Courage in Handsless Teacher Triumphs in Avalanche Journal
The Avalanche Journal reports Mrs. Annell Holland, a handless mother, housewife, and McWhorter grade school teacher, starting first grade instruction while assisting in pupil registration. Principal Alfred Smith praises her competence, noting her forearm method and lack of handicap. The piece situates her beside Helen Keller and amputee veterans as examples of resilience.
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Avalanche Journal
Annell Holland
McWhorter
Alfred C. Smith
Helen Keller
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Holland
Italians Have A Name For It On The Line
Consider the Olympics naming quirks as described by Bob Considine. The piece explains how country abbreviations on scoreboards differ from English names, with examples like SUA for United States and CSV for Czechoslovakia, noting Italian derivations and multilingual quirks that confuse mono-linguists.
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Bob Considine
Ome
SUA
United States of America
Stati Uniti D
America
Antilles
Bir
Burma
Czechoslovakia
CSV
Nikita Khrushchev in New York to address UN sparks controversy
A column laments Khrushchev's planned UN gathering in New York as a cover for a Cominform rally. It voices distrust of Soviet aims, calls for vigilance, and warns that the United States may face pressure and provocation during the General Assembly. It also touches on Olympic rumors and other global remarks.
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20Th Century
Nikita Khrushchev
New York
General Assembly
United Nations
Khrushchev
United States
China
Far East
Free World
U.S.S.R
World Forum
Paris
Cominform
Fidel Castro
Congo
Sahere
Tinois
Pennsylvania
Haunt Demos Past Mistakes By Ray Tucker
Two Roosevelt Truman aides Berle and Feis accuse FDR and Truman of concessions to Stalin at Yalta and Potsdam. The piece notes leaks to Des Moines Register and Tribune, Senate protests, and Herter delaying papers. It previews Kennedy and Johnson facing questions on postwar diplomacy and fears of a third world war breeding ground in Berlin Cairo and Arabia.
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Woshing
Yalta
Potsdam
Josef Stalin
Russia
Europe
Balkans
Mao Tse-tung
China
State Department
Adolf A. Berle
Herbert Feis
Republcan
Middle West
Des Moines Register
Tribune
Senate Democrats
Foreign Relations Committee
Sec
Christian A. Herter
Stalin
Herter
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Berle
New York Times
Sen. Kennedy
Sen. Johnson
Feis
Fld.r
Cordell Hull
Isa
Soviet Union
Middle East
Berlin
Feypt
Arabia
Roosevelt
Truman
Uly
Adlairi. Stevenson
Chester Bowles
New Trial Sought by El Paso Killer Doctor Fidinoff
El Paso physician Harold Fidinoff, once ruled insane and confined at Rusk State Hospital after a venue change trial for the murder of Theodore Andress, now claims sanity and seeks a new trial. Authorities and his family have not supported the bid, and the original murder verdict remains in force.
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el Paso
Harold Fidinoff
Rusk
Eidinoff
Theodore Andress
School Board
FEI Paso
Fidinoff
Two Kinds of People and the Narrow Minded
The columnist notes two types of people the intelligent who agree and the obstinate who won t listen. He laments bias and urges recognition of human nature and to stop worrying about narrow minded bigots who resist liberal views.
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Wilson
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal masthead and old masthead details
The fragment outlines the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal publication notes a Morning Edition and Sunday edition, listing staff roles, advertising representation, and subscription rates from 1960. It includes a pledge of allegiance and date Sept 6 1960.
Backward Area Characterized by Lack of Fund Drive
A backward area is defined as a region where no active drive for funds is currently underway. Officials note the absence of campaign or solicitation efforts and urge awareness of local conditions.
Bill's Day planned for 6000 visitors at Ralls
Ralls prepares for the fifth annual Bill's Day celebration on Oct. with Rev W L R as organizer. Bilb Derr Ranch pastor and vice president of the Bills Club chairs Allied committee. Bull McCraw to be toast master. Dr W R Billy White of Hardin-Simmons University to speak. The HeSU band and Bills Club led by Bill Marr. Also reports highway patrolman D A McGonagill killed by lightning near Lockney while riding east of town.
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Ralls
Hesu
Bill Marr
Bills
Balls Chamber of Commerce
D. A. McGonagill
Lubbock
Plainview
Lockney
South Plains
Lockney-Floodada
Pam
WL W. Legge
McGonagill
Race Relations and Africa in U N Security and US Policy
George E Sokolski argues Africa's decolonization affects United Nations dynamics and the U S stance on race relations at home. He warns against discrimination and contends prejudice cannot be legislated away while urging inclusion of African nations to avoid geopolitical and economic isolation.
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United States
Supreme Court of the
Organization of American States
White House
Building Planned Over Grand Central Station
New York reports a giant office building to rise atop Grand Central Station with work directed from underground. Two trains run on the foundation site as crews add 99 new columns to the existing 200 to support the smaller office structure being demolished.
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New York
UPS
Grand Central Station
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