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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1953
Page
1
Early hours records show over 100 deaths in the first 24 hours of the Labor Day weekend with 2,000 motorists on highways nationwide. Traffic accidents killed 2, drowned 10, and 15 died in miscellaneous incidents as the safety drive began in Massachusetts and across the nation.
Lubbock seeks donations totaling 178,706 dollars for the Chest campaign with specific allocations including 18,703.74 for a boy scouts project and 27,900 for a well baby clinic while a 235 dollar social service exchange fee is noted. The page references campaign details on page 16.
Fifteen persons were injured and about one hundred homes damaged in a series of earthquakes that rocked the Corinth area near the mouth of the Corinth Canal about fifty miles southwest of Athens. The latest shock was felt in Corinth city as Agence France Presse reported.
Bonn Germany voters prepare to elect a new 484 member Bundestag in a pivotal decision amid Cold War tensions. The 33 million electorate faces a choice between rearming with the West or pursuing neutrality as the United States and Russia openly intervene. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles endorses Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s center right government.
Forrest Heights Methodist Church plans a fundraiser using the Parable of the Talents. The Rev. Dewitt Seago will preach on Using Your Talent as $2,000 in new bills will be distributed to every present family, each receiving $10 with six months to earn profits and return the amount.
The first bale of cotton from the 1953-54 Lubbock County crop sold on the Courthouse lawn for 2033.55 dollars, with Gordon Aycock as grower receiving 455 dollars. Simmons of the SSS Drug Store bid plus cash and merch prizes total 2033.55, aid to Ralph White Memorial Fund via re sale to Lubbock Jaycees.
The hurricane moving northward in the Atlantic threatens Bermuda with 50 foot waves hitting seaside roads. U S Navy planes were evacuated though the main blow was not due to hit. Cool air and showers end a heat wave along the Atlantic seaboard while Texas flood runoff leaves some Kingsville families homeless.
Weather report for Lubbock area notes fair skies today and Monday with little temperature change. High around 80s and low near 50s, with hourly readings and humidity figures listed, plus sunup and sunset times and comparisons to the prior year.
A survey by the U S Department of Agriculture recommends designating Lubbock as one of ten national spot cotton markets. Greenlight pending from Secretary Benson after talks by PMA Cotton Branch officials Edward Overby Rodney Whitaker and John McCollum in Lubbock. Local group led by W D Massey and others has compiled data for the plan, with Congress member Geo Mahon backing the effort.
Substantial gifts from City of Lubbock employees SSS Drug Store and Womble Olds and others boosted the Ralph White Memorial Fund to 9098.22 as of Saturday. The drive includes a 50 dollar monthly annuity from the Dr Anson Clark Foundation for White’s five year old daughter. A memory drive response has been strong as lawmen pause questioning of three Negro suspects in the fatal shooting. Ivory Gibson Jr admitted holding and discharging the weapon.
The edition outlines sections from Fine Arts on page 6 and 14, murder indictments on page 14, editorials on page 1, radio and TV programs on page 8, oil news on page 4, agriculture on page 7, Sunday church news on pages 2–3, and church notices on page 2.
Communists released 111 American prisoners on the final day of Operation Big Switch, while UN Command disputed that all willing to return were sent home. Capt Harold Fischer Jr., of Swea City, Iowa, reportedly not among those returned, as he was captured after a dogfight over Manchuria. The exchange involved 88,000 prisoners and included other nations, with the last day ending amid controversy over a missing pilot.
Freedom Village reports the first American fliers accused of germ warfare by North Korea returned home. They said Communist doctors watched maggots crawl over wounds as they were pressured into confessions. About 25 fliers, isolated, were questioned daily until repatriation.
Lubbock observes Labor Day with a parade starting at 10 a.m. assembling near Stars Buck Co. lot and moving along Main and Avenue Q to Broadway. James Sharp leads the parade for Electrical Workers Union No. B-820 with state Rep. Cee Betry as parade marshal. Monday also features a barbecue lunch and entertainment, with many businesses closed until the parade ends around 10:30 a.m.
Mrs. Merritt T. Lilley and other mothers cling to belief their loved ones are alive after another POW repatriation chapter at Panmunjom. They refuse to surrender hope despite uncertain lists and grim phrases, keeping faith that their men will return.
Mrs Sharon Albright of Clovis New Mexico reports her husband Sgt Richard L Albright remains unaccounted for among 12 crewmembers of a missing B 29 since July 4 1952 The final POW exchange list included 10 of the crew with only the Spokane Washington airman unlisted in prisoner of war records Mrs Albright said she has spoken with families of the other crew members and none were identified on POW lists.
National Geographic notes Apus desert shrimp in the Texas Panhandle and western states. The aquatic oddity breathes through its foot, hatches in two years, swims upside down, and dies after about 40 days. Females reproduce without a male. anglers were astonished by nets of this creature in a rainwater pond.
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