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What childhood event was said to have caused Lex Luthor’s hatred of Superman in 1960s comics?

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Christopher Reeve as Superman in a blue suit with red cape and yellow belt, flying with one arm forward against a dark background in a publicity still from Superman: The Movie. — Superman Christopher Reeve in *Superman* (1978), directed by Richard Donner.

In 1960s DC Comics, it was revealed that Lex Luthor’s intense hatred for Superman originated from a childhood accident caused by the young hero, then known as Superboy. This incident resulted in Luthor losing his hair, leaving him prematurely bald and fueling a lifelong, relentless obsession with destroying the world’s first superhero.1