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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1960

Page

4

Turncoats Defectors Spark Fresh U S Security Alarm

A sweeping defense inquiry follows two NSA defectors Martin and Mitchell who read letters in Moscow and claimed United States policies risk world peace. Pentagon says they serve communist aims and Khrushchev could use the case at the UN. FBI lists them as missing. families speculate kidnapping.

Page One Ft. Meade Washington Pentagon Martin Mitchell Moscow U.S Defense Department State Bank Laurel United States Mike Mansfield D-Mont Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev United Nations State Department FBI Eureka Emery Mitchell Jr Havana Penron Mitchell Filensburg Navy NSA Mexico City Cuba Richard TB. Russell D-Gad Russell Senate Armed Services Committee John W. McCormack D-Mass McCormack Walter Barents Sea

NSA Official Subpoenaed Over Defection to Russia

Maurice Klein, National Security Agency director, is slated for questioning by a House committee on Un American Activities about two NSA employees who defected to Russia. The subpoena was sent on Tuesday.

Maurice Klein National Security Agency Congressional NSA Russia Francis Walter D-Pa House Committee On Un-American Activities Klein

Mysterious rectangular sign warns of flying saucers on highway

A hand painted yellow sign reading Caution Flying Saucers Landing on Highways appeared Tuesday near West 34th Street and Frankfort Avenue. Officials doubt authorization and call it a prank as motorists stop to inspect the message. Arch Lamb reports his family saw the sign after returning home Monday evening.

West 34Th Street W. 34Th St Frankfort Ave Arch Lamb Arch Karl Department of Public Safety Wey

Dry counties push liquor votes sweep South Plains

Terry Vote faced signature delays after petition forms were stolen before the deadline. The Clovis election marks the eighth liquor vote in the South Plains in a year, with three dry wins and two wet votes already decided in precincts across Lubbock Garza Andrews Dickens and Sanderson. The Dimmitt and Post challenges were rejected by the 7th Court of Civil Appeals and now go to the Texas Supreme Court for final settlement.

Clovis South Plains Texas State Supreme Court Justee Dry Post Garza County Dimmitt Castro County Drys Seagraves Justice Lubbock Andrews Garza Dickens Sandown 7Th Court of Civil Appeals Amarillo Texas Suapepsiey

Huntsville Prison Escapee Captured After Third Attempt

In Huntsville Texas authorities report the final of three Wynne Prison Farm escapees has been recaptured. Clarence H Brown a 37 year old serving 30 years for armed robbery from Bowie County was caught in a broom corn field near the escape site.

Huntsville Tex Wynne Farr Clarence H. Brown Brown Bowie County

Birth announcements crowd Texas towns and bases

A flood of birth notices from families in Lubbock and nearby communities details newborns, weights, times, and hospitals. Fathers’ occupations include truck driving, construction, farming, and military service at Reese Air Force Base, Taylor and Methodist hospitals, with several family names and addresses listed.

Billy Taylor St. Mars Hospital Set Weldon E. Lamm Arnold Ur Reese Village Reese Air Force Base Hospital Reese Rodney Woody Lubbock Russell PD Heaton Weishing Gale I. Haskins Harmon Don

Soviet citizens defect to criticize US policies abroad

Two former NSA employees, Mitchell and Martin, defect to Russia claiming US policy endangers world peace. Izvestia features their claim of US covert spying, missile flights near Soviet borders, and NSA operations with Fort Meade, 2000 radio intercepts and 380 million annual running costs. They urge US public pressure to halt flights.

NSA Britain Canada United States

Congo Uncertainty Grim as Kasavubu Displays Power

Violence erupts as Kasavubu loyalists march toward Lumumba’s residence. UN forces seize control of Kinshasa streets while airfields close. reports cite Soviet intervention and a civil war spreading across Kasai. Demonstrations turn deadly with police volleys and arrests.

Kasavubu Kasajvubu Congo Kasai Moscow Lumumba Dag Hammarsk New York United Nations United States Lumumba- Kasavubu Abako

UN accused of violating Congo sovereignty by CTK

Prague based CTK news agency reported from Leopoldville that the UN command in the Congo violated the principle of non interference by banning broadcasts on Radio Leopoldville and taking control of airfields, actions said to contradict Security Council directives and back opponents of the central government.

Prague Congo Leopoldville CTK Security Council

Halperin denounces State Dept on Latin American adviser claim

Dr. Maurice H. Halperin rejects a reported State Department statement calling him an adviser on Latin American affairs as a deliberate and malicious distortion. He challenges the portrayal and defends his role.

Moscow UPI Maurice H. Halperin State Department

Houston School Board Delays Integration Plan Processing

The Houston School Board delays notifying Negro students about integration and defends a slow processing approach. Board members spar over immediate admission and adherence to a court order, while new rules limit first grade transfers and require family enrollment alignment.

Wells Charles White Connally White Frank Dyer Wilson New Orleans

Spinner crashes through wall in Southern 500 fatality

A photo from Darlington shows Car No. 5 driven by Bobby Johns of Miami spinning backward after smashing through the pit area wall. The Labor Day Southern 500 crash killed three men. Amateur Ri K Richbourg of Asheville, N.C. took the shot.

Bobby Johns Miami Darlington D.C Ri K Richbourg Asheville N.C

Bootleg Beep Device Seized In Lubbock Arrest

Police arrested a 25 year old in the 5000 block of 35th Street after finding a radio signaling device in his car. The device beeps to call in but does not transmit messages, and is described as used by professionals like doctors. Confiscated were two cases of beer and four fifths of whisky.

Lubbock 35Th St

Schools Move to Add 695 Students in Lubbock Area

Lubbock area schools plan larger enrollments as Lubbock Christian, Christ the King Catholic, and St Elizabeth’s Catholic Schools add 695 students to rolls. Regular hours set for primary grades 1 2 3 from 9 00 to 2 40 and grades 4 5 6 from 9 00 to 3 25, with extended schedules at Atkins Wilson Monterey for other levels. District faces integration court orders and state law conflicts amid upcoming enrollment shifts.

Lubbock Christian School Christ the King Catholic School St. Elizabeth's Catholic School Atkins Junior High Smylie Wilson Monterey High Atkins, Wilson and Monterey Atkins Wilson Tom S. Lubbock High School Dunbar

Sukarno Expected to Attend UN General Assembly

Indonesian Foreign Minister Subandrio said President Sukarno is expected to attend the UN General Assembly in New York later this month. If he does not attend, Sukarno would instead propose formulas for easing international tension and settling the Cold War.

Sukarno Jakarta Indonesia UN General Assembly New York Subandrio

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Terry Bernon F. Mitchell Calif William H. Martin Ellensburg Wash Joe Guarrado E. Mthsi Laut Supreme Beef Co Reyes Larez Ave F Lauf Clinic Roche-Newton CG Alveno Baerlanga Ave. A Lauf Clinie Woody Spencer Ave Po O Methealist Hospital Emcurities Credit Corp Carl Ince 60Th West Fuera Barnhart Besxas Mroo Ned Calvin Garner Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital Salesman Nget Meoc Danny J. Waller Bist St Taylor Hosptal Plains Do Charles Rixy Bowen Taylor Hospital Smyer Hish School Raymond Brown 10Th St Forrest Lumber Co David Terrell 22Nd St Methodist Hospital Red Sapys Izvestia Intelligence Services U.S.A Sen Barry Goldwater R-Ariz Mitcheell Italy France Turkey Yugoslavia Uruguay United Arab Republic CIA National Security Harvard University Press Japan Armenia Red China U. S Kalonji Albert Kalonji Katanga Moise Tshombe Avenue Walke Thhen Red Cross Stanford University University of Washington Faway Ghana Halperin Atlantic City N.J South Carolina Edith Sandra Browning Greenwood S.C Louisiana Judith Ann Coday Baton Rouge Houston Henry Petersen Petersen Harher School Board Joe Reynolds Reynolds Marshall U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Ben Connilly Atty Gen. Wilson John McFarland Thurgood Marshall National Association For the Advancement of Colored People 6Th Appeals Court Austin Leonard Passmore Houston Independent School Congress
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