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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1960
Page
6
At the UN, Prime Minister Macmillan faced a hostile Khrushchev who challenged Western disarmament plans and accused Britain over cold war issues. Macmillan urged a technical expert board to study arms limits, defended West Germany, and praised Congo UN handling while calling for renewed talks and restraint.
The Porter family and other fairgoers attend College Day and Armed Forces Day activities at Fair Park. Exhibits, Ice Capades matinee, and two late performances draw large crowds, with total attendance reaching 140 652 through day four, compared to 113 551 a year earlier. The event features livestock judging, hayrides, and continued midway rides, including Flying Valentinos.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan met privately in New York with no agreement reached. They discussed disarmament Berlin and UN structure while signaling future discussions, as Macmillan deferred comment and Khrushchev tempered expectations amid U-2 and Eisenhower tensions.
President Eisenhower campaigned for Dick Nixon while announcing the death of his mother in law Mrs Filbert Doud in Denver. Hagerty said the president would limit public conversations as funeral arrangements proceed and stressed leadership is tested in councils and summit work rather than public oratory.
City and two power firms plan a joint survey to assess economics and service in Lubbock. A contract proposal presentation is set for Oct. 13 with no time limit. four to six months expected, potentially six more. Both sides emphasize growth, competition, and preserving jobs as they consider a dual or single distribution system.
The United States warned American dependents in Havana to depart as export controls around Cuba tighten. State Department officials disclosed that thousands of U S residents remain in Cuba including hundreds of embassy dependents, naval base personnel, and other civilians amid tensions with Castro.
Brigitte Charner lay in a clinic after a suicide attempt amid a recent storm of quarrels with husband Jacques Charrier. A doctor said she showed initial improvement but suffers a very acute nervous low mood requiring isolation and a weeklong hospital stay. Police found a bloody razor blade near her hideout as authorities piece together her recent turmoil and public attention.
The Brothers Four recording artists, former University of Washington students, will appear tonight at 7:30 in the Municipal Auditorium as the first Dye entertainment event of the Texas Artists season. Admission is 50 cents for students and 2 dollars for townspeople. They previously performed Thursday night at Southern Methodist University in Dallas with Bob Hope.
An Air Egypt UAR airliner with 17 passengers and 6 crew on a Cairo bound route via Home and Athens failed to reach Rome and is believed down near Elba. Geneva Airport reported no word from the plane as authorities search the area. A fifth firm, Gertan, plans to manufacture farm tractors in Argentina per Rosario reports.
A stream of birth announcements from Methodist and West Texas hospitals notes several newborns and weights. Fathers’ occupations and family names such as Brady Plumbing and Lubbock Glass & Mirror Co appear alongside addresses and relatives.
DENIED Colo APs Elivera M Doud mother of Mamie Eisenhower died quietly in her sleep at her home Wednesday night. She was 83. The President’s wife arrived by plane Thursday to join her sister Mrs Gordon Moore at the bedside. Lt. Col John Eisenhower accompanied Mrs Eisenhower and appeared shaken as she received support from friends.
The Lub bock school board approved plans for an enlargement after advisory committee revisions. The luncheon meeting at the Plainsman Hotel also covered site options for an elementary school in south Lub bock and a new junior high in northwest Lub bock. Attending were Chairman Russell Wilkinson board members John Chestmann Jon Blakey Jr Mark Hailey Dr James M Reynolds Supt Nit Williams Asst Supt Ishmael Hill Business Manager Ro Wo Eckert and architects Atmar Atkinson and James Atcheson.
In Santiago Chile two long earthquakes rattled the city causing alarm but no visible destruction. Separately a Bureau of Mines report notes ample gypsum in Clinton Weatherford Oklahoma to meet national needs for 129 years at current use rates.
A holdup at Sewell's store continued from Page One with the bandit escaping with 1661.25 including 410.25 in checks. Sewell and a reporter were roughed by two masked intruders as he fought them, tearing away a teddy bear mask and a white handkerchief. Police recovered both items as detectives questioned witnesses about the masks and the robbers. Earlier, a youth was chased from a service station by a separate assailant leaving a mask and gun behind.
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