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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1961
Page
4
The Panhandle South Plains Fair invites attendees to arrive early for brighter sights and extended visiting hours. The annual regional event, lasting through the week, has drawn hundreds of thousands in past years and predicts around 200000 visitors this season weather permitting.
Poor exchange and routine break angered organizers leading to the annual World's Championship Rodeo cancellation at Madison Square Garden New York. Officials then replaced the Coke Art with a six day bicycle race, illustrating promoter missteps and shifting tastes.
The piece argues the 4,000,000 unemployed in October includes those who cannot or will not work and those on sabbaticals, urging accurate labeling and opposition to “made work” programs funded by taxpayers while noting comparisons to past populations. It calls for real opportunities for those who want to work and criticizes broad, inflated unemployment tallies.
Wistered L Goodwin chair of the Southern Regional Education Board argues that too much focus is on intellect and not enough on personality and creativity. He critiques educators for neglecting a student’s hidden talents and warns against merely masking ignorance with the appearance of knowledge.
Fragmented text from the Lubbock Avalanche Journal dated September 5 1961 references a wire service piece. Mentions names Sugden and Proutt among scattered fragments with page and section indicators.
Special correspondent Bob Considine corrects myths about Babe Ruth by recounting his time at St. Marys Industrial School run by the Xaverians in Baltimore. He recalls Ruths parents Kate Schanberg and George Herman Ruth and notes confusion over the Ruth family name.
A Virginia Hart Chaquet letter from Saint Paul France denounces American civilization as uncivilized and urges surrender to Khrushchev to avoid atomic war. The piece contrasts U S attitudes with Soviet policy, cites Einstein, Mozart, and Mozart’s music as symbols, and critiques American voters and the Bill of Rights.
Washington analysis predicts two rival Democratic factions by the next session as Northern liberals clash with Southern conservatives. With Sam Rayburn out of the picture, McCormack Mills and Albert or Walker emerge as factions jockey for the speakership, while party unity frays over cooperation with Republicans and liberal versus conservative lines.
W B Pool of Direct Mattress Co. paid $190.03 for Lubbock County’s first bale of 192 cotton harvested yesterday. The bale weighed 532 pounds and sold for $114.38 with seed at $25.65 and a $50 chamber of commerce premium. Auctioneer was Travis Calvin of Anderson Clayton. Ginner B B Baron opened bidding at 16 cents, rising to 21 1/2 cents before settling. The bale arrived about a month late compared with last year’s first bale.
George E. Sokolsky notes French anger at two tier pricing for foreigners, especially Americans, and says middle class travelers are the most valuable for tourism revenue. He compares U S and European price practices, tips, hotel standards, and shifts to other destinations like Hong Kong and Greece, urging better American comfort expectations. A brief note adds Lee Howell’s Chicago subsidiary operation near London for precision instrument manufacturing.
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