman said.
An Eastern Paris theater fire left 28 people hospitalized with burns and injuries after flames began in the basement Monday night. Firefighters reported the blaze was extinguished in 35 minutes.
Nationwide grim toll totals include 46 fatalities in Texas and 25 traffic deaths there over the long holiday weekend. Drownings and miscellaneous deaths push the overall violent death count as lawmen contend with curfews and rioting in resorts from Ocean City to Seaside.
In Fall River Massachusetts Wayne McKowen age 16 was found dead after inhaling vapors from model airplane glue. Police say his mother discovered him with a bag over his face and towels saturated with glue inside. Medical Examiner Dr Arthur La Salle reports the death from trichloroethylene poisoning. An autopsy was ordered.
In Geneva the neutralist bloc backed a Western plan to keep three power nuclear test ban talks during a recess of the disarmament conference. Several nonaligned delegations urged a three power moratorium on underground tests from next January. The Western proposal to continue the subcommittee after Sept 8 was welcomed. Kuznetsov said Russia would consider it. The US and Britain oppose an unpoliced underground test moratorium for security reasons.
Premier Nikita Khrushchev reportedly travels from a Yalta vacation toward Moscow after a month away. Tass reports he visited several collective farms in Krasnodar region and spoke to farmers about the international situation without giving details.
Mexico City report: LAFTA rejected Cuba’s bid to join the nine nation Latin American Free Trade Association with a 7 to 0 vote. Mexico and Brazil abstained, leaving Cuba short of the six affirmative votes needed. Other members are Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Ecuador.
Crosbyton residents will take part in the Sabin oral polio vaccine program on September 16. The shot will be distributed from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Crosbyton County Pioneer Memorial building with no charge, though a 25 cent donation will be requested for each person.
A five story section of a 30 unit housing project collapsed near Barrages, 200 miles north of Cairo. Officials reported at least three dead, while rescue teams pulled 16 workers to safety and strive to reach others buried under concrete and bricks.
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