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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1960
Page
2
Storm safety prep is urged by the Weather Bureau after Hurricane Donna. Keep an emergency kit ready with lighting, a gasoline lantern, a heavy duty flashlight, a camping stove, fuel, a fire extinguisher, extra shelf foods, paper dishes, a battery radio, and fresh batteries. Plan for power loss and heat outages lasting an hour or more.
Indonesia's President Sukarno travels with 30 leaders for a mission described as noble to discuss international reform and world peace. He may address co existence and West Irian, while outlining views on disarmament Africa colonialism and economic issues.
A user reports spending much money with no result until using GHP and tablets for two weeks. Skin clears in six weeks after three years of symptoms. The note praises the products and mentions a 14 day trial plan from Canam Co. Dept. 679 B Rockport Mass for all sufferers.
The Board of Travel and Tourist Industry reports 25,000 visitors to the Philippines in the first half of 1960, a 1 percent increase over the same period in 1959.
Royal palace hours set aside each Monday for King Hussein to listen to citizens' problems in Amman. The practice underscores the monarch's outreach to the people amid regional tensions.
An 18 year old Latin American youth, Gilbert Rosales of 396 Paris, admitted to detectives Sunday night that he and several other boys stole gasoline from three service stations in August and September. He was arrested after his car, marked with Playboy on one side, was seen in Mackenzie Park. Stations named include King's Service Station on Idalou Highway, Gateway Service Station on Clovis Road, and Ohlenbusch Service Station on Ave A. He said the group waited for attendants to fill the tanks before driving away.
The first paper money issued to serve as currency by American colonists was produced on February 3, 1690, by a provincial bank in Massachusetts.
More than 6,000 spectators gathered outside the Hotel Theresa in Harlem as Fidel Castro waved from a window while supporters clashed with foes. Police arrested nine demonstrators amid scattered fights and eggs thrown at officers. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell condemned Castro's Harlem stay as political exploitation and urged respect for Harlem residents.
Two people injured but not seriously in separate Sunday crashes. Harriet Johnson and Mamie Cistello involved in a 6:08 p m collision near 6th St and Ave M. Johnson released after emergency care. Doyle Graham Jr in a bicycle collision also treated and released at Methodist Hospital. No report filed on the wreck. Rent cuts and free meals start in Trujillo for jobless.
Congressional Quarterly reports that during the first half of 1960 lobby groups spent about 1.8 million dollars to influence Congress, with the Education Association leading the outlays in a drive to pass a school aid bill that died in the House Rules Committee. The study notes uneven enforcement of the 1946 Lobby Act and incomplete reporting by many groups.
A Soviet architect A I Kuznetsov of Kishinev volunteered to design a United Nations headquarters in the Soviet Union. The offer followed Premier Khrushchev's suggestion that UN HQ move from New York to a country such as Austria Switzerland or the Soviet Union and was published on the front page of Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Cleveland juvenile court judge Margaret J Spellacy 38 was taken to Lakewood Hospital Sunday with severe pleurisy following pneumonia. The sleeping beauties neglect trial against Lillian Fratantonio will pause for several days while she recovers, with family hopeful she returns before week’s end.
NASA said the second series of static tests for the Saturn superbooster will start in early November in Huntsville. The program trails schedule slightly with up to 15 tests planned, featuring flame shields to protect the missile and guide gear. The first Saturn launch is set for mid-1961 with full operations not before 1964, carrying 20,000 pounds to low Earth orbit or 6,000 pounds on an escape mission.
Buick Sunday announced the factory list prices for its 1961 models, identical to 1960 equivalents. Prices range from 2720 dollars for a LeSabre two door sedan to 3795 dollars for the Electra 225 convertible coupe, with the new Buick Special offered in sedan and station wagon.
A London construction firm installed television cameras on a Bank of England site to let sidewalk superintendents monitor progress. Passersby pause to view the monitor while a crank directs the camera across girders and planks. The system cost 5600 dollars and aims at general oversight, not worker supervision.
AP report says Bishop Otto Dibelius welcomed American evangelist Billy Graham to Berlin. Graham will conduct a series of night meetings in West Berlin next week as Dibelius sent a telegram praising his faith and noting the events are not political.
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