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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1961
Page
4
A Lubbock editorial urges the City Commission to continue exploring a merger with Southwestern Public Service Co. to save taxpayers money, oppose secrecy, and put the decision to a public vote after presenting all facts, good and bad. It calls for letting citizens decide what’s best for them.
Congress weighs a Constitutional amendment from Sen Estes Kefauver and Sen Kenneth Keating to waive length of residence for voting. The measure would let a voter qualified at his former home vote in a Presidential election at a new state. Proponents say it enfranchises millions and prevents disfranchisement amid nationwide mobility.
A sports writer asserts water skiing is not for cowards and warns it demands grit. The passage also hints at growing global concern about China’s influence and notes an American woman who has appeared in over two thousand singing commercials remains at large and unharmed.
An excerpt from the Lubbock Avalanche Journal dated September 9 1961 shows masthead details. It lists publishing company address at 14th Street and Avenue J in Lubbock Texas and notes association with The Associated Press and Texas Daily Press. The page carries a pledge to the flag and national anthem text.
Washington is abuzz over the possible return of Mr Sam Rayburn to the House speakership despite speculation on a successor. If he steps down it would be by his choice after 21 years as Democratic leader, with Republicans having ousted former Speaker Joseph Martin in favor of Charles Halleck. Rayburn, 79, has handed over duties to John McCormack due to backache but remains a central figure in leadership tensions that could affect the next ballot.
Special correspondent Inez Robb riffs on fear of machines from electric typewriters to motor company tests and IBM campus rush automation. She recalls a Detroit car test offer despite never driving and notes how computers now quietly run social life and fraternity matching, a modern deus ex machina.
Washington prints show Mikoyan's Japan trip as a failed Soviet bid for trade and influence. Japanese audiences hissed NO SOAP NO DEALS while Moscow faces lost face and potential ripple effects for Moscow and Red China, with Murrow guiding Western propaganda by contrast.
On Memory Lane notes 990 students obtained permits to enroll at Texas Tech on Monday, exceeding last year’s first day by 130. A total of 756 paid fees, up 326 from 1940, reflects increased awareness of registration advantages. registrar W P Clement cites momentum and a 7 percent rise. In a separate dispatch, the U S reports the freighter Steel Seafarer sunk by an airplane in the Red Sea with all crew saved. the plane's identity is unknown as U S merchant ships continue supply runs to the Middle East after Roosevelt’s Red Sea access move.
George E. Sokolsky argues for a strong foreign policy while warning a shooting war may be necessary to check Soviet expansion. He notes Savannah petitioners demand action, contrasts public opinion with presidential caution, and stresses decisive policy before Khrushchev advances bomb testing.
Cape Canaveral report says the Air Force successfully fired a Titan missile for a second time in as many days. The test used a new guidance pushbutton target selection technique and launched at 9:30 p.m. EDT from a Cape pad. The 80 foot rocket directed by the new system splashed down in the South Atlantic about 5,000 miles southeast of the Cape.
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